The Oregon daily journal., December 10, 1905, SECTION THREE, Image 30

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL., PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JECgMBSR 10. 1SC3.
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No . 11, a
$2,300
Cottage
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IN filling a genral demand for Infor
mation concerning th cost- of
building a bouM, The Journal Baa
endeavored to ault th need of
everybody who wwi a awu, v
, able home at moderate coat No very
high-priced bulldinra bav been Included
in thla aerlea. the laet of which will be
Dubllshed neat Sunday. For people of
moderate meana the aerlea la invaluable
aa It ahowa exact cbargee for every Item
that entcra Into the building of a home,
gives the opinion of an expert architect
and a variety of deaigna some ona-pf
' which must ault your own particular
taste. The prices are . exactly those
which you will hav to pay If you build
right here ta Portland. The flguree
quoted are for flrat-claaa work la every
detail. ' . ' ' "
The etory and a half cottage for which
the drawing are here given haa aom
uncommonly attractive feature. In the
elevatlona the roof llnea are particularly
good; the circular front of the dining
room rlalng to the aecond atory and fin
ishing in tower effect agalnat the high
' roof line; the front again broken by the
two-windowed, dormer; the long aweep
of the aide llnea. with the expoaed chim
ney on the living-room aide of the house,
giver a good effect wherever placed.
Th houae la 1 feet aquara with a
projection alx by ten in the rear. The
basement la under the entire houae. with
one half cement floored and finished for
' laundry, fruit and vegetable room The
concrete walla of the basement rlae to
tha aurface and are capped by the brick
' .foundation. , ' j ''
The walla are sheeted, papered and
"then flnlahed With ahlp-lap and shlnglea
The gablea and the circular front ahln
gled from the basement up: tha rest of
" the fust atory aided to tha ahtngl belt
, The living-room ie entered direct from
the porch. Tha firet atair Undlng la at
the further and of the long room. On
the etalr platform, which la ralaed only
a atep, la a window and a aeat tha high
back of which forma tha back of a
bookcaaa on the left hand of tha alcove;
the bookcaaa on the right aide (s built
underneath a couple at amall Prlacllla
J windows, ami both flnlahed with glass
doora Tha window aeat at tha and-com
pletes th nook.
The fireplace on tha aide of tha room
la finished with Roman brick facings,
laid with red llnea and a tile hearth.
Tha atair arrangement ia both effeo-
tive and convenient; a door and three
- Steps givea access to what an efficient
'housekeeper haa pronounced - an ideal
kitchen. Let ua see what thla house
keeper's Ideal is. First tha slse, which
' Is by II. and containing, as it floes,
all pantry conveniences, as well aa usual
kitchen appointments. Indicates tha
favor in which a amall, compactly ar
ranged kitchen la held. Thla one seems
specially designed to aava steps and
make kitchen service easy. - '
The kitchen cubboard la built with a
work table above bina and drawera and
Is also furnished with molding boards.
- The china cloast ia close to the sink,
' which should hava a drain board at
either end. Tba range la provided with
a metallic Iron hood, which obviates tha
need of a pass pantry to seclude the
odors of oooklng from tha reat of the
house. Opposite the range, eloaa to the
din Ins1-room door, la a serving table
wmrIHall enilia tuubuaid u
At tha rear of tha kitchen Is a atorw
room for kitchen supplies of all aorta,
with a built-in Icebox. Thalc la plaoad
in the box from tha kitchen entrance
; outside. Tha atoreroom ia furnished
with shelves and haa ample apace for
tha purpose designed. It may also have
at work table for preparing vegetable,
dressing fowls and auch work. Tha en
trance fo tha basement la also con
venient! v plaoad. ,
"The dining-room baa tha pleasant
featur of being at tha front . ef the
house. It haa besides tha bay-windowed
effect of tha front a 'couple of amall
high windows on the porch aid.
The second floor haa three good bed
rooms, ample cloaet room, an especially
convenient arrangement of toilet and
bathroom, and a hall which mav also
aerve as a sewing-room.
