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laniatlantio One it Violates- Un
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WIDOW TniNKS QUEEN IS SLOW
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LONDON , Nov. JO. (Special. L In
court clrclr a talo la belnK. whTspro4
about the discomfiture of a certain beau
tiful hlRh-n.vcr in the perion of on
American widow who van leeently stay
s' at Sandrlngliam. The klna; made
cr arrnialntance for tha first time tills
- year at Murlenbad and In his Jtlal fash
ion gave her an "open" Invitation to hla
Norfolk aoat. She was quite determined
y,.that he was not to forget It and recently
, wrote reminding him of hla "promise."
A everyone know. King Kdward la a
man of his word, and in Rood time the
queen, aa la her wont In regard to house
parties at Handrlngham, which are mu:h
lesa formal than at the king's other rtsi-
' dences. sent .a frlen11y little letter to
come. And she did. In great array, with
t fifteen big dress trunks . and otlur
v, paraphernalia,
It Is the custom at Sandrlngham for all
i the women of the party to retire when
the queen does. Mrs. X thought this very
slow, Indeed, and after having gone to
her room slipped down stairs again and
.'' went to the smoking room, where his
I i majesty and the men were playing bridge,
t 1 Everyone was amazed at the fair ap-
,' Darltlon and wondered If eho knew ahe
I was .Violating an unwritten !aw, yet one
i J more stringent than those or tne Meaes
I and Persians. The .king was In gooJ
t I humor and welcomed the intruder and
1 everything went merrily, the ;oman be-
Ing witty and. vivacious. When, however,
sometime in 'the small hours all -were
retiring they encountered on the top of
tha staircase the queen's -'right hand"
In the person of "Chatty" Knollys, ar
rayed in dressing gown and slippers, cou
sternatlon prevailed.
Next day the queen was so distinctly
Icy in her manner to the beautiful and
daring guest that the latter thankfully
realised that her "dine and sleep" visit
was, at an end.
' Of course he, like everyone else In the
house, knew she had "done" for herself
for evermore In the matter of royal in
vltatlona.
Lord Herbert's Heart.
"Will Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest find
his fl In America this timer" Is the
quest .A which is being asked just now
in the boudoirs of Mayfalr and Bclgravla.
Of course the gossips have been whisper
ing that his heart is already In the keep
ing of a young and beautiful American
heiress, no other than the young daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Drexel,
whom he is going to visit In Philadelphia,
atartlng on November 27. But the bob-.
alps are just as likely as not to. be
wrong. Lord Herbert Is 45 old enough
to be the young woman's father. Again,
her friends are well aware she is not
matrimonially Inclined, for the present at
any rate.
That there will be weeping and walling
among the matrons of Mayfalr with eligible
daughters If the Irresistible Lord Herbert
Is captured whlU In Philadelphia la certain.
. How could It be otherwise whep he Is one
of tha best-looking, most perfectly turned
out and most cultured men in society and
a past master in the cult of flirtation T But,
I hastily add, with an infinite capacity for
drawing, the line at an honorable angle.
' As the American girl la always supposed
; to have her eyes wide open and to be
used, to favors and compliments from all
, men she won't misunderstand the fascl
i natlng Mr. Herbert. He Is the type that Is
i constantly being misunderstood by English
women, who Immediately conclude because
he Is so extraordinarily courteous and
chivalrous for an Englishman that he must
i - be on the point of popping the important
j question.
Attentions Mlscoaetrned.
Naturally, hla attentlona to women have
got him Into awkward situations. On one
occasion a pretty, simpering debutante
whom ha, took into supper told htm that
she was "Just dying to hear Melba."
"Well," he replied, "I have stalls for
tomorrow night and should be pleased to
take you If you can find a chaperon."
"Cl.aperon," returned ahe, "why she has
been out of date since before I was born.
Mother won't mind my going with you."
"I am perfectly' sure," said Lord Herbert,
"She would never trust you with anyone
as wicked as I am."
