'J, r m l A V h S t & lYY-ffTrvf''w'' It IV xii .r j EucnTntj $!ubttc ffieftdc f PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY cmua n. it cttrtib. fsidst ': Charles XL Liudlnrtpn, Vice Prrsldf nt: Jehn O. Martin, Berrrtarr and Treasureri Fhltlp 8. Collin. fehn II. William, Jnhn J. Biwraren. Director!. i r.DiTeniAi heardi I Ctni iL K. Ccam, Chairmen BATIO E. falllWET Editor 3HN C. MilHTIN....Oenral Baalneaa Muium Published dally at Poblie LDeaa Bulldlec Imleprndtnce Square, Phtladtlphla, ATtlKTie Om JYrat-Wnten Bulldln Kaw Teaic OTt Madisen Are. parson 701 Ferd Ilulldlns Bt, been (113 Olofx-Drmecrol Building ClllOiOO 1301 THburW Butldlnc NKWB nunEATJfl: .Wasnisoreif Dcaiutr N, K. Cor. Pennsylvania M. and 14th Bt. Kbit Trenic none The Bun Biitldlne: Iuomdem Utmuv..... Ixmden Timet 8UHBCHIPTION TERMS Tha Errswe Fcsue l.neKB U aerred te sab crlbera In Philadelphia and nurreundlnr town Bt the rate of twelve (12) cents per week, parable te tha carrier. By mall te point outele of Philadelphia, In tha United Htates Canada, or United Statu p p eialens, peataae free, fifty (SO) cent per month, 6lx (16) delUra per year, payable) In advance. Te all ferelim countries one (II) dollar a month. menth. month. NenoB Hubecrlber within- addreia chanred tnuat give old a well new address. BELL. I00 VALNUT KET3TONE. MAW IMO BA&drrtt nil eotnmtintcaii'ews te Evening Public Ledger ufBrndc fiauare. PMIattdpHIa, Member of the Associated Press rijB associated rnjsna it exciunvui - titled te the mm for rtpubUeoHen of alt new tfitpefeka endued te It or net ethertcilt credited in (Ma vapfr, and alto tht local nrwt p)ld therein. All richtt of rrpuMleattan of spectal dlttatchei . herein are alie merited, rklllddphll. Ufdnndir, DmnU 1, IMS a fecr-ykaii riteriRAM rea I'llIIDEXPRIA Thlnica en wlilih tlie people etpeet the nrw admlrdetraUsn tu ten central It aUetitleni T 'Delaware river bridge. A. drvdeck big cntugh te atoemnodato tKe Mr-peer aMnit, Vevelevment of the rapid Irantlt system. A convention Sail. A building ter Jlic Frre Library. A Art Atuienm. Enlargement of the catrr mtpplu. Hernet te accommodate the population. THE PUBLIC'S AFFAIR IT 18 important thnt the refusal of the Public Service CoramlMiea te exercise Jurisdiction of the U. G. 1. with reference te chance. standard of can antherlxed in a city erdinnnre be viewed In Ita proper 11tht. The Kaa plant is municipally owned, and the law forbidding the commUsien te enforce lTiIlngs concerning nny property pestered by the state or a city within this commonwealth la perfectly explicit. Tfre situation, however, decR net Jeopard ize the responsibilities of the public. As matter of fact, it heightens them. Following the survey of the United (Jrs Improvement Company's plant in this city, It Is virtually certain that the terms under which the system is operated and the ques tion of leases, old or new, will come up for discussion. It is at this point that the obli gations of the public will become acnte. There were attempts, melodramatic, if nothing else, te Tealizc these responsibilities when the first lease was framed. The cltl ena of Philadelphia can exercise the para mount control if they vigorously cheese te de no. Indirectly, the Public Service Com mission has pointed out this significant op portunity. JOHN: GUNMAN "IX7K HAD some drinks," said the man VV who was token in Pittsburgh yester day as an accessory in the Peirce murder, "and then we hud some mere. We were pretty drunk." What happened then every one knows. A man taken off his guard was beaten te death. These new charged with the crime, drifting as they are te life terms or te the electric chair, must wonder dully new and then whether any of the responsibility rests' en men who filled them with diluted rat poUen disguised as whisky and sent them into the street ready te de murder. Many criminals of all types have had te puzzle ever that particular question in the past. Until Hew there was never a chance that they might meet these hidden accessories In the jails. Recently the federal court sentenced a man te n jail term for selling what bootleggers call whisky. Yesterday another violator was etarted en the way te a cell. The prospect of fines doesn't trouble people who are making easy money in a veritable flood. Jail is a different matter. Tep prospect of jail is terrifying te the traffickers in Illicit liquor. Why this should be it Is bard te tell, sinue the juils are tilled with men who were once their putrens and friends. THE SUPER-BURGLARS rpO A SHIP nt sea and te sailors who are said te be implicated with thieves respou respeu tibia for the disappearance of almost $1,000, 000 worth of jewels from homes in this vicinity the attention of the police of two continents has been directed by disclosures made In Paris and Iierlln. The achievements of Raffles, of Sberlerk Helmes and of the original Wnllingferd seem trivial In the light of suggestions new made by detectives, who believe that a highly or ganized syndicate of burglars Is operating te market in Europe plunder obtained in the United States. It has beeu clear tlmt no ordinary thief get off with the McFnddcn