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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-01-28

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DsttinA Dssn-is IN actress. with .
Dsshins. dominant mammar-zslda
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~ daushtss. s,ssplns or aWAbs. and
~sheos~ eR . nillion's worth % de-
tested youag mAa- Dsue,as Fair
banks 10 s1e L ,. n.
That's ~ Dset q the ''Dhew shop."
But bseoss Deug--I mean Jerry
Jerry v 'psatS' stage nams-bsfors
Jerry wins Dstey, somsvhsrss around
. Quartsr pAse II o'cloCk svesy night
q TIE Hudson Theatre. and the or
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tum-y0u know " poe knoW-Asn-
aelssokn's bully old WeddinG March :
veil. bsfore that goo In youf chaiI
have rsaohsd the conc1usion that the
aetoes on the stage are having a.
much ton as You are.
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CAapnass say Thsy Are Net Gsilty
sQ Csabias charge.

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Chapman Of the Merritt Chapman Der
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others IN aimed lines under the Sherman
Law. chargsd With conspiracy 70
monopo,iss and control the wrccking and
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Tie United stasss Dsstsist Court to-day.
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Of not Gsnty. IN person, TIE Merritt
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cultivated American voice. noseless
and with the right infections.
The Bandbox people may get to this
II they are encouraged, and they should
be.
The national drama needs some es-
scnce Of true poetic feeling and that
doesn't come In tins. And tho Wash
lngton Square players are looking for
Il with a dark lantern and q hook.
TIE second number on the brown
programme concerns new sort OF
love-the eusen!c selection Of a mate.
II followed the opening aper!Hf with
the dead gentleman In the leading role.
There IL q glad young girl who goes
out one morning and sees a nice clean
car conductor with padded shoulders
and a sort Of Charles Cherry mascu-
Unity about him and she puts a tag on
him and takes him home TO her father
who happens 10 be the president OF
tho road.
Despite this. however. they have a
wall paper with n dado II pink to-
matoes In the best room and a pink
tomato door and a bust with vine
leaves in It's marble hair. The young
man balks at the idea Of marriage, but
says that II he had been approached
without the penalty Of marriage being
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satisfactory excepting in the several
counties included in the greater city
New York county. Kings. Queens. The
Bronx and Richmond. In these Ave
counties the Bar Association recon-
mends that ali county courts be per-
mitted to be abolished. and that In
their place he erected Greater New
York City Court. which plan would
give the Judges OF the City Court and
the Court OF General Sessions power
to exercise their present Anctions
throughout the whole extent Of the
city, whereas these courts are now re-
stricted to New York county alone.
While 1t is not denied that this
third plan may possess advantages
over the existing system, yet It Is
pointed out that among its dsadvan-
tages would he the possibility Of dis
satisfaction, even opposition, on the
part Of the public should It be put
in operation. Apparently there would
be nothing whatever to prevent a
Judge residing in Westminster village
from holding court In Tottenville.
Forty miles away, where he probably
would neither understand nor have
sympathy with local conditions. and
historical development bearing indi-
rectily but none the less legitimately
upon any number of actions which
he might be called on to hear. And
besides the system would raise again
the bogy of county and borough au-
tonotny.
At present there are In New York
county thirty Supreme Court Justices
and in addition ten City Court Judges,
and two Surrogates. making a total
Of forty-two. The salary OF SUI
preme Court Justice Is s17,5O0; that
of Surrogate. $4,000, while each
of the City Court Judges draws $l2,-
600 per annum,
In the counties OF Kings, Queens
and The Bronx the salary OF County
Judge and Surrogate IL the same,
$4,000. Richmond county has a pop
| uiation too small To justify the sup
port of two separate offices and there
the County Judge also acts as Sur
rogate, receiving a salary of $4,000.
