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New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
':.John Ferguson -

I men and women in its reach But it is
not great deal of originality. 1t is
the device of accumulation, which was
the habit of Greek tragedy, the habit
ual course of a fateful necessity that
the ancient dramatist found running
everywhere through the texture of life.
1t was fitted to a time when the minds
of men were, after ALL naive and un-
self-conscious about the arts Of illu-
sion. 1t is not best suited to the illu-
SION of to-day, when the best art of
the stage has discovered the ADVANTAGES
OF hiding the logical and inevitable
succession of related events, hiding it
under the apparent irregularity, the
seeming aimlessness, the absurd hit
and miss aspect, by Which the natural
order of things pulls the wool over
the eyes Of those who never escape its
operation.
To dwell at length, however, upon
this technical apparatus of tragedy
is to lose sight of what is powerful
and creative in the play If the scheme
is mcchanistic, the references of it
to the people involved in it are liv-
ing and imaginative. Drama in the
end is never anything but character
In the hands of the unseen Dramatist.
human beings make their own plots bv
what they are. John Ferguson" could
shed some Of it's Pinerian framework
and still remain moving and power
full play. Its people are too full of
the implication of pain and struggle
toward mastery of their desires, of
passionate revolt against any and all
secretly malevolent circumstance, to
drop bloodless once their frame is
removed. They go on struggling, fear
ing and striking and being struck. The
irony of Goods late, da," when the
postman brings the long delayed mail
at last, is not the essential irony of
the play. That rests in the fact that
there should be men in life who be-
lieve to the end in just Providence,
that III life in which every human
is victim in part there should be
Solue W ulSHOuOf IL ana De Siam Tor 1t,
and others to be dishonored and to
slay for it, What irony exists out
side of human nature!
1t is a satisfaction to find the play
ing on so generally high level. Not
all of it is a full realization of the eX-
tent to which these people reach out
into life, have backgrounds and his
tories that have made them what they
are. But the portrait of desire and
inhibitions drawn by Dudley Digges
has not been equalled in many places
this season. What is impressive about
the entire presentation is that the
Theatre Guild has cast aside many of
the baubles which have kept the art
theatre in an appearance of adoles-
cence. For once the settings are inte-
grated with the play, exerting an emo
tional influence which is one with the
action and characterization. 1t is
d relief to find producers full in the
flood of the modern movement cour-
ageous enough to hold the settings
in the same tempo as the rest of the
play. There is no need here for once
to divorce the attention momentarly
to study the novelty of the back
ground.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
''Fit 10 Win" Fit To Be Seen.
Says isaac SIussker

The censorship committee of the Ma
tional Association of the Motion Pict
ure Industry says that the picture Fit
to VIM is not fit to see. This was in
dignantly denied yesterday by Isaac
slutzker, of Shea & slutzker, the sub
lessees of the film, which is now being
shown at the Grand Opera House.
Brooklyn. 81 have been quoted as say
ing that l am handling the film Fit
to Win solely to make all the money
out of it can" said Mr.. slutzker
This is false. We are exhibiting this
picture as representatives of the
united States Public Health Service
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
New Universal Propaganda Film

The Universal Company, under the
supervision of Harry Levey, manager
Of the Educational Department, has
almost completed a propaganda film
called "The Winning Shot" featuring
Andy Clark, Juvenile actor, and Ad.
Topperwein, the most famous crackshot
in America.
The film will be used to arouse inter
est in the Junior Rife Corps, founded
and sponsored by the Winchester Arms
Company, of Bridgeport, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Lights On at Luna
Park Last Night

Over 100000 people passed through
the gates, after the sundown guns at
"The Last Shot" panorama had fired a
good night and good evening salute,
and Manager William Hepp had given
the signal to "switch on
Those who took their first trip yes
terday in Luna Parks new ride called
THE Tanks" and named after No Mans
Land in France, found they had not
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

and because, aside from the money
making there may or may not be in
It, there is an opportunity to do man
KIND service. If l thought for mo-
ment this film did not help make the
world safe for posterity l would aban-
don its showing immediately"
The sun., 1919-04-11
Bond Market Bare.

