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Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
In the Spotlight


LILA NAZIMOVA, the talented
"a young Russian actress, will APP
IA pear this week in Los Angeles in
two Ibsen plays. Whether Nazimova
is more than fad has not yet been de-
termined. Apparently she has at least
the beginnings of claim upon endur-
ing fame. She shows subtlety insight
and facility, with the power of intellt-
gently interpreting widely different
roles. L saw her in THE Dolls
House" last fall. Her Nora seems to
be vastly superior to that of Blanche
Bates, the only other notable charac-
terization of the doll wife by an
American actress. Her Hedda has been
pronounced decidedly better than that
of Miss Elizabeth Robins, who played
the part in New York in 1898
Ibsen himself long since has become
considerably more than a fad. His
plays are significant and Torthtly en-
during, not only because they are re-
flexes of life, but because they are
among the greatest frank cmbodiments,
in dramatic form, of the philosophy of
indiVidualism and naturalism as OPP
posed to theocracy, institutiOnallsm and
dogmatism.
Plato put forth his philosophy of
ideals and the teachers who followed
him urged conformity to an ideal type.
Epictetus preached acquiesCence. THE
mind itself is heaven or hell The
-Platonists and the early Christians
accumulated this philosophy. Carried
into the middle ages, it became self
abnegation and asceticism. The school
men, warning over nOminalism and re-
alism, found reality in the concept,
reverting TO PlatO's ideals, and the
summum bonum of their philosophy be-
came conformity to the ideal prototype.
This teaching became the bulWark of
the churchs authority. Submit your
self humbly and obediently to all your
spiritual teachers and masters" was its
dictum. The light of faith shone clear
ly. The mother church pointed the way
to salvation. Philosophy was its hand
maiden to show only those things TO
which the churchmen should give the
sanction of their revealed wisdom
Truth was found only in cloistcrs.
The last century developed the school
of naturalists. In its speculative aspect
the development of this school was CO.
eval with the PRONUNCIATION of the doc
trine of evolution by Darwin, Huxley,
Tyndall and Wallace. Naturalism
found its strongest and most signifi-
cant expression in the application of
the doctrine of evolution to human So
ciety-in the substitution of the dy-
manic for the static conception Of life.
This, the naturalists urge, means above
all individuahsm. The successfully
higher stages in the progress of the
species, they contend, are reached by
the development of new types. This
necessitates the greatest Elasticity, the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11

All this means simply that the lines
have been clearly drawn between two
sharply opposed schools of thought.
Set off against the naturalists are the
great conservative thinkers who con-
tend that a man must be given his
social HERITAGE that the state and
church are inviolate and inviolable;
that conformity to legal, ethical and
social conventions is a law to be i'm
posed upon every individual. The So
cialists are clearly on this side and are
almost as directly opposed to the nat
uralists as the ultra conservatives
possibly more so. The beginning and
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11

