6 HARRISBURGTELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME , Pounded iSjt Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH I'HINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square, IS. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't ana Editor-in-Chief ZP. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GKJS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation Mid Penn sylvania Associat- Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Flnley, Fifth Ave nue Building, New York City; West ern s^ i ry ' People's Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. .jjgps&v. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall, |3.00 5 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 10 Oh, fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt knozv ere long,— Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. —Longfellozv. MR. TIIOM'S ADDRESS ALFRED P. TIIOM'S address be fore the Chamber of Commerce Friday should be of great in terest to Harrisburg business men, who depend so largely upon the railroads for their prosperity. Mr. Thom has been entrusted by the Railroad Executives Advisory Com mittee to present the claims of the railroads for United States regulation to Congress and the country at large. It was not so many years back that railroad executives objected to federal control In any form, and now that they come asking the government to extend its regulative powers to almost every branch of the service, including the fixing of freight rates and the issue of securities, they ought to have a fair hearing. It Is true, as the railroads contend, that our present interstate commerce laws are inadequate. They were de signed years ago to meet conditions which long since have been outgrown. It is likewise beyond debate that State regulation and Federal regulation are not infrequently in open conflict, and it is likely that Federal incorporation for interstate railroad lines, as the executives suggest, would help mightily toward a solution of this difficulty. Changes of rates, traffic rulings and other matters of the kind having to do with important relations between the shipper and the railroads not only affect those two important branches of industry, but the public as well. Mil lions of dollars and an active or a dull market for certain commodities fre quently hang upon some decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission which that overworked body as at present constituted is unable to render promptly. This should be remedied. The public, the shipper and the rail road all demand that their interests be protected by the settlement of all such disputes or differences without delay, and the law must be changed to that end. Mr. Thom has made a careful study of these and other subjects having to do with interstate commerce regu lation and his address will be not alone important, but it will be interesting, for he has the faculty of dressing dry business facts In the clothing of oratory. It begins to look as though Harris burg will have to wait for Waite. THE WEST SIIORK FIREMEN FhW organizations have dono more in the way of stirring up senti- ment for civic betterment than the West Shore Firemen's Union in the single year of its existence. The firemen, following the publication of a series of articles by the Telegraph setting forth the needs of the West Shore In that direction, added to their name "and Municipal League" and they have been living fully up to this supplement to the title of their organ ization. The league has been doing much to bring about harmony of action for municipal improvements and better ments among the people of the towns represented. It is pioneering along lines that eventually will weave all the West Shore towns into one municipal government, or at least promote their harmonious development, and the task is ever more important, perhaps, than mar/of the members themselves real ize. Speaking of the annual January Thaw! THETR BUTV IS PLAIN IF tliere is uny disposition mywhcro to emasculate the humanitarian measures enacted by tjio last Legis lature, it ought to be apparent that such a course would be most unwise. It has Just been declared, however, by one of the leading manufacturers whose name has been constantly asso ciated with the alleged scheme to break down the laws in question that there is no such purpose and that In his Judgment the acta should remain as they are for the present, even with their manifest defects. lie also declared that in going about the State ho had discovered a univer sal sentiment in favor of restricting legislative activity. We believe that lie has correctly sensed public opinion in this respect. There is very general opposition to a further program of legislative experiment. Business men are hectored almost to the point 01 WEDNESDAY EVENING, HAHRJBBURG ftfsjftg TELEGRAPH JANUARY 10, 1917. distraction and they demand a respite until such time at least as they can recover normal equilibrium. It Is too bad that there are so many mlschlefmakers busy within the Re publican fold. They are not all upon one side. Both factions seem to have annexed a considerable number of these malcontents, who are most happy when they are stirring up trouble and Inviting party defeat. Neither Palmer nor McCormlck nor Donnelly nor any other of the Demo cratic bosses can be censured for do ing their utmost to accomplish Repub lican