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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY ' MORNINO; 'JANUARY 19, , 1908.
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Jutt'at a tlma when tha American
kago seemed to bo at a loss where to
turn (or new play; When manager,
ictor and aetor-roanagere have eepa-
ately and collectively called loudly for
Something new to give the public.
omea the announcement from yh
ngton that LAura Jean Ltbbey hasjuet
ia4 80 new onea eopyrlghteO.
Now euppoeinfr five new plays were
L'lven a year that would aupply the
vorld a market for is years. Ana fy
reara, when the laat nve would oe
ip ror their inuiai perrormance in new
inrlc. the other TS would be split up
rtween aacond com pan lea, atock houaea
mil fh imtlndraniA hou HflB and the
Ivorld would be proatrate at the feet of
Aura jean.
it's eertniniv an exnmaraunr moiiini
nd Ror McCJardelL Jn the New York
Vorld, telle Borne thing about the play a.
le eaya:
"Klaht playa. luat tninK or it!" aaia
Urn. Van Mater Stllwell. "Etahty
lava, all complete and nnianed ana
hHt to be Droduced! lahty playa. all
by own work, with not one bit of aid
rom any one. ana eacn pronounced uj
ompetent theatrical managera a a, to be
liodeat, worthy of production without
Mange or aiierauon. aimy piuya. m
Ulsa Kathleen Taylor in "Kidnaped" at the Star.
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OH! JUST LOOK HERE WHAT
LAURA JEAN HAS GONE AND DONE
It waa the late Colonel Cockrill, a
iq oi mine rr
waa but
friend
firm
of mine from the time when I
a vouna airl with my flrat
book till he died, whe flrat saw that.
aa he aald. my atones were not books.
bat dramas dramas of life, dramas of
love, the ' dramatic possibilities appar
ent In every situation, In every line he
said.
"Then, I always wrote my books first
as piays. ins story beina- nrst aram
t1d. I then novelised ft But, as I
said, my eighty plays are In no sense
uie dooks uiai nave nrougni me notice.
Another play, written solely as a
lay. years ago, continued Miaa Llb-
"waa a political I'lot '
Parted on Their Bridal Tour Is no-wjl
oeing piayea xnrougnout tne country.
ana has been received and creeled witn
filled theatrea and pleased audiencea
ever since It started on tour early last
season
ft!
"If your (0 plays were all produced at
greater Mew xora ana vicinity,
'the name of Laura Jean Lib-
nans or wursuun. n'uw i i
inrV nf manv days, but all cooyrlirhted I so.
n one day: it represents sometning v.an
oS It notr I feebly,
I muttered that It certainly aia, ana
esar's audible opinion waa that,
teatrlcally epeaktng. it waa going
bmi lor fair.
Now that theae plays. 80 count them
l-Wer all oricumted. . written, con
tructed and compoeed by Mrs. van
ater Stllwell would not matter much,
t who la Mrs. Van Mater BiiweiiT The
lfa of a leading Brooklyn lawyer, yesT
handsome woman, a gracious hoate
social leader. Admitted, but
tent
Ah. tint when we ten rou tnat Mrs.
an Mater BtUwell Is a pseudonym of
arltal felicity that but ciooaa ana oo-
u re a inn ramoua name oi iaura jean
once in Oreater
I said. VI
bey In letters of fire could be over
every first-class theatre entrance In
New Tork, Brooklyn, Jersey City and
Newsrx.
"I suppose so," replied Miss Llbbey,
"but don t you think such a consum
mation would be beyond the dream of
averr the moat hnnefnlT"
"Possibly," aald I. "But it could be
tess.
what
thhv arhai will vnn nflv
You can't say anything, you are so
reatiy surpnsea,
r . ...v.. r.... tn4 T kti, all
uuif vu w, va-nil iiu . .
e time that Mrs. Van Mater Stllwell
private life. In her sumptuous home
i the Park Slope. Brooklyn, was none
her than Brooklyn's favorite author
sana now piayrigni;
It was all arranged that we should
a Miss- Llbbey In ner own home. We
Ml call her 'Miss Llbbey, I
mi la a household word.
