,the ,azure ,adder ,,the ,,glebe ,,volume #a ,,number #c ,,december #aiac ,,subscription ,three ,dollars ,yearly ,,this ,,issue #ce ,,cents ,by ,charles ,demuth ,the only editorial policy of ,,the ,,glebe is that embodied in its declaration of absolute freedom of expression1 which makes for a range broad enough to include every temperament from the most radical to the most conservative1 the only requisite being that the work should have unmistakable merit4 ,each issue will be devoted exclusively to one individual1 thereby giving him an opportunity to present his work in sufficient bulk to make it possible for the reader to obtain a much more comprehensive grasp of his personality than is afforded him in the restricted space allotted by the other magazines4 ,published monthly1 or more frequently if possible1 ,,the ,,glebe will issue twelve to twenty books per year1 chosen on their merits alone1 since the subscription list does away with the need of catering to the popular demand that confronts every publisher4 ,thus1 ,,the ,,glebe can promise the best work of ,american and foreign authors1 known and unknown4 ,the price of each issue of ,,the ,,glebe will vary with the cost of publication1 but the yearly subscription1 including special numbers1 is three dollars4 ,editor ,associates ,business ,manager ,alfred ,kreymborg ,leonard ,d4 ,abbott ,charles ,boni1 ,jr4 ,albert ,boni ,alanson ,hartpence ,adolf ,wolff ,the ,azure ,adder ,to ,r4 ,e4 ,l4 ,the ,azure ,adder ,by ,charles ,demuth ,,new ,,york ,,albert ,,and ,,charles ,,boni #if ,fifth ,avenue #aiac ,copyright1 #aiac ,by ,the ,glebe ,,the ,,azure ,,adder ,,scene4 ,studio of ,vivian4 ,simplicity run riot is the keynote3 white against white2 white walls and little furniture4 ,the furniture is painted gray1 ,vivian's gray--really white4 ,,time4 ,the ultra-present4 7,the curtain rises4 ,for a minute or two the stage is empty4 ,then enter ,vivian1 through the door at the back of the stage1 the only door in the scene4 ,he wears the dress of the ancient ,greeks and is evidently just coming from the bath1 as shown by his damp hair4 ,in one hand he carries a few narcissi1 while with the other he tries to arrange the folds of drapery1 which seem to hinder his movements4 ,he arranges one or two flowers in a jar1 before the ,nike de ,samothrace1 whispering3 ,yes1 narcissi1 truly like ,grecian things4 ,he drops the rest of the flowers upon the floor1 removes the robe and starts to comb his hair before a small mirror4 ,this mirror is set in the back of a large framed photograph of the ,venus de ,milo that hangs near the door4 ,vivian turns the ,venus photograph to the wall and we see the small piece of looking-glass4 ,he finally rouges his lips as a finishing touch to his toilet4 ,putting on a coat but retaining the sandals1 he moves towards the door2 on the way he picks up a hat1 which he puts on carefully4 ,as he nears the door a knock is heard and the door is opened4 ,vivian takes on the look of being in the higher heights of thought4 ,two girls are discovered in the door-way4 ,one1 ,yvonne1 says3 ,bon jour4 ,the second1 ,alice3 ,hello4 ,both enter4 ,vivian passes them in the door-way without speaking and softly closes the door47 ,,vivian 7outside74 ,i'm going out4 7,and more softly47 ,wait1 wait4 7,the girls remove their hats4 ,yvonne sinks on the floor1 in front of the couch47 ,,yvonne4 ,oh1 ,i'm so tired4 ,i painted for two hours yesterday4 ,,alice 7sitting on the couch74 ,how you work--and you would have painted again to-day1 if ,i hadn't stopped for you1 no doubt4 ,,yvonne4 ,well1 ,i was thinking about it4 ,,alice4 ,ridiculous6 ,do you think that ,beauty can be contemplated constantly8 ,one either becomes blind or mad--you painted for two hours yesterday--ridiculous6 ,,yvonne4 ,i've seen nothing of yours of late4 ,don't you work2 don't you paint1 ,i mean8 ,,alice4 ,i'm waiting1 waiting4 ,for days1 months really1 ,i have felt as though--how shall ,i put it--as though the scales were about to fall from my eyes2 at moments like these1 as you know1 when ,i really see the thing1 ,i paint4 ,between times1 ,i wait1 ,i wait4 ,,yvonne4 ,couldn't you work and wait1 too8 ,,alice4 ,no1 ,i must save all my energy for these supreme moments1 when ,i see ,beauty in its essence4 ,,yvonne4 ,then you really work less than ,i thought4 ,,alice 7in an awed voice74 ,yvonne1 how can you6 ,i work constantly4 ,the air is my canvas1 my nerves are the brushes4 ,i work8 ,god1 how ,i do work6 ,to contemplate1 to wait1 to dream1 is not this work8 ,,yvonne4 ,i suppose so--but-- ,,alice4 ,oh1 ,i know--you all think1 except ,george1 that ,i do nothing4 ,well1 rather that1 if it were true1 than what one generally sees on canvas1 every year1 at the ,academies4 ,,yvonne4 ,you think then that it is better not to paint at all and wait as you say--than to do an inferior thing8 ,,alice4 ,undoubtedly4 ,,yvonne4 ,this waiting--what effect will it have--what will it do for you or for ,art8 ,,alice4 ,i wait4 ,to feel is better than to know4 ,,yvonne4 ,if one really feels1 perhaps1 but to wait and wait and wait1 you know what the end will be8 ,,alice4 ,i hope to become like ,beauty1 myself--a living creation1 a work of art--even though ,i do nothing ever in paint4 ,,yvonne4 ,yes1 that is the end--not really1 however1 because to change ,life directly to ,art means--7,the sentence is not finished1 a knock being heard at the door47 ,,alice4 ,here's ,maud2 she said that she would meet me here and bring ,george4 7,she goes and opens the door4 ,enter ,george with ,maud1 sister of ,alice47 ,,george4 ,hello4 ,i've just received a wire from ,uncle ,billy2 he's coming to talk over the magazine with us4 ,,alice4 ,will he back it8 ,,george 7looking at ,maud74 ,he will if ,i can be with him and talk to him for a day or two1 ,i think4 7,they exchange meaning glances47 ,,yvonne4 ,a magazine--you're starting one8 ,,alice4 ,yes1 ,i forgot to tell you about it4 ,something like the ,yellow ,book4 ,it will be covered in gray1 though1 printed on hand-made paper with especially designed type--four numbers a year4 ,have you thought of a name1 as yet1 for our child1 the magazine1 ,george8 ,,george4 ,yes1 it will be called the ,azure ,adder4 ,gray and blue will be the colors of the cover4 ,blue the color of the ,soul and gray the coloring of the ,eternal ,background6 ,,maud4 ,wonderful--wonderful6 ,,george4 ,it will be1 ,i hope4 7,he then addresses the three girls1 who are now sitting on the couch47 ,intense1 too1 ,i want it to be4 ,the first look at its covers must create a mood for what one is to find indoors4 ,the same as a perfect house affects one2 the stones and vines of which1 on the outside1 tell of the truffles which are to be served by the mad butler at dinner1 inside4 7,to himself3 ,i must remember that last2 it's away above their heads1 of course--it's one of my best47 ,blue and gray--the two unfinished colors1 when arranged as my design1 will call up the proper mood3 a mood intense but languid1 caring nothing for results4 ,i hope to make this1 this caring nothing for results1 the aim of our child1 the ,azure ,adder4 ,to teach the public1 our public even1 to be satisfied with the unfinished1 the artistically unfinished2 the