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ran ROBBED QF YOUTH TO MnCT--PART;bPMtmERS Pitiful Condition of Children Forced to Face Footlights That Greedy Farents May Profit by the Sacrifice of Youthful Spirits - Kemarkable Chlld'a Theatre in . New York'a '4 r. ' East Side. A OH .7 lisry s- ) I ;yv.v-!i - ..'. . fiuuicu, vf iff ;-' L -' 0,s':.. ' v : ' ' xuopmonb (7 .-s' i s4."'7 ! - i 7 h 6SOTIs::;ssf - ,t a-..u. V-- imii-iii -."-I '- - -------f--fjt nirnn" ' sale will open next Tbun- f, ; ' . J . . ! c'-: I V ' V'i - I r J y 'i ; ky t 7 I1' f ' : - l ' ' t., .. ,nf irf wmrf.-.inlwi-lli II imniMrtrti fl ' : ily that DRAMATIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. " IIBILIG Saturday and 8unday, Lew Dockt(Jer and his mlnlstrela BAKER Resident Btock company In "The Halfbreed." . OAKS Musical comedy. "Jakey. Mlkey and Ikey." - 1 STAR '-Trip to Coney Island," musical comedy. .' , PANTAUt.s--vauaevi. ., : ';. OR AND-"-Vaudeville. : , v LYRIC "The Bushranger. j NEXT WEEK'S OFFERINGS. BAKER "Lovers Lane." : LTRIC "Held by the Enemy." , PROMISES MADE BY THE PEESS AGENTS ' Lew Dockstader at the Hetlig. . - 'The Hellis. theatre. Fourteenth and Washington streets, will. have a splendid offering nest Sat ur. lay afternoon, eight and Sunday night. June ( and. T, when Lew Dockatader and his minstrels play an engagement The coming of Dock stader end, his fun-making companions Is . always-ji source of. 4laaaant.lajitlcl-J patlon, ' ;th L only minstrel comedian who plays the leading theatres in the large cities, and he always brings with him a company that is first clabs In every respect The popularity which he and his - minstrels enjoy is amply demonstrated by the large audiences which he attracts everywhere. As a monologue artist Dockstader la. without a peer in this country. - His offering this season is called "A Dull Day in the White House," the title of which sug gests a wide scope of fun for his clever speeches. His -"makeup" in the skit is an exceedingly clever bit of art, almost realistic-and on can readily anticipate the original views which he will present upon trust-busting, bear hunting, race suicide and other Important current topics which are presumed to emanate from Washington, D. C . T i The other fun-makers of the company have plenty of opportunities in their own : special directions. Kelt O'Brien' has a new song f ilia own-com posi tion in the first part called "iirpther Not hi n'." 'and appears later in a new skit called "Quick Lunch.' The other comedians in the 1 company ar John King, Eddie Mazsier, Pete Detael and Tommy Hyde, with Harry M. Morae, interlocutor. The first part is divided Into what are called "Introductions. There are three, each with Its own par ticular end men and ballad singers. Among the sweet-votoed soloists this year are Reese v. Prowser. who has a new- ballad called "What W!tt Tour Answer Be"; Will Oakland, who sings "My Twilight Queen." Thomas Hackett whose song is celled "I'll be Waiting Dearie," and Wi H. Thompson, who has a splendid number entitled "'Neath the Old Acorn Tree.' The setting for the opening pan is one or tne nanasomest scenic and lectrle- light effects ever . J l . . L. I ..- J Among the many and varied features of the program not already referred to is a travesty on secret societies called "Joining the. Elk," a pictorial, singing and dancing act called "The Land of Nicotine." In which a. comnanv of IB exceptionally clever dancers perform tne ounces or various countries, ana a skillful and graceful drill called "Reveille at West Point" in which all the vocalists and dancers appear. . The ( "The Halfbreed.at the Baker. Arrangements have been made with Oliver Morosco who owns the play for the . Baker stock companjf to present "The Halfbreed" which has a great rec ord of seven weeks at the Burbank theatre, Los Angeles. It- will open at the Haker this afternoon, and is one of the biggest things, aeenlcally that' the popular stock company has offered this year, -A ' The piot is laid in the-Indian Terri tory and ieils with the period about 1.S99, when the Indians were raiding out lying settlements led ' by a white rene gade, who, in the play, turns out to be our half-breed, Spavinaw. , Spavlnaw