- - Tha Interior finish on tha first floor
- may have weathered oak stain, wax fin
ish; the Vtobn and bedrooms painted
wnita - Tha Kitchen wans and tha bath'
' room should have imitation tile finish
in nam yiasvwr tvr nvigat . sour
cottage Is a French gray with white
trimmings. The sash picked out - In
- black and tha roof stained black. This
' will be found vary good with tha dark
red of the chimneys and foundation.
Altogsthar, in design, arrangement
and finish, offering most desirable fea
turea ror a noma at tn verv modarat
cost of $2,100. v-.
' The estimate: '.''.'"'. t
Excavating ." ................ ...
Basement walla
111
10
lis
:ment noor over nair basement.
. Brickwork and mantel
Furnace
j iDwum ..........,,
', Sash, doora and mouldings. Includ
ing Interior finish cabinet work.
V. .1-1 1
J aiming HIV IIUUUSS ... .........
Wiring
' Ilnmblnsr to lot Una ...... m.
. . m
, i-i u . ................. . . . . .
carpentry ......................
Lumber and shingles ............
Hurrar-a n...
Plastering
Total
.11,100
. ; Fanasrs Wot Soared. ;
'From Milton' Eagle. 4 '
tm preoicuon or an eminent scientist
that the grain fields of Umatilla county
' " a" we livu aiJ KV- (
atant growing of wheat la not causing
the farmers any great amount of an
; easiness. "An ounce of experience Is
worth a pound of theory," and the ao
. jal experience of those who have
farmed in this vicinity for years doe
mm pmiessor out in his deduc
tions. On farmer who I this year
, aeedlng It acres to wheat Informs us
that conatant cultivation of the soil.
Instead of Impoverishing It, cause It to
become richer, with a tendency for the
grain to grow too rank, thereby going
too much to straw, it Is a matter of
common knowledge that light soil which
a few year ago could not be farmed
profitably la now made to produce good
crops, and the longer It I cultivated
the better the yield seemingly is. . .'.
- Frealdaat tvmba Will Be "Vnfroeked."
- President- Lou bet smong other eurl-
. cue or noes, enjoys the distinction of
being a canon of St John Latsran In
ktome. But no sooner shall the atat
separate Itself from the church In
"frunw -than th- Lataraa .chapter., will
unfrock their recalcitrant brother, thus
..leaving King Alfonso of Spain tha sole
monarch possessing dlgnltle an prlvl
lege in th Roman curia. The afore-
. aild fanonry was originally conferred
by the chapter upon Henry IV., in token
of nratltude for tha Abbev of Clavac.
which represented . an , endowment of
11,000 a ysar. ! 1
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WHERE UNCLE SAMMAKES GUNS
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From th New Tork Sun. '
THERE -Is something fascinating
about a gun, aapeclally If It la
an army gun. Perhaps -It has
:nvr killed a man. Perhaps tt
will never kill on. Even If It does, It
Isn't tha only manklller In tha world.
Ia tha firat place Unci Sam makaa
hi own gun. If k should have a big
war on hie haada ha might be driven
to buying guns made by private con-.
tractora. Otherwise every rifle used by
th regular army or by th militia 1
mad at Spiingflsld, Massachusetts, or
at Rock Island, Illinois.
The history of th Springfield rifle I
th history of gunmaklng for th lait
century. Th armory wae started In
1711, but th first record of th gun
made there begin in 17i. , , ,
Though at that time we were rather
on th outer fringe of th world w
were up to dat In our army guns. Th
first recorded model mad at Spring
field was a French flintlock, smooth
bore muaket known aa th Charlvlllo
modal. . . t '-,:-..' v;
So far as look want It wag rather
formidable, having a barrel about thre
feet long and a bayonet almost as big as
a sword. A, a matter of fact though,
thla musket which was essentially th
same as th on with which American
Independence was gained was Isss
deadly than-it looked. '
No . wonder th men at Bunker Hill
were told to hold their fire until they
could see th white of th enemy's
eye. Tbalr gun couldn't be depended
on for a much longer rang. Beyond 10
yard th aim waa hit or miss; chiefly
miss. ' At 100 yarda this type of gun
couldn't be depended on to hit anything,
vsn In a massed company.