thing which has no definite start or finish1 but which is beautiful1 beautiful1 beautiful even in the shadow of its bud2 a bud which can never open because--because--a worm is its heart6 7,yvonne changes her position on the couch47 ,the size1 too1 of the book will help in creating the mood--seven by thirteen--and the paper on which it is printed1 also1 will help4 ,a paper made in ,japan1 under water1 which lasts only three years4 ,it then falls apart1 insuring our child only a future1 no past1 nor any permanency1 except perhaps in the minds of its readers1 perhaps1 perhaps4 ,the ,azure ,adder will have double pages like the books of the ,japanese1 printed on one side1 so that the mere reading of it will be made difficult for the uninitiated--people whom it is not meant for anyway4 ,the first number must strike the note--the ultra-future note--so ,i will give to our public my dance-poem1 ,the ,candle and the ,black ,water ,lily4 ,a poem1 have ,i told you1 which ,i hope to have danced sometime4 ,it must be danced by one person while a chorus of men and boys chant the words1 in place of music for the dancer4 ,how it will appeal1 simply alone1 in the book1 ,i don't know1 without its proper atmosphere4 ,it almost required a new language1 ,i felt1 when ,i wrote it4 ,still1 it must be the first of our first number--ultra-modern and a new art--think1 a new art6 ,and the illustrations1 what a chance you will be1 ,azure ,adder1 for the artist illustrator6 ,a sweep of a brush1 a tone1 a dot is enough for our purpose2 when ,beauty is sitting by the side of the reader4 ,yes1 ,i see a revolution in book illustration1 a glorious one1 an upheaval1 one never-to-be-forgotten revolution1 which1 looked back upon from the far distant future1 will have at its base1 forgotten or remembered1 who cares1 the ,azure ,adder6 ,,maud and ,,alice4 ,ah6 7,yvonne rises1 walks towards the large window at the back1 a sky-light really1 opens it and leans out during the following47 ,,alice4 ,if we can only get it started--we know very little about such work4 ,,maud4 ,that makes no difference4 ,we all paint and all great art is one in its complete state4 ,we can surely run a magazine4 ,if only ,uncle1 ,george's ,uncle ,billy1 will start it financially6 ,,george4 ,oh1 he will1 ,i'm sure4 7,smiles47 ,,alice4 ,whose stuff will we print in it besides our own8 ,if we could only get something from some of the great living ones6 ,but we can't hope for more than one or two things from them1 at most1 perhaps nothing1 unless we prove a great success4 ,,george4 ,you doubt our success8 ,you lack egotism1 my dear4 ,i have already a poem1 by one of our greatest living ,english poets4 ,it's written in ,italian4 ,,maud4 ,of course it's beautiful4 ,,george4 ,of course1 everything of his is4 ,,alice4 ,strange that he should send you a poem written in ,italian4 ,it's beautiful1 you say--,i didn't know that you read ,italian8 ,,george4 ,i don't--,palidino read it to me4 ,i asked him what it meant1 what it was about4 ,he said that he did not understand its meaning--but the sound of it1 as he was reading it1 was magnificent4 ,it is a masterpiece6 ,its meaning is clear to me--,palidino understands nothing which is really fine4 ,the poem tells by its sound that the poet writes of love1 the love which is perfected by death4 ,,maud 7to herself74 ,the ,triumph of ,death4 ,,alice 7softly74 ,george1 you are wonderful2 it is fine to feel as finely as you do--,i mean it1 really ,i do1 ,george4 ,,george4 ,you are beautiful4 7,pause47 ,,maud4 ,still1 it seems that we ought to have more people to write for us4 ,i can think of