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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago. Juno = Extraordinary promise
81 bumper crop In Oklahoma and Kansas
io-d"y he!pod 10 ;urn spectators TO the bull
FGe today. Closing was steady. "a to :.
under las, night. Corn showed "A net de-
cline of g. TO :. 10 ic.. and oats OF s.Nis 10
= IL provisions tho outcome varied. ct of
Leading futures ranged follows:
%
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September 49,. ii.51 40 1872 ii.35
No. hard. 9sH; No. . Northern. acigasIl5;
No. spring. ai1fs7. Corn--No. ., 7ih4i7: No
yellow. .l3.u1a. Ooats-No No. = quota
lions: standard. Al
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New York. June +.-Cotton goods markets
were Arm to-day. with prices showing up-
ward tendency In gray cloths. Wash goods
We're In demand for Immediate shlDment.
quiet.
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Vow York, juno i.-Ihc cotton fnArlef
was less active to-day. and showed more or
less ifregu!ariy. with now crop uositlons
relatively cay A. It result ri improving
weather conditions In the South ami further
realizing. Tho close steady az a net
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Fort M"rcmcnt-M !ddlinE. 1865: expor,e.
l.3 bales; stock. -. ,;56 bales
Tota! to-day at All ports-Net r,c.In,e
h S,, bales exports, 1884 bales, stock. 47529j
Total for week receipts. 4coot bales:
export. ?.i1 bales
Total for season-Net receipt. IN 10y Io5
bales; exports. S52tc05 bales.
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

pound; extra prime. ti.I4i3c. per pound:
prime. tHHsc. per pound: shellin: stock. $40
&c. per pound.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET
Petersburg. Va. June 4.-Peanuts-Snan-
lsh-Farmers' spanish steady AZ sl35 per
buShcl. Nirginias-Fancy Jumbo. nsd4a,c.
Der pnnnd: fancy handpIcked. i,aMt9.c. Per
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RICHMOND Hay MARKET
Richmond. Va. Lnnc 1 10,
CATTLE MARKETS..
RICHMOND lave STOCK MARKET.
tSales at Union stock Yards)

Richmond. Va. Juno g. 1914
Report OF the live stock market for III.
week ending June !. 1914:
rest steers. SUSIE; medium to good 7i.S.
&c. common to fair. 6i.U7c: best hoifers
..aaSc. medium I" good. 6i.01c: common
10 lar. a'iu"r; best cows. ia 6i-r: medium IN
good ''tp1".c: common to fair, 3i,Hiisc;
best oxen C'.u6N,c: medium TO good i.i!.s,5i!c:
common 10 lair. ti.d5c: bulls, 5RGI.c: calves
SHsc: dicks. t"5i+c: cows and calves 1l0ds70:
nos. StpN3c; sows and staEa. 5g7c: best
"hcep' i':r"c: medium to good ai.Tr.C.
common to fair. 3r3i.c: best fan Lambs
n,;aHn.ac common TO fair. itsIJc: spring
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FOR MAYOR OF LYNCUBtRG

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
LyhchburE, Va. June >.-Thc time
having expired for notice to insure
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sEABoARp AIR LINE RAILWAY
Norfolk g. Western Railway

ONLY ALI. RAIL LINE TO UoRFOLK
Schedule In Effect May To- 1914
Leave Byrd Street Station. Richmond, FOR
J. NJ.
For I.yNCHBURG AND THE WEST:
'6:lh \. NJ. 1910 4. NJ. 900 T.. NJ .9:2o p VI
Arrive li!chmond from Norfolk: 'il:4o a.
NJ. Cos /. NJ. 1850 T. NJ From the West:
..::5o 4: NJ. 1::!0 =. NJ. 1870 i. NJ. 's:c5 r.
NJ, '9:co p NJ.
'Dany. ,Dniiy except Sunday. Sunday
only.
w IL. BENILL. ". c. SAUNDERS
J.. 4. NJ. Eoanokc. q. i. A.. Roanoke.
{. ii. BOSL;Y. ID. y. A.. Richmond Va.
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OLD DOMINION LINE

