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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
Bv HAYWOOD BROUN

4 MAN who used to read our re-
n views doesn't do so now lie
saws we are an old crouch. 1t is his
contention that critic should speak
only in the most kindly fashion OF
any play which is clean and pleasant
and well acted. In other words,
dramatist, like a dentist, deserves con-
sideration just so long as he doesn't
hurt you much.
This may be a sound theory, but we
would rather be a crouch than PERI
.,atetic Pollyanna. We can't forget
things we don't like in play simply
because the bloodhounds are well
trained and the leading lady is cute
A distinguished critic Of the drama
was enchanted with "Come Out OF the
Kitchen" He declared that it pro
vides an altogether agreeable even
ing" Yet deep in his review it might
be discovered that several good bits
o. acting "help Miss Chatterton make
really negligible and none too con
vincing or substantial play seem wei.
worth your while"
Worth whose while? Is it true that
thp theatre-going public is so lacking
in taste that the pleasant playing Of "a
talented star can make IAN altogether
agreeable evening" out Of "reaily
negligible play? 1t all depends on
the shirt In which one approaches
the theatre. The man who likes act
ing above all things will find little
20 complain about this season. Al
though there has been no great per
Torrance, save that Of Clerget IN
"Pierrot the Prodigal,' there have
been a number Of able ones. But the
man who cares only for acting is a
sorry friend Of the theatre. The most
trivial periods in the English drama
have usually been years in which act
inr was at its best. Garricks, Glib
bers. Booths and JefFersons have been
for the most part associated with ut
terly inconsequential plays.
II the theatre is TO grow as it should
much more stress must be put on
plays and less upon players. The
fact that Ruth Chatterton can smile
wistfully is not half so important as
that Montague Glass has discovered
the dramatic possibilities Of the cloak
and suit trade. II is only frst-night-
ers who shout Author! Author" and
they seldom mean it; yet, after all
how utterly ridiculous IL is TO applaud
Forbes-Robertso or Arnold DAILY with
an enthusiasm which belongs 20 Shaw
OF course, the actor can help or hurt
a play to a large degree, but the bet
ter the play the less is the Importance
Of the performer. After all, he is
only an instrument. The spectator
whose evenings stand or fall with the
quality Of the acting might very well
rush home from a concert in per
feet frenzy Of enthusiasm over the
fact that the piano was in tune.
Quite the most amusing conception
Of the function Of a dramatic critic
is that expressed by Walter y. Law
renee, a theatrical manager. Mr.
Lawrence thinks he can put the critics
in a hole by mentioning several play.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
IN WIGS AND WINGS
Appeal Is Made for Plays in Preference to
Players

guess just how we'll it is going to do.
As matter of fact, dramatic
critic has about as much business in
predicting the financial success or
failure of a production as he has in
picking the probable Democratic plu-
rality in Ohio. He is at the theatre
TO tell whether or not he likes the
show and why. That ends his day
Mr.. Lawrence has become muddled
over the respective functions Of a
dramatic critic and ticket specula-
tor. According to his theory, Louis
Cohen is far and away the best critic
Of the drama in New York. Mr.. Cohen
is lot at all concerned as to whether
or not the show appeals to him. In
fact. he has always kept his dramatic
likes and dislikes in the background,
but Mr.. Cohen can tell with a re-
markable degree Of accuracy just how
much of a success a play will be His
method is secret. Perhaps the
nature Of the frst-night applause
gives him the indication of the drift,
or possibly he has set Of rules for
dramatic success or failure. 1t is
known that he was once caught in
employing the phrase "heart inter
est" and it is as like as not that he
believes in punch" At any rate, his
confidence in mis- judgment is so great
that before the first night perform
ance ends he has decided whether or
not he will lay in a supply Of tickets
for that particular show, and he pros
pers.
Mr.. Lawrence's merry quips about
the dramatic critics were embodied in
a story in which he expressed his Joy
az the remarkable success Of Back
fire" That is as may be, but we are
under the impression that i'm this case
Louis Cohen strung along with the
other dramatic critics. Up to date
the spectators have not annoyed
prospective patrons Of "Backhre" in
j the slightest degree.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

