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Will shortly Issue Invitation for a theatre
putty, to be followed by supper, In honor of
Miss Ruth Coxe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry IJrlnton Coxe, on Wednesday evenln-f,
February 3.
Jtr. anil Mm. Mnrcellua Coxe, who are occu
Pylnff their house, 2221 locust street, will en
tertain at dinner Christmas Eve.
5tr. at-d Mrs. James Hancock gave a dance
lftht evening In the Acorn Club In honor of their
daughter, Miss Kntherlno Hancock, who will
make her ttrbut next Bcaaon. Tho guests were
members of tho set not yet out, and Included
Miss Agnes Brockle, Miss Sarah Franklin, Miss
JtarBiUfttn. Myers, Miss Sarah Myers, Miss Mat
fwret Remak, Miss Mary Oolilen, Miss Katha
rine futman, Miss Gertrude Fancoast, Miss
Vlrslnla Harris, Miss Ahno Blnney Brlnton,
Henry Morris Adams, William L, Bally, Morris
Stanley Barratt, nichard Stockton Bullitt, Eck
ley B. Coxe, 3d, Arthton Dorr, Edward Mitchell
Edwards, Brooka Edwards, Thomas Hart, Ken
neth Campbell Kennedy, Clayton McElroy,
Kennedy Hamll, John Hazlchurst Mason, James
Smith Merrltt, James C. Nowlln, John Newlln,
Jr., Wlstar "s'orris, Edmond It. Turves, Waller
I Ross, Henry H. Houston, C. Fonno Hoffman,
Charles' A. Starks and Sidney Thayer.
The first meeting of the Monday Evenlns
Junior dances will take place next Monday,
December tS. In tho Rose Gardens of tho Belle-Tue-Stratford.
Mrs. William Stansfleld. of Washington City,
will spend Christmas -week with her sisters,
lira. S. I'. Pnowden Mitchell and Miss Loitlso
Snowden, of 2205 Walnut street.
Tho Christmas cotillon of the Saturday -Evening
Committee Danclns Class will be held on
Saturday night at Horticultural Hall. Tho
chaperons of this class Include Mrs. Henry
Brlnton Coxe, Mrs. William J. Taylor, Mrs.
John White Geary, Mrs. R. H. Bayard Bowlo
and Mrs. Edgar T. Scott.
Mrs. Wharton Drexol, of Penn Rhynn, Corn
wells, had ns her guests over the week-ond Miss
T,aurel CJraaon Bond, of Baltimore, and Miss
Kathleen Leslie Combs, of Fort Worth, Tex.
Miss Bond, who has been attending school at
Torresdale, -it'll leave today for Baltimore to
spend the holldws with her parents, Mr. and
Sirs. WiUlanGrajoon Bond. Mss Combs will
be their guest during the vacation holidays.
William Norrla will glvo a dinner-dance at tho
Wlilternarah Valley' Country Club this evening.
Some of the guests present will Include Mr.
and Mrs1! John Strawbrldjje. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
N. Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gilpin, Mr,
and Mrs. Joseph A. Janney, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Penckta. Dr. and" Mrs. Norrls Vaux,
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Norrls. Mr. and Mrs.
"Walter L. Foulke, Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson
Crothers, Mr, and Mrs. Frazer Harris, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Leu Reld, Miss Hope Truxton
Beale, Miss Margaret Handy Burton, WIster
Jtlarvoy, Edward Dale, Edward Chcston and
Arthlngton Gilpin, Jr.
Mrs. Walter Langdon Eustls will entertain
her card club "it her home, MlfFlne, street, this
afternoon. Among those who will attend are
Mrs, Arthlngton Gilpin, Mrs. William W. Marls,
Mrs. WtlllamMontague Lycett, Miss Mary H.
' Whelen and Mrs. Fennock Huey.
Joseph M. Gazzam,' Jr., who Is a student at
Harvard, arrived In this city yesterday to spend
the holidays with his mother, Mrs. Joseph M.
Gazxam, who Is spending the winter at the
Rlttenhouse, Miss Olivia M, deB. Gazzam has
also returned from Miss Walker's school at
Lakcwood. Mrs. Gazzam will give a dinner of
SO covers Depember 30 before tho meeting. of tho
Committee Dancing- Class.