In counties throughout the STATE the
salaries Of Judges vary all the way
down from 5000, paid In Erie county:
In Hamilton county one man IL paid
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Court and the General Sessions have
taken the functions county courts ex-
ercise in other parts Of the State. I'm
der this second plan the Judges of
each OF the courts now existing-thc
City Court and the General Sessions
would be given the powers OF tn"
other court, and all powers that
every County Court now Possesses in
both civil and criminal matters. At
present the City Court tries only civil
actions. the General Sessions hearing
only criminal causes. Those who ad-
vocate this second plan, as briefly out
lined, believe that II 'ould conduco
10 greater uniformity than now exists,
and that il would end the anomalous
condition at present prevailing in New
| York county wherein there is no such
thing as County Judges power.
In counties other than New York
county under this second plan, il Il
provided that County Judges shall have
all the powers OF a Supreme Court
Justice, but only out OF court; In
other words, that a County Judge can
not exercise the Supreme Court JUS
tees powers while hearing an action
in court, but that he may exercise the
Supreme Courts function while at
tending to what lawyers generally
| term chambers business, which in
| Guides the issuing of injunctions or
any order preliminary to an action of
| any character. whether IL Is a SUI
| prcmc Court action or Il County Court
action. While this change would not
be so important in New York county
az outside of Il, yet 1t would every
where relieve the Supreme Court
Judges # much OF the work with
which almost all OF them are over
| Eurdened, and help them materially to
get rid OF their enormous calendars.
| Thus the Supreme Court Justices
would he enabled to devote more of
their time TO the larger and more
difficult phases Of the court work.
The third plan to be thrcshed out
before the Constitutional Convention
liz the one proposed by the Rar Asso-
citation of New York city; and this
plan p. opposes TO leave practically
everything as 1t Is at present. The
report OF the Bar Association stated
that the present system has proved
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Eugenically speaking.

good actors and bad: hut the plays
themselves do not approach the mark
set by the vaultlnG high jumpers of
London, Paris Norway. Russia. every
where, in fact. but over here.
The Washington Square folks think
that we have the plays. hut the man
ayers will not let them I've performed:
that they are keeping our art. native
born, and our kultur down at the bot
tom of the entries and are insisting
that everything good must come
across the seas.
Who are these Independents? Well.
the programme says: We have only
one policy in regard TO plays which we
will productivity must have artistic
merit Preference will be given to
American plays. but We shall also in
clude in our repertory the works Of
well known European authors who
have been ignored by the commercial
ma ma gers.
I'VE believe that n higher standard
can be reached only as the outcome Of
experiment and initiative. Just az the
finished productions of Granville Bar
ker which are now delighting large
mination of q growth of some Years
in the development of new methods
of acting, So perseverance coupled with
ability and the absence Of purely COM
mercidl considerations may result in
the birth and healthy growth OF an
artistic theatre in this country. Your
whole hearted support and a sympa-
thetic appreciation of the possibilities
Of our experiment will encourage us
To greater efforts.
Though not organized for the pur-
poses of profit We are not endowed.
Money alone has never produced an
artistic theatre. We are going to de-
fray the expenses of our productions
by the sale of tickets and subscrip-
! tions. If you are in sympathy with
our aims We shall welcome you in our
organization. You may be able To help
us In numhcr of ways, whether you
be playwright. actor producer or
capable of assisting us in some execu-
tive capacity
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"Our ultimate success depends upon
our ability to accomplish our pur-
pose and your interest"
Three performan week are all
tho Bandbox players are giving Just
now OF their remarkable programme
They are said to have in their cup
boards playlets that defy description
owing To their novel and striking Incl
dents.
There are things by Shaw and
Pinero and then there are satires on
these plays. There are serious verse
dramas that change off in the first
quarter of en- hour and become roaring
farces before the end of the first act.
There are others that defy the rules
laid down a few thousand years ago
and followed religiously ever since,
called the canons of dramatic art.
These rules are boldly broken and YOU
are fooled all through four acts 10
find in the last analysis that the CLAP
who swears and drinks and looks
mussed behind the ears is the hero and
the young man with the "heavingly'
smile Is the villain.