and Bm Kennion both love th lovely daughter . of Judge Huntington. The former is tliit-Tsiiieatif" polished' kind; with claws lust under the velvet while the latter is the firm straightforward westerner. Spavlnaw manages to create suspicion that Kennlon is leader of the raids and comes within an ace Of getting him hanged. Many thrilling scenes and cli maxes are introduced and"- the charac ters are true types of the western play. The rainstorm soone is unique, amuHlng and interesting, and many other scenes tire-brranct to attract unusual' attention "The Halfbreed" runs the entire festi val week with a Saturday matinee, and the cast of the Baker stock company in it Is as follows: ' Ross Kennlon, a power in the land. Oeoree Alison; Delmar Spavinaw of the rud blood, Robert Homans; Hooley Belt. long sulrerlng, out noperui, uonajfl Bowles. Fugit FllDpin, called j "Fuge. Howard Russell, Judge John Dwyer Huntington, JSvelyn'e father, William Gleason; Doc Fraaeo. a. type, William Wolbert: Emmett Crutchfleld, the sher iff, James Gleason; Leon Pardeau, host of "The Hermitage," Edward Lawrence; Yellow Snake, a full blood Indian, Karl r. Dwire; Dick, Kennlon's, boy, called "Little Pal." Miss Mamie Hkslam: How ard Devlin, of the Circus Royal, Charles Lewis; Johnson, a cattle raiser, R. B. PLAYED CLEAN: COMEDY AT MODERATE PRICES Allen Stock Company Closes a Very Successful Season in Portland and Goes to Calgary Under fr. Cdntract for a Year. ; A ' - ' J$fC 4, - " ' '. V O V 1' If' JV JlA I f f ' O j.t . t. . , f , - ? 1 t 55 , 1 ft- I 0 V' ' -;'.VV '-Si j A I ,i.. . a t- y - w , rssi j v-t-a r $ ;.' : 1 79 X . T" - Vt . A r? . v-- '-'if- '''yWf- j A-CTIJI J v y y I A. Wanted By theatrical' managers, a daughter.: . , ,' ' " - Not all theatrical managers are insert ing such an ad in (the want columns, but It might be a good thing if they did. The presence of a daughter In his com pany ! the reason, according; to Pearl R. A'ien 'of the Allen stock company, tv h turn-(l on tradition and began ptvlfig really - ekcellent plays wjth his ;-rui.ir pr"d company. It this arcordlng to t Mr. Al!i-n; Verna.Fclton. his daughter, La.t been playing tn his stock company for seven years. She Is a, girl of more than usual talent, as nearly every ons in the coast cities knows. Mr. Allen, whose heart would make -.1 0 of ' those of ; the ordinary owner of a theatrical company, didn t care to see the girl in whose fu ture he has so much faith playing the scalped heroine la an Indian war melo drama or the muchly wronged chee-yild of the streets In the very Lad plays of sentiment, that most popular-priced or gnnliatlons Indulge In. So In order that Miss Felton might .have the kind of plaja that, wouldn't, injure ber or any Pearl K. Allen, Manager of the Allen v Stock Company,: and Hla Leading - Lady, Mlas Yerona Felton . C . one "else, Mr. Allen has ben giving a class of dramas In Portland that com pares very- favorably with those seen at the highest priced' stock companies, several of his plays, in fact, having been presented by the Allen people be fore they were seen tt 1 a seat In the Klaw & Erlanger houses. ' i- The record of : the Allen ' company which . has just Closed its season in Portland Is remarkable in wore ways than in its having' broken, from bad melodrama Into- good. clean'Comedy. It has been running steadily for over two years without a weeks vacation. The company was organised . in California and played in Vancouver, B. C, then in road stock,' a summer season "at the Third Avenue in Seattle, two years Con tinuously in Tacomsvoseven months at the Star ' in Portland and then at the Lyrlo in 1 Portland, playing steadily at the latter house, i with the exception Of 12 weeks on the road. . K , . v. This week Mr. Allen goes to Alberta, where he has a contract to play for. one year In Cajgary, and where he will open earjy this week, the members oil the company having but one day's rest bfv tween their . railway travel and' their opening day, : s ; , . Lew Dockstader as "The Man of the Hour," In "A Dull Day at the White House,", Bradbury: Gordon, a cattle raiser, Sid ney. Isaacs; Robert a servant, James Waters; Evelyn Huntington, John's daughter, Miss Isetta Jewel; Dolly Par