Mrs, Henry Athlon Little Mill gye a supper
dh New Year's evp at her home, tjlen Bogle, on
Old Hook road, Folcroft, in honor of her
daughters. Miss Mary S. Little and M'lss Anna
D, Little, and sort, James If. Little. Guests
will bo from the school set
Mrs. Georgi McNeely has Issued Invitations for
a dance to be given In honor of her grand
daughter. Mis Mary McNeely, Who Is one of the
season' debutantes, on Wednesday, January 0,
at the Philadelphia Country Club.
Mrs, Frederick Slmonln and Mjss Kathleen
- JJcDonougU will give a. small and informal
bridge on Tuesday, December 29, at tho home
of Miss McDonough, !1J7 Pine street, In honor
of Mrs. Harold Gaylord, of New York, who
wilt spend the Christmas holidays in this city,
ALONG THE MAIN LINE
MtniON-Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Leigh Moyer,
of Berkley road, will have Mrs. Moyera mother
nd sister, Mrs. Theodore S. WJlkln and Mlsa
Louis Wilkin, of Mllwauk, Wis., as their
fueifa until after tho New Year.
Hr. and Mrs. 3. Earls Haines, of Motile ave
nue, will leave tomorrow for Lynn, Mass.,
where they will spend the Christmas holidays
with Mrs. Haines' mother, Mrs. Charles Pink
ham. ovEBBnoojc-Mlss Mary Anthony Hays, daugh
Mr of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allison Hays, of
Sherwood road, Overbrook, will be married very
quietly Wednesday night, January 6. to Joel
, Cooke Jtuber, son of Mr. John Y. Huber, of
'19 North Broad street. Miss Marjory Ed
wards, pf Overbrook, wlU ba maid of honor, and
the best man will b John Y. Huber, Jr.
brother of the brWfgrroom-io.be. Fellowing; the
eertmony, -which wij be witnessed only by the
Immediate families, there will be a reoepttoa
from S until W oploek.
Mr. and Mrs. Bdwla A. Bookrayer, of no
Arden. will wuerUtn a fcosso, parly t the Bay
Vfcw Golf Club at Atjantlo city over the week
end, following New rear's Day.
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Is spending tho Christmas vacation with his
parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. William TownsenO.
Wright.
CHESTNUT HILL
An exchango has been opened at SJ3T Ger
mantown avenue, where home-made cakes, pies,
candy, preserves ahd various articles are sold.
This unlatie Idea was started by1 a number of
Chestnut Hilt women to aid tho stricken Bel
gians, rind they aro so eager to make It a hugo
success that they aro appealing everywhere
for help and contributions. Those1 In charge are
Mrs. Francis Noble, chairman; Mrs. Corydon C.
Tyler, Mrs. Joseph Lovcring, Miss' Marian
Watts, Miss B. Goodman, Mrs. William Trotter
nnd Mrs. Woodburn Potter, The exchange will
be open every Saturday from 10 until 4 o'clock
and n number of theso women and their friends
have pledged themselves to take charge on these
different Saturdays. ,
' Miss Gertrude Kllng, of Gowen avenue,- gave
an Informal bridge, In honor of Miss Dorothy
Schell yesterday afternoon.
GERMANTOWN
Mr. nnd Mrs. Calytn M. Smyth, of 221 West
Walnut lane, will glvo n dinner on Thursday,
December 31, In honor of Miss Eleanor Edmonds,
debutante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Edmonds. The guests Mill Includo Miss Emelyn
Shipley, Miss Margaret Duffus, Miss Grace MlllJi,
Miss Rachael Cater, Miss Nancy Smyth, Ed
ward Mclfenry, Stanley Ketcham, Philip Har
rlgan, Robert Beard, Burk Estabrook nnd Cal
vin Smyth, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wood, Jr., whoso wed
ding took place In November, will return homo
on Christmas eve from Honolulu and will go
directly to tho home of Mrs. WocxTs brother,
Dr. Harry Bond Wllmer, of 'Germantown ave
nue. Mrs. Wood will be remembered as Miss
Phcbo Ingersoll Wllmer.
ALONG THE READING
Mrs. Asa Bushnell, of Springfield, O., accom
panied 1'V Mrs. Wlllams, Is the guest until
after Christmas of Mrs. Bushnell's daughter,
Mrs. Henry C. Dlmond. of Rydal. Miss Hen
rietta Dlmond, who is homo from school for
tho holidays, has been entertaining Miss Con
stance Barrett, of -Boston, and Miss Wood, of
Baltimore, for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Smith and Miss
Judith Smith, of Chllllcothe, O.. will spend
Christmas and the holidays as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Morton H. Fctterolf, of Rydal.