This model was" In us for about 40
years, but It was1 gradually .Improved
by oar and finish In making, until in
1I0S our remarkable gunnery actually
led th English to send a commission
ovsr her to try to learn something from
ua, a thing which they have been doing
over sine. j
"Lieutenant Warlen," they reported.
"having heard that good shooting could
be mad at 100 yarda with th United
State service musket and knowing that
the English musket was useless at that
distance aa far aa - accuracy was con
cerned, went to Governor's Island to find
out If Major Thornton could arrange a
day for aome practice at that distance."
Imagine our pride at being able to
show off our' long rang shooting tt
the hated British I However, they got
ahead of us In the first big stride of
improvement in th old' musket '
It seems rather queer that It was an
English clergyman who. first patented
a percussion process for exploding gun
powder. Hla name waa Foreyth. and hl
patent, Issued In 1107, wss on tha use
of a potassium chlorate mixture.
From that time on for 40 year In
ventors all ovsr th civilised world were
constantly experimenting ,j with percua
Blon guns, but it was not untrfmt thai
this government accepted a model 1A
that type. Th first perousslon guns
manufactured by this government were
made In 1144 and were followed by 10
years of ' gradual Improvement along
that one Una. - - .
K The next radical change waa to the
nri musaet
Rifle were not aew. They bad been
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uaed for years in thla country " and
abroad for special military organisations
but tbsy war not vary satisfactory.
So far baok as th end of th
eighteenth century this country had
formed a corps of riflemen. But th
French about that time ' gave up th
whole Idea, aald th weapon was Im
practicable and "suited .only to the
phlegmatic constitution 'of an English
man." It anybody should attempt to ram on
of tha old rifle bullets of that day
down th barrel of the gun he would
feel a good deal of sympathy with th
French point of view. Th rifles bains,
musale-loading, th bullet had to be
made perceptibly- larger than th bar
rel, and It took time and patience to
drive them home. It waa not till the In
troduction of tha metalllo cartridge that
th rifled musket became really service
able. .
That brings th atory np to our war
model, the model of 11(1. It was a ri
fled musket .11, firing an expanding
mlnle bullst
Aa th caliber of th muaket grew leas
th bullet became longer, thua securing
greater speed and rang. With thla gun
a destructive fire could be delivered at
a distance of MO yarda, and even at 1,000
yarda It would penetrate more than three
inches of white pine, so that It waa not
to be tightly regarded Inside that dla
tanca. Tha next atep In gunmaklng wag th
breechloader. Like the other radical
changes, it waa a long time In th mak
ing. -
Bo far back aa 1119 an Inventor named
John Hall waa employed by the govern
ment to aet up machinery at the liar-
ptrs Ferry armory and make a thousand
breechloading arms by way of experi
ment Hall had Invented th arm him
self In ltll. Aa It waa eight year be
fore th government gar htm the Har
per' Ferry .order, the idea doe not
aeem to hava appealed vary forcibly to
th power at Washington. - t
Ones ha got tha gun under way, how-
aver. It seems to have been received with
aom favor, for breechloader were made
under Hall's supervision .until 1844
More than 15.000 war made during that
time -at Harper's Ferry, and almost aa
many by outside eontractors.
They were given out to special or
ganisations, and some went to th regu
lars and. to. th militia. But ther
doean't seem to have been any wild
agerrftss to be equipped with them, for
In 1110 ther wer still almost 10,000
of these gun stored in th different ar
senals. " - ' ,
- Th breechloading, Idea' waa all right
In lts1f, but It did not get on well with
the old gun and th old charge.
"It eaeme as If Improvements 'are al
ways one-legged. Each one llropa till
another cornea to help It along. So th
brchloadtng gun had to have a elf
primed expanding metalllo cartridge ba
rer it could get Into th march of prog
ress. " Tha period before th outbreak of th
civil war was on of continual expert
mentlng -with nreeehloadeTsy and- vn
with magasln rlflea. Between 1161 and
11(0 the government purchased 11,111
breechloading arma of various patterns,
besides th right to alter 1.000 old arms
upon two plana and to manufacture 1.009
carbine and metalllo case cartridge on
one of the plans. '
But the war put a -atop to experiment
Th need for Immense tjuantltlfij of arm
taxed th government armories to their
utmoet, and In addition thousanda of
contract-mad guns ware purchased.