Jewels. The burglar, whoever he was, had the methods and the finesse of a master. He far us the outside world knows, he left no trace between the McFudden home at Villanova and the Paris boulevards where stolen American jewels ure being offered for sale te unsus pecting American millionaires When the ship in question reaches pert there ought te be some interesting news in the papers. The country hasn't looked with complacency en the advent of the super burglars. If it Is possible te put even a few empleyes of the syndicate behind the bars the rest will be relatively easy. THE WHITE PERIL Tlin churgc that narcotics of Philadelphia manufacture ure tlewing into China and being used te debauch Chinese In communi ties where the new geernmeut only recently wiped out the opium traffic is net new. At various times mere or less direct represen represen tatlens have been made te Urltlah and Amcrlcau officials by enlightened Chinese who are trying te save the country and their people from the devastating effects of habit forming drugs. The Chinese hne almost eliminated opium smoking, a vice introduced among them by white traders eager for profit. Importation of opium, merphia nnd like drugs la forbid den, Itut it has been found that Bucb con traband, though it cannot pass through cus tom houses controlled by the Chinese them selves, wus admitted in Increasing quantities .through ports and nreas controlled by the British, the French und the Japanese, After Repeated appeals from the Pekln Government the British did their best te co-operate with the Chinese. The sensational charge made public yes terday by Hr. Wilbur F. Crafts, superin tendent of the International Reform Ilureau, Indicates thut the Japanese and the Ameri cans from whom they make their purchases have net yet seen fit te step a practice that menaces the health and peace of vast areas Id' China. Recently Mayer Moere had reason te com plain of the widespread distribution of dan gerous drugs from laboratories In this city. Here tha complaint is echoed from across the world. Talk for five minutes te any edu cated Chinese and lie will tell you that while we talk of m yellow peril the Orient lives In dread of the white one. The history of the opium and morphine trade, as It has been cultivated by western business men In China, 'fully Justifies that fear. JS A PUBLIC SERVANTS PAY SO MUCH VELVET? The Issue Raised by Municipal Court Empleyes Who De Other Werk Should Be Broadened te Cever Alt Departments THE publication iu this newspaper of names of empleyes of the Municipal Court wbe arc engaged in private business, With details of the private occupations which take them out of the court during court hours, has called forth the following Interesting letter: Te the Editor of tk Evening PiiaXc Ledetrl Sir While eipefln the empleyes of the JJnelcipal Court for engaging In outside occu pation during the hours they are auppoeed te Tee werklnc for the court, why net consider ether officials who de the tame thins? Ter Instance. Director of Public Welfare Xrncat 1 Tuatln appeared In court ircently u counsel In , caee entirely outside of the Jurisdiction of the Dapartnwnt of Publle Welfare, and he was practicing hlit profession at the law durtnr tha hours his public office demanded his preeence. An assistant city aolldter appeared recenUy aa counsel for men charsrd with roush reush roush heualnc an election poll during the hours he waa paid te work for the city. All the asiletant city aollcltero practice law privately during the hours they are paid te work for the city. Clerk of Quarter Seaalena Cunningham Is the head' of the Cunatniham Cab Company, which deea bualneaa at all heura, day and nlsht. Director Caven of Publle Works is still In the sand business. Preildent of Council Wesleln Is In the con fectionery troelneai. Councilman Montgomery Is a buyer for a department etere. Councilman Ven Tagen la a renl ealate agent enrtrr day and every business hour of the day. Ceuncllmen "lurch, Develln nnd Oarfney prac tice law. Councilman Cennell Is superintendent of a cemetery. All the doctors employed by the city, except possibly Owen and Kurbueh, have private pattcata. Most of these officials are paid mere thun I1J0O a year. I'AIU PLAT. Philadelphia, November 2fl. The suggestion of Fair Day, who signs his name and gives his address, Is pertinent. His list of public officials who arc engaged in private business and devote part of their time te it could be mode longer. If, how ever, he would argue that It is proper for the empleyes of the Municipal Court te re ceive pay from the public treasury for their time and then use part of that time in some ether occupation because empleyes of ether departments of the government arc doing the same thing, be la going further than this newspaper Is willing te go. The proper rule is that when a man is employed by the city he should give his whole time te bis work, Just as a man employed by a prlvetc company or firm Is expveted te give his whole time te his employer. There are a few exceptions, but they nilect men who ln-privnte employment give only part of their time te any particular employer. There