Lv. Rich'aond loot OF Ash ST. daily. :: 90 p II.
Leave Nswport News...........-......5:oo A. 81.
q A. N.
Connects with main line steamers ,envtn
Norfolk for New York daily except SUNDAY
200 Il NJ. Connections also made by ~ a
W. Ry. 3 p. NJ and {. Il o. Ry. At p a
Night line steamers stop ut Clareront on
signal and are met by public conveyance
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION CO-Jcmcs Rive,
by daylight for Norfolk. Old Point. Nswpors
News and all James River landings Monday
Wednesday and Friday at $50 A. NJ Freicbi
received for all James River points
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY

PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH
Nrnins Leave Eichmond-Main 81. Station.
y: B-Following schedule figures published
a. information and not guaranteed.
ior the South-Daily: j:Ui -. M.-Locai.
!V;io y: M-Express. $50 +. M.-Express
win Electric Lighted Sleeping Cars for At
lanta and birmingham. II 80 +. M.-Exprcss
Week Days: 3:eo l.. NJ. and GOO L. M.-Local.
YORK RIVER LINE
G:1o +. M.-Steamer train tparlor cary ex-
cert sunday: no local stops and i:I5 p. Nj
except Sudnay. 1855 a. M-Daiiy-i.ocal
Trains Arrive Richmond.
From the South: :o5 A. II. and 500 A. NJ
; ;:aS r. ~" $50 I. NJ, daily; $40 a. NJ. and
a. NJ; tstcamer train). daily. except Monday;
90" A. NJ. and 6:i5 y. NJ. daily.
Ii. l.. BISHOP. D. p. A.,
W r. Min Rt. Phone Madison m
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Chicago. June 4-IioEs. strong: bulk of
snlcs. S.AusS.2,; pigs. s.l5ns7..i. Cattle,
SLOW: COWS and heiiers $3.7cISS.7.: calves
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Richmond & Chesapeake Bay Railway Company
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL ID,

SupcrscdinE Schedule OF May 30. 1912.
Trains lcnrc Richmond B'5,5O A. NJ,
\. W.. ilS a. NJ, a. VI, 'sIO a. NJ,
~ 4. VI, y. VI, Il. W.. 3 T.. NJ, IA
j.. NJ, $50 u. NJ. 6,2O l.. NJ. 7:IO Il. NJ,
~ y. W. 50 j.. W.. 10 u. NJ. II no u. NJ.
!. NJ. 4. VI, n8 A. VI, 10 &. NJ, s.11
4. NJ, ~ noon, 81 r. NJ. 2 T.. NJ. 2 r.
y. NJ, II. NJ, I'D +. NJ. $40 II. NJ. IL
l.. NJ
u Carries baEgnRe Saturdays only.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKrr

Richmond. Va. June 4 lel4
Following are the quotations on the Rich
iond Tobacco Exchange:
IOOSE DAKli-EIRED
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EgGs. Chickens Butter and IIenS-In good
demand At prices quoted. Live stock OF ali
kinds IN good demand. Nenis-Scarce and
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LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS..

by Levy Commission Co Conn
mission Merchants. Richmond. Va
Richmond. Va. Juno l. 1914
ACTUAL WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS. OF
MARKET.
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Now York. June Mercantile pnper.
Sa.1L Sterling exchange. firm; siNty DAYS.
q sGaI: demand. 81. $3.50. Commercial bills.
SS5s.. Bar silver. 5ji.. Mexican dollars. 434.
Government bonds steady; railroad bonds
irregular. Calt money steady. l9.ms: ruling
rate ia closing. 1iaNls.. Time loans weak
cr siNtY days. 212it ninety days. :i4I2is;
-| y he
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RAILROADS
Atlantic Coast Line
Tho Standard Railroad of tno South.

