The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCL-NO. 67 SAN FRANOISCO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRU COUSIN OF THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT TELLS OF HER AMBITION AS AN ACTRESS AND DECLARES SHE WILL NEVER WEAR TIGHTS Miss Maude Roosevelt, Who Is Now Playing a Queenly Role at a Theater in the East, Explains Why She Is on the Stage and How Arduous Is the Life of the Persons Behind the Effulgence of the Footlights =t characters, legitimately dramatic, the adoption of man's costume by women is unavoldable. When, therefore, for purely artistic reasons a woman dons tights she is doing nothing wrong: When she wears them merely to pander to the grossneas of an audience she {s obviously doing wrong. The dlstinction is easy and ob- vious. % G STREET, TON. Feb. 4.— a cousin of the $ es K s ¥ mpan z upon as a g wom witk brilliant theatrical osevelt, who warm friend fe of Ha Wallack's Ithough theater~ g we a minor part im- X a tention of those - e see presentation of “Don was Maude € v New Yo Dur- ing seas ss Le Vinsen was B and New York red in’ the. capital aroness von Orendorf sirants for histrionic Roosevelt has shargd in a a, that, how r, ended e The man who was her hus- was Baron Wi Mumm, the n of the last Lord Mayor of rt, Germany. The marriage of the young people took place in New. York, May 39, 1888, though the wedding was not de public until after the couple arrived in Paris. For more than a year Miss Roosevelt has been preparing herself for a stage career under the tutelage of Mr. and Mrs. Hackett and in their next production Miss Roosevelt will be cast for an important role. Miss Roosevelt has a leaning toward literature and one of the examples of ability was given to the public she contributed to a Philadelphia er the following article on “The Re- n of the Stage to Soclety.” Just Taste and Inclination. vou ask me why I have gone upon the stage, T can tell you in a word that I found it necessary to have an object and ambition, and that my tastes and in- led me to sek them on the stage. Had my tastes or Inclinations pointed elsewhere 1 should have followed them there. 1 believe that a woman is en. titled an object in life and she &ho seeking it consult her own abili- ties wiedge of her own aptitudes. 1 most probable chance of success to be on the stage. o w an clir ons te sek a may seem a radical step. There is a prejudice of ancient standing against the stage and particularly against the stage woman, be her talents ever so great or her Euccess ever so gratifying. The same per- sons who will enjoy a theatrical perform- mnce 100k upon the footlights as separating them from a phase of life full of myster- ies and dangers and inhabited by a race of beings whose status is different from that of the rest of mankind. 1 am aware that to many persons this | 2 SOCIETY. MARRTIED Y NN Y. - ot s 7 = v s " COUSIN OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WHO I§ NOW PLAYING IN A | THEATER IN THE EAST AND WHO EXPECTS TO ACHIEVE i GREAT.SUCCESS AS AN ACTRESS. - — L — —_— e - R 5 “This prejudice is pagsing away, but! “There are so many cases in which no very slowly. It is now and then intensi- | respectable motive is fuifilled by tha fied by the moral delinqucncies of some | wearing of tights that unreflecting per- great artist whose genius does not suffer | sons are apt to ascribe a want of moral from these delinquencies; but whose repu- | discernment to all theatrical persons tation, and with. it that of the stage gen eral does. The public is wont, and I believe unjustiy, to judge: the entire stage world by the actions of the few. Temptation on the Stage. “As 8 matter of fact,’life in the theat- rical profession hoélds somewhat more temptations for a woman than does the | life of the ordinary woman in domestic i tion. | erdless frolic of midnight dinners, with surroundings, but for that matter there is temptation everywhere, and evefy- where women are forced to fight against it. There is, however, another side to the story, and that is that there are many gentlemen as well as ladies on’ the stage, and that their conduct is as unexception- able as that of similar persons-elsewhers:. “Life behind the footlights means con- stant ‘and hard work, and hard work is the greatest preservative against tempta- The popular conception of it as an unlimited revelry and abandon, is refuted by the most primitive knowledge of its haste, Its constant motion, its exhaust« ing labors and rehearsals and its unend- ing study. These necessities are resuiting in apronounced uplifting of the person- el of the stage, which is now, I believe, on a level with representative cultured society elsewhere. o “Indeed, the stage is continually draw- ing upon soclety for reinforcements, and these reinforcements bring with them the tone and culture that prevail among the best classes