In her own household the word Is
IIWVI1, UU I lit HI" WWIW Ui I.IITJ uivid-
re of youth and hope and mated souls
d foiled villainy it will ever be Laura
an Llbbey; and that she has written
plays, all copyrighted In 'a single
y. but augments her renown!
ft Is hard to contemplate as a play-
right of. such, startling capacity the
cti sutnoresa oi tne amorous aaoiea-
nt...,- . ..
We were seated In her handsome
irv: an aDDreclatlve lady visitor.
4 admlnna and to.be envied husband.
K'eden's fairest boy artist, Oscar
sar. and your humble servant, tne
esent writer.
'Don't talk ahmit rrrv bonks, nleasp
Id Miss Llbbey, when, after gaily
attina- for an hour and a half as Is
r' wont, -when Interviewing the good
(1 area t. we srave her a chance to aet
kvofd in edgewise. '
'jjon t taiK or my dooks. i win never
its another book!" Sensation! would
lnor Olvn make this set of self-
negation T Not talk of her booksT
t sneaK rrom "A Master workman's
th?" Not quote from "He Loved, but
ts Lured AwayT " Not murmur a
o from "Mlas Mlddleton's LoverT
Ike no comparison between the motif
A Bl II lino UVl 3 4 .aiu V . v . .
Genial Mr. Van Mater Stllwell
smiled from behind his Governor
Hughes', and Miss Llbbey nodded gra
cious assent. But I turned upon film
with such a look!
"Well, you're smoking,' said Cesar,
sulkily. But honest, I wasn't.
"Would you mind telling me the ti
tles of your SO plays, Miss Llbbey V I
"I do not like to refuse you," an
swered the authoress, "but for reasons
not necessary to mention I would pre
fer not to give their titles at the pres
ent time. That Is, not all of the 80
titles."
This would have been a crusher If I
were writing on space, but as I get my
dollar a day whether I have any stuff
in the paper or not, I successfully hid
my disappointment.
''And now," said Mr. Stllwell, "If you
will come Into the dining-room."
"Yes." aald our charming authoress-
hostess, "we have a little repast"
It was a dismal night outside Well,
as dismal as a rainy night in Brooklyn
oould be. But Inside the Van Mater
a.it 1, I n . . KI....I. Ilnnn rtna I
nil I WHII II1HI1JB1U1I lUUIVlUVUB t,:-,l.lJ ,
or that I and luxury gave cheer and comfort A
little repast! Would we? Well, rather!
I should nave nesitaiea, pernaps, i
had some qualms concerning Cesar.
You see, ha Is but an artist, and the
Blrht nf food maddens him.
However, he kept himself under com
mendable control noon, this occasion,
and I did not have to speak to him once.
Of course, I did speak to him, but, as I
have said, I didn't nave to.
A beautifully appointed aming-room,
a profusion or suver, aencais napery
and rich cut glass, a steaming urn, a
noted authoress to preside at this last.
and hot birds and cold bottles for wan
dering scribes and gravers. It was too
much honor for ones so humble, but
neither our charming and noted hostess
nor our pleasant and handsome host
nr mv rnmflv vls-a-vla. the appre
ciative lady visitor, seemed to think
"Yon can tell me the titles of a few
of your 80 player' I aald, distracting at
tention from Cesar, who burbled like a
hilH at tho ftnnnrl of nonnlnff corks.
Well, ves." said miss i,iDoey. i u
Love Waned.' "When We
and 'Another Man's Treas-
ILovera Once, but Strangers Now.'V
aen
.of
genius In- the, literary promise of New Rochelle. and If I didn't look
hat Pretty Young Girr with the I'd miss the last train, and then
it the aymoolism of "A Forbid
rrlage?" ., Or compare the flower of
sale fruition Of her talent that mads
ilve's courtship" more in its mod
jiity than the glory that was Greece
I tne granneur tnat was itome:
NOV taiK oi ner uuukb: veasr paiea. I Hutr
afterward , explained tnat while he I is Ufe
s startiea, is ne couia nave naa a i "Oh.
