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fITH only two wka of hoMday,
theatrical circles are rejoicing
la the proepecti of an earlr
opening. Tb rummer aeaaon
, ' Is practically at an end, - and
' ft Is a mere matter of choice which of
the local houses 'Will . bt fortunate
nouih to secure your patronage.
' Sir. Baker, of tha Third street house.
which bears his name, offers a stock
attraction which, ha says, has never
been equalled in this city. He cites
In support of his contention a list of
plays and. a list of actors , which are
. Indeed Worthy of notice. ': in the list
of actors there are several who have
achieved mora than local reputations
and a few whose names are used in
black letters in the show publications
of the country. .
Mr. Cohen of tha Marquam is in the
east arranging for attraotiona . Ha has
announced a period of comlo opera be
ginning September 2 and continuing for
tix: weeks, but for the remainder of
the seaaorf there is no definite informa
tion. However, he assures his clientele
Of the verr beat attraction in tha mar
ket and those who have been fortunate
enougn to patronize the Morrison street
bouse may be assured of something
irono intir wmn
Manager Allen or the Allen company
wnicn nas maae so zavoraoie an un
rresslon at the Lyric is preparing to
via - bowii 10 i-oriiana ana will leave
with his company the first week of
September. . He is dated for a perlol
at Baa J one. California, and will take
most an tne old members ot his com'
any with him. . .-, -.
Other - theatrical attractions during
the summer are almost as they were at
the beginning of the season. The Heillg
has been dark, but Mr. Fangle an
nounced yesterday that the house is
neing tnorouraiy renovated and ear
peted. It will open September with
Mr. Ezra . Kendall in "Swell Elegant
Jones." a new ? play written especially
On the oast side Walter C. Faraham
opened a new venture In the Grand
tjnlon theatre, at the corner of Grand
avenue and East Pine street Mr. Farn
ham Is making a bid for public favor
on the east side, confident that the
people in that resldenoe district 1 will
yield' ample support to a playhouse
majniainea mora - ne starts with a
. small company, but announces that It
win oa increasea. .
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MONOLOGUES
Est Kendall at HeDig Thursday.
Tha greatest riches that can befall a
man is the ability to make others hap-
joy" baa said a philosopher. Accepting
Kbit, ' Esra Kendall, who ts coming to
' tha Hellg theatre. Fourteenth and Wash'
,' ington streets, next , Thursday, Friday
'. aad Sattuday nights, August 12, 23 and
24, to "Swell Elegant Jones," under tha
management of the Harry Askin com
pany, .makes John p. Rockefeller look
cheap, 'for ; certainly It has been no
other man's happy mission to make more
people laugn man jar. nenaaii. - '
It has been but few who have had
that creative humor to stand alone be
fore an audience and provide the most
satisfying and enjoyable entertainment
Mr. Kendall as a monologlst has won a
- high place In the measure of men who
have given the world a laugh. His has
been a consistent record, and now he
comes in what should prove an ideal
' Vehicle a comedy, crisp, bright and -.full
of keen wit written around a mono
' logua Speeches in certain plays have
- made a success, but In "Swell Elegant
Jones" there is a continual fire of those
lines, which in other productions might
be abstracted as the particular bright
- saying. ':,'
Mr. Kendall has proved most gracious
In' his new play, for the audiences In
practically every city have demanded
, by repeated curtain calls that he give
: at icast a part of a monologue. Ha has
- renpcmaea ana me result nas teen most
evident reluctance to allow him to wlth-
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When "Swell Elegant Jones" was writ
ten by the atithorof the previous suc
cess, rrhe Vinegar Buyer.", the main
point was to provide Mr. Kendall With
the best' obtainable vehicle for, his pe-
cullar qualities as a fun-maker. The
nu iwn n quaint, conerent and
altogether charming - comedy woven
bout a character, that brings Mr. Ken
dall to bla best ,
: There is a rural and fetching "at
mosphere' about "Swell Elegant Jones"
that tlnds direct appeal and tha staging
has been? carefully observed to render
the best effects. A competent cast sur
rounds Mr. Kendall, the characters for
t he moat part being of that sort which
has made "human tntsrest" plays so
successful. .
