W Ifw EVENING EEBGEBPHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL' 15, tOlS: mmlituJmm1mm It. Hiftt m m . l" v- 1 1EuenltJ jJHfc 5Cri0cr PUD LlG LEDGElt COMPANY crias Jr. k. crnns. rtMioixi. CturlMtl. L.idlngton.Vlce Fr.MnliJoni.C Martin, FfrrfWtir and Tr-nurr. Philip B. Collin, John It. l II I I 1 , , . KDITOntALllOAnUj ffe H. k CCRtis, Chairman. T. n. TVMAf.BY Kecutlv Hdllcr fonwe. MAttTlN. ........ .timer.! nuslneos Man Published dally At rtci.to I.irnf.n nulldin;, Independence Square, Philadelphia. I.KAor Cirreti... ,. ...... itlroml nnd CheMnut Street Att.lNtio Cjt. I'rrss-t'nlnit UulldlnK Nut Tdafc. 1T0-A, Mftfopolttan Ton-er Cntoioo. . .... 817 Home lnurnne- tlutMIng London .....8 Waterloo Mace, I'all Mall, g. W. . NEWS HUllEAUBi Wamiihoto.h ncro...... 'the I'ttit Hniimn Ntr Ton Ill'RItAO.... The Tlntri Hull. Ilnx pratt: nrttJ... r.n FHcttlchtr.A 1.0KKOM ntjsr.AB , 2 Pall Mall Kaf, f. W. fins BcitiD...... 32 Hue I.oul e (Irand SL'nSCrttPTIONTKrtVI", Hr carrlr, Daii.t OnLt, nit renin. Itv mall, nn.tnald enlftMs of tnitlndelphla, r-Aciil where fnrlcn pn-tA,. H required, Uul.Y Ost.t, one mnnlh, l-enljr-fle renin, mtrr O.-t.t, nne year, three dollar All mall nub rcrlpllona parable In advanee ? BELL, 3000 WALNUT KH S 1 0K, MAIN .1000 9 Addrvta all rnmmuntcntlotia to nicntng I.edOtr, tfidetitndente Squarr. Phlladftyliln KNTEBED IT 1MB rillMPr.l.PtlH 1-lKTortlCK in srcfl.Nn rf.A. suit. iMrrri!. rillLADUJ'lllA, -Illl'ttSDW, AI'llll. LI, 1913. it ia not the Ucletts, but the Penelopes, who hold the world together. Things (o Think r Today FIFTY years ngo Hie natlcm was In mourn tng because Lincoln was dend. Tho Soiltli mourned as writ us the Ninth, for tho South realized Hint tho groat President hold no vlndlctlvcncss In his hrart. Lincoln wns ton big for the iioity vice of rovengo and too tolerant fnr tho Ignoble emotion of hatred. Ho holds n. high place In the henrts of men of all nations, even those now at war. because of the Involuntary and In stinctive admlrntlon which we pay to a man Who can forget himself In his devotion to i frrcat cause. On this fiftieth anniversary of his death It Is well to think of theso things and profit by them. Local Option Moves on Schedule Time IOCAIi optIonl3tn won a strategic vlc 1 tory when the local option bill was re ported to the House yesterday, Instead of Tuesday night. Tho bill will now be ordered to Its second reading on next Monday, tho day fixed by tho Governor. If It had been reported on Tuesday night It would have been voted on this week, when the lliiunr lntorests think they could kill It. Hut with four or five days morn In which to work the local opMonistK are confident that they will win. Tho case with which they lmvo kept con trol of the measure thus far strengthens tho hopo that they will carry their point. Tho bill was retained In committee Just as lone as tho Governor wished It to remain there. It was reported out at thn tlmo which ho selected and the voto on lis second reading Will bo taken In accordance with his pro gram. It Is morally certain that nil thnso on whose support ho Is fountliif will lino up on tho roll call and he counted on tho right side. Experienced politicians in ItnrrlshiUK are discovering that Dr. UrumbnuRli is him self a politician of no mean ability and un derstands the arts of persuasion and tho science of popular nppenl. And they nro learning, also, that when he pledged him self to local option In the campaign bo meant what he said. It Looks Like a Skirmish CAN It bo thnt tills campaign against tho Hlggs National Hank has been started to provo to tho country that Icgitlmato busi ness has nothing to fear from the Democ racy? Or is its purpose to demonstrnto to the Bryan Democracy that tho Administra tion Is not afraid of tho money power and dares call to book a national bank nlllllatcd with another one of the biggest national banks' In the country? The presumption, of course, is thnt tho Rlggs bank Is Innocent of tho offenses which Comptroller Williams charges it with, and It must bo regarded as Innocent until