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The Washington times., 1911-03-27
PIE-HUNGRY VOTERS
INVADING CAPITAL
Democratic Members of House Beseged by Several hou-
sand Seekers After Five Hundred Places
to Be Filled.

hundred jobs before the caucus next
Saturday. Fifty are coming from my
district. I'll be lucky to place three of
them"
In truth, 1t is serious state of af-
fairs. There's nobody more ravenous
than a pie-hungry Democrat, who has
been kept away from the counter for
eighteen years, and when all the fam
ished ones flock into Washington at
once 1t means trouble for everybody
except the boarding houses. which reap
harvest of dollars.
Il can't come myself, but I've asked
Bill 'Sykes-you know Bill, who's-a clerk
in the bank hereto let you know what
want" wrote one constituent to
harassed member IF l can't get that
Ill take the next best thing to 1t, but
get me something, as I want to come to
Washington"
Everybody from Champ Clark to the
ranking member on the Committee on
Ventilation and Acoustics wears a Wor-
rieG look. An office seeker loses all
sense of proportion; hc cares nothing
about che ratio of 80 Jobs to l., 3333 ap-
plicants; mis- logic consists mainly IN re-
minding a member that:
The job is going 10 some one, and 1t
might as well he me-
What's that Sherman said about
war; mournfullv inquired a Democrat
today. We'll. this thing of being II
Democrat around pie distributing time
is the same thing"
Don't cheer Republicans; the boys are
in agony.
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Miss Oliver Recovering
From Recent Accident

Miss Marion Oliver. Of 1867 Q street
northwest. is steadily recovering from
the recent accident in which she sus-
tained a fractured leg and severe
bruises. The accident happened as
Miss oliver and other members of the
Chevy Chase Club were returning from
a cross-Country run. Miss Oliver 5
horse slipped on the new bridge on
Connecticut avenue. pinning her beneath
so that the combined efforts of all the
men in the party were necessary TO free
her.
Miss Oliver now Is able to go about the
house on CrutChes and II is expected she
may soon venture on short automobile
rides But she will not be completely
recovered for several weeks. She is a
laughter OF Robert Shaw Oliver, As
sistant Secretary OF War.
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Husbands Lawyer to Aid
Wife Who Deserted Him

SHREVEPORT. La. March IN. w.
Outlaw. attorney, of Goldsborro, n. c.,
arrived here to help in defense of Mrs.
Leota Haynie. charged with murder of
c. G. Korngay. Mrs. Hsynie left her
husband in Vicksburg several weeks
ago and eloped with the man she af-
terward killed. She says she killed him
because he told her he was tired of her
and planned to run away with another
woman. Outlaw says he has been en-
ployed by her husband, who says he
will stick to his wife even though she
has wronged him.
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Former Slave Expires
At Hundred and Four

James Colman. aged 1O4 years, one Of
the few remaining types of the old
Southern negro. died at his home Sat
urday. He was born in Richmond in
ls07 and was a slave. after which he
worked for his master. a prominent
Richmond man. Colman refused to leave
his masters hCme until the death of
the last member Of the family.
For fifteen years he had been blind.
One of his boasts was that he served
Thomas Jefferson when Jefferson was
visiting Richmond. Colman also claimed
acuuaintanceship with many men promi-
nent in the history of the United States.
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Deaths.
WHITE.