"Oh, but you don't know mother. She
hates being bothered with me and will be
enchanted to get me off her bunds for an
evening." '
Next night he took the fair damsel to
hear Melba and she very much resented
the fact that he brought her Into her
mother's hall without ever having asked
her to aupperl
Ten daya later he received a letter from
her father, upon whom he had never laid
eyes, asking him what were hla Intentions
towards hla daughter. 1
After that Lord Herbert declared he
would never again say more than "How
d e do?" to any woman under 90. Fortu
nately, howevor, he aoon broke his word
and today has more women friends than
any society bachelor of the hour. His
forthcoming visit will be his fourth to
America.
American Rendesvoas.
The American Rendesvous which was
Opened In Regent street late last summer
with a great flourish of trumpets has col
lapiod as a club. It 'still exists In an In
definite fyrin, but its complete demise may
be erpi.cu d at an early date. ' The array
of titled' vIim presidents of the venture waa
.a long and Interesting one. , The young
marvhiuiuss of Duftenn and Ava, who waa
ao conspicuous on tho opening tiay, took
at the start a special InM-est In tSe affair
and got, many, of her friends to Join..
It was evter thus in London; people
rush like wild fire after 'any novelty es
pecially one which promises the felicity
of association with tilled folk and tire of
it wltu alacrity. This rendesvous, fur
which-there was undoubtedly an opening,
failed for want of organization. It waa
hopelessly mismanaged. . Even on the open
ing this was evident. One thing Is to be
said for the executlvee, namely, ' that they
have brltiveed nio't honorably In having
returned subscriptions to members.
The new Imperial club has -arisen out
of the little Remit voua, and most of the
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ulUiera! Wafers
fashionable vice-presidents have gone over
to It m the same capacity.' It has begun
well by starting In the heart of Piccadilly
at the house of the late Baroness Burdett
Coutts, The executive have also secured
the mansion next door, so alt points to
business. Men are to be admitted to mem
bership as well aa women.
Mrs. Ilanklas Hostess.
Mrs. Anthony Hope Hawkins, better
known as "Mrs. Anthony Hope," wife of
the well-known novelist. Is blossoming out
Into a hosteess of distinction. Before his
marriage Anthony Hope went everywhere.
Her waa the dearest friend of Intellectual
duchesses, countesses craved for the privi
lege of entertaining him; It was said that
he received more Invltatlona than any lit
erary man alnce Lord Houghton achieved
the ambition of his heart In beelng "asked
everywhere and going nowhere." But after
his marriage Anthony "dropped out" abso
lutely and was never seen except at ar
tlstlo and literary gatherings. The peer
esses mere furious with him for having
married a practically unknown American
woman when he could have had the Iinnd
of one of their daughters. And they showed
their resentment by not recoftnlrlng his
wife and by "letting him go." I think
It Is safe to say that In the annals of
Anglo-American marriages there was never
one that caused greater Jealousy In society
than that of Anthony Hope. The Hope
Hawkinses have now. lived that period
down and the novelist's wife Is getting
round her the best American and English
seta. , LADT MARY.
ROYALTY DESPISES TITLE
Arehdake Henry of Tnscany Anxloas
to Kenonnee His Rank and
Dignities.
VIENNA, Nov. SO. (Speclal.)-Once more
Is Austrian society scandalized over the
doings of a member of the .imperial house
of Hapsburg. For Archduke Henry of Tus
cany, son of the aged Archlduke Ferdinand
Salvator of Tuscany, who Is only three
places removed In the succession to the
throne of Austria-Hungary, wanta to re
nounce all hla dignities, rank and Imperial
prospects to become a simple cltlsen. , He
Is forsaking the gay life of an officer In
a crack cavalry regiment fa that of n
artist and portrait painter.
Henry Ferdinand Balvator Joseph Leopold
Charles Louis Pie Albert Rupert Catherine
de Rlccl, to give him his full name, was
bora In 1878 and Is consequently In his Hth
year. He Is the sixth son of the Archduke
Ferdinand Balvator of "Tuscany, two mem
bers of whose family have within the last
few years brought themselves very promi
nently before the public. The eldest son,
Archduke Leopold, renounced his Imperial
title and membership In the Hapsburg fam
ily to marry an actress, Marie Adamovlc,
whom he recently divorced to marry
another young woman of middle class birth.