deau. with a penchant for "Fuge," Miss Marlbel Seymour; Susette Stapleton, caled "Surly Sue," Miss Louise Kent; Eliza Simpson, housekeeper at Hunting ton's. Mina Crolina Gleason; Marianne Adair, a link between the past, and present. Miss Luclle Webster. . Vaudeville at thf Grand. For the rose carnival week at the Grand SuHrvsards ConshUne'ha'v booked as good .a vaudeville bill as one wants to see anywhere. , The leading feature will be the Thirteen ' Pekln Zouaves. George Wilson, the original George of "waits m again" fame, is the special added attraction. There Is no minstrel man In the country better known than 117 11 , . . 1 ,. I V.I 1 .-I. n limiu nor murQ popular ta uiw ucikm- borhood. Wilson Is a sure shot laugh very time. - -v '''. -m, ' There are manv singing fours -who call themselves the American Newsboys' quartet, but the only and original is Doogea to appear on tne new dui wnicn starts at the Grand tomorrow afternoon. Musical Lowe, who was xylophone solo ist with Sou sa for two years,, will play severe' selections on that instrument, of which ha U credited with being the master. "The girl who saya things Is the bill ing of Nellie Revell, a singing comedi enne. An especially appropriate illus trated ballad will be' sung by Fred G. Bauer. "Roses Bring Sweet Dreams of You" Is the title and it fits in well with the Rose Festival spirit P. F. Mon tressa, who preside over the motion pictures, promises a new film which will surprise the public. Today, and tonight will be th last of the present program which has the seven 8amois, Arabian acrobats, Potter and Hartwall. gymnasts; Lawrence and Harrington. J3owery types; Macks, Hart and LaMarr, from New England; Harry Helm aii, tester, and the pictures, "The Legend of the Ghost" .... i . At the Oaks. , The, Oaks enters upon a new line of policy beginning with today. This af ternoon at 3 o'clock In the new shel tered Airdoma, Portland will be Intro duced to the new band of white and a-old signalized' as' the Herr Waldemar Llnd- Symrrfiony - orchestra. --Thls or-, ganlzatlon of 20 artists and their in vestiture In the striking uniforms of white, and gold is the particular fond dream of Manager Freeman, who has brought about- this organisation com posed largely of local musicians. Herr Llnd is not only an artist, but an. enthusiast and he has entered upon his work with characteristic energy and It- Is expected that his concerts at the Oaks will be a feature of that resort There haa been a demand for . music from the . best that the Pacific north west has to offer and the preparation of the paat five months will find con summation when the big program is rendered , this afternoon. The evening freo attraction at the Oaks every night will be a big musical comedy with bright and catchy music, winning and whlstleable dancing num bers and a cast of unusuad capability and elaborate scenic accompaniment of fered by the Allen Curtis musical com edy company. .: - Allen Curtis is known far and wide as a character comedian of more than usual ability. HIS company , numbers 25 upito-d ate performer presenting the latest Weber-Fierdsv skits; while he has never been' seen In the Pacific north-1 west it goes without saving that he will goon make himself known. . The pen- Mi Ervln Blunkall, Leading Man With the Blunkall-Atwood Company.'at the Lyric. . ver News, speaking of this company, says;-. - ''Jakey, Mikey and Ikey" last night held the audience in one continual spell of laughter from start to finish and their surrounding company . of 16 peo ple. Including a remarkably well drilled chorus,! were given every opportunity to score. The chorus In Its entirety is a show In itself. All the members are talented, pretty . and shapely and possess singing voices out of the ordi-nnry.