Elizabeth R. S. Gordon, 64 years, 1883 Q
street northwest.
Nellie S. Firmwalt, q years, Providence
Hospital.
George W. Billings. 81 years, Highland
apartment house.
Mary Menonet, 43 years. Providence
Hospital
John M. ireland. 70 years, 924 Maryland
avenue northeast.
Lewellyn NJ Phillips, 80 years, $50 Z
street southeast.
George C. Barker, 26 years, Langdon,
D. c.
John Wolf, n years, 113s Seventh street
northwest.
Henry N. Selby. month, 1884 Kramer
street northeast.
Eugena Pittman, months, SSs c street
northwest.
Lillian S. Appieby, year, 1717 Connect
cut avenue.
Mary T. Peake. 66 years, NJ stree:
southwest.
Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
John H. Hager, months, 1903 Halt
street southwest.
COLORED.
James Coleman, 104 years, II Liberty
street northwest.
Laura Rowland. 81 years, Freedmen
Mary Allen. so years. Home for AgeI
and Infrm.
Miles Reddick, IS years, Howard street,
Fort Reno.
Robert B. Smith, 80 years, 1854 Nine
teenth street northwest.
Dorothy Green, months, 4S5
street northwest.
Kathryn Y. williams, 36 hours, National
Homeopathic Hospital.
Infant of Samuel and Annis Stevenson.
1907 Fifth street northwest.
Ruben johnson, Il years, Government
Hospital for the Insane.
Lucy Matthews, 66 years, Home for the
Aged and Infirm.
Grace E.. Thompson. IS years, S29 Mary
land avenue southwest
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RECOVERED FROM
OVERDOSE OF DRUG
Mrs. Wheless Took Too
Much Paregoric to Re-
lieve Pain.

Mrs. Maud Wheless, OF 1862 Kenyon
street northwest. has completely recov-
cred from the effects Of an overdose Of
paregorc which she took Saturday
night.
Unable to stand the pain Of three sue
cessive surgical operations, and grief
stricken because of the death of her
husband and daughter within the last
two months, Mrs. Wheless took the
drug to relieve her suffering. Failing to
get the expected relief, she repeated the
dose, and when found about 10 o'clock
was in a state Of semi-coma.
An ambulance was summoned and she
was taken to Garfield Hospital, where
she was soon revived. She was able to
leave the institution within few hours.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Death of Stars Father
Delays Belasco Opening

The death Of the father OF Sam Ber-
nard, the star of the musical comedy
lie Came from Milwaukee" in New
York yesterday. will cause the opening
Of the play at the BelaSCo tonight to
he postponed until later in the week.
No date nas VT been fixed but 1t Is
thought the piece will open on Wednes-
day night. Mr.. Bernard's father has
been i'll for some time, but 1t was
thought he was improving. Yesterday.
hcvrver. he had relIpSe which rauss-I
!is iLath.
The actor was with his father when
he dtd
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Hounds Trail Murder
Suspects Many Miles

OMAHA, Neb.. March 27.-Bloodhounds
taking the scent from the revolver
found by the side of the murdered cap
italist, Herman B. Cohn, yesterday
morning. have led the police to two
men, who were Al rested on a charge of
having committed the crime.
The dogs led away from the scene of
the murder to a shanty near La Platte,
twenty-five miles away. The men ar
rested gave their names as John Lahey
and Henry Mignery. and said they were
from Julian, Neb.
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Bluejackets Firing for
Championship of Navy

NORFOLK, Va, March 27.-Oficers
and sailors on the six battleships which
began firing today at targets al sea off
the southern drill grounds, were, reused
to a high pitch of enthusiasm over the
announcement that to the gun crew
which makes the best record will go the
championship of the entire United
States navy.
Money prizes have been offered, an
the rivalry between sailors of their
ships is as keen as during championship
ooat races,
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Schooner Is Burned,
But Her Crew Escapes

ANNAPOLIS. Md, March N.-Burned
to the waters edge, the two-masted
schooner Salisbury is today a wreck
She wns making her regular trip from
Salisbury, Md. to Indian landing yes
terday when she took fire, and in few
minutes was completely burned, her
crew having escaped in their metallic
life boat
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Seven Are Injured
In Crossing Collision

TOLEDO, Ohio. March N.-N. F.
Moore, sixty, a retired farmer, was
seriously injured and several others
badly bruised in rear-end collision
az CampbelTs Crossing, six miles
north of here, when two Y. and o. cars
colIided.
The cars were crowded with visitors
IN the Lisbon Good Roads Convention.
An unknown farmer suddenly wish
ing to get off is. said to have pulled
The he'll Motorman Clarence Brinker,
of Leetonia. at once stopped. The sec
ond car crashed into the crowded
VeStibule.
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Conference Here to
Discuss Postal Needs