It la proved guilty. This Is its constitutional right. The burden of proof rests upon tho Comptroller. Whlto tho case Is awaiting settlement every business man will bo curious to know whether this Is really tho first gun In tho campaign of 1916, Political Topsy-turviness THE position of Organization Coiinclltnen scorns to bo .that they nro In favor of iiny good housing law that will not nssuro good housing. In this respect thoy differ In direction only from tho eminent village philosopher who solemnly averred that ho was against strong drink but In favor of whisky. Necessity a Goad to Prosperity THERE la no monopoly in trado herotoforo enjoyed by Germany that tho exigencies of tho present should not convert Into American supremacy. Cheap mineral dyes are not out of reach of our Industrial capacity. Thero aro natural monopolies, It la true, which seem to bo beyond our power at acquisition; yet, oven so, tho scurclty of potash, for Instance, has given a new Im pulse to search for an American substitute, Which had resulted In a treatment of sea weed which may prove practical, and In Utah ores rich In potash have been dis covered. Necessity continues to be tho mother of Invention. A long war will compel us. Whether we wish It or not, to secure our own upplles of raw or other mnterlals of which We are now depiived. A famine In any com modity breeds Invention and energy. That the great conflict means some now Industries In America and the great expansion of Others Is very clear. It cannot bo otherwise. "Cotton am king and I are got It," said an Alabama planter before tho Clvl) War. This 1 practically the only great notion of the World now engaged' In Froduotlve manu facture, which will tend as the war continues tp become more embraclva. Tho rebound to prosperity, therefore, has fcnly Just begun. We are on the threshold at a new era, Ho much bigger than any era YVhleh has preceded It that the national Imagination Is staggered. The Real Yellow Peril YEIIOW JOURNALISM menaces the United States more seriously than any etfcer yellow peril. That yarn about the min ing of Turtle Ray Jn Lower California by the Japanese and the landing of tons of ammunition is about aj credible as the Nev York Herald April fool hoax about the escape of all the animals from the Cen tral 1'ark Zoo. A Japaneee warship ran aground in Turtle Bay In December and ctbcr slUjw hve been snt Uwro to see viliat tly uW da to- s-ne her. Thoy havo t not tho necessary apparatus for tho rescuo nnd nro said to bo waiting for It. This Is all thero appears to bo to tho sensational report that tho Japanese havo seized Turtle Ray nnd nro fortifying It. Lower California has been productive of moro yellow peril sensations than any other part of North America, and whenever a Japanese ship appears thero tho yellow ling Is run up nomewhero and nn attempt Is made to color the whole western sky with saffron. Hut tho sun still sinks In n glow of led nnd gold Just as It did before nity one began to ilream of Japanese naval bases on thn Parllle coast of Atncrlrn. Hrumbaughlsm Succeeds Hlgolowlsm WITH tho appointment of Robert J. Cun nlngham as Commissioner of HlRliways the Governor has definitely ended tho era of Ulgrlowlint In the Highway Department. Mr. Cunningham Is a capable business ex ecutive. UN connection ulth tho Oliver wing of tho party in Allegheny county doos not illsminllfy hint for service to tho Stale, but his occupancy of tho important ofltco to which ho has been appointed doc.f mean that ho must tint servo tho politicians with whom lif Im.i been bletitllled. Tlu business of tho Highway Department Is to build and main tain iTOids, not political mnrlilnes. Governor Urunibaugli has let the poli ticians tindPtt.