are many doctors en the city pay roll who continue their private practice. The city gives them a stated sum for their services and calls en them when these services arc needed. In this way it has at Its command a much larger number of specialists than it could secure for the same sum If It asked for all their time. The system works well. The pay of the assistant city solicitors is in the nature of a retaining fee te secure their services for the city as a client when it needs them. They continue their private practice and thus become mere valuable te the city because of the experience which they gain. If the staff of the city solicitor were composed of lawyers who devoted their whole time te their public client the rate of pay would have te be doubled or trebled or the city would have te get along with lawyers of much less ability thun these whose services It con new command. The pertinence of the exposure of condi tions in the Municipal Court liei in the fact that the plea for a lurger appropriation for the support of thut court is based en the assertion that its empleyes are overworked and thnt it is neressarj te cnlurgc the stnf. The probation officers, the tipstaves and the engineers and Janitors are supposed te give their whole time te their public employment. They nre net in the same class with lawyers and doctors. If the men holding these jobs are net willing te give their whole time they should make way for men who will de se. And until the staff of the Municipal Court is composed wholly of men who work all day its plea for mere money should be held up. The remarks te the reporter), mude by the Municipal Court emplees involved indicated that some of them regarded their public pay as private political perquisites te which they were entitled en account of their service te their ward leaders. It was se much velvet, anil all they had te de for It wus te go through the form of appearing at the court occasionally. Public business cannot be conducted with that economy which proper respect for the taxpayers demands se long as any one, high or low, harbors any such view of public duty. The heads of the city departments receive $10,000 n year. This salary is large enough te warrant the city in expecting that the men heldluj the jobs will retire from whntever ether business they may have been engaged in nnd give all their time and attention te their public duties. If u man Is net willing te de this he should net accept appointment. It matters net who he Is or what hi buslnessmay be. Disregard of this wholesome rule has been responsible for mere demoralization thun any ether in gle cuuse. It Is of a piece with contractor Tule under which contractor bosses have made the city itself nn annex of their private business. We have had a Mayer who was the head of a bending com pany which continued te bend city em em peoyes and contractors doing business with the city after he took office. There wus nothing wrong In allowing his money te re main invested in the bending company, but a nice sense of public duty would have led him te order thut during his term of office the company should refuse te bend nny one doing business with the city. Hut whether the Mayer issued such an order or net, the city solicitor should have refused te pass any bend issued by the company en the ground that the public efflclul whose duty it was te collect under the bend when the man bended defaulted en bis contract wa finan cially interested In allowing the defaulter te escape. But nothing of this kind hap pened. Instead, the business of the bending company with men dealing with the city increased beyond all precedent during the term of the Mayer. The scandal of n score of sinecures In the Municipal Court is trivial in comparison with the greater scandal of public officials will ingly using their office for the profit of their private business. The fact of evil as well as Its appearance can be avoided if all public officials retire absolutely from private busi ness when they accept office. If conditions which prevail here ruled in Washington we should have the secretary of the treasury continuing as the president of a bank and favoring that bank with de posits of public money, and we should have the secretary of the navy interested in a 2 -" -sjrrtK "vtr"- EVENING PUBLIC ODEDiGfERPHIlJkBELPlilis:, v WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER shipbuilding Ann te which he awarded con tracts for battleships, and judges of the Supreme CeuTt practicing by proxy before I the tribunal en which they sit. Fair Play has raised a question which ought te be considered by nil public-spirited citizens, and considered se seriously that a public sentiment will be created that will force virtually all public servants te confine their activities te service of the public during their term of office. UP GOES PONZI RICH men, peer men, beggar men nnd thieves, doctors, lawyers, newsboys, public officials, old women nnd young, boot blacks nnd managers of big Industries flecked te Penzl's offices in Ilosten while the flock fleck ing was geed and poured their savings into the hands of n man who claimed te be