A postal conference ''to afrord
friends of the postoffice. in and out Of
Congress. an opportunity to consult
as to immediate and future postal
legislation" will be held at the New
Willard Hotel at 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning under the auspices of
the Postal Progress League. Fred
erick c. Beach, of New York, Is presi-
dent, and James L. Cowles, of New
York, ecretary-treasurer of the
league. Parcels post will be one of the
principal themes discussed.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Church Folk Object to
Good Friday Hanging

WILMINGTON, Del, March 27.-The
discovery that the date for the hanging
of Reese Roberts, condemned to death
for the murder of Robert and Ann
Casey, an aged couple, at Clayniont,
last August, has been set for Good Fri
Gay, has caused agitation among church
people of this city
Members of the Catholic, Episcopal,
Lutheran, and other churches who OBJ
serve Good Friday in the most solemn
manner, are strongest in the movement
to prevent the execution on that day.
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The Vital Records.
Births
WHITE.

Benjamin F. and Alice c. Fairfax, boy.
Clyde B. and Lois L. Asher, girl
Samuel S. and Mary E. Fitzhugh, boy.
Joseph and Ida Krause, girl.
William H. and Clara l. Stone, boy.
Benjamin R. and Genevieve Buck, girl.
Edgar A and Grace D. Bennett, girl.
William D. and Katherine L. Ryan, jr.,
girl.
Myer and Bessie Levenstein, girl.
COLORED.
Joseph S and Mary Smackum, girl.
John W. and Bessie Bell, boy.
Henry L. and Rachel Dixon, boy.
William L. and Maude Hawkins, boy.
NNIam and Ethel Jones, girl.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Former Governor Brown
Ill After an Operation

BALTIMORE, Md. March 27.-In an
enfeebled condition and weakened from
the effects of an operation for gall
stones, former Gov. Frank Brown Is at
Union Protestant Infirmary
Governor Brown was taken there yes
terday from his apartment in the Hotel
Stafford, and an immediate operation
was ordered. His physicians say, consid-
ering his condition. the operation was
an entire success. Recovery is expected
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arfived-Sterrett at New York; Rhode
Island and Lebanon at Norfolk;
Saturn at Mare Island; Caesar at
Guantanamo; Wheeling at Ceiba;
Yorktown at Panama; Helena and
Elcano at Shanghai.
Bailed-PentuCket from Norfolk for
Tangier Sound; Eagle from San
Juan for Macrois; Mars from Hamp-
ton Roads for Guantanamo; Pa
ducah from CristObal for Cape Gra-
cias A Dios: Vicksburg from Pana-
ma for Corinto. and Stringham from
Washington for Norfolk.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Boy Novel Reader Clubs
And Robs Postal Clerks

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 27.-Half
dime novel reading has scored an
other boy criminal, whose name the
authorities now have and who cannot
long escape arrest.
The boy clubbed Helen and Ella
Heyn, clerks in the postoffice at Lake
View last night until they were un-
conscious and got away with $500.
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Marriage Licenses.
WHITE.

WHITE.
Joseph 8. Lewis and Louise F. Aldridge,
both of Washington.
William Naecker and Ruth E. Beaton,
both of Oakmont. Nd.
COLORED.
Perry Hammock, OF Maysville, Fla, and
Helen Washington, Of Roydon, Va
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Quarantine Lifted.

PHILADELPHIA, March H.-Bryn
Mawr College re-opened today. after a
quarantine Of two weeks, because OF
. slight epidemic of scarlet fever:
Thorough fumigation, even to pets OF
the students, was finished Sunday.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
COMMITTEE PLANS
FOR SANE FOURTH
Proposed to Make Third Safe
Celebration Glorious
Event.

