kit i . -
i
cizzzz:: cu::day jcur:: al. rcr.n:.:;D.r euijday morning jAiru.r.v : 3, isss.
r -
i1:
Stage -Strucl
ianclis : Jpates
an
rv
-I eg '( ;-
the
1- .1
lUCRD 'ar Mor kind of thU
; . Ttcal Ur, . Tbr r tba'pnu4
; sUra, who go tbrougb lit m
hr to POn tha aUce. with
theJr bcada held hlfh. Melnv only what
" Ja abora and boyond, and rorfettltif tha
. , ,Popa ana tne condlttona Which . !-
r rated them to jtardom, f A: .r"
,T:r.T But thara ar th-a. wholhfblt tuch
. a world of oommoa aanao In relation to
oommoa thln-thkt-thr are. aa Inter
I ' aalln jaa liidlvlduala aa they are aa
; .i laura. In thla clan ta Blanche Batea,
who ta now making her Urat ateilar vlalt
' I-' to heri native city.
. Although Ulaa Batea elalma Callfor
v.. bU aa her home atate. having pet moat
- of her tire there, ahe wa bora In tble
city about well, never mind how many
"yeara ago. ' Her parente ware welt
known player' in-thoea daya. .'For aome
- - time tbey occupied a. theatre -in Ban
,VTaneiaoa Then they mad a trip, to
Auatraua. ana while there Mr. Batea
waa killed, la an iooJdent. Mra. Batea
returned to San TraneUo with " hot
, daugliter, and the girl went to training
i- v ecltoql to learn to be a teacher. When
.'., aha waa graduated aha went to Loa An-
- '. galea and taught In kindergarten for
i ; ' aome time. ' . -
t " Mlea Batea drat experience on the
-..V atage'waa about nine yeara .ago. with
:f tha NelU-Frawley- atock combination In
- Denver, CoL - The young wotnan'a tal
ent aoon mantfeeted ttaelf and .before
c ',ng1 aha waa playing leading rolea with
. Frawley at! tha Calif oral theatre In
. , ' Ban Franciaeo. - ; I
iil 4 ' hB tJned In experience aha trm
' "ln ambltlom and it waa not long beforf
;. - aha made her flrat appearance In the
' ( "eaat with Frawley, In Waehlngton; D. C
; Auguetln Oaly-wa the-nra of the big
maaagera to notice Mle Batea. He
r ,-',-a8itred her for one aeaaon. Then Froh-t
.man and Belaaco, whq war at that time
- partnera, took her Into their oamp.- After
another aeaaon there waa difficulty be-
' tweW Frohman and Belaaco. . Belaaco
i-took Mlaa Bate with him and after '
aeaaon of th unauooeeeful comedy,
-Naughty Anthony." i In which - Mlaa
Batea changed etockinge on the' ataga
'(Belaaco. '.never . ceald ... caak ' people
''" i lanahlL. cam Madame Butterflv tha
dainty and pathatio creation of oBn
A " ' Vutber Long, framed -for th ataga by
" Uavid Belaaco. While It waa running t
',, Belaaco'a theatre It waa the talk of New
' Irork. Ita aueoeaa encouraged tha ool-j
laboratora to a mora ambltloua effort,
..s. i "The Darling Tof tha Ooda" waa tha re-.
v eult. Long furniahlng ail thiJapanea
; Ideaa and data and Belaaco "unwritlng
lb for the etage." aa one crltlo - re-
markedr Thla waa deatlned to be Mlaat
Batea' triumph, aa muctv aa the trl-
, umph of the ereator. and aver alnce the
. flrat ' performance in - Waahlngton No
. vember 10, 102 lta aucceaa haa. been
, contlnuoua. ; " .' .'V "?".' i .
But to return to Blanche Batea. Ther
, are acorea of exam plea of her peraonal
. charm " and kindly dlapoaltion which
--"-might be elted. ' It la j of the price
paid for being "atarrad'i receive lltar-
ally acorea of Jettere In; every city from
eung women who are ambltloua to be-
a ctrcaaear ancT TMlaa Batea : aaya
r ' . - that many- rth queriea which - reach
' ber.are alrooat patbetlo In their lnno
i ' cenoe- ; . . :--- ' "'
. -'My friende all tell m that I am
i.: very .handaome." one girt wrttea, ""and
when 1 went fo tolghTachool ' they aaM
- r'f that my elocution waa- ftrat-claaa. ."Do
-' ron think I-could be an actreaa, and.
