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New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Maine

Mdlne
Names motto is "Drigo' ("I lead"D.
AS a September election state she has
generally lived up to her motto. She
has accurately measured the trend of
American political opinion, except in
rare instances. Two years ago her
state election truly foreshadowed the
result of the Presidential election, so far
as the states east of the Mississippi were
concerned But California and the
trans Mississippi region reversed them
selves and reelected President Wilson.
Names vote on Monday clearly dis
counts the notion that in the choice Of
Senators and Representatives any line
can be drawn between the two parties
next November on the war issue. No
question involving the use Of "force to
the utmost" in prosecuting the war can
be raised in the present campaign. Here
and there war slackers in Congress, be-
longing to one party or the other, will
be rebuked by their constituencies. But
the country is now unit behind the war,
irrespective of parties.
That being the case it is inevitable
in the Congress elections. Party lines
will probably remain nearly intact. Each
state and Congress district will give its
support to the party which it normally
prefers. That is exactly what Maine
did. Mr.. McGillicuddy, the Democratic
nominee in the Second District, had car
ried that district several times He has
been an exceptional vote getteu In
1916 he was defeated with difficulty.
This year he was easily beaten. The
argument that a Democrat would make
better war Congressman than q Re-
publican fell absolutely fat when used
for his benefit
Names verdict therefore, presages
the election of a Republican House of
Representatives And for this reason: In
1916 the Republicans lost many seats
in the states west of the Mississippi
to reflect Mr.. Wilson on the che kept
us out of war issue That issue is
dead. The Far West is as united for
the war now as the rest Of the country
is. Normal political conditions are re-
turning. There doesn't seem to be any
Democratic party left in California, for
&C I,,I,
recently captured the nomination for
Governor in the Democratic primary.
Ard now the election laws will not let
him run because he was defeated as
a candidate in the Republican primary.
There are q dozen to fifteen seats in
the House. lost west of the Mississippi
IN lJl6, which the Republicans ought
TO regain. They are also due for a
larger representation from Ohio These
changes would make the House safely
Republican. The Republicans ought
also to gain enough seats in the Senate
to wipe out the present Democratic ma
jorty in that body.
iHdt 10 "Hdl lhe eiecllOn IN Meme
means. The Republican party is still
normally the maj ority party in the coun-
Try. And the voters would be only fol
loving natural impulse in turning to
it IS an organization entitled to larg4r
power and responsibility in carrying the
war to successful conclusion.
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Hearst Straffi1g England


ing the d. tho shoudsN euecko o Great
apersh lin
Holwt onBHh IN chiA Eaads n
yeed
o audDctuy
the President and his the ha"
Nbwien 0 q MspQ fMQn eneau
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Little Lessons in English
lFro... London Puncil

tFros London Puuci)
Five English words every morning
Fo3re 'pnglch oueurds erre mo,nigns
are more useful than one witty word.
Gre more ionafopl sam ouo1ls on1te
0reurd.
Cieq mots Goa9jo's. ch1q,e aatil. sort
9lsea 'ftilee qp'ee aci d'esprif
Lc MAJ IA.
We fear this sort of shing, II continues
will endanger the Entente.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Making Note Of the Straw

Cfrom The Baltimore american,
Mexico one of her officials claims. does
not want to cut off her oil supply from the
.1Ies. Perhaps, Mexico is realizing which
way the ~Snd is blowing.
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leges and universities in answering so
nobly the nations call to arms will not
win the acclaim of people eager to pay
its debts of gratitude?
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Hunnish Phonics