only a few1 one or two1 who do good stuff1 really fine things--impressions4 ,,george4 ,oh1 that will be all right4 ,we have enough material for our first number4 ,the demand will create the material4 ,we will get plenty of stuff sent in from unknowns1 ,i think1 for our future numbers4 ,,maud4 ,if not1 we can all write things for it4 ,i know that we all do write on the quiet while posing as painters6 ,don't you write1 ,yvonne8 ,,yvonne 7from window74 ,no1 ,i only paint4 ,,maud 7with a sneer74 ,but--oh1 well--you do read ,kipling and ,whitman2 that's the reason you don't write1 ,i suppose4 7,no answer from ,yvonne47 ,,alice 7angrily74 ,maud6 ,,maud4 ,yes1 that is what ,i mean4 ,art is not the glorification of the beef-steak6 ,good red blood is what you hear their admirers talking about principally4 ,healthy is another one of their pet words1 also men and women4 ,they are all meat--they forget the swaying sea-weed1 the waxen asphodel1 the rose which is sick4 ,,george4 ,yes1 you are right4 ,if they had their way1 nothing would remain but the normal4 ,and as normal beings act usually in a commonplace and unchanging manner1 birth1 love1 death1 literature1 would finally lose all material for existence and both schools would either cease or write literature about literature4 ,a fine end this would be for their good1 red blood4 ,no fear1 though2 there are always plenty on the other side1 like us1 to make the scales balance1 perhaps even tip our way4 ,meat1 the glorified beef-steak1 as you call it1 ,maud1 has had its day4 ,it has made a good fight throughout the centuries1 but it is going1 going--and to us--whom it called abnormal1 sick1 degenerate1 will soon remain the field--yes1 through what it called our weakness we shall conquer6 7,maud leans forward4 ,alice looks hurt4 ,maud is about to speak when a knock is heard at the door47 ,,maud4 ,i'll go4 7,goes and opens the door47 ,camele6 7,she embraces and kisses ,camele in the door-way47 ,camele6 7,they come down to ,alice and ,george4 ,camele is carrying canvases1 painting materials1 a kimona and a suit case47 ,,alice and ,,george4 ,hello6 ,,george4 ,let me take some of your things4 7,takes her suit case47 ,lord1 how heavy6 ,,camele 7sinking upon the couch74 ,heavy--,i have everything in it that ,i own4 ,i couldn't stand it any longer--last night it reached a climax--it's all over1 my married life--all over1 girls6 ,i've left ,jack6 ,last night he struck me6 7,sobs47 ,,maud 7to ,george74 ,the glorified beef-steak variety--how common6 ,,george4 ,common1 perhaps4 7,to himself3 ,one can strike a woman for lots of reasons47 7,yvonne comes from the window47 ,,alice4 ,poor ,camele--lie down4 ,let me take off your hat4 ,,yvonne4 ,what can we give her8 ,let us make some tea4 ,,maud4 ,yes1 do4 ,you and ,alice make tea4 ,i'll sit with her a while4 7,george1 ,alice and ,yvonne busy themselves making tea at the extreme right1 leaving ,camele and ,maud at the extreme left1 on the couch4 ,no one speaks for a moment47 ,,maud 7sitting at ,camele's head strokes her hair74 ,poor girl4 ,,camele4 ,maud8 ,,maud4 ,yes1 dear4 ,,camele4 ,you were right2 ,jack is a brute4 ,,maud4 ,all men are4 ,,camele4 ,so you have often said1 but ,i thought that he was different4 ,,maud4 ,brutes1 beasts4 ,,camele4 ,but we were so happy at first--the first months-- ,,maud4 ,really happy8 ,,camele4 ,yes1 ,i was happy4 ,i painted and ,jack was with me between times--yes1 ,i was happy and calm4 ,,maud4 ,you only thought so2 ,i knew that it couldn't last4 ,i know you too well4 ,,camele4 ,yes1 you were right1 ,i suppose4 ,,maud4 ,and what now8 ,,camele4 ,i