" what'ehould I do tlratT; - - v .-
'I have atudled at 4 dramatlo aehoot
Tii'-r" Jnontng now." Another, form
- of tha Inquiry, "and where would be the
' V; , 'H..
t .v : J -
Mm
't '..'sv.'!; ' aOi ,t
ossip or Dome
K '. KA-WOLF" By u Jack
London, v Br far th great
J - e,t. novel of th year, there
has been ao much written
- i regarding It, thar la W ltttl-ew or
orlalnal left for th lat reviewer to
X
- '. say. L)ka all great aterlea It hak its
" aevere erltlc. It admirers -and an
- enormoua ctrcuUtlonj but It appealing
;. qualltlea are largely (.a tmatter of per-
J - ' malna' undisputed and if which ther
. can be not two -opinions, namoiy, ua
.-" I- brutal atrength. f: . '
" T ) It id the atory of a young Callfornlan.
L - J. who- had been reared in the lap of lux-
. . nil, wnn u hwwil muwi m
. '-.U'livlng. and whoaixnly occupation wai
';oft. literary nature,' who meeting.. with
ant accident In Baa Francisco bay Waa
jV picked up by "Tha Ohoat," n Outbound
sealer; and pressed Into-aerVIca aa one
A;, of her-crew. During the voyage Wolf
;- Iarsen, th captain; undertakes to work
out hla theory by' putting th young
' miil, Humphrey Van-Weyden, "Upon hie
0Wn" leg," and provtnr-to him that the
-' law of nature- le aimply one Of brute
; force the etrong oatlng up the weak.
L; T make a romance ef th etory, while
-r-tth vessel le In the far north. It plcka
V.jup a castaway boat from tha wrecked
Z-ateame -"TohlOv and Maud Brewster
. . comes into tba scene. This romance ia
; th Only weak spot in th book. Aa
r" aimply a atory .of, the eeai: rwouldrrb
. oh of tremendous force-and power, put
v One In which a weak, fraU girl aeema In-
'' congruou and .out of-piece. Of courae
aha la a receaaary lay. figure, aa Mr.
: Loadon ha' worked out hla plot, hut
with 'his resourceful Imagination.' a
.'.good a prooiem,'and a far better atory,
.' could have been evolved without brtng-
ing Maud Brewster,' With Iter rather In
' slpld character, ' Into It. . But her. Intro
.' duotlon In It makea "a thread of rd
, ' tmanca runhing through lt"'which aeema
:' ., almost necessary for a certain claaa of
',; .readers. . .'.- - '-. '.'', - ") v
tt .- Anyon ' who ha' foltowed " Mr.' Lon
;. don' i phenomenal career, knows, bow--.-
'ever, that there le alwaye something
deeper than a dlapoaltion to please the
. ", reeder or Just th , atory underlying
everything ha has written, and that,
: abov and beyond. ' being a good etory--'
- teller he haa theories which make hla
7 "books welt worth studying, for much of
-' his best thought appears In th guloe sf
.nctlon, and perhaps will continue to so
appear , until his .wlnga hare ptrepgth
'ened for greater flight, ; ' . ,
. . flom one haa called "Tha Beth-Wolf
tha greatest allegory . since - Pilgrim!
Progress appeared. . Thla may . be a
.:;:.. aomewhat eaaggs rated estimate of tt,
,, ? but looking at If from the viewpoint
of an allegory, th author haa certainly
worked It out with depth and under-
Stndlng. , -;,...-..',
rf : Wolf . Laraen and Humphrey ; Yan
' ' Way fl an atand - - f or . contending - f orcea
-f which ar being fought out upon the
. . sealer "Qhoat," which, rwlth It varied
types of sailors and huatera. each rep
. Y resenting eome dlatlngulahlng trait of
r- th animal, man, fairly rep rea en ta the
- ' world. , ,': ' ' , .. ' -
Wolf Larsen-stands for brut, force
' entrenched behind an Intelligence aa
. strong and powerful aa his muacle. but
wholly-devoid of -moral reaponalblllty.
and whor can conceive of no ether
, hypothesis to baa one'a conduct of life
. j upon, than self. In the most degraded
conception Of tha word. ..-
' L'u: :.t7 5 i Vvi-'l II l' rr-
beat plac to apply for an vngagementr
Still another common on lat "I have
had a lot 1 experience In. private, tha-
axrloala. , .how long will It be, do you
think, before. I can get poeltlon aa
tarT"-
. While many - ( th 'lnqulriea are ao
hopeleaaly bopeleaa that it la eelf-evtdent
that tha writera do not know even auf
ftclent of the very' rudiment, of what
la required of an', actreta, , aim Mlaa
Btea baa a'ahort atock anawer which
aha eenda to ail tha ambltloua one.
; "My own expertance,". aha aaya. "haa
taught m ha among th.e moat Im
portant of te Ablnga I know -are the
thing I learned la, a etock company.
It makea one alert, it teaehea'you to
learn quickly,' and It teachee you to
adapt youraelf to Circumetancea. Toii
learri th alphabet of the language that
la apokao beiflnd the footllgbt. Tou
learn tha - addition and eubtraction of
theatrical -mathematao.- And yon learn
them more quickly there than anywhere
elaa. ' There are dramatic acboola which
bav done arid are doing good work
but many' people who can look graceful
on tha wooden pony In a merry-go-round
cut aorry figure whan pe robed on
rea) aaddle- ta the back of a -live
bora. What yau learn In a 'atock eom-
riny I practical and "permanent, and
know of no other place where on, can
learn ao well,",- .v.- - .