- They also know how to wear stunning gowns uncommonly well. Fifteen song hits were heard during the action of the comedy and each had the popular swing and received vocif erous applause at the hands of the many spectators. The music was expressly composed for the offering and it la in itself an innovation . . ; The Bushranger." -The hundreds of- loyal Lyric pat rons who have enjoyed the splendid production and performances that have been given , at that popula rf arally the atre will be delighted to learn that the opening of the new stock season - will occur tomorrow night when the Blunkall-Atwood forces will make their first Portland appearance.. The bill will be in keeping with the Importance of the occasion being that thrilling drama of life "The Bushranger." . . Ths play Js well adapted to display the various talents of the company to the best advantage- Great Interest is manifested in the appearance of Miss Lillian At wood, one of America's fore most leading women who has dis tinguished herself -in all the principal cities of the country. The . work of Edwin Blunkall, leading man and com pany manager is too well known to need comment .Ha has made good with tne Dost or mem. t In the cast there are a largs sum ber , of. excellent artist including unaries tfcnau, uracie fiaisiea, joan Storm and Lawrence Peterson. Manager -Flood positively, guarantees the company to the Lyrlo patrons .and k it . I . known that the management always keps Its word, you may take It as settled that the Blunkall-Atwood company will be the best popular price organization mat nas ever appeared here. First performance of "The Bush ranger! Monday night Get your vests now. .' - ;:. A,r f v Musical Comedy at Star. t Right on time this afternoon at the Star theatre the Armstrong company will Introduce a new musical . comedy to Portland tinder , the sweeping title of A Trip to Coney Island.' !. This attrac- tloa win also be offered twice this evening as well a twice each evening throughout ', the " week. There : will be daily matinees.- All . those who visit Portland to attena the festival and who are seeking musical comedy should re member that the Star is the home of this popular form of amusement and the only house making it a specialty. The comedians of the Armstrong com pan v are really - funny. the . Drin- clpals can sing and the chorus is com posed of .carefully selected girl who are young, handsome, can sing, dance ana wear xeusnins; costume. . H.SCU week there is a new musical oomerlv. and the one to open this afternoon. "A Trip. to Coney Island," is the sixth of a' series.- ..-..''....,. "A Trip to Coney Island is not bur dened with plot- In fact . there is oarcelyv a shred of a story. The piece Is an excuse for assembling a lot of humorous situations, clever , dialogue, By J. F. 8. A UR train pulled up to the a little station platform just as the last 1 I coach of the Portland bound Urn- V; f lted disappeared out of sight be- . yond the fringe of burned timber stood , out bleak and forbidding against the cheerless winter sky-line. It aa lata afternoon and ws were to be held In Ccntralla possibly 20 minutes while a special wrecking outfit could have time to catch up with and pass us. It was an aggravating wait . ' , v ' ' Ai I went to the rear platform, hop. Ing against hep that the station loung ers might furnish some novelty, I had my first arlimnsa of tha stasra children off duty, and beyond the deceptive il lumination of the footlights. Their presence was so totally unexpected, the iaea or nair a hundred youngsters clus tered together on the platform at Cen. irana seemed so unusual, that for a minute . I could not understand why they were there. It was the wrong tlnu or tne year ror Sunday scsool picnics. Entire schools do not migrate. What in heaven's name were all those poor little tads, to short dresses and knickerbock ers doir.r there? Could It be that an or phan asylum was traveling sn masse? . Under the direction of several gor geously - dressed young men the flock was marsnaiiea and got aDoara the train whera w soon learned that they were the -members of a children's opera com pany, .on Its way to ths next night's svanu. . .,...-,. -'. .- ;' There was jiomethtnar Inexnresaiblv nit iful in the sight of the homeless young ster being herded about-an impres sion that was not changed by the care ful explanations of the manager of the attention he gave his -charges of how they were drilled In their lessons by experienced tutors and how carefully the governesses and nurses looked after their health and manners. - The care takers had not washed the grease-paint from ths faces of the 12-year-old girls, marked , into impossible rouge smiles, which were given the He by the tear streaks -that had furrowed their way down the cheeks of some of the smaller children, .