don't know--,i broke with the family when ,i married him1 as you know--now1 ,i don't know4 ,,george 7from the tea table1 to ,alice and ,yvonne74 ,i'll go for some lemons4 7,he goes out47 ,,maud4 ,what a mistake to have married1 ,camele6 ,,camele4 ,no1 it was not a mistake4 ,i'm not sorry even now4 7,sits up47 ,,maud4 ,camele1 ,camele6 ,,camele4 ,well1 it's the truth1 ,i'm not4 ,,maud4 ,but what will you do--where will you live8 ,,camele4 ,i don't know yet4 ,,maud 7after a pause1 in a pleading voice74 ,come with us for a while4 ,,camele4 ,maud1 all right--to-night--just to-night until ,i have time to think4 ,,maud4 ,as long as you like--,alice is used to me protecting widows and children4 7,she puts her arm around ,camele47 ,,camele4 ,just for a day or two2 ,i'll hunt for a position to-morrow4 ,,maud4 ,you had much better write to your family4 ,they'll forgive you when they know that you have left the brute4 ,to think of him striking you6 ,where did he strike you8 ,,camele4 ,strike me8 ,what do you mean--where did he strike me8 ,,maud4 ,why1 you said when you came in that ,jack had struck you last night4 ,,camele4 ,how common of you1 ,maud--,i thought that you would understand4 ,i didn't know that any of you took things literally--you didn't used to1 when ,i knew you before my marriage1 and ,i knew you all very well4 ,,maud4 ,very well1 indeed--so he didn't strike you8 ,,camele4 ,yes1 he did4 ,,maud4 ,eh8 ,,camele4 ,yes and no4 ,you see1 ,jack had been away for a week4 ,i had been painting rather hard and was very interested in an arrangement of blacks ,i was trying to get4 ,subtle--blacks against blacks4 ,it was coming along well2 ,i liked it in parts very much4 ,it was finished almost1 yesterday1 before he came home4 ,then1 last night1 he returned4 ,i was tired1 but decided to show him the canvas1 as he asked what ,i had been doing4 ,we went up to the studio4 ,stand there1 ,i said1 and turned the canvas toward the light4 ,it really looked good3 the tone was the best that ,i had ever had in any of my canvases4 ,he looked at it1 and ,i at him4 ,he seemed to understand1 at last1 my work1 ,i thought4 ,he had never done so before1 which ,i realized only after we were married1 and which came to worry me more and more4 ,you do like it8 ,i asked4 ,yes1 he said--it looks like a ,sargent6 ,,george 7returns74 ,here are the lemons4 ,,maud4 ,you did right--come with us6 ,to live with him now would be impossible4 ,strike you--he did more--he tried to kill you--your soul4 ,he wanted you to go--he knew what he was saying and how it would affect you4 ,how you must have suffered before the final crash of last night came6 ,,camele4 ,yes1 and no1 again4 ,i don't believe that ,i hate him half as much now as ,i did last evening4 ,,maud4 ,camele1 he has spoiled you completely4 ,to hear you say that1 after what has happened between you1 horrifies me4 ,,camele4 ,you were never married4 ,,maud4 ,meat6 ,meat6 ,,yvonne4 ,come1 have some tea4 ,come1 ,camele4 7,maude and ,camele1 arm in arm1 move towards the tea table1 while ,george1 followed by ,alice1 comes and sits on the couch4 ,the others sit around the table47 ,,george4 ,why do you insist on following me8 ,stay with the girls over there--hear the joys of married life4 ,,alice4 ,joys--,i am more interested in knowing why you did not come to see me1 as you promised last night8 ,,george4 ,i didn't promise--,i said probably4 ,,alice4 ,that's your word--but you usually come4 ,why not last night8 ,you knew that ,i wanted to see you very much4 ,,george4 ,i had something to do4 ,i couldn't get away4 ,,alice4 ,then why not have telephoned