- It may aurprlse some peopl to know
that between lltl and 18C th govern
ment purchased 14,000 magasln rifle
of on- make alone. . This was th Bp
cer repeating rifle, firing seven, car
tridges without reloading. .
But tha vast majority of guns used
during th war war th old. IjSS model
rifled musket muxsls-loading, caliber
.((. Toward tha end of the war the
Springfield -board recommended th
adoption of tha Paabody. breechloading
rifle, but tba war department disap
proved. They did begin to make th Joalyn,
but th report from th field were un
favorable and only 1,000 guna of that
model were turned out Next the gov
ernment tried converting th old muskets
Into breechloaders and 60,000 war
altered In thla way. Tha old rifling wa
bored out and a tuba Inserted In tba
barrel, a process which naturally proved
decidedly unsuccessful. -
. But with th war over and Ua lessons
laid to heart, tha Sprlngfleld-armory got
busy with the evolution of tha modern
rifle. A new model was Introduced every
year or two. Experiment followed on
one another failure or success.
The calibre waa reduced from .81 to
.41. The gun became a breechloader, a
repeater or a magasina rifle. Th sights
were continually Improved.
Thla went on until In lltl tha gun
known to the publlo aa tha Krag became
the regular army rifle. 1 The calibre by
thla time waa down to .10, where It still
remaina. j, ... ...... ...
. The latest model Is th last word In
military rlflea. - While tha affective
range of the Civil war rifled musket
waa ttQ yards, that of thla year's gun
Is 1.000 yards, with an extra range of
1,700 yards. '
. A lot of Interesting things have hap
pened to the bayonet while ,th gun
Itself haa been going., through these
change. - At first It used to hava a
hollow handle, which slipped right over
th tnuzsle of th gun when bayonet
were fixed. A' a conaequenc the gun
could not b flrd without taking off
th bayonet, nor could a charge be made
after firing without stopping to put th
bayonet on. It was natural that a man
ner Jens inconvenient.. should be devised,
and it soon waa.1
. Later the experiment Wa made of
using a trowel-shaped bayonet aa that
It could be employed in thaowlng up
trenches. But- this wss , discarded be
cause of Its' weight and ' Its shortness,
which placed men ' at a disadvantage
agalnat troops equipped with longet
bayonets. ..
Fifteen years ago' it waa thought that
the long rang of modern rifles would
practically do away with -close en
counters between opposing armies, and
that the moral support which a soldier
galna from, having a bayonet In his
possession could be given by a Tuss
burdensome variety of th article. A
rod bayonet - wa -therefore Introduced.
It had a pointed tip and waa carried in
the aame position which the ramrod uaed
to occupy on th gun barrel.
But the' 1 Russo-Japanese war has
brought bsck th old bayonet with Its
deadly power In a hand t hand en
counter. The event around Port Arthur
demonstrated that It la 1 Impossible for
troops to advance In th fac of modern
SEMES
rfjBfrflwi: few
firing. Thy simply eannot stand l
agalnat It
Aa a consequence, th advances upon
a fortified position must b made at
night Th old knife bayonet la mote
effect aal In th hand to hand en
counters which coma either In case of
a aortl or In atormlng th work to
which these night advances bring the
troop. - .
It Is a matter of curiosity to th out
sider what become of th old guns.
In many cases certain parts of them
can b uaed again In th manufacture
of Improved models. Others ar passed
on from th regulars to th militia.
Some are aold- to boys' military achooia.
Hundreds of them ar aold to dealers
and by them to collectors of souvenirs.
Wbll th 11 f of a gun Is more often
cut abort by ita going out of fashion
than In any other way, still It grows
feeble and useless Just aa human beings
do. Every time a modern rifle 1 fired
th explosion of th charge liberates
gasea-which have an enormous pressure.
