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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
RECEIVER FOR IRON CO;
EUROPEAN WAR BLAMED
Camden Concern Says World Carnage
Has Cut Down Orders.


inc effect of the European war on
'''"'7"ss Hvain expressed it,
self today In the form of a receiver for
--.. ..ua ana stre. mdnufac-
IuI"ls OF Camden, y. j., and H24 Ridge
avenue, this city, Kern Dodge was ap-
pointed receiver under bond of S5O,O00
y Judge Thompson in the United States
D'stFict Court upon a bill in equity filed
oy The Clement Coverall Company of
NahGen creditor in the sum of S7l99 81.
AIthough the company is solvent hav-
slVl,oO worth of assets over and
sooFe us Liabilities, 1t was set forth
that a receiver should be appointed 10
intervene and take charge as there are
~ Go immediate funds on hand 10 meet
me current indebtedness on account of
,e present state of the financial mar
net and the war In Europe. Because
VI nese conditions, IT is stated. the con-
uaets ss Tor work 10 be performed by the
company have largely fallen off and
earnings are insufficient TO meet oper-
stlng expenses.
mhIeh VIII shortly be reduced TO judg-
neat, Certain creditors have been
tess!hg Tor their claims and have
'ea'ened TO sue and levy attachment
s va me materials and supplies OF the
tSompany' ~ which are necessary to run
me business
lanes lanes s Merritt, president OF the
sSnpany' sSy' filed an answer to the bill,
o. It's allegations and joining in
r. prayer for the receiver, in order
the assets would be conserved for
holders. ''o'S anu s'oeN'
cha ne receiver is authorized to take full
d. OF the company's affairs and run
BUSINESS until further order OF court
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
DEATHS

ALTMAN.--sAMUEL ALTMAN. 1e years, 52e
AYLMER,on segtsmbsr 4. 5it., Ioia MAR MA y
given from her late residence. 4oi5 watrel
st.. west Philndelphia-
CARLEY.-MARGARET cARLEY years,
pAEASFfssTEq9Rs q9seiNPFS E;PFs.msaF % e. 1Si
sls $ Es.ssnss ma Jstss SS 'fss .ss
BENTLE@WILLTAM BENTLE. 40 years
BRoskI@AdNEs BRosK1, 10 years. 1920
Brow BRo5SWsSN.%EMMA BROWN. 80 years, 1a4l
TRtS SRowN Month era 1st s.ttcys Wld On
sixth;dsy FRIDAY. 25th inst; at u a. M
BuMTISGNissSE4 sNTsi is4 c59''EEGWSs r EEW66 Ii sep
aged SO years. Funeral services on Thursday,
September ~ ro,sreis s e N intermen ns @
North Crosswicks Cemetery.
oAssEIqn ssP,smSSsT 22 lG1 ns14 a. Sea a,Tiis Ifls
Ems Sfs'f arodsk Rs d'4SSF Bde notice " 81 he
CLARK.-M1NN1E CLARK. AZ years. 1721
coNEow,ao,o;n segtssm1ss II. 1914 DAyID
224 League st. Due notice of funeral Will he
given.
CONNES.-Suddenly, on september 22, 1914.
ALBERT L., son Of Oscar c. A. and Annie
NJ Convey (nee Burns), aged l6 years 8
months Due notice Of the funeral will be
given, from his parents residence.
DAVENPORT. Funeral services on Thurs;
Manayunk ave, Roxborough 1nterment pri-
vate
DE wAELE.-on September 90 1914.MARIE
Il. DE WAELE. wife Of George L. De
DEAASSE ssJ. i. 1o1 ta.rss fAT# "
Dean, residence, S66 Union ST. Funeral serv-
Ices and tnterment strictly private.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