--.. - Tired, restless, unhappy, clutching meir uoiis ana tneir sewing rags Jn a pathetic attempt to- be like ordinary children with homes and mothers, ss unnatural looking as the toy they held in their arms, they were an object les son in child labor that no one who saw uiem iorgot , ' e . Why Is It, If you please,' that we are lorcea to see children shamelessly ex ploited in this fashion? As sure as you see a child who ought to be in the kin dergarten or the nursery, dragged around night after night to the theatres. subjected to- the unnatural conditions of parading themselves before people, of working while others are playing, and of having an exorbitant amount of atten tion . paid them you can be sure that somewhere its worthless parents .are enjoying tne rruit or its youth.- its health and Its' 'moral welfare The presence of children on ths stags adds very little to the naturalness of a pro duction. They are placed there to gain no good beyond the mere pleasing of an audience. They are usually merely in cidental to the plot, as for instance the Utterly useless exhibition of children of tonderyear that Mr. Lackay gave in "The "Bondman." "Mr. L Wiggsof Jha-Cabbag Pateh" can scarcely be said to warrant the use of babies that it Indulges In. A short time ago a helpless child of a few months of age was subjected to the ordeal of blinding footlights, foul air and a dozen yelling- men every night for a week for no better purpose, appar ently, than that its parents might say that It had begun it stage career at the tender age of 90 days. The vaudeville theatres are old offenders and seem to tnke particular delight tn exhibiting children In difficult and daring teats of skill. "A Doll's House," which stands out a on of the few plavs where chil dren are absolutely necessary Xo ths plot and where the plot seems to war rant their use, can be arranged so that older girls can take the part of the child characters. Producers of play who use children seem to rely upon a , general tiresome sentimentality to bolster them up in their efforts. They say that everyone likes to see and hear children and that the sight of the little dear should do us all good. That it -doesn't do any one good. Is too palpable to require re-ltei-atlon. It' a cheao anneal for sym pathy, whatever novelty. It one had is rapidly wearing away, and with it has gone the Interest of the general public. This business of exclaiming Ah and O at every appearanoa of a child' on the stage Ilka bumpkins at a Fourth of July display of fireworks isn't as popular as It once was. And If Mrs. Trumbull and the child-labor commission keep on as well as they have begun it will be less popular stllL- The stags will not have suffered any Irreparable loss while -'a few selfish and lazy parents s will -be kept from letting their children out to theatrical managers as they would a monkey to a hand-organ' man. r: -" ' - jOn the other hand, while the : law doe right to step In and interfere with the - uaing of children commercially, night after night, there la another side to the question of children -in the the atre. You can see it on a Sunday after. noon down in the lower East Bide of New - York, where live the Slavs and the Italians and the foreign-speaking Jews and the immigrants from those nations of central Europe whose people look to America as their one chance, for bettarlng their existence. -There, in the auditorium of the Children' theatre on East Broadway, the Educational Alli ance is doing its work towards fitting tbo children of these foreigners to be- ' come-useful men and women and its Instrument is the Inherent love of the drama that Is found alike in all people. We can all remember with wliat " childish delight we saw our first mati nees, whether they were of "Cinderella" or "Little Lord Fauntleroy" or "Unci Tom' Cabin," how we cam home to re act the parts through many a - rainy - morning, ana what an ; important part this dramatic sens played in our lives. It ha been used by the Educational Al-1 llance . to develop the ideals and the imagination of the child, to teach him erect carriage, and self-confidence and. a proper , enunciation of the English language. .. It has met the craving for "a show" by giving the children of the East Sid their own theatre, where they can act themselves and see their companions act, where they can hear the fairy stories-and even the more serious works of the drama and have their horizons broadened and their outlook upon Ufa mads better and mors cheerful. VJ:.."''";:'; -:y-tx :- ; ev',y? ;?.