Quite the most amusing conception
Of the function Of dramatic critic
is that expressed by Walter y. Law
renee, theatrical manager. Mr..
Lawrence thinks he can put the critics
in a hole by mentioning several plays
which have succeeded in spite OF ad-
verse criticisms, and vice versa.
Somewhere or other he has picked up
the astounding notion that a news
paper sends a man 10 a new show 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

George Cohan is pro-Wilson, [.
everybody is supposed to know, and
Henrietta Crosman is pro-Hughes'
Only a week or so ago, in fact, Miss
Crosman issued a broadside in which
she attacked Mr. Cohan for his state
ment that "stageland is for Wilson
In Baltimore, where Mr.. Cohan was So
journing with Honest John 0'Bren'
a reporter questioned him on the mat
ter.
Miss Crosman says you're for VII.
son and she's for Hughes" declared
the reporter.
That's So" replied George ".
"And she says you didn't have any
right to come out and say 'stagelsnd
for WILSON," continued the reporter
TThats so, too Mr. Conan reloInec.
"Well. what's going to come of ~
pressed the reporter. Are you gong
to debate?"
"Debate?" echoed the Worlds Great
est Actor What do want TO deoa'e
about? Let her debate-it' her story
Speaking Of George NJ, It is DIT
surprising to note that "The Conan
Revue" is proceeding on is way
through the provinces and carrying
all before it. This despite 'he lac.
that many of the towns in Vhlen
appears have seen none Of the p'sy'
that it burlesques. Last week ="
example. the piece was in lnG:ansp0n''
and it already has played LoVis''''
and other way stations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

Two musical plays, $50 Long Lefty
and Die Tolle Dolly" opened here las!
Monday, and in each Of them a pro.
portion of the humor arose from the
juxtaposition of a comedian and pair
of tight trousers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

The up-to-date method OF employiHb
a playwright is 10 put him or her upon
salary while the play is peing WV
ten. 1t works this way: The nsnAs''
finding a writer of promise, takes d"
away from the wholesale grocery h0oS.
that he happens to be working iO'
and pays him the same salary or pei,
haps a little more. 10 sit at home snu
write plays. Then he has first e'''
upon the plays, and after they nss
registered the customary enormous
successes the amount Of the inVe'V
ment is duly deducted from me iO'
alties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

Theodore Roosevelt is bit Of a
Pollyanna. According to a Colorado
dispatch in The New York Tribune:
"Mr. Roosevelt was taken in an auto
mobile eighteen miles to John c.
Skaters ranch for luncheon. On the
journey a passing machine splashed
the ex-Presideut with mud, but he
smiled, wiped the brown speckles from
his face, and said That was perfectly
fine"
Where the Colonel falls down in
the glad game is in his inability TO
ind anything to rejoice over in the
Wilson Administration.
In reviewing Come Out Of the
Kitchen" we forgot to mention the
pleasure we received in watching the
skilful work Of Mrs. Charles G. Craig
as Amanda, the negro nanny.
cinderella" has been dramatized
only three times this season. BY and
by come playwright is going to aim
higher and give us "Jack and the
Peanstalk"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

A good many persons seem to think
that it doesn't make any difference
whether dramatic taste is good or bad
but it does. Wrong notions fostered
in the theatre are carried outside. We
haven't a doubt in the world that any
body who likes "Rich Man, Poor
Man" will vote for Charles f.
Hughes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