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: There is move to obliterate from
the United States of America all that IS
Hun that has Hunnish traits.
No one, however, has thought to get rid
OF the Teutonic influence that exists over
the military and civil bands in the United
States Of America, both in the system Of
band organism and in Instrumentation
By looking at the following Teutonic
system OF band organism one can see that
we have adopted the very same system
leutonlc System American System
oboe Oboe
Flute, piccolc Flute, piccolo
E-fat clarinet F-fat clarinet
Bfiat clarinet B-dat cIarinet
bass clarinet Bass clarient
Saxophones seldom Saxophoncs seldom
used) used)
Bassoons Raseoone
B-flat cornets, > Cornets
E-fat or Fa trum- B-Gat trumpets
pets,
French horn, or 6 French horn. / ORC
E-nat tenor, B fiat tenor
o-nat' parytone, B-fat barytone, ,
n-haI tfombones, B-fat tenor (slidc)
Tenor slide Trombones, 6
= pass lompones bass trombones
(slde) (slide1
= f-nat tubas , E-fat tubas
oouole B-ffat bass double B-f fiat bass
tubas tnhas
2 snare drums snare drums
l pass drum l bass drum
: pairs cymbals pairs cvmba1s
10 remove the repulslye impression Of
such an antIquated and poor band ORGANISM
"a la Hun which is unfit for our munie,.
pal bands, and especially for our miljtarv
bands, we should adopt another system re-
organize our bands and raise them to the
standard of the modern public spirit; for
1t is an outrage to the "Stars and Stripes"
and TO the Allies to see number of ner
sons armed with musical instruments. "a
Hun band" devoid of that artistic and
phonic effect which the unanimous senti-
ment and the modern art of the Allies
require.
SALVATORE IMPALLOMENI,
Orchestra Leader.
New York, Sept. 9, 1918.
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Kultur Notwithstanding

'Ffo' Tue tdlcdDo Ndlcs)
Hospital bombing and baby killing never
won war and never will.
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Entered at the rostorcc at New York Second Casl
Mail Matter
The sun., 1918-09-29
A PLAY A WEEK.

'Klaw & Erlanger will give the
twentieth annual production of
"Ben-Hur" at the Lexington
Theatre tomorrow night. The
stage setting will have to be
larger than ever this year to fiI
this stage, and the company will
be more numerous than before.
Robert w. Fraser will play the
title role, and Monk, the equine
actor, who has been in the COM
pany since its beginning, will be
in the race scene.
After playing continuously for
two years and travelling more
than $4,000 miles, Elliott, Com
stock & Gest's spectacle of an
cient Jerusalem, "The Wan
derer," is coming back to the
Manhattan Opera House for an
engagement beginning Monday
night.
Yiddish, which has proved very
popular besides being ar un-
usual novelty. will be at the
Standard this week.
William lie Baron's clever
farce, "The Very Idea" will be
at the Shubert-Riviera
Eyes or No" is the attraction
at Loew's Seventh Avenue Thea
tire.
Turn to the Right" comes to
the Bronx Opera House.
"Ten Nights in Barroom" be-
gins on Monday afternoon at the
Third Avenue Theatre.
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tain high quarters adds another to the
list of plays built on plan popular
during recent years which must have
cost the theatre impresarios thousands
OF dollars.
The delusion which they have fol.
lowed so slavishly swan into their
vision some four or five years ago
when a drama which in the long run
enjoyed no more than moderate sue
cess attracted widespread attention
through the so-called novelty of its
framework. A man supposed to be a
crook In search of a pearl necklace
turned out" in the end to be a de-
tective or some other righteous person
In the employ OF the Government.
There was tremendous amount Of
Caclle over the thrilling novelty Of
this episode. Indeed. the managers
have been talking about the binding
originality of the expedient for so long
that half of them have never realized
yet how much the plan has cost them.
OF course there was nothing novel in
the idea nor was 1t the revolutionary
climax that SO many impresarios were
made to believe. 1t never was a prin-
ciple of experienced playwrights TO
put the audience at once in possession
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Anglo-Sa race struggling for free
dom are pictured. Each event is pre-
scented In dramatic and not In pageant
form. Carrying the connecting links
Of these episodes is the character of
Freedom.
When Freedom" was completed the
authors realized the gigantic problem
Of getting the play produced. Julie
Opp Faversham heard the play and
Immediately undertook the task of Sc
curing the necessary financial support.
Lee Shubert volunteered to put up
half the cost of production provided
Mrs. Faversham could raise the other
half. Through her efforts Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James. Mr. and
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Otto
Kahn, Clarence II. Meckay, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs II. p
Dawson, Mrs Robert Bacon, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Armsby, Mrs. James
Creelman a. w. Mellon and Mr.. and
Mrs. e. Lewis Hind subscribed the
necessary money to take the balance
of the stock. Thus so per cent. of the
Profits go to the funds of the Associa-
ton for Assisting Disabled Officers.
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of all the facts concerning n certain
state OF affairs of which the other
actors were ignorant. important truths
must of course be within the knowl-
edge of the spectator who would not
b. puzzled, bored or altogether dunn
founded. But it Is nearly as fatal to
a maintenance of interest to make him
aware of everything as it is to leave
him in the dark, The dramatic ver-
sion of The Moonstone" was expected
to thrill the spectators gathered to
witness the play equally as much as
the book had set the blood of its read
ers in rapid motion. But nothing Of
the kind happened.
Wilkie Collins and whoever helped
him transfer the book to the stage had
gone so far in the right direction that
they had wandered into the wrong road
altogether. The thieves of the gem
had been revealed to the audience in
the first act. There was no mystery
left for them. The remaining acts
were without interest for them, since
there was nothing left for them to
learn. The mistake had been to place
them at once in the possession of so
much which they ought to have ac-
quired by degrees.
So the principle has always been
that an audience should not be kept in
ignorance, although the knowledge
necessary to its understanding should
be gradually impaired. Perhaps the
manner In which Il should be done IL
as important as the fact that the air
must he cleared. The detective posing
as a crook was nothing new But the
managers thought he was. and they
wanted every second character in a
play somebody he did not seem to be
and somebody that the audience was
altogether ignorant about How much
that misrepresentation must have cost
, them! And to Judge b. the fate OF
de Luxe Annie" and Another Mans
, Shoes" is still costing the managers
who think that the only 1918 model of
play Is still that one In which the
public IL either kept in ignorance or
| deceived. Yet it may be that all of
, them after o. while will have lost
money enough to change their views
and wander in some other field OF de-
| fusion for change.
The sun., 1918-09-29
A PLAY FROM ABROAD.

