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Is th World's Plackleet
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All the world of aeronautic ha heard
ef Dr. Ju!an P. Thomas. Hit courage la
born of the aotl. A few years ago this
man bad no stomach. A poor devil with
out a. stomach la not fit ta llva. Ha la
Ilka a aplendld realdenoa with a marble
or brownatona front. The front decays and
falls oft. The residence Is wrack. This
is a rough war of saying; that when
man haa lent his stomach he Is not able to
present a rood front. Thomas Was at the
point of death. He tried to go quail shoot
ing near his home, Augusta, Oa., but was
too weak to hold op his gun. No stomach.
It was harvest time. The reapers were
chewing something, and Thomas bad Just
energy enough to Inquire If It waa sweet
gum or chicle. A big buck negro said:
"Neither, sah; there aln" no sweet-gum
traes In dts country, an we don know da
name o' chicle. We Jes' chaws wheat."
"You cbew wheat 1" "Sho', sah; wa Jes'
takes a few heads en roll rem 'tween our
ban's, blow de chaff away, en hab er han'ful
o' da ripe grains. It's better 'n er chaw
tobacco." "Does It brace you up?" "It sho'
do, sah." "Give me a few heads." Thomas
rubbed and winnowed, then proceeded to
chew. Continued mastication converted the
wheat Into a gummy substance, which was
not unpalatable. Thomas swallowed It,
It stuck to his stomach. He felt relieved
and strengthened. "More wheat," he cried.
And after the second ounce or two ho took
up his gun and killed mora birds than any
one In the hunt
One of the relics of the lost causa, a
man of 8B, a captain who distinguished him
self en many a field of battle, said to me
apropos of Dr. Thomas: "It may not be
generally known that raw cereals consti
tuted a large part of the food of the con
federal soldiers. We would go through
a field of corn, rip the green ears from
the stalks, and sat them raw. Borne of
the boys would eat cob and all, and I never
knew one of the command to have the colic.
W almost lived on wheat chewing It Just
as Dr. Thomas did. Wa learned it from the
negroes."
Dr. Thomas Is the pluckiest aeronaut In
the country, bar one Mrs. Thomas. He
say that a bushel of wheat, worth tl. lasts
him a month. Before going to bed he puts
a kitchen spoonful of barley and a kitchen
spoonful of wheat In soak, and this wonder
ful mixture of two uncooked cereals Is his
dally breakfast. Nothing that ha eats Is
allowed to touch fire. Little wonder he can
fly I He Is the Ideal balloonist. Nothing
needed In the basket In the way of staves.
Only a little wheat, a little barley, and
some water,
Eugene Christian says: "Put the required
quantity of whole wheat in a deep vessel
and oover with warm water. Keep in a
warm plaoo. Allow to stand twenty-four
hours or longer, If desired very soft. Drain
thoroughly. It will be found sufficiently
softened to be easily masticated. This
makes probably the most nutritious dish
of all the oereal family. A very little salt
may be added." New York Press.
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Scenes from Plays That Have Been Praised for Perfect Stage Setting:
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AMONQ THE COBWEBS OF A THEATER
STOREHOU8R
was not ss dainty aa tnough it had been
designed for a private residence Instead of
having its ultimate and unexpected desti
nation there. There was a baby's orlb in
It and the nurse has to take some of the
child's clothes from the hamper and hold
them up In view. We spent $40 on that
Imitation child's outfit.
"There were three dear little gowns, two
baby Jackets of the sheerest flannel, the
blankets and covers were of the softest,
Is to wear, but the Idea of going further
in their researches does not occur to the
majority of them. "
'M!as Craig, daughter ef Ellen Terry,
has done excellent work along this Una
and so particular is she that she even dyes
the materials for the gowns when It Is
necessary to have certain shades 'or to
avoid those that might clash with the
color scheme. . She can get wonderful
effects In this way.
"There Is a great difference In the atti
tude of the theatrical managers in this
respect. Some of them think the matter
of little Importance. They are content to
get big general results instead of fine de
tails. "I remember our first experience was In
staging 'Elizabeth's Prisoner' for the Froli
mans. Search for stage settings took us to
queer parts of the city, where In old ware
houses the Frohman collections of years
are to be found.
"Looking at them, I did not wonder that
they believed it possible to find any and
everything needful there. On one hand a.
big gilded throne invited your attention.
Then there were baloa of rugs and draper
ies; china closets filled with porcelains and
dishes of all colors, kinds and sixes; papier
mache chickens roosting on out glass chan
deliers; rococo snuff boxes and stuffed '
cats and dogs, perambulators and East
Indian baths.