without the theater. The re- lations of the stage to soclety are becom- ing more cordial every day. It is not | likely that the previous training of these persons would be without its effect on manners and morals behind the curtam. In fact, I believe that there is no differ- ence, from the standpoint of morality or manners, between the stage and soclety. “I am asked should a self-respecting woman wear-tights on the stage? That depends upon circumstances. - In some merely because theaters of a certain class and so-called actresses who appear fia them violate the etfiical code by their manner. of apparel, and sometimes even by their. public actions. “Personally, I will state that I should avoid any part requiring such a costume, and if the choice were between adopting such a'.costume and leaving the stage, I should prefer to leave the stage. “No more pure and beautiful lives can be imagined than are led by some actors and actresses whom I know. Moreover, among such aione is success possible un- der the increasing standard of excellence set by the public. I am happy to say. that persons who exact such lives from others and live them themselves are daily joining the ranks of the profession, beau- tifying it by their example and uplifting it by their practice. “I think that this view of actors and actresses fs gaining ground rapidly and that it will be only a year or two before the stage will be looked upon as just as high bred and illustrious a profession for a man to follow as law or medicine, or any mercantile pursuit is now; while for a woman it will ‘be regarued as just as legitimate as vocal or instrumental con- cert work.' e ———— I Escape With Ransom Money. LONDON; ‘Feb. 4—The Sofia corre- spondent of the Times reports that dur- ing the negotiations with the brigands for [the -release .of Miss Stone, the captive missionary, the house in which the Amer- ican party was lodged was burned down, but the inmates escaped with the money to be paid as ransom. Towboat Boilers Explode, PITTSBURG, Feb. 5.—At about 1:15 this morning just_as the Pittsburg harbor towboat J. W. Ailes had passed through lock No. 2 her boilers exploded, throwlug her crew of fourteen in all directions, Three of the crew are known to be fa- tally hurt and only five others have been ‘accounted ' for. ~the Central Pacific road will be located. | | line of the Central Paclfic over the me | eighty feet in grade in a nine-mile PLAGER GEES MEN RUNNING NEW SURVEYS Central Pacifle Force of Engineers .at Neow- castle, - Mountaineers Excited by Rei'- road’s Plans as Re- ported. - The Cell Gives Exelusive Information of Intention to Leave Cer- tain Town® Off the Line, 1‘ The exclusive Story published in The | Call yesterday morning concerning the in- | tention of the Central Pacific Rafiroad | | management to leave certain towns in | Placer County off the overland route cre- | ated the sensation in Placer County that might have been expécted. Old-time resi- | | dents of Placer County who now live in | | San Francisco were also largely Inter- ested. The general expression of op!nlon; | in this city was that if the rails of the | Central Pacific should be laid at a dis-| tance from any of the present large, ship- | ping towns that do a great business with | | the East in marketing frults warehouses | would spring up again by the rafls and | the business of the frult growers would | not be discontinued., What might hap- | pen to the places high up In the Sferras| was only conjectured. No one on the out- cide knows just where the new line of it Is recalled that Placer County aided the original bullders of the road by pur- | chasing $100,000 of the bonds, and also that irdividual help was largely given in the bestowal of rights df way that were needed. People Are Anxious. Dispatches were received from the cor- fespondents of The Call at Auburn and Loomis. in Placer Gounty, last evening. | in which the anxiety of the people was | depicted. Before the story in The Call| apers in Placer 'County, ‘but no more. | ome of the people at Auburn entertain he view that the Improvemeénts on the | tains were so expensive that there is lit-_ | tle danger that there will be a radical change in the ling¢ route, especially above | Colfax.! General Jo Hamiltcn sald there | might be an opening for an electric line if there showld be a change in the foct- | hiil countrys K The correspondent of The Call at Au- | | burn reports that a corps of surveyors, | | presumably these who have been at work | at Cisco, have been -surveying at New- | | castle the last ten days and that they | have reported that they have a gain of | sur- starting northeast of Rocklin, the Call's correspondent at Loomis ha "fnler\'iewed leading citizens, and the pie. | vailing ‘opinion s that Loomis will no: | suffer any material injury. At Loomis it is | understood that the lower end of the sur- vey