greatest possible freedom for the indi-
Vidual. Inhibition, whether of a dogma
or an institution, is deadly.
life is the continuous adjustment of
internal to external relations, says
Spencer. Adaptation to environment is
held UP as the rule of life. The natur-
alists go further. They say that with
the growth of intelligence there de-
wolves upon man the duty of liberating
the spirit and conquering the environ
ment. what is all important is the
revolution in the spirit of man. says
Ibsen in a letter to Georg Brandes.
overthrow the state; that is the revo-
luton in which | would willingly take
part" But this was the indiVidualism
of preparation, not of blind defiance
and destruction.
While Ibsen gave these views their
greatest dramatic expression, Nietzche
is their strongest champion among the
philosophers. "Strong men digest
their sins" he says in his Beyond
Good and Evil" Sudermann's Magda
says, ITO become greater than ones
sins is worth more than all the purity
you preach" The following passage
places BalZac clearly among these phil
osophers Great men have the secret
of nature, which knows nothing of "A
past, but reneWs her strength from
day to day" Shakespeare had at least
al understanding of this point of view.
The friar in Romeo and Juliet says:
"virtue itself turns vice, being misappled.
And vice oft times by action s dignhed."
Norma, in Maeterlincks "Monna
Wanna" becomes greater than her pro-
posed sin by her sacrifice. Beata, in
"Es Lebe das Lebend,' defies conven-
ton and accepts suicide calmly as the
inevitable result of her action.
Ossip Lourie sums up the conclu- |
sions of Ibsen's philosophy as follows. |
The enumeration may be extended to
cover practically all the naturalist
philosophy:
/. Individual and social regenera-
ton is possible; love is the primary
basis of it. ,. Truth and light. g.
Individual effort, will, action, liberty,
justice. l. The family, not the in
dividual, constitutes the unit of society. |
5. The emancipation of women.
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will enable him to fill an entire season
without a return to New York. This
is the elimination of three years work
on the part Of Mr.. Cort. Chicago viii
be the producing center after the com
pletion of the new theater at Randolph
and Dearborn streets.
Colonel Billy Thompson, widely
known in the theatrical profession on
the coast, is in Los Angeles preparing
TO exhibit the pictures of the Burns-
Johnson fight The pictures were ex-
hibited with striking success IN san
Francisco and Mr. Thompson believes
that they will be equally popular III
Los Angeles. Sixty-eight hundred feet
of Aim will be shown. The exhibition
win be given during the week begin
ming April is.
Oliver Morosco is endeavoring to Sc
cure the services of Miss Florence Stone
for a production of "Salome" at the
Majestic theater in the near future.
Miss Stone has not yet decided whether
she will accept the role.
"a Modern Pocahontas" VIII close
it's season in Los Angeles this week,
and the act will be taken back to SAT-
Lake where it originated. and Will be
prepared for a trip to Europe. pegin-
ming next rail-. 1T WOulu edSiiy hh'S
been possible for the act to have
toured the east, which has not yet
seen it, all summer, but the Indians
who constitute the cast won't go. Ihey
say that it is about time for their
spring planting, and they must get
back to their farms. These Indians
are wards of the United States, and
their wishes in regard to their move
ments must be strictly observed. Iney
will return to the Shoshone reservation
after this week and hold their green
corn dance, without which, they be-
lieye, crops will be failure. This is
a sacred ceremony with them and is
part of their religion. The Indians
have enjoyed their stay here vastly,
and the Orpheum stage hands have
been much entertained by their de-
scriptions of the orange groves, the
ocean and the other features here.
which are all new to them. None OF
the Indians had ever picked an or
ange till last week, when they were
taken through grove, and they also
had their first sea bath at Venice dur
ing the same period, and went wild
over it-for an Indian. The average
red man is the original stole and says
little. But when he wants to do 1t
again" his enthusiasm is manifest.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
JAMES MCDONALD AND VALERIE
HUNTINGTON, AT THE oRPHEUM

His contention is that a marriage
where there is no love is not marriage;
that law and convention do not make
it such.
Before all else, I am human being,
Just as much as you are--or at least
should try to become one, says Nora,
In leaving, when she has learned that
there is no love between her and her
husband, and that his unworthiness has
made a spiritual union impossible. Ib-
sen refused to answer the question
whether Nora came back, although, in
Difference to popular taste, he provided
a happy ending for the production or
the play given in the theaters of North
Germany. Such an ending must newt
ably weaken the play artistlcally ana
structurally. Realism of this type cam
not be tempered with romanticism or
sentimentalism. The final closing or
the door, and the change in Helmers
face is the inevitable artistic denoune-
ment no matter what are your views
on the ethical aspect of the question.
In a sense Ibsen has given an answer
to the question as to Nora's return py
writing Ghosts" which shows the
horror of a marriage where true love is
sacrificed.
Ibsen still stands in majestic isola-
ton, like one of the frozen peaks or his
native northland. The outcome of the
battle between the warning camps, only
time can decide. But none can deny
the power and dignity of the great Nor
wegians message, his fine austerity of
life in the substitution of conscience for
conformity and his unwavering, uncom-
promising devotion to truth as he
saw it.
All doubts about Lillian Russell being
a good Indian'-if any such doubts
! fefn Of
Wednesday night when she was spe-
cial guest at the big potlatch of the
Shoshones, now at the Orpheum, and
Antonio Apache's braves at the Indian
village. Miss Russell was hardly ex-
pected by "those present" to fraternize
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end of naturalism is individualism. 1t
is at the very root of their philosophy.
Collectivism is the basis of the So
cialists' teaching.
1t may clearly be seen that drama
lists of the type of Sudermann and
Ibsen will find ample dramatic ma
terial in the conflict of individuals,
with laws and conventions This clash
is the motivation of nearly all Ibsens
dramas 1.-The Dolls House." in which
Madame Nazimova will appear to-
night, has been attacked as protest
against marriage. 1t is nothing of the
kind. Ibsen does not attack marriage.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11

especially with the redskins out in the
open about a huge fire after midnight.
Her stunts are popularity supposed to be
the lobster palaces and the way of the
white lights. But wednesday night 1t
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
GINNELLEY SHOWED UNDER
IN REELECTION FIGHT.
Runs Nearly $500 Behind
Ticket in Mercer.
Especial to the Newark STAR

