El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-19
PROBLEM PLAYS ARE DISCUSSED AT THE
WOAAWS CLUB CURRENT EVENTS MEETING
/, abb MARTIN ZIELONKA gave
an interesting paper on Tang
y -,-i17.- NAV rhe Melting Pot"

~ abb MARTIN LlbLONh-A gave
an interesting paper on 1ang-
IN Wills play. the Melting Pot.
y,.eo-o tho Current Events and Litera-
ture department OF me 49, cr,,i.
Wednesday afternoon, IN lIle CllaIlDeI
81 CoDnerce building. me afternoon
-vas devoted to consideration OF Two
modern problem plays, +.-
Rabbi ZielOnka TOOK exception 10
+ta nav i'm regard to its being
melting pot of nations, saying IL was
more a melting pot OF religions as
there are more creeds IN TINS country
Than i'm any other nation on earth He
considered that the strongest part OF
the play lay in its dlplcuon OF Jhe
barbarisnas of Russian Poland ana It's
religious prosecutions he salo, IN a
way. the play was disappointment,
as it only told a half truth and ha1
truths were always dangerous From
q standpoint of literature, the play was
a splendid thing, for It's WOrd pictures
and a splendid dictiOn-
Intdiscussing the play the play Rabbi
ZieIOnka dWelL principally upon the
thought expressed and now the youth
ful energy of the American people and
the nations great absOrptive power IN
spired the play In Illustrating the
various points Of the story, the raDbI
read extracts from the play He com
ncnted upon the prejudice against the
Jewish race, and in contrast men
toned briefly their many achieve
ments and their wonderful faith and
optimism.
Mrs J. W. Sorenson's paper on the
problem play, Justice" was read by
Mrs. u Burt The paper first out
lined the career Of the author, and
then the plot and action Of the play
were sketched. This play which in
spired the recent prison reform under
Winston Churchill in England, is
really based upon the idea as to
whether first offences, in forgery, and
other similar crimes, should be treated
as patients rather than criminals
The current events department was
in charge of Mrs Joe DWyer, and two
events were presented before the
club Miss Grace Virginia Logan
spoke of work among the prisoners
in Colorado, Arizona and other states
in giving them vocational training and
out Of door work on farms and gar
dens.
Mrs r J. Mckenzie commented upon
the passage Of the Alaskan bill re-
Gently passed by congress and of its
great benefit to the country.
Mrs r. v Pearson sang and Mrs.
J. J. Pearce played her accompani-
ment. Mrs J. F. Miller recited Honey
Chile"
Mrs J. NJ Frank, Of the department
of English of the high school, who is
the director Of the Pageant Of the
Southwest" which viii be staged at
the senior class commencement, pre-
scented the pageant idea before the
alton and support She outlined the
labor involved by the directors in ade-
0uaLelN SLdEllS Lu6 various GDOGnS
depicted in the pageant, which viii
cover about % scenes, these occur
ing within a radius Of 800 miles Of Ell
Paso. The biggest difficulty con-
fronting the school in the contem-
plated production is an adequate place
to stage the pageant The price asked
for the FL PasO theater. it is said,
makes that place prOhibitive, and in
order to present the pageant at Wash
ingUOn park, a stage with a sounding
board would have to be erected, in
vOlving a great amount of expense.
Following Mrs. Franks talk, a com
mittee of three was appointed upon
q motion of Mrs. S. J. FennelI This
committee consists of Mrs. J. R. Nc
Iseod, Mrs. S J. Prudential and Miss
Grace Virginia Logan, and VIII cooper
ate IN any way possible with Mrs.
Frank in the presentation of the
pageant.
A nominating committee for the de-
partments officers, chairman, vice
chairman, secretary and treasurer was
selected from the floor and was com
posed Of Mrs. Joseph Dryer, chair
man. Mrs. W S. Valentine and Mrs.
VIII I Watson.
Mrs. W. s. Valentine presided as
chairman Of the department with Mrs.
j. Q. McGrady as secretary pro TEN.
Mrs. Valentine and Mrs s. J. Freud
enuhaI were the hostesses Of the af-
ternoon.