The doings of his sister, the late crown
princess of Saxony, her elopement with her
children's tutor and her quite recent mar
riage with the Italian musician, Toselll,
are too fresh In the publlo recollection to
need anything more than bare mention. '
Following the Invariable custom In the
ARCHDUKE HENRY OF TU8CANT.
education of the male members of the house
ot Hapaburg, Archduke Henry was brought
up to a military career. He had the usual
succession of governesses and tutors at
home at Saliburg, and at an early age was
sent to the military academy at Mahrloh
Weiss Klrchen, where he remained three
years, and was accounted a promising pu
pil. Then he waa sent to another military
academy at Wiener Neustadt, the Austrian
West Point, where he remained another
three years, and then graduated, entering
the army as a second lieutenant In the
aristocratic corps, the Sixth Dragoons.
Whilst at Wiener Neustadt the archduke
began to develop a strong Inclination for
art. He took lessons In sketching and soon
attained great proficiency. Two of his
works were engraved and copies distributed
among his Imperial relatives and friends.
Landscapes and portraits were his favorite
studios and he kept lip his Interest 1n them
after Joining his regiment. Nevertheless,
he performed all his military duties with
punctuality and ability, If not with any
great seal. He was advanced to the rank
of a first class captain and became a knight
of the Noble Order of the Golden Fleece, a
dignity which falls In due course to all
archdukes.
But gradually hla Intereat in painting In
creased and he devoted all h-ls apare time
to art. His leave was spent In foreign
travel, chiefly in visiting the great centers
of art, Munich, Paris,. Florence. Rome and
other great cltlea. Some time ago the em
peror gave him special leave of absence
for a' year, which ths archduke spent In
Munich, living quietly and unrecegriltcd un
der the name of Count Noven.
And finally he made up his mind to de
vote himself entirely to the artistic life
But It was only after repeated and urgent
siipHtcattona that the emperor consented
to his abandoning his military career and
taking up ths civil life. And now Archdukr
Henry, having gained his own way. Intends
settling di,wn In a studio in Munich. In
ordiT to break more completely with his
old life of fashion and elegance, he wishes
to renounce all his imperial dignities srd
l-como only a plain citizen. But the em
peror has not yet grantud this request and
the archduke's relatives are trying to per.
fruade h'm to give up this part of his proj.
eft. urging that he can still be both an
archduke and a painter at the tame time.
The fact that hla aged father la In ex
tremely bad health may Induce the arch-
dukrt to listen to the entreaties of his rel
atives and not give up all tho ties of home
end family life.
All tke Comforts of Jail.
Lupohcsl. the Italian anarchist and as
sasuln of the Empress Elisabeth, who Is
Imprisoned at Oeneva. enjoys four meals a
diiv, plenty of frtsh-air exercise, and per
mission to smoke his pipe at the expense
of the government. He listens to lectures
delivered by a prufensor of languages, n.
gages In light work, for which he Is paid,
und reads the b at classical and contem.
porary authoru. It Is not surprising to hear
that his health Is xcellent, and that, after
stud) lug Voltaire, Montesquieu and Jean
Jsi.i.s RuusKrau. he is now preparing to
HiiU- Lis own nivini'lrs.
SCIENTISTS GET BIG FUND
Make No Appeals for Imposing
Structure in London.
NEVES HAVE TO PASS THE HAT
Calt Has Decerns Dlatinetlr Fash
ionable, Making Many Converts
Among Aria tor rats of
1 England.
LONDON, Nov. JO. (Special.) London
has had a concrete proof of the extent of
the Christian Science boom here In the
formal opening of the great First churfth in
Wlbraham Place. Bloana street. It la an
Imposing structure and cost $300,000. But
what has produced a far greater Impres
sion than the church Itself Is the fact that
the money to pay for It has been obtained
without any public appeals for funds, or
passing around of the hat In that respect
INTERIOR OF LONDON'S NEW
it la unique among modern churches. An
other equally remarkable claim to distinc
tion attaches to It. The subscribers of the
money care nothing for the glory to be
obtained among their fellows by blasonlng
forth their generosity. That Is the reason
why, a member of the committee told me,
no list of the' donors has been printed. This
presents a striking and significant contract
to the usual procedure.