"We spent days fishing out what we
wanted, taking out old furniture to be r
gUded or stained, pieces of canvas wains
coting to be made Into the, semblance of
wood, pictures to be framed, bric-a-brac
to be mended, all of which la part of the
daintiest stuffs, and for the doll's head we
EW YORK, Dec. SI. Stag ot . D-by's wig. As the seen was
Ml decorating as a distinct pro- finouy 8efc the audience only saw the back
I fesslon Is still so new that . ,k ,ik. iv,. rhIM nnt In vlxw at
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u,u-u,ci. vi ihw lucoirr an( an(i tne dotnes might nav cost mucn
look upon It with distrust. This ia, w)th Just as good effect
arises largely from the fact ...n .,- ,. i tv,i.
that the new ideas it is Intro- d1rectlon teni, to prbv to us conclusively
duclng are continually running counter to that Uie decorator. In order to make a
th traditions of th stage. So the stage ,U0CMiof her work, must control, first,
decorations have their trials as welt aa tDa waU and, ,SCond. the colors of the
their successes. costumes. One scene I saw spoiled b-
Thu the stag decorators may spend cause on of the actresses cam on in a
week In collecting furnishings and fittings g0Wn of th most aggresslv blue, a color
to represent a room of our grandmothers'
time. They may attain what they think
perfection. Then along comes the man
ager, and In obedlono to theatrical tradi
tions orders some change mad which dis
organises th ntlr picture. But, aa has
been said, th stage decorators hava suc
cesses which give them personal as well
as professional pleasure.
"One seen that wa absolutely satisfying
from our point of view," said Mrs. Much
mor of Lewis Muuhmor to a Sun re
porter, "was th bedroom In "The
Movers.' which had such a brief life. We
hav been told that It la oonatdered th
most exqulslt bit of stag work that baa
vr been don In a modern play.
''It was certainly expensive enough to
hav warranted a longer run of the piece,
' for th curtains alone cost U76, th entire
scan amounted to U.ftJO, and th two
scenes for which w were responsible, this
and th drawing room scene, cost' $3,500.
I Think of th chances a management takes
1 that expends that sum on th mer possi
bility of a play's success!
"Our satisi action waa duplicated by that
of th wife of th manager Incidentally.
She bad th entire fitting of th room taken
' to her residence and Installed, and when
you ask her if ah 1 not sorry for th brief
lit Of 'The If over' diplomacy and delight
ar plainly opposing element in th ax-
, presslon of her face and th ton of bar
voloa. She certainly profited by th
f allur.
I "Th draperies and wallpaper war of a
' 4ov gray, with garlands of pink roses to
contrast Th only material we could find
! for th draperies that perfectly matched
, the paper wa dress tsrfeia, and aa ther
jwaa U0 yard used, that on item rpr-
cted considerable outlay.
"Th curtains were finished with a dainty
j French cut frtng and applique with pink
ribbon, which had th affect of ombrold
j ry. Ther waa aom question aa to
whether tt aoft gray would gel over th
footlights, but Is waa perfect, the electrlo
light neither altering nor deadening the
fruit
"Ther wasn't an artlcl In th room that
that no room, unless It was decorated to
suit it, could possibly stand.
"You would think that any actress would
find out the stag settings before she
elected her gown, but I would b sur
prised to know that many of them do. It
seems to be a case of hit or miss. They
probably find but what th leading woman
"The property room of the Hudson thea
ter, aa an example of the new establish
ments of this kind. Is quite different from
the Frohmans". In th first place, they
hava not anywhere near the amount of ma
terial nor the accumulation of horrors. .
What they have Is of th best, and It Is a
pleasure to go among the pieces and pick
out what you want."
Asked to mention some of the best set
tings on th stage of late, from the decora
tor's viewpoint, Mra Muchmore said:
"As you ask the question,-1 recall dis
tinctly my Impressions when I saw the Inn
scene In 'ttweet Kitty Bellalrs.' and I knew
that Mr. Belasco must have enjoyed tha
littl touches of perfection, even though he
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was perhaps alone In realizing their ar
tistic value. There was, for example, a
certain whisky bottle used whlclt gave
Just that little artistic verity that re
joices the soul and eyes of one who un
derstands and appreciates work of this
kind.
"Mr. Belasco is perhaps the only stag
manager who is sure of gutting applause
for his scenery. Ills stars may fall to reach
the expectations of the public, th play
that he had adopted, fathered and pruned
to taste may disappoint when it comes to
the crucial test of publlo approval, but hi
scenery never.
"This truth- is borne out by 'The Rose
of the Kancho.' There probably never was
a play which depended so absolutely on
Its setting for its success, and the longest,
most lingering applause Is given when
there In nobody on the stage. There Is no
need to suggest that this is a queer com
mentary on tha acting. Why should not a
beautiful picture be appreciated; why
should not artistic work that has taken as
much thought, time and creative ability aa
th mere playing a part receive its due
reward?
"Another perfect setting, of an entirely
dHTvrr;t character, that Belasco did Is th
boarding house Interior In 'The Muslo
Master.' Who that has seen that play will
ver forget the broken down chandelier, th
curious whatnot, the pictures in round
walnut frames, the wax Cowers on tha
man tie piece under the convex glass cover,
the hat rack on which Warfleid apolo
getically slips his hat when he enters?
