The evening world. Newspaper, April 14, 1906, Page 4

NA Rei, Ge ‘T was almost as exciting as a revolution, The place wes in a whirl, My ap- : pointment had been set for 5 Oclock, and at 4.59 the tall, gaunt, stooped Gorky, in an aston- ishingly long overcoat and a black felt hat pulled down upon his ears; @nd a small retinue of something-or- other), trooped in from an automo- bile ride, We were caught in the rush and carried up to the ninth floor of whe Belieclaire, where we were ushered into an apartment with more win- dows than most poor New Yorkers hgve in a whole flat It seamed worth while to be a revolutionist. if only to have so much light and sun- shine. The underground horrors of “Nachtasy through which I hed once groped my way at the Irving Place Theatre, were cleared away in the light of this ninth-story eleva- tion. Gorky dodged {nto one of his sev- eral rooms to get into “something Noose.” When he reappeared tn a long black FR: in blouse with a girdle that any woman might have envied, * he greeted as a brother John Spargo, of “The Bitter Cry of the Children,” twho was there to ‘Interpret for 6 fady with a notebook that hungered for every precious word. It was lke a comedy where the butler and the feather-duster sou- Drette tell you the plot while you are raiting to hear it from the hero's own lips. I amused myself by fwatching Gorky, who, brushing back ght eprowa paty as little at was first on ie programme hy vir: of Spargo. He looked | Somewhat facged and a Uttle like a great patient child that means to do what is expected of 1. At the first question he lighted a sma}i Russian cigarette and began smoking furi- ously. ‘] Meanwhile the telephone was ring- | view the ' in a ey and C, T, Dazey ng that he is lord, and heir He goes to Shaw's com et tho on Monday night. In this satire on ntio fteas of chivairy Mr. Daly will tave an ex- eellent oppo: y us the Swiss sol-| @ler who takes ref. ber of a y that all ook tirystal H ‘Raina, and Boucicauit, E EARLY “L” nIDERS FIGHH FOR ROOM, “Short Ten Ga Create Almost Riot at Stations Where Crowds Wait. ‘owe On 3 eark “Interborough | Rapid Trans ir arrived at the § ation at 1.10 0’ x between ‘ROCKEFELLER, JR, ON HORSEBACK TRIP. April 14.—John Revke- early to- own, where | | | $-———_—— ince,’ spring ) Mit plays at the | Madd ing. The book and lyrics are by fh Dakata hotel- | 3 a, and just as | § nominated |S é © Bip on horse. ‘etic WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1906. ays & l 4a ing, boys were bringing up cards, | and visitors were belng stowed away | in remote rooms, It began to look | hopeless, but at Inst Gorky wheeled | his chair {n my direction, and sighing | and throwing out his arms in a broad | gesture of helplessness, accompanied | y a shrug that ended in a emile, he | seemed to ask, “Well, sir, what is ita” The Bitter One seemed a nice, Sweet revolutionist armed with a| clearette. | first question—the influence of | the stage upon the political life of Russia—was followed by a flood of) Russtan. “The stago has had a tremendous | influence on the Intellectuals, on the middle class, end on the students,” was Gorky’s answer, as conveyed by Madame. “In Petersburg and Mos- cow, tco, the authorities were com- paratively Uberal in allowing all sorts of plays to de ¢iven. In the provinces this was far less | There the censorship rested with the provincial governors, any one of| whom might bar a play thought to| be dangerous fn his particular as “Then the people in the great cit- | fes can see and be influenced by | modern plays?” | “Not at all, They can go only to} jtheatres called ‘Crown Thestres,’ | where plays are given that treat, in} the most fulsome way, of noted per- | sons in Russlan history—czars and czarinns—and whtre a narrow | patriotism that is merely devotion to | the Czar {s directly inculcated. The | church exercises a kind of censor here, too, for on no Russian stage! may the sign of the cross be made, | jand the very naming of the Deity on jthe stage of a ‘Crown Theatre’ would ibe impossible.” “And the peasants?" I asked. Gorky’s deep-set, blue-gray “The peasants! The peasants never | Sousa's “new osha opera on Mond: Smith. The pleco h a Thanks of the Wild. BY WALTER A. This is the story, all tamr Told by the Gentle and mild little child Shrinking, coy wilderness b: nists with hu “Praised be cart This {s the so: in the me Booming the thre