This produces a heat which Is intense.
Firing many rounds l likely to caus
auch erosion- of th Interior of the
barrel as will seriously Impair tha use
fulness of. that particular gun. - 80 that
ther is a pretty ateady demand for new
rlflea even in tlmea of peaca, when .guns
wear themselvea out though ; mor
slowly, In mere target practice. .
Cartridges which are superseded by
another type ar brokanv up at Frank,
ford, Pennsylvania, wher th government-manufactures
Its ammunition, and
th available material are used again.
In time of war tha percentage of loss
depend entirely on th Individual cir
cumstances. Th gres test factor 1 con
tinued and rapid firing. This might
ronder a gun unserviceable by heating
th parts so that there would b erosion.
Thre Is In th museum at th Spring
field armory an Interesting group of
guna, showing how a . rifle itself may
come to a violent and. Burst barrels.
broken stocks, Jammed locks, bullet hole
transversely through the barrel bar
rels whlah hav received a bullet di
rectly into th musile -these ar aom
of tha ways ln.whloh a rifle la put out
of action. , . .' --?.,.
When th bystander sees a stack
guna from which, at a moment' -warn
ing soiaiers are supposed to take each
hla own weapon th civilian, wonder
how -in th world th men know which
Is which. Soldiers themselves say that
they grow aa familiar with th feel of
their own rifle a a cavalryman doe
with th gait f hla horse.
If there should be any confusion II
can speedily be eettled, aa very gun 1
numbered. Men are not allowed to mark
their rlflea in any way, though this
rule appears not to hav been vigilantly
enforced during th civil war.
In th museum at th armory ther
ar several marked gun. On ha th
nam "Kat"' fdrmed Ujr-tha head of
pin driven Into the butt Another is
elaborately carved. Another bears con.
slderabl details of one "J. S. MoConnell,
Company A, Fifteenth Kentucky Infant
ry, Prairlevlll. Stone River, Chlcka
magua, Sherman's- Campaign to At
lanta." x , .
Th making of army guna is on of
th fw-1rwlivldual wher tn demand
does not alwaya regnlat th supply.
W mity not go to war for a hundred
years to come; but as it 1a th policy of
tha present authorities to hav a re
serve of several hundred thousanda up
to dat military rifles on hand anyway,
the Springfield armory ta not likely to
ahut down, whether th devote of peac
coo or th eagle of war scream, ,
Sarah Bsrnhai
n
From th Nw Tork TiVorld.
MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT
on her sixth visit to th
United State had excitamant
sufflolent vn for bar highly
temperamental nature. Th actress haa
com to make a (9 wk' tour 01 worth
America. 1
To Colonel Lovell H. Jerom la aa-
slgned by th government th pleasant
duty of seeing that prominent persons
get away from tha plera without too
muoh trouble. With Madam Bernhardt
on his arm and carrying aloft in hla
disengaged hand a big bunch of chry
santhemums. Colonel Jerom essayed , to
push hi way through th mustoms line.
He and th great actress war followed
closely by ber maid , and Frederick
Mayo. . her personal ', representative,
bearing a luxuriant bunoh of Amerioaa
Beauty rosea, presented to madam by
th French line; Will Connor, on of her
managara; Channlng Pollock, represent
ing Sam 8. and L. Sbubert. and M. d
Max. her leading nan, and half a doaen
others.
On of her entourag bor madama's
jewel case. It did not bear th Inspec
tion label of th Custom-house. Thre
night Inspector on th lln ret Colonel
Jerom through, but they barred th
path or Madam Bernhardt
Every body in Madam Bernhardt's
party taJkd . la French. Colonel Je
rom and tha inspectors talked In Eng
lish. Th crowd pressed more closely
until th passageway became blocked.
Persons rushed In from outsttte and
th far and of th pier. The French
lln superintendent - shouted for an
open passageway and si bowed himself
through.- Madam was being mobbed.