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY.
For Florida and South: s:l6 A. II. and sIJl
p. NJ. 1851 a. NJ.
For Norfolk: $500 A. NJ. $500 p. NJ. l,is r.
NJ. 800 =. lii, $50 p. NJ.
For PSterss iog I2:5o A.. NJ; e;l5 A. NJ.
t;lc l.; A.. 500 +. NJ. 6:a5'p -. M. o:2) T.. NJ.
For Goldsboro and Fayetteville: s':lo p. NJ,
Trains arrive Richmond daily: 6:2o A. NJ,
! ..;is * a NJ; $50 4. ~. 1887 4; n.
n. sos r b., s;ss p. NJ. $500 p. NJ. $500 p.
Id. n:So p. 81.
Except Sunday. ''Sunday only.
Time of arrival and departure and connec.
tom not guaranteed.
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Now York. June 4-Spcculation suffered
to-day from itck ~ stimulus and the stock
market was dull affair. Fluctuations We're
Irregular oud generally narrow. Never
thclcss. there WAS i good undcrtonc and
degree of Improvement eventually was
achieved.
Durins ~" carly session tho market was
hcld nack by weakness ot New Haven nnd
list plcked up. Various spcciai;ies ana
reasoned dividend paying issues. Including
Canadian Pacific. New York Central. ptla-
Sugar were prominent in the rise.
American stocks made a good showing
IN London buying amounting 20 perhaps
lG.' 10 shares.
bonds did no, share fully tho devotion
'neut shown stocks. some !ssuc-so inhibited
tctctioOarV Tendencies
l-m!ted StAlcs AnmAs nncNangrd Oh cnn
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% vlrrinIa ccniuries AZ Sla..

Quotations FOR interest paving bonds are
II = price to which Interest must be added.
Income bonds and certificate o; iud-btedness
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TOT
eek -four days.. G7j,700 shares.
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RAILROADS
Richmond, PrederiCksb'g & Potomac R.R
TO AND FROM WASHINGTON AND BEYOND
Leave RichmondIAr


ACCOMMODATION TRAINS WEEKDAYS.
Leave Byrd st. Sta. 400 P. n. for fredericksburg
Leave Ei5a Sta. 730 A. n, 80 r. ID. for Ashland
ArriVo BYRD st. Sta. S.95 Am. from Frelerieksb'g
Arrive Elba Sta. G.30 A. n & AZ p N, from alb and
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: 7TARGARET 1LLINSTo7T 14J y
Ii