- Like aU tha tr "brought out" by
David Belaaco, Mlaa Bate la an ardent
admirer of that acknowledged, monarch
of atagecrafUAa a rule , the pub! to-la
not 'much Intereeted in theatrical mana-
gera and ,their buameee- affaira. The
people who pay their money to aee nlav
want to get-taelr'Tnony .worth. - If
they are aatiafied they don't care a con
tinental whether the production I owned;
by John Bmith or Bin Jenee, and' (hoe
managera who -eonaider themaelvea 'of
personal Importance to the people who
patroniae play houaea are away .off In
their reckoning.--- : -'-r.-v,--., .
Belaaco, however, la a atrlklng exceji
tlon. - He haa a peraonallty ao Imprea
atva that one la aim oat atartled bn meet
ing him. - Uo ia the kind of man we
point to In crowd and Bay "Who ia
thatr There la nothing'ebout hla tailor.
Ing- that attraota notice, nor doee he
roaembl 'walking advertleemenb for
a Jewelry etor when he Appear on th
treat. - The pooreat burtaaque manager
of a fly-by-nlght (how la tb United
Btatea ' carrlea more Jewelry In i eight
than Belaaco haa owned In the 'whole
eourae of hi life. ' He ha none Of the
mark of the traditional tlteeftalcat man.
lndaedVn-looka7raiet clergy-
man than anything one can think of.
He Invariably appeere In Mack elothea
from head io foot. He wear straight
white-collar, rauoh like the teck af
fected by th Cathollo -clergy. nd" tho
button in hi 'euf fa are made of white
bone, -- He la utterly unaffected, . and
apenda it or II minute after lunch la
converaaUon with a newsboy known ae
"Dumprv" who aella papere ia front f
th Belaaco theatre, In New York pity.
- That Mlaa. Bate failed to resist hla
magnetism - la made clear in . her 1
guage. .. .n-j ,
"Htage managera a a rule. -ah :
1kre martineta and are dreaded by actor
folka. The work of rehearsing a,
pany of player' and, producing a big
play la aa enterprise of such anormoua
magnitude and taxea pn man' anergtaa
and tamper t ao great a degree that
an oocaaional violent rag la admitted
to be a prerogative Of all ataara man-
gara...-, Indeed. ..ther Ar it when
ataga manager -become so abuatv that
nnlrc
WF I Si W W kF 1 I
feet antlUteels, phyhloally and morally,
and representing th ; nltruiatlqj and
ethlcak Meal of society, r jn the other
characters of the' book each playa hla
neoeeeary part,, walla these twa work
oua the problem of eplrltual .and maT
terlal aupremaoy, and all. being taken to
gether caa be readily reoognlsed aa the
oontendkng forceo of life, i ,
.. The gradual ascendency' of mind 'over
material .and the anal Victory I 'the
RMt moil? af tha atortf r . . . '
isealde the atory and ite lesson an
other element, entera lit-which moat be
given .Placo In th summing up of uhe
book, land that is the authorV magnlO-
oent 1 descriptions bf th northern eeaa.
Which are auperb and could only be con
ceived through actual experience; There
la a reality, ... wild ptetureequeneee
about them that but. few wrttera have
evercaught, or been able to make you
fact 'all over, aa you. do here, fairly
taetmg the salt spray -or groping
through tba darkneaa and intenatty of
th breaking etorra.. or again shivering
anuer tne glittering teei , or lba north
em stars. : -. ..w...-? .. ...
Strong, vfr-lle and forceful, the est
ting are in perfect keeping with the
charactera or taeDatery. Th book haa
an appropriate cvr .design and la well
Hhwtrated, ItfacMlllan -Company. 'Price
., "?n to the',n,jBy7wiliiam iBey
mour Edwards. Ja a aeriea of lettera u
horn friends, ..which he waa afterward
Induced to put-Into book form, Mr. Ed
ward relate hla observations and ad
venturea during, a -tvTo montha trip
taaen oy nirpeeir ana wire to Alaska.
They make th-usual tourist route
through th great lakes and over the
Canadian Pacific taking a ateamer to
Skagway, gotug from ther to Dawson,
and returning over the, earn general
route, making aeverat aide trip of inter
est and worthy of note, but what seems
to be unaccountable) avoiding the lnalde
peasage, thereby omitting from hla Itin
erary Sitka and Juneau, th former being
almost tha Mecca for tourist and stu
dents of Alaska, - From, th time they
travel through: the treat wheat seglone
of Canada to hla earcaatlo remarks on
the mining regulations of the Northwest
territory Mr. Edwarda shows himself a
keen observer and drawa aome logical
conclusions well worth consideration.