undoing nor for encouraging the factional row that has beon disgusting thousands of good Republicans through Pennsylvania. If those re sponsible for this party disturbance I will get together before the recon vening of the legislature and settle their differences, they will be doing what the average Republican expects them to do. It is easy to break down a party; it is not so easy to build it up. It is usual for a "leak" to follow a "freeze-up," but the opposite appears to be true In the Washington incident. KEEP THEM AT THEIR POSTS IF the coming home of American ambassadors from the belligerent countries and their return to their posts results In the same difficulties which seem to have beset Ambassador Gerard at Berlin, then it would seem to be the part of wisdom to keep these official representatives at their posts until the war shall have come to an end. Every word has a double mean ing so far as the interpretation of the belligerents is concerned. The sit uation of this country with respect to other nations is already sufficiently embarrassing without adding to our difficulties through incautious speech of official representatives. Notwithstanding the bringing up of the heavy artillery for continuance of the warfare between the Philadelphia factions of the Republican party, there is still an insistent demand throughout the State for a cessation of hostilities. It must be evident to all level-headed Republicans that a persistence of this factional controversy must inflict in calculable injury upon the Republican party. Surely there is no reason or excuse for further conflict. Things have been said and done on both sides which are neither creditable nor ex cusable from the party and if those responsible stop long enough to see the activity in the Democratic ranks they ought to come to their senses. MR. LYNCII'S GOOD RECORD COMMISSIONER WILLIAM 11. LYNCH'S annual report, show- ing that he repaired 48,451.53 yards of sheet asphalt last year at a cost of 78 cents a square yard is a record of work well done. Not only has the asphalt repair plant justified itself, hut Mr. Lynch has put the streets into very much better condi tion than they were at the end of the repair contract and at a great sav ing to the people. Air. Lynch has been always at his best when in charge of any kind of highway improvements or upkeep, and his operation of the new asphalt repair plant last year is not the least of his achievements along this line. Shark skin for shoe leather; why not use some of the leather from the con sumers who are being skinned? THAW,AGAIN ARE we to have another chapter of Thaw? it would seem so. Tiresome though the ordeal may be, perhaps it is just as well if the result shall lie the placing of this irresponsible where he ought to be— behind the bars of an insane asylum. If he be convicted on the charge against him, the verdict of the New York jury in the Stanford White case will have been sustained and the ! juggling of the law in his behalf after Ibis "escape" from the insane asylum at Matteawan will have been demon strated. No sano man would do what Thaw is accused of having done in the case now pending. Get ready to give the Governor's Troop a rousing welcome home. TIIE CASK OK HOAT COUNCIL acted hastily, to say the least, when it confirmed Abe Rote, Jr., as a patrolman on the mere say-so of his friends. The Police Department has been under fire too often in the past year to loaden the force with men whose records are to any degree in doubt. If a court case is still hanging over Roat. then he is certainly not qualified for the office of policeman. A full Investigation of the Roat case should be made at the very earliest moment, both for the s-ake of the city and the man himself. Wonder If the prospect of a "dry party" will have any effect on the in auguration crowds? TEN MILLIONS FOR ROADS THE current issue of the "Penn sylvania Highway News, the bulletin of the State Highway Department, gives notice that Commis sioner Frank B. Black will ask the Legislature for $5,000,000 a year for the next two years for road purposes In Pennsylvania. Whether or not the Legislature will vote this large sum. the fact remains that it is needed. The State Highway Department's great est difficulty Is lack of funds. From tho very beginning it.has been trying to keep up 10,000 miles of roads with an appropriation scarcely largt enough for two thousand. The strangest bit of news that has filtered into the newspaper offices lately is that the administration in tends to probe the sudden death of an American in Moxlco. THAT INCOME TAX WE wonder what Mr. Gompers, who so enthusiastically en dorsed the re-election of Pres ident Wilson and the return of the Democratic party to power, will have to say to the Democratic proposal to tax all incomes of more than SI,OOO n year. Mr. Gompers was BO positive that Mr. Wilson and his colleagues j "represented the Interests of labor" that he urged all members of the | The Days of Real Sport .. . . By briggs \ ~ I AFTER THE 1 Terrible I* "" American Federation of Labor to vote the Democratic ticket. The first re turn labor receives for this support is the recommendation that Congress place an additional tax on everybody earning S2O a week. Comment is un necessary. I"~Pci£ttcc4- Ik By the Fx-Committeeman With the Stato administration lead ers sitting tight and Penrose men de claring that there should be some in vestigation