The Washington times., 1915-10-03
Twinkling Stars With a
Satellite or Two
By FLORENCE E. YODER.

sometimes when the mood for debating
was strong. and at other times TO sit
the line OF thought. The person to fill
the job seemed not to have been born.
when, like a gift from Heaven. there
came a young man who fulfilled all
$50 a month. Things went beautifully
for year, when one day Futrelle sud
denly discharged him. -
Why. what on earth" Mrs. Futrelle
such a Jewel go!'
Il can't stand him any longer" Mr..
Futrelle replied. There is a young
ated with honors. too. who knows more
than l do. and can give me cards and
spades. and beat me on any subject
tackle, and yet he's contented TO- sit
typewriter for me, for $50 month.
Honestly, every time l look at him l
forget what I am thinking Of: just
want to get up and kick him in the
pants"
Londoners Struggle With -.~-.
American Slang In Vain.
- INCE the ability to put before
the public something that cannot
~ be understood or even grasped
seems to be an excuse for feeling
superior. Americans should feel proud.
had its premiere here at the Columbia
theater. according to all accounts. is
mystifying London reviewers and audi
ences. as a cursory glance at few Of
their criticisms will prove. The New
York Times tells about it as follows:
One reviewer, who evidently enjoy
ed the play hugely. went away COM
pletely mystifed as to the meaning
OF the name. and another. who had
had an equally good time. explained
that 1t meant Get busy" A few,
however. decided correctly that
ese. A perusal OF them would add
to the gavety Of philologists. You
can catch the tone from this bit
out OF the Telegraph's report.
This is tale Of crime In the
surprises by himself" and the
crime is sufficiently thrilling. One
way or another. 1t leaves you gasp
ing.
There are four acts of, combat bet
tween detectives and crooks" who
were really not crooked at all. As
is usual in American plays. the po-
lice as the villains. and the techni-
cal criminals exponents Of a higher
morality.
Since the world began tales Of
crime have agreed to exhibit police
men as fools. The American drama.
as exported. with singular ,vigor and
| unanimity. insists that its police are
| primarily brutes, and. -secondarily
! knaves. without prejudice to the
| cosmopolitan tradition. or their folly.
There is one among the detectives Of
| kick In" whose superfiuous II In
effectual virtue rouses In his chiefs
mind suspicious Of his sanity. The
rest belong to the class described BY
the Irishman as fellows who would
be turned out Of hell"
The hurry scurry OF the fight, with
its sudden changes Of torture and
the delights of blum and counterbluff
and superbluff. are, however, only
part of our pleasure in. the play For
the rest. there is the great American
language. Every fresh one of these
plays gives us metaphor more re-
cherche. flowers of speech more rare.
1t is difficult to imaCtAs that the
force of nature can fiSsher 20 than
with the highly oblique grafton Of
Kick In" Only a verbatim report
could do 1t justice. and that would
rob you OF the vigor and unction
with which this vehement American
company say their pieces. Altogether
We had a hustling, bustling, start
ling evening OF excitement, and
emerged much cheered,