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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
The Drama Summed Up

We read drama We talk drama. oc-
| casionally we see drama. But all the
| intellectual enthusiasm which has oeeh
| spent on the theatre of late years mas
had too little direction. There have peen
too few helpful, suggestive books Oh
| criticism. AT last comes volume, whieh
| gives the average Drama Lacquer all tne
| Information about the worlds play
wrIRhts that he wishes, but which directs
that information from solid, philosophlo
basis. II is Ludwig Lewisohns lhe
Modern Drama" (B. W. Huebsch, new
York;.
Mr.. Lewlsohn begins with keen, Sim
pie analysis Of ancient and modern
drama, the root difference between them
Ancient drama--from Aesohylus TO the
nonentlties before 1bsen-dealt with the
transgression Of an immutable moral law
by a self-originating will''i man COM
nitted a sin and suffered It's eXpiatlon.
Scientific and philosophic inquiry In the
10th century upset this. The "self-orig-
mating will" was found to be product
OF heredlty and environment; "immutable
moral law" developed flaws In It's
tablets. Drama changed from the re-
bellion of a corrupted Will against an
inevitably right order. TO the pressure
upon the futtering and striving VIII oil
outworn custom, of unjust law of In
herlted instinct, of malevolent circum-
stance"
TO depict the Infinite variety of this
tragedy of "the nature OF things" rather
than "the deeds of man. came sim
pier technique, transcription of reality, |
and, of course, the opening up of all |
fields of life to the artist. From roman
tIcism, through naturallsm, to symbolism,
the artist followed the parallel develop
ment of phiosphy-Kant to Comte to
Bergson, II we may put the high prog
ress of philosophy into the formula of
n triple play.
With n fundamental outlook established
n the first eight pages, Mr.. Lewisohn
yoes on to make all the greater men or
Norway, Sweden, France, Teutony and
England vivid as parts of this develop
nent, Russia, Italy and Spain are omit
ed because a lack Of the lngual idom
wisely forbade comment; but the drama
I the other races is illumlned with a
are intelligence. Let me pique the read
RS interest with few words by which
Tr. Lewisohn sets off some of the great
mes: Ibsen, "that cold, gigantic figure,
nth all the visions of its age in its un-
hadowed eyes. Or all but one" Bjoern-
on, ''the burly, boyish enthusiast of
eace, progress, purity-all the fine, In
symbols of the social awaken
lg of his day." Strindberg, 1.-The secret
his uncanny power lay in his unequaled
lpacty for suffering" Shaw, "one of
,e most vivid and tonic experiences of
lr AEGEAN intimate contact with that
ave, that ruthless that luminous mind"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
HOSPITAL FUND GROWS
Sisters of Mercy Collectors Report
Additional Gains.

4AUNIIIVIIuI AdIUbs
Prospects for realization OF the 5000. :
600 for new Sisters OF Mercy HospItaI
In West Philadelphia are bright TODAY,
with the 100000 mark within striking dis
tance.
More money was collected yesterday bv
the teams from the various parishes
than In any other day, the total being
S61s075. The grand total is now s5s ssS so
A complaint was made YESTERDAY thst
two women, wearing the apparel Of SIS
ters OF Mercy, solicited subscriptions FOR
the hospital and duped MIS-. Jossnb
Brooks. OF 2a2s South 67th street, ana fonr
neighbors, into giving them money
statement was Issued by the Camna,yn
Committee saying that no nuns are en-
saged In collecting funds. and that an
BY Bishop McCort. ''sneo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
GAMBLING HOUSE RAIDED
Woman Held for Court and Man SEN
to Jail.

10 JILL.
new gambling scheme to fool the
police was discovered today. when a raid
was made on the home of Mrs. Raffaele
Nompensda, at 7S3 South 7th street. the
woman whose husband was shot to death
In december by Tony Rosa. who after
wards escaped. squad of detectives,
headed by Detective McGlnn, of the ed
and Christian streets station, which
descended on the house, found a game of
cards IN progress with cups of coffee ap-
parently as the stakes. An examination
showed that the coffee was used merely
TO conceal coins which were dropped in
the cups.
Inc detectives arrested the players,
who We're Mrs, Vompensda, PasauaIe
Peruta, 20 years old, of the same address
ana Alexander Di Giacole, OF 632 Balm
bridge street Magistrate MacFarland
hela the woman under $500 bail for court
and sentenced PeTuta to 30 days In the
county prison for disorderly conduct.
Di Giacole was discharged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
SO YEARS OLD TODAY
Ephraim slugg, of Huntingdon Val
ley, Reaches Ripe Old Age