Mrs. Fctterolf, It will bo remembered, was for
merly Miss Elizabeth Shirley Smith.
Mr. nnd Mis. Joseph Haines, Jr., of Rydal,
are being congratulated on tho birth of a son
on Friday, December 18. Mrs. Haines will be
remembered as Miss Helen Rhedcmeyer, of
Mcrchantvllle, N. J., before her marriage a
year ago.
Miss Edith Larzalere will be .the hostess at
a luncheon and card party next Saturday after
noon at her home, Kenllworth Inn, Oak Lane,
when her guests will be the members of the
Sigma Gamma Club.
They are Miss Gladys Fries, Miss Dorothy
Gamble, Miss Beatrice Smith, Miss Addle Sut
ton, Miss Alice Haslam, Miss Helen Millard,
Miss Helen Eyre and Miss Eleanor Stone.
Mr?. John A. Dexter will bo hostess at a
masquerade party New Year's Eve at her
home, C05 66th avenue, Oak Lane.
WEST PHILADELPHIA
Miss Florence Elliot, of 4S37 Spruce street, and
her sister, Mrs, Francis de Sales O'Reilly, of
Lock Haven, will entertain at bildge this after
noon to be followed by buffet luncheon. There
will be 63 guests present. Mrs. O'Reilly will re
turn to her home In Lock Haven the early
part of next week. i
Mrs. David Gregg Metheny will entertain at
luncheon on Tuesday, January 12, at her home,
460D Spruce street. In honor of Miss Lucille El
liott Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs; James
H. Morris.
Miss Frances Buck, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
J. C. Buck, of 3505 Spruce street, will go to
Baltimore next Monday, to remajn over New
Year's Day as the guest of Miss Margaret
Meyer, of Roland Park. While In Baltimore,
Miss Buck will attend several dances, one
of which will be given by her hostess, and
anotherglven at the Baltimore Country Club.
Mrs, Charles Mercer Hicks has returned to
her apartment at the Netherlands after a
week's visit, to- her mother, Mrs. Percival
Thomas, of RJverslde Drive, New York.' While
there Mr. Hicks was extensively entertained.
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
Miss Edith Robson will entertain at a "COO"
in her home, 9610 South 18th street In the airard
Estate, Thursday night, followed by a supper.
The guests will Include the Misses Nellie and
Louise Francois, Miss Edna Fasey and George
H. Moore, George Morris and O. Edward Becker.
Other guests will be Mr. and Mrs, William
Sturgess, Miss Emma Sydell, Miss May Sperlng
and Miss Elsie Doepel. George Maltby, Jr.,
George Daly and John Purdy "
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Miss Diddle and Miss Susan Drimncr Ingersoll wilt be guests or honor at a danco to be given to
night at the Ritz-Carlton by Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Slotcsbury.
THE event In the debutante world this ovenlpg
will be the danco Mr. and .Mrs. Eijward T,
Stotesbury, of 1323 Walnut street, will give at
the Rltz-Carlton in honor of Miss Cordelia Bid.
die, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Drcxcl
Blddln, and Miss Susan Brlmner Ingersoll,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward In
gersoll. A number of dinners will be given be
fore the dance. Miss Charlotte Rush, daughter
of Sir. nnd Mrs. Benjamin Rush, will be guest
of honor at a dinner and thcnlre party to be
given by Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Eldon Graham.
The guests will afterward attend the dunce, and
Mrs. Benjamin Chew Tllghman will entertain t
dinner at her residence, 2212 St. James place, be
fore the dance.
A theatre party will be given this evening In
' honor of Miss May Brlnton by her father, Bln
ney Brlnton. The guests will afterward attend
the supper-dance at tho Bellevue-Stratford.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Carey, of 2S07 Dia
mond street, will entertain at a dinner party at
tho Manufacturers' Club, followed by a theatre
party, on Saturday evening, December 26.
The Dutch- Company, the High School Club of
Philadelphia, rti hold Its annual Christmas
smoker at ItjdHrorooms, 1114 Arch street, to
morrow t0Kns. The Christmas tree, laden
"with glfts'Tor the members, is an annual fea
ture und affords considerable entertainment.