EEsfEcE bEaNrs II Rs .gctk ySar aasfa
ociot from odd FslIoys Hoe intsTmssl iiSpihess
| GreenmoCnt Cemetery
son oi william and CHARLOTTE 6lxey. - ~,
9StR {sar at BSfg joyce ssce'fSs nerment pf
| vate, X. OF p. Greenwood Cemetery
2IS H. Taow Of sfRsm3P'fp jJSs J p9Sshsr M
Donohue). Due notice Of the Funeral VIII p
siyysn, from her late residence lZi' '@'''
Or e gsDtsRSs TO- iSis tA6gEA 6sS,oss ANTSES boz
Funeral and interment at the convenience ei
the family.
FLoopop ssptsRSsr 22 22Sis 1siss Pill RHIJhiP Pgii r
ana Rfsts ard snd 5TySsr, fTIsqS5 " co. 'fs %
tend serycesy Friday AZ ma oaI,d a. bis o2b i2fe
interment private thelten iIliis cemetery
sthf HUSBAND Sfp'SiPRsi Of ShPistina ae9iRsi ,eSe
isa Gherq 2g,R st oR Red6ismy Iilasy Mass az s LG
wigs Church at 10 o'clock Interment prl-
GEAHAM.-..on September %, 1914, TRAt,MK AZ K
be given, from his late residence, 6727 cath
HALL.-sERENE HALL, 80 years, eoG North
HALL, i,owELL-.on September Y, ieitw1I..
Hailoweii,, aged a years. Due notice Of the III.
fqntEs H. dspssr XII be yf Van FP P 's' @ residence
HARRTs.-on September % ia14. FRANCIS
A., husband Of Emile =. Harris. Due no
KINss-MARTHA HAWKINS 40 years.
HEFFERAN.E.LAwRENcE HEFFERAN. ~
yeats; 25oe Ellsworth st. ,,- anna
HHHSgPFEs9NA HsgsaS 49, si a,e 1G HS f3Se
DERsoM. aged Is years. Funeral services
HERTER.-on September 13. 1914. MAGDA-
LENA, wife Of Louis Herter formerly Esk.
% BE- IS sye from her se
1907 skunk st. ID
e SptsTbSt jones' sfs1 lS1' tgST ears
Pae pstGe Of ths g sou b? sb given y
N T. husband Of LLottie King Iaee .iSaherj.
9s Ess!isnSe na}s CO 5$$l MSrbet e gwen ,'o" MS
KINGsT9SA s. ,S BsYsr oldest a. on ro6 Sg2'em p m
bert Ser Z T. and ana flice g. kingston in 6s 18th
parents uSfd residenee % BroSd st. South Beyery
y J. Services in NJ. z. Church at o'clock
kLEST!NEK.--LAzERK KLENTNER,ee years,
LiSpEKs.IcHGRLEs LANDERs. ~ years.
LAiEEi0n ssptsgmber q. 1911. CHARLES
TSs"EsaaE Ss r eose e. & a. oo 80 Sfay2SS MartS
LEhTHERMAS;G4i his o. ressldgnsGs; sd;,s.. t27
iHiI. JOSEPH, husband Of Amanda Leather.
man. Due notice Of the funeral Will 90
IinpFILs-HARRY L1DDElL. years
If%DEMUTHGon September 30 1e1i HEN
RlETTA E., daughter of the la'e William
Iindemuth. in her seth year. Funeral sorv-
ices Thursday, at p m, at 1927 y. 57th
st Tntcrment private.
IIPP.-LoUIsA L1PP, 81 years, 2612 North
Nascher 81
L2SGsTrRETIHg al, Rerce29q 23f r. Spain on
sTRETH OF Cambridge. Mass formerly II
Philadelphia. Harvard college class of lSGG.
LUBATTY:mMARY LUBATTY. 90 months.
MARION.-on september IS. 1914 ANNA C.
MARION. widow OF John Marion and daugh.
ter OF the late Michael and Margaret Roddy
Due notice CT funeral from her late residence.
1874 Christian st.
232c z. 1ehigh ave.
McGRATH.-ELEASO McGEATH, 3 years.
1920 y. Reese st.
ARD 4. MiCKLE in his SGth year Reil-
lives and friends are invited TO attend the
funeral. on Sixth-day. the 2lth, AZ 2:3O -. m
from his late residence u West Prospect
Ect st. ferry. PhiIadsl?hia. at 1.25 p. m;
p, m.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
PEACE IA IMPOSSIBLE
+, AT PRESENT, SAYS
! SENATOR LODGE
Convinced by Trip Abroad
That War Must Be Fought
TO Decisive Issue = Urges
Neutrality.