There hps been much speculation
MS to the meaning OF the title The
Better ole" which was selected by
Capt. Brucc Balrnsfather, the soldier
artist. for his first play. which he
wrote in collaboration with Capt,
Arthur Elliott and which IL 10 he pre-
scented on October l9 at the Green
wich Village Theatre by Mr.. and Mira.
Coburn. Hut 1t Is made clear by
William Alien White in hts recently
published hook THE Martial Advcn-
lures of Henry and Nc" Mr.. White
saw the play in London. where It is
sim running, by the way and here
Is how he describes it:
"'The Better OLE farce modcy
with a fcw musical skits In Il. staged
entirely ut the front, could hc put on
in any American town ana the fun
would raise the roof.
"a soldier comes splashing down
the trench. His comrade cries, gay,
All, take your muddy feet ont OF the
only water We got to sleep in Again
a soldier sQuat5 shiverinS with fea
in n shell hole while the bombs n
crashing over him and dirt threaten.
to bury him. 4 comrade looks In and
to his CGptious remarks the squaitinr
soldier answers: II you knows where
there's n better ole, SO TO it, Three
raen seated on plum Jam box du-inG
terrific bombardment. Trees are
falling, buildings crumbllng, the land
scape heaying, and Bert sayg: 'Alf,
we'll miss this c!d war when it's over!
The sun., 1918-09-29

CAS- the shells strike nearer anu
nearer and u great crater yawns AT
their feet they crawl into 1t, are all
but buried alive by the dirt from an
other shell, and Bert eXclaims: Say,
All, scare mel got the 'iccoughs,'
And so 1t goes for a whole evening.
while Bert, making love to an inter-
minable string of girls at each place
where he is bilieted at the front, gives
away scores of precious lockcts with
his mothers hair in them, and All,
forever unavailingly, tries to make his
cigarette lighter work and Old Bill
dreams Of his wife at home who keeps
n pub
THE prohibitionists in America
would probably insist that she keep Il
soda fountain or n woman's exchange
out no other alterations would he
needed to get the play over the foot
lights in any English speaking town
on the globe.
1.-THE British soldiers crowd the
house where The Better Ole is given.
The boys in khaki jam the theatre
and howl their approval"
The authors call their play "a frag-
ment from France in two explosions,
seven splinters and short gas at
tack"
The sun., 1918-09-29

startling effect in the art of casting.
Other important names are those of
Guy Favieres Dnd Arthur Lewis.
Some idea 0f the circumstance OF the
play may be Steamed fr'sm the cap
tons OF the acts: Act 1.-The fiat
where she hesitated. Act II. - The
same fiat and the same hesitation. Act
IIl,--Tha same fiat stlil, but no hesita-
ton"
The London text forms the basis, of
the present production,
William a. Brady VIM present Mary
Nash and Jose Ruben in II. o. IT," a
new American play by Hector Turn
huh and willard Mack, at the Thirty
ninth street Theatre. commencing
on Saturday at the Belmont Theatre.
II. O. T." is dramatization of Mr.
Turnbull's motion picture, "rhc Cheat"
and Is unique in that for the first time
the stage has gone TO The screen for 4
story. ~. o, L." the product of one
of the most successful writer's for The
screen, Hector Turnhull. and OF Will
ard Mack, author OF "Tiger Rose" and
numerous other successes. has already
The sun., 1918-09-29
HERMIONE ON VIEW.