-tattd thnt the hlghwoy policy in tn be under his direct supervision, and Hint the men who nro to assist him In carrying It nut must glvo evidence of ofll cloiiry. The chief engineer of tho depart ment. William f) filler, of this city, will supply tho technical skill In road building nnd repair: Mr. Cunningham will look after the business administration of tho bureau nnd tlu Governor himself will superintend the general scope and plan of tho work to be done. This seems to be n good program for mak ing better roads. Anil It I" the best way to slrencthen the party In the State. When It has been proved In the Highway Depart ment that tho Administration believes thnt pub'lt: money should be spent for tho benefit of tho whole commonwealth and t.ot for the enrichment of a few politicians, It may bo thnt tho same, excellent rule can bo enforced In other departments. Rut whether this de slrablo result Is reached or not, wo nro to have as good highways as It Is possible for the Governor to secure with tho money available. He pledged himself to bring this about ami he Is preparing tn keep hli word. A Teetotal Dam The great current slogan against rum Is that It Is the oncm or elllclene lltil Is It possible to coiigrntulntc the Presi dent on tho elllcleney of his two teetotal Secretaries? furious to say, they ate the. Irnst elllelent members of Ills Cabinet. If tho argument fnr elllcleney rested on them. It would full In a heap. Life. WHY confuso efllelency and tho two tee total Secretaries? It Is quito obvious thnt they would not bo one whit morp ef ficient or' less ebullient If they were sam plers for till the distilleries and breweries In the country. Pnindextcr as a Progressive Progressive SBNATOR ROINDEXTRR. of Washington, dlstliiguls.hed ns a Progressive, when that wing of the Republlcnu party was flapping by Itself, has concluded, after due tefloctlon, that If the paity wishes tn fly, both wings must llnp together. Therefore, ho has given out a statement that the Republicans can easily defeat the Democrats In l!Ufi If tho division disappears, and ho Is confident that tho reunited party will be Just as ptngros slvo as tho rrogresslvo wing of It was two years ago. The Senator states the case witli admirable precision. Every practicable principle In tho last Progressive platform can be contained in the next Republican platform, and those Progiesslvo planks which am vicious can bo left out. The Progressives aro rapidly de serting their castles In the nlr. nnd are lin ing up nn tho solid ground of common sense nnd political wisdom, preparatory to mnklng their voting effective next year. Why Not Let Her? THAT 12-year-old girl who is being ex ploited, not ns a child prodigy, but ns an Illustration of what every mother can do with her daughter, snys: 'T didn't like Now York nnd I will be glad to get away from Philadelphia. I want to get homo and bo let nlono," This Is a wholesomo indication that sho Is still unspoiled nnd has tho nnlural lo pugnanco of a child to being exhibited. Why not lot her go homo nnd bo let nlono? Is thero not war enough In Europo without tho Portuguese revolutionists trying to stir up moro trouble? No other community envies Rcnn Its pe cullnr distinction as tho great licensing centre for progressive polygamy. Camden County has decided to spend $19,000 for live now bridges, but not ono of them Is tn bo over tho Delaware. Rethlehcm Steel filial cs- ought to remind prudent persons that thero Is considerable risk In attempting to rldo ci a skyrocket. Either tho managers' of tho Rlggs Natlonnl Rank nro not fit for their Jobs or thero should bo a new Comptroller of tho' Cur ropey. It did not tnko tho recurronco of tho an niversary of tho Governor's birth to eon vlnco tho Hnrrlsburg politicians that ho was not born yesterday. Captain Thlcrfeldcr wonts to bo known as one of tho kindest hearted men who over scuttled a ship, for ho saved even tho cats from tho vessels that ho sank. Premier Vivian! of Franco says that Ger man militarism must bo crushed, ns If that were not what tho Allies have been trying to do for the past eight months, Tho Baltimore newsboys who gavo to tho President a permit certifying that ho is old enough to sell newspapers In Maryland roally Intended to compliment him. Mr. Beverldga says that It Is easier to get to a battlefield In Poland than to a ball game In Indianapolis, which shows how In