had ever written a play about that
form Of polygamy-an be-
cause in many OF the recent discus
sions of marriage as a failure there
has been a tendency 10 blame marriage
because it is so homogeneous. There
has been an implication that polygamy
would be an improvement. There has
been "A theory that man is naturally
a polygamist and would be happier II
he were not restricted.
"Polygamy, YOU know. is not a vice.
1t Is something much more respectable
1t is crime. To be polyGamist a
man must have signed marriage con
tracts with more than one wife, and
the idea Is that II the law allows him
To make as many such contracts as
he wished polygamy would he neither
vice nor crime. 1t would be a
sort of natural ambition permitted to
fultl itself bcnctiCently under social
control
Miss Ford and | were struck by the
fact that no part had been taken in
these discussions by any one who had
ever tried polygamy or seen 1t tried
The partisans OF polygamy were all In
the position of the man who said that
he believed in ghosts because he had
never seen one. And yet there are en-
press trains running every day from
the Grand Central Station to a district
where Americans nave been living IN
polygamy, more or less, for the last
nifty years. 1t seemed a legitimate
enterprise for dramatic author "a
save tho public railroad fares by put
ting some Of these modern polygamists
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tise polygamy because they like it,
although the present prophet, Joseph +.
Smith, has rather put the blame OF his
participation on his five wives. The
women practise il not so much for the
happiness it gives them IN this world
as for what il promises them in the
next. They are not happy, hut they
hope to be! This may he true of the
men too. one can never tell.
9Th" Mormon theology teaches that
all plural wives are 10 be queens in
heaven, whore they Will he served and
waited on by wives who have had Il
whole husband apiece in this mortality.
And all polygamsts are to hc kings
rulers over worlds and univcrses of
worlds, which they viii continue 10
people with children during an eternity
of polygamy. They cali it endless in
crease. Any Mormon woman who gives
her consent when her husband wants
another wife is saved, Il she refuses
She is damned, And he takes his plural
wife anyway and goes on in the ctcrni-
, ties without her, That rather dis
| courageS argument in this world aud
| the next.
| when our play was first produced. in
Washington, an unexpected thing hap
pencd. Several of the critics called on
us to prove that the Morm0ns stlll prac-
tise polygamy. This WAS unexpected
part iS4ilarly in Washington, because the
| Government printing bureau in Wash
| ington. between 1904 and 1907, issued
| four volumes of sworn testimony of d
thousand pages to tho volume and some
times . thousand words to tho page
proving that the Mormons stIll preach
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on tho stage. They are quite human.
And being human, they are generally
amusing, sometimes pathetic and not
infrequently even tragic. In short,
they have dramatic possibilities.
I'm transferring them to the stage
1t was necessary TO take their back
ground with them. \ polyEamist with
out the background that explains him
would be really too incredible--even
on the stage. That background is
largely religious. And therefore the
play had TO concern itself some what
with a religion. With Mormonism. You
understand. we had nothing against
Mormonism. We were limited to IT,
1t is the only religion in the civilized
world that still believes In polygamy
And 1t believes authoritatvely thai
polygamy is a divine principle, ordained
by God for the salvation OF the world.
The Mormon men, | suppose. prac-
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II ever there was prsky critter in
the contemporaneous drama It is no
less person than Diana Stu0urth. who
happens TO be the heroine OF Driven"
which Mr.. Frohman has Just present d
with so much care al the Empire The
atre. For pure cussedness she Is a good
second to Heddd Gabier, who is at all
events an 1bsen heroine and could never
be expected 10 do or think normal
things. This creation o. Mr.. Thurston
starts out in the play with the deter
m!nation 10 have as good "a time as pos
siole during the two years that remain
10 her OF life. She is not going to "skir,
and blouse i" rs she has b5en doing.
but decides TO take the mos: beautiful
things out OF her wardrobe and enjoy
them on Bond street. Then she makes
love 10 lieutenant and they are happy.
1t appears that they are even happier
six months later when their Irritation
II resumed on his return TO London.
She Is for crowding a., the pleasure
possible into her last eighteen months
Of lfe. and when her husband decides
that he must go to the House OF Par
lament rather than 10 "A restauran. and
the opera with her she accepts the in
v!tat!on 10 accompany her lover. She
even goes home TO supper In his rooms.
But she lights out before the food has
been tasted. He knew all the time she
would come when he invited her, and
that IS too much. There are two por-
tons of gelatine. two OF peche Melha
and whole bottle of champagne, and
she simply win not remain lie felt too
certain she would come to him.
81 will not be counted on. have
never been counted on" was her oh
servs;ion as she left the room on an
empty stomach.
IL she had only known it she was
counted out then and there for good
With all her desires for pleasure, and
pleasure with the man she had come
to love in the last year Of her life, she
leaves tho room because he felt suffi-
clently sure she would come with him
TO order two portions of supper
There is one splendid convention of dhe
British theatre which is preserved in this
play. Every time an English novelist sets
out to be a playwright he believes that
there is strength in one device. That is
to begin his drama with a consultation
between two pr more physicians, Conan
Doyle sent ms sufferers off to Egypt
Mr., Thurston Just condemns a lady &c
death, In both cases there was a re.
Covery. There Is no prouder tradition
of the English stage than these doctors
in the first act.
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teach and practise polygamy. These
volumes are called Proceedings before
the Committee ON Privileges and f.lec-
tons of the United States senate In the
matter Of the protests against the right
OF the Hon. Rood Smoot, a Senator from
the state of Utah to hold his seat The
majority of the committee found on the
evidence that the Mormous were
preaching and practising polXgamy and
that Reed Smoot. as one of the fifteen
men responsible for the faith and prao-
tice of the Mormon Church, should he
excluded from the Senate.
Moreover, during the year 1910 four
American magazines, ErCrDbody'S. Nc
| cures, PcdTSoHS and tho COSDiOpOH-
tan. printed four series of articles cx-
posing the forbidden practice of polyg-
amy ann NJ the Mormons. Utah
newspaper, the SdH IoEc Tribune, at
that time wa, publishing "A list Of some
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There IS a Merry Little Hustle
to Get in the Holiday
Week-The Broadway
Turkey Snap
Turkey Snap