TRENTON" Nov. 3-Revised returns
show George w. Housed and Charles
Mather, Republicans, and Allan B.
Walsh, Democrat, have been elected
from Mercer to the Assembly.
The present assemblyman, DR.. Ed
yard H. Ginnelley, the Republican can
didate who sought a reelection, has
been showed under. His defeat was
predicted in the STARS political fore
cast of last week He vas attacked be-
cause of being a director in the local
trolley company. The latter came
into bad repute with the people because
of the attempt to withdraw from sale
or their cars of strip tickets at the
rate of six for a quarter.
DR.. Ginnelley ran nearly $500 behind
his ticket.
Samuel H. Bullock, Republican can
didate for surrogate, wins out by about
5000.
DR.. Walter Madden, the present Dem
ocratic Mayor, is reelected by over 5000
The Common Council will stand fif-
teen Republicans to thirteen. These
figures may not stand, as there is talk
of r~ecounts in three wards. In two OF
the wards where the Democrats lost
out their candidate failed the necessary
number of votes by three and two re.
s~pectively.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
TWO DEMOCRATS WIN
IN IRVINGTON CONTESTS

Frederick Dehnert, Democratic candi-
date for councilman in the Third ward,
and Goff d. Hedden, Democratic candi-
date for the Board of Education in the
sar- ward, in Irvington, won out yes
terday. Dehnert defeated his rival,
Councilman Ernest Boerger, by nine
teen votes, and Hedden vanquished his
opponent, julius G. Sieb, by so.
Dement'S majority. in the first dis
trict was 50 and Boerger, despite des-
perate efforts, obtained a majority of
only 40 in the second district. Hedden
carried both districts. receiving a ma
jority of 20 in the first and q in the
second. The Third ward was the scene
of greatest activity throughout the day.
In the First ward Frederick Eckel-
hofer swamped his Democratic rival for
councilman, Firman Judas, by 16S ma
jority. He carried both districts, the
first by SO and the second by 1872.
Major Isaac Shoenthal, Democratic
candidate for surrogate, made a splen-
did showing in all three wards. In the
second district of the Third ward he
ran behind Russell only one vote, re-
ceiving 119.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
DEMOCRATS WIN GREAT
VICTORY In NEWTON.
Lose Only One Place On Entire
Local Ticket.
Especial to the Newark Star

NEWTON, Nov. BIN, addition to the
great victory won by Senator Jacob
Cole Price in winning reelection yester-
day by the largest majority ever re-
corded for the Office In this county, the
Democrats elected Meyer to the Assem-
bly, and carried practically their whole
ticket.
Five members were elected to the
Board of Freeholders, all but one being
Democrats, as follows: Hampton town.
ship. Edward Wyker; Walpack, Frank
Smith; Green Charles Drake; Lafay-
cite, John c. L~ockburner; Montague,
Loren T. Cole. Drake, Democrat, and
Lockburner. Republican; won out over
the present members running for re-
election.
In Newton the Democrats carried all
the local offices but one Assessor Nor
ris Siple, Republican, winning over Dan
iel Fisher, by a small majority. Henry
D. Couse, Democrat, was elected town
committeeman over Charles S. Steele,
and A. V. b. Mackerley was elected as
SCISSOR by a majority of 30 over the in
cumbent, P. r. an Horn, Republican.
All the smaller offices on the ticket were
won by Democrats. At Branchville
John H. Neldon, Democrat. won over
A. J. Garfield.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
ARMY OFFICERS BREAK
RECORD FOR WRIGHT PUPILS.
Two Lieutenants Fly for Over
an Hour.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Nov. g.
Lieutenants Humphreys and Foulois
today passed the best record made by
any pupil of the Wright brothers IN
the United States by three and one
quarter minutes, remaining in the air
sixty-one and three-quarter minutes.
Had not a stiff wind arisen toward the
end of their flight, making a descent
necessary, they might nave continued
speeding about the field until their
gasoline was exhausted and so have
broken even the records made by Will
bur and Orville Wright abroad.
Previous to today the best endurance
record OF a pupil of Wilbur Wright in
this country was fffty-eight and one
half minutes, made by Lieutenant
Lahm alone Monday last.
The best previous record of a two
man flight was by Orville Wright at
Fort Myer when with a passenger he
remained in the air one hour and
twelve minutes.
The flight today was made at a low
elevation ana had 1t continued ten and
one-half minutes longer it would have
broken the worlds record for a two
mar flight.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03