of charges made against the Brumbaugh administration and the naming of a slate committee for the House without a single Vare man on it, indications are not considered as showing much of a tendency to get harmony among Republicans in ad vance of the legislative session. The Democrats are making the most of it and their speeches at the Jackson day dinners, editorials in Democratic news papers and statements by their coun ty leaders show that they hope to pick up much from injection of the peren nial Philadelphia row into the legisla tive session. Speaker Baldwin yesterday an nounced the names of the six Phila delphians who are to be members of the slate committee and all are Mc- Nicliol men. The Vare men are ignored, mifch as were the McNlchol men two years ago. —Much significance is attached to the remarks of Speaker Baldwin at Philadelphia yesterday on the subject of the charges against the Governor. The Speaker said that he had heard talk of impeachment, but he wanted to go into other charges first. "Serious charges have been preferred against the Governor," said Speaker Baldwin last eve ning. "I have not heard these charges testified to under oath. 1 believe no charges should be made or action taken without a full investigation. When the House swings into its regular routine and it shall he shown that the evidence warrants it, of course, I will be in favor of the proceed ings that would seem proper in accordance with the statutes. "That would be my duty as a legislator. "I do not feel, however, that it is my duty to ferret out campaign charges. I will, as Speaker, live up to my promise to administer the office fairly and honestly. If there is no more truth in the charges than there was in those hurled at me during the campaign for the speakership, there need be no investigation." —The Democratic Philadelphia Record says that the Penrose policy will bo to ignore the Vare men in every possible way and attaches much significance to the selection of Robert Grier, a Penrose man In Senator David Martin's ward, to be a real estate assessor in place of a recently deceased Vare man. It means a fight against Martin and John Virdin. The Record says: "Grier, who received $2,000 a year as a special clerk in the Revision of Taxes office, will get $3,000 annually as a real estate assessor. His post in the tax office will be given to Robert Patton, a Penrose-McNichol follower in the Thirty-third ward, who is at present a clerk in the Register of Wills office. Patton's place will bo taken by John Monaghan, also a Pen rose-McNichol follower in the Thirty third ward, who was ousted as a fac tory inspector some time ago by John Price Jackson, head of the State De partment of Labor and Industry." —Prominent Republicans from up- State will meet Speaker Baldwin at Philadelphia to-day and discuss the patronage of the House and the com mittees and much will be determined regarding the course of the lower branch. To-morrow the leaders will go to Atlantic City. Saturday they will attend the Terrapin club dinner in Philadelphia nnd complete the pro grum by Monday. —lra B. Crilly has been elected sanitary engineer for Altoona, the first man to fill a new post. —Proportional representation as the proper method of electing a city coun cil or other representative body was advocated by Clarence G. Hoag last night at the Woman's Suffrage Party headquarters, Philadelphia. "Propor tional representation, he explained, differs from the system of ward vot ing. While under the ward system, each member of the city council is elected by so many voters who reside Inside the ward, under the propor tional system of electing, each mem ber would be chosen by so many voters, who might be scattered over a large area. Coatesville is preparing for a spirit ed nonpartisan special election for mayor which is to be held on February 27. The county commissioners, at the request of citizens, yesterday made an inspection of the nine polling places and promise to have the precincts properly .equipped, thus avoiding a repetition of the former election for muyor which was declared illegal be cause of irregulnrities in the polling places. The contest lor the nomina tion has narrowed down to four men. They are James G. Pugli, former wa ter commissioner; former Postmaster A. H. Swing, a Republican organiza tion worker; the Rev. T. W. McKin ney, the militant pastor of the Meth odist church, and Walter W. L. W. Jones, ousted by the court after serv ing a year as mayor. The special elec tion comes on the eve of license court. Applications for license will be filed on February 9. It is said that the hotel interests will keep "hands oft" in the mayoralty contest. —There is considerable speculation about the Capitol to-day as to whether the Democratic ringmasters' commit tee when it meets here week after next will pass a resolution directing all Democratic employes of the Senate and House to return the money paid them for the first fifteen days of the session. The biennial story about men drawing pay for this service is now being given first-page attention, es pecially by Democratic newspapers, and it brings to mind the grandstand play of Jesse J. Lybarger, whom the Piitriot put into the Forgettery, and who refused to cash his check, thereby earning much notice. However, other Democrats have declined to immolate themselves by giving up the money for the first fifteen days. —The battle