A special matinee will be given Sat
urday, seat sais opens next Tuesday,
August 20, at box offioe at the theatre.
Cyril Scott in The Prince Chap.1
Some of the New Tork critics think
the tlUe of "The Prince Chap" doesn't
aptly describe tha - fascinating Quality
of Edward Peple's comedy. They think
that the title ts prosaic It is by repu
tation a play that appeals to every class
of playgoer. Tha gallery boy Is as
much interested ss the hypercritical stu
dent or ins a ram a. ine story is or
fered as a decided novelty and is said
to favor a auspense in its situations
that holds one without the noise of
melodrama In "The Prince Chap" we
have a stsr who has won popularity
in nearly every style of up-to-date en
tertainment Most playgoers will . re-
memoer uyru bcoh in tne Augustm
Daly musical comedies of "The Run
away Girl" order. Then again in "Flor
adora." His visit at tha Heillg theatre
veptemoer , e, s ana i as ma star or
"The Prince Chan" will show him In
quits a different style of performance;
me worn ne siariea out to ao wnue ne
was under the management of the
Frohmans, and whioh be accomplishes,
we unqersiana, who marxea success.
Georgia Minstrejs Comlnf to Helllf .
September 1, t, and "the famous
" , .,. , , j over, they will be kept and will be a
tlon at the Hlig theatra JThis it i the gtrong feature of the already strong bill,
ESIri' li fac6T.Knlt,.on particularly ss they will change all
-nf'Sfin" country.; Popular prices Their songi and introduce some of the
" "" ... I latest eastern hlta. Mr. .anil liri J.
" " '' ' '' Murray Smith have an enjoyable little
Second in Command- at Marquam. hViU 7-WpffS" S
This week, commencing tomorrow an htertalnlna; monologue, Joe Thpmp-
evening, the, Stockwell-MacQregor com- twentieth century motion pictures wUl
pany at uie Marquam will present "The I conclude the performance. Three per-
Second In Command." This is the play liormances daily, at i:ig, T:tt and :io.
in which John Drew starred for several
seasons and It is generally known that
"The Second in Command" is one of
the best plays the famous American
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Grand Union Stock Company.
actor ever had in his repertolra Tha
play was written by an Englishman and
the scenes and characters are exclusive
ly English. British military life forms
sn important part and tha theme la
unusual.
The central character. "Kit" la
vmDathy-comDelllnr nhan. whoa hiun.
aering maces mm lovable. He has a
neart as large as jilmaeir and ill-luck
proportionately large. Whatever this
man unaeruuees na makes a raiiura nf
Although a competent officer, the war
aeparunem considers him a Joke. When
the colonel of his reoiment In nmmnttui
and. by the natural law, "Klf' should j
ttraction at the Star.
The Tie That Binds" will be the at
traction at the Star theatre this week,
starting tomorrow : evening. Matinees
will be held Tuesday, Thursday. Sat
urday and Sunday. - "The Tie That
Binds" has never been seen hers in
stock nor at popular prloas.
Hal Raid, j a dramatist who is in
a class of his own. wrote "The Tie That
Blnda" His success with "Human
Hearts," "At the Old Cross Roads,"
and a dosen other melodramas, is suf
ficient guarantee that "The Tie That
Binds" will Drove Interesting Like
all of Hal Reid's dramas, this one has
a complicated plot and heart interest is
be nrotnntAd in hesyt nf n
he is passed over by his best -frianiJ I distributed throughout tha various acta
ana is maae, sun, second in command, with a liberal hand.
E.ven yojpan'he loves with all the! Tha hero has married a Spanish wo-
DuciiKt.ii vi nia great neari, ana wnose I man wnom, ne Deiieves, died in an in
hand he Wina lOVea his friend, sn thlMunt .nvlum ITtiriar thai tmnmaalnn
even in love he is seoond in the race, he marries a second time, to an Ameri-
" y1 " uui ui ouuin jvxnca ana i can gin, tne neroine. xney nave a
iuo rsmracni ureDares to ma ta ris-ht I nhiii him ha
tha Boera Everv man In tH iwimn,nj h. imn nn . xjl jii...
iT. '?. r" WS?1 Prepare- the Spanish woman is not dead and hs
!!on .c"nPan! .TThis scene In succeeds in restorln her to reason.
me uuarters ' is one or tna mnai r.,i. i nn.i. .i.. . .
