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rhUtddphit, Thundir, NeT.mk.r 11, 110
a Fcrn-vr-Ait rnennAM for
riiiiabfsi.nuA
Thlnis en which the people, expret the new
Mmlntstratlen te cencrntrnte Its nttentleni
The Uelaeart rivr brtSgt.
andeck bio ciientfh le accommodate the
larptat ships,
Dtvelepmrnt of Ins rapid transit sistem.
A coauntllen hrjl,
A blld(hp far rt prtt ilbrarv.
n trt Xriiseum.
larffemrHt of Ins tcaler supplv.
Ilemta te accommeilale lis population.
". WAGES ANn THF nni i ad
fjnllK workmen ennKcd In the bullUlnr.
trades In Baltimore nrt acting with the
elind spdre which tliese who are familiar
With their Intelligence and fair-mlndcduesn
atpected.
The carpenters bare been fettlng ninety
cents an hour by an agreement reached a
. year age. It wan undertoed that this rate
would be increancd ten cents in November
of this year. Their representatives have
Toted te refuse the advance in vngen. The
reasons which led te this decision arc that
the prospect of steady work at the old pay
Is geed and that prices of all commodities
aim falling. The falling prices will maltw
ninety cents nn hour worth mere than $1
an hour would have been worth a year age.
In view of the falling prices, the carpenters
apparently realize that If they are te be em em
plejcd they must net Insist en higher wages.
They have perceived that the worth of
wages depends en the purchasing power of
the dollar. The fifty-cent dollar which we
have had for two or three years Is likely
te' become n seventy-five-cent or .u ninety
Ctnt dollar within the next two or three
years. If the recognition of this fact, which
seems te have begun In Baltimore, spreads
throughout the country, as it should, the
readjustment of wages will take place easily
and without friction.
MR. COLBY'S PILGRIMAGE
IN THE absence of n League of Nations,
or even If there should be an experimental
oft of league, a League of the Americas
would be a geed thing for the people of this
continent. Frem the viewpoint of the United
States and the Latin republics, it would be
the nest best thing te the harmonious asso
ciation of peoples which was dreamed of for
a while at Paris.
A whole continent with Its governments
and peoples united in alms and sympathies
would be a thing te command the respect of
all the world, net only because of Its strength
but because of its moral implications.
Many Presidents and many secretaries of
late have sought te make the way easier te
complete understanding and friendly co
operation among all governments in Amer
ica. Mr. Reet toured the l.atln-Amerlean
republics with that cud In view. New Mr.
Celby Is te go upon a similar tour. Kvery Kvery
hedy should wish him luck.
A BASEBALL SUPERSTATE?
INNUMERABLE baseball fans have been
proud te say thnt they didn't knew what
the Lengue-of-Natlens icheme was about or
What the Big Four tried te de at Paris,
apd.tbat they wen n't going te lese any sleep
trying te find out. By a peculiar act of
tPrevIdence which may net be unrelated te
the forces of retribution, the whole ap
palling question of international relations
and rivalries as it nppeared at Versailles
has been reproduced in miniature within
the organizations which maintain profes
sional ball as a national Institution, and te
compel the pious attention of all fsns be
cause it threatens te (-rente endless tumult
and perhaps slew destruction iu the game.
that they adore. Baseball for the menieiit
la amazingly Hke the world at large.
It Is pretty clear even te the lay mind
that the light for ft new and revolutionary
alignment of the professional clubs is di
rected at Bnu Jehnsen. Ban, in a role sug
gestive In some ways of that which Mr.
AVllsen played in Paris, Is opposed by Com Cem
iskey, of Chicago. Ceralskey is the Clemen -ceau
of the situation. lie has been the
Clemcnceau of ball, lie is content te be
lieve that human nature Is weak und erring
and thnt you shouldn't expect tee much from
Jt, and that the man who leeks out for him
self and hopes net tee greatly Is the person
who may be assured of the tallest monu
ment in the end.
Anether and an extremely Important and
powerful element Is Involved prominently in
the discussions at Kansas City we had al
most said Paris and It is Invested capital.