yrw YORK, Sept. 23.-Henry Cabot
,odre. accompanied by his wife, re-
,n,red from Europe this morning on the
o,vrop,o. after somewhat Of trying ex-
-..,o,ce on the Continent. Senator
Lodge said:
~ am chiefly interested in having the
r-r,,ed states maintain strict neutrality.
mean a neutrality which is not re-
,sxsd at one point to help one belligerent
and tightened at another point to harm
.no,her belligerent, but a neutrality that
1, sbsolutely honest and equally rigid
toward all belligerents. The time may
.onoe hope 1t will come. when our
,ood offices may be effectually used for
,hs restoration of peace, but this time
has not yet come.
"This talk about peace just now Ia
orieinated by German agents for the
Uurnose of affecting public opinion here
nd elsewhere There is no reality to 1t,
and n our Government permits Itself to
ha used at this time by the originators
Al this peace talk, 1t not only itself will
heoone absurd, but what is far worse,
ali future influence, which ought to be of
great value at the right moment, Will be
crippled and weakened.
~ take no side; l advocate no cause
IN saving this; but we ought to look
facts in the face. We must dismiss from
our minds any idea of speedy peace,
which will leave everything in the same
condition as 1t was in July. This will
never be. Either Germany will dictate
the terms Of peace or the Allies There
will be no half way about it. II Ger
many conquers France, England and
Russia she will dominate Europe, and
will subsequently extend that domination,
~ she can, to the rest of the world.
Great Britain, France and Belgium
are fighting the battle of freedom and
democracy against militarlsm and autoc-
racy. The battle for public laws against
the laws OF sword and for the right of
small nations to exist. Russia believes
II is fighting against German domination
for the freedom and the right of Slav
population everywhere. All the Allies
are determined that they will put an end
TO the conditions which made the hide
Gus calamity OF this war possible. They
will fight on until that purpose is ac-
complished.
The Olympic also brought several
prominent financiers, who have been
spending some time in England and on
the Continent. Among them was George
F. Baker, chairman of the board OF
directors of the First National Bank
OF this city, who returned after a stay
In England of several months
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
H0RSEMEN AND FOX HUNTERS
GUESTS OF BRYN MAWR SHOW
Banquet at Radnor Hunt Club To-
night for out-of- Town Competitors.

hSnI Ior OuI-OI-IOWn COmpeClCorS.
One of the most notable gatherings of
horsemen and fox hunters ever known to
America will assemble at the Radnor
Hunt Club tonight, when directors of
the Rryn Mawr Horse Show are hosts
at a dinner.
The banquet is given in honor of many
out-of-town exhibitors at the twentieth
annual Bryn Mawr Horse Show. which is
now going on at the polo grounds.
Included among the guests of honor
are Fletcher Harper. of Millbrook, n. Y;
z, Won der Horst Koch, of New York;
George B. Hulme, OF New York; DR.. A.
c. Heffenger, of Portsmouth n H.;
Frederick X Sturgis, of New York;
Charles L. Appleton and Reginald C.
Vanderbilt, of New York; Harry o. Mich
olas Of Meadowbrook, l.. l.: James w.
Appleton, of Myopia. Mass; Richard Nc
Grann, OF Lancaster; James K. MadduX.
OF Warrenton, Va; John Crowden and
Elliot Cowden of Long Island: Eugene
LeVerng, Of Baltimore; f s. Won Stade,
OF New York; Henry W. Whitfield OF
Tuxedo, n. Y; Walter Mcclure of Rum
son. \; j.. Lewis f. Waring, of Plain
held ~ j.; W. L. Herbert, chairman of
tne National Polo Association, of New
York, and FOxhall p. Keene. of New
York
A number of masters of fox hound
packs of other States will be present,
including Henry V. Colt. of Geneseo,
N y; a. Henry Higginson, Middlesex
hunt, Of Boston; W. W. Lanahan, Elk
ridge Hunt, Maryland; Redmond c.
stewart. Of Green Spring Valley --unt
Club; j. B. Thomas, Piedmont, Va;
Robert L. Gerry, Orange County Hunt,
virginia; Windsor T. White, Chogrin
valley Hunt Cleveland. o.; Benjamin
brewster, Joint master of the Green
spring Valley Hunt; Grafton Pyne, Es-
sex County Drag Hounds D. Sands.
Piedmont. Va.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
WILLIAM 1. BROWN