Though none of the various denomina
tional bodies In England extend the hand
of Christian fellowship to the Christian
Scientists, they all regard with envy and
amaxement the ease with which they raise
Hiriicjr iui huj yui in,., inn. iu. vj.t . .
it. It Is the one religious organisation in
the kingdom which never begs.
The new church will seat 1,600 persons,
but It Is as far from the ordinary concept
tlon of a church bulldng aa anything can
well be. In fact, the Interior reminds one
more of a theater than a church. The
seats are arranged In seml-drcular tiers,
rising toward the back ot the auditorium,
and every seat is comfortable, j There are
no stiff-backed pews and there Is no pulpit.
The place of the pulpit is taken by an
ordinary platform on which there Is a
beautiful reading desk by which the person
who conducts the service stands.
Imposing; Tower on Church.
The exterlpc of tne building Is rather
plain architecturally, but Its ' outstanding
feature will be a great tower 'which when
completed will be second only In height In
London to the great Campanile of the Ro
man Cathollo cathedral of Westminster.
There will be no bells, however, for Chris
tian Scientists do not need these reminders
to call them to worship. The space In the
tower will be all taken up by the adminis
trative offices of the church.
Just now Christian Science Is under
going a boom. The London newspapers
have taken It up and printed columns of
letters for and against It. Society is In
terested in It and converts are being made
In hundreds. Followers of Mrs. Eddy de
clare that nowhere In the world Is their
religion growing In numbers, power and
Influence s It Is In England, where it Is
a plant of very recent growth.
As far as Is known, the first adherent.
of the faith to come to this country was
Miss Annie Dodge, who came here from
New York In 1890. She practiced In Lon
don aa a healer for a year, und when
she went home her place was taken by
Mrs- Freshman, who also remained only
a year. Then came the true apostle of
Christian Science in England. She was
Mrs. Ward, an Englishwoman, who had
lived In America and learned the new
faith there. She settled In London and
began holding small parlor meetings In
her little flat In the West End. Soon the
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One of the Prominent Christian Scientists
In Lngush bodily.
congregation became too large for n-jr
drawing room and a public hail was en
gaged for regular services. In 1SB7 a
disused Jewish synagogue was acquired
and the first regular Christian SileiilUt
church in England was opened.
Three Dig Congrraatloua.
Today there are three flourishing con
gregations of the cult In London, a great
church In Manchester and about eighty
congregations scattered throughout tha
Vnlted Ktt'gdom. It Is hard tu obtain an
estlinats of the church membership . in
England, aa the form of church organisa
tion Is so different from that followed la
the Vnlted Statea, but the three London
churches have congregations every Sun
day totalling at least 1.000 people and
many are turned away. Thsre are also
hundreds of meetings In private houses
and In small lialls in London and the
provincos whirs have not attained the
dignity of ortfaulsed congregations.
t In society Christian Sclvnce has obtained
many distinguished converts. The te.t
knuwn, (erttas, was the earl of - Dun-
. V X W, v ,xilL..-
more, who died recently. The countess
of Dun more and her two beautiful daugh
ters. Lady Muriel Oore-Brown and Laoy
Victoria Murray, are still prominent ad
herents of the faith. Borne of the other
distinguished converts are Lady Ash,
bourne, wife of the ex-lord chancellor of
Ireland; Lady Bath; Lady Orey-Esrer-ton,
an American, by the way; Lady Mil
dred Follet and Lady Shelley. Among
the distinguished men who have sub
scribed to the new faith are the Hon.
John Ashburnham, the son apd heir of
Lord Ashburnham; Major the Hon. Wil
liam Rowley of the king' bodyguard and
the Hon. Donough O'Brien, whose father
Is Lord Inchlquln. The Hon. Eileen
O'Brien, his sister, la also a convert to
the faith.
