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EVENING- EKDaER-PHILADErPHIA; SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1915:
BALDWINS GETS BIG
MUNITION ORDER
2dSftI Plant Will Turn Out
arge Supply Demanded by
Jbord. Kitchener;
ADMIRER OF SHA W GETS HAIR CUT AND
BLACK EYE FOR HISSING NOYES
And Thus Do the Fdltowera of the Poet Who Called' the Great
Irishman "a Fool, Ignorant and Contemptible" Avenge
Alleged Insult at University of Pennsylvania,
PATERSON ON PARADE
IN "BILLY'S" HONOR
"All the shells that Ilia Bethlehem
work turn out In one day often do not
last rhy gunner at the front more than
ti hour,"
This sharp rebuke, reported to have
come hot over the cables recently from
LrtJ Kitchener, hfts been followed by a
vast- Increase In contracts given by the
British Government to mUnltlon-produc-in
plants In this country. Tho Baldwin
Locomotive Works has received a large
order either directly or as a subcon
tractor of the Bethlehem Steel Company,
hd hAS transformed Its old cylinder de
partment In the main plant In this city
Into a machine shop for shells. The
cylinder department Is being- removed to
Kddy.tone.
Fifty thousand shrapnel shells a day
and W.ChM one-pounders a day this Is
the supply that Is demanded of America
In the new contracts. The plant at Beth
lehem can take care of nil the one-pounders',
Tml only 12,000 shrapnel shells can
bd turned out there dally, so It was nec
essary to call upon other manufactories to
supply 38,000 shrapnel shells a day. The
Baldwin works Is said to have contracted
to supply a largo proportion of this
W.00O.
There, wsa every sign of exceptional
activity In the cylinder room ftt Baldwin's
today,- Two hundred men at least were
employed, and It ,va. said to be a com
paratively ask task to Instnl the machin
ery for shcll-maklttK.
Other plants which share the contracts,
or -sub-contracts, with tho Baldwins. In
cludq the Carpentler steel plant, at Bend
Inc; the lngersoll, at Easton; tho Car
rieglc shops, at Pittsburgh, and a number
of plants In New England. After being
machln'ed the shells are shipped to rted
dilution, where, on Its proving grounds tho
Bethlehem company has established a
fuse factory, the shells are loaded.
GIRLS LOAD SHELLS.
About 1000 girls, men and boys nro cm
ployed at tho loading plant, and tho forco
will soon be Increased to MO. Strangely
r epoush, little girls are n particularly Im
portant factor In the loading of the death
dealing shells. For the work of handling
tho powder and placing It In tho shells
they arc especially well adapted by na
ture, better adapted than men or boys, ns
theyiaro more minutely careful, more dcl
lcnto of touch and less likely to cause
accidents.
Lord Kitchener's order for shrapnel
shells has been Increased lrom 6,000,000 to
at least 30,000,000. and his contracts with
Bethlehem have risen to more than 1100,
000,000. In addition he has placed an order
for lyddite shells, which were used as n
last recourse In the Boer war nnd spelled
vlotory. They nre England's reDlv to tha
use of chlorine gas shells by the Ger
mans. One million of these shells, four inches
In, diameter, are to be delivered nt the
rate of 4000 a day for tho next 150 days.
They are hollow, explode on contact and
have terrible effect. Captain Fcott, a
British ordnance officer who Is at Beth
lehem as an Inspector of the lyddite
shells, has made tests. Seven cows, scat
tered over an acre, were all killed by a
elnglo shell which was dropped In their
midst without hitting any of them.
So powerful Is the explosive that tho
crucioio steei sncn does not burst Into
A Shavian who hissed Alfred Noyes, the
English poet, had a close hair cut ad
ministered by fellow-students at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania under tho cover
of darkness, and other Shavians are said
to have had n close shave getting away
from tho avengers of the poet.
The victim of the poet's admirers, who
takes his experience good naturedly al
though he has a black eye and wears his
hat closely pulled down over his head
now-ls flalph Cheyney, son of frof. Ed
ward P. Cheyney, of the department of
ni.tory. ne in a freshman In the arts
department. The hissing occurred In
Houston Kail Thursday afternoon, when
Mr. Noyes called George Bernard Shaw
"a fool, Ignorant and contemptible." This
was followed by applause and a few hisses
from Shaw's admirers.
ThO Imnrnmnttt tnnanrlat (,aalnunf nt
the hissers' leader happened last night.
Cheyney, according to his own story, was
called from a meeting of the Phllo
mathean Society to the basement of Col
lege Hall, on the ruse that he was wanted
on tho telephone, While he was In the
booth a band of masked figures entered,
seised him, forced a gag Into his mouth
nnd blindfolded him. They carried him to
the library steps, where a pair of scissors
nnd a clipper wero produced. His hair
was cropped closely.
When Cheyney was released ho followed
his erstwhile captors. In an attempt to
recognise them, and was "punched In tho
eye" for his trouble. They made their
escape before nn alarm could bo given.
Tho student paper, the Ponnsylvanlan.
yesterday published n letter signed by J.
Vaughn Merrick, captain of the crew,
apologizing to Mr. Noyes for Cheyney's
action. And, although ha2lng Is forbidden
at the university, It la whispered about
tho campus that moro haircuts and may
be some shaves will bo administered.
Entire City Pays Homage to
Strenuous Baseball Evangelist.