Plans for the third safe and sane
celebration of the Fourth of July will
be considered at a meeting of the joint
committee of the Board of Trade and
Chamber of Commerce in the office of
Commissioner Rudolph the latter part
of the week. Saturday will probably be
the date selected by Commissioner Ru-
dOlph, who announced today his pur-
pose of getting in touch at once with
the members Of the committee.
II the tentative plans of Commissioner
Rudolph, chairman of the committee,
materialize, Washington will celebrate
the most glorious Fourth In its history.
Five thousand dollars is the sum need
ed, according to the Commissioner, to
tittingly commemorate the birth of in
dependence.
Generous Response.
1t is believed. in view Of the successful
celebrations of the last two years, that
a generous response will be made by the
citizens of Washington to the appeal of
the committee for funds.
The celebration problem will follow
along the lines of last year. This in
cluded band concerts, canoe and swim
ming races, athletic contests. day and
night fireworks. the illumination of
Pennsylvania avenue and patriotic eX-
ercises at the District building. The
safe and sane celebration, having be-
come a permanent institution-in the
District, it is the hope OF the committee
to excel the celebration of the each
preceding year. and If this is to be
accomplished additional funds will be
necessary. Last year the sum was
5000.
Fireworks.
The sale OF fireworks and the ex-
plosion of frecrackers and pinwheels
will be prohibited as usual, but neigh
borhood celebrations, not on the official
program, will be permitted. under the
auspices of responsible committees.
The committee this year consists of
Commissioner Rudolph. chairman;
Thomas c. Noyes, secretary; Waldo
c. Hibbs. assistant secretary; George
w White. treasurer: James F. Oyster.
Charles ]: Bell, Henry 3. F. Macfar-
land. Gen. George II. Harries. W. f.
shannon, ]. Philip Hermann, J. Fred
Kelley. and Julius Garfinkle.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
NAVY.

Chief Boatswain J. W. ANGUS, de-
tached connection San Marcos; to
naval station, Pensa cola, Fla.
Chief Boatswain T. NJ. CASSIDY, to
navy yard, Mare Island, Cal.
Chief Boatswain P. HERBERT, de-
tached North Dakota; to Pennsyl-
vania.
Chief Boatswain J. EBERWINE. de-
tached Pennsylvania; to home and
wait orders
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SerUice Orders
ARMY.

First Lieutenant PHILIP B. PEYTON,
infantry, is relieved from duty at
Drury College, Springfield, Mo.
Captain STANLEY D. EMBICK, Coast
Artillery Corps, is detailed as a mem
ber of the General Staff Corps.
Captain JAMES 4. NORMOYLE, quar-
termaster. is relieved from detail
in the quartermaster' department.
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PAIR
WE'D IN ROCKVILLE
Mrs. Katherine Poffenberger
and Urner S. Dagenhart
Plight Troth.

ROCKVILLE, Md, March H.-Being
unable to get married in their home
town of Rohrersville, Md, because all
the ministers there are opposed to mar
rying divorced persons, Mrs. Katherine
Poffenberger, aged twenty-seven, dl-
vorced woman. and Urner Snyder Da-
genhart, aged thirty-twO, came to Rock
Vile Saturday afternoon to have the
knot tied. They encountered no difficult
ties here, the ceremony being performed
by the Rev. William d. Keen, pastor
of the Southern Methodist Church, the
couple leaving for Washington soon
after the ceremony
The suit OF the heirs of the late Rich
ard T. Ray, for a number of years
county commissioner for this county,
against the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, for $4,000 damages, has
been removed to Frederick county for
trial, the company making affidavit
through its counsel that it could not get
justice in this county.
The suit was the result OF the erec-
ton Of an embankment by the railroad
company near the Ray farm near Lin
den, this country. 1t is Contended that
the embankment causes water to back
up on the Ray property, greatly lnJuring
II. The case was tried in the circuit
court here last June, the jury disagree
ing.
Joseph H. Bradley. who owns a farm
Just east of Rockville, has purchased
steam plow and will give it test just
as soon as the ground dries sufficiently.
The engine is of twenty-five horsepower
and is capable Of drawing eight plOws.
Funeral services for Miss Martha r.
Jones, who died of general debility at
the home Of her niece, Mrs. Remus r.
Darby, near Buck Lodge, this county,
.t.o Yesterday from the Methodist
Church at Goshen, a very large assem-
blage attending. Miss Jones was eighty
.,... ,-..rS old and was widely known.
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GERMANS NOW SMOKE CIGARS.