AT,.. i,i lZL.it ,'"!aa- wire. This results in a separation be
?kan i tit i2tI!!aln athome' tween the hero and heroine. Tho vU-
" """" :i"T "Vi,""1r.. ? U1r llan clans to marry wife No. X and
roken hearted, he alts on the tr, nt
in war oixicv unin. 10 get ria or him.
he Is sent to the front to Join his reg
iment In the very first enaasement ha
is wounded snd sent home, without a
secure her money, but the heroine falls
in love with a crippled artist, to rid
himself of this rival, the vlllian assas
sinates tne artist.
As the vlllian is nresslne his ohnor
alnrla nnnortunitT tn dl.Mnn.f.h " noruinn ins nero
aair r """ returns, alter a long absence, in time
' TS WT' JZ Serer of the artist. Xt the same time
attractions offered during the engage- Mv. Td .f,Sn2 th7 hTPH..K
ment of this popular organisation. It Ljv,9 i3AnnThf,,lbV,-tti??P5
ts a pla of Sigh order and the com- h!rwi hSiSina ni-
pa.ny Ts capable of alvlng it a first class tln h"llnL,"J BeXJlJ
ntemretauon ana nroauction mer ".."""' """: "
whioh there are a number of unusually
fine parts. la ract every name on te
program will be Important, for It la
up to each of them to carry the ahow.
The production will be one of tha most
elaborate that the Lyric has ever at
tempted and the gowns Of tha ladles
win Je .unusually flna Verna Felton
will of course be seen in the principal
role.
Forrest Seabury, that clever young
comedian, who so closely resembles Wil
lie Collier, will hsve a rood part while
Ralph Belmont Mrs. Clara Allen and
others whom the publlo is so fond of
will maintain their high reputations.
'i ns cnance to see rne two unmans
will soon be gone snd if you want to
wltnsss a perfect performance of the
old favorite you should not delsy.
"Hie Little Joke," at Grand Union.
A new theatrical venture hss been
presented to the Portland people during
the week when the Grand Union Stock
company, managed by Walter C Farn
ham, opened a week's engagement with
His Little Joke," at the Grand Union
theatre In the Burkhard building at
East Burnslde street and Grand avenue.
The first night came on Friday in
spite of ths reputed superstition of
stage roix and was a successful one.
The three-act comedy by Sydney
Grundy was well met by a large au
dience and will be reproduced each
night the present week up to Wednesday
night, when ths bill will be changed.
Commencing Wednesday night "Caste,"
a comedy in three acta will be pre
sented.
It Is announced by the management
that the next week's bill will be
strengthened by the addition of a num
ber of old-time actors and that from
that time on the East Side playhouse
will be able to present attractions to
the people of that side of the river on a
par with any presented at the older
houses.
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Fine Music at Oaks. 1
An svent of interest to the maslo
lovlng publio is Chlaffarelll and his
band's appearance at The Oaks this
afternoon and evening in a program of
grand ope ratio and classical music. j
This organisation Is heralded aa one
of the foremost touring concert bands
in ths country, while Chlaffarelll enjoye
both a national and international repu
tation as a conductor and composer, and
during his engagement will be heard in
many or nis original compositions.
Among these a new march entitled 'The
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sort of which It bears name.
A fact of which the Rose City may
well feel proud Is that no city in the
United' States of the population Of Port
land can boast of as high a class of
musical attractions as is iurnisnea rree
in any resorts in uie country.
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The cast will include Flora
Helen Hale. Susie Forrester
Cawthorn, Harry West and Harry Lane.