There are about fifty "practitioners"
In London today devoting themselves) to
faith healing, and It Is only fair to say
that whatever the benefit of their treat
ment may be, their feea are not ex
orbitant. The maximum fee which they
are allowed to charge la 1 guinea about
16.25 a week, and for that they must
make several calls and often sit up all
sir j';1 ' '.Tp y Ydii h
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH.
night with a patient. The poorer 1 a
ttents are allowed to pay what they like
and a great deal of "healing" is done free
of charge. Some of these healers are
medical men who have given up their
practice to take up Christian Science.
One of them. Dr. Adcock, was tried some
months ago for neglect in allowing me
of his patients, an army officer, to die
without applying the recognised remedies.
It was argued that his me 3 leal training
must have enabled him to know that he
was risking his patient's life, but be
argued so skillfully in favor of the Chris-
tlan 8c,enc6 view h " ff.??"?-
BEGINNING OF THE SKYSCRAPER
Bnllolng Operations In New York
Revolatlonlsed In Eighteen
Years.
It Is little more than eighteen years since
Bradford Le Gilbert erected the first sky
scraper at No. BO Broadway, New York,
relates the Broadway Magazine. One day,
when it was still in the skeleton stage, he
decided to ollmb up through the network
of steel pillars and girders while a gale of
wind was blowing. He wished to make
some tests of the effect of the storm on
the , skeleton. The people watching him
from the sidewalk said he took hla Ufa In
his hands. They expected to see the struc
ture topple and fall, burying tha hapless
Inventor In the ruins.
Le Gilbert returned to earth unhurt a
victor who had given the world a new Idea
that was to revolutlonlxe the American
city.
Since then sykscrapers have become al
most a commonplace. Higher, and higher
they have soared eleven, fourteen,
eighteen, twenty, twenty-five, forty-one or
more stories piling wonder on wonder,
transforming Wall, Nassau and Pine
streets Into narrow canyons between cliffs
of steel and stone and making Trinity
church, tbe finest building In the city half
a century ago, a mere foothill of the great
skyscrsper range.
Then came the new Idea, just carried to
success, which mad men doubt If there
were any limits to the height of the sky
scraper. The tower of the Singer building
at No. 147 Broadway, be-tan to soar Into
the air, piling story upon story, until there
were forty-seVen In all, and the lantern
that crowned the steel skeleton was fas
tened In place 12 feet above the sidewalk.
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ENGLISH DRAMATIC CENSOR
How George Alexander Bedford
Gained Hit Job.
OFI-CENSUEED CENSOR OF FLATS
Started In Life as Bank Clerk and
Fat la Fall Tint ttadrla Liter,
atnre Some ot His 4aeer
War.
LONDON. Nov. 28. (Special.) Though
the censorship of 'English, plays has kept
the cable wires hot for the last week,
owing to the petition for Its abolition, little)
has appeared In print concerning the per
sonality and actual powers of the censor
himself. Attempts to Interview Oeorge
Redford, official "examiner of plays," have
failed for the simple reason that he Is not
permitted, by virtue of his office, to speak
for publication.
After keeping on the track of the most
talked about man In the play-acting world
for several days, the writer recently ob
tained from him, however, not only an
exact biographical account of his life, hut
a number of Interesting and hitherto un
published details concerning the office of
censor.
Ever since the famous manifesto ap
peared In the London Times, under date of
October 29 last, denouncing the censor In
no uncertain terms, and signed by seventy
two of the leading English playwrights and
authors, Censor Redford has enjoyed a
publicity that, to a man of less equable
temperament, would have proved painful.
But Mr. Redford Is quite used to the
allngs and arrows of outrageous play
wrights. He has been "denounced" time
nd again. But he still keeps on censoring
and censuring, calling down upon himself
the maledictions of all sorts of authors
ranging from the great and only d. B.
Shaw to the literary tyro who has Just
written his first play. '
A Withering; Criticism.
One of the most withering attacks on
Ceneor Redford statea that, "as he was
destined for work. In a bank, he should have
remained there." It seems, however, that
the presenet censor comes by his literary
attainments honestly, as he was schooled
In an atmosphere of art and literature.