adequate the Indianapolis "rapid" transit system Is. When the Postmaster General decides that the patofllcQ may accept parcels for delivery without prepayment of postage It will be easy and Inexpensive to play practical Jokes upon your friend's. The predicament In which the British Par liament finds Itself la almost as perplexing as that which distracted Hamlet, "To pro hibit or not to prohibit; that's the question; whether to endure the evils of too much booze or out It out and hope that it will end the malingering of the Indolent work men." and so on, in the elegant diotlon of the immortal William, GERMANS RESUME DRIVE FOR WARSAW New Bombardment of Ossowetz Mrty Mean Finnl Attempt to Capture Railroads, Drive Russians From Wnrsnw and Relieve Auatrians. FRANK H. SIMONDS RUSSIAN reports of new nrtlllcry oper ations by tho Oermnns nbout Ossowel3 call attention ngiiln to the most ambitious of recent German strategical oiUtircs In tho cast, a Venturo which was suspended rather than abaiiduned because of weather condi tions about three weeks ngo. Conceivably tho new nrtlvlly fore shadows a fltinl attempt to get Warsaw and take tho lino of tho Vistula ns a per manent defensive position tn the cast. Look nt any good-sized map of Russian Poland and It will bo sern thnt somo B0 miles south and east of tho German fron tier, mill following It, Is thn Pctrogrnd WnisnW Rnllrnail. South of this and con verging upon it is tho Moscow-Wnisnw Railroad. Theso railroads nro tho life lines of the groat Russian nrmy defending tho Polish capital, on tho Itaum-Ra-vn lino, a few miles to the west.' On two occasions the Germans have at tempted to take Warsaw by nn ntlvanco from tho west. The first time they woro defeated almost within the city limits mill driven to the frontier. Tho second tlmo thoy were brought to a halt nt the Rztrni River, In December, nnd held thoro from December to April. Third Attempt Fulls Lato In February they mnde n third at tempt In get to Wnrnaw, nnd this tlmo they planned tn inon j,butb from J'lnst Prussia and cut the Pet rograd -Warsaw and the Mosrow-Worsaw railroads east nf Warsaw, This would compel the Russians to evacu ate Warsaw nnd go back from the Vistula tn the Rug. Tho Germans would thon hold tho Vistula lino from East Prussia tn Ga llcla, and holding It could send troops to l'rnnco nnd to aid tho Austrlans. When this drlvo began the 10th Russian Army was In East Prussia, strung along tho MiiKtirlan ljiikes and slowly working west toward Insterburg. This army wits defeated, completely routed and iVFlvcn east nnd south inward the Petrogrnd-Wnrsaw Railroad, To reach tho railroad, however, the Ger mans had still to break through tho Nle-men-Ilobr-.Vnrew barrier, a series of forts nnd fortified towns stretching from Kovno to Novo Georgievsk on a bro.ld semi circle 2i0 miles long. This bnnler fol lowed tho eastern nnd southern banks of theso rivers. Iletween tho rivers swamps and forests mnko the rounlry ditllcult for military operations, and wherever mads or railways crossed the line thn Russians have constructed forts. Kovno, Giodno, I.omza. Ossowetz, Ostrolnnka and Novo Gcorglovsk nro nmong the most consldcrnblo of these. The Germans advanced In threo col umns, the first tnwnnl Grodno, the second toward Ossowetz, the third upon Novo Georgievsk. The first actually penetrated the line nt Grodno, but under pressure fell back upon Suwnlkl and Atigustown, where It still stands. The third, after taking Prznsnysz, bnlf way between tho German frontier nnd Novo Georgiovsk, was driven out of It by Itusslan corps called up from Warsaw. The other, the central column, approached Ossowoti:, covering tho point whero the railroad from Koenlgsberg to Illelostnk passes the Russian border line. Heavy artillery, tho famous -12-centi-mette guns, were brought up, nnd Osso wetii was bombarded for tunny days. Hut presently Russian ofliclnl reports noted tho withdrawal of thn artillery; the wholo Ger tunn offensive ceased. Tho failure was In terpreted as meaning' that weather condi tions, the coming of tho spring