nreiio-"
No." said miss j-iiDDey. "My dooks
Ire all dramas, anyway. Not that my
mas are boons, sne aaaea. "And in
is connection i wwn to correct a
ular mlsoonception. , My o plays
not mv books dramatised. Why, I
)te only about tu . books altogether,
I one song. That is, only one song
any great vogue, niter tne tiue or
most successful ' book. 'Strangers
fe, but i-iovers Now.' You must re
nt ner it 7 Kememoer it! uracious,
n't I committea literary sacruege on
t sweet strain of a love that Was
t? . .... ..... . .
had parodied it. i naa proranea
flower of song, dragging it down
Ldoggerel like this:
Lvnr. nnoa hut strangers NOW.
presses a kiss on a snow-waite
brow J , M ."
the dreary past Is sere and brown
an ax and hew it down!" '
td, worsa than that, I had tried,
1 ' . a. IV.t ana. 1 .hit mrt .A.tl. fn,
who had buffooned a maaterpiec
er the counterfeit caption or "He
ed, but He Moved Awayf" or "When
Feet Grew Cold" and "The Lunatic
er; or. Such 4 Mad, Mad Marriage?
lea culpa! ,
nd there V aat 1ft the gracious
sioress' . own beautirui library re-
ting a cors-of-flre shampool
ut I dlgpfess. Of what moment is it
f I hav6 said and done aa a prose or
'r leal mountebank, when here is
I ra ,Jen. Llbbey. 80 times a play
t, idimes an authoress, telling "me
iKPlrations that had become 4nspira
s? ' - ;...- . ,; ,r- - :
iy first play was a one-act farce,
-it Tommy, 'V said Miss Llbbey,
it yet It wasn't really my first, play;
first book waa a play, as 1 have said.
tell you the titles of three. They are:
When His
Meet Again'
I looked significantly at the happy
Sut all-unconscious Mr. Van Mater
tllnrnll aa ahn nnmed the last. For I
had more than admired Miss Llbbey in
the old days, ana now I aweit in iar-oit
nary
what
would my wife say? And shemy hos
tess fairshe was Mrs. Van Mater Stil
well, the wife of a leading Brooklyn
lawyer, who looked like Governor
Hughes, so everybody says! But such
the dreary past Is . sere and
Take an ax and hew it down!"
Than wa panned talking shop, and the
mists of old memories bubbled up from
the champagne.
Cesar said: "We're having mien a
rood time that I can t Deiieve vm in
Brooklyn. - I must be dreaming. Wont
antnahndv cinch me? Not a policeman,
of course. . '
Now It was time to say good-night,
goodby. .
And so we parted from our pleasant
friends, the eminent autnoress or eo
books and 80 plays, Mrs, Van Matef
StilwelN-nay. as well aa nee, Laura
Jean Llbbey; her Jolly-good-fellow hua
bard ana me appreciative fyr vinor,
lih nrnnkivn Is all rlaht If rod
know those who live there and who are
worth the wnne:
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There is no reason why any woman should go .with
out a new coat this season when stylish garments may
be had at the price ofifered at this sale. These coats
are made of fine materials and beautifully tailored.
They were bargains at their original prices, and it is
because , the manufacturer was overstocked that we
are able to offer them now at about one-third what
they would ordinarily sell for. They are by far the
best values we have ever given
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' A few teds, greens, browns and a ievf mixtures.
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PROHIBITION THAT PROHIBITS
P. 8. Mlaa Llbbey baa not react
1'hrea Weeka." She had heard of it,
but from what aha had heard did not
think It a stood book for vouna iri.
and young girls are the book reader nf
America, , aald the gifted and prolUia
Brooklyn autnoreaa.
This la true, and 80 many Hundred
thniisanda of Laura Jean Libbev'a 80
booka ha va the- young; alrla of America
read, that, in me iiower or ner cnarai,
he is wealthy, fatnoua and haa the
leisure to wrila so play:
Jannary Special!
of ferinf apecia! fcrlcea
rournoui January on picture ;ttj
artists- material ana wau paper. . K. U.
amtngr
Moorehouae ft Co.. tit Alder atraei. .
ina knoea at factory eoaaamt l o-nn.
tbal'a bouaecleanlng aala.
By Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruh.