The book of 'The Alaskan" is written
by Joseph Blethen and the muslo by
Harry Olrard, who will also have the
baritone part In the production. The
scene Is laid in the gold country in
Alaska, ahlftlnsr from a sold mining
camp in ths first act to a home in Nome
in the second. Nome Is pictured In
the gayetles of the new year. Local
color will be supplied by real Alaskan
"huskies." driven hv an Alaskan mall
carrier. The prima donna rolO will be
sung by Agnes Cam Brown. 'Utners in
the cast will be Edward Martindale,
Teddy Webb, Anne Adair and Harold
Vizard. Eskimo girls will form part
of the chorus.
. The Ham Tree" was in its beginning
a simple sketch showing two types of
negroes, one of whom styled himself a
"chambermaid for horses.'" As a sketch
the act has long been on the road, but
from time to time bits of song and dia
logue have been added to it until now
it is a musical comedy, with full cast of
characters and a large chorus. Most
of the additions are the work of George
V. Hobart - William Jerome and Jean
8ch warts are credited with the music,
songs and dancea
Richard McFarland, who handled the
half million dollars, more or less, that
came in at the box office window In the
cities visited by Henry W. savage's
"Madam Butterfly" company last year,
has gone to Philadelphia to manage two
theatres the Lyrlo and the Adelpha
for the Shuberts,
An Important engagement for 'The
Merry Widow" is Estelle Bloom field
for the role of Natalie, wife of the Mar
sovlan Embassador Popoff. Miss Bloom
field was ona of five prima donnaa who
sang "Madam Butterfly" last season.
She is a New Tork'rlrl and has Just re
turned from abroad, where she saw 'Ths
Merry widow" both m Germany ana
England.
"The Prlnoe of Pllsen" Is now packing
ths Studebaker theatre for the fifth en
gagement since its first record-breaking
run of 10 wetks in Chicago. This
scream of all American musical come
dies has been fitted out with new
scenery, new costumes and 40 new giria
in the chorus, and will start on Its Pa
cific ooast tour next month prepared to
eclipse its former smashing trip of two
years ago.
rogress and material prosperity could
e seen In every woods and pasture. A
stranger on horseback, riding along a
country road, saw a lot of hogs acting
In a strange way. These hogs would
run here - and there, first to one tree
and then to another, In the greatest
excitement Tbey would run themselves
against these trees and squeal and,
squeal as though possessed, as were
those hogs in Palestine that ran down
to the sea. The stranger could not un
derstand this at all.- Never had he seen
such porcine manifestations. Riding on .
a little farther, he came to a farmer in
the road, 'Are them your hogs? asked
the trsveler, 'What on airth'a the mat
ter with 'emr Wall.." said the farmer.
In a whisper, Til tell ye. 'Long last
fall I lost my voice and oouldn't poc-ee
to 'em, to come to feed; so I took a
stick and pounded on a tree. This
spring the woods is full of woodpeckers, '
aneV when they tap on the trees, d n
the olrds, the hogs think they're goln' to
bs fed.' "
During a high-browed discussion at
the Players' club In New Tork the
other day a friend asked Raymond
Hitchcock to define the difference be
tween a tragedian and a comedian, to
which the "Tankee- Tonrlst" star re
plied: "Well, I hate to talk about my
self, but I have corns to believe that a
comedian, is simply an actor with blonde
hair, whils a tragedian Is a brunette
who thinks he is sn actor." "How about
the brunette comedians and the blonde
tragedians?" "They're nature fakers." '
Oh, listen! Miss Peggy Ballou, the
Sretty Chicago girl who plays ths "Dixie
lrl" In Ths Prince of Pilsen!' and does
an original creole dance In the "Song
of the Cities" number, is writing a
series of articles filled with wholesome
advice to young schoolgirls ambitious
for ths stsga Her first 'Installment 4s
on "How I Became a Chorus Girl," in
which she tells how ahs hypnotised
Henry W. Savage and caused him to
select her from a bunoh of 200 appli
cants for the coveted position. Miss
Ballou believes ths secret of success on
the stage may be told in three words.
"Manage your manager."