to me8 ,maud had opera tickets given her--,i missed ,tristan1 waiting for you4 ,,george4 ,at last we have the real cause of your bad humor1 which is not on account of my non-appearance but your missing ,tristan und ,isolde4 ,,alice4 ,you know1 ,george1 that that isn't true4 ,,george4 ,you started this argument--why cry if you are hurt8 ,,alice4 ,cry8 ,,george4 ,it's the same as crying--and tears1 you know how ,i hate them4 ,,alice4 ,unless they be sprinkled on withered rose leaves1 yes6 ,,george4 ,it's always the same thing2 you constantly insult my taste and brain4 ,,alice4 ,no1 not your real taste and brain--they are fine and great4 ,i only insult the veneer4 ,i try to show you yourself1--this part ,i will save for you and sometime return to its owner intact4 ,,george4 ,save8--how can you save something which you have never had8 ,,alice4 ,that is my affair4 ,,maud 7from the tea table1 her voice raised in an exciting discussion74 ,bernard ,shaw-- ,,george 7to himself74 ,bernard ,shaw8 7,to ,alice47 ,well1 save yourself the trouble1 ,i will never accept that from anyone--my real self4 7,nervously47 ,alice1 don't bother about me--,i don't want you to1 do you understand8 ,,alice 7laughs74 ,you dare to command me8 ,well1 let us both play the same game4 ,tell me--why didn't you come to see me last night--what did you do8 ,,george4 ,i did nothing4 ,i wished to be alone4 ,solitude and silence produce great art1 ,i believe4 ,,alice4 ,not when one is our age6 ,,george4 ,alice1 ,i don't understand you to-day4 ,for some time ,i've been thinking that you were changing2 losing the fine sense of appreciation which you have always had for so many things in life and in art4 ,now1 ,i am sure of it4 ,,alice4 ,don't you understand8 ,well1 as ,i said--solitude is for the aged4 ,,george4 ,solitude and silence1 two wonderful words4 ,what they call up in my mind6 ,solitude for the physical and silence for the mind4 ,it is in these states that ,art flourishes in its greatest form4 ,art is turning back to the works of the primitive artists1 early ,italians principally4 ,and it is here that it should turn--it should turn back to ,art and not to ,nature1 which only holds it back4 ,and we who expect to figure in this new ,renaissance must live as our masters1 cloistered1 alone1 removed from the material1 within ourselves--as ,angelico or as ,fra ,filippo ,lippi4 ,for from the cave of ,silence comes the flame of creation1 and we who hope to receive a spark of this flame must worship in solitude1 as monks and as nuns4 ,,alice 7smiling74 ,but have ,i not heard something about a rope ladder in connection with ,fra ,filippo ,lippi8 ,,george4 ,legends--inventions of the common mind which sometimes are chronicled by still commoner ones--and thus accepted finally as facts4 ,,alice4 ,truths1 ,i should say4 ,,george 7jumping up74 ,i am going out6 ,,camele 7in a boisterous voice74 ,schopenhauer1 ,i prefer ,de ,mau--7,her voice is lost as ,alice's is heard speaking to ,george47 ,,alice4 ,don't run away1 ,george1 ,i want to talk with you4 ,i think that you are beginning to understand the change in me1 the new ,alice1 let us say--and ,i want to make sure of it4 ,,george 7sitting down74 ,no1 ,i do not understand the new ,alice4 ,,alice4 ,you will not1 would not be nearer the truth1 ,i think4 ,,george4 ,no1 ,i do not is exactly what ,i mean4 ,,alice4 ,i will try again to show you then1 ,george4 7,she moves closer to him4 ,george starts to move away from her but changes his mind evidently and sits still47 ,,george4 ,i'm ready for the revelation1 ,alice4 ,make it as long as you like4 ,it will probably