thaw, had piovonted pushing the attack. May Ho Final Dnah Tho new activity may moan that the weather conditions have sulllclently im proved for tho Germans to risk ono moro drlvo, ono moro effort to tnko Warsaw, I.Ike tho operations of February, tho pres ent operation would then menu nn attempt to cut tho Potrogrnd-Wnrsaw nnd tho Moscow-Warsaw railroads. At Ossowotz thoy aio within 20 miles of tho former. It is equally eoncelvablo that the Ger- PUNCH'S APOLOGY TO LINCOLN YOU lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier. You, who, with mocking pencil, wont to trace Droad for tho self-complacent UiIUhIi sneer, Hla length of shambling limb, his furrowed face, His gaunt, gunrlcd hands, his unkempt, bris tling hair, His garb uncouth, his bearing 111 at case, Ills luck of nil wo prize as debonair, Of power or will to shine, of art to please, You. whoso smart pon backed up the pencil's laugh, Judging each step ns though tho way were plain, Reckless, so It could point Its paragraph, Of chief's perploxlty or people's pain Rfuldo this corpse (hat bears for winding sheet Tho Stars and Stripes ho lived to rear nncw, Between the mourners at his head nnd feet. Say. ectirrllo Jester, Is thero room for you? Yes. ho had lived to shame mo from my sneer, To Inmo my pencil, and confute my pen; To make mo own this hind of Trlncea peer, This rail-splitter, a true-born king of men, My shallow Judgment I hod learned to rue, Noting how to occneion's height he rose. How his quaint wit made homo truth seem more true, How, iron-like, his temper grew by blows; How humble, yet how hopeful, ho could boj How, In good fortune and In 111, the same; Nor bitter in success, nor boasUtul he, Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fame. He went about his work Bush work as few Ever had laid on head and heart and hand As one who knows, where there's a task to do, Man's hontwt will must Heaven's good grace command; ' Who trusts the strength vvljl with the burden grow, That God makes Instruments to work His will, If but that will we can arrive to know, Nor tamper with the weights of good and 111. So he went forth to battle on the side That he felt clsar was Liberty'; and Right's, Aa In bis peasant boyhood be had piled ill warfare wlb "uJ Nature' thwattloj might . " JERE, GEORGE, YOU'RE VIOLATING H'AMERICAN NOOTRALITYl'J mans nro moroly attempting to draw Rus slnn attention from Gallcla nnd to forco tho Russians tn divert to northern Poland troops thnt might givo the deciding blow In tho Carpathians. I'ressuro In tho north might easily compel u slackening of Rua slnn effort far to tho south. Rut if Ossowetz Is n moro demonstration, then nt its close it will bo necessary to record tho failure of the whole .German winter campaign In the east. This cam paign hud two objectives: llrst, to destroy Russian military strength, ns tho August nnd September campaigns aimed at "dis posing of Franco"; second. If Russia could not be ci lished, to get Warsaw and the Vistula line, and, having conquered Poland and obtained an admirable defonslvo posi tion, to go west in the spring. Germuns' Efforts Fruitless Two great victories, tho Mozurinn hakes and I.odz, tho Germans won, but thoy wore defeated nnd checked nt the Rstura. .Their losses havo been tcrilfle, and they' havo neither won a decision nor acquired tho Vistula Hue. Indeed, their best efforts wero lusufllclent to prevent the caplitro of Przemysl by tho Russians and tho ndvnnco through tho Carpathians. Tho operation against Ossowetz, then, Is of real Interest to the whole world audi ence, whether It is ono moro tremendoiiH offensivo drive or collapses presently, nnd In collapsing demonstrates German failure In tho east, after ono of tho most' colossal campaigns In military history. RAILROAD NOUGHT FOR $1 I'rnm the KannH City Star, Hem's how tho Kansas Southwestern IJall rotul, tiO miles long, between .Vrkansus City anil Caldwell, Kan , was hold u few months nKo fnr 31 Tim rniid was owned Jointly by the Atchison, Topeka mid Santa I'V and the St. I.ouls and San Kinnelsco