between the factions in the preliminary line-up in Pittsburgh for the mayoralty battle of this fall is becoming intense. Some of the moves have been pretty lively. —Commissioner of Labor Jackson stirred up the animals yesterday at a luncheon in Philadelphia In which he discussed State supervision and was accused by some of those present of being too pro-union. The discussion was very warm for a time. •—The position of appraiser of the port of Philadelphia is becoming a dangerous bone of contention for Philadelphia Democrats and there will be a fine row over it before many days. There have been several booms not counted upon started and the bosses are trying to agree. —Senator McNlchol and a party of friends will leave to-morrow night for Florida to spend a week. The senator will be here for the opening of the legislative session on January 22. —Congressman John R. K. Scott, whose methods of campaigning in be half of Kdwin R. Cox for Speaker are said to have drawn some criticism from Vare leaders, has refused to dis cuss rumors that he will not be a can didate for Governor. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT ] A dividend of but 12 per cent, for the Krupp Company seems moderate for what must have been a rather busy year.—Springfield Republican. Germans say the enslaved Belgians are happy, and they can get similar arguments from the South before the Civil War.—Wall Street Journal. Chicago Is to have a society for the prevention of murders. That 1920 cen sus is beginning to loom up on the horizon.—Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele graph. As things are now drifting, the next Hague Conference will draft regulations to prevent neutrals from annoying the belligerent nations.—Washington Post. Thrift in the Schools [Kansas City Star.] Certainly the subject of thrift is one that needs emphasizing In the training of young America. If the school board can work out a way for having'the Im portance of the matter brought system atically to the attention of the school children It will bo doing a service to the next generation, the effects of which will be apparent even at once. The saving of waste paper is merely an In cident to the general scheme. But when that incident Involves a waste of sev eral hundred dollars a day in paper dis tributed by the Star alone, to say noth ing of the waste of wrapping paper, the necessity of tills new conservation movement Is apparent. Only a very rich country can afford to be as waste ful as America has been—and Amer ica Isn't rich enough to atand the loss INSIDE THE GERMAN EMPIRE IN THE THIRD MANY articles and books have been published in the last two or more years by journalists of more or less training and of more or less discrimination claiming to have enjoyed unusual opportunities to ob serve the conditions of life and the trend of national feeling and opinion in the countries at war. Few of these accounts, however, have even ap proached In judicial judgment and ab sence of sensational treatment the ex- I cellent report now presented to the I public in Herbert B. Swope's volume, "Inside the German Empire," Just is sued by the Century Company, Mew York. In looking through its pages the reader will feel that the author primarily has in mind the giving of a clear, succinct report of what he saw, : and of such changes as he observed | the minds of the people had under gone since at the opening of the war he had visited Germany, rather than to produce sensational effects. He missed the exultation of the early days when, with all the pomp of war, the armies marched out to what they felt so sure must prove brilliant and swift victory: "There Is little or no blllheness in Germany • • They have settled down to the situation in the belief that they are now undergoing the last phases of the war, realizing that the lines along which the war, both po litically and economically, is now be ing fought, are the lines upon which the end will come." The Germans, however, do not be lieve that they are doomed to defeat; if any one of them believes that, he conceals the thought. But the con ditions Germany is now facing are those which, without material change, she will have to face when peace is made. Germany to-day, says Mr. Swope, calls herself "a beleaguered country," and, as a fact, she is. "An iron ring engirdles her." At the beginning of the war a civic peace, "Burgt'riede," was made, such as in olden, days was entered upon when separate free cities and states engaged in war, so that they could present a united front against a com mon foe. In this war it was religiously maintained until now. But the sup porters of the chancellor are accusing his opponents and the Conservatives of having broken the truce. The So cial Democrats, who have been loyal in their support of the government, say that the "Junkorthum" In its open antagonism to the governmental poli cies Is guilty almost of treachery. Moreover, the teaching that might is right, as an element of government is wearing off. The question is asked whether. there is not a middle course between world power and downfall. "It is clear that the war has changed the German idea and the national im pulse. The fond dream of a great world superstate, which was only an- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR*] Why? To the Editor of the Telegraph: I am a stranger in a strange land. 11 have walked your streets and have pondered