SPOTLIGHT FLASHES
Welg-hbors Got roolea. ' '
"I was literally coughing myself to
"i lb, and had become too weak to leave
, . .. y' i..fi ; and nelghbore predicted that
j wcMikl never leave it alive; but they
irrt lodici, for manse oe io uoa, x
fry. it i
i.ir tui t
1 tn try lr. King's New piscov-
: just rour one auuar oatties
iv. cure the .cough and-re-r.ood
sound health," writes
-iHier- of Grovertown,
'i ' Klny of eoohrd
i-jiler f throat and
v pp 1 Cross Piiar-'
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reason to believe that the Marauam will
play to soma of the largest audiences
of the summer when "The Second in
Command" is on the boards. There will
bo the usual bargain matinee Wednes
day and tne regular matinee baturaav.
8eats for all performances are now on
saie at tne dox oince oi tne Marquam.
Features at the Grand.
After reading the advertisement of
the forthcoming show ats the Grand
theatre, which opens with the Monday
matinee, the large . number of , people
who have attended the leading vaude
ville theatres In the east, stop to ask
themselves the Question, "How can Sul
livan & Considine give the bills they do
for the price of admission asked?" for
a large majority of the eastern acts that
appear only in tho big 1.60 and 42 vau
deville houses there are brought to tha ,
ooast and shown for a much smaller
sum. Miss Alice Mortlock & Co., the
headliner of the new bill, has one of the
most entertaining sketches ever shown
here, entitled "How the Flxs Fixed It,"
which will prove a scream from start to
finish. t -
The special added feature is the fa
mous Fremont Zouaves, one of the larg
est acts on ' the stage; it consists of
17 -young men. lead by Captain K. D.
Cloud,, who five a marvelous exhibi
tion ofthrillUig military tactics. They
sre PerfecUyTdrHled and show - some
wonderful figures, pyramids snd wall
scatmev Owing to the enormous suc
cess made by the Columbia comedy four
this week and the many requests re-!
calved by tie management to bold them I
to their marriage.
This afternoon snd evening the stock
company will appear for the last times
In A anmil'a P.u.n m ' tk, , k .. 1 1 J
western drama wnicn nas held the
boards all week. This nlav is so non-
alar that the attendance nas been at the
record-breaking ltn
New Stock Company at the Star.
Opening Sunday, August 15, the R. EL
French stock company will, make Its
first Portland appearance at the Star
theatre., Mr. French, better known to
the majority of Portland playgoers as
"Dick." will be the director and mana-
f er and he promises some stock shows
hat Portland people have never seen
the like for the prices of admission
charred, which will be tha same aa at
present in the Star theatre, namely 10,
29 ana su cents ror evening perrorm
ances and 10 and SO cents for the
matinees.
i 'Tha Girl From Albany."
' An event worth while in the history
of theatrical for this summer? will be
the presentation by the , Allen stock
company of The Girl From Albany,"
at the Lyrlo commencing Monday night
for the first time wast of Chicago, Dur
ing the past few ' months this merry
farce has been immensely popular in
the large eastern cities,' but up to tals
time-no1 1 pacific reoast managers-has
been able -to secure the rights to pro
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It is a 1 rollicking, .iaroe-eomedy la ,
, Mile. Alia Naslmovawill open her sea
son at the Bijou theatre, New Tork,
with Ibsen's The Master Builder" in
stead Of TComtesse Coquette." She
says that the character of Hilda Wan gel
Is the one she most admires. Walter
Hampden, an American actor, who has
been playing in England for the past
eight years, will be her leading man.
The Italian grand opera season which
the Shuberts will offer at the Garrlck
theatre .this year has been postponed
from September until a later date owing
to the numerous dramatic attractions
that will occupy the beginning of the
season. The Messrs. Shubert will man
age this company throughout the sea
son. It Is reported that Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell will play only one-night stands dur
ing her 20 weeks' tour in this country.
This is an unusual arrangement for a
star of Mrs. Campbell's popularity.
"The Man's the Thing," a playlet by
Cecil De Mills, was given its first pro
duction at Keith's theatre, Philadelphia,
last week, with Carlyle Moore and Cath
erine Countiss in the principal parts.
