Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-24
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One hears very little about the unem-
ployed question from the labor party at
present. Mr.. Burns is: therefore. TO DC e
remedy which has enabled the govern
ment to escape from an embarrassing po-
sition. But this remedy is admittedly only
a temporary one, and unless trade I'M
proves the question OF the unempioyeo
will become very acute again with the adj
vent Of colder weather. A cold snap
would prevent large number OF the un-
employed from finding work on the land
or on relief buildings-in fact on nearly
all those schemes which the local autnor-
tiles have started.
1t would also throw very large num-
Der Of men out of work who are at pres
ent occupied in the building trades To
leave the question where 1t is would GER
tainly act as q stimulus for tariff reform.
and I hear that next session Mr.. Lloyd
George will bring forward a scheme of
state insurance. not only against sickness.
but also against the more acute phases
of Unemployment.
The celebration Of the Milton tercen-
tenaTy in London calls attention to the
fact that 1.-THE city" proper. notwithstand-
ing the insignificant size Of its resident
population, has within its narrow limits
an extraordinary number Of churches. and
traditions and associations. Milton has
been honored In various parts of the
square mile" this week. The church In
which he was baptized. All Hallows. was
the poets birthplace. a few yards away.
and its successor. on the Same site. was
demolished to make way for a block Of
Office buildings some years ago.
A bust of Milton on the front Of these
buildings has been framed in laurels. how
ever. and the old Church of st. Mary-le-
Bow, sixty yards or so from where All
Hallows stood. which Is reputed to make
the Londoner either ''cockney'' or not
a 'cockney." according as he is born
within the sound of its bells or not, was
made the scene Of g. great civic celebra
ton.
Yet another city church. a quarter Of a
mile away, st. Giles, Cripplegate, con-
tains the tombs-unmarked and their ex-
act position apparently forgotten-of both
the poet and his father; and here a me-
mortal tablet beneath the chancel rails
was framed in laurel monument was
adorned with simple, modest bunch Of
violets. and a fine statue Of Milton that
Lord Rosebery unveiled in that church.
yard few years ago was decorated with
laurelS and chrysanthemums.
There seems to be q certain amount Of
irony In this ecclesiastical celebration Of
always strongly anti-clerical and who. in
the end. was a law to himself In matters
Of religion.
Friction in Australia.
The friction between the Australian
commonwealth and the individual states
of Australia has some curious effects in
London. Some time ago it was hoped that
the various states would house their rep
resentatives in one building here. This
would be an immense convenience and
economy not only to Australians, but to
those who do business with the common
wealth in London. However, jealousy
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states are spending money on magnificent
offices all over the center of London and
widely apart.
Victoria, for example, is building a
place all for itself in Aldwych; South
Australia is situated in Bishopsgate street
increasing the distance between itself and
Threadneedle street: New South Wales
scarcely thinks Trafalgar Square would
be an Improvement on Cannon street,
while Queensland, which takes up its
quarters in the Strand in March. means to
cast anchor there for thirty years or so.
The idea of making regular use Of the
stage as an aid to political propaganda
work Is novel one and is full of posi-
bilitfes. AS might be supposed in these
days Of votes for women, the idea comes
from the women politicians, and its devel-
|opment has been the work Of the Women's
Free Trade Union, which yesterday, with
in the shadow of the houses of parlia-
thoA.s PAoAu|Su koAAs'I.i Pi"vASe "AA.h
has for its object the making Of converts
to the free trade cause.
The "playlet" was produced before an
enthusiastic audience with the avowed in
tention Of "enabling those interested in
free trade work to judge whether it is
suitable for their individual districts: and
1t was carefully explained to the audience
that any particular fact or argument spe-
cially adapted to any constituency could
easily be embodied in the text OF the
play.
A performance was given this week at
His Majesty's Theater. which marks a
new era In the history Of the British
stage. Hitherto the memorable law of
the censor of plays has ruled out any play
which introduced the sacred personages
of the Bible. Now, however, this rule was
not only discarded, but the divine figure
Of Jesus Christ was an integral part of
the play.
This work was Gerhart Hauptmann's IA
nous play. ''Hannele," which was long
forbidden even in its native home, Ger
many. Hitherto the figure of the founder
Of Christianity has appeared In drama un-
der various more or less obvious dis
guises, and even at this moment, as
stranger. dressed in the mode of our time.
He Is the central figure in Mr.. Jerome's
play. 1.-THE Passing Of the Third Floor
Back" Mr.. Forbes Robertson playing the
part with superb dignity. ''Hannele,"
too, has been rendered In English. but in
the semi-privacy Of performance by the
play actors.
This performance. however, Is the first