It speaks through practical men, who knew
that there has been a moral breakdown
Within thu structure of the leagues and that
a new beginning en new ground under new
' nd reassuring auspices would be a geed
thing, slnce thereby the game would be at
oace re-established In public confidence and
Btrmlttcd an interval in which te ncquire
the fresh inspiration nnd new strength
which It needs If It is te go en te peace
and glory.
But who CV measure the potentialities of
restless minds or knew hew unexpectedly
thfty can affect human destiny? A voice that
is the voice of Davy Knits--a liberal In pro
fessional ball and spokesman for the weak
(tad the aspiring rises almost as the voice
of General Jnn Smuts rose In Purls te chal
lenge a plan that at first glnnce seems alto alte
ther wholesome and almost Indispensable.
It la Davy'a firm belief thnt a superstate
Milch as the powers seek te create would per
aafchently endanger the rights of the mlnor mlner
' league groups nnd Imperil their fondest
f'.kaA of places In the sun. When Davy
I jst speaking like Smuts lie speaks like
' TfAnnunxie. 'or he is ready te de mere
' tkasi pretest. He Is ready te fight against
what ha calls the new autocracy.
Tbe dominant forces meanwhile are de
tr Mined te achieve a high court, with Judge
JCeaesaw Mountain Lsndls In a place much
ZTi "itii Mi.li ftllliu Ttnnt nccunted In rein.
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tM new worm court wuica uiedh
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i e the League
of JSatlens. There Is even n Flume In the
baseUll complication. It Is Babe ltuUi.
Babe, If the new snheme Is carried through,
might be tern forever from the passioiiate
besom of New Yerk.
While the talk proceeds the Interests of
ball arc suiTerlng greatly, and with that fact
In mind fans and these who arc net fans
can shake hands knowing that they that Is,
baseball and civilisatien are In the same
beat and that the beat Is being dangerously
rocked. Te perceive the real beauty of the
general parallel It must be remembered that
the millions who arc really Interested In
baseball have no voice In the current debate
no mere voice, Indeed, than the dough
boys, the pellus, the Temmies and the ether
fighters had at Paris when the time came
te make a practical use of the victory which
they and they nlnne had wen.
ARMISTICE ANNIVERSARY AND
THE WORLD STILL WAGS
Twe Years of Peace After the World
Upheaval Hava en the Whole Mere
Embarrassed the Alarmist
Than Any One Else
TyM" people ever be as deliriously Irnppy
'as they were en this date two years
age 7 se far as the generation which saw
the close of the nerld war Is concerned,
opinion Is I,, the negative. The flame of
ecstasy Is fleeting, self-destructlve by Its
very intensity, it Is the ashes that endure.
chill, drear, depressing under the test of
contrast.
There is consequently a very general sense
in the world that the joys of the original
Armistice Day are unfulfilled. Adverse
judgment is supported by that readily adnp
table apparatus, the horoscope. In dis
illusioning times readings from this Instru
ment arc dark. The tendency is the reverse
In periods that are speciously bright. Thus
in the decade Immediately preceding the uni
versal upheaval the majority of forecasts
were blandly cheerful. Yet certain forces far
mere potent In their furtherance of mili
taristic evils than the wraiths of these ex
isting today were then at work.
Difficult te analyze or appraise Is a sea
son of reaction from terrific shock, be it
one of exaltation or of disaster. The world
conflict was both. Poignant thoughts about
the pest, forebodings concerning the future
hnve created a state of mind somewhat Un
responsive te the present or te events In
Immediate relationship therewith. Even Mr.
Wells, whose convenient time-machine se
easily explores the profundities of the van
ished eons nnd the unresolved cycles nhead,
admits In his compendious "Outline of His
tory" that "clumsily or smoothly, the
world, it seems, progresses snd will pro
gress. "
Unquestionably some of the movement
since the first Armistice Day has appeared
crablike. But this impression does net war
rant the discounting of certain definite ac-
cempllshments. That these neither Justify
the wholesale alarmists nor fulfill the high
est hopes of the sunnier-minded is reason
enough for examining them.
The war Inculcated In both sets of bel
ligerents thd dangerous habit of thinking In
intense blacks and whites. It la the grays,
however, and ether less definable hues which
dominate save In times of extreirfe crisis.
Forgetfulness of that fact hid really mere
te de with the rhapsodies of November 11,
1018, than any childlike belief In an ap
proaching millennium. There was, of
course, the major fact of deliverance from
the war shambles. That compelling motive
for rejoicing will naturally become decrcas
Ingly convincing as the event recedes.