Several members of the faculties of the North
east High School. West Philadelphia High
School and Central Jllgli School are booked to
speak. The committee In charge Includes D'A.
Smith, Louis Schwartz, Roland Helsler, Jacob
Enders. Clarence Carback and Clarence Schaef
fer. M. D.
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA
3tla Jennie Currari, of Kensington, entertained
at dinner last night. Her guests were Miss
Berulce Croozcn, Miss Marian Harris, Joseph
Carpenter, Augustus Plelbel and Benton Mc
Caqdless. The Cambria A, C. will hold Its second annual
banquet on New Year's eve at Nolan's Hall.
Frank Volght. Jr., will entertain at dinner at
his home, 275 Ash street, this evening when his
guests will Include James M, Peat, Louis Tropt,
Otto Belser, Alvln White, Jack Acoff, Charles
Wright, Elmer Creamer and Raymond Price,
FRANKFORD
Mrs. Walter H. Wild, 1018 Fillmore street,
Northwood, will be at home after February l.
Mrs, Wild was Miss Grace B. Core, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Core, of Frankford,
befor her marriage In Atlantic City Decem
ber 15.
William Hawkins, qf 1110 Ortlvodox street,
who has been at ErUa, Va., will spend the
holidays here.
Ml4 Frances SUberatejfl. who is a student at
Bueknell University, will spend the Christinas,
holiday with her parents,
The mercy and help department of the By.
worth League of th Central Methodist KiK
copal Church will distribute baskets of fee
to a number of poor this Christmas. The SmwJajr
school of the church vottd'laet Sunday to ferte
tbeir usual Christmas treat at andy ad 8f
nate the mooey to the mry and help defarv
ran. ,
LANSDOWI?
Mr aa4 Mr- Jm W$lfdW. f IliUf.
nnounee the engagement of their daughter,'
Bertha Cettreii, to Ctree 8aau4 Jowwi,
of Media.
Mr George h Hoh. at Wtlmuigtoii, ivi ,
t the guMt of bet son. Ueoae U Hooper, Jr ,
of WiodrEgr avenue
Mr Dd Mr. X Ru Smith of McKuiUy
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CHARITY AFFAIRS
An Operetta Will bo Given Next Week to Aid
Philanthropic Work.
"Dreams Come to Life," a charming operetta,
will be produced on Tuesday afternoon, Decem
ber 20, In Mercantile Hall, under the auspices
of tho Philadelphia Section, Council of Jewish
Women, in nld of Its philanthropic work. Mrs.
Harry J Blssingcr, assisted by Mrs. Justin 1.
Allman, Mrs. Arthur Bamburger and Mrs. Max
N. Aaion, is directing tho rehearsals. The cast
Includes Mrs. Stanley Goldsmith, Miss Claire
llachinaii. Miss Elizabeth Lewin, Miss Edith
Kutzcnbeig, Miss Dorothy M. Well, Miss Char
lotto Fcustmai), Miss May Newman, Miss Helen
Damn, Edwin Goodman, If. Stanley Samter and
Julian Bacharach. The children In the chorus
net ami sing with dalntlnesB and precision.
Thcso clever young amateurs Include Elinor
Ashcr, Mildred Aaron, Caroline Baum, Alvln
Bloch, Bernlce Blocli, Dorothy Bayersdorfer,
Ruth Bacharach, Dorothy Cronhelm, Louise
Cronhelm, Cecilia Fllshman, Florence M. Gins
burg. Miriam Grecnwald, Bertha Gross, Mar
garet Harrison, Mary Hymnn, Catharine Hy
man, Elslo Friedman. Elizabeth Hess, Llsette
Jacobs, Juliet Kind, Ruth Upper, Miriam Levi,
Beatrice Loeb, Katharine Miller, Helen Man
dell, Eleanor Markowitz, Alice Matter, Florence
Miller, Evelyn Mnrkowitz, Elinor Myers, Rose
Oppcnhclmor, Emma Ronsahoff, Katharine Ro
sepbaum, Dorothy Steelier, Dorothy Stlefel,
Edith Stern, Tcsslo Strauss, Edna Sempllner,
Jane Vendlg. Mildred Whltchlll and Elizabeth
H. Well.
TIOGA
The committee. In charge of the annual ball
of the One Hundred Club, which will take place
on New Year's night In Horticultural Hall, In
cludes Frederick A. Schimpf, president; Ifenry
B. Nightingale, secretary; .Miss Martha Lupton,
Miss Mae Ellzubeth Dawson, Miss Marie A.