at the things I have seen and heard. "Can" you and "will" you answer "why"— The public library is not open be fore 11 o'clock a. m. ? Some of the churches do not extend a more cordial invitation to all their meetings? There is such speeding of cars on North Second and Front streets al lowed? Twenty-five miles per seems slow. Clangs of young fellows are allowed | to loaf In alleys and annoy passers-by | with obscene words? A basketball referee is not more impartial in his calling of fouls? Ice is not removed from the pave ments in front of vacant buildings? I fell yesterday on North Second street. The street smiled. The night police force did not flag that bill posting squad a few nights ago? Why— A STRANGER. ! Must Make The Best of It The war must go on. The people of j the United States must assume what ever responsibilities its further prose cution thrusts on them. We cannot i expect either side to make peace to its , own dlsadvnntage merely in order to spare us vexation and trouble, it is not for us to urge peace on powers which are not ready to make it merely I because we may fear that Germany ] will repudiate promises made to us < with regard to her conduct of sub marine warfare. —New York Tribune. other name for a Germanized world, has dissipated, and with tfew excep tions the leaders of thought In Ger many are well contented with any plan in which their present is assured and their legitimate future expansion safe guarded." - It is through *he southeast that lies their hope of expansion so long as England holds the seas. And there are those who are wondering if the war could not have been avoided. These doubters point to the former policy of pacific penetration to justify their doubt. "Life in Germany is not pleasant to-duy. There is a hopeless, prison atmosphere that causes men to crack under the strain. Berlin lias become a nest of intrigue and gossip. "Germany's place In the sun may be remote, and the sun may be growing cloudy; but Germany's spirit does not waver. Her courage still answers every test, her soldiers are still untouched in their bravery and skill, and every sacrifice that she asks is being met willingly—almost gladly." Germany, however, hates America next to England, "With magnificent disregard" of the checks and reverses, both military and economic, that she has suffered at the hands of the Allies, she claims that America is to blame for the fact that she has not succeeded and her chances are growing less. Her loss of prestige, her fear of defeat, are laid at our door. We are the scapegoat of her humiliated self-glory. Mr. Swope quotes Zimmerman as an exponent of the German feeling toward us: "The American neutrality toward Germany is one of the head; toward the Allies it is one of the heart. What America does for the Allies she does voluntarily and gladly; what she does for Germany she does because she must." Only the chancellor lias stood against the resumption of the U-boat warfare—only peace can prevent its resumption. The author recalls the threat made l>y a member of the imperial govern ment that a war with Germany would reveal 500,000 trained Germans in the United States ready to arm agulnst the American government, and Ambas sador Gerard's quick response: "There may be, but there are 500,000 lampposts in America ready to string them im on if they ever try it." And Dr. Kgan, American minister to Denmark, aided Mr. Gerard, through the intelligent German minister in Co penhagen, to dispel the error that cer tain overzealous Germans in this country, such as the late Professor Muensterberg, had created. Indeed, the chapter entitled "German Hatred of America" is one of the most in structive in the volume, which is otherwise replete with the most valu able and interesting material the au thor recalls. OUR DAILY LAUGH USE TO IT. Do you mean l|,\-v J to say that your Ita \ daughter hasn't n* Jfflr f , told you ahe M I' A A/iM wan engaged to her not to both er me with '>" l/ lIW those affairs un- IJj^B less she Intend- VTTr tdjo get mar- WHT MEN VY* LEAVT3 ; HOME. ftv/ Gee wifey but t" iTI th# alr ln 'IMJ/1 flat iS do P®3 r * Ttfl 7 Maybe It's due r—®\l to "team hlt ting the pipe. ALL BUMMER. How about r 'Xj . spending th e TKf winter in Flor lng." They don't |Wg|| have any win- nn~~'| i H Ut there. J'-Q Bmtittg (Ettal Now that the Governor's Troop, OP Troop C of the First Cavalry as it is officially known, is on the way home from the Texas border, it is worth while starting to consider how Har risburg Is going to take care of its militia organizations, which before long will be increased as the State Capital by reason of its transportation facilities is an important military cen ter to say nothing of its political and manufacturing significance. The Gov ernor's Troop will occupy the old church in Capitol Park extension for probably two more years. The two in fantry companies of the Eighth with the machine gun, headquarters and supply companies and regimental headquarters will find the Second street armory too small for them when they return. In Philadelphia, Pitts burgh and other places the county and municipal authorities have been voting money for sites for armories which the State has erected and some structures eminently fitted for the uses of the Guardsmen and ornamental to the city have been put up. Harris burg might take a lesson from Wilkes- Barre, which is the headquarters of the Third artillery