NON-FICTION OF SPRING OUTPVA
BOOKS ON THE DRAMA AND PRINTED
PLAYS FOR READER AND PLAYGOER
The Drama Summed Up
ANOTHER RED LETTER
DAYFORNARBERTH
Ground Broken for "Narbrook,"
Combination of Park and
Suburban Development.
DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE,
BOY TRIES TO END LIFE
Today is tho second red-letter day In
the history of Nnrberth. Just a year ago
this Main Line suburb astonished Phila
delphia and nearby communities with a
historical pageant that eclipsed anything
of tho kind ever produced by a suburban
town. This afternoon ground was broken
for "Narbrook" tho combination of park
and model suburban residence rlevelnn.
ment, which bids fair to further Nnr
berth's fast growing reputation for civic
achievements,
This ncwcBt project, llko tho pageant,
wnB originated and fostered by tho Nar
borth Civic Association. It was made
possible by the co-opcratlvo efforts of
a number of Narbcrth's most Influen
tial citizens and a few residents of other
towns who, having learned of tho plan,
rendlly agreed to lend their support and
assistance.
ThO Ceremonies thin nftirnnnn Morn
held on Windsor avenue, at a point
that will mark the southern entrance to
"Narbrook." They were in charge of
George M. Henry, burgess of Nnrberth,
and president of tho Civic Association,
wno is Known as "tho father of the plan."
Tho chief guest of honor was Mayor
Blankonburjr, who assisted Burgess
Henry in breaking the ground for this
unlquo project. Others taking part In tho
ceremonies wero A. J. Loos, chairman of
wie i-nr Development Committee of the
Civic Association; Secretory Sullivan, of
nuuuroan metropolitan rlann nc
Victim Shoots Himself When
15-year-old Girl Refuses to
Marry Without Consent.
An 18-year-old boy, who loved a 13-year-old
girl whom ho could not marry,
walked from his homo to a nearby sand
pile nnd shot himself In the right temple.
Ho llos between llfo nnd death nt tho
L'plscopnl Hospital.
Tho boy, John Wltacka, lived with his
mother at !m East Madison Btrcet. Tho
Rlrl is Lurlo Kurawaka, of 32J5 East
Thompson street. For a year they had
been friends. Wllncka pressed tho girl
to marry him nnd she was willing enough,
If there had been no objections raised.
Theso objections wero raised by Wlt
ackn's mother. Sho said tho girl was too
young, nnd Luclo refused to marry un
less John's mother nnd her own parents
would consent.
Wltacka worked at tho sheet-Iron plant
of David Luptln & Sons, Allegheny nve
mio nnd Welkel street. Last night, when
ho enmo homo to supper, ho was moody
mici irii me nouse nt 10 o'clock. His
mother heard the shot nnd ran out
screaming. Pollcemnn Ehrsman picked
llnclcn up nnd rushed him to tho Epla
copnl Hospital. It Is believed that ho
cannot recover.
ALFRED It. H0UCK DIKS
OF SUDDEN ILLNESS
tho
Commission, and representatives of the
Main Line Citizens' Association, tho
juenon uivio Association, tho Hala
Cynwyd Neighborhood Club, the Wayne
Improvement Association, the Colwyn As
sociation nnd tho Hldley Park Civic Asso
ciation. In addition to tho residents, nil of whom
must comply with various building re
strictions, "Narbrook" will Include espe
cially mndo drives, walks, trees, shrubs,
plants, a lnke and an onen-nlr rnmm
with natural stage settings for outdoor
piays, pageants,
OtC. Thtt rvintrnnf fnw
inis oiaoornio landscape development has
already been let. and Alexander r. simnri
fragments, but explodes into nn Impal- J.r- tno. contractor, h Is in charge of
paoie powder, dealing death within 50
yards of where It strikes and often fatnl
within a radius of 100 yards.
To' Increase the capacity of the steel
company to furnish 60,000 shells a day,
nnother shrapnel building Is to bo erected,
$00 feet long and MO feet wide. It will be
fif 'led In a month. In this bulldlmr
i from 10.000 to 12,000 shells a day
k turned out at Bethlehem.
a'O opera singer sues
FRENCH PLAYEHS' LEADER
Mme. Bedo Fell in Love When Ho
Played "Napoleon."
Jeanne Maubourg Bede, who has ap
peared before Philadelphia audiences in
numerous contralto roles with the Metro
polltan Onera Comninv. hnn .uxt h
husband, Claude Bede, for a divorce. Her
husband, whoso stage name Is Claude
Benedict, Is the director of the French
Drama Society Players nnd has enter
tained local playgoers.
Mme. Bede obtained a separation In the
Supreme Court of New York last Febru
ary while her husband was In France.
They were married In February, 1011. In
JJ"-y C,ty' Mme- Dede declared that
She fell in love with Bede when Bhe saw
him play Napoleon, Recently he
triumphed aa Champignac, the married
flirt in Sarrtnn'n "Pnr,iri
StrA When Bede was notlned of the suit he
asm iu nave exclaimed'
"J am ft gallant man. I will salute her,
tna Wife I love so dearlv. v ,h..i.
Bho has brought against me this cruel
demand. I love my wife very much, and
though she has made me so very unhappy
I Will preserve In my heart forever only
the memory of her sweetness,"
Tho lawyer who served the papers
stated that Bede also said that his wife
had acted her married life as she would
have played It on the stage.
Madame Maubpurs Bede has sung Lola.
