Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 156, 6 May 1912 — Page 8

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THE RICH31QND PALIiADIU3I AND SUX-TEXEGRA3I, MONDAY. 3IAT 6, 1913.

SUIT AGAINST THE ALUMINUM COMBINE Will Be filed Saturday by the " Government in Court at Pittsburgh. ' - (National News Association) WASHINGTON. May 6. Suit callIns tor the dissolution of the aluminum trust as a corporation doing business In restraint of trade and in violation of the Sherman law will be filed Friday by Assistant Attorney General Chatland of the department of Justice at Pittsburg. Papers - in the case have already been served on W. A. Davis, president of the trust, who has Just returned from Europe. The suit is an outgrowth of alleged unlawful selling combinations and agreements adopted by various officials of the trust in a meeting at Passaic, N. J. The. agreement, the department of justice alleges, gives to the trust an unlawful monopoly in the Bale of kitchen ware.

DOES SHAKESPEARE PAY?

The Box Office Receipts for "Romeo and Juliet" Give the Lie to the Tradition that Nothing but Froth Is Appreciated on the Stage.

Tortoise Shell. The finest ef tortoise shell Is said to 'be that which comes from the Indian archipelago, although much of that obtained on the Florida coast Is of the yery best quality, says the Scientific :iAmerican. There are three rows of plates on the back of the animal called "blades." by the fishermen. In the ventral row are five plates and in each of the others four plates, the latter Containing the best material. Besides Ithese, there are twenty-five small 'plates around the edges of the shell, known as "feet" or "noses." The blglest turtle does not furnish more than sixteen pounds of shelL Formerly the .underabell was discarded as worthless, jtrat now it is much esteemed for its delicacy of coloring. Sometimes Imitation of tortoise shell is made of the liorns of cows.

A Policeman's Duty. Some of the answers given by can'tfldates for the Chicago police force at ft. recent examination were: "The duties of a policeman are to guard the oeace and limb of the city." "If I found a man on my beat suffering with a broken leg I would ask him his name, address, age, occupation, married or single, and would then hsee if he would rather go home or to hospital." "Burglary is a crime where you scrawl in a man's house with the Intenttion of .intimidating to steaL" ChlcaVgo Tribune.

His 8ystem. "Do yon count your chickens before they- are batched?" asked the visitor. "Tou bet I do!" says the dealer in mining stocks and promoter of town eltes. "I not only count 'em before they are hatched, but sell em before the eggs are laid." Judge's Library.

City Statistics

Deaths and Funerals. LANG Mrs. Blanch Lang, wife of Phil Lang, died at her home, 21 North Seventh street, Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. Mrs. Lang was twentyseven years of age. She is survived iby a husband and four small children. ; Funeral arrangements will be made latter. Friends may call Tuesday afternoon and evening. ' MOTT Harriet G. Mott, mother of jT. A. Mott, superintendent of the Publlc schools, died Sunday morning at the residence of T. A. Mott, 118 North (Eleventh street. Mrs. Mott was seven-'ty-nine years of age.' Death was due 'to paralysis. The funeral was held this afternoon at three o'clock from the home. The remains will be taken to Glen Falls, New York, for burial. ;The Rev: Cates of the Grace M. E. tchurch had charge of the services at (the home this afternoon.

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BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE. Does Shakespeare pay? " The resident manager of the Murat theater in Indianapolis will tell you it does. For what are termed "record breaking" audiences attended the four plays of the Marlowe-Shakespearean engagement in Indianapolis the last of the week. On Friday night when "Romeo and Juliet" was presented the manager informed the writer that it was the biggest audience that had ever attended a theatrical performance In Indianapolis. The Murat is one of the largest theaters in this country and was packed from pit to dome. Every seat was taken before "Wednesday. And standing room was sold. It was an extraordinary manifestation of the interest taken in a play when the latter is a standard and given by actors of known authority. For, whether or not you are a "high brow" or a "low brow," you admit that, after all, Shakespeare knew how to write a play. And if the lines do not interest you for their literary, poetic and philosophical qualities, you must, perforce, be held by the action or the plot. Shakespeare- is not modernized by Marlowe and Sothern. His universality is merely emphasized. His creations are interpreted in their human aspect. His men and women made flesh and blood. For It is trite to say but it bears the repeating that above every literary, dramatic or theatric consideration, Shakespeare is superlatively human. This is the reason his plays are still stageable and make an appeal to the modern, chaotic, play-going audience despite their stiltedness, their mess of theatric ineptitude, their unrelated in

cident and their archaic linguisms. Strangely enough, apropos of the latter, however, these are Interspersed with such surprisingly modern lines that an impression is given of interpolation. Julia Marlowe is a superb actress. E. H. Sothern is a splendid actor. These superlatives are used with due appreciation of their climatic meaning, effect and sad that it should be their abuse. We talk too much in extravagances. We ornament the mediocre, the commonplace, the middle class in speech with the linguistic embroidery that be