"It seems easy perhaps to have mad
that scene, but what of the time that It
took to unearth those antediluvian atroci
ties? Where did Belasco get them? I am
sure I do not know, but I do know that he
exhibited the restraint and carefulness that
marks the decorative artist.
"In 'Plppa Passes,' which was another
tag production whose beauties were not
fully appreciated, ther were stag settings
which were lavish In their elegance. I re
call distinctly a marvelous table cover
which cost lA made of Italian filet lac.
presenUd by MiavLswlaohn, who made her
tag debut In that, and th crons and
rings worn by Mra L Moyn aa th Cardi
nal were loaned by Mrs. William Cbas
from her collection. Th other properties
corresponded In value and meaning.
"Depicting th character by means of th
environment Is one of th Interesting fea
tures of stage decorative work. It la Ilk
creating a character In fiction, building It
up by means of words and acts.
"When w were doing The Cherus Lady'
we had to tackle th problem of the yeung
mau's room. lie Is a halfway bar sort,
with downward tendencies, a smattering
of education and refinements only skin
deep, and yet haa soma regard for tha de
cencies of Uf and for its pellt usagea
In th words of th stag manager, he
was a near devil.
"We had to give him a red room, of
course, but we jubduad th commonplace
ness of the choice by th dark woodwork.
We gave him plenty of portraits f act
resses and soma sporting prints, on es
pecially of a gam cock occupying a com
manding position.
"Over one of his doors there wan a hand
somo plaster cast of tha Horses of Dlom
edes, and th furniture waa comfortable,
handsome and In good taste with the rest
of the Interior. Tou were a little puxzled
when you looked at that room, and you
were Intended to be.
"Another room In that same play which
attracted a gopd deal of attention was th
chorus girls' dressing room, where th
signs 'Silence' and 'No Smoking" shone on
the audience through a cloud of cigarette
smoke and a continuous chatter, and ne.'er
failed to raise a laugh of appreciation.
"The most perfect historic room, I be
lieve, that has ever been shown In New
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Tork waa Juliet' bedroom In th produc
tion of 'Romeo and Juliet' by Sethern and
Marlowe. This room was dene after de
signs by Frank Chouteam Brown.
"Through a window In th back yon got
a glimpse of an Italian landscape with a
profusion of ilex trees. Th furnishing of
the apartment waa Italian Gothio of the
fourteenth century. Ther waa a marrlag
chest, a prle-dleu, a great bed with heavy
hangings and at it feet a carved seat to
which Juliet had to step from a footstool.
"Ther was something maasiva, somber'
and still about it, the suggestion of tragedy
and of many tragedies which sometimes
hangs about an old chamber into which
one suddenly steps.
"From the amounts of money sometimes
expended on stage Interiors It would seem
that the decorative profession must offer
great emoluments to th worker. That
Is rarely so. To make money one must
deal in cheap, trashy effects, be content
with meretricious work Instead of th real
thing, and grudge the time that is spent
"When one is conscientious one usually
loses material advantage, for It Is quit
possible to spend a week seeking through
auction rooms to find some article that la,
according to your trained sense, absolutely
Indispensable to a perfeot ensemble. One,
again, may spend days In a search that
spells failure at It end. One cannot con
tract for time and labor with accuracy, for
ne does net know in ths beginning whr
th end may lead.
"In one of the plays we set the seen
shifters stopped work and one voiced th
sentiment of the rest, 'Well, that' a rich
set.' We knew then that we wer doing
well, for stage people are difficult to pleas
and undar sn imp-riMi-iiable demeanor bide
the msklngs of critics, I
"Th stage decorator has another prob
lem to face; that is the Indifference of th
woman theater-goer to th doooratlv
scheme of th stags. This la especially
true of New York women, who are not
lumieniskers.
"They move about so much that they get
Indifferent to the horn atmosphere. They
study costumes sealously, they will even
patronize a poor play that Is well gowned,
,i,e inuhi exiiuieiie setting fur a room,
the most perfect period apartments, finds
them absolutely Indifferent. For that
reason one cannot blame tha managers
who say 'What's tho user and are con
tent to ofTer the public only what they can
appreciate."
THE BRIC-A-BRAC MUST NOT INTERFERE WITH THU LOVB BCUSlh-
I'nelerestlnated Itlm.
The burly customer from the headwaters
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meat which the waiter had Just plbced oa
the table.
"By Ueorg!" he exclaimed, cutting It la
two and putting both nalv.-s on his plate,
"tha'a something like It. He'll bring youra
next I reckon.'
"Why er that's supposed to be a por.
terhouM steak for two." stammered tha
City salesman who had Uka bifi Out t
Uu.'htvaao Trlbuna.