But the plays they' give in the
present programme are sufficiently
away from all set rules to make you
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attached to the union he would have
considered II.
The young woman Is struck with the
novelty Of this alternative, but just as
she begins to consider It In a now
light the curtain falls. II is a dis
tincty immoral play according 10 old
standards. But are not old standards
worn out?
Then Games IAN Interior" by
Maurice Maeterlinck. a great incur
tanned window occupies most Of the
stage. Through this you see a family
a Maeterlinck family. sitting after din
ner. as no real family ever sits. per-
fectly artistic IN their silence and their
expression az an almost stupid peace.
Al. Is we'll with them because they
are content
The world they are In rcvolvcs
about them unperccived
Suns are rising and setting. great
seas are carrying their human car
goes on their foam. thronEs Of men
and women are in opera houses listen
ing 20 great voices and Witnessing
wonderful plays. hearing deathlcss
Ines. studies Of human motive and
action, cause and result.
Bridges are being built across seeth-
ing rivers and railroads laid through
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The interior of the Band Box.

sit back in your half dollar loGe and
wonder IL it will ever he possible TO
go TO the playhouse as Alice went to
Wonderland and And yourself trans
formed into one looking at a fairy
spectacle in which there might be .
little fun and a little song and dance
and swashbuckling now and then and
an animal play and again q pAnto-
mime--in fact genuine novelty. even q
performance without programmes.
Where would the advertisements be?
some one asks. 1t Is the voice OF Mr..
Potash Raging his partner. Mr.. PERL
mutter. on the eternal question Of
money.
But there might be other ways OF
advertising that would bring In more
money-criers with lanterns. giants.
oGres. gnomes. banshees. pixies even.
In other words. do you believe in
fairies" Barrie does. you see. and he
has brought out a few Of these So
called eXtravagant things that give US
tears and smiles and cold chills down
the back--a sort OF painless play
There is a belief that David Belasco
has some such ideas--a play all light
and shade and sound and drifts OF
music and waves Of mist and a sort
OF a voice In the Rice intoning-a
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Efforts to Be Made at Constitutional
Convention to Simplify Procedure
and Eliminate Delays of Justice

measurably well. But with the enor-
NOUS growth of population, with the
rapidly changing conditions affecting
real estate and other Investments, IA .
development of the credit system the
altered attitude in regard to public
service corporations, and all the myr-
lad new ways OF doing business, il has
been found absolutely necessary to urge
radical changes of some sort in the
Judicial system, on this almost all
lawyers are agreed. as well as a large
proportion of Judges. The only thing
10 be decided Is Just which of the three
suggested plans will be best for the
people of the state at large.
The three main proposals projected
by lawyers and Judges may be sum
married. briefly as follows-and II be e.
hoovos every business man, whether
his business be large or small, to in
form himself concerning the natter
The first of these three plans pro-
vldes for the consolidation Of all
courts inferior to the Supreme Court
which exercise civil jurisdiction. This
would wholly and Immediately abolish
the city Court here in New York
county, as well as the county courts
in all other counties OF the State, and
the Surrogates Court, Also II would
establish uniform procedure and mi
form power OF Judgess and practically
establish universal court In which
action may be brought for any
amount because under such a plan
any coL.t in the State would have
unlimited jurisdiction. Tlis proposal
be II noted, applies to the whole state,
and those advocating It believe it to
be the Ideal plan.
The second Of the three plans is to
consolidate In New York county the
City Court and the Court OF General
Sessions. New York county mayer hav-
Ing had any county court, although
Now York city has had a special
scheme Of operation whereby the City
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Rec PLANS PROPOSED TO REFORM NEW YORK COURT

$500 to serve as Judge. and another
$500 TO serve as Surrogate. the popu-
lation OF the entire county OF Ham!l-
ton being not more than 1900 or l 1900
all told.
one Of the provisions In the first
plan may appear to be of little i'm
portance in recisting the judicial sys-
TEN Of a great State. Nevertheless
II Is Of vital interest TO tens Of thou
sands OF merchants and other men
Of moderate business everywhere.