S, cv.Bllerla Bustlcana," siebel in
Bi"e!J .? In "Othello." Phenlce In
cftEii" and Beatr,w '" "L" on
tho work, is ready to start activities m.
mediately after today's formal ceremo
nies. Tho entire tract covers an area of
12 nores.
Narbrook was planned by Robert An
derson Pope, of New York, the noted
specialist In planning model communities,
whoso best-known work is tho Forrest
Hills Gardens on Long Island. D. Knick
erbocker Boyd, of this city, has been re
tained by tho Civic Association ns gen
eral consulting architect.
Among the lot owners In this model
community are James Artman. J B. Wll-
niwns, miss .ninry uioson, William D.
Pmodlov. William Felfrldgc, Dr. H. It.
Edwards, Dr. J. B. Esenwcln, A. C.
Shand, Edwnrd S. Haws, Mrs. Tteneo
Barrle, A. S. Baird, William T. Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Wohtert, Samuel T.
Atherhnlt, Edward and Robert Toland a
P. M. Tnskcr, Parker S. Williams and
Dr. O. J. Snyder.
When the project Is completed the
riiivos, walks, forum, etc., exclusive of
the building lots which are owned by in
dividual citizens, will be deeded to tho
borough of Nnrberth by the Civic Aseo-elation.
89 YEAHS OLD TODAY
Ephraim Slugs, of Huntingdon Val
ley, Reaches Ripe Old Age
Ephrelm Slugg, of Huntingdon Valley,
near Bethayres, for more than half a
century an Odd Fellow and for nearly as
long a Mason, will celebrate his 89th
birthday anniversary today quietly at his
home. Mr. Blugg was borp In England
and vn) to this country with his pair
mien uo itu u years old.
Mr. slugs is the grandfather of Charles
A. Ambler. Speaker of the State House
, of Representatives; of Raymond Ambler,
ex-pctmater at Ablnsrtnn- nt xr u
5 Ambler. Jr. an attorney of this clty'and
, uwrva Amoier, .Frank Ambler,
Xr, Jesse- Ambler and Mra. Grace Nlbloclt
fir Nninta Oc t u. . .
Mr. wffjTS enioyln? thTbVt of healf
MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
Mysterious Victim Believed to Be
Wilmington Resident.
A well-dress4 youn? man was found
lytns uneonsciom t J$th and Market
, treet with blood flowing freely from a
bgyft 8& '0 hts head, shortly after mid-
i, io pouce or the th and Vine
W DOllCft Station found th man l..
I ?? summoned to the scene by an
WSWUS Phone talL Thev or. un,hl.
Identify Mm. though lhav heii.v. him
i h4 Mtljlon c Hrmer. 33 ywrq old, Qf
Wi (Oh
' fwr nelflff found tha wan e.
iywcjoajN and mufUnri that
ni-4rt address; He Was taken to the
uicwiuii -iLviinii. -jus jMMice cava
Mg&!r?4 Oifttuci iijj, Qr4aB and
t fe' r iwsewugijii rife; 1MK
T
RICH HLIND MAN JAILED
FOR BREAKING 20 PLEDGES
Spends Day Making Money, Nights
Reviling Them, Sny Neighbors.
A blind man, accused of Intoxication and
being a general nuisance, wanted to sign
the pledge for one year today before
Magistrate Kmely, but inasmuch na ho
had signed 20 pledges within the last few
years, the magistrate thought It best to
send him to the Houso of Correction, and
did so,
The prisoner Is William Bllverwood, St
years old, of 210 West Allegheny avenue.
According to his nccuser. Frank Selb, of
30S West Allegheny avenue, Sllverwood is
worth about J25.O0O. He makes his living
selling brooms and Is said to earn about
60 a week.
Selb and John McCabe. of 2H West
Allegheny avenue, testified against Bllver
wood. The police of the Front street and
Susquehanna avenue station produced a
record showing that the man had been
arrestpd 20 times since 1912.
When Silverwood's day's work Is done,
according to his neighbors, he barricades
F1 "eLi0n hU porch bel,nl chairs and re-
1 f. ',0,"u- 'lis special method
of resisting arrest, according to the blue
coats that have had to apprehend him, Is
biting.
Statistician of Labor Department and
bon of Secretary of Internnl Affairs.
LEBANON, Pa.. May 22.-Former Post
master Alfred R. Houck, chief statistician
In the Pennsylvania Department of Inbor
and Industry, and for almost a quarter
century leader of the Republican Organ
ization forces In Lebanon County, died
suddenly this morning at J:55 o'clock
from a complication of diseases nt his
homo In Hathaway Park, this city. He
"" mincKeci Dy illness Inst Monday
morning ns ho was nhnnt in iv.
train for Harrlshurg. It was first thought
to he acute Indigestion, from which he
had previously suffered, but later wna
dlngnosod ns a stone In the kidney. This
wns followed by paralysis of tho bowels,
and Dr. J. C. Diddle, of Ashland, wua
summoned here Inst night In consultation
with tho nttendlng physlclnns. An opera
tion wns decided upon for this morning In
tho event of there being no change In
tho condition of tho patient, whnsn riii,
swiftly followed a sudden and complete
collapse.
Alfred R. Houck was the youngest son
of Secretary of Internnl Affairs Henry
Houck, of this city, and wns horn hero
January 2D, 1SG8. He wns educated In the
Lebanon public schools nnd Annvillo
Normal School, and after aervlnc n.i ...
prentlceshlp of six jenrs beenmo chief
of the mechanical engineering department
of the Weimer Machine WorkH here.