" -sN"NIIV9 1tIpS OIu ABt
Ephrsim slugg. OF Huntingdon Valley,
near Bethayres, for more than half a
century an Odd Fellow and for nearly as
long q Mason, will celebrate his sSth
birthday anniversary today quietly al his
home. Mr.. slugg was born in England
Aad came to this country with his par
enis when he was u years old.
Mr slugg ls the grandfather OF Charles
4 Ambier Speaker of the State House
q representation OF Raymond Amber,
e4-pestmaster at Abingdon; OF II. s.
Amber. Jr-. an attorney OF this citv ana
Aninston; George Amber. Frank Amber
Df. Jesse Amber and Mrs Grace Nibloek
O seapoose. Ore. In spite OF his aas
PIT eiugs Is enjoying the best OF health,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
NON-FTCTTON OF SPRING OUTPUT|

The life Of man comes and goes ,v,,A :.
light Of a bitter. ironic truth plavins 80. We
II. In II, another of RussIa's ne yer
giants is born. 'afy
New England in Prize pla,,
Though Philadelphia will probabI,
see the play which won winthron hieyef
$4,000 prize last winter, II is IN ~ ne W.
in printed form, at least, tbroust nsd
Macmillan Company. There "C5,,s sha
of Earth" witnesses to manv 40 s'usen ss
warm things that New York's Grill. .ns
Of Alice Browns acted drama rs Selo
transferred some specimens OF Nav, r,n nas
land psychology to the stage witb Il, pns-
hard bitterness, the devotion 10 ana ' sne
personal ends as we'll as to the cnr,,lnn ,,e I'M
cial which have made that curio,,s ,'ler- .lI',
east corner Of America the power uVrtn- !, IN
been. Love denied by the selfish ,i,, has
old age spring UP again in mlddia' s,,t ot
as selfish a hurt on III
but curbing in at the last to spend otns,s ,,uss
in sacrifice. II there is sometime ~ ,~eit
hardness of the thesis pley =, VI tne
Browns drama, there Is also a to,,.i' res
poetry behind reality which signal. iuun a. ot
as remarkable American product y out
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
Arthur Dawson Ficke

VI all our American poets. Mr.. Ficka
and Mr.. Edwin Arlington Robinson ara
alone in their preoccupatlon with the
human SOUL They are by that token our
greatest poets. Mr.. Ficke's subiect
seemed limited at first to the one great
relationship-of man to woman. Yet IL Ia
to be noticed that he never treated sex al
sexuality The two groups of poems.
Lyrics" and "Grotesques" which com.
plement the two histories of the present
work. take him from the main theme -fnto
many minor moods. The poem, ''Fathersi
and Sons" is unique in literature which
sun makes the fathers of children n1atf4r
Tor comic supplements, and the astonishs
ing brave sonnet to THE Police Gazette'i
is unique In literature which treats tha
vulgar as matter for pity or uplift. hut
never by any chance, as the subject OF
love and laughter and tears Rarely. but
eHectlVely, tragedy speaks as in this,
from "A Love Letter" written % years
after to her who said, IT cannot. dars
notch, my friend:"
oh love tonight led by some trick NJ fat.
~, Seeing the dream we towards never proved,
Ihero rises In me an immortal hate
FOR you the only soul that I have loved
1t would be worth while to catalogus
the mere subjects of Mr.. Ficke's poems
so fresh and appealing are they. But
tnat Is not necessary. Not the contented.
alone, but the passion and the pain OF
Its utterance, the speaking of voice
which Is at peace, yet is not dead. are the
important thing. think again of ''ChiI-
dren OF the Night and of THE Town
Down the River" and wonder whether
the strange mystic power of Robinson
need ever be the gift of Mr.. Ficke. But I
am content with the extraordinary full
ness and the honesty of his spirit as 1t H.
collected Plays and POEMS" by Gale Young
Rice ieg (DSnbleday. Page & Co.., New York;, !,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
ROUNDING UP THE POETS

There is no law compelling men and
women to read poetry. And that, as a
certain gentleman might say, is probably
why so many men and women do not read
poetry. But, as the reviewer glances
over the four poets' gathered in the sea-
sons second reaping, he is inclined to
feel that there ought to be some splendid
irrefutabe argument which would make
the reading of poetry inevitable. Even
Darwin regretted that he didn't.
There isn't a single essential in which
these poets agree; not even in writing
poetry. because, to be exact. one of them
writes In prose. But to disengage in each
case the informing spirit is not easy To
make comparisons is generally footless.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
Hangs HimseIf in Neighbor,s gt,hl.