ar. 4. Won Reiger. president OF the town
council OF Dresden. Germany. who is az
the Ebbitt. is also a manufacturer OF
cigars.
The cigar business in Germany is on
the Increase" said he. In my factory II
do not turn out 10000 a day consider
business very poor. Germans. long famed
for their variety and quality Of pipes. are
taking 20 cigars. In former days n Ger
man was always pictured with a stein OF
beer and big curyed-stemmed pipe Now
the cigar has taken the latter's place.
THE main reason FOR the change is the
fact that pipes are unhandy 20 carry
around They take up a lot OF space in
one's pocket. and a packet Of tobacco
takes up some more. Germans are out
door people. and the cigarette is too mild
for them 4 man who is in the open all
the time likes a strong smoke, and the
more he IL out Of doors the stronger he
wants il. Cigars can be carried easily and
they give even more satisfaction than the
pipe. Hence the change.
My" he continued. but your Amer
lean prices are hight No wonder a man
is not considered rich unless he IL the
pOsscssor OF 100000. Why, I'm Germany
IL "A man has IO0O01 marks. which Is
something more than 10000 In american
money. hr Is considered phenomenallv rich.
II IL n shame we can't snip fOodstuns
across the ocean 10 YOU without paying
duty. Washington Post
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DISRAELI A GREAT TALKER.