Seven years later he went to Scrnnton
with the Lackawanna lion and Steel
Company ns a int'clmnlcnl engineer, nnd
ii enr inter recame rnshler In the Ninth
Internnl Revenue Oillce nt Lancaster, re
signing nfter three years to hecome post
master of Lebnnon. He served three
terms of four years each ns postmnster
and in 1013. with the establishment of
the State Department of Labor and In
dustry, beenmo Its chief statistician. His
widow, who was Miss Emily J. Mays, of
Philadelphia, nnd four daughters survive,
as also his father, two brothers and threo
sisteis.
Mr. Houck was a member of the Ith
Street Presbyterian Church, the Steltz
Club and the Elks.
GAMBLING HOUSE RAIDED
Bv o Staff Corrttfondent
PATERSON, N. J May 22.-Prompt!y
at 1 o'clock this nfternoon, the weather
man, scared Itf death because all North
Jersey -was threatening to rub his nose
In the sawdust trail If he didn't turn on
tho Runllght, obeyed tho command and
bursting nssunder tha heavy clouds let
In tho sun.
Promptly at 2 o'clock. 60 mounted po
licemen, very conscious of new uniforms
nnd white gloves, pranced along the plaza
of tho Passaic County Court House, 23
bnnds and flfo nnd drum corps and bag
piping organizations wound up nnd "let
her go" 25,000 men swung Into lino and
the biggest parade, this corner of tho
world ever saw wna on
It was "Billy" Sunday's very own
parade. Neat nnd natty, In a now silk
hat and with nn American flag floating
over ono of his good baseball shoulders,
tho baseball evangelist fell In behind the
prancing police nnd marched, with a big
grin on his fnce, through streets lined
with cheering and applauding "Billy" en
thuslnsls. Every man In Passaic and Bergen Coun
ties, every man from within 25 miles of
the Silk City, nnd tho wives, daughters
and sweethearts who believe In "Billy"
and his work, wore waving flags, per
spiring In high silk lids and Prlnco Al
bert coats, or riding on water wagons
and tempornnco engine floats.
Hundreds of ministers nnd plain folk
from New York city, Jersey City,
Newark, Passaic, Hackensnck, tho Or
anges, tho fashlonnblo Montclnlrs nnd
from almost everywhere within striking
dUtnnco of Pnterson woro out for the oc
casion. Tho streets wero gay with bunt
ing nnd In front of tho tabernacle was a
big rovlowlng stand, upon which "Billy,"
nfter marching a mllo, perchod, lifting his
JM pannma nnd smiling llko a. rcally
tiuly presidential nominee.
Past him swung tho grent procession,
ministers, captains of Industry, million
nlrt silk manufacturers, tollers ovor tho
looms, Boy Scouts, war veterans, lodge
members, bands, moro bands, and floats,
nnd moro floats.
Tha Young Men's Christian Association
flont In Sunday's honor mado a big hit
with "Billy." He danced ns it rolled past
the reviewing stand. It was Jammed with
bright-faced youngsters, a saloon nnd n
Young Mtn's Chrlstinn Association build
ing. Tho kiddies wero placnrded, "The
Raw Material; for Which, tho Christian
Association or the Saloon?"
Everybody got n good laugh nt n big
chlckencoop, ndorning n big farm wagon.
Fifty very lively chickens, mnny of them
of a black variety, rushed wildly about
the coop which was placarded, In honor
oi -ifiiiy-s inmous sermons to men
only, "Chickens Come Homo to Roost."
We read drama. Wo talk drama. Oc
casionally we see drama. But all the
Intellectual enthusiasm which has been
spent on the theatre of lata years has
had too little direction. There have been
too few helpful, suggestive books of
criticism, At last comes a volume, which
gives tho average Drama Leaguer all the
Information about tho world's Play
wrights that he wishes, but which directs
that Information from a solid, philosophic-
onsis. it is liuawiB wwun -.
Modern Drama" (B. W. Huebsch, New
York).
Mr. Lewliohn begins with a keen, sim
ple analysis of ancient nnd modern
drama, the root difference between them.
Ancient drama-from Aeschylus to tho
nonentities before Ibsen-deait "wim mo
transgression of an Immutable moral law
by a sclf-orlglnntlng will"! a man com
mitted a sin and suffered Its expiation.