Playhouse on Wednesday. The play
which Harrison Grey Flske has Sc
lected for her new departure Is called
lust Herself" and was written by
Ethel Watts Mumtorl. In the COM
pany are Malcolm Duncan. Frederic
Thomas, Frances Pendsten, Eleanor
Gordon. Kate Mayhem. Olive Temple
and Aldr!oh Bowker. Concerning this
enterprise the following facts have
come from Interested sources;
Just Herself is in three acts. II
tells the amusing story Of an uncon-
ventionIl gin who, amid a group Of
sham society people and social climb
ers. !s-iust herself Fortunately for
those WHO know and love the dancing
art of Miss Lopokova the action Of
Just Herself calls for the display Of
al her terpslchOredn skill.
"Fluidity. eagerness and charm Of
personality. grace in repose and light
ness and brightness of movement are
Lopokovian characteristics familiar to
all who have seen her exquisite dane
ing. She proved herself i great artist
by her classic and interpretative dane
ing. Now she comes forward with the
spoken word to aid her.
There will be two novelties on
Christmas eve. The Harris Theatre
will offer Margaret Ellington in "Thc
Lie" new play by Henry Arthur
Jones Miss Ellington has not been
seen in New York since she acted in
"Kindllug," although her popularity in
the West has constantly increased
Mss Ellington has been surrounded by
capable company of actors selected
by the Selwyn Company, which is re-
sponsiblc for the production. They are
| G. Aubrey Smith. Vincent Scrrano, Nio-
let Hemnig, G. w Arson, Alfred
Bishop, Gladys Morris Surat Robson
and others
| The other novelty of Christmas eve
when usually the public wants to say
at home If ON any night OF the year
VIII be an English musical play I'M
| ported by the Shuberts. This is called
"ro- Nights the Night and its actors
are headed by such New York favoritc'
as George Grossmith and Emmy Web
! len. In addition To glittering cast OF
principals which have entirely eN
hausted Token Worms dictionary Of
| synonym for youth, beauty, genius
and charm there Is chorus of forty
FIVE English singers. This Is novelty
in the production Of Galcty Thcatr,
plays here as il has always been Gus
! tomary in the past to make up tn
/ chorus Of "A lot of poor graduate vet
Grams who have been declared ineligible
even for the IIippodrome.
zone of the most Respondent host
of musical comedy stars Mr. Worn
rhapsodizcs in n fine frenzy, ever as
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HMdK 77ANY NEW PL AVS IN THE HOLIDAY WEEK
THE MANY NEW PLAYS OF THE WEEK.
Managers to Crowd in the Plays Before the Holidays
Numbers Hitherto nted

MONDAY-Cenury Uncomfortable" by Alexandra
Park Theatre-Polygmy will be
ToESDAY-Opening of the Bandbox
street with the stock
the French of Jules Lemaitre "PoorL Thing"
The Eltinge Theae"The Hohe
Lied, novel of Hermann Sudermann, by dvard Sheldon
WEDNESDAY-The Playhouse-Just comedy by Ethel
watts Murnford introduce Lydia Lopokova
IHuRSDAY-Harris TheatreMargaret
by Henry Arthur Jones'
Shubert Theatre-"Tonght play
here by members
headed by George Gossmh and Emmy Wehlen7
FRDAY-Astor TheatreHelo George
The Casino-"Lady Luxury musical
William Schroeder.
Irving Place THEATRE undesbrude farce
and Heinrich NARROW in leadin
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ny LAWRENCE REAMER.