Cumberland, were members at the last
half dozen or more sessions. They had
respectively held the chairmanships OF
the committees on railroads n canals
and corporations so long that 1t was
considered a sort of divine right
they possessed. New and inexperienced
men succeed them. Isaac 7: Nichols.
of Cumberland, is one of the few men
who have shown New Idea tendencies
to return to the Legislature. Nichols
and Assemblyman Crosby, with one or
two others, are all that may be eX-
pected to introduce any 'discord In the
Republican ranks this year
In the last session ~theresNwasn't a
man in the regular Republican ranks
who was an experienced debater, or an
able talker. This year the regulars
feel that Essex will furnish some good
men for battle with the minority's
brilliant orators. T#
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
G, 0,P. WINS FIGHT
FOR ASSEMBLY


William w. Hawke. There was none OF
the uncertainty in the decisive victory
of Assemblyman John ]. Matthews for
reelection this year that marked the re-
suit in last years election, when the
Presidential contest clouded the local
issues. 1t would not be surprising to see
| Matthews made minority leader If AS
semblyman Mark A. Sullivan does not
want the place again. '
DIR. Jacob Cole Price defe I'D Henry
C. Hunt for the senatorship in Sussex
county with ease. DIR. Price IS the
present incumbent and a Democrat. He
is one of the most popular men IN the
Legislature and he has demonstrated
that Sussex county believes in him by
rolling up the largest plurality his coun-
tv has given a candidate within the
memory of the oldest inhabitant.
DR. Edward II. Ginnelley, r~enominated
for Assembly in Mercer county, was
beaten nv about 900, while his two as
sociates on the Republican Assembly
ticket won by safe margins. Ginnelley
il The man who told the people OF Tren-
ron that It was a move in the interest
of good business when the Trenton
Street halfway SOiiiPoHJ
that six trolley tickets would no longer
he cold for a. quarter. The company
changed it's mind In four days n the
tickets went back to the old rate, but
the neople never forgave Ginnelly. He
- @ cut eighty times in his w dis
trict. credits being generally given 10
Allen r. Walsh, Democrat, who was
elected. Walsh is a young Trenton
ID ax1ata,r actor He Is en-
Moved in the great Roebling rolling
mills The Democrats swept Trenton,
reelecting Mayor Madden. Samuel II.
bullock. surrogate nominee. Republic
cam, won out. =.
In Union county the chief issue in
the Assembly fight was made by the
Jr n. T.. A. M. A circular. was issued
Nv members of the order urging the de-
feat of Carlton B. Pierce and Augustus
w Schwartz because they voted to d.
vert school money. In spite of this p-
position, however, these men and Lloyd
Thomnson the other Republican NOM
inee, were elected.
Hudson county's fight for Assembly
honors was noteworthy. George L..
Record, former Mayor Mark M,
| advisor and corporation counsel, and
his New Idea Republican associates on
the Assembly ticket were defeated by
a good-sized margin by the Democrats
Mr.. Fagan's fight to regain the mayor
atty of Jersey City was the most alb
sorbing battle in the, county, as the
New Idea men viewed it,. and they were
cast down more over Fagan's defeat
than by the los of he Assembly ticket.
Record appears to have u ahead OF
his companions.
Atlantic county will be represented
in the House by Colonel Walter z.
Edge. a man who is known throughout
the State.
There will be many new faces in
the lower branch of the Legislature.
"Uncle Dory' Gibbs, of Camden, who
died last week, and B. Frank Buck, Of
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
PRINCES VICTORY
GIVES LEWIS LEAD
FOR 0vERN0RSH|P
Hinchliffe Alleges Defect in Vot-
ing Observation-Disclosures to
Admit Defeat.