railroads. It was badly Involved mid tn poor phvslcnl condition. The Kansas .State Public Utilities Commission had Just issued nn outer thnt l.'AOOO should tin spent to put it in better condition. R. P. Ftliiley, president of the Santa Ko, and W. It, Hidille, ono of tho three receivers for tho Frisco, met to talk over what wns to bo done about the commission's new order. "How would you like, to buy tho rood?" Mr. Riddle nsked. "I'll naino a price, glvo or take," Mr, Ripley said. "Go abend," thn Fr! -co receiver said. "Ono dollar," Mr. rtlpley responded. "I'll tnko It," Mr. Illddlo sunpped. Ami that's tho way tho Snntn Fe acquired full tltlo to tho ownership of the branch load. Tho story eamo out when n Santa Fo official told It at tho John AV. Weeks luncheon. Tljo uncleared forest, tho unbroken soil, Tho Iron bark that turns tho lumberer's axe, Tho rapid thut o'crhcars tho boatman's toll, The prairie, hiding the mazed wanderer's tracks. The ambushed Indian and the prowling bear Such -wero the needs that helped his youth to train: Rough culture but such tiecs large fiult may bear, If but their stocks bo of right girth and grain. So he grew up, a destined work to do, And lived to do it: four lons-suffcrliig years' Ill-fate, Ill-feeling, III. report, lived through, And then he heard the hlssea changed lo cheers, The taunts to tribute, the abuso to praise, And took both with the patno unwavering mood; Till, as he enmo on light, from darkling days, And seemed to touch the goal from where ne stood, A felon hand, between the goal and him, Reached from behind his back, a trigger pressed And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Tho-o gaunt, long-laboring limbs were laid to rest. The words of mercy were upon his lips, Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen, When this vile murderer brought swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on earth, good will to men. The Old World and the New, from sea to sea, Utter one voice of sympathy and shame. Sore heart, so stopped when It at last beat bight Sad life, cut short Just as Its triumph came! A deed accursed! Strokes have been struck before By the assassin's hand, whereof men doubt If moro of horror or disgrace they bore; Rut thy foul crime, like Cain's, stands darkly out, Vile hand that brandest murder on a strife, Whate'er Its grounds, stoutly and nobly strlvun, And with the martyr's crown, crownwt a life With much to praUe. little to be forgiven. -Tom Taylor, in Punch, Ufa. 7 mSSi bM T1HCRK aro n great many flaws In tho American tlioutiu. Theio aro n, great many angles from which Its art mid Its or ganization may bo attacked, and justly at tacked. Even tho theatrical manager himself can't bo blamed for objecting to the bank ruptcy which threatens him moro hud moro each season. Rut tho fastidious playgoer, facing high prices and rather uninteresting fare, has tho simplest case. Ho doesn't get tho plays ho wants, nnd ho has to pay for those ho never sees. Tho "long-run" theatro can't cater to the man who would like a little Ibsen, Hclinltssler, Hnuptmnnn or Wilde. If ho craves dramatic entertainment ho must bo content with "Kick In" and occasional bursts of Shaw. And when he pays M cents to. $2 for a ticket to a popular success ho Is also paying for two or three failures which ho may havo been fortunate enough not to see. Tho Undemocratic Theatre Moreover, thero Is something besides high prices 'and uniisked-for plays to mako tho most democratic of tho arts undemocratic. Tho American audiences have no deliberate participation either In tho choosing of tho plays they seo or tho financing of their pro duction. Theirs is only a very limited choice of what some other people arrange for them. Theirs Is only the privilege of buying a pig in a poko. This condition lias been ended In Ktirnpc. Tho playgoer of Merlin has been made a re sponsible part of tho theatre business. And now n man who was a considerable factor In tho readjustment comes to Phllndelphla Fri day to demonstrate a similar project for America. His name is