, Hla trip through Alsska waa made six
years too iar to eaten jttia wUd. .plctua
asquenesa of th Klondike country or to
aee th Alsska 'miner In hla primitive
aurroundlngs, and no book that falla
abort of that time can do the great baaln
er the Yukon or th chain of lake lead
ing to It with, it a motley crew of gold
aeekera. Justice: but Mr. Edwards' "la to
tho Yukon." where th trust to hla bwn
observations, la a valuable bletory of the
country aa it exiata today tn Ite aeoond
ataga of subservience tto th vase of
man. We ua th wordg "his awn obser
vation" - advleediy. fori throughout he
developa a faculty for1 meeting people
and extracting Information not nearly ao
reliable aa hla own Judgment,' and aome
time wholly without foundation In fact
: For obvious reasona It Ja a matter of
regret and Portiand'a mlafortupe that
he did not meet eome old-time friend. s
be did tn Seattle and Tacoma. who would
have shown him th city and exploited
tta greatness, peat and future. .
Leaving Taeoma, h - write: . "We
boarded the night express for Portland.
The country between thla city and Ta
coma ia said to b rough, gad unsettled,
and not Tit foe even lumbering or' pres
ent cultivation, ao wedld not regret the
travel st night." .What doe Olympla,
Chehalia, Centrallsi and the many other
fin 'town pa seed through on -this
'night express"' think of this unsettled
hnd iTnflt conditlonf , ;
In th same letter he says: - "The third
great center of the Ufa of thla northwest
coast-Is Portland., Already Se
attle outstrip it In population, ao a
Portland man admitted to ma yesterday.
' Portland ta a wealthy and eub-
atantlal city a city for tha elderly and
well-to-do, vThtle Seattle 1 the city for
the young man and-the future."
Aa the writer, did not - tarry-' long
enough In Portland to personally In
ttgate, hla prognostications fnuat have
come second band, while census attla.
Uca, bank cleajinga. etc., die-pro re what
a Portland .man. (Tr told him. When,)
however, Mr. .Edwards is left to his owni
unoiaaea oonaiusnma, as was on
Ing a-trlo tip the tMiumbia.. Jr aaaln
awinga rouna. -to piumnj - Again weina-
Ing the tourist s trait, he return 14 nl
home in west Virginia via aouthern
California."- r-rf.?- j
Deviating from th usual rout but lit
tle In thla day of "globe-trotting," the
boeg; might not attract. but paaalng ao-
t toe if U were-not for Its profusion of
original and beautiful Uuatralona ll
picture taken by . the ' author and Ma'
wlf and exquialtely reprodTced' In half
tone. : Many mignt do specially men
tioned If space permitted, for we; who
have grown tired of "Klondike views."
appreciate good one when we aee them.
Two. however, deserve special mention
one being the exquisite picture of "Bun
Dogs" n page ITT. and "Moonlight on
Lake Le barge," page lit. The book la
well bound tn delicate gray linen, with
red and black totem cover design. 1 Tbe
Robert Clark company, rrlce $1.59. ,
A New'Ruaalan Story." Soon to be
publlehed by A. &' Barnea 4a Co. . Th
varloua atrangely changing phaae of
th ematvo movement in Russia for
parliamentary representation - Illustrate
n aspect of what haa been termed the
revolutionary movement, it neppena.
curiously enough, that very little haa
be4n made known to tha outalde- world
of the exact' lifer adventure- and alma
of tha Inner circle of tha Russia revo
lutionists, and atmoat all notion that
haa dealt with the subject has been
written from- tne outalde, and haa been
far from alcturlng tha etrangeneae Of
tha actual; condlttona. Now that the
Internal affairs of Russia, and the dra
matic possibilities of th future' are
brought dally before the world. It I of
peculiar Interest to know that A. Cahaa
I completing a novel of atrlklng char
acter which he haa bean engaged upoti
for a long time, picturing the actual
Inner life of Ruaala and th atrange
adventure of th revoluttonteta. i .
Mr.Cahan Waa a member of the revo
lutionary party and . fled from Ruasp
to avofd BHbcrla. ' ... - J
"Poultry1 Keeping as an. Industry.
By Edward Brown, secretary of tha Na
tional Poultry organisation eoolety; , --
Since th last edition of thla book
waa published the work has been greatly
enlarged and revised. Several chapter
have been entirely rewritten and. new
:-c,'-:.'
- - f;-' .' -.: - ' - '' ' feti
BLANCHE BATES:
Gdbdty I .tat Ike 2
- a-
c l fTTHB old-time- mthstre!
treP show Is
. -1 surely a thing of jth peat."