-.-:--.. 7:-:!'yi.y- .4 Of course, this theatre in not a com mercial affair. Miss A. Minnie Herts, who took charge of the entertainment department of the Alliance and insti tuted the first of the play four years ago at first set the price at five cents uii inn ineory mai every cniia couia save tlve pennies for the performance. Later It was found -necessary to raise this to 10 cents because of -the re stricted capacity of . the theatre. As Miss Herts wrote In the Atlantic Monthly describing her VAnfura .-"The box office count meagre returns, but educationally we coin the very gold of young aearts into eternal prom. That the Influence of this theatre upon ..the children of New York has been strongly for the good there can ' be no doubt Whether it would be pos sible to apply her method locally Is doubtful. - Mrs. Trumbull tells me that she has found that amateur perform ances are objectionable. Inasmuch as tney aey tne cua up to tne point or golnr on the stare, f acinar audiences and that -it Interferes seriously with the natural duties and pleasures of his' life. Certainly there "is not the same peed ror . sucn - entertainment among tne children of well-to-do parents' that there Is among those of the tenements, and Portland's slum children are fortunate ly few tnnumber. -And 6 to the ques- - tion or tne . aesiraoimy or tn amateur J performances that, I presume, depends argely on the . character of the per formances, the director and Jhe chil dren. It is hard to lay down a definite rule in such matters. There can be no doubt but that most children have at some time in their lives gone througii ths experience and the race doesn't seem to-be- mueh the worse- for- iu It certainly contains none of the more serious objections that hold so good against professional work, and tt often adds an entertaining and harmless ex perience to a child's pleasures. That there are enough stage children to count as really important factors In New York is shown by the theatricals which are given every Saturday after noon during the winter In the Waldorf Astoria. Hero the big east ' room Is transformed Into a stage and Wilbur Flnley Fauley, who has charge of the theatricals, gives some of the old favorites. Ills actors are stage children that have grown too big to take very young child parts but that are still too young to play" grown-ups. And so these children In the transitional stags be tween their dramatic careers give mat inees for other children. Dlavin Punch and Judy, Cinderella and translations from tne French, AiDan ie foines -i Petit" belnc ia particularly popular number with the New York children. Inasmuch as there is this dramatic Instinct In all of us ana it is bound to find its expression In the growth and Improvement of the child It is of course desirable that It be turned away from the at least useless channels of the cheaper and more vulgar theatres and given its opportunity to expand under the most desirable circumstances. But it Is difficult to see in what way the exhibition of children under 1 years old upon the professional stags Is going to bring about this result or any other " that will counter-balance the effects of its unwholesome, unnatural Ufa new and tuneful song and fancy danc ing. There will also be an additional specialty In the way of an extra vaude- ..in . . i T-t i A unu. . tin V ill V nurnwr. aini-n- HVI win-, ....... been engaged for this and will b found amusing Knocnaooui Three performances dally at the Star, Clll V, J. vvM' J ' k" - cuse Jr plain and fancy coniedy. ...r--' - - ' Star Acts for Marquam. All week the police department ' and sheriffs men have been trying to dig up soma sort of oontrtvance that would hold Hardeen, a Pantages feature, at the