began in that town and that the pr | ent and proposed lines diverge about nalf- way between Loomis and Penryn. On general principles the citizens of Loomis are antagonistic to any change that shall | harm any community in Placer. Coun Nothing new concerning the situation was learned in this city yesterday. The statement in an interview made by Chief Engineer Hood of the Central Pacific | road Monday evening was unqualified | and to the effect that some towns in| The people of Placer County will be able | | by watching the lines that are run to learn the facts concerning The intended changes sooner than any one not directly | connected with the railroad, and they will | undoubtedly avail themselves of their ad- | vantages in the matter that so greatly concerns them. Origin of Towns. A large proportion of the towns along the Central Paclfic line * in County came. into existence by remson of the fact that they were temporary termini of the road while it was belng constructed over the steep grades of the Slerras. Such was the fact as regards Colfax, at which there was a pause of some time while the track building was going on up toward the cloudland of, the picturesque Cape Horn and above that. When the line became operative these communities so created had sufficient population to make them eligible stations for the new road. With the exception of the places which owed their origin to the rich placers that be- stowed thelr golden sands upon the ad- venturous, the road at first ran for the most part through an Alpine'wilderness from the time it began the eastern climb until it debouched upon 'the Truckee meadows, beyond California’s border line. So the temporary termini became stations and in time the neuclel of towns in which have risen schoolhouses, hotels, business buildings, homes for. the rising genera- tion. They seemed to have assured to, them a permanency coeval with the eter- nal granite mountains upon which they nestled. While they wWere in their primitive stage they were the scenes of great ac- tivity and no little excitement. Witnesses of she early period of théir existence say that in one day lumber piles “became buildings in which were lodgings, restau- rants, saloons, gambling-houses. Farther on toward sunrise were thousands of la- borers tofling and accumulating money to bring back to the termini, there to rain a golden shower upon the keepers of ail sorts of places. The great majority of the laborers were Chinese, but their nat- ural avarice did not prevent them. from Continued on Page Two, Placer solely there were rumors published in the.local | ' Placer County will be left off the road. | | ARY 35,1902 GREAT BRITAIN'S REPLY TO NETHERLANDS' PLEA FOR: PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA IS THAT BOERS THEMSELVES MUST MAKE OVERTURES Request of the Dutch Government That Special Commissioners Be Given Safe Conduct to Enter Negotiations Is Met With the Statement That Steyn and Schalkburger ‘Are the Proper Ones to Initiate the Proposal —s BRITISH AND 'DUTCH STATES- MEN WHO' ISSUED THE CORRE- SPONDENCE ON BOER PEACE OVERTURES. ! b——— g— - ONDON, Feb. 4.—The British Gov- ernment repled to Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch Premier, that if the Boers in the field desire to.nego- tiate for peace negotiations ‘can be entered into, but-only in South Africa. The British Government adheres to its in- tention to not accept the intervention of any foreign power. The text of the reply of Lord Lansdowne, the British Foreign Secretary. to the communications of Dr. Kuyper, the Premier of the Netherlands, is as follows: > Lord Lansdowne’s Reply. “The Foreign Office, Jan. 29.—S8ir: You were good enough to lay before me Janu- ary 2 a communication from-the Nether- lands Government in which it was pro- posed _ that, with the . object of bringing the war to . an end, his Majesty’'s Government might grant a safe conduct to the Boer delegates now in Holland for the purpose of en- abling them to confer with the Boer lead- ers in South Africa. It is suggested that after a conference the delegates might re- turn to Europe with power to conclude a treaty of peace with this country, and the Netherlands Government intimates that in this event they might at a later stage be instrumental in placing the Boer plenipotentiaries in relation with plenipo- tentiaries who might be appointed by his Majesty. The Netherlands Government indicates that if this project commends itsel to his Majesty’s Government they will inquire of the delegates whether they are prepared to make the suggested visit to South Africa. It may therefore be in- ferred that the communication I received was made on the responsibility of the Netherlands Government alone, and with- out authority of the Boer delegates or leaders. His Majesty's Government have given it their best consideration, and while entirely appreciative