. , 1 ald th old -theatrical mana-
,T gar. 'I've aeen the 'thing that
will deaf It Ita aolar piexua mow. -i
"Everyone, of course, la familiar with
the up-to-date minstrel show, partlfu-j
larly the flrat part, where th minatreie
sit around la a seml-Clrclo, spring their
gaaa and do their song atunta. iTThat
parxf tha -modern mlnatrel ahow- la th
only. reminder of th good old-blackface
daya.': Well,. the moving picture maohlne
ia going to aettla that. -. ' i , .
. waa invited . the -other -day-- to- a
prtvate rchearaal of a new aet of moving
pictures, and-what 'do you suppose It
waaT- The 'picture : dleplayed a first
pari minstrel-ahow. and I'll be bleeaed
If It .didn't look like th real thing. It
takea ! miautea fotr b ptcturea to be
unwound. '. - V' r ..:,
..J'ln a darkened theatr with the proper
llgbta on th canvas It 1 aurprtstng how
lifelike these -picture are.? tiva first
shows the minstrel standing with the
Interlocutor in the center. . --
" Oentlemenr be seated.' aaya a vole
from behind th canvas, and they all Bit
down aa if they had Ufa and blood in
'em,. -. - '.- . -. , , - . .
"Now, we'll have tha opening) chor
ua. says th sate voice, and tevertr can-,
vaa coon opena hla mouth, a If he waa
U111 r '
chapter have been added.' A 1 large
aeriea -of Illustration haa1 been Intro
duced, with plana. In many case from
photograph.- - "Thla "Is to our mind,"
say th Farming World, "the moat u-4
ful book of th kind that haa ever been
publlehed. .-' The author keep practical
utility la the foreground all through the
work, and aa a result wa av a book
brimful of moat useful' Information,"
Longman. Green dt Co. 1 Price...! 1. ,
The Incorporation and- Organisation
of , Cerporatlona" By - Thomaa ' Oold
Froet, ia member f th 'New York bar.
Thla la a practical guide to the forma
tion of business corporatlona under the
law ef every atate. Th book furnishes
full lostrurtlona as to drafting charters,
holding meetings, gives th decision of
th court a. Interpreting every section of
th several acts, and all other necessary
Information.- Th book I announced for
immediate publlcatlea by Little, Brown
Co. of; Boeton.- . - - ,r -
; kfagaxincs.
- ,t.
The' February Delineator amouV an
anusually large number .of good articles
containa on worthy of special mention.
and which will be of great Interest to.
musicians, "Orand opera on Ita Trar
ala.f Marina, "that oerhani thoaa who
tar enjoyed grand opera at tha Metro-"was
f ir
":rr&
singing. 4 Ther I an, openlu,
ng cl
but it la aung by a live
tha cajiKus.- .--.
"Thea tha Interlocutor rlaei.sjnd aak
Brodieri Bones, on bia-lfft a question.
The brother on the light give vole to
loud guffaws. : You csn see them 1h the
picture,' and It gives you a kind of un
canny feeling tUl you realise that ..the
volcee com from behind the screen.
'" "Brother Brown will now' sing that
beautiful ballad. "Who Threw the Mualt
In Father'e Facet"' aaya the Interlocu
tor after hla 'gag converaaUon with tho
two end men. .. .
V"Ae th Interlocutor makea hla an
nouncements. he stands up, nd when he
Introduces the singer... tbe-aloger steps
forward to the renter ami front of the
stage. The. canvas minstrel open his
moutn ana tne real tenor singer behind
the acreen doea the ainglnr.a That ,1a
the way thla particular minstrel show
la run to th end. - I "
--"It; 1 varprlslng how real It ts. The
man who originated this quick action
mlneti-show-harcPTr1ghted-It and
has spent. tt.OOO In rehearsing and. get
ting it ready fori the atage. He had to
have . a -whole troupe of blackface men
originally, and- had to . drill, them well
before he could. ait the picture machine
man at work. t- ' ,
"Now that if Is tn working order Mt
will ' only take uttfic" men id preeent It,
One man will -do khe announcing. With
the quartet he! Will be hidden, behind
the acreen.' Th additional man will be
needed to work th light and tha ma
chine. . .. t
"The ahow wilt aoon be aeen in the
continuous houses and I think the plo
tura minstrels will make th real black
face men take to the woods! Anyway,
th thing Is a novetty-and well) worth
t,4 n v " - ' .,.' . V -
m. . - . . , , .
.... J i
polttan In New , York do not reallae.thslr
gooa fortune, ani to properly apprfoiale
It- they ahould gq with It "on the road
after the Kew York aeason closes, where
it nas to o given tn sKatlng rinks, taber
nacle or atux -building that can, b found
arga enough to aocommodat Ita heeds.
On Its travels grand opera, encounters
hot a few vicissitudes, and to bear Up
under ' all their experlencea requlrea a
sense of th humorous In the artists.