Sclentlflo and philosophic Inquiry In the
mih (vintttrv unset this. The "self-orlg-
Inatlng will" was found to bo a product
of heredity and environment; "Immutnblo
moral law" developed flawa In Its
tablets. Drama changed from tho re
bellion of n corrupted will against an
Inevitably right order, to "tho pressure
upon tho fluttering nnd striving will of
outworn custom, or unjusi iaw, ui in
herited Instinct, of malevolent circum
stance." . ., ,
Tn ,tnlM the Infinite variety of this
tragedy of "the natuio of things" rathor
than "tho deeds of man," enmo a sim
pler technique, a transcription of reality,
and, of course, the opening up of nil
fields of life to the artist. From roman
tlclRtn. throuah naturalism, to symbolism,
tho artist followed tho parallel develop
ment of phllosphy-Kant to Comto to
Borgson, If wo may put tho high prog
ress of philosophy Into tho formula of
n triple play
With n fundamental outlook established
In tho first eight pages, Mr. Lowlsohn
goes on to mako all tho greater men of
Norway, Sweden, France, Tcutony and
England vivid ns parts of mis develop
ment, Russia, Italy and Spain aro omit
ted becauso a lack of tho llngunl Idiom
wisely forbade comment; but tho drama
of tho other races Is Illumined with a
raro Intelligence. Let mo plquo tho read
er's Interest with n few words by which
Mr. Lewlsohn sets off some of tho great
ones: Ibsen, "that cold, glgnntlc figure,
with all tho visions of Its ago In Its un
shadowed eyes. Or nil but one." BJoorn-
son, "tho burly, boyish cnthuslnst of
peace, progress, purity all tho fine. In
toxicating symbols of tho social awaken
ing of his day." Strlndborg, "the secret
of his uncanny power lay In his unoqunlcd
capacity for suffering." Shaw, "ono of
tho most vivid nnd tonic experiences of
our age an Intimate contact with that
brave, that ruthless, that luminous mind."
The life of man comes nnd goes with i'S
light of a bitten Ironld truth playC J
H. In It, another of RUss a's HuS
giants Is born, "iaryj
m
New Eneland in a Prfzn tstJl
Though Philadelphia will probablv .; '
see tho play which won Wlnthron , AhV.i
io,wu pruo lasi winter, it Is to t i.7l
In printed form, at least, throuak rM
Macmlllnn Company. Thero "ChiM.-l
of Earth" witnesses to manv e ffsl
wnrm things that New York's critic. ..ii
of AIlco Brown's acted drama, it vTi
transferred somo snerlmono x. ' n4
land psychology to the stago with .11 if
&?$
personal ends as well as to the eomJ-J
elnl which linv mart ih.t ...V, CDmnier31
Ithrrl htt(Afna IIia ,4t,.ii,.u . ail
....! ..i. -- -n . ". ".l0 "h Ifn:
which Scrlbnera hava Issued from time to
time Is a collection by Leonid Andreyeft.
Only one, "Tho Life of Man," has been
prfnted here before (In Mltchel Kennerly s
Modern Drama Berleg, described above).
All Oireo nra outside tho range of or
dinary theatre-going. Even on a hasty
glance, they must Indicate thoso remark
able qualities of artist and thinker which
have raised Andreyeft to rapid eminence
In a country of literary mountains. The
simplest, "The Bablne Women," Is like
nothing wo know In English. On tho sur
face a broad comedy of Roman days, un
usual enough In Its way, It Is In reality
a satire on politics. The flablno men, now
discovered for the first time, represent
a political party of well-meaning eom
Dromisers In Russia. Preparing to march
on tho Romans nnd retnko their wives,
they go through gymnastics repeating
Twenly-tlve minutes' dally drill
Will banish every pain and ill.
Thus fortified to carry tho huge books
of law with which to nssall ears nnd con
sciences of the raVlshers, they proceed on
tho march by their Immemorial method
of two stops forward nnd one step back.
Tho steps forward Indicate "the un
quenchablo flro of our stormy soul, the
firm will, tho Irresistible, advance. The
step backward symbolizes tho step of
reason, tho step of experience and tho
mature mind."
"The Black Maskers" Is a terrible en
cronchment of tho symbollo and poetic
Into tho realism of Russian drama. A
nightmare of strange symbols, with
masked guests who storm a castlo as the
evil flro-quenchlng spirits of darkness, It
tried to separato In a real as welt as a
metaphysical sense the dual personalities
of ovll and good In man.
"The Llfo of Man" Is tho morality play,
which Infestn Amorlca In such debased
plffllngs ns "Evorywoman" and "Experi
ence," raised to imperishable dignity and
truth. Mnn passes through flvo stages of
his life, from painful birth to painful
death, nscendlng and descending. Beside
him stands "somo ono In crav" with a.
flickering and dying candlo of his being. and its verbiage nppall.
elm
clat which have mado that curious nllr
Moot xArnA.. f A.,..!., .u- " 'OUS hOrth
........ .w.,.u. u -ft.KG.jiu, mo power H w
been. Love denied by tha m., - "Mi
old ngo spring up again in mlddffil
threatening m selfish a hurt on rii6!
but curbing In at tho last to spend i. -til
In sacrlflce. If thero la something Hi1 J
hardness of tho thenln i.. r .'"i
Brown's drama, thero Is nlso a toiieh i
noetrv behind realltv wWi. i " ou.ch Ol
as a remarkable American product. -S
From Edward Sheldon M
Tho university Is often tho linm. -fli
2MS1-.-Eld """ .StlM
..,.,. ... mo i.vu dramas wh ch )m.'
como from the Mum lm r-, ..." "!,
mance" and "TJto Garden of pJi'dtaJS
iiio jormer is enougn or a deoartnf
from the hard realism of his first nie.?j
Though It keeps tho taint of theaW 1
ism which uniformly mars Mr. Shehw. .
work, this story of an operatic Thais -JS ,
old New York Is, full of a hlBh-coUirrfS '
racy characterization In tho singer St
of an atmospheric quantity In tho days Jtw-Jt
summons, which glvo tho play mS,.
distinction. "Tho Garden of Parad'H
on tho other hand, falls by just tySHtlt
Virtues. It Is a dramatization "f Han! h
Christian Anderson's fairy tala of iSI
Little Mermaid; but somewhere the 1
beautiful naivete of the original y.hfa
oozed away. Thero Is a eivan.,.i.SS?.1l
spectacle In Its place, borno on a flood ef
language. Sometimes the language' iM
............... ... t..u .nuiuuuai manner of ths
. i i ..:" ""l.1u"1" us Whm"
ROUNDING UP THE POETS
$15,000 SUBSCRIBED FOR
NEW CONVENTION HALL
Business Men Actively Urging
Central Location to Bring
Republicans Here.