Investment houses Of Wall Street be-
lieve that II will take but the compile
ton OF the Victory Loan 20 revive in
terest in high class bonds. Just at pres
ent the market IS at standstill await
ing this event and n probably will re-
main quiet until the campaign has closed.
Although there Is little demand encoun-
tered at this time, bond men who have
given the market careful study say that
the situation Is shaping up favorably.
The market is bare of bonds NJ this time.
particularly OF high grade railroad He-
curities. One expert said yesterday that
he Is certain that an order for a big
block OF high class railroad bonds would
result in moving the quotations up sew
eral points Announcement OF the terms
of the Victory Loan issue, scheduled for
next Wednesday. In anticipated eagerly
in the market, for the rate at which
the Government securities are put out
probably will yield a great influence on
the future market for bonds other than
Governments when the current issue is
disposed OF and tho BUSINESS revival
starts.
The sun., 1919-04-11
Railroad Conference.

New York bankers who will participate
In the conference OF bankers from New
York. Chicago and st. Louis with d.
rector-General Hines Of the Railroad
Administration in Washington at 10
o'clock this morning declare their minds
are open on the problem. Plans are TO
be discussed for taking care OF rail
requirements Tor May /. June and July
1. requirements which will amount to
around $500. 900. 900. Some OF the bank
ers are expected to indulge in some plain
speaking in impressing on the wash
ington officials the necessity for calling
an extra session OF Congress speedily.
The general opinion of the bankers is
that It Is rather a sad situation when a
debtor announces that he can't pay his
bills and that some of the creditors will
have TO be asked to loan more money
SO that the debts can be discharged
Such policy. they believe, is borrowing
from Peter to pay Paul.
The sun., 1919-04-11

Tho rank ana file of traders In Amer
lean International received huge shock
yesterday when announcement was made
that directors Of the corporation had
decided TO call the remaining 40 per
cent, or $40 per share. of capital for
payment The payments will be divided
into two parts-$20 payable on June 2
and $40 on October Is. When these
payments are completed the entire $780,
00o. 900 of the corporations capital stock
will be fully paid. That the announce
meDt was unexpected may be deducted
from the rapidly with which traders let
70 Of It following the announcement In
trades Of about 5000 shares II dropped
from s9is to SAX. then regained most
Of the loss on fresh buying. but closed
at decline Of Az points. This evidently
sets at rest all gossip about a probable
extra dividend for the shareholders. but
Il more firmly fastens the conclusion on
Wall Street that "A1C" is Its prize Inys-
terry stock.
The sun., 1919-04-11
Chandler Motors.

The wild movement which Chandler
Motors has had in the last few days
confirmed the impression that the mar
ket has been about swept clean of the
floating supply OF this particular stock.
II took another jump yesterday sky
rocketing II points In the morning before
enough certificates were corralled to fill
an order for 1000 shares wired to n
large commission house by n Chicago
trader. II touched 152 after opening at
1874 and closed the day with n net
gain Of M points at 1879. Pierce Arrow
and Stutz were both strong throughout
the day. bidding being against rather
cumbersome short interest in both Sc
curities. One of the large downtown
financial houses Is said to be accummu-
lating a large line Of Pierce Arrow.
The sun., 1919-04-11
Foreign Credit Plans,

Bankers in this country have practi-
cally completed the formulation OF def
mite plans and machinery for extending
credits TO France, Italy. Belgium and
Scandinavian countries. None of these
will be set In motion until after tho con-
summation of peace. The plans are said
to include the distribution Of foreign Sc
curities in this country, and the American
Acceptance Council will have a big share
in this work II " understood that Fred
l. Kent's trip to Europe is connected with
this problem. II will be recalled that
under the auspices OF the Council OF
Foreign Relations a dinner WAS held re-
Gently at the Metropolitan Club, where n
committee was formed to study the
problems involved by the necessity Of
extending credits freely TO European
countries
The sun., 1919-04-11

which sllS,7s4so was for merchandise
withdraw from bonded warehouses and
SSaLsso.7z for recent inpoytationA.
The sun., 1919-04-11
Japan buys U. 2. Securities.