It is gratifying to note the way that
prohibition doea prohibit." if we may be
lieve the newspaper reports. Oklahoma
saloon closed promptly on tho day that
prohibition was to go into effect, even
the name "saloon" being erased from
the buildings.. On December 31 there
Was destroyed 76.000 gallons of beer.
An internal revenue officer turned the
stuff into the gutter through a hose,
while many whose appetite for beer had
not disappeared with the passing of the
prohibitory laW tried to keep it from
iuuna. a
any f
to tot
eceptacle that could be found.
Deoember
in
eer
e value of 117.000 was destroyed in
Oklahoma . vuy on jjeoemoer ji
on peoember 11 and
Jariuary 1. .
jtejoioina; in ueorzia.
Georgia is rejoicing over the failure
Of the brewers to secure an injunction
pending litigation testing the constitu
tionality of the new prohibition law.
ia
"dry.
Rli-mlns-ham. Alabama.
This seems hard for one whd
has ever seen the place to realise. A
recent deciaion from Postmaster-General
Meyers is a distinct victory. It ia to
the effect that no contract carrier of
the mail on star, screen wagon, tneseen-
er or special route shall transport any
19 in toe
in
The reformer that Is
are
lntoxicatinr
formance of hi
liquor while la
per-
S bilged to pat
111 rJoioe at
rnnli. tha rllnlna cSrs
tha that, has been aiven to tha
dininir -ear eonductora on trains passing
tnrougn tpwa not to sen liquor whin
tha train n In that State. One cannot
but hope that tha order will be extended.
Tna interest ooes no seem to nave
died out In Washington, ' IoueUess tha
proposed district prohibitory law has
much to do with the continued enthus
iasm. On New Year's day 600 boys
marched through the streets of the city
carrying banners and transparencies
with mottoes calculated to arouse sen
timent for temperance. The New year's
reception given by the district W. C T.
U. waa the largest m tneir nistory.
Cannot Bnpprais Prohibition ITewa.
Michigan White Ribboners are busy
circulating petitions calling for coneti
tntional nrohlbltion from the constitu
tional convention. It la aaid that no
other netitions contain so many names.
Tha New Orleans Times Democrat.
that In olden time was never classed as
. temnerance paper prints in full a
threatening letter received from a Mil
waukee brewing company urging the
suppressing of prohibition news, sug
gesting that tha brewing Interests are
large advertisers, ana tnat mis snuuiu
be tha measure of the policy of the
paper. The Times-Democrat comments
that no newspaper can afford to sup
press news of general interest.
Professor Atwater'a' successor has
appeared on the scene. No one can fall
to remember Professor Atwater, who
soma years ago. "dlacovered," contrary
to tha best findings of science, that al
cohol had an Infinitesimal but distinct
food value. His successor Is one Dr.
John filebel. Ha savs that alcohol stim
ulates the "electromotive productive
energies of the body. A temperanca
paper comments that he is furnishing
matter for liquor advertisements.
One who has observed the tangled
condition of the feet of the .average
man after h haa been imbibing this
much-lauded stimulus of tha "electro
motlva energies'.' will be a ltttla akep
tical about Its motive power, at least
And whatever "electromotive produc
tion" may mean, alcohol docs not ener
gise any otnev kind of productive power.
Movement la India,
It is not only In this country that
temperance agitation is being pushed.
Miss Agnes Slack, secretary of tha
World's T. C. T. U., on a recent visit
to tha theological seminary in Barclay,
India, where she spoke to the students,
an organisation was formed caned D
the somewhat cumbersome but signlfi
cant name of the "Barelllv Theological
Seminary of Honorary Members of tha
yv. O. V." This is only equated Dy a
union at one time formed on a Paclflo
ocean Island, whose membership con
slsted of 2$ men, and not one woman
in it.
Oregon Work.
Mrs. Brown state president, has been
In the city for a week holding general
offlcera' and commitee meetings, and
in all ways possible planning for the
building up of the work of the w, C
T. U. In Oregon. Series of Institutes
In various parts of the state Is one of
the most Important features of the edu
cational plan for the year. Calls from
all over the state for speakers and help
to do more efefctlve work shows an en
thusiasm that is encouraging.