"DieracH had q decided vein Of humor
of his own. He was q brilliant talker when
hc chose In his youth he went everywhere
and met every enc. having obtained social
and literary entry through his father the
author of ."ur.osities of Literature As "a
fon he rivaIed Count d'Orsay. Instead IF
disgusting his Jewiness, Disraeli seemed
10 thrust ia forward al every opportunity.
That was another characteristic trait. At
TWENTY-FIVE he was the most talked ct
young man in England. and there were
many who saw beneath the superficial daz-
z.e the solid parts tuat were to make him
Justly famous And ] do not believe MS
sense of humor ever left him. In his ola
axe tie Earl Of Reaconsdeld was at heart
tie Benjamin Disraeli OF his Youth
The talk drifted from Dsraeli real 10 Dis
racF rIaved. 10 modern methods Of acting
and the decline Of the old robustous school,
Perhaps the older actor VINO Influenced
me most IN my work. remarked Ariss'
was John Hare now Sir John Hare. j
was never attracted by the loud, dcc!am2-
tory STYLE. and that is probably why ] have
never gone iu Tor Shakcspearian plays
since they arc commonly presented with
unnatural methods.
Of ann still very undecided as 20 whether
o. Shakespoariau experience Of amy dura-
ton is "a good thing for an actor while
b, is Young ShakcspeaItan experience, 1t
seems to me. should come iu ripper years.
when an actor has acquired discretion.
ONLY "a player with ripened powers can
realize what a very good dramatist Shake
,ocsre rs. 70 the average actor Shake
epeare is associated with high-fown reel
tauvc. with something you can get yonr
t,afb into TO use a theatrical phrase. II
is fha very beauty and majesty Of the lines
tblt cause him % overstrain himself and
IN tear the passion TO tatters, IN defiance
Of tho great dramatists own warning.
"carpo dav I may try one or two Of
sbaEe-Dfare's characters. although sthe in
tentiDn is vague. and ] have no mind I"
startle and then disappoint my public by
false alarms a more immediate Intention
of mine is to 90 2 Nero play Most 81
the heroes that have been put on the stage
hitherto have been on the level of music
han ecc,utriciucs. J hope 10 portray
Nero that is human. at least Whatever
DIS vices aud crimes
what do YOU think Of the ultra-nodorn
plays"'
"I am not I'M sympathy with the drama
that is unpleasant FOR the sake OF being
unpieasant DO not object to Bernard
Shaw as ] do 10 his followers and success
sors those who present the exceptional
cases OF life ard place their women chdf-
acters u unpleasant or frankly hornhla
situations. The drama should always De.
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typical. and should show life as II IS COM
monty seen around US and not It's sheer
,,opstrosities on the other hand. proo-
lem play. ike The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'
serves. I think a legitimate use, for the
warning of such career "a that or the
title character type frequently TO ne
seen I'm Loudon-is most salutary. IL was
win Mr.. Patrick Campbell. by the way
I'm Mrs Tauaueray' that ] first came TO
this couuttv eleven years ago next CHRIST
mas"
In those eleven years Of acting before
American audiences the present imperson-
ator OF DisraeH has maintained thaI
deal of versatility for which he contended
Am his remarks about the upbuilding OF q
national theatre. The polished i-hsiisH-
men Of the Plnero plays; the Japanese
War Minister Of The Darling OF the
Cods". the French roue Raoul Berton OF
Leah Kleschna" the sinister man-Mephls-
tophel.s Of THE Devil. the lovable, hu-
morous Septmus; the comedy roie OF
Airs Fiske's production. THE New nork
Idea. " and the brilliant Jew OF 'DisraeH
such is the astonishing record OF a player
who believes that the function or an actor
IS IN act and not merely % deliver himself
ana A set Of stcreotyped mannerisms year
after wear on the head Of an unoffending
ptlbIlc. As he saws, THE capability OF
many a man is moderated Give him tho
cpportunity TO play all kinds OF parts and
A. me Is a good actor he viii be equal u"
,bcu all II is In fact, the habit Of hiring
specialists. 80 called, for certain CHARACTER
cations that cuts down the actors versa
tuitv and diminishes the total histrionic
torcc of the theatrical profession"
George Arliss is Londoner born within
rho sound OF Bow Bells. He went on the
stage rs a boy and has been playing about
twenty-one years. Personally he is Of the
refined and delicate rather than sturdy
tine. If time and strength only served
for aH one wanted 90 do" he calculated in
mis- dressing room the other day Never
mind" he added quantity. ~ the voice
ever fails, there are stn the mQyng
pictures!'
Followers Of the Arl!ss cult-and there
are manv-aren't worrying about the 'mnv-
ing pictures" The Ariss crowd is in fun
swing toward Wallack-. Each individual
IS "a missioner. Between the acts and dur
ing the scenes they talk up the actor just
AS If they were hired FOR the job.
There, there" a yotary cxclaims. Catch
how he did that? Now watch him. He
knows she's a spy and in "a minute viii
unmask her. You ought 10 have seen him
in .Septimus. You don't care FOR this play.
ebg Nonsense, rs the best piece Of acting
since CooleIln was here and az 20 real
art. there's greater mastery IN the crook
OF that chaps littie finger than there was
in Manshcld's whole per'onaiiy''
Interesting, isn't II? Entractes are con
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sumed i'm lively debates about the finer
points Of the Disraei character. the "Jewy"
side Of the lmpersonation. and the lights
and shades OF the portrait. II was the
same in Chicago last winter For the first
five weeks OF the run the Arss crowd
ruled the theatre shop. II was the best
kind Of audience FOR the actor to play to-
for II knew him like a friend, and. "a II
We're. seemed to grasp beforehand the
significance OF his slightest tone look or
gesture.
But now that the New York critics are
agreed that Mr.. Arliss in his new play has
arrived" the special advocates OF his art
are likely to be engulfed in the great mass
OF the general theatregoing public.