Policeman ran np and took aldea with
th inapactors. . ,' . .- -
Madam Bernhardt pal with excite
ment and anger, protested and expostu
lated, her maid.. and attendant assist
ing her. At last ah waa led through
th mas to ona aid of th covered pier,
a chair waa brought Into which Madame
gracefully dropped In a swoon. - But she
waa quickly on her feat again angrily
tossed her sealskin coat upon a. bag
gage truck, whii an inspector was
brought v , C ,
Th Inspector quickly examined th
jewels, ....... ....
Th jewel are said ta be worth tit,-
000. Thar wa a diamond tiara pre
sented to her In 1110 by miners In Cali
fornia. It la strung with gold nuggets.
Ther was also a ruby necklace.
Madame Bernhardt revived In th
outer air, wher she was helped Into a
carriage. They told her ah was going
to th Hotel Astor. - . - . .
"What hotel ia that?" ah Inquired.
1 must see that hotel bef or X ahalj
say if I shall stay ther."
Meanwhll th police - reserve bad
been called for from th Charles street
station, but -bfor their arrival Madam
Bernhardt with her . support 107 per
sons, her II trunk, th 100 trunks be
longing to her company, accessories, lit
tl dog Fretlllon. and scenery enough
f or th first production Th Sprcw,
tn Chicago, had gone.
A quarter of' aa hour later, accom
panied by Mademoiselle Seylor, hr pretty
littles companion, and preceded vy Mr.
William Connor, - Madam Bernhardt
entered tha Hotel Aator, wher ah wa
welcomed by a group of reporters and
a few old friends. A Louis XVI room
In th hotel bad been prepared for her
Ther, whll ah waited for th sum
mons to the train, which was to whirl
her away to Chicago, th most admir
able of all artists chatted for about as
hour with her interviewers.
To sustain her during th ordeal, ah
sipped cafe au lalt and inhaled tha
fragrance of the roses, which aom of
her admirers had sent her. Once, dur
ing tK Interviews, sh was obliged to
pose lor a piiisisui 1
photographer. .
lasvltahlt
Bernnarat ceiests pnoiograpnera.
They seldom have been kind to hr. . But
aha poaed all th aame.
"I hav traveled 1,000 miles," said
aha. - "From Buenos Ayr I went to
Europ and from Europe I hav , com
to Agjerlo. almoat without a halt They
wer very kind to me, as vr. In South
America. , I bopa I shall b as fortun
ate hr.
"On my way, at Dakar, I heard Jhe
news f poorHnry Irving' s death. It
waa a great shook to m. - For I ad
mired blm a a great artlat and I re
spected him aa a man. HI funeral was
a wonderful tribute to hi genius. It
wa worthy of Irving, and lt-dld honor
to th English people. -
i"Thr i not a word of truth In th
rumor that I intend to retire from th
tag on my return to Franc. X am
suing th paper which published the
report her for damages. Why. two im
portant play are being written for me
a 'Jeanne d'Arcf and X Thatr.'
Th latter, aa you perhape know, la by
Rostand, and deals with th Uf of an
actreea. Tea, ther ar. reaomblanc
between th heroin and myself. - But
th play 1 not nearly ready yet Roa
tand does not allow his works to be per
formed till he 1 quit satisfied with
them. Besides, he ia busy with a
drama for Coquelln, entitled "Chante
elalr.' I am In no hurry. .
"During my preaent tour I ahall ap
pear In several works new to America
notably in Victor Htfgo'a 'Angelo,'
which has analoglea with tha story told
tn th opera La Gloconda,' In La Sor
oere,' which you have aeen Interpreted
In England by Mra. Patrick Campbell,
and in my own version of 'Adrlenne Le
eovureur.' No.. Ther are only a-few
points of resemblance betwn th play
you have aeen under that nam and
ELECTRICITY'S TDIUMPH OVER STEAM
(Continued From First Page, This Seo-
tion.j . . : . ..... .
It would appear, therefore, that eon
stant advances in construction and evo
lution of more powerful motor will
meet all spej requirements for inter
urban servlc,.' .'..' .;
Some railroads ars pianlfestlng a
disposition to tak up competing trolley
line and incorporating .them aa part of
their systema
( Thla is a step of th Boston it Main
railroad. It, Concord and Manchester
lectrlo lln. for xampla. Is operated
on ateam-road principles, and- it haa
other trolley llnea as Integral parts of
its regular system.