William l. Brown, who for 20 years had
been employed with the Bernstein Man
his home, 3lle North Howard street.
Four months ago Brown had met with
an accident at the Bernstein plant In
which several OF his fingers were severed
by a circular saw. His death, however,
was due to a series Of complications, of
which heart failure was the chief cause.
Brown was 50 years old and is survived
by his wife
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
NEGRO WOMEN ARRESTED
Must Account for Strange Death of a
Railroad Trainman,

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Sept. 23-Three
Negro women are under arrest, and the
police are looking for two Negro men In
connection with the mysterious death to-
day of Orlando Miller, a railroad train
man, q years old. He came to police
headquarters and said Mrs. Susan Doug
las, when he asked her for a drink at
her house, had given him carbolic acid
instead of gin, but he exonerated her.
BY the time he was rushed to the hos
pital he was dead.
The surgeons said carbolic acid was not
the cause of death, as there were no
marks of that poison. Mrs Douglas,
Helen White and Julia Hatcher were
quickly rounded UP to await the result
of postmortem examination and the
coroners inquest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
WILLIAM FRANCIS MILLER

Death from Brights disease came yes
terday to William Francis Miller, a pur-
chasing agent, formerly of Allentown,
Pa, at his home. i544 North Broad street.
He was 50 years old and had been suf-
fering from general debility for the last
two years. His wife. Ida L. Knauss Mil
ler, teacher Mt Temple University and
at Brown Preparatory School: one son,
William Francis, an officer on the battle-
ship New Jersey and two daughters,
Mary and Ruth, survive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
EREN B. COLLINS

Death came yesterday to Eben 3. Col
iins, retired railroad engineer, at the
Masonic Home, Broad and Ontario streets,
in his s6th year. He had served In the
Civil War as an engineer on transport
trains going into the Southern States.
Mr. Collins was born near Pittsburgh.
and in early life was a machinist. with
time he made progress, and was advanced
TO the position of locomotive engineer.
He was a member of Stuckrath Lodge,
No 430. F. and A. NJ, of Allegheny, Pa.
where he had lived most OF his life. His
wife died several years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
1000 Cigarettes as Booty

st,ss teused OF stealing more than 1000 cigar
RsrsL IRON from the cigar store of Phillip
Ies shoss. York ana Woodstock streets,
Tsi ssnn Thompson. q years old. 1925
htT npson street was held In $500
~! re- toF court by Magistrate Morris this
tsInins' Thompson asked 10 use the
wbiia wbiibHShe Sl m the rear OF the store. and
sttsS elt alone there concealed the cigar
ssSs beneath his coat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
MISS CAROLINE sTRoBEL

Miss Caroline Strobel died at the Ger
man Hospital last evening as the result
of injuries received on Monday by fall
ing down the stairs at her home. She
was 70 years old and lived at l741 North
25th street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
MATTHEW POTTS

Matthew Potts. veteran of the Civil
war and a member of General d. b.
Birney Post, No. SO, G. A. r., died yes
terday at his home, H17 East Adams
street. He was s5 years old He was
an active member Of the Union Tabernacle
Preebyterian Church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
JOHN F. HENDRON

John F. Hendron. an active Democratic
worker. died of pleurisy at his home
263S Belgrade street after FIVE weeks
illness. Hendron was a member of the
East End Democratic Club and of the
Active Democratic Association AMI also
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
PHILIP P. FLOOD

Philip P Flood, 70 years old died yes
terday at his home, 4716 Wayne avenue.
He was a member of Lodge No. .. +. and
A. NJ, and of Company *, Third Penn
sylvania Volunteer Cavalry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
MRS. HANNAH sTANpR1Ne