This provision is that no change
should he made in the inferior lower
courts Justice of the peace. or mu-
nicipal court-.which would remain
as they arc to-day, a place where
neighborhood differences may be set
tied. and where local tradesmen may
collect the debts due them.
1t is admitted chcerfully by those
advocating this first plan Of general
consolidation of courts throughout
the State that 1t ultimately would add
a considerable sum to the total salary
list paid to Judges. On the other
hand. say those urging this idea, this
increase In judicial salaries would be
far moro than offset by the facility
with which the court work could be
accomplished. Furthermore, there
seems to be no doubt that under
the first plan many of the judgeshps
In New York county could be abol-
ished when present judicial terms cx-
pire. This first plan, 1t Is pointed out,
would not mean the transfer OF all
the existing Judges from lower courts
to higher courts and higher salaries,
but 1t would mean a consolidation of
the courts themselves
Under the present ARRANGEMENT each
OF the city Judges and each Supreme
Court Justice in New York Is as
signed for two weeks OF each year
when he sits continually. day after
day. swearing witnesses, reading dep
ositions, and signing orders, fire.
quently being compelled To sign as
many as thousand in single day.
Under the plan of consolidation al!
this routine work, il is said, could he
taken care Of by special masters to
he appointed Ivy the Appellate Divi-
sion, and the various Judges could he
left to their important duties of try
Ing causes.
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Present Distribution of Courts Coz
demned as Cumbersome. -Consoi,
dalton of Several to Be Advocated

sessed the right to dispose Of a mat
ter In dispute.
TO the residents OF New York county
the largest interest In this whole mat
ter is bound up in the way in which
it would affect tho City Court. At
present this court may try any com
mon law action. provided the amount
demanded does not exceed $4,000, ex-
c,ptins in marine cases and in breach
of promise suits. Particularly in
breach of promise suits the City
Court has unlimited Jurisdiction, and
very larg" lumber OF suoh cases
are brought hrfore it, In fact It has
always been, ever since It's establish.
ment. resorting place for the young
ladies' who are disappointed BY pros
pective husbands. And there are few
courts in the land that have had a
more curious history.
What is now known az the CITY
Court began about 1857 as q Justices
Court, similar to the Justices Courts
IN England, and at that time the
jurisdiction Of the court was limited
To actions involving claims for not
more than fl0 or about $50, in money
of to-day, 1t continued as a Justices
Court. without n seal. or a clerk.
Judgment rolls or other written rec
ord, until 1913, when It became a
court az record, with seal.
SIX years later, in 1919, another
change took place, and it was recreated
as a Marine Court. this step helng
taken, in all probability. because of
the great influx of clipper ships at
the port of New York, with which
came countless actions of sailors
against masters on charges such a.
false arrest, assault, refusal to pay
wages, and So ON.
From tltc time it Mas rcrrrnt ii with
special functions in case of marine
actions. the Court ran along anti!
1879 with little Of change in it's pow
ers, although its jurisdiction was
raised from $50 tn $500, then 10 81, 900
and finally, in 1878, to $1,000, which
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These special masters could be en-
ployed for about one-h.tlf the salary
OF Judges or even less. Able and COM
petent young practitioners at the Nar
could be obtained for $4,000 n year
to do this routine work in their own
offices, just as referees in bankruptcy
dispose Of routine matters at present
In the Federal Bankruptcy Court.
There are other Judges stu who
sit all day In court hearing motions
Just listening to lawy' re- talk" as
one OF them expresses it; and AT least
one City Judge devotcs his entire time
every day to hearing lawyers argue
motions. and disposng of them by
opinion and decision.
Those who favorably regard tho
plan for general consolidation Of
courts think that 1t Is the best #
the three suggt sted because II is Un.-
versal in scope, and the simplest
and. they add II provides for but one
judicial function TO he exercised by
every person known as a Judge and
by every court known as u court.