w TfLLARD MACK. whose apologize
w pro vita sua appears else
where In THE Sun, suffers un-
der a disadvantage for which
his critics have not made allowa nee.
The plays he has shown here were writ
ten at least year or two ago and their
themes possessed a novelty which is
no; to be found in them to-day II is
not the fault Of Mr.. Mack tina, Help
Wanted came To New York before the
play which is now In its last week at
tho Longacrc Theatre.
What is most interesting in the APP
partition Of the new playwright, is his
sense of the medium in which he is
working. lie is man of the theatre II
ever there was one and uniuckily ne is
nor nearly so much a man OF the world
as he might be. Ills plays are Still like
all actors plays. They are like all the
plays written by actors in that they sac
rlfice logic to Incident. plausbility to
dramatic effectiveness and truth t the
illusion Of the theatre That is gener-
ally characteristic of the less success
fu play uf actors. After a while Mr..
Mack's plays, If he continues to progress
as he should. will be the kind of actors
plays written by Dion Bouclcault when
he was at the zenith OF his successful
productivity and at later date by
George Conan.
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MIR. O'HIGGINS EXPLAINS
How lie and Misc Ford Came to
select "PoIyEamy."

Harvey J. OHiegins made tho fol-
lowing statements to n Sun reporter in
reference 10 his play i"SsanN." which
is so successful at the Playhouse lie
said:
Miss Harriet Ford and decided to
write play about polygamy because
in all the plays about marriage no one
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her die as result OF his affection for
her are facts which only the last act
of the play reveals. Mr.. Mack would
OF course answer that the use of the
last act OF the play as it was originally
ing for his closing scenes. But there
still remained the acceptance Of her re-
porter lover by the girl who had hith-
erto thought she could give so much for
50 much. But this is scarcely within
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pert and ama;eurish dramas which
make their appearance every year that
the work Of Mr. Mack attracts such
favorable notice from all who respect
the playwright as a recognized artist.
He has learned his profession. he writes
his scenes with skill. he possesses an
insight into human life which il prop
crly shown through the medium of the
theatre. Unfortunately he seems to
know but one side OF life. For that
reason 1t is to be deplored that collabo-
ration is so unusual in this country.
such knowledge of tie theatre as Mr..
knowledge of the world which is the
property OF some other WRITER'S might
result in some notable plays. But Mr.
Mack will certainly write other works
more successful even than Kick In"
and so Much for So Much" whether
he has collaboration or not.
Constructivelv It seems difficult to un-
derstand why ne did not bring his vi
lain, NJ. StCGdmGH. into the play earlier.
In spite Of his appearance. in the second
act it IS not until the third that his
character is really revealed. Had the
audience seen this lecherous employer
in the first act and learned what sort
Of a man he was in his treatment OF the
girls about him he would have been
vastly more interesting figure to ;hc
spectator That he went SEQ far a. 20
throw III one # his victims and let
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: 200 new cases Of poiygamy. And dur
Ins the year that was working on tho
exposure in Ey,rybody'S hd0d>iHc with
the Hon. Fran; J. Cannon. formerly
Gnhol States senator from Utah. |
found !' % matter of common knowledge
N Utah that polyglmy was flourish
ing there AS raN!v a, ever IL ala in Brig
ham NuunES day.
This knowledge Is not common out
side Of Itlh because tho Mormon
Church uses all 10 agents OF publicity
TO conceal the fact. The Mormons had
to give up he public practice OF polyg-
amy in 1870. after years of prosecution
by the Federal authorities. Having os-
,entatious,y abandoned Il by revelation
from God through their prophet. Utah
was admitted 20 Statehood. The Nor
mons came Immediately into control OF
the state and all !,~ i.sl, and political
offices Thoy could no longer he prose-
cut,d IN I.Ih. They lave been unos-
tcu'ati"us'y practising polygamy there
ever sine"
After all life has ito CompensationsI
II you are not free TO practise polygs
amy you may still, write play about
IT, Ana that IS something no Mormou
polygamlst would dare To do. even with
the financial backing OF his prophets