By whatever forces or conditions peace Is
maintained, whether by prostration, by the
length of preparation for another outbreak
or by reasoned actions based en high prin
ciples, it cuu never be t.e vividly dramatized
in the popular consciousness without close
proximity te the horror of war. The best
that can be hoped for men and women la
that they will never again be plunged into
the .frenzy of happiness the claims of which
were se irresistible only two years age.
Many of the changes that have occurred
since that eventful November are of that
baffling type en which no authoritative ver
dict can be pronounced. Historical per
spective, that Invaluable endowment enabling
us te speak sagely long after the event, is
lacking. Nene the less It Is permissible te
note the havoc wrought by facts upon the
most elaborately developed prophecies.
Ne cataclysm comparable te the war has
smitten Europe.
The governments of France, Italy nnd
Britain have weathered a variety of storms,
some exaggerated In their significance, ethers
of Intrinsically formidable character.
Signals of world revolution have been de
lusory. Slowly, painfully, dimly, evidences of re
construction arc at hand.
The Ebert icglme in Germany, once se
freely scouted, has displayed an endurance
which must be adjudged remarkable when a
mere comprehensive historical viewpoint can
be gained.
Belgian rehabilitation has been swift.
Czecho-Slevakla Is suid te be putting Its
house In order with noteworthy efficiency.
The stability of Orecce seems net tn be
seriously menaced by djnaetlc complica
tions. Frem the Vistula te the Atlantic, from the
Mediterranean te the western end of the
Baltic, there Is peace In Europe.
Confounding us Is the case of Russia te
both optimist and pessimist, aspects of It
are undeniably emerging from the fog.
Real conditions have been variously ap
praised by numerous observers. Bertrand
Russell has confessed his disillusionment re
garding the efficacy of belshcvism. His ver
dict la supported by ether radicals ordinarily
Inclined te view the experiment In the most
favorable light. As a world social gospel,
the soviet doctrine stands condemned.
On the ether hsnd, the solidarity of the
Russian people is vividly displayed In the
unity against outside Interference. The war
se disgracefully provoked by Poland, dlxzy
with new nntlenal consciousness, demon
strated both the inability of the Soviet nrmies
te challenge successfully the outside world
and the equal felly of the Poles in embark
ing en a program of conquest. The tragic
aftermath of the armistice has ended In
virtual military exhaustion of both parties.
The Wrnngel episode is of nnethcr nature.
The present precarious position of the antl antl
seviet forces is ultimate proof that Change
in the government of RusbIu must come from
within.
American observance of the armistice
anniversary must naturally be of a different
complexion from any abroad. Despite the
distress still existing In France, Germany,
Austria, Hungary! despite the prolonged
disputations of the Italians and Juge-
established under the auspices
f Slavaj despite economic and Indus-
trial wreckage en a colossal scale.
piecing together of fragments In Europe t9
under way, and the distinction between
today and the terrific strain of the early
days of November, 1018, Is se plain that
allusion thereto is almost trite.
But In the United States, where contrasts
se striking are less readily grasped, the two
jears just elapsed have been a period In
which skepticism and Idealism have vio
lently clashed. It Is for the historian te say
whether the time has been wasted. Cer
tainly the national debate upon the League
of Nations has crystallised much thought
upon the world program, regardless of party
lines, though net of party tactics.
The consensus of opinion is unquestion
ably at this time In favor of a world Organi
zation te preserve the peace, and, though
critical of the treaty of Versailles, out
standing document of the two-year period,
Is Inclined te sanction Its enforcement with
Mich modifications as new conditions may
determine.
Recognition of Armistice Day need be
neither smug nor vain. Under prodigious
difficulties the world has had te struggle te
repair self-inflicted disaster. This, stripped
of extravagant fancies, was at least one of
the thoughts behind the original celebration.
It Is blindness te dcneUuce a valiant effort
or te despair se early of success because the
plant Is Still young.
SHIPS AND GRAFT
QOONElt or later in the wake of every war
- there Is a thumping graft scandal te
prove that human character has a reverse
side altogether unlike that which Is turned
te the world In the pntrletlc orations.
