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By MARGARET HUBBARD AYER.
Perhaps it wu the suddenness of belntr
taken out of the brilliant atmosphere of
the Bernard Shaw play, or perhaps it
was the steepness of the stairs leading to
her dressing room, but at all events
when I say May Blaney, who plays the
part of Ann In "Man and Superman," I
made two very had breaks In rapid suc
cession. first I thougt she was an American
because we can claim all pretty ac
tresses with strong English accent, and
because she is so well known to American
Audiences.
And then I thought her eyes were blue
because Bhe makes them up with blue
paint, and they look blue.
- But I, was soon set right on both points.
"I'm not American; I'm English with
strong streak of Irish," corrected Miss
Blaney.- "And, moreover, my eyes are
brown and not blue." By this time I had
oompletely wilted, and I threw the Inter
view on her mercy, with a faint murmur
that it be about "Beauty and her methods
of preserving her health, and quite un
usual amount of good looks."
"You can say that I like gardening and
that I breed bulldogs," said Miss Blaney.
But alas! This was not what I
wanted, and I feared that the readers of
this paper would not all be able to
achieve fame, as well as beauty, by
such means. My mind was still full of
the delightful play that was going on
downstairs, for '"Ann" was preparing- for
the last act. After you have llstenedfor
an hour or so to Bernard 8haw, it is al
most Impossible to get back to the com
monplaces of physical culture, diet, and
the other means by which our famous
boautles enhance their appearance and
kindle the light of envy In the breast of
all the other women.
So I asked Miss Blaney to talk about
"Ann," the superwoman, aha of the life
force and the delightful catty ways,
i which Miss Blaney acta with such charm
and skill.
f One of the most Interesting things about
' this play is the change In the audience.
When it- was1 first given, people did not
know whether they ought to laugh, and
wonvn resented the character of Ann,
though they all knew In their hearts that
she Is the woman who can bend' even the
strongest man to1 her will. Now they
never miss a point.
"It does seem curious," continued
Miss Blaney, "that men will be com
pletely taken in by a character like
Ann, but when they see a sincere,
frank straightforward women they at
once believe that she Is a deep char
acter planning all kinds of pitfalls. In
deed that she is a woman to beware of.
"My sympathy is, of course, with the
sincere, straightforward woman, but I
must admit that the Ann type gets on
better, and I believe that every woman
In the audience, realises it and has a
certain sympathy with Ann, and Is glad
I that she always gets her way. Perhaps
j there is a little of Ann in every one of
us," laughed Miss Blaney. "The redeem
ing feature about her is that she has a
sense of humor."
"Miss Blaney had taken off the pretty
yellow automobile ooat, the little hood
with Its big crimson rose, and was now
wearing the frock of the last act, a tight
fitting affair of light blue satin, hobbled
and so tight in the skirt that the silt in
troduced In front was absolutely neces
sary to make walking a possibility.
"How I do dislike these tight skirts,"
said Miss Blaney. "I think that women
would get more courtesy shown them,
more respect and more politeness if they
would go back to petticoats, ' and all the
frilly, lacy things which are so essen
tially feminine.
"These present fashions are certainly
abominable. For myself I would like a
full wide petticoat and skirt, almost a
crinoline, in fact! something that essen
tially expressed the early feminine.' I
love lace and all beautiful materials, and
lots of them. These ridiculous skimpy
skirts are ugly and unbecoming, as well
as immodest. ". '
"You will notice that since women be
gan to discard one petticoat after an
other, and appear finally in the scantiest
of skirts, they have lost a great deal of
the outward respect and consideration
which used to be shown them In the days
of fuller petticoats.
"So I say let us get back to petticoats,
and gain once more the consideration
arid respect which are no longer shown
to women who wear the ridiculous fash
ions of the day."
"Do you think, Miss Blaney, the typical
Ann woman, the, man hunter, regrets the
loss of her frlUy1 pettlcoatsr
Ton may be quite sure that the Ann
woman wears the- latest and the most up-to-date
things. She's probably enveloped
in the tightest skirt she can get, and on
her It Is another attraction."'
Miss Blaney had put the last touch to
her frock and pinned a fascinating little!
curl in place over her right ear, and was
now ready for the stage. Her coiffure,
by the way, is a most interesting one.
The front ihalr Is parted and waved back
naturally, the back half Is wound around
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the head in a tight swirl fitting the head
closely and bringing out its prettily mod
eled contour. The curl is made of the
end of the hair.
"You haven't . told me a thing about
health and beauty. Miss Blaney," I re
monstrated as J left the dressing room.
"Never mind; I really do nothing for
my health. But If you can put in a plea
for petticoats, I should be glad. ! think
that's a much more Important subject,"
sold Miss Blaney, as I bade her good-bye.
The Girl Who Flirts
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
The complaint of a young man that his
sweetheart kindles a regret that a word
so originally sweet and Innocent has be
come so unwholesome and bedraggled.
Webster says that flirtation Is playing
at courtship without any cruel intentions.
The word "Flirt," as he understood It,
meant a girl in her attitude toward her
lover. She flirts with him; she taunts
him; she teases him; she fills his days
with torture and despair, and Just when
he feels that he can endure n more, she
gives a sweet little smile of encour
agement, and he falls In love a little
deeper, '
, The flirt whom we admire In book
and story Is like a- pretty little butterfly
always keeping Just far enough ahead
of Its pursuers fingers to keep him inter
ested .and make him forget the long
chase she has led him. She flirts with
only one man. And the man Is the man
who loves her and whom she loves
Some day she will confess her love
and I doubt not that it will be lasting
and true.
This Is the flirt of prose and poem.
