| Show JAMES M BARRIE DIVORCED One would think that any an worthy woman could live very happily always with the author of The Bonnie Briar Bush And Aud yet et the author of that excellent story has had to get from his wife what the Bible Dible calls a bill of divorcement And the womans utter revolt from him her openly expressed preference for another man makes the final sepa separation separation separation ration as complete as It must be regrettable The man who could call the character of Lachlan Campbell from the nowhere and make it as as definite detinUe and actual as London bridge would appear to be a 8 desirable companion for any an woman with a spark of soul In her entire composition And the wife he chose had been an actress She is supposed to have been capable of sentiment capable of appreciating beautiful thoughts subject to impressions from such creative work as that of Barrie Baffle And he had ha seen enough of the world to know kilOW women as well as men He had found this woman in the mimic world She is said to be beautiful but bid b t Barrie must have been too wise a man to be fascinated ed solely by b a fair face and an attractive form And so the man with the finest possible appreciation appreciation tion of loves demands and loves loes obligations makes shipwreck of his own venture while leading his Imagined character securely into the land of life lifelong long trust and faith and happiness It is a that all the reading world will share with Mr 11 Barrie ABDUL HAMID BREAKS JAIL There is a story from Turkey fo t 6 the effect that Abdul Hamid the deposed sultan had escaped from his h s palatial prison at Salonica and had been recap recaptured recaptured recaptured and returned The sultan had complained of trouble with his bathroom There was a leak and while treasuries tr always hall haji enjoyed that defect defects while has on the th throne he objected to It In a bathroom hey sent senta a plumber to repair the damage Abdul is a tidy man and objected to the unwashed condition of f the menial That worthy mechanic anic being a loyal follower of Islam had been In the habit 1 of taking his bath by rolling roiling In the sand a Vas the custom of the first and only true o It Is II possible the complaint Ci was well lodged And th the plumber took oft off his hie hi clothe cl the to take a hc sultans tub and while he was there Abdul appropriated appropriated the tho discarded clothes dressed ed himself hh In them and walked out of r the palace with a pair of tongs in his hand All AU would have been bean well but for the tile fact that the th deposed sultan found no people who would prostrate themselves before him If he had been In the th United States St tes and amI the season had the beginning b of winter his wish would have been ben gratified But Butin Butin in a land whore plumbing can be bo open op ot 01 closed with without withOut out causing any discomfort the man with the m tongs tong ton passed through the throng So ho struck a soldier of or the guard over over f the head heal with his iron and the violent action revealed re aled th j imperial robes beneath the stained skirt of the arti aitT artisan ni san And they took him back to jail Abdul maue ma e the mistake of choosing Turkey In Instead instead stead ste d of Salt ft Lake and the imperial throne hrone Instead of the swivel chair of the Inner Inn r circle of what is called the American party part Jf Jt he ho had ld been here am amhad and had iad commanded any member of Iqs His party to bow the knee the command would have hav been obeyed obe ed edOr Or else the culprit instead of the ruler would have suffered I |