A character frequently met with in
everyday life, but strange to say en-
tirely new to the stage, has been Gre
ated by George S. Kaufman, who re-
wrote Some One in the House." the
''melodramatic comedy" now current
at the Knickcrbocker. She has been
fittingly called the Perfect Bromide
Lady. She is first cousin TO iIermione,
who purls sweetly about the Cosmic
Urge and other transce ndental things
in THE EVENING. Sun, and own sister
TO +. Il. AS Dulcinea. whose letters
from Bromidelwild will be remembered
by newspaper readers.
Nearly every one has a friend whose
conversation consists entirely Of sterco-
typed phrases and wise saws" hoary
with age. Usually they are perfec'
bores into the bargain. but Mrs. Percy
Glcndenntng in Some One in the
House" is so sprightly and so vivacious
that she il quite the life of the house
party over which she presides as
hostess
She begins on her first entrance.
Hello, everybody" she says. well,
two is company and three's n crowd.
How was the weather in the city"
Hot, l suppose. Nice and cool here.
You know IL there's any breeze going
we're sure to get it. Would you believe
tive sleep under blankets every
night. Percy's coming right in. He's
working terribly hard. / always Won
der if he's appreciated. After all, a
90 hn ri In
and what does it amount to? LIES So
short. you know, we should really get
all there Is out Of it,
Hear her a little later discoursing on
the country.
Don't you Just love the country?
| always say people were never in
tended to live In citics--crowded to-
gether like animals. They ought 10
get out in the open-really close &c
nature. think it makes a finer race
don't YOU? The ideal way Is to live In
the country about nirG months a year
and then go TO the city for three
months in the winter. You know
live in a hotel and see the best plays,
When her playwright husband sug-
gests Il fake story for publicity pur-
poses Helene runs true to form.
| 81 think it's wonderful idea" sh,
says, land 50 simple But then, 20
know, they say all really great thing
are simple"
And so she chatters on. Almost n
tho final curtain Is falling she emit
her final bromide.
! After ALL" she says, "the world t.
| a small place, isn't it,"
Mrs Percy G!Cudcnnin1 IL all nbou
us, but no one ever thought Of putt!ne
! her on the ST" hVfore.
The sun., 1918-09-29
PLAYS THAT LAST.

Astor, Keep Her Smiling
Belasco. "Daddies"; BUou
Sleeping Partners; Boot,
Watch Your Neighbor"; R~rsd-
hurst, "Maytime'; Casino
Maid of the Mountains; Cen
trail, Forever After; Cer''-..
"Sinbad"; Cohan, Heed Over
Heels: Cohan & Harris, Three
Faces East; Comedv, "AN Ide-'
Husband'; Cort, "Fidd ecS
Three; Criterion. The Aw7te1-
ing; Eltinge, Under Orders ;
Empire, The Saving Grace;
Forty-eighth Street. The Wo-
man on the Index; G''e'Y,
"Lightn;n' Globe. Per d
Harris. Some Night, Hud.ol,
Friendly Enemies; Kn'cher-
booker, Someone in the House (;
Liberty. Going Up": Lvc"n-2.
"Humpty- Dumpty"; Lyric, 'I'@
Unknown Purple; ManNaN2H
Opera House, "The Wa'derer ,
New Amsterdam, The Girl Re'
hind the Guv"; Ma%in- Ellio'ts.
Tea for Three; Morosco, The
Waik-OHs"; Playhouse, "SFe
Walled in Her Sleep; Pin
cuth. "Redemn;ior"; Repnarc.
Where Peoples Bloom; Sci
wyn, "Inforration, Please ;
Shubert, Sometime; Thirty
nirth Street, Il. o. u: Winter
Garden, Passing Show"
The sun., 1918-09-29