Though he did remain In a bank many
ye its, and actually became a manager,
commercial pursuits proved distasteful to
him, and he resigned them lr order to de
vote his time to literary matters. His
father, Oeorge Redford, deserted medicine
to follow letters, and became a critic of
distinction on the London Times and Dally
News. He was a close personal friend of
GEORGK ALEXANDER REDFORD, THE
BRITISH STAGE CENSOR.
(From a Private Photo Supplied to Our
Correspondent by Mr. Redford.)
Browning, Lelghton, G. H. Lewes, George
EUit. the brothers Trotlope. Wllkle Col
lins and others of like note. In his father's
home, the present censor frequently met
many of the leading literary lights of the
dar.
tie entered a bank at an early age and
by dint of "sticking to It" he finally be
came manager of a branch. In his leisure
hours hs devoted much time to literary
mattera, art and the drama. When the
opportunity for leaving the bank and be
coming an assistant in the office of the
examiner of plays presented Itself the lit
erary bank manager was quick In aban
doning commercial work. For many years
he. served under E. F. S. Plgott, examiner
of plays. When his chief died In 1S9J
Mr. Redford, aa his "understudy," was
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asked to All his place temporarily. His
work proved so satisfactory that he was
retained In the office and has been official
examiner of plsys, or censor, ever since,
under several changes of government.
Banning of "Tke Mikado."
During the last year or two he has been
subjected to a groat deal of severe criti
cism, as all the world knows. One Inci
dent. that stirred Uie play going and play
writing public almost to the ro'rrt of frensy
was the banning of "The Mikado" after
It had been licensed for many years by
the lord chamberlain's office. Though the
official lord chamberlain, Ixird Althorp,
came in tor much of the blame In this
Instance, Censor Redford bore the brunt
of the publlo disapproval. It seems that
the withdrawal of "The Mikado" was
brought shout throogh the "commands" ot
persons who even dominated the lord cham
berlain's office, and "reasons ot state" are
said to have dictated tbe measure.
The office of "censor was created during
the premiership of Sir Robert Walpole,
who waa In power during the re'gns of
Oeorge 1 and It, In order. It la said, that
he might suppress the plays of Fielding.
fit Is slated that Walpole employed a lit
erary hack to write a scathing political
attack, In a "fake" play which was
falsely attributed to Fielding that tho
, censor might have a good excuse for ban
ning his plays.
Since that time the office has often been
exercised not only for political purposes,
but to please the whim and caprice of the
lord chamberlain. One lord chamberlain
refused a license to Richard Mansell be
cause the manngpr had printed on one of
his programs the words, "The length ot
the ballet girls' skirts is In accordance
with the lord chamberlain's orders." Man
agers were warned against producing any
of Mansi-U'a plays and advised not to era
ploy him In any capacity.
Office Long; Mere Name.
For many years the powers of the lord
chamberlHln andx the examiner of plas
an official attached to hla office were
more or less vague; but In 1843 a special
act of Parliament was passed which de
fined the rights and scope of the cens r.
Since that time, he has had to be seriously
reckoned with. Every theater In Great
Britain is absolutely under his power so
far as the licensing of new stage-plays, or
sanctioning new additions to old ones are
concerned. Even the "funny stuff" ot top.
leal character thrown Into the Christmas
pantomimes which f,rm so prominent
feature of English stage-life cannot be
"extemporised" without the censor's per
mission.
Curiously enough, the censor does not
recognise any author, no matter how dls
tlngutshed or Important he may be. All
his dealing are with managers of theaters,
Even the change in the title of a play Is a
matter of settlement between censor and
manager, i ne uuer ignoring qi ine aumor
Is one of the grievances complained of by
Biich men as Shaw, Plnero, Henry Arthur
Jones, W. S. Gilbert, Granville Barker,
and the other signatories to the "Times"
manifesto.