be our last real talk together4 ,,alice4 ,why8 ,,george4 ,because--because we have nothing in common--this new ,alice pose--,i can't think of it as anything else but as a pose--has or will come between us and break up our friendship4 ,,alice4 ,and in breaking up our friendship it will produce something much finer4 ,,george4 ,finer8 that is the finest thing in life--friendship4 ,,alice4 ,it is the beginning only of the finest thing in life4 ,,george4 ,alice1 you don't mean to say--,alice6--,lord6--you're not making--7,she blushes and turns away her eyes47 ,,maud 7from the tea table74 ,they give ,parsifal next week4 7,george tries to become composed47 ,,alice 7speaking across the stage to the group74 ,i know one of the ,flower ,maidens4 ,i get comps4 7,alice glances at ,george1 who has failed to become composed47 ,,alice 7after a pause74 ,george8 ,,george 7weakly74 ,well8 ,,alice4 ,do you like my pose as you call it8 ,,george 7looking at her74 ,is it a pose8 ,,alice 7after they look intently at each other1 drops her glance74 ,yes4 7,meaning no6--and adds more excitedly47 ,yes1 yes6--,i was only acting to see what you would do4 7,but she takes his hand47 ,,george 7noticing it but showing no objection74 ,alice1 what is happening to us8 ,here we sit hand-in-hand6 ,it's like bad vaudeville6 ,,alice 7smiles74 ,i don't know--what do you think8 ,,george4 ,don't ask me4 ,i don't understand4 ,i can't think4 ,i don't know4 ,perhaps we are about to have a new ,george6 ,,alice 7in a suppressed tone74 ,you understand6--a new ,george--you shall come to-night6 ,,george4 ,yes6 ,,alice 7looking away but tightening her hold on ,george's hand74 ,mine4 ,,george4 ,what did you say8 ,,alice4 ,oh nothing1 nothing4 ,,george4 ,alice--to-night4 ,now1 let us go over to the tea table4 ,maud is watching us4 ,,alice4 ,do you want to go8 ,,george 7rising from the couch74 ,no4 7,alice rises also1 and they both move towards the table1 ,george following4 ,he carries their cups47 ,,maud4 ,well1 have you been talking magazine--,azure ,adder8 ,,george and ,,alice4 ,yes4 ,,alice4 ,we were arranging details4 ,we will have all the titles of stories and poems printed in red4 ,don't you think that that will be good8 ,,maud4 ,not red1 blue ,i should say4 ,,george4 ,well1 in some color1 red or blue4 ,,maud4 ,blue is the better4 ,,yvonne 7rising74 ,i must be going--is anyone coming my way8 ,,george4 ,we all must be going1 ,i suppose4 ,i must go to the station and meet ,uncle ,billy4 7,yvonne crosses the stage2 the door at the back is opened suddenly and ,jack1 husband of ,camele1 is seen47 ,,camele 7starts up from the tea table and looks frightened1 saying in a whisper to ,george74 ,hide my suit case4 ,,jack 7in the door-way74 ,oh1 ,i beg your pardon--is ,vivian in8 ,,alice4 ,hello1 ,jack--come in4 ,vivian is out4 ,,jack4 ,i wanted to see him4 ,he wishes to rent the studio for several months1 ,i hear4 ,,alice4 ,you can wait for him1 we are just about to leave4 ,,jack 7coming down stage1 sees ,camele at the tea table74 ,hello1 ,cam1 what are you doing here8 ,,yvonne 7from the window74 ,what a sun-set6 ,come and see4 7,they all1 except ,camele and ,jack1 go to the window47 ,,camele4 ,maud asked me to lend her my kimona4 ,she wants to do some ,japanese dances--,i brought it to her4 ,,jack4 ,i didn't know that you were friendly since we were married1 ,cam4 ,i was surprised when ,i saw you4 ,,camele4 ,don't call me ,cam1 ,jack4 ,try to call me ,camele1 here4 ,and make the a long4 ,,jack4 ,does it shock them8 ,they make me--7seeing her canvases and paint box74 ,what are you doing with your canvases and paint