But that ther are compensatlona to
cheer their spirits msy be gathered from
tha Interesting photographa accompany
ing th article, which represent the great
Bfhgere tn poses entirely unfamiliar to
the habitues of the opera.,. Thla collec
tion waa preeented by Mr.' Mapleaon to
th queen of England and gracloualy
accepted by her. -. . . - (
"Thi Llbertjr.vof Florentlnb.' Th real
hero bf thla story, which -appeared In
MoClare'e for .'January, has turned ap
to Indianapolis. Ua la a young Cuban,
once a reconcentrido. named Florentino
Altequero.- The atory in which be fig
ured Is by Charles Fleming Embree. and
deacrllbea the rebuff of a young Cuban
who can't find "liberty" In the X'nited
State. - He -can't find it in the public
school because they call him "nigger." j
and he can't work because they call him
"scab. Thr only square deal he got
In th reform school.
on would .euppoao he. waa driving a
bard of .Mlaaouri mules inatead of In
etructlng an Intelligent company of men
and women.;., - - - - ' '
- "There Is a certain man In Nctw York,
producer of a number .of greWt ataga
spectacles, who once threw a chair at
th head of an obtuse leading wan be
cause he mispronounced word. -while
the language and mad erica of another
well-known stage director are proverbial
along Broadway, in New ' York, where
actora gather on . the corner to talk
ahop." ., f
"Belaaco,' however,' takes aa his text
the old adageV tha( ye may drive a
hora to water but you can't make him
drink.' .. He argues with the players
under hla direction until they think aa
he thinks, and then be gradually moulda
them .'into the part which they are to
play, i He has 'been credited with poa
eeaslflg hypnotla power) for his euccesa
Is due to the fact that he achieve hit
purpose by 'insinuation' rather thaa by
command."" ', -' - - -.
"Belasco'e dhipoaltlon ia kind because
lie baa uch perfect control over hla
temper. - That be la a nan of passionate
nature and atrength . of character has
been proved again and airain, by hie un
dying opposition -to the theatrical -trust.
Against overwhelming .$dds, against, in'
fluence find money, he has -waged and
la still waging an Implacable fight tnat
will 'Ultimately end either In the oblivion
of hla enemtea or bis own partial defeat.
Ona thing ia certain that either in defeat
of victory Belaaco cannot be relegated
toj oblivion. He la too great an axtlat.
and 'While he.eoatlnuee as aa active pro
ducer of pi bye the public Willi. Insist
on the right to witness his handiwork.
I e,t Bvldene of hla atrengfti
l'r character Ilea in Ihls. very power of
same Kinaneaa ana eonaiaeration ior an
unimportant -supernumerary - that - he
ahowa for a leading man or woman, and
no matter how much he may -be dis
turbed and excited by the - nnneceaaai t
mistake of aome thoughtless player, he
never permit an unkind word to 'escape
his Upa." f .
Aa Incident which lllustratea lila won
derful control, and whloh also acoounts
for th fact that Belaaco never carries
a watch, occurred ' awhile 'The Darling
of the Oods" waa In) rehearsal. ,
Jt waa the first dreaa renearaal of tha
drama and things were running amooth
ly. Not a stngle mistake had been made.
Belaaco with hla prematurely white head
bent upon hla breast, and hla coal-black
hypnotla aye riveted on the ataga, was
watching every detail of the perform
ance.- - ' - r
Suddenly the blare of trumpeta which
announce the arrival . of the outlaw.
Prince. Kara, rent the air. ' And It did
rend the air. ' It tore the atmosphere
Into- ' Jagged atrip. - For on . of the
muslciana had struck a horrible, false,,
flat note that ruined Kara's entrance,
and- tha whole effect of the music It
was. Ilk . throwing a handful of "mud
upon the statue of Venus. .
Belasco gasped, his features assumed
QrABpina hla Jorehead. wlthbla .long,
whit - hand he reA up the oreheatra
stele and dlaappoared, behind' the-curtain.
.' -'-. '-. - v--'
' It was- Impossible to continue the re
hearsal without him: MlBa Batea asked"'
someone to And mm. and . tr. Roeder.
general manager, of the, Belaaco com-
panlea. volunteered fo look.
He-found Belaaco behind the cnrtala.
tha rage .upon him. beating tha wail with
ht hands. - In -hi clenched fist he held
his magnificent gold ..watch, which ha
had abetters into blta. . . - .1
Tke' Risal Joe BowaSfsb1 j
(From th New York Herald,) .
D
URINQ A recent vieit to cameron.