After an absence from the musical
comedy stage of two seasons. Edward
E. Rice returns once more to his own,
this time with a new Spanish musical
comedy, "Lollta." by Richard F. Carroll
and Fred J. kusiis. which he will pre
sent for ths first time on any stage at
Tounar'a . Pier theatre. Atlantic Citv.
Monday, August 10. Rice has engaged
what looks like an excellent cast for
k. maw .,AM,..M lt.Afi.Ji.. ryt.u M -en.
Carroll, Louis Wesley, Wiulam Bonelli,
Vernon Stiles, Harry Van, Philip Han-
iio, jxuvu oviibuu, ' imiiv juyncn, -Liuuan
Swain, Leonora Gnito. Marlon Singer,
Aggie Vars, Mabel Croft, and a big
beauty chorus. Atlantio City wilt be
the scene of Rice's activity for a week,
after which "Lollta" is to be transferred
to Broadway .i ...
Raymond Hitchcock - will have the
leading role in "A ..Yankee Tourist,"
which is written by " Richard Harding
Davis, Wallace Irwin and Alfred G. Ro
byn. The point of the .farce hangs
around the travels of a wealthy New
Yorker and the warlike adventures he
falls into. ' Incidents are supplied by
the Graeco-Turklsh war and the reslred
heroine by i the - Red Cross . corps of
nurses. s-A war correspondent . .helps
with- passports whenever they nr neces
sary, and carries on a secondary plot
of his own. Others in the personnel of
the gtory. axe a fat widow and an Irish
MIXED REWARDS
HKff HflE
Youn& Italian Author Sav
agely Attacked for Expos
ing Eoman Society.
WINS FIENDSHIP OF
GREAT F0GAZZAR0
Ugo Morichlnl Looks Like George
Eliot and Believes In Taking His
Type of Characters From Real
Life.
(Journal Special Berries.)
Florence, Aug. 13. That SIgnor Fog
azxaro Is a great author is well known.
That he is also an uncommonly .kind-
hearted and generous man is shown by
his treatment of the new Italian writer.
young Ugo Lodovlco Morichlnl, who
gives promise of proving his most ser
ious rival. Morichlnl's novel, "Semi Su
Pietre," which appeared In April, caused
a great sensation because of its ac
curate portraiture of a certain set In
Roman society called The Blacks."
Ths author belongs to the political
religious club of Blacks known as the
nirnin Han Pietro" and the members at
once demanded his expulsion, and re-
nnlrait tha nreaMent to hold a meeting
of accusation. When Morichlnl appeared
he found hlmseir surrounded Dy tne
members, each of whom held In his
hand a copy of "Semi Su Pietre," his
finger, or a book-mark, indicating tne
page, which he particularly resented,
rna AARiarad the oDlnions heretical: an-
other denounced the author for pictur
ing his mother; a third had recognised
a too faithful picture of himself. Thick
and fast rained down the accusations
anil fiercer o-rew tha anacr.
The author volunteered to resign xrom
the club., but declined to retract , his
opinions. Hs was Just depsrtlng when
a young man who had entirely mis-read
a certain sentence, sprang on young
Morichlnl and dealt him a violent blow
on the bead. . .
Praised fox Book..
The following day the affair, of
course, was notlcsd in the papers, and,
as quickly as the mall could bring it,
came a letter to Morichlnl from Fogas
saro assuring him that.be had written
a book of great promise and one which
should have brought him a better re
ward than a whack on the head. Fog
assaro added that he -would see Mori
chlnl later In Roma -
- Early in July he appeared and to his
surprise, ' found that . the author of
"Semi Su Pietre." a - book of deep
thought and erudition, is a youth of 21,
Witn a race mucn ut vteorso jsaiot,
who confessed that at 14 he began to
think upon and discuss philosophical
subjects. "Semi Su Pietre1 was writ
ten when he was 20 and published, as
he says, "on the day I became- a man."
. Fogaszaro praised 'Semi Su . Pietre"
and assured Morichlnl that while the
theme was similar o his own in 'I1
Santo," as It was written before the pub
lication of that famous volume, there
oould be no question of its entire orig
inality. Fogassaro anent some time In
talk with his .mw rival and even dis
cussed literary affairs of his own with
him. "Semi Su Pietre". is now in Its
second edition' and," curiously enough,
while written, by a "Black." hss had
some "of - Us nest" notices ,from liberal
papers. . "'.,, .v v.. .