Death from heart failure came to Mrs
Hsnnah standring yesterday at her
home in Wildwood NJ J. Mrs. standring
was 65 years old and had been Ill for
six weeks. Her husband, william Stand
ring, ST., retired grocer, and a son,
william Standring, Jr., in the grocery
business at 2914 Hancock street, sur
vive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
I.nnIs POLLOCK

Louis Pollock, 81 years old, brother
in-law Of Judge sulzberger and well
known In this city, died yesterday at
his home, s73 North 23d street. General
debility was the cause Of his death. He
had been in feeble health for several
months Miss Rebecca Sulzberger, who
was his wife, died many years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
JOHN STUERTZ

John stuertz, SO years old, jeweler.
died yesterday from an attack Of heart
disease at his home, 323 Callowhill
street. Mr.. stuertz was born in SchlItz,
Germany. His widow, three sons and two
daughters survive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
DECISION WITHHELD IN
SUIT or oPToMETRlSTs
Court to Decide Question Of Exemp-
tion From Examination.

Court TO Decide question OF Exemp-
tion From Examination.
President Judge Wilson and Judge
Audenried, In Court OF Common Pleas
No. I, are holding islder advisement the
question of whether optometrists should
be exempt from the rules OF the state
Bureau of Medical Education, following
the hearing Of argument on the point
today, Alexander Martin and Otto q.
Haussman, practioing optometrists. ap-
piled for an Injunction in behalf Of
themselves and about 1000 others to re-
strain the State bureau from enforcing
new regulations adopted in July.
Deputy Attorneys General Wolf and
Cunningham supported the powers Of
the board, and owen J. Roberts ap-
peared for the complainants MIR, Wolf
explained that a demurrer had been
filed against the bill for an injunction,
attacking the suit on technical grounds.
The new regulations call for more ex-
tended studies in anatomy. physiology
and practical and theoretical optics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

bus, few miles from here, were destroy.
ed BY FIRE with Ave horses, one colt ana
SEQ bushels OF wheat, straw and hay last
night: loss 5000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

belonged to the Moose He was q years
old, and for the last year had been en-
gagged in the automobile business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
DEATHS OF A DAY
CHARLES E. RECTOR

Famous Restaurant Man O victim OF
Heart Disease.
LONG BRANCH, NJ J.,- Sept. 3D.
Charles e. Rector, the weii-Known res
taurant man, died early today at his
home in Rumson OF heart disease.
Before opening his worldwide known
place in New York Rector catered to
lovers Of good things as a dining car
superintendent. He was born at LOCK-
port, N. Y, 70 years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Live Stock and Grain Burned
BORDENTOWN. n. J., Sept. 23-The
of Frank Haines, at Column
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
Why This War May Send AU Bot
and Leave Only Man. Made Ma
BY Just Returned from an
Official Inspection Belgian, French Fortifcatons

r F this war is to prove whether Notifications.
entertainments and the movements OF in.
fantry, artillery and other creeping things
are at the mercy OF the aeroplane and the
giant d!rtgible. It Is also to prove whether the
batneshiD Is at the mercy OF the submarine,
the torpedo and the air crafts.
For centuries has been waged in much
the same way. Boats have met each other on
the seas, grappled. fought and sunk each
other Masses OF troops have met each other
hand to hand on the surface Of the earth, have
stormed Notifications and have been besieged
either In cities out OF them.
But with this war two great factors have
entered the arena. Whether these factors will
change battle for oil time to come or whether
they will sink into relative insgnincance Is yet
to be determined
All time-honored tactics OF land war are
threatened by the ships OF the air.
All timehonored tactics OF sea war are
threatened. not only by the ships of the air. but
by the ships OF the undersea-the submarines
and their deadly auxillarcs, the swift torpedo
and the lurking mine.
The sea war. then, is no longer q struggle OF
boats battling on the surface Of the waters. 1t
ls war on. beneath and above the waves
The future of the bnttlesh!p hangs in the bal
ance and before this article appears 1t may
already have been decided.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20