Al the present TIME perhaps the
greatest detrment To reaching a de-
risiCn in a case is to he found in con-
flct or lack of Jurisdiction tn give
relief. Under a universal court sys-
tenn no question OF jurisdiction could
arise.
As the courts are now constituted
II sometimes nccessitateS an appeal
through the various courts all the
way up To the Court Of Appeals. in
order to determine whetaer the trial
court in specific action pos sessed
the right to dispose Of the matter
in dispute. And this long, costly. in
rolved procedure has 10 lie carried
through because of the conflict of
laws bearing on the functions Of this
court or that.
Consolidation of the courts, II is
believed by those favuring the plan
therefor, would at once simplify this
embarrassing condition. for II would
give amy Iudgt in any court barring
the local municipal, or justice Of the
peace courts-poWer to try any case
that might be brought to trial, As
each court and each Judge would
have equal functions with all the
others, there could he no question
az TO whether any one Of them pos
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It still possesses, During ,rc
or tho 'I0s and the early SOS, no..
ever. the merchant marine - I. .
port began to decline, ana VIA; u
left passed rapidly into ~. nan
OF those OF other uLtIond ,''r, I'M
tho old time American owner Few
ana fewer marine actions v.r'
brought. and IN 1873 mo nam 70 =
court was again changed from ,"a' ~
Marine TO that of City Couvt.
The only marine case tried n I"
for many years was an q. 'or
assault brought before a J..sc OF.
tho court about SIX years as. WHO.
attracted widespread attou;.r an
some very severe criticism IN ~"
part OF those who lived lar !glana
and rad little knowledge ~ sea 'arus
conditions In this case negn
sailor charged his captain With .,
sault. and the captain admitted ~
charge. But he hrouCh. on. 20 q
satisfaction OF the court IA, vixen
he landed witt al hts s.-..-.
the negro seaman the latter t'-''"
was In desperat" combat v..
first mate, whose orders hc L1t ac''~'
The captain appeared on -. We.
the mate was q ting vurs'. am
in order to preserve dls'iV'i'" mn.
10 assist him.
This was admitted all aroI a''
the court acquitted the cpp'1t ''
an opinion JuStif!ing stern m' H' 81
on the high seas. Then 70 s'''"
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nc Ieaoing man was u corpse.
ers acc working in their carrots,
writer's are setting down the moves
Of fate on life's chess board: but this
placid and sweet home rests in an unr
spoken. almost cloying happiness.
To the right sits the mother WITH
. baby sleeping on her breast. . white
hooded Madonna: her eyes broodins
with the Joy Of a new life. Near by
are her two daughters embro!derins.
their hands carrying the untangled
threads high in the air after each
stitch.
The father sta looking at them al
With the pride Of . creator and a pos
seseor. They DO not speak or look
at each other.
Outside the window come two old
men talking IN low monotone. A girl
has been drowned and she belongs
to these happy. bovine people. drowsy
IN their automatic after dinner atti-
tude. They are bringing the body 10
the house and the old men are
troubled as TO how this terrible news
Is 10 be broken to them.
There are whispers off the stage In
the purple darkness. Two OF tho dead
girls friends enter and they speak
fearf,iliy. weeping in hushed, choked
voices, for they know the two girls
within. they are al friends. II is no,
possible TO describe the sombre sad
ness OF this scene. You hear the very
wings OF Deaths angel fall shudder-
ingly in the gloom of what has hap
pened and what Is to come.
BY degrees they decide TO knock al
the door and give their dread message
Nou see them enter and greet the
group. The Old men SIT before the
father and he bends 10 hear them.
The facial expression II not ac-
cented, Is hardly decipherasle, for the
stage IL all dusk and dark and shadow.
You hear only the droned speech and
see the outlines OF the bodies, the
movements Of their heads and hands.
Finally all start to their feet with an
guished, awkward movements. You
hear the steps Of those who approach
with their poor white burden.
The calm IL broken. the instincts OF