LANCASTER, Pa, May 2-NsrtIr.
Lanerty, IS years old. a New Hoilsaa "a
stonemason, eommitted suicide b. bsne-
ing himself N the stable Of a nelEhbor
christian kaey. he entered h aftsr ~
employees left ana was found ms No.,
lss nAnslnE ffosz Z rata, lls - hsea
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
Mysterious Victim Believed to Be
Wilmington Resident.

Nell-dressed young man was found
iyiHf unconscious AZ 18th and Market
streets ~iih blood nowing freely from a
aesp gash On his head shortly after mid-
nAzai The police Of the 18th ana Vine
FtHsfis police station found the man, hav-
~ been summoned 20 the scene by an
aHanfmatis phone call They are unable
e IDENTITY him. though they believe him
e = Aaaion g Harmer e years old. OF
IS HIIH1lazIrn. Del.
zHptt.E 4tteF Being found fhe man re-
e91feioaeDezs and mutteIed that
|s1as eaa HaaFess re eas taken to the
Ha4nIe q ieaen he's ihe man ,ras
#zs1 Dzzzlfl EtselIses arsdaa ana
= |5atlna ~ ,zzs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
Plays and Poems

The works of Gale Young Rice have
been collected in a two-volume edition,
somewhat as labor of love on the part
OF his publishers He is a sensitive, grave
ly thoughtful soul, going always on far
quests OF the body and spirit. From the
lure of the Renaissance and from the
breath of the Orient he has never es-
capped. For the former he has a trilogy
OF plays; out of them the lover Of tho
delicate and lovely Giorgione is certain to
choose the one which bears that name.
For the second there are at least a hun
dred lyrics, almost all exquisite in form.
meIliiuous and even touching. In wrath
and IN combat Mr.. Rice is at his worst:
the things he loves are the things he may
make lovely. 1t Is only to be feared that
thls poet In an effort to be universal, mas
more embraced than understood the
world. Always a dramatist always a
thinker. he has recorded in beautiful
form the beauty of a world which ia not
his. 90 ''ot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22

Collected Plays and Poems" by Gale Young,
Rice sg (DSnoleday. Page Co.., New York;
son Ficke Mitchell Kennerey New York; ~.
spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Leo
Masters (Macmillan Company, New York;.
Poems, by Maurice Maeterlinck (Dodd,
Mead Co.. New York;. N''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
The Modern Drama Series

Mitchell Kennerley is issuing a similar
series of plays on q somewhat different
level. 1t is not so much addressed TO
the practical In the theatre. Many of its
plays have never been acted here or any
where But all the volumes of the
Modern Drama Series have soemthing of
distinction in them.
The foul from America are nothing II
not original. One, Papa" by Zoe Atkins
which the Little Theatre almost gave
Philadelphia this winter, Is a deliciously
neat satire on the social graces of social
parasites. "Mr, Faust" by that rapidly
developing poet. Arthur Dawson Ficke.
and The Red Light of Mars" by George
Bronson-Howard, present his satanic
majesty In most remarkable guise. "Mr
faust' gives present-day Faust in
plank verse; while the devil in "The
Red Light of Mars" presents a most un-
SsIal philosophy and jumps from body to
oody OF the dramatis personae The
more common dramatic life of America
Is TO be seen in MARY James Pa" by
Edith Ellis. 1t is a simple comedy with
some touches OF literary humor that are
undeniabiy delightful,
The Modern Drama Series presents four
continental dramatists of whom America
knows too little Henry Becque analyzes
the woman OF Paris with singular hard
irony in THE Vultures." The Merry-C;o-
Round and La Parisienne." The man
who wrote The Return from Jerusalem"
Maurice Donnay has the latest volume
TO himself with Lovers" "The Free
Woman and They" From Vienna
come three Of the mordant tragl-conedIas
or Arthur schnitzler-who wrote ANA,
toI'-"The Lonely Way" "Interlude" and
countess Mizzl" The newest OF the
Russians Leonid Andreyefr, shows nc
'saVVa" and The Life OF Man"
Andreyeff the Remarkable
goI5 Jhe tbomN% newest volume in the black-and-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-22
Andreyeff the Remarkable