Kinnuucl Relcher, nnd ho will givo three performances .it tho l.lttlo Theatro of "John Gabriel Rorkman," ns ho bos acted the play In Now York for what ho calls "Tho Modern Stage." Tho prototypo of this organization began Hfo In isnn. Through 23 years' It has waxed and waned, disbanded and icorgnnized, until tho "None Frelo Volksbuehne," of Berlin Is now a great democratic society of CO.O00 members, owning a new nnd beautiful the atre, whero only tho best and most Inter esting of classic and current plays aro acted. Max Rclnbnrdl, Germnny'H greatest theatro director, has crowned Its success by accept ing tho management of tho now playhouse. Ibsen nt Tvvcnty-fivo Cents Tho distinction of this theatro Is not that its repertory includes tho best, tho oldest, tho nowest, tho most romurknble, of drnrqatlc literature. Its real distinction is that It gives theso plays at a cost to Its patrons of a mark (23 cents) a performance, whllo It arranges with n dozen other theatres to admit Its members to special .performances at tho samo price. This Is accomplished without a finan cial deficit or bad acting. The secret of Uio success of tho "Freo Peo plo's Theatro" Is Its organization. It has members IpBtcnd of nn audience. Theso 00,000 pcoplo dccldo beforo tho season begins that they will subscribe tho sum of 13 or 14 marks for 13 or 11 productions of a certain character of plays. Tho director and cnmmltteo of management, us well ns "past performances," nro tho gunrantco to tho subscribers of the sort of plays to conic, Tho subscription sys tem Is n guarantee to tho manngemont pf full houses. On this bnsls tho directors can ellmlnnto speculative wastes nnd cut tho cost of production to n minimum. Thero aro no "failures." That la all. The Beginninp; Tho Free Tcople's Theatre began with pro found modesty. We may Btudy that begin ning nnd that modesty at first hand in Eman ual Relcher's "Modern Rtngo." Hero is the statement of nlms, on tho basis of which ho solicited subscriptions to his season In Now York: Flrpt. The performances will take place once every month, If possible on certain evenings, In a New York theatro containing not more than 1200 seats. Tliei plays will bo porformed In English. Second. Tho repertory wilt be International and each evening will be devoted to a differ ent author. Tho plays will be such as have either not been presented In America nt nil or only very seldom. Tolstoy, Ibsen, Haupt mann, Tchechow, Courtlaln. Hoffmannsthal, Bernard Shaw, Schnltzler, Strlndberg, Oscar Wilde and Wedeklnd are among the writers whom I have In mind. Third. The scenic presentation of each work will be simple, but adequate and suit able. The actors will be capable of repre senting psychologically profound characters and have enough enthusiasm to mako some sacrifices to the high artistic aim of the enterprise. Fourth. Subscribers only will be admitted to the performances. Each subscriber may apply for one or more tickets, but only 'for all five performances, which will take place In the months of January, February. March, April and May of MIS. Fifth. The price will be 13. f-V an4 U Sixtb. About 109 seats will be reserved for sw . ' m ORGANIZING THEAUDIENCE What Emanuel Reicher's "Modern Stage" Is Trying to Do B?i America Its Berlin Prototype Where Ibsen and Shaw Cost Workingmen a Quarter a Performance. By KENNETH MACGOWAN. guests of honor and another 100 seats forthV purpose, of giving free admission to nrt-lovn' joutig pcoplo who cannot afford to subscribe,' Tho Freo Pcoplo's Theatre began a modul season of Sunday night performances ff a hired playhouse. On theso evenings IT could obtain the service of actors who'wefT profitably engaged In the other BerlS" houses. Mr. Relcher hns found it poitlbi? to employ disengaged actors, clvo Derform" ances on weekday nights, and even YliJll other cities, such as Philadelnhla. Thn Km. Hit venture grew rapidly through good rej port, until the large membeishlp necessitate!! moro nnd more performances and finally thl hiring of a permanent company nnd a mm niauent theatre. The