The Imperial Japanese Government
yesterday purchased s5oo0o.0o0 OF the
certificates OF Indebtedness. bearing the
date OF April 10. the final issues Of these
securities being put out through the
reserve banks in anticipation OF the Vic
tory Loan. The securities bear Az per
cent. interest and are free from taxation.
They have n life Of four months. The
japanese Government has approxima tely
$3.50 900 600 on deposit at this centre ard
the certificates offered the opportunity
to keep part OF this fund active, The
purchase was made through the Yoko-
homa Specie Bank
The sun., 1919-04-11
FOREIGN BONDS.

FOREIGN BONDS DEAIT n FLAT,
Mex, Brter. sterling Gs Of %, ls45 On Tr1
Mex. Extern. gold ~ Of 'oi. 1885,. IS 81
Rus. 1884 Rente Is. coo ruble den IS ..
The sun., 1919-04-11

900 900 per cent. certificates of in
debtedness OF the Philippine Government
due on April 1. 1920. were opened To-day
at the Office OF the Chief of the Bureau
Of Insular Affairs and the block was
awarded Mt 9s.s27 and accrued interest
Tho successful bidders were the Chase
National Bank. the National Bank OF
Commerce. Kidder. Peabody & Co, VIII
lam A Reed q Co and Saloman Broth
ers & Hutzler
The sun., 1919-04-11

Phones 1000 to 1910 John. SO Wall ST.. N. 7
The sun., 1919-04-11

The days move in Steel. which had
been firm but rather inactive In the
morning. was accomplished in one bold
stroke In tho afternoon. Shortly after
2 o'clock a great volume Of orders to
buy Steel struck the market. It had all
OF the appearance Of a concentrated drive
against the shorts and It appeared sue
cessful. for Steel quotations shot for
ward from ssh to 1oo&. Many stop
orders were reached at par and blocks
OF weakly held shorts were driven to
cover. Tho big demand for Steel dried
UP almost as suddenly az It started and
1t started backward almost as quickly as
It had como up the same path Going
down It carried the entire list with a
few single exceptions. with II Profits
wers taken generally in the last hour by
many who have ridden the specialuee Up
q considerable distance.
The sun., 1919-04-11
Paris BourSe Trading.

PARIS. April 10 Prices We're weak on
the Bourse to-day, Three per cent.
rentns, CO francs for cash exchange on
London, 81 francs 80 centines ) per
cent loan, SO francs 10 confines The
dollar was quoted al francs eS cen
times 70 8 franco 6 esnttmeA
The sun., 1919-04-11

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Custom House Receipts.

Receipts for duties at the Custom
House yesterday we're ls4S.stS.67. Of
The sun., 1919-04-11
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
Steel Tonnage Statement.

Steel stocks resained tho leadership Of
the market yesterday in rather a tu-
multuous session. In which United States
Steel common touched the years high at
1ooK. q gain It subsequently lost. The
specialties. while very active. appeared
TO follow rather than lead tho steel is
sues The United States Steel tonnage
statement, issued at noon, was Just about
what Wall Street had anticipated. It
showed decrease OF 5s0.125 tons, as Of
March 81, and total untitled orders Of
6,430.572 tons. Despite the wide de-
crease these unified orders from which
all cancellations have been stripped,
amount 70 little over three months pro-
duction capacity by the corporation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20

formed in Massachusetts in 1913, the members. of which pledged them selves to discontinue the use of of liquors at entertainments, funerals and auction sales, and on no account to furnish grog in hayingtime. One minister thus addressed his congre- gation, I say nothing, my beloved brethren, against taking little bit ters before breakfast, especially II you are used to 1t; what I contend against is this dramming, dramming at all hours of the day.
 The date for the decided move ment to destroy the liquor traffic Is 1926, for in that year Lyman Beech CT delivered his famous temperance lectures in Boston. The American Society for the Promotion of Tenn perance was formed; though it did not oppose the use of wine, cider and malt liquors. It was in 1926 that a woman's temperance union was formed in North Woodstock. The Washingtonian movement. Good Templars, Women's Christian Tenn perance union and many other so- cieties, the preaching by the minis ters, the teaching of hundreds of thousands of public school and Sun day-school teachers had been mold much, but the gathering momentum of the many was a Niagara.
 Tn his American Ideals Roose- welt wrote. preparatory to the gen erai election of 1884, there were
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20
THE LAST WITCH THE LAST DRINK
FROM THE HARTFORD TIMES