Multnomah County W, C. T. U. haa
engaged the services of Mrs. Elisabeth
Warriner of Arleta to solicit member
ship and contributions for tha work of
the county union. Mrs. Warriner ia
well known in the city, and much is
hoped for the building up of the work
of the county. The regular monthly
business of the central union 'was held
on Wednesday laat, A report from the
board of auperlntendenta which has
just been organised was unanimously
adopted. The superintendents are to
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noia ' rca-uuir- xxivjiiBa' vn.. iu. .iuuiitj i .- 41 in. pwiMv vi vmitininia aro Brim
Wednesday of the month, 1:80 p. m, I to maka a real effort to live up to their
at-- the . headquarters, COQ. Qoodnough J constitution- they won't have time for
building. y , ":M-x;-s-.:.;j;--.-v-;.-ii anything else. - -
' Tha nett regular meeting of tha cen
tral union will be given to department
oi soiaiers- ana sailors' work;- Mr
aMisBpein uaigieisn, superintendent.
A committee has been formed with
memoers rrom temperance societies.
wnose duties will be to formulate a plan
whereby all temperance organisations
can couperaie aiong lines or common. In
terest, . (
Mrs. Elta Clinton, a member- of the
Central union. Is the representative of
in omce vr. u. i. u. on inis commit
tea. Mrs. Clinton has a broad knowl
edge of tho, temperance work and of the
and will Dring 10 tnia work a
successful business experience of years.
MRS. 0ELEICHS GETS
BIG FAIRMONT HOTEL
V (tTnlted Press Lrtwd Wire.) '
can, iiranciseo, Jan. iai- xt waa
learned today that Mrs. Herman DeU
rtchs had reacquired possession of tha
Fairmont hotel in a transaction With
tna - jaw Drotners during ner present
Visit to Sri Francisco. The transaction
involves the exchange of considerable
property in Ban francisco neia ty j
ueiricns. ior which she has received In
return, tha big Nob Hill hostelry. .- Ti
tl.u0o.l00 mortaaM on the Falcmnnl
nas Deen provided ror in toe exenange
xuib. vsini'ui BHuming au voiiKatlons.
Mrs.' oeiricha formerly owned tha
jrairmont nDtei. nut lust nernrn tha
earthquake in 1901 made a deal by
which the Law brothers wera given pos
aesajun oi it. a '- t-
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A Big CoatneU -
From the Philadelphia Pr"
If the peopja of Oklahoma hre going
CONFESSES TO FAKE "
ROBBERY OF MAIUL15
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; (Dnlted Pntt Uut4 Wira)
Sacramento, Cal4 Jan. llPatrolman ,
Bcanlon last nlfht made an important
arrest When he found Joseph Blley, one ;
of the men who connived with Robert
Harwood. a young MaryaVllla blatl
messenger. In perpetrating; a fake hoM
up and running away with Bis reBi.
tared mall packages, Riley waa taken
to MarysVlua this morning, r
Believing that Harwoof atory of the .'
holdup was a fake. Postal Inspect oi
Coyne -"sweated" th . young man s
verely yesterday, and -ha' finally cott-'
fessed that he waa "la on tha game" lit
hold up the mail, Riley, or George God
frey, being the robber, now In a cell ut '
Marvsville. Harwood drove down tin
dark alley by appointment with the rob
ber. Kucy-init mm over , me nni ii
make the noioup atory more ren'ru. .
Glfrev' remained In Marvsville whiln
Riley went to Chlco and then, came t
tnls city, unicer oc-amoit iuuiiu iiiki
ttt A waterfront saloon.,
Brwnsvllld AVlns in Debate.
(Special Diapatrh to The Journal).
Albany, 6r Jan. U In one of llm
debatea to select champions to meet lit
the final Hish aohool contest for f
supremacy, the rirownsviiiij iwim, t
Sawyer, RoV Cochrnn and I.ydM l.ii
soni defeated the Aitmny twin, in ().. ,
Mailmur- Martin " ami Ku n!.! fi .it.
Municipal ownership of ai--r ' ! I - i
niama was the nut-Nllon. i;ronv..!
had the neitatlve.
be tti last .'-' toi
gna bill. I riUu 1
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