Jules Eckert Goodman. despite 'a0
fact that he now has three fisys
simultaneous operation in New .O.
is still one short Of the reeord. 80 "A
Fitch. about ten years ago, e''A0'
a metropolitan record with io"''
Mr. Goodman and Montague q,
incidentally, are blase authors Law
Wednesday evening. when tae'f 49, 49,
opened at the Conan and Harris 49, 49,.
witnessed the first act OF en
Cheaters." the second and th,ro ~,
of "Under Sentence" and the iss' "
of "Object Matrimony.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
BROADWAY AND ELSEWHERE

wrights making new methods from
old for anything of that sort you
would search America. as you may
search England, almost if not quite
in vain. Not quite in vain. though, IL
you will search with the eye Of faith
and if the cad. critical eye winks on
occasion. For there is no country
better at boxing its own ears and
calling itself names than America
except perhaps England. But while
England owns to her special stupid.
ties with helpless smile that
amounts almost to Boosting, America,
resentful at least that any one else
should level "A charge against her,
does attempt vaguely and wildly any.
thing and everything TO remove the
reproach, never fearing (inestimable
virtueD to make fool of herself in
the attempt, confident that from the
many wrong efforts snuifed out some
right one will survive.
And so il is there at this moment
with the theatre. A feverish and not
too well informed criticism Of these
eXploiters who operate from New
York. and deal out drama to the
hungry public as a trader deals GU,
glass beads 70 savages; fever OF
attempts 10 "do something different
breaking out all over the continent,
both in get-at-able centres and no.
ticeably in un-get-at-able corners,
where the movie Gin whose bright
lexicon there's no such limiting
world has dished the unwieldier play
of whatever quality, has left even
the lighter travelling comedian and
his kind a luxury forbidden by his
railroad fare.
ForAmerica means TO have drama
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

Oliver Morosco is a versatile man.
ager. In addition 20 writing plays he
can turn a hip-hop from a stage into
an aisle, and it Is safe to say that in
this respect neither Of the Messr.
Klaw and Erlanger is his equal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

Granville Barker, writing in The
Manchester Guardian" discusses at
some length THE Promise of an Amer
lean Theatre" Mr.. Barker finds the
promise, not in New York, but IN the
smaller centres and the universities.
He submits this estimate of local con-
ditions:
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
SAVING DAYLIGHT.

Washington, Oct. 23.-(Cor. Asso.
ciated Press. )-With the announce.
ment Of the beginning of a movement
to urge Congress at it's coming SEES.
sion to adopt a daylight saving" plan,
comes news from Austria that the
plan has proved successful to the
highest degree during the last sum-
mer.
For the health of the people, ac-
cording to the United States Consul
General, Albert Halstead at Vienna,
it has been of the greatest advantage.
In the saving of lighting it also has
been most satisfactory. 1t is calcu-
lated that in Vienna alone the people
consumed $4,000 worth less of gas
while the city itself saved approx
mately $4,000 in gas from street
lighting.
watches and clocks through, Aus
trla-Hungary were advanced one hour
at midnight April 80, 1916. The pur-
pose was to secure additional sun
light in working hours. With the
coming of shorter days of winter the
clocks were set back n hour at mid
night, September 80.
The plan also has been in use IN
several other European countries. in
GLIDING France and Great Britain.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
SHE is STONED.

Houston, Texas, is a prosperous, progressive
citv. Il boasts Of an enlightened, broad-lnlnded
Christian population. In short, Houston is a IAN
sample of tie up-to-date American city OF high
class.
Houston has a restricted vice AREA "reser-
~vatiol."
Recently a girl Of twenty-three, Of excellent
family connections, started on the pace which
kills through the Vaccinations of one OF the lep-
ers of the world, drifted into the reservation.
Three week of the life and she awoke to a tull
realization of the horrors OF the way she had
chosen.
Her soul r~evolted and she left the reservation.
The Houston police told her that she must re-
turn to the restricted district.
She protested, rebelled. go back to the res
ervation?' she cried. II would die first" She
took up her residence in a respectable hotel. Once,
twice, thrice she was arrested and jailed. 1t look
ed as if she must indeed live in the reservation If
she lived at all. Then an inquisitiye reporter
heard her story.
This reporter started a fight for this repent
ant Magdalene; a new way is opening before her,
a brighter way. But she is only one Of the many.
The Houston police were not actuated by mai
ice in this case. They were enforcing the law as
it reads; they were doing only their duty, accord
ing to the standards of the holier-than-thou
world. We men who fall, to be ever so low, may
rise again. The world is quick to aid us forgive
ness is extended on every side, but the woman
who slips into the gutter must wallow there until
the end.
1t is a crying shame of this so-called Chris
tian age. And now the average reader will men,
tally remark, Same old stuff" and proceed to
forget it, says the editor Of the Natchez Demo-
crat in a recent issue of his excellent paper.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
PROHIBITION SPLITS OLD PAR.
TIES IN NEBRASKA.