While the censorship Is recognlred as a
nolltlcal office In modern times It has
taken upon Itself to safeguard the morals
of the public as well as Its politics. Such
plays as Ibsen's "Ghosts," Slielley'a
"Cenct" one play of Tolstoi, and one of
Bernard Shaw, have come under the ban,
as well as more recently Granville Barker's
"WaBte," and Garnett's "The Breaking
Point," about which everyone Is talking.
Biblical Prodactlons.
There are many anomalies connected
with the censorship. Plays that were
brought out prior to the Walpole admin
istration when the office, was created
may be played with Impunity, no matter
how licentious they may be. It Is one of
the rules of the censorship that no Bibli
cal characters who may be Introduced In a
play shall be allowed to speak on the stage.
But dumb shows with God Almighty on the
atage-such as In "Everyman," are per
mitted without restriction.
Heavy fees are extracted by the lord
chamberlain's office every year from tho
reading of plays. The total sum runs Into
something like 15,000. Every play of three
acts or more costs the author or stage
manager $10 for censorship, while every
part under three art--even a few words
Inserted In a pantomime costs $5. Tho
censor examines 250 to 600 plays a year.
If a play or part of a play la produced
without the examiner's consent, a fine of
$250 Is imposed, and the manager not only
has to pay this sum, but he loses the li
cense to his theater.
Altogether there arc thirty-two rules con
nected with censorship of plays, which
authors and managers must comply with
before their productions can be accepted
Some of these regulations appear trifling
and captious In these days when plays are
written by some of the leading literary
men of the century.
Mr. Redford Is a playwright though not
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well-known one as well as the censor.
In the latter capacity he has been called
on to pass on his own plays. There Is no
record that ha ever refused to grant a
license for the production of any one ot
them.
CHILD LOST IN "MANCHURIA
lonnd In tke Streets of Msseswr,
Where Ske Was Broogkt by
Soldier.
MOSCOW, Nov. 90,-Here la a photograph,
Just sent me at my request by Captain
Stanislaus Flnlka of hla little daughter.
Vera, whom he regained In ao sensational,
a fashion the other dny, after she had
been lost for over three years. The story
of this little girl's disappearance and re
covery, which the cable dispatches must
have related In full. Is one of the most re
markable on record. She was stolen In
Manchuria shortly after the battle of
Llo Yang, by Chinese brigands, who car-
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VEVA FIOLKA,
rled her off from a hut occupied by Cap
tnln Flolka and his family. This offloer.
who Is now stationed In Moscow, served
with the Russian forces In the far east,
and took his family with him to the
front.
All efforts to recover the stolen child
failed and she was given up for lost un
til the other day, when her parents recog
nised her In a beggar girl who was sing
ing In front of a fashionable Moacow
restaurant, which they were about to en
ter. The sight of the arlstocratlo couple
fondling and weeping over a child In rags
speedily attracted attention and a crowd
collected, to whom the overjoyed father
explained the situation, after which par
ents and child sought refuge In the res
taurant. It appears that little Vera, abandoned
by her Chinese captors, was found by a
Russian soldier, who brought her to Mos
cow. Eventually, however, he was sent
to the hospital and died, after which the
child was compelled to beg In. the streets.
Needless to Bay, the Joy of her parent
at recovering her Is beyond words.
No photograph of Vera has been taken
since her return to her home. ' The ac
companying one was made Juat before she
started with her parentsfor the far east.
She was then only 4 years old.
Big Diamond In Transit.
An amusing story la told of the way tha
Culllnan diamond the birthday gift of the
Tranavaal to King Edward was sent to
England. It was felt that there was a
certain amount of danger In the railroad
Journey from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
Two stalwart railway detectives, an hour
or two before the mail started from the
gold reef city, were ordered to travel with
it on special duty. They were told to be
well armed, and at the last moment they
were Intrusted with the small sealed pack
age, which they were directed not to losa
sight of until they deposited It In the
strong room of the liner. Learning that It
was the great diamond, the two men had
an anxloua Journey. Some months later
the truth became known, by the Transvnal
postmaster general's report, that the dia
mond had really gone In the mall as an
ordinary registered package. The rteteo
'Ives' mission was simply an elaborata
piece of deception. New York Tribune.
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