Commissioner of Banking and Insur-
ance Vivian M. Lewis. Republican lead
er in Passaic county, proved himself a
State power again yesterday when he
accomplished the election of Speaker
John d. Prince as senator from Pas
sale county. defeating the strongest
candidate that has ever been before
the people in that section of the State,
John Hinchliffe. The victory places
Commissioner Lewis in the forefront
of the Republican party and apparent
ly makes certain his nomination for
Governor next year..
Senator Hinchliffe, never before beat
en- for Office, was renominated easily
in the primary contest and went into
the campaign ready to fight to the last
ditch. He campaigned as only such
men can, tirelessly, morning, noon and
night, carrying his message up and
down the county. Passaic Is normally
Republican. but no candidate has ever
before been able to defeat Hinchliffe.
The battle was marvelously close.
The districts outside of Paterson and
Passaic gave Prince about 800 majority,
while Paterson was carried by Hinch-
life by about 600 and the City of Pas
sale by IA votes.
j. Sayre Oakley, a voting machine ex-
pert, is quoted by the election board of
the Fourth district of the Fourth ward,
of Passaic City, rs saying that the ma
chine used there was not in good condi-
ton. The election board reports that
275 men voted in the district. The eley-
enth column of the machine totals 497.
For Senator, the vote was: Prince. III,
and Hinchliffe, IS.
IF one machine was wrong, the other
38 used in Passaic county may a
been wrong, too" Is the way the Hinch-
life men look at it, and they have
served notice that they propose to pro-
coed with an investigation. If possible,
they a to hold up the issuance of
credentials to Prince until they have
probed the voting machine situation.
Senator Hinchliffe refuses to admit
defeat until this matter has been taken,
up by the authorities.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
SEIZE SLAYER,
KNIFE IN HAND,
BY VICTIMS SIDE


1t was found thSt the unknown was
day, and that he spent most of the day
there Monday.
The murdered man was 5 feet 8 inches
in height, weighed about. 1870 pounds,
had dark hair and eyes. On the left
shoulder was a mark in the form of
a cross about an inch wide by an incl
and a quarter long, which the police
believe is the markiof some Black Hand
society. The man had an old wound
on his breast which had not healed
properly. In his pocket was found a
rosary.
The discovery of two loaded revoiv-
ers, hidden in the underbrush OF
Branch Brook Park, a short distance
from the spot where the victim met
death, a served to convince the po-
lice thai his death had been carefully
planned, and that more men than the
two under arrest were concerned in it.
The case recalls that of three years
ago, when a man was shot and stabbed
and lis body thrown into the canal in
this district. The revolvers were found
by Policemen Curtin mi Kearney, OF
the Fifth Precinct, who witnessed part
of the fatal assault.
AS the result of the autopsy per-
formed by County Physician Mckenzie
at Mullins morgue today it was found
that the murdered man had beer
stabbed twenty times. Six of these
wounds, including the one which
caused death, were in his neck. His
hands were cut, showing that he had
endeavored to ward off the blows OF
his assailant.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
WILD KICK SENDS
TWO MEN TO HOSPITAL

A fractions horse attached to a trucl
driven in North Park street, East Or
ange, last night by Morris Schwartz an
Joseph Miller of New York. made
plunge and let it's right hoof fly. As
result the two men were taken to tn
Orange Memorial Hospital in the Ret
ord ambulance. Miller was able to 6
home later, but Schwartz remained a
the institution and suffers from a fraq
tured kneecap. I
A single kick did the damage, as t
two men were sitting close together ar
both men were injured. DR.. Herman /
Gerbert. city physician OF Orange, VIII
happened to be near, treated the me
while awaiting the arrival of the ambu
lance. At the hospital Drs. Bradshaw
and Cater used silver wire to repai
Schwartz's knee.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-03
WOMEN STRIVE TO PASS
CENSUS EXAMINATIONS,

Two women were included in the
twenty-six applicants who today took
the special examination for special GEN.
sus agents, class l, held in the Federal
building. A second examination for
agents of class 2 was started at 2
o'clock this afternoon, somewhat SIM
pier than the first, but of the same
character.
Both examinations consist of test re-
ports the same as those to be used In
the real demonstrating, the reports to
be made out from a list such as manu-
facturers usually hand in. The report
covers the capitalization, cost of main
tenance, amount of product and numer-
Gus other details of like technical char
acter.
The board in charge of the examina-
ton consisted of Louis Edwards, James
A. Gillick, Frederick Klein and Henry
r. LadereX.