It Is the woman whose goodness and
purity are Blven added seat by her
Innocent desire to torment, and to tease
the man she loves.
. There Is a sad difference In the modern
upplleation. The word loess all Its origi
ns! prsttlness when applied to a girl who
ogls and winks and stares to attract the
attention of a stranger, t la then that
the butterfly has a little bit of the soil
of earth en her wings.
If the-sweetheart who writes mt the
letter of. despair has a girt who fUrts
with him and with no one else, he has
given his heart to a woman m whom he
always Will be Interested. She loves
him. else she wouldn't torment him. It is
the torment of love that Is. Its great Joy.
Love has been defined as "a sickness
full of woes all remedies refusing" "a
tn'-icnt of the mind, a tempest everlest
trr." '
it L. bread and wine of life, the
hunger and the thirst, the hurt and the
healing, the only wound which Is cured
by another."
"And only the man whose lored one
(allures him one moment and shuns him
the next, keeping his heart first, hot then
cold, knows all the delightful ups and
downs of love-making. Unless a woman,
has a little of this desire to torment, love
making becomes as prosaic as buying a
steak at-the butcher's.
It would look as reasonable to cure a
child of dancing while at play, compelling
it to take the slow and heavy steps of
the aged. r t
' The girl who flirts in this Innocent art
less . way, with but one man, and that
man the one she loves and who loVes her
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is having her playtime of life. There
should be no talk of a cure, time with its
burdens will see to that.
The word "flirt" in its more common
interpretation, cannot be applied to any
of my girls, I am sure. It is neither
pleasant nor sweet nor sane. ,
Why He Wanted to Kaon.
The man in the upper berth leaned over
its edge, and, Jamming his frown firmly
down on his brow, cried In a harsh coarse
voice that was audible above xthe rattle
and rumble of the engine:
"HI, you, down there.' Are you riohT"
"HeyT" ejaculated the man In the lower
berth, almost swallowing his Adam's ap
ple. "Whasser masser?"
"I nay, are you rich?"
"What's that, sir! Rich? What do you
mean by waking me up in the middle of
the night to ask me such a question as
thatr
"I want to know that's why."
"Well, then, confound you, I am rich.
Now I hope your curiosity is satisfied and
you will let me go to sleep."
"Very rich?"
"Millionaire, confound you. Now shut
up, and "
"Well, then, why In torment don't you
charter a whole train to do your snoring
in?" Searchlight .
As Science States It.
A scientist recently announced In one
of the eastern mairaslnes that "bacterial
immunity and opsonic Investigations made
In my. laboratory indicate that the ag
glutination, lytic, opsonic and antibody
production of hibernating mammalia Is
markedly raised."
This shows what it is to be observant
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of Sunday, October 27th Will Contain:
"ROUGH ROADS AND ROUGH RIDING
TO THB WHITE HOUSE'
By the Hon. CHAMP CLARK
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Champ Clark's second article on "Presidential lights That Hare
Flared Failed "explains the hard sledding that awaits the Presidential
aspirant in a witty manner. As Clark so aptly says, "We are apt to forget
a loser," and on the eve of a great national election it is well to be remind
ed. Did you know that Henry Clay was nominated three times by his
party T That Samuel J. Tildra (ailed of eleatloa by one electoral college vote? That
Jamei O.-Blaine was only a few votes behind 0 rover Cleveland In the final count? Mr.
Clark writes from hit heart, for he hat not forgotten how clou he came to being nomi
nated at Baltimore for the highest office In the land. He tells of a good many winners
also. We all lore a winner, and the Speaker's list ranges from Lincoln to Roosevelt.
You'll bo Interested mightily In this second installment. The article Is illustrated with a
humorous set of drawings by 0. W. Halting. . , '
'THE QUEST OF BETSINDASUE"
ByHANNA RION
This is a new "Quest of the Golden Girl." A love story with a breath
of Fall days and the Joy of living in it. An artist has painted the picture
of a woman he has never seen. He is even in ignorance of where she lives,
yet he sets out to find her. The fantastic tenderness of his romance will appeal to every
man and woman who is young or ever has been young. The story is sympathetically il
lustrated by Frank Ver Beck.
"NOVEMBER JOB WOODSMEN DETECTIVE"
'THE CASE OF MISS VIRGINIA PLANX"
By HESKETH PRICHARD
Another story of the remarkably popular "November Joe" series.
Virginia Planx, the daughter of a millionaire, has been kidnaped and held
for ransom in the Canadian woods. The case is turned over to "November'
and, in his role of woods detective, he is for the first time baffled. Never
did clues so utterly appear to contradict each other. He solves the mystery at last to
his own satisfaction and Incidentally to the satisfaction of Miss Plakx. Percy E. Cowea'c
Illustrations characteristically catch the breath of the woods.
"HOW CANADA DOES IT"
By ELLIOTT FLOWER
Did you know that Canada is getting more immigrants from the United
States than from any other country in the world T Did you know that she
is attracting experienced farmers- men with money and energy! This is
not the result of a haphasard policy of "Let come who will;" but it IS the fruit of a sys
tematic campaign for the best available human materlaL Elliott . Flower's article will
open the eyes of millions ef oitisens on this side of the border. Illustrate! jjy unusual
photographs. .
"WOMEN WHO COUNT
This department contains character sketches of Mrs. Theodore Roose
velt and Mrs. William Howard Taft, illustrated from photographs and are
little aide lights en the personal side of theso two altogether interesting women.
COVER DESIGN "EOY WANTED'
By CHARLES MaeLELLAN.
A picture that brings a laugh every time you see it. It will remind
yon of TOUR boyhood and the homely humor of the farm.
Out with the Sunday, October 27,
issue of The Omaha Bee
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