At this distance, the carpet-baggers' in
vasion of the Seuth after the Civil War Is
an nppalling spectacle. The embalmed-beef
scandal breke nut In the midst of our tight
with Spain. Fer a time it seamed that no
really shameful abuses of power or authority
attended the efforts of the United States In
the European war. Investigations by Con
gress revealed frightful waste, costly plans
geno wrong and general inefficiency in many
departments of the government. Many
people were disposed te forgive that sort of
thing because of the nature of the emer
gency and the need for hnstc in a stupen
dous task. But unless all signs are mis
leading, the old lnw of precedents will held
and we shall have nnethcr national scandal
of war graft awl grafters. The elaborate
organization of the United States Shipping
Beard seems te have been the hiding and
breeding place for the latest crop of plun
derers. ,
Evidence presented te the congressional
committee established te leek Inte the affairs
of the shipping beard Is elenrly suggestive
of betrayed trusts, of conspiracies, of neg
lect and stupidity in many of the fields of
activity ever which the beard had complete
authority. The tribes which exist only te
get the money nrc net yet extinct. That
much is plain even though none of the sen-
tlnal allegations made at the opening of
the Investigation have been prered.
Seme such revelations as new arc prom prem
ised were te be expected. Meney flew during
the period of preparation for war. Wash
ington was the center of nn orgy of spend
ing. The sight of dollars falling like rain
en every hand turned the heads of n geed
many people, nnd even while the armies
wcre still in the trenches there was a horrible
scramble for quick riches that included all
sorts of the people who stayed nt home. If
greed finally made plotters and criminals of
men who could net resist the temptation of
that open-handed period, history has only
repeated itself. But why should a loose and
lax system of administration been per
mitted te continue at Washington for two
j ears after the war was ever? If there has
been an orgy of graft in the business of
government ship control and construction,
why was it permitted te go till new?
The Implications of questions like these
will lie heavily en the present national ad
ralnlstrr tien. The Illness of President Wil Wil
eon nnd the unwillingness of politicians te
permit a movement toward national economy
en the eve of a general election have served
te keep the unwieldy and extravagnnt special
departments free from change or interfer
ence for a long time. There ought te be a
cleaning out of many of thCFe departments,
and if the shipping beard investigation
proves what every one new hns reason te
believe, that cleaning out cannot be long do de
layed. The probe ought te be pushed, nnd
if the government was jobbed and cheated by
the men in whom It was compelled te put
Its trust, then the jails ought te be epencM
for a considerable number of pseudo
respectable citizens.
If all enemies of the government could be
treated alike, the need for another ark
probably would be apparent before the con
gressional committee get half through Its
work. ---;
CABINET MAKING
WORD comes from Washington that Sen Sen
aeor Harding let It be known before the
electleu that If he were successful he would
like te have iu his cabinet Elihu Reet, of
New Yerk: Governer I.ewden, of Illinois;
Herbert Hoever, of California, and Judge
Sutherland, of Utah.
The points In this discussion which de
serve nttentien at the present time are the
richness of the Republican party In men
amply qualified for cabinet office and the
definite belief that men of the highest type
will be found willing te serve with Senater
Harding In the conduct of the executive
business. Beth of these are important. We
have had for the last seven years and a half
a cabinet composed of men chosen because
their minds would go nleng with the mind
of the President.
Senater Harding will find himself embar
rassed by the richness of his party In men
of high ability and political training. The
public can await the announcement of his
selections with confidence that he will call
te his assistance the best available.
CLOTHES AND MORALITY
TUT, tut, Dr. Eliet i don't you knew that
the customs of the new generation are
always attacked by the members of the gen
eration that is passing?
Teu are mere than eighty years old.
When you say that the costumes worn by
the women of Bosten today would have been
put down ns indecent by thp mothers of the
past generation, have you forgotten that de
cency In costume Is really mere a matter of
convention than morals?
Women were hoepskirts in the Civil War
period, and they were careful te have thu
garments beneath elaborately embroidered
and ruffled because they knew that when
they entered a carriage or went up stairs
these garments would be exposed. Yet when
the hoepskirts went out the women who first
were clinging garment were denounced as
brazen hussies.