The young author defends It on the
ground that literary- work, to be of any ,
lasting value, must depict life as it la
Th defect of modern Italian literature,
he says, is that its characters are crea
tions of the Imagination and lack the
xiesn and Diood vitality or reality. io
whack hs received on the head would
go to show that be haa succeeded in
copying nature well enough, at an:
rata, to be reoosnlxed. One of the chie
characters in the book, Don Fabrislo, a
priest who endeavors to sow ths seed
which gives the book its name, Is the
portrait of a certain ecclesiastic in
Rome, of visionary Ideaa. who endeav
ored, as described In the book, to re
form the church through a group of
young men. For a time he had consid
erable Influence, but being offered an
official position for tho purpose of
silencing him, he accepted the bribe and
vanished from the ranks of the re
formers.
Flaas STrw volume.
Fogassaro has In mind a new volume,
one which Is to avoid all oolsmlcs. In
conseouence. It will bs entirely differ
ent in theme from "ll santo.
Countess Fanny Zamplnl-Salasar Is
ona of ths few Italian authors per
sonally known in America She haa
made two visits to the United States.
In 1893 she attended the International
coha-ress at Chlcsao. Later, she lec
tured upon such subjects aa "Woman In
Modern Italy." Ths Religious Question
in Italy," "Atiandoneo unuaren in lisiy,
"Unlverslty Life In Italy." etc, In Cin
cinnati, New York and Indianapolis.
Her latest book is The Life and
Work of Robert Browning and Elisa
beth Browning." for which SIgnor Fog
aszaro has written a preface snd Car
men Sylva added an, inscription in
French. The latter reads: "One must
take all the sufferings of one's life,
make a hxmn Of it and Offer It to God.
Men will understand It later."
Xaxrlags XTo Impediment.
Countess Salasar says she wrote the
book, after lecturing much In Italy on
tne Brownings, -to prove mat mar
riage is no impediment to intellectual
activity for a woman." In his preface.
Fogaszaro, who is a personal friend of
Countess Salasar, says:
"I had, many years ago, the good
fortune to hear from the Hps of the
authoress the very noble lectures upon
the Brownings which she gave in some
of the -cities of Italy. An old admirer
Of , Robert and Elisabeth Browning. I
congratulated Fanny Zamplnl-Salasar
upon her very generous pronosal to re
mind the Italians of their duty towards
these noble minds. I told her that few
modern poets, to my mind, can ds read
with ma much intellectual pleasure, to-
? ether with so mucn neip to tne spirit,
f ths work of Robert and Elizabeth
Browning surprise us by the vigorous
originality or tneir xnougnts. tney aiao
show us the rare arid salutary specta
cle of two souls as great In moral char
acter as in poetic fantasy.
Tha aiithnraaa herself is a most in
terestlng and cultured woman who lec-
. j I 1 . wnta. n m
partment or tne university cr noma
At nna lima aha was editor Of the "Ital
ian Review." Her home is In Rome on
the Via Flaminla and from her win
dows may be seen the gardens of the
Borghese Palace and the hills beyond
the city. She is at horns on Sunday af
ternoons, where She ana ner two oeau
tlfiil rimiffhtara receive the artists, mu
slclans, editors and writers' who come
to pay their respects and salute the
hand of the author of "Cavalierl Mod-
ernL" Tnouan ner literary lite- nas
wtanAvA over 20 vears. and her hand'
some face Is framed by hair touched
with white, . countess pamiar rises at
E in the moraine and works until " 12,
resuming labors later In the day for
three or four, hours. , . ir
America Her Ideal.
Tha- naiiaa ,of . woman has exercised
her thoughts and energies and she says
when she is asked "if she liked Amer-w-o.
"Whv. there 1 found realised and in
operation all the things which I, In my
Italian land, had thought ; out and
dreamed were nw.! . , Her , studio, a
large room lined with books, Is divided
Into three ? sections. One . is called
"a merle", and there floats tha Stars
and Stripesw On the shelves sre Ameri
can books and the photographs of tha
many American friends. Longfellow, Mrs.
