A STUPID DISPARAGEMENT.--INCEPTION OF “THE DARLING OF THE GODS” 67 THE PLAY AND THE PERFORMANCE OF “THE DARLING OF THE GODS” 73 THE CREATION OF DRAMATIC EFFECTS.--DIFFICULTIES WITH THE RIVER OF SOULS 82 AN OPERATIC PROJECT.--PETTY PERSECUTIONS.--AN ARREST FOR LIBEL 85 SECOND SEASON AT THE BELASCO.--A CONTEMPTIBLE OUTRAGE 91 HENRIETTA CROSMAN AND “SWEET KITTY BELLAIRS” 94 SIDE-LIGHT AND COMMENTARY ON “SWEET KITTY” 103 A STRENUOUS YEAR 109 WARFIELD IN “THE MUSIC MASTER.”--AN ANIMATED SPEECH 111 CONCERNING WARFIELD, JEFFERSON, THE ELDER SOTHERN AND THE “ONE PART” CUSTOM.--AN AMAZING RECORD 120 A SHEAF OF OLD LETTERS: IN THE MATTER OF THE THEATRICAL SYNDICATE 126 METHODS OF COLLABORATION 132 MRS. CARTER AND THE TRAGEDY OF “ADREA” 136 BELASCO AND THE THEATRICAL SYNDICATE JUSTICE AND THEATRICAL ACHIEVEMENT 150 BELASCO’S UNIQUE SERVICE TO THE THEATRE 151 WHAT ARE WE DISCUSSING? 153 THE SYNDICATE-INCUBUS DEFINED 154 SPECIOUS PRETENSIONS TO JUSTIFY THE INCUBUS 155 TENDENCY TO COMBINATION IN MODERN BUSINESS 157 CAUSES OF THEATRICAL PROGRESS 158 THE RIGHT PRINCIPLE 161 THE OBLIGATION OF INTELLECT 162 “THOSE SHALL TAKE WHO HAVE THE POWER” 167 DIVERGENT VIEWS OF THE SYNDICATE: GROUNDS FOR REASONABLE BELIEF 170 CONVERTING CONVENTION HALL:--“ADREA” IN WASHINGTON 177 EXIT MRS. CARTER 184 SIGNIFICANT MESSAGES 186 VARIOUS LETTERS AND INCIDENTS OF 1905 188 TRIBUTE TO IRVING 194 BLANCHE BATES AND “THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST” 195 A THRILLING STORY--AND A TRUE ONE 200 A MASTERPIECE OF STAGECRAFT: THE STORM IN “THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST” 203