Business men hava already pledged
$13,000 for the entertainment expenses for
the next Republican National Convention
as the foundation of a fund to bo used
whon the proposed convention hall, which
they are urging bo established nt 24th
and Market streets. Is ready for use.
Members of tho Chamber of Commerce,
tho Allied Business Men's Committee and
nil the organizations working behind the
plan to designate 2tth nnd Mnrket streets
ns the slto nio proceeding on the Idea that
me mnin ooject in view of present-day
convention planning should be tho capture
of the Republican National Convention
for Philadelphia in 1916.
Cnunrllmen throughout ihn iiv ,,...
already received calls from members ol
,iu uifc.uii'uiioiiH wiiicii nre urging the
site nt 21th and Market streets, and the
representations will bo made without In
terruption until a mnjorlty of the Coun
cilmen have had an opportunity to hear
of tho advantages to the city which would
follow the beginning of Immediate work
upon the convention hall. Unless action
In taken speedily by Councils It will be
too late to hope for the completion of
tho proposed luill In time to offer it for
the 1916 Republican Convention. It Is
this event which is regarded as the most
fitting that could be found for the open
ing of a great convention hall for Philadelphia.
SONG BIRDS SLAUGHTERED
BY STOIC'S RUDE BLASTS
City Hnll Courtyard Strewn 'With
Bodies of Feathered Beauties,
.CllyJ,al1 courtyard was strewn with
the bodies of hundreds of song birds this
morning aa a result of the storm, which
blinded and buffeted thousands of migrat
ing birds, and caused them to dash fran
tlcally against the brilliantly lighted
tower and cornices of the building.
t,vM,' tb'r?'L "j'ourt not killed
-, .......... .,. .iu, lrom, were so ex
hausted by their light with the elements
that they fluttered feebly to the pave
ment, wlndow-tiiia and vr, in L.
of the rooms pf the building, where they
lay in a hajf.daied condition, uncon
scious ev.p to the touch of curious hands
that picked them up.
Among the birds were hundreds of
"yellow-throats," a ,peclei of warbler
wrtn having an olive gr body, yellow
tall and breast There vera iUio lariu
thrushes, blackbirds and a particularly
beautiful magnolia warbler, a bird which
nuamics irom me extreme Southern
flutes and Mexico to' Canada and I the
extreme Northern States.
vv htn the bodies of the dead bird were
picked up and thrown In ou u,ni.i.
waetisaiiy every ttet oi tfc nfew wa
t9 b seen.
Woman Held for Court nnd Man Sent
to Jail.
A new gambling scheme to fool tho
police was discovered, today, when a rnld
was made on the home of Mrs. RalTaele
Vompensda, at T33 South 7th street, tho
woman whose husband was shot to denth
In December by Tony Rosea, who after
wards escaped. A squad of detectives,
headed by Detective .McGinn, of the 2d
nnd Christian streets Btatlon, which
descended on the house, found a game of
cards In progress with cups of coffee ap
parently as the stakes. An examination
showed that the coffeo was used merely
to conceal coins which were dropped In
the cups,
The detectives arrested the players,
who were Mrs, Vompensda, Pasnuala
Peruta, years old, of the same address,
and Alexander Dl Qiacole, of 632 Bain
bridge street. Magistrate MacFarland
held the woman under 1501 hull fo- ,,..
and sentenced Peruta to 30 days In the
county prison for disorderly conduct.
Dl Qiacole was discharged.
HOSPITAL FUND GROWS
Sisters of Mercy Collectors Report
Additional Gains.
Prospects for a realization nt th. tnnn
000 for a new Sitters of Mercy Hospital
In West Philadelphia are bright today
with the 100,000 mark within striking dls.
tance,
More money was collected yesterday by
the teams from the various parishes
1m J" nuy cthef day the total being
16190.75. Tho grand total Is now 178.665.50.
A complaint was made yesterday that
...- .,..., ocarina mo apparel of Si.
Jh-",?' ??"?' "cltei ""ascriptions for
the hospital and duped Mrs. Joseph
Brooks, of tZii South 67th .-.. ,!r.-
nelghbor. into giving them money, a
statement was issued by the Campaign
Committee, saying that no nun. are en"
gaged n collecting funds, and that all
XZLhZV?nM" '.ned
Hangs 'Himself in Neighbor's Stable
LANCASTER. P.. May jjT,",
employes left .and wa.. found this morl
um, Hanging jro raflf. Ha had "I7
HARDER TO GET "DOPE" NOW.
Internnl Revenue Department Lays
Down Rules for Physicians,
rhyslalans who prescribe opiates or
narcotic drugs in quantities apparently
larger than necessary to effect a cure for
persons who aro addicted to the use of
?.". .r?SS' or ,n l"anltlcs seemingly
arger than necessary for any patient's
Immediate needs, should Indicate on the
prescription the purpose for which tho
unusual amount is gven. Thls ?,
has just been made by the Internal Reve
?i" T?epfrtmeJnt nt Washington, under
M?on drM commonly known
as the "dope net.'