The submarine Is as much thing OF the sea
almost as the fish. Just as the aeroplane Is
becoming as much thing OF the air as the
bird.
The submarine Is unaffected by tempests
because dt can dive down into depths where
there Is no movement OF the waves and 1t
can remain under water for fourteen hours
continuously. This is accomplished by tanks
which can be filed with water and, overcom.
Ing what Is known as the margin OF buoy.
ancy,' submerge the vessel. The air Is re.
plenished by special purifying devices and by
tanks Of oxygen. When the vessel wants to
arise it simply pumps out the water from its
tanks.
The submarine delivers its attacks unseen
by stealth, and 1t hits ship in it's most vital
parts-undcr water. Mainly it accompli she's
this by the use of torpedoes. The torpedo,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
Nets
O. odernVe cot Death 0 O'' 1>A

II it Is go decided. 1t is not hard to picture
what sea wars of the future will be like. There
will be enormous shoals Of submarines block,
aiding ports. preventing food and supplies from
coming In. turning upon each other and bat.
Ting like sharks under the surface. Above
them will be swarms of aeroplanes striving to
destroy the only vulnerable part of the sub.
marine that they can destroy-tho periscope,
the eyes Of tho underwater boat without
which it is a blind man racing to swift de-
struction.
Underneath tho water will be the steel
sharks, rendlng each other; in the air. the air.
ships. each striving to peck out the eyes OF
the manmade monsters beneath the waves.
On the ocean there will be nothing.
1t Is the purpose of this article to present
briefly these new factors in sea wars and
point out what may happen soon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20

1t is the paradox Of humanity that man. ap-
parently always laboring constructlvely is
essentially destructive He spends his genius
in wrcgting the secrets OF nature from her, and
then he uses his knowledge to destroy that
which he has built up with much labor
Not u science but he diverts to satisfy this in.
stinct OF destruction and not an invention
which he does not bend to the purpose of
slaughter. It Is his faculty 10 find the weak
part of the toys he constructs for the farce he
calls civilization. and then with more skilfu
toys TO destroy the weaker through It's weak.
ness
This is the fate that now seems 70 be facing
the costly navcs OF the world. A ship is, after
all. hybrid product Man developed It from
the floating log that had by chance fallen into
the water and which he by chance discovered
he could make move through the water Ages
afterward he found he could accelerate this
progress by putting up piece OF cloth to
catch tho wind.
Since that time there has been no real de.
ve!opment IN ships. The engine and propeller
have taken the place OF sail and wind, but to
all intent and purpose the ship Is still the log
OF the cave man. 1t Is neither OF the sea nor
OF tho air. The waters destroy 1t and tho
tempests destroy it. Therein lies It's weak.
ness
Man. learning this. invented the submarine
The Washington herald., 1914-12-20
COULDN'T STAND
AMERICA INDEFINITELY

Il am being swept off my feet by the
elemental rush in America said Michael
Morton to an interviewer Immediately
after the New York production of his
play. The Yellow Ticket" Il have done
more work in the few weeks since my
arrival than / could have accomplished
in as many months in London. but, dear
me. | couldn't stand il indefinitely you
know. II takes my breath. What / real
ly want to do is to absorb as much of
the tremendous dramatic opportunity
which this country affords as | can pos
sibly carry back TO England. where I
shall be able to sit down quietly-recover
my breath. and write a play of American
life. | have always to put my house in
order. as 1t were. before / can settle
down to regular work. When 1 was as
soCiated with Beerbohm Tree in Lon
don. ! found it most difficult TO work
with him, because he insisted on begin
ming when every one else had left OF.
He began work at midnight and 5 or s
o'clock the next morning always found
him wide awake. and with as keen a
Zest in whatever engaged his attention
rs ! might have had after a good nights
rest. and nv breakfast smoke"
Aside from Sir Herberts little idiosyn-
Grassy as to hours for work, my associa-
tion With him was always delightful.
Once l went to call on him at his cham
bcrs. His man met me at the door with
the announcement ''E's not ere sir, 'e's
living in the doom II took me some time
to realize that Sir Herbert's valet in
tended to convey the information that
his master had moved TO an apartment
under the dome of His Majestys The
ater, where l subsequently found him,
and where he still lives in charming
quarters " corated in medieval style"