Were it not for a few breaks hers and
ther. on might now travel by trolley
from Portland, Main, almoat to centra
Nebraska, v - 1 ,(;'.. ' 1
From- Portland is an aaay Journey to
Boston, thence nearly aoros Massachu
setts the trolley llnea "run. A network
of ahorter route stretch aoross New
Tork BtateV although all are not connect
ed yt for through transit . ' "
At Palneevllle, Ohio, on finds
straight unbroken communication
through 'Cleveland, Toledo and Detroit
to tha principal cltiea of western Michi
gan, whenc ready outlet to Chicago x
lata - - 1 '.. . Z
Rcntly trolley construction lis been
rapidly pushed through Iowa, and weat
of Omaha In Nebraska -
.When a few conneotlng links have
been made, ona may journey half aoross
th continent to th continual hum of
th trolley.
Boston, New Tork, Philadelphia Buf
falo and Pittsburg ar great trolUr cen-1
dt's First Bay
mine, which la based on a Uf of Adri
an n by. Henri d La Pommeraya. a
French lecturer and Journalist I wrot .
my Adrians quit quickly. Tha sub.
Jeot In Itself waa so dramatis that my ,
taak was easy. I also hop to produce
a most Interesting one-act play en
titled, Bohemos.'
"Oh, yes, X hava written several plays
besides 'Adrlenne.' One, entitled
'L'Aveu,' waa produced In Pari, at th
Odeon. Another, which' I call La
Duchae Catherine,' haa hot yet been '
performed anywhere. It la an Italian
drama modern, in flv acta, and la
prose dealing with th love of a woman
of about IS who has a younger rival In
th affections of the man who adores
her. It end tragically. , Th heroin
and hsr lover take poison. I hava also'
written a comedy-drama. But I hava
not th manuaorlpt of. the last sot and
X far I ahall never find It It la of no
oonaequence." . . ,
"Bo at last you re likely to hav a -national
theatre," . continued Madam
Bernhardt "I heard of it in Europ
and I waa delighted. A national theatre
such as, X am told. Mr. Conrted hopes
to build her will soon or lata unques- -tlonably
b a blessing to Amerioaa au
thor and to American aetora '. It ia
needed her. Americana ar Intelligent
They ar vn many of them Intellec
tual. And their drama should be Intel
lectual, tn order to be worthy of them.
If tha projected national theatre Is at
all Ilk th Thsatr Frsnoals it must
have a beneficent and wide-reaching In
fluence. The modern publlo. In Franc' ' and
laewhere. seems to - prefer prose to
vera. Rostand. It Is true, affects verse.
But hla plays ueceed, I think, lass on
account of their form than peoausq, they
ar interesting aa dramas, -
"What ar my favortt parts T Ah.
that ia a question which X Invariably
refuse to answer. Why should I give
offense to any of th author who writ
for mT Shakespeare T What educated
person "does not admtr , Shakespeare T
Victor Hugo? .Well, ther waa a period
when, even In Parla, Victor Hugo seemed '
to hava loat hia hold on tha public But
ha haa regained It . 'Angelo' haa been a
great success. Bo baa L Burgraves."
At this stage M. d Max hinted, that
Madam Bernhardt must b tired.' But
sh scoff d at ths suggestion.
"I sm not tired." said aha eurling '
herself up cosily. on a Loul XVI arm
chair and resting her prtty feet on an
other chair. t -
Soma on referred to Ibsen, v L
"Ibsen la simpler thaa yon suppose. .