The ending of the liquor traffic" according to Rev. Dr. George L. Clark of Wethersfeld lis not caused by spasm of enthusiasm of a frantic plunge of fanatics"
 Tracing the evolution of prohibition from the days of witchcraft' to the present. the Rev. pr. Clark writes:
 Public opinion has been setting against prohibition for 100 years. and when tho big transportation compan- les and manufacturers began to take action 20 years ago, the hand writing on the wall grew palmer.
 'In 1647. Alice Young of Windsor was hanged as a witch on Tower Hill, Fairfield avenue; in 1862, Mary Barnes was the eleventh and the last victim in Connecticut to be carried sitting on her coffin past South Green 10 suffer for alleged witch craft.
 Tn 1880. one person in 30 in Con necticut was a slave; in 1774, the General Court took the first action against slavery, by prohibiting the importation of slaves from Africa. The action was taken, not from mo- tives of humanity, but because slavery was not considered financially profita- ble. In 1S+S, the six then remaining slaves in Connecticut were freed by act of legislature.
 A century ago dueling went 10 the wall
 Glance at Evolution.
 ITO help us to understand the gov ernm a tai closing of the saloon, we glance at the evolution of prohibition
 From the first days of the colonies there was a struggle to down the 1I1I1Dr in 1FiG conn pIaInts were made of the sale of 'wyno and strong water in vessels on the river, as in several howses-now without license Tn 1647, the Gen eraI Court parsed a bill for the pur- pose of preventing that abuse. which is cree ping tu by eXCesses in TVyue and strong waters in 1854, the re- cord tells us that notwithstanding the laws, the Ereate and crying slime of drunkenness .seiEns 10 the Ereate dishonor of God, and the hazard of the lives and peace of English and Indians Tn the code of 1850. 1t was ordered that mo unlicensed person shall suffer any to be drunken, or to drinke excessively, viz, above one half a pint of wyne for one person at one time, or continue tipIiuE above half an hour. or at unreasonable times or after nine at night, or in and about the Eowse,' under penalty of five shillings. A person found drunk was 10 be fined ten shilliugs, a second uffeuse called for double fine and ten strokes of the lash at the whip ping post; the penalty for excessive long drinkIng-three hours in the stocks, when the weather does not azzard life and limb
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20

in the list, they having bought stamps to the value of 5,101. .63; Bridgeport is secondd, having purchased stamps to the value of $4,1s3.06; Waterbury is third in the list with s2.311.2 .25; Middle town comes fourth with s2. 290.50; New Haven Is fifth with s1, ,1S7.70; Torring- ton is next in the list with s1, 073. .25 Then comes New Britain. S993. 8; Der by. $sTo.25; Stamford, $661 .65; heriden, 447.53, and Norwalk, S11T.34. In addi- ton to these amounts there were sold through the General Treasurer of the company stamps valued at s8. s4.32, making Q grand total of s27, ,426.n
 The company will continue to sell War Savings Stamps. It's employees are as enthusiastic now as ever they were about supporting the Govern ment in it's needs for funds, and each department is striving to make even better record than it did last year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20
FOUR MINUTE
 MEN BANQUET

Honorable discharge from the ser vice of the U. s. government will be given the local organization of Four Minute Men at a banquet to be held at the Strat tfeld hotel this evening. Chief Justice Wheeler will be a guest of honor and an invitation has been sent to Mayor Clifford B. Wilson.
 William V. Dee will preside and after the banquet the question of forming a local organization will be discussed. The work to be done, if the organization is perfected, will be in line with the Standardization pro- gram Morris E. filling, state chair man of the Four Minute Men, will probably attend and will speak on the state and national organizations of the war speakers which are un- der consideration.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20

