Tho "entrance" of Water is a novel one in Maeterlinck's piny, "The Blue Bird." It is made by way of the sink. Tho pump handle begins to work furiously, nnd then this olement appears, personified, in a streaming costume. Miss Gladys Ellam, who represents this character, was nsked \vhat her cuo was to go on. "It is not tho working of the pump handle," she replied. "Nothing so simple. It is a note' in tho orchestra I never hear. I begin fringing on this note. Wlwt I generally do is to strike it on the piano, before I go on, and then take a chance about coming in on the right moment. So far lnnk has always been with me, which is just as well, ■ as everybody, would ,-be thrown out." "They say that when good Americans die they go to Paris!" '. ' ' > ".And'when bad 'Americans die, where do they go to. 1 " ... ■ ','Oli! they go. to America!" —(from Qtcar Wilde'q brilllauil ci'iuedj , , .'■' L Woman of No Impoitaaoe")«
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1491, 13 July 1912, Page 9
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167Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1491, 13 July 1912, Page 9
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