Mo., former senator js. w. Ma
jor of Pike county,' Mo told the
true atory of Joe Bowers and
1ie lnvraetal ballad.' '' H '
According to Major, the traveler from
Pike waa not, aa currently auppoaed, aa
Imaginary hero, neither waa: hla aweet-
heart fickle, nor IS ther any Tecord of
her. having maxrleil . butchef, whose
hair waa awful redV
Jo Bowers waa born In a Plkh county
log cabin Vi 1H.. Before h pasaed
boyhood Ma fathers death -compelled
hlm to forego th .prtaltmr education
kfforded In thoaa daya, and to help hla
brother Ike In aupportlng hla widowed
mother. Alternately tilling the aoll and
laboring In. a mill.. Jo Bo Were showed
jm rare -ajuaUtle. aave his devotloir to
hie "old mammy." v. -In--th
prta of 114.- however. Joe
obtained -employment In a maple sugar
camp, and this led to the turning point
In hla-career:- Carrying water one oar
from the maple tree to th kettle, hit
came upon his employers aaugnier.
Sallv Black. th belle of Plk. Tho,
aequenc of n incident Itkwthat 1 )ro
ma nee, and In tha case of Joe and saiiy
th law wafulfUla
But Jo was poor, and whenbe naked
Sally to become hi wife ahe hesitated
and remembered that Joe's loitering be.
tween calls ' to whlape to tier had not
strengthened his chancea-for-Derraanent
emplovmerit with Peter Black. So she
pictured to Joe the desirabltfty of first
hiving a home. t '
Th California gold fever waa at Ita
Piker, had organised a band of fiy gold
hunters, and their train waa prepared
n mnva. - iaa Rowera Immediate! r en
listed and, despite the pleadings Of his
old mammy" and hla brother, be started
adros th platna aa a bull driver aad a
privileged servant of Captain McPlke.
, file waa also assigned the special duty
of eceut, which required him to precede
the wagona before night time hnrl select
a camp alt. This waa perrormeol ao Ju
diciously that Joe aeon commanded more
than ordinary respect among th travel
ers, and attracted th attention of one
Frank Swift, afterward governor of Cal
ifornia, Who saw In Jo a rough dia
mond.: - . ' ,' ' -, . , .
On day Swift reduced to verse the
kv atory narrated byl Jor Bowerav and
a few evenings later, while tho party
were gathered about the camp fir, and
while Joe' was entertaining .them In in
imitable' fashion, ha waa Interrupted by
th reading aloud Of Swlft'i ballad. It
waa tha flrat time any Jok had been
perpetrated at hla aspens, 'and it made
a hit.'- - 7 ; , i-:--- '
Before the Western elopes had been
reached every man In the party had com
mitted tha rhyme to memory, and a few
month later It found Its way back to
Pike county, where- it waa first pub
lished in the Salt River Journal.
In California the poem waa set to a
tuna, and for y- n l tt-' se-v sunt
en the Paelflo "- i. jt
All tha 'Way . v.
("They are waiting for. yoi( tot return,
said Mr. Roeder. ... ...
"Then take that muelcian away," erl1
Brlnsco. ."'Put him out of the theatre."
"Why. did you not break' hla horn In
atead of your watch V asked the general
manager, i; it coat mucn le.as.
- "Beruu,' Waa the eply. It would
have Injured Ms feelings to humiliate
him before, his brother musldana. On
aeoond thought, don't put htm out. ' Qo
to him quietly atd tell him not to plav .
again during rehearsal until he ha had
an opportunity ' tu practice the muale. ;
The-poor fellow may Have, a-spark ef -art
somewhere In bis aoul an4 1 don't '
want to hurt him." ? - - . '
Mlsa Bates aald tb other day: i
"There ia a saying on Broadwav'that
'Beiuaco can make an actor put lit an
Indian cigar sign.' Of course.- noli of -'
ue under hi management clatma ktrishlp
to an JndUtn cigar start: neverthclees the
Baying contains muchOf ruth,",, Of her
self she aaldi : ' j. ' -' ; ;'. iiL
TOne i thing'TTim thankful for I my
splendid health'.- It haa. been tlio boon
of my existence- "Aside from a few tem
porary illnesses. I have tWh. a strong,
healthful woman. i-.
' "When"! have been vexed and dtscour- - '.
aged- by-the -obataclea-of llfe," when the"
feminine moment had arrived far 'good I- .
cry I always found glHj solace in' re-'J
peating. 'What' tha dlfrerenc ao long,,
aa I bav my health T . t, ..
' "I ride horseback every day. .'.But rid- r
ing wa indirectly the cause of a lot of
trouble for me at Bt. Loula ' Bhortly
after arriving there, , during the early -.
part of August, I Jumped from myhors -on
morning and landed on a particular
ly hdtd atone wrlth my left foot X felt .
a. pang of pain and then tried ta for-
get -It - ' ..... - i i j. '. r -
- "Somehow I could not forget It. My. '
nerves insisted that I should remember.
."That night at tha performance it hurt
me ao badly that 1 felt an inclination to
limp. Otherwise, however,. I felt bo well -that
I refused to limp and Just let, It
hurt, -.r r " . ! ... '
''During" the week -lt became worse.
ty - mother Insisted - upon f calling a
physician.- He eame. n said. that it "
waa a bad com on the sole of my foot.