There was a great hullabaloo thirty years
age when women began te ride bicycles and
It became manifest te the most casual ob
server that they were bipeds. Seme prudes
were shocked, but the daughters of the
women who rode a wheel are new wearing
I short skirts' which rcvehl their ankles and
calves without the clement of allure which
made frilled lingerie of their grandmothers
of the hoepsklrt daya se shocking te the
grcal-grandmethers, ,who thought the ces
turnes of the thirties modest nnd becoming.
tthe pretest of the president emeritus of
Harvard University does credit te his feel
ings, but It is rather disappointing te find
a social philosopher of mature years mis
taking a change In the style of feminine cos
tume for evidence of a degeneration In femi
nine morals. Elisabeth Stuart Phelps,
reared in the atmosphere of the Andover
Theological Seminary, once denounced as
Immoral the ovenlng gowns which exposed
the shoulders ei the wearers, btlt Dr. Hllet
knows tlifcy nrc net Immoral. The Standard
of social morality Is higher today than It
was In the tlhle when women laced them
selves up In Iren corsets nnd Queen Eljza
bctlr hid her scrawny neck by a high ruff.
Why, twenty -five years age some moralists
were denouncing the leg-of-mutton sleeves
as bitterly as they condemn the filmy, close
Jilting ilccvcs of today. Yet we seem te
hnve survived.
AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY
gOME members of the Constitutional Re-
vision Commission are taking their
duties mere seriously than ethers. There
was a clash between them at the meeting
of the commission this week whin the com cem com
misslencrS assembled for the first time since
the summer adjournment.
Ex-Judge James Cay Gorden was grieved
because the Committee en style hed treated
lightly some of the proposed amendments
ngreed en earlier in the year. He said the
committee had net only corrected the Eng
lish In many instnnces, but It had changed
the meaning of the amendments. Mr. Gor Ger Gor
eon objected te such disrespect for the work
of the commissioners as though he believed
that the amended constitution were te be
seriously considered by the Legislature when
the" report is submitted.
The political powers that be in the state
seem satisfied with things ns they are, In
spite of grave defects in the fundamental
law. They have persistently argued that the
present Is net the time for revision. They
argued that way five and ten yearn age, and
If the same men nrc In the saddle In five
or ten years they will be arguing the same
way then. Why, does net every-one knew
that there has been no 'reapportionment of
the congressional districts In the state be
cause of the objection of the political leaders
te any Interference with their system of
orgnnlzntien. If the four cengressmtn-at-largc
should be assigned te new districts
creutcd by a reapportionment, half a dozen
district leaders would have te organize their
machines nil ever again nnd there would
have te be a let of troublesome readjust
ments. They favor the status quo all along
the line.
The Way te revise the constitution is
through a convention which shall held open
sessions und agree upon the needed changes,
and through the submission of its conclu
sions te tlie voters for ratification. This Is
the simple, quick nnd effective method. Se
why should any one get excited ever what
the committee en style of the present com
mission does or decR net de? Attorney Gen
eral Sclinffcr, who doubtless understands
what Is up, icfuved te worry ever Judge
Gorden's charges against the men who had
tnken liberties with the amcndim-nts which
he had proposed.
A SERMON IN VERSE
IF YOU stand at Fifth avenue and Forty
fifth street In New Yerk cltj you will be
In the vertex of the gajrst nnd fastest life
in the Uriltrd States.
There no one likes te
think tee seriously
Lift) is flashing and
effervescent.
There Is n church en that corner and it
Is called the Church of the Heavenly Rest,
and the rector Is the Rev. Dr. Herbert Ship
man. Dr. Shlpmnn, weary, nppnrently, of
trying te express in ordinary terms the
things he feels after any casual leek about
him, delivered a sermon In verse. It was
blistering verse and it wan dedicated te the
profiteers. The author had various sorts of
profiteers In mind. There was that In his
sermon which showed thnt he hated them
all the emotionalists who hnve profiteered
in writing, who hnve made marketable wares'
out of the agonies of young men ; tjie
grnfters who waxed fat in the war trades
and all the people who were content te get
money or notoriety or secinl prestige out of
the torment unspenkablc that fell te men who
had te held the trenches.
While Dr. Shlpman was delivering his
sermon, a club formed by the new rich was
holding epeu house net far awaj, and Kmc
war millionaires were playing stud poker
for stakes that were seldom less than ?n0,
000 at any round.