IN Ihe newest volume in the black-and-
sold-bound series of Continental NAV.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-24
PROBLEM CONFRONTS
PASSING PUGH BILL
Fiscal Agency From New York
to Capital City

Special to The World.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan. pa
knotty legal question has arisen in
connection with senate bill No. a. in
troduced by Senator Pugh, which pro-
poses to remove the fiscal agency for
Oklahoma from New York city to Ok
lahoma City. The question has been
put up to the attorney general for a
solution and Assistant Il. Il. Wood is
engaged in looking up the law on the
matter.
The bill proposes to make the state
treasurer the fiscal agent for the state
and provides that interest and prin
cipal on all state, city, county and
township bonds shall be paid TO him.
Senator Pugh has written Attorney
General Freezing, stating that the
question has been raised whether the
state treasurer could pay out any of
the money collected by him as fiscal
agent without an appropriation by the
legislature, in view of the constitu-
teional provision that no money shtll
he paid out Of the state treasury eX
cept pursuant to an appropriation
made by law. If this inhibition eX-
lists the Pugh bill could not be passed
at least in its present form and ad
vice is asked as to how to get around
this difficulty.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-24

Lynn. Norfolk, says no aircraft was
seen there last night, but that there
was much excitement when the report
was received from CrOmer that Yep
pelins had flown over that town. Tel
cphone inquiries in other towns in
Norfolk county were equally unpro-
ouctive of information to verify the
CrOmer report.
The London police received no
warning to call out special cOnstables
or TO take any other emergency meas
ures as a result OF the report.
Later the police at CrOmer said
there was no evidence to substantiate
the rumor that Zcppclins had been
seen there.
The original statement from Cromer
was sent out by several news agencies.
all of which evidently obtained II from
the same source in that town.
The Daily Mail asserts that inquiries
made by IT covering Deal and Folke-
stone show there is no truth in the
report received by a London news
paper from It's correspondent In Dover
that Zeppelin had been seen over
the channel.
The story reporting the operation
OF alrships over Cromer is published
prominently in virtually all the Lon
don morning papers
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-24
DACIA SAILS AS A
DARE TO ENGLAND
Steamship Departed for
Rotterdam At the
Break of Day.

GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. 22.-The
steamship Dacia will depart for Rot
terdam at daylight this morning. She
was cleared this afternoon, her an
nounced destination being Rotterdam
via Norfolk. 1t is noted on her man
fest that her cargo win be reshipped
to Eremen. Her matches have been
sealed by the collector of the port
The Dacia carries 1000 square
bales of cotton, cargo valued by the
shippers at $SS0,0O0. They are to get
for this cargo l6 cents per pound, or
$50 per bale, laid down in Bremen.
The government bureau took part of
the Insurance on that valuation at 4
per CEN. The freight rate charged is
$3.50 per bale, the highest ever paid
for cotton transportation.
Capt. George Mcdonald, who will
command the vessel on her trip, has
a crew of 81 men, all Americans. He
said he did not expect to devlate from
the usual course of steamships and
would make no particular effort to
avoid capture.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-24
AMERICAN DOCTOR
MARRIES RUSSIAN
Red Cross Surgeon Weds Princess
Helene SChasOfskaNa in
PctrOgrad.

PETROGRAD. Jan. 22.-(Via Lon
don, Jan. 23.-12:55 a. M DIR.
Philip Newton, one Of the American
Red Cross surgeons in charge OF the
Kiev hospital, married the Princess
Helene Schasofskaya In Petrograd to-
day. The princess Is Russian woman
who volunle leered TO serve as a nurse I'm
the hospital operated by the Amer
teams.
The ceremony was performed in the
Russian church and was attended by
Frank North Winship. the American
consul. and Ray Baker, secretary to
American Ambassador Marye,
Or. and Mrs. Newton will make q
honeymoon trip to Archangel TO meet
two American doctors who will rein
force the Red Cross staff. Or. New
ton said only those slightly wounded
are brought to the Kiev hospital. and
that he hoped soon to establish a new
unit at Warsaw.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-24