I shan't Bay what I called him. though
it is certain be did: not tell th truth.
Also he was Invited to return.
"Within two- daya ;two -other phyal-
olaaa -followed him both In and out
They both said tt waa a corn. '' . . . ' ,
"I sent for a specialist. He Imme- '
dlately: pronounced it a ' dangerous
tumor and ordered absolute -root That ' -
waa lovely. It Bounded ao much nor
Important. - A tumor! Aht . Now I
thought," I am forced to-close- my - - -engagement
and go to bed. the tvewa
papers, under ny elrcumatanc,- can
not say It waa a corn., i .
"Jst imagine a headline reading!
something like-' thla:'' . r -,
CORNS DRIVE BLANCHB
BATES . FROM. 8TAQE. - ;
Actress Has Don to Bed With 'a Sore -Foot,
Temporarily Closlna Theatre.
-"Tghf Think of trying to-draw a
matinee-eudionc after- auch a -report. ' "
"Well; to make a abort story shorter,
the doctor called at. th theatr every
night until th end of the 'St Loula-.
run. which lasted .e-ver--four -nfonths,
and treated the troubleaomo foot. . I did
not get .well until f very cad of th "' :1
engagement In the meantime, nlevlnv '
-4every night, 1 Buffered greet pain. The .
ooy witn a atone bruise will sympathise
with me. ' But my good health per
mitted m to-conquer the pain l-which-. ;
might have caused many -woman to '
faint"- --;.'.',. ... '-'..,. . . :
of th eong a orlgiintIlj,'"pu:
bltaoad,'
were. - ... .
My nam It la Jo Bowera, ': ,'
;-I'v got a brother Ikj-,...
X came from, old Missouri, - !,- -j t
2 . jaJI th way from Plka s
- ' tell yon why I lft ther,.-, -
And how g cam to roam, ., ; '.
,And leave my poor old mammy V
So far 'away-from home. 'Jt.1:-.
V.. .i L ' , . ? , ..
-nl weed to love a gat there, '-"
-'Her nam waa Sally Black.
I asked her for to marry (mav
She aald It waa a whack. . . " -Bri-
says to me, "Je Bowers; , ' '
Before w hitch for ltf
-You ought to have a little horn '
j To keep your Uttl wtre. , i .-.'
-.--.--'. . . .- . .-;...', -V'-'-
Saya I. "My dearest Sally, . "
''v O, SallyV for your aake.
jin :go to traiirorny ' - - -
And try to raise a stake.' ." . .
- Bars she to m, -Joe Bowera, "
"-' You ar the inhap to wtn."-- ''.
- Gave me a kiss to-seal the bargaJa ' '
.vl Ard thrbwed doaen in.
I'll never forget my feelings
. When I bid adieu to all. J -
x Sal Just cotched m around tha neck
' And I began t bawL
t ,Wben I aot In they all commenced.
y How they all took on and cried -.-.
j The day I left old Pike.. - - '
' : " -4- - ".....-' -
" Whwl got'fOtMa her count rjr ,
, I hadn't naryred. - C
V I had auch wolfM feeling! v i';
I' wished' myaelf meet dead.
At lei)to,jr went . to mining,
Pat 'In. my blggeet licks, r . ;
Came down upon the bowlder -.-r
Just like a thousand rlcka. 5 ,
.I worked hoth lale and early, .
.. In rain and aun and enow;-
-nut it waa woramg tor my Bsiiy, j
. - 8o -Hwaa all the earn to Joe. . - f . -
I made a very lucky etrlke. i;
jvAe the gold Itself did tell. ' . ; .
For I waa working for-my Sally, 1 '
- - The gal I loved bo well, i r ,
:.r-. . - - '
.But on day I got a 'letter 'J
From my dear brother Ike, j '".
t cem from old Missouri, , -
Yea aiLthe way from Pike. Ml , -.
-It told me th gokierndest newt;.'.'
That ever you ' did .hear. -. y ..r '
My heart It la a buatln. z ' : -V
B pray excuse ,11x1 tear, -'.-'- -j
It aaki tny Rat waa ftcfcT . . , ,
4 Her lov for m bsd fledi--.
that aha had manic a botcher. - :
-Whoee hair waa awful red. ..;. .
It told me more'than that ' ' . ,
tt'a enough to make me swer, ' , .
It aald Sally had a baby---
And th baby bad. red naif. J ' '',
; ' ' , 4 , .. :,'"''' "'"-T
' Joe Bowers neve rettirned to Pike ;
ermnty. He died pennllmHi and among
etrangere tn tha gold field, and M rest
ing place I unknown.
Wla Tsfra. tMwxm.
Mr. Orlmee Whr dldi-i y
o lend Mrs. Jlmmerrr-- "
dear?
Mr Cri
er-- ' '
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