and devote a part of its space on a parkway or in a park for an armory or it might do what has been done in some smaller cities do nate a square and co-operate with the State in the construction of a fitting building. There are a couple of thoughts which might be dwelt upon in this connection. Suppose the city of Har risburg should donate a plot of ground in Reservoir Park for an armory for the infantry organization and their auxiliaries. What a fine place that would be for a building such as the State could afford to put up at once Then again the city and the county might go together and get a plot of land close to the State arsenal, which will be on the parkway when finished, and secure State aid, which will be promptly forthcoming for an adequate armory. Suppose the city gave a site in Wildwood Park for an ar mory for the cavalry troop. The troop comes here with thirty-two horses which it will keep and mounted drill and practice will bo obligatory. What better place than Wildwood? It Is true the suggested sites are some distance from the cen ter of the city, but in other places the same condition is found. The armory question is not solely a State proposi tion. It is something for the city and county to act on speedily. * Prominent In the delegation of Scranton men here yesterday was John Durlcan, who is president of tho Scranton Protective Association, which was formed by the property owners and citizens to take care of buildings and properties affected by the subsidence of the soil due to mining beneath. Valuable buildings, includ ing a State Armory, have been dam aged by these accidents and Mr. Dur kan has been an active man to organ ize against the conditions which pro duce them. * * * The organization of the committee to give a home-coming to the Harris burg soldiers recalls the days when the men came home from the Spanish war. The Governor's Troop and Com pany 1 returned from Porto Rico, but the greetings to them was no less hearty than to Company D. The vagaries of the Susquehanna river have permitted considerable work by the sand and coal dredgers in spite of the frozen condition in * spots. Down around Steelton and up near Millersburg the dredges have been able to work and flats to manpu ver, while near this city the ice has been too thick to tackle. • * * Colonel Henry C. Demming, re elected president of tho Firemen's Union at the annual meeting last night, enters upon his twenty-flrst con secutive term as the executive of that body. In the last two decades tho Union has become a force in city affairs and the colonel has been a fac tor in the development. Some of the best known men of the city are mem bers of the Union and representatives of their tire companies. The Union has done much toward insisting upon good conduct at fires and in correcting some matters complained of. * t Samuel McClay, prominent Pitts burgh lawyer, was here yesterday In connection with the argument in the Wabash case, a matter which next to the Panhandle merger is tho biggest railroad proposition presented to the Public Service Commission in a long time. It Involves transfer to a new railroad of the Wabash's famoua en trance into Pittsburgh. f"WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Dr. Edward S. Martin, noted Phil adelphia surgeon, is an ardent advo cate of prepuredness among military men. —James A. Farrell, president 6t the United States Steel Corporation, has been in western counties making in spection trips and attending reunions of the Carnegie men. —Hugh McKenna, the Hazleton postmaster, who is well known here, is rejoicing In an Increase of salary. —Eugene MacAleer, former legisla tor and Philadelphia councilman, is hunting for his automobile which ap pears to have disappeared between two days. —W. Harry Orr has been re-elected president of the Berks County Agricul tural Society. | DO YOU KNOW That llarrlsburg will liavo a notable display of fruit and corn " and similar products here the week of tho twenty-third? HISTORIC HARHISBURG Religious services used to be held In Market Square 110 years ago. "Mother Carey's Chickens" Kate Douglas Wiggln, whose new book, "The Romance or a Christmas Card" continues the success won 111 the holiday season, has been literally working day and night rehearsing her new play, "Mother Carey's Chickens," taken from the famous book o£ the same name, which will have Its first performance in a few weeks. The pro- 1 dueers are enthusiastic over its possi bilities, and it is expected to prove as popular as "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Mrs. Wiggin's activities with the new play recalls an amusing incident which occurred when she was rehearsing ••Re becca." As everyone who has dabbled in the dramatist's art well knows, tho changes which a manager would like to make In the author'B carefully writ ten masterpiece are a source of un speakable anguish. At one rehearsal, when Mrs. Wiggln was Bitting with a friend In a darkened corner of the theater, nervously waiting while a stage manager wrangled with the pro ducer, the sound of a saw In active op eration came stridently to . their ears from the mysterious realm behind the wings. "What on earth are they doing now?" exclaimed Mrs. Wiggin's friend, appre hensively. "I don't know, I'm sure" Mrs. Wig gln replied in despair, "But they're probably cutting out the last act."
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