They have shown with every pos
sible emphasis the persecution of a
loving husband and doting father by
the constituencies wife and her para
mour. So every point that he scores
on them carries in its wake more
than the triumph Of an avenger. The
deeper sympathy of wronged husband
and father has its weight in determin-
ing the emotions of the audience.
There could never have been for The
Unknown Purple" anything like its
present popularity but for the salts
faction the spectators feel in watching
the accommodating fate Of the man and
The sun., 1918-09-29

successful tour of Australia. In THE
Saving Grace" the action of which
takes place in the autumn OF 1914, he
will be seen as Blihn Corbett, a genial,
irresponsible "waster." whose fortunes
are at their very lowest ebh when
his luck changes. The play tells how
and why.
THE Saving Grace" which ran all
last season in London. In the first new
play by Mr.. Chambers to be produced
in New York since his "Passers-By"
was presented here by Charles Froh-
man. Mr.. Chambers will also be re-
called by New York theatresoers as
the author Of Captain Swift" THE
Fatal Card" THE Tyranny Of Tears"
and the English version Of The
Thief done here.
Laura Hope Crews will have lead
ing part in the play, and other i'm
portant roles will be played by Cath
leen Nesbitt. Charlotte Granville.
Annie Hughes, Edward Douglas and
William DevereauX.
Mr.. Chambers himself has directed
the rehearsals Of his play, having
come to America especially for that
purpose.
An interesting cast has been as
! sembed by George II. Brennan to APP
pear in The Awakening" by Ruth
Sawyer. which will be presented for
the first time on any stage at the
/ Criterion Theatre on Tuesday evening.
Wilton Lackaye viii appear as a Rus
sian Prince. Dimi.reD. a character
reminiscent of his Sreh1af in "Tril-
by" Theodore Kosloff. the Russian
ballet dancer will appear for the first
| time in an English speaking role, and
will also contribute some novel dane
! ing numbers.
| Henry H. Walthall. the motion pie
ture player, best known for his por-
trayal OF the leading part in The
Birth OF Nation" will return TO the
| apeaking stage. which he deserted
seven years ago. khyva st. Adams
will enact the leading feminine role o.
Tamdr. The other players includ
Gilda Varesi, Laura Burt, Leonard
Wiley, Oscar Briggs. Howard Boulder
! Shirley Carter and Bennett Kilpack.
The seven scenes of the play are
laid in Paris and Russia. The story
The sun., 1918-09-29

commences at the outbreak OF the
world war. which. however, only
figures in the dim background. while
the plot OF the pioce revolves about
the love OF two dancers, lamar and
SGbinOD. who have been sweethearts
since childhood, but who have been
cruelty kept apart through the sinister
influences OF fate and DirttrcG.
TdmGr is wrongfIlly accused of be-
ing q German spy. Public indigna-
ton Is aroused AGAINST her, resulting
in an attempt at assassination while
she Is dancing with SdbinoG on the
stage of u Paris theatre. She il
wounded and while unconscious has q
vision Of her early childhood, including
tragic circumstance which was the
cause OF all Der misfortune and which
revealed DihitreU in his true light.
The action afterward passes TO Rus
STA, where several other adventures
befall the lovers before their happy
union.
Jane Cowl will open the new Selwyn
Theatre on West Forty-second street
on Wednesday night IN "Informa,io
Please" IA comedy written by herself
and Jane Muffin. In her support viii
be seen several members OF her COM
panies from previous seasons, includ-
ing Orme Caldara. Blanche Yurka,
Henry Stevenson. Alan Brooks. Robert
Ttande. Viola Compton, Ellen Salinger.
Betty Graham and others.
In Information. Please!" Miss Cowl
will be seen In role said 10 DO very
, different from any she has played be-
fore, in that it is lighter ana more fam
tastic,
The builders OF the theatre have
sought to make the auditorium proof
against street noises. a deep lobby
opening on Forty-second street is fol :
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THE NEW PLAYS.

THE regular season OF the En-
pire Theatre will be opened to-
morrow evening Ny Cyril Maude
in THE Saving Grace new three
act comedy OF character by C. lIaddon
Chambers, At the same time David
Belasco's association with Charles
Frohman, Inc, in the management Of
the Empire will be maugurated.
This will he Mr.. Maude's first APP
pearanee In New York since his very