Isabella jeecner iiooner, eusan b., An
thony and other selebritles whom she
met on her visits. In her Italian Sec
tion are autographed pictures of Ma-
tkttJ- C9m m II, ....
ary light of the day. Her English sec
tion contains English books and plo
tures of equally famous writers, men
and women and reformers, for she haa
met most of the famous folk .of her
day.
Countess Salasar is now completing a
book on "Margherlta of Savoy, First
Queen of Italy, Her Life and Times."
It Is to be a short history of ths inde
pendence of Italy, through which, to
quote the author, "is to run, like a
frolden thread, an account of the very
nteresting life of this most remark
able women from her birth to present
times." - Her book Is to be profusely
illustrated. In addition to this volume
Countess Salasar Is at work simultane
ously upon a new novel, a dramatlo pro
duction and a fourth voluma
FIRST GLOVE WEARERS
Gauntlet of Ancient Hnntei
Saint Who Wore Gloves.
Mrs. Arthur Bell in Collecting.
Not only on account of the intrinsic
beauty of many specimens that have
Kbeen preserved, but also because of the
symbolism connected with them, gloves
will ever have a speolal Interest for
the etudent of the past.
That they were worn at a very early
period there is no doubt, though exactly
when they first came into use it is Im
possible to say, for there are no actual
references to them In early Greek or
Roman MSS.. The first mention of
gloves is In the Odyssey. In which It la
stated that Laertes. . tha father of
Ulysses, wore them on his hunting ex- if
petitions to protect bis bands rrom thei
thorns, and in his Cyropaedla Xenopjvy' l
reproaches the Persians for theiaJMf- II
feminacy in covering their haar il
Both in tne east and west the glove. i I
when once adopted, soon oecame or im
portance as the recognised symbol of
the transfer of property, the seller of
land giving the purchaser a glove as a
token of nossesslon. for which reason
it is generally supposed that In the
much-quoted passags of Ruth lv:7. "to
confirm all things a man pluckod off his
Bhoe and gave it to his neighbor," , tha
word shoe should have been translated
glove.
in Christian iconography a glove was
very early associated with, certain
saints, notably with St. Front, who 1
said, to have left hie glove behind him
after attending the funeral of St. Mar
tha, the sister of Lazarus, and with St
Cesarlus, bishop of Aries, who Is cred- '
Ited with having sent his glove full of
air to a district in his diocese suffering
from a protracted calm.
A glove worn on the left hand by s
saint Is a token of noble birth, probably
because the falcon was carried on the
left wrist, and ' as early as the third
century A. D. gloves were given by the
emperor to bishops on their investiture. .
St Ambrose of Milan, who died in 898,
la represented in a paintinar. now in the
i sacristy of the cathedral of Alx-Ia-Cha-
pene, wearing gloves, on the back or
which a star is embroidered. Gloves'
are among the emblems of St Amadeus
of Savoy, whose sister is supposed to
have given him a glove she had received
from the Blessed Virgin, and the atory
goes -that St. David of Sweden, when ,
his sight was falling him from old age,
hung his cloves on a annbeam. taking '
it for a cord. I
It is well known, the throwing down?
of a glove was in feudal, times a ch4U .
lenge to single combat and the picking ,
up of that glove turned to account by
Browning in his beautiful noem. "The
Glove," lh which he makes the heroine
dash down her glove at the feet of tho
Hon, only to have It flung back in her '
face by her lover. - .
'Kniahts used to wear a lady's si ova1
In their helmets as a token that they
would defend her cause against aCScom-
era and to this day a soeclal snilMfl-
gloves from a man to a woman. ThevJfca1
custom of taking off 'the rie-ht hariii ?s
glove before shaking hands with a lady -Is
probably a survival -of the da va of
chivalry, aa la also the presentation of
a pair of whtte gloves to a, Judge When'
there are no cases to, be tried at an as- ,
size, as well ss to the giving of black,
gloves to mourners at a funeral.-. ,