THE LADY AT THE WHEEL
XN ONE plnce at least the lord of creation
has been accustomed te feci an assurance
of natural superiority even while the rise
of feminine influence threatened his prestlge
everywhere else. That was at the whcM of
an automobile. The sharer of his sorrows
a man shares his Jeys chiefly in the club or
en the golf course the sharer of his sor
rows was expected te sit quietly by his
side as a wondering admirer of a dexterity
which she might never hope te approximate.
Was she net deflclent In the ruder sort of
ceurhge that makes of man the master of
greut forces? She hadn't the strong will,
the firm hand, thu iron nerves ami the
steady ns they say bean necessary te keep
a strong meter In n state of order and
obedience and she could enty grieve because
of her Inability te handle se Interesting a
devlce as the devllwagen.
Superintendent Mills, an observant mnu,
Is disposed te doubt the right of men even
In their last stronghold. Women, he In
sists, are the best meter drivers. They de
net get intoxicated. They am net speeders.
They obey the traffic laws nnd they rarely
have accidents. When a woman driver
does something wrong she steps te explain
or te give Immediate aid te the Injured nnd
take her own medicine. Weman's true
place, when It Isn't In the home, seems te
be in the motorcar.
When we knew what a brain is and
just what convolutions arc necessary te the
evolving of a thought, we may be ready te
wrestle with the probable variutlens from
type which make possible the short cuts te
exact knowledge possessed by certain math
ematical experts and by prodigies such as the
Polish boy who is new isiting this country
and confounding chess players. And in the
meantime we must content ourselves with
understudying the flapper who, viewing the
Ornnd Canyon, jnwped, "Ain't nature won
derful !"
Manv a man hns te die before we ap
preciate his worth. Which, wheu you come
te think of it. In also true of n hog. When
one thinks of the geed nunlltles of a hog
one Is apt te label them hum, bacon, sau
sage, etc. The life of n hog Is a round of
slothful case and one epigram: What can't
be. endured must be cured. Thn hog was the
first te standardise breakfast feed. And,
having breakfasted, no man can hurt the
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
JOHN LUTHER LONG
On the Fashion In Pleys
JOHN Ll'THElt LONG, Philadelphia
playwright and author of great success,
was In a whimslcnl, reminiscent, chatty
mood. He did net want te pin himirlf
down te "mj Idea" of one certain pljaBO
of the drama. He he sank deeper Inte the
wicker chair before the fireplace of the
Franklin Inli Club drawing room, burled
his chin in his hands and clinttcd.
Perhaps It was the twllljht stealing in
through old-fashioned windows that faced
Comae street, or the alew of the firelight
that lent atmosphere that intangible thing,
that Mr. Leng se cleverly introduces into his
productions.
"There is a fashion iu ploys just as there
is in dress and furniture und most every
thing else," Mr. Leng said. "A long time
age the colorful, elaborate and fantastic
drama, with large numbers in the cast and
production, was the fashion. It was during
that stage that Mr. Belasco and I produced
'The Datling of the Cods' nnd '.Madame
Butterfly.' I must confess I like bist these
serious plnjs with elaberatu settlugu. But
several years before the war the trend
changed atid the small, tluht. Intimate play
with few characters and simple settings
came into vogue. I don't blninc people for
wuntini: a change. I confess 1 was rather
tired of 'Madame Butterfly' and such pro
ductions. "However, many of us thought the small
play would net be long-lived. But the war
set In and seemed te make mere secure that
tvpe of drama. It still Is most popular, al
though attempts nrc being made te return
te the bigger productions. Twe of Mr.
Mrirrls Cest s latest productleim are exam
ples. Olie did net last long, but the ether
Is apparently a splendid success. I shall be
happy te sec buch plays win out again.
When they de come back In style 1 shall
hope te have something of my own te pro
duce. I am usually working en something
or ether. I prefer the beautiful, colorful
things that also carry real plots.
One Sad Experience.
"Concerning the colorful and spectacular,
I remember once when an American pro
ducer, a friend of mine, wanted te put oil
an Ibsen play in whose last scene there was
au avalanche. The property man said surely
he could put It en the stage. The producer
and I sat In the front row te watch the
experiment. All sorts of stnge property
ladders, chairs and the like, covered with
grass made up the laud. Oh. yes, the land
slide was a great success. Part of the stuff
slid clear down ever the footlights and nl nl
mest smetheied us. The nalauchc scene
was net produced.