box8 ,,camele4 ,i was painting in the park4 ,the canvases--the canvases--oh1 ,i was taking them to be framed4 ,,jack4 ,all those8 ,,camele4 ,yes1 it will be cheaper having them all framed at one time--don't you think8 ,,jack4 ,i hope so4 ,we are so hard up at present4 ,,camele4 ,are we8 ,well1 they can wait--the canvases1 ,i mean4 ,,jack4 ,i must have some clothes4 ,,camele4 ,again8 ,,jack4 ,again8 ,look at these4 ,,camele 7coming close to him74 ,you look all right1 ,i think4 7,she puts her hands on his shoulders47 ,,jack4 ,are you ready to go8 ,i'll not wait for ,vivian4 ,,camele4 ,kiss me1 ,jack4 ,,jack4 ,what for--what's the matter with you8 ,you look tired and pale4 ,,camele4 ,nothing--kiss me4 7,they kiss4 ,maud1 looking back into the room1 sees them4 ,she turns quickly1 picks up her hat1 puts it on and hurries out47 ,,camele4 ,let us go4 ,,jack4 ,all right4 ,,camele 7putting on her hat74 ,i'm going4 7,the others come from the window47 ,,george4 ,yes8 ,,camele4 ,yes6 ,,jack4 ,here's your kimona4 ,,camele4 ,that is for ,maud4 ,,alice4 ,where is she8 ,,camele4 ,she went out--she'll be back1 ,i guess4 ,,camele and ,,jack 7moving towards the door74 ,good-bye6 ,,all4 ,good-bye6 ,,yvonne 7following them74 ,good-bye4 ,,alice and ,,george4 ,good-bye4 ,,george 7after a nervous silence74 ,i'll see you to-night1 ,alice2 now ,i must go to meet ,uncle ,billy4 ,,alice4 ,then you can't see me to-night if he is in town4 ,you will have to arrange about the ,azure ,adder4 ,,george4 ,the ,azure ,adder--my life's work--my magazine4 ,how ,i do wish to get it started6 ,think what it means6 ,a perfect magazine given to the world after years of darkness4 ,a book perfect in printing1 arrangement and in illustration--as beautiful to look at as a masterpiece of painting or sculpture4 ,what a standard it will create when it is published6 ,it will stand alone--nothing but what will suffer when compared to it4 ,it will be above other publications2 above them as a golden star over a world of night and ignorance--all will be beneath it6 ,and ,i who have conceived it will be lost in its splendor4 ,like a bumble-bee is lost in a lily of silver4 ,laboring1 laboring on for it to the end1 through old age1 perhaps from beyond the grave4 ,what a life--yes1 ,azure ,adder1 ,i give to you my time1 my energy and my talents4 7,he grows more and more excited and is now speaking to himself47 ,i will make of you an aesthetic standard1 an artistic gauge and a religion6 ,a new religion whose one and only ,goddess will be ,beauty--,beauty veiled1 alone and sterile6 ,and we who work for you will be its first priests--the priests of a new religion6 ,you know what that means8 ,it always has meant1 and will mean in this case1 ,i hope1 martyrdom and perhaps death6 ,death for our gracious goddess--to whom ,i give my mind and my body6 ,yes1 great and awful goddess1 they are yours6 7,he stands1 with his arms outstretched1 against the door at the back47 ,do as you will6 7,in a loud ringing voice47 ,they are yours forever66 ,,alice 7smiling1 walks up to him74 ,thank you4 ,,george 7in the same voice74 ,to you1 great goddess1 ,i give my mind and-- ,,alice 7facing him1 puts her arms around his neck74 ,george6 ,,george 7relaxing4 ,in a softer voice74 ,great godd-- ,,alice 7drawing him closer74 ,now1 ,george6 ,,george 7wilting4 ,his arms slowly closing around ,alice4 ,in a whisper74 ,great goddess-- ,curtain4 ,the ,january issue will present ,love of ,one's ,neighbor1 by ,leonid ,andreyev4 ,transcriber's ,notes ,the original spelling was mostly preserved4 ,a few obvious typographical errors were silently corrected4