longs to the finer fabric of the language. Thus we unspeakably corrupt and

vulgarize an incomparable means of communication. We nullify its apogee by-dressing up our lay figures In its gorgeous habiliments and have nothing left to clothe its figures infused with life. But when you say Julia Marlowe is a superb actress you use the word "superb" advisedly. And when you denominate Mr. Sothern's theatrical art as "splendid" it is the fitting adjective. They play to each other hypnotically. And without flaunting the worst side of the star system the determination to keep in the spot-light It is the truth, that without tfieir continued presence, either together or singly, you feel a vague dis-interest and an impatient waiting for their return. This, not-withstanding, the merits of their company, the members of which were far above the average in histrionic acumen. It is such dramatic artists as Sothern and Marlowe that make you understand the difference between talent and genius. That cause you to see wherein the paucity of theatric art lies. It is the same difference that exists between Poe and S. E. Kiser, say. Between a portrait by Sargent and one by a graduate of an art school. In "The Taming of the Shrew," no less than in "Romeo and Juliet" did these two actors display the catholicity of their artistic sympathies. The range of their theatric possibilities. Their authority and erudition. Miss Marlowe's art is as fluid as mercury. It flows into a dramatic mold and is turned from, it in perfection of form. As "Katherine" the conquered shrew she was, to the writer, far more delicious than as the love-lorn Juliet. Miss Marlowe possesses a certain insouciance hard to define. An exquisite

humour. An insinuating charm that i gracefully twines every impersonation.

Above all, the finest femininity. And the overwhelming asset of physical charm. "I saw her as Juliet fifteen years ago," said a theater-goer in response to a question as to whether or not he had seen Miss Marlowe, "and she was a dream of loveliness but now " "But now " Miss Marlowe as Juliet the other night was incomparable. The years seem to have touched her but lightly. And her art has mellowed, deepened and become more embracing in its truth and understanding. "As "Juliet" she embodies the essence of passion and purity. Of youth and love and beauty. In this characterization, this actress

fills you with admiration for her artistic restraint and for the absolute perfection of her theatric art. As she leans over the balcony rail, in this cel

ebrated scene, she is the personification of ardour and in such fine nuances

that you see her, as she wishes to be, in Romeo's arms although he is physically separated from her by the barrier of space and material. It is impossible that the stage could have ever seen its equal. Sothern, on the other hand, impress

es you with his authority.

This fine actor's dramatic acumen broadens and accentuates with time. His "Petruchio" was a remarkable farcical impersonation. And his particular taming of the shrew an object lesson in the gentle art of wife subjugation. For Sothern is a delightful lover. Not only as the romantic Romeo but as the determined "Petruchio." "The Taming of the Shrew" was. In short, as presented by Sothern and Marlowe, a delicious farce. And touched off as lightly as a puff of thistle down. It is the most modern, in its adaptability, of any of Shakespeare's comedies. "'' "Romeo and Juliet," the least so. The latter's six acts, broken up into innumerable scenes, its multiplicity of unrelated, or, at least, minor incident, and its frequent tangents from the onward tragic sweep of the story making it a trifle bewildering. But in this play Marlowe and Sothern notably triumph over every artistic handicap. ' They made the play a

thing of such beauty, force, power and appeal that all else dropped away and left them silhouetted against the background of life as the symbolHation of human passion in its sublimity. From all over Indiana flocked people to see these great artists in their Shakespearean repertoire and the spectacle of that on the 6tage and that in the audience was one to make the most confirmed pessimist foreswear forever his belief in the degeneracy of the stage.

Man Mor Liquid Than Solid. Every fiber and every cell that enters Into the formation of a living body is

bathed In moisture, by which means alone these ultimate elements are kept alive and are enabled to carry out their duties. Even the bones, which appear to be the most solid of all, owe more than half their weight to the presence of fluid. That our bodies contain a large amount of fluid is. proved in a striking manner by the blisters which rise after the infliction of a burn. Water, in fact, plays a very important part In the human anatomy, for it is through its agency that the vital processes of digestion, absorption and the excretion of waste products are carried out. To reduce the whole matter to figures and taking 154 pounds to be the total weight of an average full grown man. it is said that water alone accounts for 109 pounds of the whole.

HEALTH REPORT OF COUNTY FOR APRIL The. county health report for the month of April this year, shows a decrease in contagious deaths of 50 per cent. In the number of contagious diseases reported last month there were two cases of tuberculosis. The births in the county numbered 2S and the deaths 32. The contagious diseases

were divided as follows: measles 16, last year 24 ; scarlet fever 4, last year

11; chlckenpox 1. last year 4; tnberctH

loels 2. last year none. - Last year'

there were three cases of smallpox.

Looking to the Future. J. -I raess HI make a lawyer of Josh, aald Fanner Corntosael. But yonr wife wants him to be aj physician." -1 -Yea. he's got to be a professional j man. and we'd want to show our conndence In him. And I think It would be; a heap safer to take Josh's law than bis medicine.' Washington Star. j

It is always safe to learn even from our enemies, never safe to Ins tract even onr friends. Colton.

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