able te get wealth out of the thin nlr through which the ships pass en their way from European te American ports. Hnnkcrs said It couldn't be done. Officials of the United States Treasury Department took the trouble te prove that no secret method of wringing enormous overnight profits out of the for eign exchange , system could possibly exist. Rut the flood of money continued te pour into the Penzl coffers, nnd men who knew nil thnt enn be known nbeut finance begnn te wonder whether there really was some thing that they hadn't learned. Other "cap italists" were said te be getting ready te put similar schemes nfoet when federal agents strolled down te the banking district and put Mr. Penzl in jail. What did it all mean? Merely that peeple can always believe what they desire pas sionately te believe, nnd that a geed-looking He with bells en It and the ability te make people happy nnd corafertnble for n fleeting intcrvnl before disaster arrives will always have a large following, whlle the simple nnd unpretentious truth is ignored. In nny final analysis It must appear that Teuzt didn't deceive the credulous Investors of Ilosten. They deceived themselves. They refused te leek facts In the face or te be lieve folk who talked mere honestly but net se picturesquely as Penzl. Life is like that. There are truths that n grent many peeple recognize only when they hnve te and after hard experience has shown thnt nothing else matters or gets you anywhere. The ease that closed yesterday when Penzl was sentenced te five years in Jail was as tonishing because of Its very simplicity. Penzl was net even original. His methods were net new. They were antique. What wns done in Ilosten has been done hundreds of times before by the snides of finance, and done mere subtly than Penzl did It. Penzl took your money nnd premised 100 per cent dividends. He netually paid the dividends out of ether people's money. He might have goue en in this simple fashion for years, get ting deeper into the hole, but paying divi dends nevertheless. Se long ns millions flowed in It was easy te hand thousands out. Inevitably there would have been n smash, but the scheme might have widened and in volved Investors everywhere In the country before It came. It Is tee much te expect that the Inex perienced Invester will be much wiser or much mere careful because of Penzl. Penzl was caught. Other Penzls, less reckless but no mere honest than he. are te be found In the fringes of financial districts in most American cities. They nre the people who guarantee 23 and 30 per cent returns from money Invested In faraway properties nnd concessions. They seek people of relatively small menus and they make a special appeal te widows who, for the benefit of their de pendent children,' are eager te put limited insurance funds te the best possible use. The equipment of these outlaws of the financial world consists usually of a "sucker list" mid n colorful vocabulary. Rut a geed many of them manage te live well nnd te ride in speedy moterenrs. Reputable newspapers refuse their advertising, they nre bnrred out of the better office buildings and they1 keep just Inside the limits of legal tech nicality. Yet they find people who will cheerfully invest in their paper mines and their paper Inventions. If you have money te invest, go te n banker for advice. Remember that a prop erty that enn pay returns above normal will net need te wait for the help of small in vestors. There are few such properties, and the men who make a business of speculutlve investment nre the first te find them out. Put your money If you ure lucky enough te have nny In established Industries nnd utili ties. Leave 50 per cent stocks te the people, who can afford te lese. WHAT MEDIATION MEANS THE principle of mediation such ns has been invoked In the Armenia crisis is no novelty in International law. itut the con ditions under which President Wilsen has accepted the invitation extended by the League of Nations are special and unusual. Significant indeed is the indication that the President has net been deterred by con siderations nf health from assuming this latest role. He has announced thnt he will work through n representative invcstigntlng the dangerous complexities involving harassed Armeniu the aggressive Soviet Government und thu wandering but pertinacious admin istration of Kemnl Pasha. None the less, Mr. Wilsen is presumably authorized te pass judgment upon the result of the findings. The step that he has taken cannot be dis regarded as evidence thnt the restoration of his health has of late been rapid. The origin of the Invitutlen is without precedent. Heretofore the services of me diating experts hnve usually been sought by Interested parties unable te agree among themselves. Rut in this Instance neither Armenia unr Anatolian Turkey nor Soviet Russia Is the official solicitor. The re quest emanates from the International so ciety characterized as the Leuguc of Nations, nnd is in pursuance of the ideals of the covenant, which regard no disputes between governments, whether league members or net, ns lying beyond its concern. The undertaking may be appraised