Cross. Miss Grace A. Wade, Miss Emma Don
aldson. Robert D. Lodge, William a Farvln,
Frank A. Epps, Samuel Brown and Herbert S.
Sluzhclmor. The program will Include attrac
tive exhibition dancing by Miss Inez Living
itone and Earl Dclaney.
Mrs. George A. Wlllraanns, of 183S Venango
stiret, will be one of the guests entertained
by Mr. E. Jr. Horn, 6315 Wakefield street, De
cember 22. Mrs. Horn will, entertain at bridge
during the afternoon, and her guests will In
clude Mrs. Joseph P. Hamilton, Mrs. Maurice
A. Nugent, Miss Erma Hardart, Mrs. James
F. McCrudden, Mrs, Edward Mallon, Miss Mary
O'Nell, Mrs. Stanley J. Sullivan, Mrs. Lewis
Pratt, Mrs. Stephen Whelan. Sirs. Lesllq Mc
Pherrln, Mrs. Anthony Williamson and Mrs.
John McNally.
ROXBOROUGH
Mr. end Mrs. James Hludle, of 4 IK Mauayunk
avenue, gave a dinner, followed by cards, last
night. Polnsettlas and holly were used In the
decorations, .which were appropriate to the
Christmas season. The guests were Miss M.
Chantrey, Miss Marian Stout, Miss Ray Sum
no r. Miss Anna Du Qan, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph
Thomas, Calvin Haln, Dr. G. Frederick Myr,
Aleck Allan and C. J. Jones.
Mrs. Joaeph Rose, of Manayunk avenue, en
tertained at "00" last night. Her guests, who
are members of her card olub, were Mr. Clay
toil Thomas, Mr. Louis E. Wagner, Mrs, BUa
Shuler, Mis Gertrude Field, Mrs. Clarence K,
Dergltr, Mrs. Walter Faneourt. Mrs. Ferdinand
Davt. Mrs. William R. Sfeappell, Mlsa May
Mcrtlnney, Mr. Wilton Smith and Mrs. Ralph
Pcpe.
CAMDEN AND VICINITY
MU Miriam Kekhner. ef Mb 'and Coeper
streets, waa U ebarg ef a sale of cake asd
eeftdy Satur4ay for the benefit of the Camden
by' work In SMul. Korea. 84u was assisted
ly Ml Augusta Will. Mlu Mildred Helsler,
Naail Carter and Mlw Marry IronsUe.
Mr aad Mrs. W. O. -1lkta. of Wedlwry,
hve amouied tkjf eamgaia ot thetr i)wah
Ur Hhsa ftW. A. HaraW. ol WaeOcMtr.
, WILIINGTQN
Mi a"d Mr VrlUtesa If Thoutfwun will give.
la.nco at the New Centuxy Club in honor ef
then daubtr Mm Helen Thompson. Satur
day eveiung
Mi t-iUn:- William Cuius will u a
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BEST THOUGHT OF AMERICA
Digest of
(1) Tho Bookman Editorial'.
(2) Scrlbner'fl "Rhelma During the
Bombardment."
(3) Cosmopolitan "A Daughter of tho
Sunlandtt."
(4) McClure's "The Sweated Drama,"
(5) American -"What Is Entertain
ment?" (0) Yale Review "Our Commercial
Drama-"
(7) Vogue "On and Off Fifth Avenue."
THE ARTS
WE HAVE comn to think of tho world of
painting and writing and sons as a
realm apart. It was with a shock of sur
prise that we read of our Inspired painters
and musicians going out to battle, our writers
and philosophers wielding their pons in 'de
fense of the sword, nnd saw the world of art
shaken to its foundations.
Effects of the war upon literature, sajs
the Bookman, (I) are most strikingly con
spicuous In the foreign magazines and reviews,
or rather In their dearth. July 25 and August
1 represent the Inteat numbers of practically
all the well-known French, Belgian and Ger
man review. Here and there, some rare and
crippled survivor has somehow struggled along,
like the wounded In a battlefield. La Revue has
managed by Herculean efforts to get out one
number; five Articles out of seven being writ
ten by one Intrepid editor, who explains In a
foreword, that since the rest of the staff are
all on the filing line, the reader must be In
digent The veteran Revue des Deux Mondes,
shrunk to barely half lis volume, lives up to Its
traditional standards, but the universal theme
Is war.