counsel for the National Erecters' as
sociation at the time of the Mcnamara
dynamite case. Mr.. Gompers branded
as an intentional insult question by
Mr. Drew as to the use Of dynamite
and violence in labor disputes, Later
Mr. Drew persisted I'm interruptng the
witness and Chairman Walsh threat
ened to ask him to retire from the
hearing unless he desisted
Blames Tariff Law.
The morning session was taken up
by George w. Perkins and Henry Ford
of Detroit, millionaire manufacturer
of automobiles. Mr.. Perkins declared
that what business depression, II any,
existed could be blamed directly upon
the new tariff law.
Mr.. Ford said he would guarantee
to take every convict In Sing Sing
prison and make q man OF him by
giving him a decent living wage and
comfortable surroundings. Philan-
thropic foundations, he thought. were
inadequate.
Mr.. Ford furnished the commission
with figures to show that since the in
stallation year ago of a profit -shar-
ing system and a minimum wage of 50
a day, his employees had come to place
their money I'm savings banks, homes
for themselves and families, and in
life insurance policies, and that their
health had improved The interest OF
his men In their work has become so
acute that the executives OF the con-
Germ have to hold the workers back
instead Of squirting them on. ON the
whole, Mr.. Ford said. his plan OF help
ing men to help themselves had done
even more than was expected OF it.
Charles p. Neill, former United
States commissioner OF labor, will be
the first witness tomorrow.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-24
BILLS MUST HAVE
BOARDS APPROVAL
Not Bearing the o. X. of the
Board of Affairs.

Special 10 The Word.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. ga
Through an understanding between
the board of affairs and State Auditor
Howard, anyone with claims against
the state must have their claims ap-
proved by the hoard Of affairs before
applying for a warrant from the au-
ditor. According TO the law, Mr.
Howard rays that all acquisitions must
pass through the hands OF the board
OF affairs before they reach the au-
ditor, and so far as he Is concerned
he will not recognize any claim that
has not passed through and received
the O. X. Of the board of affairs.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-24
Samuel Gompers Severely
Criticizes Rockefeller
Foundation.
FUNDS SQUEEZED
FROM THE LABORER
Henry Ford Says His Plan
Is Meeting With I'm
qualified Success.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-samuel
~ Gompers, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, does not be-
leye any conclusion the Rockefeller
foundation might reach as to indus
trial conditions would carry convic-
tion to the workers of the country or
greatly influence the employers Of la
Dor.
He outlined his views today in tesu-
flying before the inquiry being con-
Quoted here by the United states COM
mission on industrial relations into
the administration of great philan-
thropic foundations of the country and
the couse of industrial unrest. The
Rockefeller foundation recently ap-
pointed William l.. Mackenzie King,
former Canadian minister OF labor, to
make a study Of industrial relations.
Mr. Gompers declared the efforts Of
the Rockefeller foundation to mold
the minds of the people in their con-
stant human struggle should be curbed
by law or regulation.
~ understood the foundation used
its influence to get it's representative
I'm the list Of officials Of the federal
government" Mr.. Gompers said, and
that this gave the foundation the right
to the franking privilege. This,
think, was a fraud upon the govern
ment, violation of the principles of
education and an imposition upon the
people of this country. | do not think
the people are ready 20 surrender
their rights, especially to foundation
which has such history behind il of
the means by which the money was
first made and later accumulated"
Against Immigration.
Mr.. Gompers urged that immigra-
tiou be restricted as means Of pro-
teCting the workers of the United
States. He said he believed the great
corporations and the steamship COM
panies were working together under
the pretense OF liberalism to combat
any legislation designed to restrict i'm
migration,
As for industrial unrest. the wit
ness thought that wholesome unrest
and healthy discomfort had done mucn
to better the conditions Of the work
ingmen. Mr. Gompers entered a pro-
test with the commission against the
employment of detectives to spy upon
the employees and upon labor leaders
and ursouiZCrs.
While he was testifying, Mr.. Comp
erg was indirectly questioned by Wal
ter Drew, attorney for the Merchants
X Manufacturers association ana
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-24
Bulletin.

CROMER, England, via London,
Ian. 22.-Ul:52 p. mD-Zeppelin air.
ships OF number unknown passed
over Cromer at 1890 o'clock tonight
from the sea and proceeded inland In
a southeasterly direction.
The noise Of the engines of the air
shins was first heard by the coast
guardsmen and then by the military
on patrol duty
The electric light circuits were i'm
medlately cut and the troops pro-
ceeded through the town extinguish-
ing all other lights.
All the evidence tends TO show that
more than one eirchaft passed over
the town. AS they proceeded they
flashed searchlights.