by Its results, but even should flat failure ensue condemnation of the principle would be un fair. The arbitral machinery of the League of Nations has net yet been constructed. President Wilsen's duties will te some ex tent resemble these exercised by King Oscur of Sweden iu connection with the Sainenu dispute of 18119, of the president of the Swiss Confederation In the boundary dispute be tween llrazll and French Guland in the same year and of the King of Italy in frontier contentions of Rrnzll and Rrltish (iulana in 1001. Furthermore, there Is precedent for the exercise of a mediatery office by the President of the United States. It is a personal obligation which Mr. Wilsen and ether Presidents have assunfed. Obviously their services have been requested with the understanding thut they were disinterested purtlcs. Mcdlutleu has been defined by Jehn Bas sett Moen", a recognized authority en inter national law, as "an advisory process. Me diation recommends, arbitration decides." Mr. Wilsen's appreciation of this limita tion Is clear. In his acceptance note be has declined te embark en an enterprise requir ing cither employment of the military forces of the United States or authorization of any features by Congress. The venture Is a trial of geed offices, a test of their potency In a situation beset by confusion and difficulties. Well-wishers of civilization, apart from their opinions re garding the League of Nations, are net de barred from entertaining hopes. The effort begun bears marks of sincerity. - ' tm'iew"5-:V'W',UJB?Mi'CtTC?"''-irF". -i "WAHM-J""itamiMteMe!eH.Mwwfc "'-"- r'TT "I AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT 'i "Hew Much De Yeu Qet?" My Chnnee Back te "Hew Much De Yeu Earn?" The Gentle Art of Keeping Servants By SARAH D. LOWRIE A WOMAN called the attention of n group of us the ether day te the curious fnct that one never heard nny mere the question : 'Hew much de you earn?" It was Invariably: "Hew mubh de you Kct?" The reply of n maid In nn Intelligence office te nnether wemnn I knew who wns looking for a indy's mnid waa nlse chnrnc teristlc of the change of nttltude. The maid stated that nt her last place Bhe had received a certain preposterous sura a week, whereupon the woman who was con sidering engaging her balked : "That is tee much. I have never paid such wages I" she said decisively. Well," said the blase nppllcnnt coolly, you ought te be as uble te pny It as she was." New thnt the. tide Is changed nnd the business houses nnd the fneteries nnd the railroads nre turning nwny their hands, nnd the tide of Immigration hns act in, nnd feed prices hnve new gene down, nnd nn advertisement for skilled lnber brings forty nppllcanU and for unskilled labor 100, the whole question of domestic service will settle en mere natural lines. UNDOURTEDLY, certain changes have come te stay, however, changes that are all te the geed for the domestic empleye. Certain types of mistresses can always keep servants, and always did keep servants even in the most uncertain days of the wnr. They did net bribe them by abnormally high wages or cajole them by soft jobs or cater te them by luxurious quarters or meals. I knew mnny such. They never beast of the fact when ether women nre taking it for granted that nil mistresses nre In the same leaky beat; indeed, they secretly won der a little at their own geed luck nt having no "servant question." There nre whole fnmlllcs nnd family con nections thnt from gcnerntlen te generation never hnve a servant question. It is a quality of mind and behavior, a point of view thnt is almost Instinctive. It does net fellow that a woman who has geed servants and keeps them is, however, alwnys ensy for her family or her friends te get along with. She may net control herself nt all times with n provoking child or Irritat ing in-law or exigent husband, but for some reason she can and docs control herself with a provoking scrvnnt. She has the knack of being firm and at the same time pleasant, and she understands the art of being pnticnt ever a mistake, yet serenely adamant that it shall net be repeated. She knows what te see nnd what te overlook; she Is never suspicious yet never taken iu. And she is all this very naturally and uncon sciously in her dealings with her empleyes because she Is mentally their superior, whlle she allows herself moments of sheer exas peration with her peers that may shake her from stem te stern. FAR mere logical and consistently unself fish women than these fortunate ones fail where they succeed. ' It is net a question of knowing hew te de the work yourself some de, some de net. It Is net the diffi culty of the work or the easiness, the kind of kitchen, the kind of quarters, the hours or the family J it Is net a popular manner or a philanthropic Interest you may have "nice nnd common" ways or you may be a "hetty Lady Imogene." It is a quality, a point of view, n stendy hnnd, un instinct for getting things done, nn administrative rnthcr Uinn nn executive talent, a serene expectancy of the best, a quick perception of the reasonableness of slight deviations, a kind recognition nf little nets of