seriously impaired by an accident on April IS, 1918.
 Miss Mary Wacs of TS9 Penn broke street, will receive compensation of $715 per week until able to return to work.
 John Sullivan of $50 Atlantic street, will receive s14 a week while disabled and full compensation for the loss of the index finger on his left hand.
 Luigi Sirena of 55 Caroline street, fractured his leg while working on January 27 and will receive compen- sation of s12.Os per week until able to return to his old position.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20

held in the various districts of New York 1907 primaries and political conventions of all parties, and Of these no less than 633 took place in liquor saloons. " This showing leaves little ground for wonder at the low average grade of the nom inees.'
 Political Challenge.
 At length 1t was found that two could play at the same game. For years brewers and disillers had worked with the saloons in politics to oppose the gathering tempest. At length the evolution began team work in forming the Anti-Saloon league in 1893, with the purpose to use clean politics, lectures, preaching and literature to focus public opinion on this frightfully costly evil. It oc- CUTS to the leaders of the league last autumn that as the close of the war would throw open the door for uni yersal democracy it was a good time to overwhelm the deadliest foe of the people in America A conference of workers met in Columbus, November 19 to 22; fifty able men and women gathered from many parts Of the world. Foreign delegates made a profound impression. A Japanese said that a surprise awaited the world in the swift manner in which the Japanese would welcome pro- hibition.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20
FOUR RECEIVE
 COMPENSATION

Four employees of the Remington ArnslU. M. C. Go. were given com pensation for injuries received while in the employ of that corporation at a hearing before Compensation Com missioner Edward T. Buckingham yesterday afternoon.
 William Stone of 421 Bishop ave nus. received a compensation of $1,- 052.72. because he lost the second finger of his right hand and the use of his third and fourth fingers was
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20
PRIVATE MARSHALL WOUNDED

Private Harold Marshall was men toned in yesterdays casualty list as being slightly wounded. When the war broke out Private Marshall was a member of the old Second company, c. A. c. He was sent to Camp Cor don where he was assigned to Com pany K of the 825th Infantry.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20
FINE RECORD
 IN U. s. STAMPS

The Connecticut company Is proud of the record made by it's employees in the purchase of War Savings Stamps during 1918. The company has issued a statement showing that its employees, during the ten months end ing December 51, had purchased War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps to the value of $27, ,42671.
 The Hartford employees stand first
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20
WORD FROM HOGAN.

Letters have been received from Jack Hogan, who formerly was well known in this city and who at the present time is with the Army of Occupation in Germany. Sergeant Hogan writes that the boys on the Rhine are all anxious to get home and are not fratsrnizing with the Ger mans at all.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20

A few cents bLSs a tiny bottle of the magic Freezone at any drug store. Apply d few drops of Freezone upon a tender. aching corn or a caIus In s'anuy that troublesome corn or cal Jus stops hurting, then shortly you lift fl out, root and all, without any pain, soreness or irritation. These little bottles of Frezone contain just enough to rid the feet of every hard corn, soft corn, corn between the toes and the calluses on bottom of feet so easy, So simple. Why wait? No nuubuEl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-20

ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-12
SPOTSW00D

The usual quiet OF Spotswood was
given a real shock yesterday when
two ~ten-year-old ~hopefuls. Joseph
Bremen, Jr, and Jacob Brown, In
play opposite the home Of Michael
Nisenoff, set the woods on fire. The
attempt of the boys TO put the fire
out, being hopeless they sought the
next best plan and rang the fire bell,
expecting the hremen to respond. Ill
the cry wolf the fire fighters failed
to hear the alarm and had it not been
for the timely arrival of James sharp
and Andred Kern, who happened 10
be passing at the time serious damage
would have resulted. The boys ran
home and explained their haste with a
story of two Home for Boys, who had
set the woods on fire and swan"
the brook and escaped. The brook"
happens to be about ten inches deep.
William Hulit is i'll at his home with
an attack of the influenza.
A delegation from Whitney lodge,
Improved Order of Odd Fellows, at
tended n session of q New Brunswick
lodge on Monday night.
Lieutenant of aviation. Elliott Un-
derhill, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Underhill. who has been ordered to
Hayti, for duty, has arrived at thai
South American port safely.