R Is further ruled that. In case nt
tLeat.me1t of addlcts these prescriptions
SW h" th,8 Kood faith of the doctS?
to not willingly supply the user with
cHh.drU8"Jcontrary t0 the law. by Pre
scribing a decreasing dosage for the ad
dict from time to time until the habit
!Ul.r";e,d- Th". rolln are coincident
with the arrests of several doctor, in
this city recently charged with giving
drugs "dope" contrary to law.
Turks Detain Greek Ships
ir1"!' Mn---A dispatch to the
Havas Agency from Athens say. the au
thorltlea at Vourla, n the Smyrna road
stead have prohibited the departure of
the Greek steamships Macedonl, Sparta
ff? ,C0!?M' u,nd aUo " communication
between the ships and their officers, who
are ashore. The Greek Consul at Smyrna
protested to th. Governor again.? YhU
action of Turkish authorities, but the
Governor replied that It had been taken
05 a rult of orders from Constantinople
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
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Pr. Nathan MSKni S... Bo'uTCTs.Vhl.h.m Pa
Morenc. J. Scholter. 6128 iSuu it ' nl
ence B ThomnW. W"v. fc.an'.t 1w'
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Mlchdel Kukulkl. 2aE. Venanso .L and
. W.ry RadtUa 3559 WUL '1
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DennlK Aliton. 2101 Ch'eitnut .L and r.
U Hundl.v, SOW Wavirlyl it. '0(1 Urlr
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naa Btuekar 2wm w iui..:r. ?
Drama League PI ay a
Two publishers are trying to glvo Amer
ican readers a series of plays that shall
Include a sweep comparable to Mr. Lew
Isohn's. Tho Drama League Series from
Doubleday, Pago & Co. Is as yet only n
sketch of whnt It will become. It gives
the Impression of discursiveness that the
league Itself seems to foster. But that
will pans. And meanwhile here are ten
notable plays excellently printed and sold
nt somewhere near tho modest prices of
England nnd the Continent.
Spain Is represented by two ploys, "Tho
Great Galcoto," by Echegaray, nnd
"Marta of the Lowlands," by Gulmera.
Both are masterpieces In their way. Both
havo been acted with more or less suc
cess In America, tho first under the title,
"The "World nnd His Wife." They sug
gest a little developed Itcld from which
many excellent adaptations might come.
France furnishes n relic of the past in
Sardou's "Patrle" and a rollc of the nres-
nt In Bernstein's hardly less rfnrdoudle
lsh" "Tho Thief." Neither of theso new
volumcB touches tho ilch Held of modern
French drama, but both represent a ten
dency toward perfected theatricality
which the student should know and ap
preciate. "Patrle" happens to show us
tho war-ridden Belgium of tho sixteenth
century.
The Modern Drama Series
Mitchell Kcnnerlcy Is issuing a similar
series of plays on a somewhat different
level. It is not so much addressed to
the practical In the theatre. Many of Its
plnys novo never been ncted hero or any
where. But nil the volumes of th
Modern Drama Series have soomthlng of
distinction In them.
The fom fiom America aro nothing If
not original. One. "Pnnn." hv 'S.n a bin
which the Little Theatre almost gave
Philadelphia this winter. Is a dellclously
neat satire on the social graces of social
parasites. "Mr. Faust. hy that rapidly
developing poet, Arthur Davison Flcke.
nnd "The Red Light of Mara." by George
Bronson-lloward, present his satnnlc
majesty In most remarkable guise. "Mr.
Faust" gives a present-day Faust In
blank verse: while the devil In "The
Red Light of Mars" presents a most un
usual philosophy and Jumps from body to
body of tho dramatis personae. Tho
niore common dramatic life of America
Is to bo seen In "Mary Jane's Pa," by
Edith Ellis. It Is a simple comedy with
some touches of literary humor that nro
undeniably delightful.
The Modern Drama Scries nrrmmi. ,.
Continental dramatists of whom America
knows too tittle. Henry Bccijue analyzes
the woman of Paris with singular hard
Irony In "The Vultures," "The Merry-Go-Round"
and "La Parlslonne." The man
who wrote "The Return from Jerusalem."
Maurice ponnay, has the latest volume
to himself with "Lovers." "The Free
Woman" and "Thoy." From vi..
There Is no law compellng men nnd
women to rend poetry. And that, as n
cortaln gentleman might Bay, Is probably
why so many men nnd women do not rend
poetry. But, ns tho reviewer glances
over tho four poets gathered in tho sea
son's second reaping, ho Is Inclined to
feel that thero ought to bo some splendid,
Irrefutable argument which would make
tho reading of poetry Inevltnble. Evou
Darwin regretted that he didn't.
Thore Isn't a single essential In which
these poets agree: not oven In writing
pootry, necause, to bo exact, one of them
writes In prose. But to disengage In each
case the Informing spirit Is not easy. To
make comparisons Is generally footless.
Plays and Poems
The works of Cale Toung Rico have
been collected In a two-volume edition,
somewhat ns a labor of love on the part
of his publishers. Ho Is a sensitive, grave
ly thoughtful soul, going always on far
mesis or me ooay nnd spirit. From the
lure of the RenaLq.qaneA nnri fmm v.A
breath of the Orient he has never es
caped. For the former ho has a trilogy
of plays; out of them the lover of tho
delicate and lovely Glorglone Is certain to
chooso the one which bears that name.