"Mr. Bclapce and I worked months en a
ghost we needed III i)no of my plays. But
we never could innkc It an unrealistic, mystic
fliest. Stage technique Is a umrveleusly
ntcrcstlng tlillip. It takes months, some
times years, of experiment and study In
lighting effects, materials inid colors te pro
duce the nrepcr effects.
"I sometimes wonder hew many In audi
ences think of the players and producers In
connection with the brief entertainment they
receive at an evening's performance ! There
Is something pathetic about It all. Play
wright nnd producer may have worked years
te put forth a play. Actors work mouths
ami theirs Is real work, tee. They work their
hardest during the hours when most ether
folk are having their amusement and frit.
They put thair greatest effort Inte the ptiulle
production the finished product which the
nudlence sees in se short a time and Judges
even mere quickly. Net until that first
public performance is ever de the neters and
producers knew whither their efforts are te
be crowned with success.
"I remember In 'The Darling of the Gods,
when Geerge Arllss came te me In the middle
of the play, when the audience was simply
breathless with fright and fascination, and
we looked at each ether In consternation,
believing the whole thing n failure. It was
Mr. Belnsce who cheered us Up and confi
dently predicted success.
Bright Future for Film Plays
"Although I am net a motion-picture
enthusiast because of the peer prodiietleh
of some of my things. I thoroughly believe
in the future of the screen drama. It has
wonderful possibilities. Artistically, the
thlug hns baiely started. There Is a wide
field and no reason why photeplnys should
net become worth while nnd beautiful. New
Yerk certainly hns the craze, Motion-picture
men are producing many of the legltl.
mate plays and paying extravagantly for
them. They have purchased many former
legitimate theatres and have built many new
houses for motion-picture showings, The
thing Is growing rapidly.
"I have been disgusted with the silliness,
the Inanity of most of the pictures. That Is
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partly due. I believe, te the fact that manv
writers arc prejudiced against the screen and
muse te write for it. Then, tee, the field
has grown se rapidly old plays and books
have been used up new material Is needed.
"J, '""I BM amusing experience here re
cently. I went Inte n theatre en Market
street after the picture had started. Some
thing about the nlay seemed familiar nnd I
whs wondering if I had read It before.
UredualJy It dawned en me that It was one
of my own but almost unrecognizable en
lie screen. I have heard many authors ex
claim that they could net recognize their own
children' when dressed for the ncreen.
"But the screen dramn will net replace
the legitimate. Wa arc going te chnnge
fashions In the Teal dramas seen. When
?,?&i? 01U of "'sty-tour legitimate plays
running In New- Yerk are serious drama.
It is about time for a reaction. And I shall
welcome the change."
A Cause of Unrest
Prem the DiiIIh News
One thing thnt keeps us animated by the
spirit of unrest Is that uobedy ever offers
collect V g0t a"y c,,a,lcc t0
DRIFTWOOD
MY FOREFATHERS gave me
My spirit's shaken flame,
i ip.? of ''J'"1, the beat of heart,
The letters of my name.
But It was my levers,
And net my sleeping sires,
" " ,K?V.P. tlie fle,ne ,ts chaugef ul
And Iridescent fifes.
As the driftwood burning
Learned its jeweled blar.6
treni the sea's blue splendor
Of colored nights and davs.
Sara Teasdale In "Flame nnd Shadow."
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. What resident of the United fitntss wm
Inaugurated In April? IM,'M
3. What Is a niciSalllunceV
J. Hew should the word be pronounced?
W1K .Y1"1 '.he fu"ecr of the Vanderbl
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6. What Is tarragon?
. Distinguish between amnesia and aphasia,
i?u A"lca enral was described by
Ills fees ns "Old Ceck Eye'"
. Who wrote "TalfB of a Wayside Inn"?