ats of the wildcats send be: Into whom Tx “Pratsed be the Stopped the Blg Nimrod frc No more the sc Hunting 5 Kindred of Wilds a vacation c Teddy hunts nothing these and Bots JP ADE VW iad ” ANCE, SWEET REVOLUTIONIST ARMED-WITH A Sn s bravura Write the » French Revolution and of our present move |? qe se) nge the names and ) > Noe it Is exactly | Brown up quite indep does not learn } g0 to a theatre—not They have no m ni none exists for them | cheapest. | theatres, a: now, or were they durt of the revolution? “Not in Petersburg nor Moscow,” ashed as he exclulmed: a CRANE IN A NE W FLAY, DALY IN “ ARNS AND THE MAN,” i SOUSA OPERA AND OTHER OFFERINGS will be at t! 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Neat W'k, Mrs. Temple's Telegrase | = Sut UsTEN! COULD HOT, UNDERSTAND! io This, though interesting, was get: “Thsen has been a great—the crea’ came back with: Te has done “Have your plays been forbidden in Russia? Innocence spread its gentle mai over Gorky’s face as he repli “Mine? Oh, no! They could not | be, for there {s absolute! revolutionary in th: represent the thin that every one know “So ‘Nachtasyl' {s a picture of re: | Ufo?" “It {s as true and re knowledge enabled m | His pe tightened grimly on ch farces are regularly produced cigarette. n th os | “You write your plays with a pur- When Gorky was asked whether he | pose?” believed tho would play an “I write what I know, what I fecl, !mportant part in the future of Rus- because I must say what I think a: . he answered with quick en feel—it {s not because I wish to pro lany theory. That is quite it not?” He dismissed the men {istic success” with a recogn! tle for his pl . Of the G in has been the mo So were Octave “Then the Fr din Russia?” +, the moderns pul and from our stage. | gestion of fins ir people, and | ably would not I | "royal He coul ned Intently to not understand as I Js concerning the ment of the Russian dr ently, or h it felt the Influence of the forci ystage? AMUSEMENTS, AMUSEMENTS. Broadway. ° ¢ ELSIE dak VaioeRal tid y 42 W-0f, Lt wa: M Vtot Hf 18 CHAPIS LINCOLN NEW YORI, 2y.8.15. Price to st Ni The Pri nee of Pilsen oe) nse’ ati ait Sas SKATING RINK, and 54 . Monday, Ap Sessions dail a Van Studdiford, phing Co iy VIE GAT LORE MORROW NIGIUE, ier SE iSRe’ ia $181.00, Ma NEAL Wake anecicy ORCHI ESTRA . nor, FALSE vm. 9 an finttanCHARLEY’S AUNT: | GEO, NEW Ot MAT. Tai | ATLANTIC GARDEN 1 i | iBES THOMASON & DUN OY MANAGERS | wie A POSIETY,GIBCUS SENSATION of the AMEINICAN SPAGT: PTH ra Mat, To-Day—Dainty Duchows vs MADISON SQUARE GARD eS" Grand McIntyre @ Heath | PKINSON. |18,2 "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP =). \. THE HAM TREE. %— Rogers Bros. 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They are the instruments of advance- ment—and we shall know how to uso th “But now, when so rigid a censor ship ts exercised, how do you use them?” smiled a sweet, patient nd explained: use the Russian Governmeng so heavily on our people, out writers for the stage have learned to use a language that vells but does not conceal thelr meaning. We speak {n figures, and so gain our ends. Our ed to see through erstand, and at we have not used one » censor {s justified in We even have name of our dramatists. ys Language,’ or. and our people un- d our fables as readily as they do his.” smile of satisfaction was beau- 1 to see. . But » theatre !n Russia,” he ed, lighting another clragette, d only a few, compared s. The lower classes, as I nnot go to the theatres; but every one can get books. All who can read In Russia devour books and pamphl many of those who cannot read hear from the others.” He would not discuss his own striking ou sald, cn myself,” he rare in play- But when I asked whether any desire to see his plays roduced in this country he sald: ld ike that, asT them produced is not @ matter Js that were brought caused Gorky to His excitement n I passed in the , homemade revo- ond Jeane on the nlgat American violin ; EMPIRE HES MaudeAdams, ME ane N Fraucis ¥ Hs me Lawrance D’Orsa HUDSON MINAS HE HERALD § “The Lion andthe Mouse hur. Sat.216 It’ 's ‘All Your Fault o ~y AnGr iran aus ee Ae ‘Ted Marks Ooneerts Hun. Ma URRA) HILL rity Weeke” #04th Time in New Yorks. iD College Widow VALLACK'S ie, 820 Mat today © Wed, KE. foversiin The Squaw Man Mat Belasco fititnaiy [BLANCHE BATES in (33 Bijou : te WARFIELD wait Nem © Work Monday Wonders,