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stage�察  �living   over   again   the   glorious   hours   of   that   night's   triumph。   His 

breath   was   coming   quick   and   his   eyes   aglow   with   the   memory   of   that 

evening。     ;Never�察    �never   have    I  lived  through     such   an  evening。     Victor 

Hugo's      greatest   triumph�察   �the   first  night   of  HERNANI�察        �was   the   only 

theatrical   event   that   can   compare   to   it。   It�察  �however�察  �was   injured   by   the 

enmity of a clique who persistently hissed the new play。 There is but one 

phrase to express the enthusiasm at our first performance ´ UNE SALLE 

EN DELIRE   gives some   idea of   what   took   place。 As the   curtain   fell   on 

each succeeding act the entire audience would rise to its feet�察�shouting and 

cheering   for ten   minutes   at   a time。 The   coulisse   and   the   dressing´rooms 

were packed by the critics and the author's friends�察�beside themselves with 

delight。   I   was   trembling   so   I   could   hardly   get   from   one   costume   into 

another�察�and had to refuse my door to every one。 Amid all this confusion 

Rostand alone remained cool and seemed unconscious of his victory。 He 

continued quietly giving last recommendations to the figurants�察�overseeing 

the setting of the scenes�察�and thanking the actors as they came off the stage�察�

with the same self´possessed urbanity he had shown during the rehearsals。 



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Finally�察�when the play was over�察�and we had time to turn and look for him�察�

our author had disappeared�察�having quietly driven off with his wife to their 

house in the country�察�from which he never moved for a week。; 

     It struck two o'clock as Coquelin ended。 The sleepless city had at last 

gone to rest。 At our feet�察�as we stood by the open window�察�the great square 

around the Arc de Triomphe lay silent and empty�察�its vast arch rising dimly 

against the night sky。 

     As   I   turned   to   go�察  �Coquelin   took   my   hand   and   remarked�察  �smiling�此�

;Now you have heard the story of a genius�察�an actor�察�and a masterpiece。; 



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      CHAPTER 4 ´ Machine´made Men 



       AMONG         the   commonplace        white    and    yellow     envelopes     that 

compose      the   bulk   of  one's  correspondence�察      �appear   from   time   to  time 

dainty  epistles on tinted   paper�察  �adorned   with   crests or   monograms。   ;Ha� �

ha� ─   �I  think   when    one    of  these   appears�察    �here   is  something      worth 

opening� ─     �For   between    ourselves�察   �reader   mine�察   �old  bachelors    love   to 

receive notes from women。 It's so flattering to be remembered by the dear 

creatures�察�and recalls the time when life was beginning�察�and POULETS in 

feminine writing suggested such delightful possibilities。 

     Only   this   morning   an   envelope   of   delicate   Nile   green   caused   me   a 

distinct   thrill   of   anticipation。   To   judge   by   appearances   it   could   contain 

nothing less   attractive   than   a declaration�察  �so�察 �tearing it   hurriedly  open�察  �I 

read�此 �Messrs。 Sparks & Splithers take pleasure in calling attention to their 

patent suspenders and newest designs in reversible paper collars� ─�

     Now�察�if that's not enough to put any man in a bad humor for twenty´ 

four hours�察�I should like to know what is�拭�Moreover�察�I have ;patents; in 

horror�察�experience having long ago revealed the fact that a patent is pretty 

sure   to   be   only   a   new   way   of   doing   fast   and   cheaply   something   that 

formerly was accomplished slowly and well。 

     Few people stop to think how quickly this land of ours is degenerating 

into a paradise of the cheap and nasty�察�but allow themselves to be heated 

and cooled and whirled about the streets to the detriment of their nerves 

and digestions�察�under the impression that they are enjoying the benefits of 

modern progress。 

     So complex has life become in these later days that the very beds we 

lie on and the meals we eat are controlled by patents。 Every garment and 

piece of furniture now pays a ;royalty; to some inventor�察�from the hats on 

our heads to the carpets under foot�察�which latter are not only manufactured�察�

but cleaned and shaken by machinery�察�and ��be it remarked EN PASSANT�� 

lose their nap prematurely in the process。 To satisfy our national love of 

the new�察 �an   endless   and   nameless   variety  of   trifles   appears   each   season�察�

so´called   labor   and time´saving   combinations�察 �that   enjoy  a   brief hour   of 

vogue�察�only to make way for a newer series of inventions。 



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     As long as our geniuses confined themselves to making life one long 

and breathless scramble�察�it was bad enough�察�but a line should have been 

drawn   where   meddling   with   the   sanctity   of   the   toilet   began。   This�察  �alas� �

was     not    done。    Nothing      has    remained      sacred     to   the   inventor。     In 

consequence�察�the average up´to´ date American is a walking collection of 

Yankee   notions�察  �an   ingenious   illusion�察  �made   up   of   patents�察  �requiring   as 

nice adjustment to put together and undo as a thirteenth´century warrior�察�

and carrying hardly less metal about his person than a Crusader of old。 

     There   are   a   number   of   haberdashery   shops   on   Broadway   that   have 

caused me to waste many precious minutes gazing into their windows and 

wondering what the strange instruments of steel and elastic could be�察�that 

were exhibited alongside of the socks and ties。 The uses of these would�察�in 

all probability�察�have remained wrapped in mystery but for the experience 

of   one   fateful   morning   ��after   a   night   in   a   sleeping´car���察  �when   countless 

hidden   things   were   made   clear�察  �as   I   sat�察  �an   awe´   struck   witness   to   my 

fellow´passengers'   ´   toilets�拭   �   No�   �Getting   their   machinery   into   running 

order for the day�察�would be a more correct expression。 

     Originally�察 �tags; were the backbone of the toilet�察�different garments 

being held together by their aid。 Later�察�buttons and attendant button´holes 

were     evolved�察    �now    replaced     by   the   devices     used    in  composing       the 

machine´made   man。   As   far   as   I   could   see   ��I   have   overcome   a   natural 

delicacy in making my discoveries public�察�because it seems unfair to keep 

all   this   information   to   myself���察  �nothing   so   archaic   as   a   button´hole   is 

employed at the present time by our patent´ridden compatriots。 The shirt�察�

for     instance�察    �which      was    formerly      such     a   simple´      minded      and 

straightforward garment�察�knowing no guile�察�has become�察�in the hands of 

the   inventors�察  �a   mere   pretence�察  �a   frail   scaffold�察  �on   which   an   elaborate 

superstructure of shams is erected。 

     The     varieties   of  this   garment     that  one   sees   in  the   shop    windows�察�

exposing   virgin   bosoms   to the   day�察  �are   not   what   they  seem� �Those   very 

bosoms are fakes�察�and cannot open�察�being instead pierced by eyelets�察�into 

which bogus studs are fixed by machinery。 The owner is obliged to enter 

into those deceptive garments surreptitiously from the rear�察�by stratagem�察�

as it were。 Why all this trouble�察�one asks�察�for no apparent reason�察�except 



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that old´fashioned shirts opened in front�察�and no Yankee will wear a non´ 

patented garment ´ if he can help it�拭�

     There was not a single accessory to the toilet in that car which behaved 

in a normal way。 Buttons mostly backed into place�察�tail´end foremost ��like 

horses getting between shafts���察�where some hidden mechanism screwed or 

clinched them to their moorings。 

     Collars and cuffs   ��integral parts   of the   primitive garment��   are now  a 

labyrinth�察    �in  which     all  but  the   initiated   must    lose   themselves�察    �being 

double´decked�察        �detachable�察     �reversible�察   �and    made      of   every    known 

substance except linen。 The cuff most in favor can be worn four different 

ways�察�and is attached to the shirt by a steel instrument three inches long�察�

with   a   nipper   at   each   end。 The   amount   of   white   visible   below   the   coat´ 

sleeve is regulated by another contrivance�察�mostly of elastic�察�worn further 

up the arm�察�around the biceps。 Modern collars are retained in position by a 

system of screws   and levers。 Socks   are attached no longer with the old´ 

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