Much ' atmpler thaa many of hla ad
mirers, who persist In attributing deep
undermeenlngg to bis playa 1 hav
acted Nora in Th Doll' a House.', and
I admlr much in that work, though I
am not an Ibsenlte. Ibsen himself told
m onoe that th plot 'was suggested .
to him by a real atery. what I do not
Ilk ia It Is th end. X eannot believe
that Nora would . hav - foraakan hat
children." -
Tim la still baiting for tha premier
French actress. .. Madams although, th
raooraa anow sn is ei, 100 as to do
younger by a soor of summers and
winters. The eye still aparkl. the
flesh la wrlnklelessV th complexion
fresh, and madam still talks, and al
ways will talk, with her whole frame,
her shoulders, body, arms, hands, fin
ger, expression, eyea
Had ah found th Briaaiiiana ana tha
Argentines appreciative, with a knowl
edge of dramatis art and literature, ah ,
waa aakoo. :- .-v." -' "
"B&KUntn h xelaUnd. "They
hav th reputation of being connois
seurs In drama and literature. - In Ar
gentina they ar Just as bright Ah!
there baa been a great change In. Ar
gentina" V f
"Did X sar that Cubans ar Imp In
flres aulta. Tnat sraa aiigq io aav
then and now I repeat tt was aosoiuteiy
false. N such inurvww waa ever
given. ; Th question waa revived In
Brasll and Argentina, and . no It 1
asked, bar. Everywhere X go, except
In America, ther Is a story about what
I was ' alleged to hav said. In this
country that has not bean so, for Amer
la Is too big for such etorles." '
Throughout th Interview madama's
maid waa her prompter. . Madama's maid
1 a wonder. Bb not only picks np ma-
dame's glova and pencil, but supplies
a missing' word, a nam, a dat a an
tence, th tltl of a play, so that ther -Is
not An Instant wasted.
It 1 IB year thla December alnc
Mine. Bernhardt's first appearance tn
Booth'a theatre. In thla etty. It waa tn
"Adrtenn Leeovureur." Now aha comes
with her own adaptalon of ""Adrlenne
Leeovureur" a new play aha ealla it
1 ahall not play Hamlet.' nor
L'Atglon' here." sh Bald. "Neither
ahall play 8t Theresa' I should Ilk
to, but It Is a rsllglous subject and I
do not think a religious subject would
take in America"
"What about th decadence 'of litera
ture In dramatic art In France T
"Thr I no uch decadenc,' re
plied Madame Bernhardt 1 hotly. "I
could name you dosens of playa of eon
temporary fame of th highest literary
excellence. Ther ar Clrolgon d Mer
Irourt," by. Hervloux; 'Verenne,' by
Lavendan and Le Didale.' by Hervleux
and doen of other. Literature In
drama in Franc I not dying out
"Madam Sarah, th train la waiting.
Tou muat really atop, if we ar to open
tomorrow night in Chicago." said M.
do Max. looking reproachfully at- tha
interviewers. -
And thia Urn th great actreea took
tha hint
ters. . From Ptttaburg line radtat In
vary direction aom to miles or mor.
Dayton and Cleveland, Ohio, ar can.
ters of spider-web formations; Indianap
olis is another, from which place most
of th principal cities or Indian may b
reached. (' '- " '
Ona o( thet-greatest electric road een ,
tars of tha continent la Detroit from
which place ateel arma galvanised by
th mystic power of the dynamo, reach I
out for 100 ml) nearly across Ohio
in on direction and nearly across Michi
gan in the oth, ' .
From these facta, the futur useful
ness of th lCtrlo motor may b esti
mated. -' ,-
To handle th great and growing busi
ness at their terminals and principal
trlbutory cities, most of th large steam "
lines. It la believed, will adopt alec
trlclty."'followlng th example of those
that hava taken the Initiative. Electric
equipment lor .uuuiran orviua js re- ,
garde d a equally aur to coma
Naturally th next atep in th lln of
progress will be th use of motor In
stead of steam 'for Interurban service, '
especially between cltiea comparatively
abort distance apart . -
Th number of great trolley centers
over th country, reaching from Maine
to Nebraska, aeem to point to their ultl- w
mate Unking upon great rhalna of aleo.
trloally-moved travel, and ther I no
reason to suppose that th steam rail
roads will not attsmpt. to meet this com
petition in its own field. r-
Various Biram for Biag Xt.
From Judga - ' ,
Mra Hoyle Th paper says that there
i a ahort atory famine. .1 ' -
Mrs. Doyle Don't ou bellev It Mr
husband ha a nw on to offer every
night 1