initiative, nn Interest that is never curiosity, and a kindness that is atmospheric rather than detailed, and u power of appcul rather than domination. It would be Impossible te be consciously any ten of these things or any five. The characteristic of the attitude Is that It Is instinctive, but family tradition can give a surcness of touch that is an enviable pos session. It is the last thing n man considers when he is in love with n girl enough te propose te her, but It Is probably thu most Important of all her qualifications as a wife iu thu long run. He can really observe her inheritance In this respect and draw his own conclusions from her own and tier family's attitude toward servants, while he is yet se te spcuk en the way. LAST summer, within a few weeks of each ether, I had occasion te observe the fnmlly nttltude tewnrd their servnnts In two fnmlllcs who hnve always had devoted ser vants. The one occasion was at a time of rejoicing or, at all events, a wedding fes tivity ; the ether wus at a time of grent sor row, a funeral. At the wedding rehearsal at the church I witnessed something nearly uppreaehing u difference of opinion between the mother of the groom and the mother of the bride as te where In the church each should sit. The groom's mother objected te the tran sept scuts en the edge of the chancel at the right and left of the choir as giving tee much room for all and sundry of the casual guests te crowd In directly behind the official families. She wished te sit in the conven tional front pew en the middle aisle, with a nicely graded selection of wedding guests behind her. The bride's mother wasted no words en the subject, but steed during the rehearsal where she meant te stuud during the mar riuge service, in the front pew of the truu sept. "Well, who will be In these pews?" the groom's mother said, pointing triumphantly te these nt the side of the bride's mother nnd connecting with the choir. "The ushers will have te bring these people in by the side deer!" "I am going te have my servants there," the bride's mother rcmurked quietly. And tbey wercl And inasmuch as most of them had been with the family u dozen years or mere, and some us much us twenty years, since before the little bride was born, their belug "up with the folks" in front was right und fitting. Certainly there were no mere Interested guests at that wedding than these men and women te the left of the bride's mother uud futher. AT THE time of the sadness in the ether family, nt the funcrul of the head of the house, there were present In the room next te the children who gathered about the coffin, the nearest of kin, the lifelong near est of friends nnd the family servants. Of these last one at least had been In the family ever fifty years, and two or three of the ethers ever twenty years, and the rebt ever a dozen jcars or se. Their right te be there, the quiet dignity of their sorrow, their helpfulness and simplicity were beautl ful tributes te their relationship te thnt family and te their mistress. These things de net belong te a genera tion age; they exist today side by sldu with the ether restless, self-seeking, uncertain re re latienshlp. There are geed und faithful ser vants who ure self-respecting und Independ ent, and there are mighty peer and faithless ones. What the war scarcity has done Is te make better mistresses, te compel better hours, better feed, better quarters, better nrranged work nnd better wages; In fact, mere reasonable terms of employment. Com petition will doubtless help the servant of tomorrow te respect himself by earning his wages by the work be does. I,et us hope It will be no longer "What de you get?" but "Hew much de jeu earn?" ' . - - i- " "" "m '" " "Tii i ,,v - NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knetv Best OTIS SKINNER On Live Dramatic Art THE big, direct appeal te the emotions is the most-needed quality in drnmntic nrt today. In the opinion of Otis Skinner, dis tinguished actor, who is new nppcarlng in n modern detective play In the city. "There hus been n distinct iidvnncc nmeng things thentrlcul in everything except the most vital things," snld the ncter. "Cer tainly the estate of the actor Is better than it ever has been at nny previous time. "In the days when I first tried my hnnd at ncting as a member of a stock company in the building occupied by Dumeut's min strels things were net se easy for the ncter as they ure new. Then we were regarded mere as nomads and roustabouts than any thing else. The only club he had was the saloon. It is doubly fortunate that things have changed, when one considers that nil our clubs have been legislated out of exist ence. "New the actor has a place in the social scheme. He hns his own clubs, first-class ones nt that. He has mere leisure time and a better chance te Inform himself, and by Bpeclnl reading and general education te im prove his art. He Is also much better paid. "In the old days the actor went through the school of experience. We had plenty of stock companies und 'ench mnn in his time played many purts.' Sometimes one would hnve four or live parts n week. e learned te act, te