New York critics hW? already reported favorably on Mr, Relcher! productions of Hauptmann's "Riga" and lis sen's "John Gabriel Rorkniiin," and tho U- rector Is looking forward lo next season'. subscription list. ' Tlio Hkntith wlin ilniililci Hint llin nprfnrm. ances at the l.lttlo Theatre Friday and'SatS urdny may be tho forerunner or great thlnfi for tho American playgoer should read the history of tho Berlin venturo as H. K, Mod' erwell has recorded it In the best hook t written rilinut flirt mnilern drntiin. "Thfl ThUfi utro of Today." The Free People's Theatrfl has Hone more tlin.ii achieve tho llnancia. miracle of giving Gerinnn wm kinsmen tin finest plnys nt a price within their means It has made tho audience muster of the piaj3 house, a icsponslblc part of the greatest and most democratic Instrument of art REASONS FOR THE JITNEYf It Offers Employment to Men and Profit to Capital. Tho rapid spread of tho Jitney Idea is. not unrelated to tho subject of unemployment. At least that Is ono of tho partial explanation? and runs ns follows: ".Many of the bus operaj tors aro men who havo tinned to this wotl because hard times have thrown theni out otj n Job, and they havo leaned to tho cajlMti thing In sight. Many of these men a few monlhil ago held fair positions positions gooj cnoiiin to cnablo them to support n Binnll motorcar. When tho depression came they found tliecv selves out of work nnd a second-hnnd'automtM bllo on their hands the easiest thing In sW waw tho bus business, which nt least promlM to cnablo them to corn cnoush to support themselves." Then, ngaln, women's Invasion of men's occu; patlous may have something to do with It. 14 many cities women aro numbered anions' tnjl Jltnoy chauffeurs. From Haltlmore comta tkil Information: "Miss Sarah Henderson, a younj girl of 22, who opened tho Jitney service jg Raltlmoro February 1. must be awarded tt credit for Introducing tho movement Into w Knst. Sho Is already refened to as 'The Jan-M Girl." Miss Henderson decided that Bullimojj was in need of a Bcrvlee which had proved 14 successful In the West. Sho has put her im fortuno of JSOOO into the ventuie. engaged htj brother unon a stnted salarv as business IB?! ngor and has resumed her studies In a mulc4 i.iH school, confident that her Investment will JkJ ,nl. - .1, . nlcl Al9 BO ner a gooa revenue, uno juuey bin mm plan to compete with the street car eetYlSB but to supplement It. Her cars make a enfl run so quickly as to bo greatly appredatjlji by persons In a hurry. Upon her present CM rangement they mako four round trips oijl blocks every hour." WORK IS HAItMLESS W.,,.t, .nrA l,,-f ci.iv nnA it it lVAS OnlY tfOii enough and deep enough In Its claims on UI55i nature. Our cxtVemcly lopg-llved men nasi nltvnvH ftf.A.1 v.rv liiinl workers. POPS. rj!l XIII, who died at 03; Humboldt, who died Mia Gladstone and Vlrchow, octogenarian", i- ua amples In our time, ,S Is It any wonder that a physician " ''S patient when people talk about thq men 5J women oi our senerauou iiuiiik " - ; vjj they aio exhausting vitality? The H0UD2 Is they do not do enough. Their ln,er"w.S so few and bo superficial that a lot of ""!l that ought to be used up In good work 14 lBJ Bipaieq wunin inemseivea uuu uu . -,. greater harm than would any possible "JJJS1 of work that they might try to accotspiJJI with It. James J. Walsh. LIFE FROM DEATH Had one ne'er seen the miracle Of Maytlme from December born, Who would havo dared the, tale to ten That 'nenth ice-rldges slept the cornr White death lies deep upon the hills, . .. ... l.a rMr,ns gO, Will lliuuillllfiil nil "US" " ""--' ,il. I The exulting wind, with freath that ebUii,? Shouts triumpn to ine-unreonie My Btudy window show me whero On hard-fouuht fields the summer oia. R banners now are stripped and bare Of even autumn's fading pride. Yet on the gust that surges by. I read a pictured promise; soon The itorm of earth and frown or " I,..!. -lt. fn.n li.Vll.fll .IllflA. jumv ivw m,. ..--" a.vslt.3 JUaot Juln 6 jj
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