of the motives of humanity which led the Netherlands Government to make this proposal, they feel that they must adhere to the position adopted and publicly announced by them some months afterthe commencement of hostilities by the Beors—that it was not their intention to accept the intervention of any foreign power in the South African war. “Should the Boer delegates:themselves desire’to lay a request for a safe conduct | before his Majesty's Government there is | no reason why thgy should not do so. But his Majesty's Government obviously are not in ‘a position to express an opinion on such ‘an application until ‘they have re- ceived-it and arc aware of the precise na- ture and grounds whereon the request is made. | | “I"may, therefore, point out that it is | not at present cléar to'his Majesty's Gov ernment that the delegates retain any in- fluence over the representatives of Boers in South Africa or have any volce in their councils. They are stated by the Nether: lands Government to have ne such let- ters of credence or instruction of a later date than March, ¢300. His Majesty’s | Government, on the other hand, under- stood that all the powers of the Govern- ment, including those of negotiation, were now completely vested in Mr. Steyn for the Boers of the Orange River Colony and Mr. Schalkburger for those of the Trans- vaal. If this is so, it is evident that the quickest and most satisfactory means of arranging a settlement would be by ai- rect communication between the leaders of the Baers in South Africa and the com- mander-in-chief of his Majesty's forces, who' has already been Instructed to for- ward immedlately any offers he may re- ceive. for the consideration of his Ma- jesty’s Government. “In this connection his Majesty’s Gov- ernment _has decided that if the Boer leaders sHould desire to enter negotiations for the purpose of bringing the war to an end, ‘those negotiations must -take place, not in Europe, but in South Africa. i “It should, moreover, be borne in mind that: if the Boer leaders ‘are to occupy time in visiting South Africa, in consult- ing -with Boer -leaders in the field and: in returning to Europe for the purpose of king known the results of their errand, perfod of at least three months would elapse, during which hostilitles would be prolonged " 'and much human suffering, perhaps, needlessly occasioned. I have, -ete. LANSDOWNE."” + Plea of the Netherlands. The text of the communication of the Dutch Minister to Lord Landsowne is as follows: ~-“In the opinion of the Government of] her Majesty, the Queén, the exceptional circumstances in which one of the bel- ligerent pa. in South Africa is placed, which prevents it from communicating di- rectly with the other belligerent, consti- tutes one reason for the prolongation of the war, which is still raging without | pause or end, and which causes so much misery. It is, in fact cumstance that one of the belllgerent parties is completely shut in and sepa- rated from the rest of the world and that the Boer representatives in Europe are de- prived ‘of all means of communicating with the general comanding their forces. “The difficulty thus arises, for the au- thorities who ought to negotiate for ths Boer side are divided into two sections, which are deprived of all means of de- liberating together. It is evident that the Boer delegates in Europe can. do nothing because. they do not know the state of affairs in South Africa, and that the Boers in the field are obliged to ab- stain from taking any step because the are not cognizant of the state of affairs in Europe:. Moreover, tie delegates in Europe are bound by their letters of cre- dence, which were drawn up in March, 1900, which bind them so strictly to the independence of the republics that they could .not even be permitted to accept the re-establishment of the status quo ante-bellum if a mode of settling disputes which might arir> were not lald down at the same time. These circumstances give rise to a question whether the of- fer of good offices could not be usefully an exceptional cir- made by a neutral power, in order to render at least possible negotiations which otherwise could not be opened. For this reason it would be important to ascertain whether it would be agree- able to the Britannic Government to make _use of the good offices of a neu- tral power. If such good offices are con- fined to the task of placing in communi- cation negotiators to be appointed by the two parties, the Holland Government might perhaps be considered as indicated for' the performance of that task, seeing that the Boer delegates are in the Neth- erland territdry and accredited to that Government alone. If his Britannic Ma- jesty's Government should agree to this view the Gevernment of her Majesty the Queen would have to inquire of the Boer delegates whether they are willing to pro- -Continued on Page Two.