slug, te dance, te fence, in fact, nil the fundamentals of stage en tertainment. Hut there Is this te he snld: ncting then was mere dependent upon im pulse. "The stage director in these days was mere of a prompter thun anything else. It was considered un uffreut then If eue was requested te net during n rehearsal. Ihe actor rrhearsluR his rule would wulk up or down stage, uud at what was considered the proper point turn and deliver his Hue or lines or execute a piece of stuge business. Teduy the stage director is the ubselute arbiter. The ncter Is net requested, he Is required te put forth bis best efforts during 'rehearsal. The director, if uecessury, helps interpret the role. When the ncter moves any dtstuuee In the course of spcuking his lines or of u piece of stuge business his steps arc all carefully counted. The exact spot where he halts or turns or again proceeds ia chalklined in the director's mind. "This attention te detuil und finish Is today carried utmost te the breaking point. There Is one producer especially in the country who details commeplaccs ut thu ex pense of ulmest everything else. "Nowadays one does net depict emotions ; en0 simply gets impressions. It is us it we were looking ut u picture of City Unit nnd surreundlug plaza. 'Hut,' you say, looking hard ut the picture, 'that surely is net the City Hull.' 'Ne,' Is the rejoinder, 'that Is simply an impression of City Hull.' "We new dissect u psychological point and spend nti evening with It. Words upon words nre used up, us is often the patience of the audience. Itut with all its finish uud nil Its efficiency, the thing thut moves peo ple Is missing. The big central emotions, the very vituls that tug at one and willy nllly draw us out of ourselves ure net there. "We arc living In un age of repression. All during my enreer I huve been imbued with the ldcu thnt my urt wus for the pur pose of expression, Hut new we must rein-ess. We hnve grown te be nshnmed of our emotions. Until recently I doubt if it would have been safe for nn ncter te essay elemental love making. He might huve been laughed off the stage. "Everywhere you see people blase, Indif ferent, callous. Ordinary courtesy is n hard thing te find. Sympathy, straightforward, honest laughter, teurs or eny ether emotion ure net te be thought of. It isn't geed form. Yet, in splte of ourselves, we respond te theBe emotions when they ure powerfully presented te us. "The pages of Dickens still live. Yet he frankly presented 'sob stuff' or comic relief. We had our pathetic Little Je or Tiny Tim, or Sam Wcller with his low comedy. The villains were strong men of iron, Rill Bikes ns an example. Rut Just the same there was n direct, forceful uppcnl te the emotions and the instincts thnt was elemental nnd consequently they live. Heme of our most successful 'stage stars hnve thnt method of expression. The Rarrymere family is an '"MHHHiH .f"-vn vl'- - i - vi w ' 'i?H' , 1920 ' FINIS' illustrious example. There nre numerous ethers. 'The Jest,' with Jehn nnd Lionel Rnrrymere, one of the outstanding successes in New Yerk, wus un Illustration. There was here a revival of Uic drumn of twenty five yenrs nge. "Horrer, strong feelings of nil kinds, still have their appeal. The beautiful, sweet, homely instincts properly portrayed still have nn unfailing appeal. Sympathy and senti ment will strike a responsive chord skillfully presented today, as surely as they would at nny ether time in the history of the stage. David Warfield has existed with 'The Music Muster' nnd 'The Auctioneer' through this appeal te the public. "Rut many of our actors of today are cabined and confined' in their art. In our disdain of the old-school methods the Amer ican stage is in greut dnnger, if it 1ms net already lest its traditions. It is building up none. One must go te France as the single country in the world thnt is preserving its stage ideals. "It is a great mistake te scoff ut the stage nrt of the pnst. It might net be trnnslutable, as it wus then, today, but there was much In it that we could preserve and connect up with our present -day urt. 'New with the theatrical nnd the moving-picture industries centralized, we have built up immense, powerful, efficient ma chines. There nre many advantages. We ure nble te de things in u bigger wny, te stage better, te have all the working ma chinery mere perfect iu its operation. Per haps we ure commercial, but the machinery is nil there te de big things. "In the movies, as In our books and stories, the authors control their char ucters. Just move them n notch, two notches, three notches te the left, ns one might want te express or rather suggest hate, feur, joy. Rut there is tee much con trol and net enough freedom. "Luvlshness is the order of the day In the movies. We have enormous scenes, gowns costing theusuuds of dollars. Every thing but the story and the emotional ap peal. Many of our writers ure going te the movie studies, uttrnctcd net by the cause of urt, but by the great wads of long green iu sight. Rut curtailment must be in order. There must be mere nttcntien te the story und less te extraneous details. The big movie concerns have lest and are losing heavily. They have overreached themselves. ' "With the tremendous resources nt bund it seems that we ure nbeut te swing into the cjelc of the full-blooded, powerfully ex pressed drnnia ugaln. At least, I hope we What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Who was Augustus Egg? 2. Whnt Is meant by riparian rights? 