The present shrunken bulk of the Revue
ds Deux Mondes suggests the casual question,
whether It ever suffered similar curtailment.
A glance over the shelves of the complete set
with Its hundred portly volumes, answers the
Question one sees four slim, dejected looking
volumes, bearing a date which premonition tells
us even before wo look 18T0. It seems worth
while to cull Just one brief paragraph (from
the volume of 1870).
"Let Us cease to feel so proud of our mod
ern civilization; let us cease to talk In our
scliools of the barbarism of Arabs, who burn
libraries. Barbarism has entered Into our ery
midst."
And the Bookman comments!
Does not the above have a distinctly con
temporary and up-to-date tone? It makes one
feci the futility of all that Is now being written,
since tho subject was fco adequately and ex
haustively treated 41 years ngo.
One of Art's Milestones
The effects of war fall first on tho fighters,
young men crippled, brides widowed, children
orphaned. But a burden of this war, to
which all the world falls heir, and wllich wo
must hand on to succeeding Generations, is
the loss of Rhcims Cathedral.
Precious as a storehouse of beauty, as a
symbol of tho aspiration and endeavor of
many generations of men and women, as a
milestone In the development of tho science
and art of architecture. Its loss Is mourned
with a grlof almost personal by lovers of
beauty, by the Intimates of the world of art.
Rlchird Harding Davis, who was In the
cathedral even while It was being shelled
writes: (2)
The Cathedral had been one of the most
magnificent exnmples of early Gothic archi
tecture. Fergusson called It 'perhaps the most
beautiful structure produced In the Mlddlo
Ages.' It was a structure noble in Its propor
tions, beautiful In Its exquisite detail. We
found the structuro still standing, still noble,
but the beauty was destroyed. It was like-the
carved statue of a saint from which some one
In a drunken frenzy, with a mallet and chisel,
had chopped away the features. The west fa
cade held 530 statues; they were figures of the
Virgin, saints, confessors, martyrs, apostles,
angels. They were all mutilated, chipped, bat
tered, dismembered. We picked our way among
the broken arms, hands, wings, halos of statues
that for hundreds of years, to the glory of God,
had faced the elements; our feet trod upon bits
of glass more beautiful than Jewels. What the
shells had failed to batter down, the heat of
the fire started by the shells, had deatrojed.
With your hands you could crumble a statue
Into powder.
The Tired Busineu Man
Perhaps It was that catchword about tho
tired business man which started the reac
tion, but a strong swing there certainly is In
many of the magazines toward popularizing
dramatic criticism, and being as Iconoclastic
as they please about It. Not so many years
ago. Life was practically tho only publica
tion that dared be saucy toward the glass
windows of the box office. Today, several
magazines run regular theatrical depart
ments and articles on dramatic tendencies
and the foreign theatro are frequent. The
art of acting alone receives more than half
of all the space allotted to the arts In the
current magazines. The quality of the com
ments varies with the policy of the magazine
and the ability of the writer. The Cosmopoli
tan's tono may bo Inferred from Its descrip
tion of a moving picture favorite: (3)
A pretty and appropriate pose Is that of an
Indian maiden In the forest solitudes. Ram
bling among the flowers, her face demure be
neath n rustic sunshade, or taking a siesta
In the midst of a poppy field, Ruth Roland
seems to get quite away from her professional
self, and appears as what she Is, a buoyant,
breezy wholesome daughter of the Western
Sierras.
McClure's give first place in Us January
number to a (rank analysis of "The Sweetest
Drama" (4), by Wllla Slbert Cather, In whloh
she criticises many of the current plays. In
terpreting their tendencies. She comments:
Among many of our older theatres there
lr a preference for the safe machine-mad play,
which can always be counted upon to work
Into certain dramatic situations according to
rule From the younger public, however, there
Is a swelling demand for plays with a strong
element of contemporaneousness.
Walter Frltchard Eaton dissects the devices
and artificer of the drama as pitilessly as
though be were writing with a scalpel In
stead of a pen. (5) lie calls attention to the
usefulness of telephones and French maids
and English butlers. In getting plots "aeis"
with a minimum delay to the action. He
sum it up with a 4ash of philosophy:
Did you ever stop ta think why there U so
often a deep dark villain in. tke drama? He I
tbtre because something has got ta happen to
your hio. or your hssotne, or you'll have no
drama, at least aacMdlng to orthodox ideas.