Omaha, Oct. 23.-(By Union Asso-
ciated Press.)-The political situation
in this state this year is complicated
by the prohibition movement. Men,
bers of the two old parties who seem
otherwise pleased with every other
plank in the platform are dissatisfied
because no emphasis is placed upon
prohibition and, it is said, will vote
for the prohibitionists, considering
that question Of most Importance, and
thus adding to the uncertainty of the
predictions of the Republicans and the
Democrats. Strong factors in State
and city politics are involved in the
fight. Republican nominees for Gov
ernor and the Senate declare that
strong efforts have been made to re-
move the prohibition collars from
their necks, but up to date these ef-
forts have not been successful.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

Cotton sold in Greenville the other day for 30
cents per pound. It was of the long staple varie-
ty and was the highest price paid for cotton this
season, in the Delta.-New Albany Times.
Our friend, Editor Caldwell, of the Times
should be careful to keep the record straight
when he makes mention of Mississippi cotton
markets. The sale of cotton referred to above in
his, usually correct paper was made in GREEN
WOOD, and the purchasers of the 25-bale lot
were Messrs. I. H. Craig & Co., represented here
by Mr.. S. G. Bedwell. Greenwood has long been
the largest cotton market in Mississippi, and the
reason is that her buyers always pay top prices
for the feecy staple.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
HOW ABOUT YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY;

loo often we are confronted with the awful
results of somebody's failure to do his duty, but
it always happens that the misfortune occurred
somewhere else. The only thing which can hurt
us is failure to accept our own responsibility. We
needn't bother about the misdeeds of others.
You can't compare your life with that of your
neighbor and pat yourself on the back because
you have done better. Perhaps he didn't have as
good a chance as you started with, perhaps if he
had been in your place he would have done ten
times better than you.
The gist of the whole problem of life is that
You assume full responsibility for yourself. at
tend TO your duties, accept their consequences and
pay more attention to your business than that of
your acquaintance.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
OCTOBER 20 IN HISTORY

1804-frencr general at Naples or
dered the seizure of all vessels
suspected of carrying provi'
sions to Malta or the English
squadron.
lS48-General Windischgratz sum-
moned the city Of Vienna to
surrender. I,
lS54-Royal Danish railroad opened
by the King.
1864-Confederate forces under Price
were routed in all day battle
near Kansas City, Mo-, and
were driven southwark.
186S-An earthquake occurred at San
Francisco.
lS94-Reports Of a Chinese victory
over the Japanese were sent
out by the Chinese from Tent
sin.
1901-General Sir Redvers Butler was
retired from command by the
British war Office and placed on
half pay, in consequence of a
speech made by him earlier in
the month.
1904-England demanded an explana-
ton from Russia for attacks on
the English fishing fleet in the
North Sea.
1910-King of Siam died.
1914-President Wilson signed the
War Tax bill.
1915-More than $4,000 women parad-
ed in Now York City as a woe
mar suffrage demonstration be-
fore election.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
UNCLE SAM WANTS TO PLAY
FAIR WITH RAILROADS.