MarQuam, They have used Oregon boots, mauacles with Intricate locks, straight-jackets and even a packing ease. In hla strange way Hardeen baf fled every attempt to secure him. His act-was supplemented with seven Ather good turns, making up a show of big value. " - For the new bill Manager Johnson ha drawn on the best for his perform ers. A double feature will be offered in the Gotham Comedy Four and the Three Juggling Vannans. The Gotham quartet stands high while the three Vannans are fast and furious In their unequalled juggling work. There isn't to be an set on the new bill, for that matter, but could - be utilised as a feature. Del-a-phone, for instance, has been widely featured by other circuits, but -aniages uses hlra as an ordinary member of the program. His Imitations of phonographs and his work as a mimto make Del-a-phons'a high- priced performer. The Yialto duo are the fastest dancers In the game. . They present all sorts of novelty ' dancing including the new dance hit The Soul Kiss." Crawford retnera,-tne eastern com RATHER BE, MOTHER THAN STAR, SAYg OLGA Olga Nethersole Says She Has Sac rificed Natural Joy of ' Life. ' ' - edlans whose work the part year . haa attracted considerable attention, are coming her for the first time. Bert Lennen,- a character change, artist of reputation and marked ability, will add much to the program. Jean Wilson will sing a new illustrated song and - the hi o graph will spin out a new. comedy film. ; f. V; f I 1 . - "Lovera Lane" Coming Nt " For the week following Th Half breed,' the Baker Stock company .will present Clyde Fitch's celebrated rural flay. "Lover's Lane," opening next unday matinee June T. This is on of the . most popular play in stock, and its charming pastoral pictures, its true types of characters and beautiful heart story -all combine to make an Ideal stage entertainment that the Individual must be sordid indeed who can resist J Farewell to Allen Today. This afternoon and tonight the Allen Stock company will give Its- final per formance in Portland repeatinor for the last time its great success, "Under Two Flags." . V New York, , May S3. "If I had my life to live over again, I would be a wife and a mother." In this phrase Olga Nethersole, the actress, who has pictured on the stag every conceivable character, impulse and passion In woman, today admitted that her life work, so far as happiness, is to be considered, had been In vain.' Miss Nethersole, In an Interview, am plified the. views she expressed on mar riage last Sunday to members of the People's institute. "I have sacrificed the natural Joy which is s the '-right and privilege of every woman,'.' she said, . "to gain a money-making place 4n the stage. I would rather be a wife and a mother than achieve fame on the stage or in any other sphere of professional life. "The one ideal life, and the one to ward which education is tending,' I be lieve, is perfect marriage. Education make woman free to love with no mer- : cenary thoughts. The result will be a more perfect mating, more successful marriages. "The star of a borne, 'playing' to an audience of husband and child, Is hap pier than a star of a stage, winning the applause of thousands." ; ,. urn r '' ' . ... Balaac and tho Thief. . : From the Westminster Gazette. , A story, said to be. new, of Balzac Is related by a French contemporary. A burglar gained admission, to Balzac's house and was soon at work, by the ? light of the moon at the lock of th secretaire In the novelist' chamber. Balzac was asleep at the time, but th movements Of ths Intruder aroused him. -The burglar, who was working most industriously, paused. A strident laugh - arrested his operation and he beheld -by the moonlight the novelist sitting , up In bed, his sides aching with laugh ter. , - ' .i "What Is it that make you tnerryT' demanded the burglar. - "I laugh," replied the author of "Per Ooriot" to think that you should com : in the night without, a lantern to search my secretaire for money when I can ', never find any. there in broad daylight, "7'';;- ' - Next, ;.' .-' .' -'. - H1 Prnm the f tousfon Pnt. i " The cyclone now lias had It fling Has gone a-roarlng bv. ,- -The next list of fatalities' is due Fourth of July.