0. What kind of a flsh Is the tnrnen ami
what maximum size does It attain"
10. Wj'WjWaa conquered for Spain
Answers te Yesterday's Qulr
lf PeiH. yi"1"!'. wl"re Senater Harding- Is
"Pending his vacation. Is en the aulf of
Mexico, In seuthwpstflrn Texne nbeSt
twenty-flve miles from Br5wnevl"li
and Hvadnn (hn it...?.. ."""'. l,s
her husband's funeral nyr. tK . ,"
dent Is presented In
by nurlpuies.
The Suppliants,"
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6. The Crimean War was wagcl betw
.Sardinia en the ether. ' 'kt'y un'1
0. ICl OrecD wan u celebrated nulmr ,.,i
llv. (1 In the Inner lulf of C"imeW m.
eenury and the itrat .quarter "Sf W.Vll!
""lL",1" "tu'T "I real name ".
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urni.ee. were wrought In Hiiniii V?"
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though It were spelled "coo " "
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SHORT GUTS
Only d defeated candidate knows hew
sour the gropes arc.
It Is merely a postal that winter has
dropped te let us knew he is en his way.
Interest in the coal controversy grows
acute as the furnace cats the matter at issue.
New that Indian summertime has ar
rived, Indian summer appears te have de
parted, i
The Camden murder confessions show
hew far afield clrcumstuntial evidence may
lead one.
Incidentally, nobody can say that the
shipping beard disclosures are merely cam
paign material.
Now.apprescheth the season when we
talk turkey. And some of us will have te
take it out in talk.
Coming down te cases, de officeholders
thrown out of Municipal Court consider
themselves done brown?
The business slump that inevitably fol fel fol
ewb the end of u wur is at the present time
happily cased by bountiful crops.
If you had te live without a conscience
which would you rather he, a sharer lu
shipping beard graft or a coal gouger?
, Forty water-colors by James McN.
Whistler hate bceu discovered lu Baltimore,
letty histlera make a right artistic band.
The correspondents who spenk of a six six
feet tarpon us the biggest fish Senater Hard
lug had ever hooked have evidently already
forgotten November 2.
With the problems facing the govern
ment in the Imminent years te come, It
would fceem that the opposition will have by
far the easier Jeb of It.
Recruiting pesters always make Inter
esting reading but hew does Secretary
Daniels knew that two huge fleets will en
circle the glebe next June?
If Uncle Sam would but recognize him,
Jehn Barleycorn Just new would be willing
te pay any amount of taxes; but he Is a
tough guy who hus lest his citizenship.
There is
irrnulnir
belief that when a
rlit n child te live
public school hus taught
cleanly, observe eleselv. think clenrlv and
te read, write and cipher It has done its
whole duty.
According te u dispatch from Sebas Sebas Sebas
topel. Captain Emmet Kllpatrlck, a Bed
Cress worker, of Uuloutewn, Pa., was cap
tured by the Bolshevists at Novealexeyevka.
Probably entangled him lu the alphabet.
The fact that Judge Keuesaw Mountain
Landis has a chnnte te Jump from $11000
te IfBO.OOO a year suggests the thought that,
wasteful as Uncle Sam frequently Is, he
doesn't squander his money en his federal
judges.
Lumber men In convention in Chicago
say there Is a falling off of production in the
lumber Industry bceu use lumberjacks can't
ret Hener and won't work without It.
Necessity mny yet provide them with the
kick they miss.
The entire population of Zamora, Spain,
Is parading as a pretest against profiteering;
stores are closed; newspupcrs have sus
pended publication ; and a railroad Strike Is
threatened. Truly the profiteer la without
honor in his own or any ether country.
Perhaps Dr. Eliet, of Harvard, has
been a little unkind In IiIb strictures en the
attire of Boten women. It may be that
they have been Influenced by the laudable
desire te prove that blue stockings are net
se common among them na has eecn gen
erally believed.
Tlie Brliice of Slam, visiting In New
lerk, says that every time he cnters a
subway during thu rush hours he Is con
vinced that American women are heroines.
American men will be inclined te treat the
prince s declarations as they treat the
women who ride In the subway trains and
let them stand.
When nt last It Is demonstrated that
a gradua ed Income tax of n substantially
deeper cut will be no mere popular than
the excess. profits t8X, which new has no
fr ends at all. It niay be that a sales tax,
w tn the minimum of Inconvenience In
'irence, may be r. ven earnest attention by
the committees of the Heuse and StnfttAs
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