Washington, Oct. 2s.-(By Union
Associated Press.)--So much has been
said by the railroads about the un-
fairness Of the rates they receive for
hauling the mails that the United
States Government has decided on No.
vember l to begin a series of tests to
determine a fair basis Of payment to
the railroads in this matter. The
P~estoftice Department will place prac-
tically all railroads on a space basis
for determining compensation instead
Of the present weight basis, The new
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
FEW AMERICANS IN M

Laredo, Tex, Oct. 2a.--lca,l
ciated Press. )-Barely three ",
Americans remain in the repps
Mexico, as compared with the
or more who lived in that /.
prior to the Madero revolution i
These figures were recentlv u
here by an American who conan.
ten weeks tour of the republic 1
border point. His estimate and
button of the American citi,4.
low the border is:
Mexico City, approximat.h
Americans.
Tampico, approximately 900.
Panuco oil field district, nes,
pico, 200.
Scattered through Sonora s,h1
Scattered through Chihauh,p y
$50.
State of Nuevo Leon, ip.la
Monterey, 100.
Guadalajara, IT,.
State of Puebla, 60.
Vera Cruz, so.
San Luis Potosi, 70.
Queretaro and Guanajuato, n
Torreon, 80.
1sthmus Of Tehauntepec, rs.
Five hundred additional Ameru
he said, are scattered through WI
other states and cities Of Mexico !
ly at points remote from nihx
where they are engaged in ,auA
or mining.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

method will cover about 80 per cent.
OF the postal service. The Interstate
Commerce Commission will watch the
experiment and will consider its re-
suit in recommending to Congress the
enactment Of legislation providing for
a permanent basis of payment.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

TCDAY'S BIRTHDAY "a HONORS.
Congratulations go today to:
Madame Sarah Bernhard, the &C.
tress, II years old today.
Robert Sage Sloan, naval officer, re-
tired, chief Of staff, Naval Militia,
who commanded the U. S. S. Strang-
er of the Cuban blockading squadron
IN 1893, is 81 years old today. Ut
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Some one has suggested that all football plav.
ers should be numbered so that the spectators
can keep up with the individual work of the NAV
ers. That is a good idea and would increase the
popularity OF the game with those who do not un-
derstand it now.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
NO BOIL WEEVIL KILLER YET
DISCOVERED.

Washington, Oct. 23.-Secretary
Houston denies the department of ag-
riculture had discovered a means of
exterminating the cotton boil weevjl,
a report which has caused planters
and cotton brokers to make inquiries
of the department recently.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Great Britain is contemplating the abandon.
ment OF the present system in favor of the deci.
NAL system, because it is realized that the reten.
ton OF her peculiar system would be a handican
IN the condition Of the worlds commerce after
the war. S S
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23
WILSON CAMPAIGN FJTND

The Wilson campaign contributions from
Greenwood and Letiore county have not been as
liberal as is customary for our people, and those
who would like to give something to this cause
should send same to The Daily Commonwealth
at once. Below is the amount received TO date:
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Troops are going down to the border. and
troops are coming back from the border, and
Troops are remaining on the border, and we'd
IKE % know what it all means, anyway. Now.
wouldn't you? '
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

TO the man honestly in doubt, campaign lit
erature is not of any great help.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Somehow there seem to be no bears quite dar-
ng enough to try to raid the grub market.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

GreenWood's cotton receipts are more thar
10000 bales ahead of this date last season.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Most of US try to run straight, according tc
our lights, but the lights vary a lot.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Man is prone to always believe he could great
improve on the other fellows bossine,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Good Advice: People who never look before
they leap should refrain from leaping.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Scientists tell us the moon is increasing it's
speed. But, then, who cares? We're not trying
70 keep Up with the moon.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Betting is all dead wrong at best, but when
you bet on the wrong side it's q bowling sin.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

After all is said and done, the U-boat is the
champion thrll-furnisher of the war,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

BOB La Toilette cares not who loses in Wis.
consin, so he keeps his toga, "7
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-23

Brass bands are seeing to it that Shadow Law
is not made a quiet retreat.