For the second there are nt least a hun
rt.?ninI"rlcB' n'mo" 'l exquisite In form,
mellifluous nnd even touching. In wrath
and In combat Mr. Rice Is at his worst:
the things he loves are tho things he may
mako lovely. It is only to bo feared that
this poet, In nn effort to bo universal, nas
mora embraced than understood the
,: . : ...; u, uiiuuuusi, always a
thinker, he has recorded In beautiful
form the beauty of a world which is not
The Ancient Mode
And so wo may put after his work tho
translation, by Bernard Mlall, of Mater
llnck s poems. Because they are of a
world which is no man's. Of all the
books In this seleetlnn thi. u .1 '!.,.".
iriihi may 8pcnk wlhout paradox (a
privilege granted, it seems, to but few
wrl era). It is the oldest In spirit nnd
SH?ne,"i,t ..hftt on enrth havo we to do
with the "stagnant hours" and v, ',.i..
II
or perhaps it should be said that he setsH
tho rotting of tho fruit too soon after:
the flowering of tho blossom.
And hero. In contrast to Arthur n..i
...... .,, ,
son Flcke, you will find tho reason. Mr.ljl
Mnsters' vision is never personal i- u'"!l
social. Deal as he may with the lntfmat'fi
.j.u..u,,a , uutuu AioaDey or Barney J
Halnsfeathcr, ho falls In most cases to 1
rr" ",- """"s ueyuna me realm of i
the dramatic. Ho hat a variety of atti-" '
tudes, Irony, tragedy, pathos and even 1
numor. tsut no lias no moods. And Mr
Flcko not only has moods, but has the"'
power to promulgate his mood3.
X L 1, t'"r mraani "ag -comedies
?ot"A"ThhUrTSch?ltI,1.who wro' "Ana!
$ .8 &na'Ov?" "Interlude" and
VilflnM 1L. . . . V,V
..u Ul me nncient symbolists. A great
... .. o..i.-,i. ua on our reet: when we
return to poetry It will be to that which
nn a u,nlvcrsal meaning. The transla
tion of these poems, made In the inter
ests of a complete edition, Is never lovely
f""16.? wnw Poet has created a
--..u-vaiiaiii, into -ies paons blanes
ont fuit I'ennul rtu rovell," the trans""
tion becomes nbsurd. Because sound is
of its own. and cannot be translated.
American Etchings
Th advertisement of Edgar Lee Mas
era by the shilling shocker of the Chau
tauqua, Mr. John Cowper Powys, Is not
Hn T.ta5en t0 "riously. William Ma
rlon Reedy saw him first. The book Is a
.r!ea of, .JPPirently disjointed sketches
th-10.r. 'lfe ln Amerlca- Little by mtle
thn !nHtC,h,es mlree' tney oven lr. In
tho end tho scheme. Imperfect but lm
presslve, of the picture, becomes clear. In
the sense, that it speaks with the oulet
bitterness of divine Judgment (on earth)
and tha It takes from each man accord
ruVt a.'. " Jl ftrangeand
rythmic 'vc liKe, which ltnTZ
"M 8eend.tanhPOetry,at ,"" Thero are .om.
.00 epitaphs, sardonic, helpless, without
Pity and without much hope. Life seem.
to wither a little under this man's gaz".;
Arthur Davison Ficke
Of all our American poets, Mr. FJcka
and Mr. Edwin Arlington Robinson are
alone in their preoccupation with the
human soul. They are by that token our
greatest poets. Mr. Flcke's subject
seemed limited at first to the one great
relationship of man to woman. Yet It Is
to be noticed that he ne'er treated ttx Ss
sexuality. The two groups of poerai,
"Lyrics" and "Grotesques" which "com
plement the two histories of the present
work, take him from the main theme fnb"
many minor moods. The poem, "Fathers1
and Sons," Is unlquo In a literature which
still makes the fathers of children mstfer
for comlo supplements, and the astonlW
ng brave sonnet to "The Police Garette"'
is unlquo In a literature whieh trt. ..'
vulgar ns matter for pity or uplift, 'but
never, by any chance, as the subject of
Iovo and laughter and tears. Rarely, out
effectively, tranedv annnlr n i ,1.1.
from "A Love Letter." written 20 year. ' '
-. w cl ,,, siuU .-X cannot aa.,
not oh, my friend:"
J "Jog the dream wo cowards never proved
Thero rlass In me an immortal hato v'u"u'
rur you, me only soul that I havo loved.
It would be worth while to catalogue
tho mere subjecta of Mr. Flcke's poems,
so fresh and appealing nro they. Butv
that Is not necessary. Not tho contented,
alone, but the pnsslon and the pain of
Its utterance, the speaking of a yolce
which Is at peace, yet Is not dead, ore the -Important
thing. I think again of "Chll-'1
dren of the Night" nnd of "The Town'
Down the River" and wonder whetEer
the strange mystic power of Robinson
need ever be the gift of Mr. Flcke. But I
am content with the extraordinary Jul.
ness and the honesty of his spirit as It Ii.
"Collected Tlays and Poems." by Cale Ypunt,
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T? ,Man. on ne Hilltop," by Arthur Davl-1
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"Spoon River Anthology' by .Edtar ie.
Mailers (Macmlllan Company, New York).
xtllS'F'X bJf. Maurice Maeterlinck tVoii, J
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