Mr. Shaw won't agree- Kow in this wort,
most of ua are our own villains, our struggle
are with ourselvea. ami our misfortune rM
more from ouMlwn fetturea. or our we&knet.
or our deleter blU. or the strive f coal, than
frees the dark plotting of an enemy. But In
the 4moa.. tbeae thing are vry bird to get
acre. hgn they are more or tas (drttui,
or at les4 InvUlble, It U. hw, enenpura-tlvejj-
ejuiy to get ewer a conteet betw two
separate and deOataety seen yewqnnlltte.
TVwefwe. the villain still purs) leer, even
in yosne ef the pUy of Ibaen.
Surrrilngy enough, U U taetwiMu the
rudlta blue eovra of to Yni JUvWw tbt
"Our Conaaoerelai Drama" U ten it twt
outrljrht champion. The ennsaptan. WUttfttoi
C. d MUto. who is a eucceanfm pfeywrifht.
rMiMUWtble (or Btromfnert," Tn WAu '
a4 other. & the public, tlnni pm-tontw
m and ill. ant at tk ism ticn goftwd
in ttoMtre muaea eojBwitna m U, e Uie
the Magazines
ground that "the drama is the only derao&
crat of nil the arts."
It Is the only art which the people tijtm
selves control, and through that control, dlrfct
If the drama Is to fulfil this baslo cdndltlofu
It must be expressed In a form that the
will accept and support. The box office, there
fore, Is tho only aure measure of the extent
to which the drama satisfies the publle ntstd.
The world Is full of poets and philosopher
trying-to get a free ride on the ar of dfarriA
without paying the fare, and they always IfroK
grieved when their transfers (rent literary
lines are not accepted.
Mr. do Mllle does not caro (or drama
leagues. Ho writes:
The professional dramatist takes Issue with
a class which, were It powerful enough, would
menace the democracy of dramatic aft at arty
hierarchy of hrnlni tends to limit progTslv
thought. The "highbrow" would take from thf
people Its right of dramatic suffrage, nfirt com
pel the public to vote for plays nominated by
the "machine"; and this method of etjjcllon
would undoubtedly corrupt drama even a It
docs politics.
Not thatNthe highbrow Is himself corrupt!
on tho contrary he Is, almost always, a per"""
of high Ideals, and altruistic instinct, but his
fnlturo Is that he Is, essentially an aristocrat,
and consequently has the desire to think for
others; whereas good plays always perform the
useful office of showing the people what they
themselves think and believe, to the end that
thsy may comprehend the meaning- and Value1
vi uicir vwn iticas.
While by no means classing them In the
same category, ho has no more sympathy
with the police "butting in" to theatres than
he has with drama leagues.
It Is Infinitely better for the public to choose
not to see Indecency on the stage than to be
prevented from seeing It. If they do choos
to see It, the act will hurt them little mpro
thon the desire, and It will more quickly eradi
cate the desire. Of course, there will always
be a level at which the police may properly act.
but It Is well to let the level be so low that It,
Is unquestionably upon tho ground of physical
Indecency, and not so high as to confuse the
function of the police with that of tb dramatic
critic.
About Troglodytes
Vogue, In Its characteristically smart
metropolitan manner, gives us an enticing;
glimpse of "On and Off Fifth Avenue," (1)
The small theatres of New York for New
York like Paris has Its bonbonnfere theatres
arc every night the rendezvous tor the Smartest
theatre audiences along Broadway, Here ara
presented the more Intimate, more sophisticat
ed, more cosmopolitan sort of plays. In these
tlny,.cxclualve Jewel boxes of theatres, every
one jlnows every one else, and It Is extremely
cosy having afternoon tea. or midnight cofteo
In m. little underground salon. The latest and
smartest addition to the New York bonbqnnlere
has been christened "The Funch and Judy ' En
tering this tiny thentro Is like entering a doll's
house. All told It contains but 300 seats.
Then there Is the Princess, which often pre
sents thrillers worthy of the Grand Oulgpol in
Paris. In one week's offering, there was one
death In the first play, two In the second, and
on In the third. In tho last, a prehistoric
painted woman piled her cunning art and wiles
to the horror and dismay of her respectable,
troglodyte sisters. In quite the manner of the
modern courtesan, showing that after centuries
human nature remains much the same.
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