3. Who Is Washington B. Vunderllp? 4. Whut la the cupltnl of Korea? 0. What Is meunt by ptngmntlsm7 C. Whcre are erang-utans found? 7. Whejwns lleger Iluceu? 8. When did the great fire of Londen occur? 9' belong? pelltlcal party dll "enry Clay 10. What Is a deodar? Answers te Yesterday. Quiz 1. The. Mississippi river is 2060 mllea lenir The length ?f the Missouri and the lower .Mississippi g 4200 miles. 5. Henglat and Hersu were leaders of thn 4 j J A" rh0 '?n.ded .." Eneland about Kent Una XeUndea the kingdom 2f 3. "Dafne," by Jacopo Peri, is regarded aa the llrst serious eptra. ""ruea as ' U1W? flr8t p'rforme1 " Florence In 5. Berah Bernhardt is seventy-nve year 6. Twenty-one shillings make a guinea In HngUsh money. Buinea in 7. A klnkajeu is an animal allied te the raccoon with a prehensile tall ..,? necturnul habits. "cn"e tan nnd 8. Ilermetle philosophy was an .ni.ni system which acknowledged enl?"tnr2s chemical principles salt? Sulphur and mercury from which It Txnl.iS every phenomenon of nature. "p,anetl 9. The chrysantherrum Is a native of ChlniL whence It was Introduced Inte EufiSa 10. Curling is a Scotch game played en the lce with large round stones. " '! IflijJ"! if ., ? jri'njiiiVfr'" ' , ' SHORT CUTS Cheaper bread day. Unde Sam seems te be due for a fit of the blues. It Is always "put up or shut up" wltk nn mnbrclln. Pcrhnps Washington B. spells It with n "we." Wnnder-lip. The wise purchnser picks her Christmas presents while the picking is geed. The supposition is, of course, that the cop that gathered Mess is no rolling stone. And when a cop can say "Yeu knew me, Al," the Peirce murder round-up will be complete. The stories told of loot the robbers over looked are perhaps told with design te peeve the criminals. In the matter of interviews the Lord's Day Alliance spokesman uppcars te be a flowing Rewlby. If cows can't be trained te observe the Sabbath, the blue laws will work havoc with the milk business. While we nre laughing at the man who has only one iden, let us net forget thnt he quite frequently "gets It ever." If It were as easy for the police te get n criminal ns It is for a criminal te get a drink crime would seen be stamped out. There Is no 'story se old that It cannot be put ever. A Philadelphia man bas just found gas in his cellar with a lighted candle. The right proportions of wisdom, labor and opportunity always bring success but no philosopher can tell the cook the right proportions. A recent happening seems te premise that the way te rout bandits would be te erganize a corps of women cops and arm them with hatpins. Twe Dallas, Tex., girls have been fined ?800 uplccc with the alternative of two years nt the prison fnrni for "making eyes" at men. Whntja mean, Southern courtesy? The newspnper that "leaves no stone unturned" te get at the truth Is sure te find n number nf the "creeping things" Oliver Wendell Helmes speaks about under sutne of them. Bulgaria has doubtless reasons as geed as these of Germany for dodging the In demnity, but the technique of her press agents has net yet been sufficiently de veloped te be effective. The Italian Government Is considering a measure which will Increase the price of bread, and Socialists there are prepared te fight It. Here we have evldence that the staff of life may be used as a club. Chicago Is arresting nil Its creeks en sight and driving them out of town. The only fault we find with the plan at this nw ment Is that some of them may come te Philadelphia. And we nppear te bare enough of them already. An eminent scientist estimates that the average man's eyelids open and shut 4,000, 000 times during the year. If his estimate was mnde In years befnre prohibition, there must new be added te this number the tines he winks at the bartender. "In the Far East," says an East In dian visiting In Washington, "decellete D reserved for the harem, but In Washington it is the habit of the streets." Pure prej udice 1 Net once In his interview did be acknowledge that the American girls keep their ears covered. Nineteen Twentv has new definitely achieved old age. He knows his days are numbered, and they are, like Adam's, frosty hut kindly. If he has his moods he is en titled te them. He need no longer strle 10 please. His rcCerd It made. Rut ere he gees he stands ready te bestow 011 all and sundry the blessing of self-forgetfulness. He looking forward te the Christmas celebra tion. It is his last big party; the iMlti1 Is, thut he will enjoy. (There is n "blow out" u week later, but a Year can't be ex pected te jubilate nt his own wnke.) J" U16 Christmas celebration will be a humei"; It is the last lessen every Old Year tacbJl That happiness la found ia making etntf happy. - K i.t t -? iA f X vS&Ti Iu . ,
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