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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
NEW R COTTON,

NEW YORK, Sept. "A more IA
yorable view Of labor conditions and
expectations Of a small crop estimate
from the government led 10 a steady
opening in the cotton market today.
Liverpool was relatively easy over the
holidays but first prices here were II
to 81 points higher, with December SELL
ing at 32.02c and January at 1880
after the call. The easier opening Of
sterling exchange was a disappointing
feature and there was enough realizing
to some irregularity before the
publication Of the government report,
but prices were generally well sustained
during the early session.
The government report making condi-
ton 61.4 and the cror indication H.
23O, 200 bales, was closely in line with
private reports issued last week, but
was followed by heavy general selling.
December broke to 1870 and January to
S0,95, or los to lis points from Satur-
days closing figures and stop loss or
ders were uncovered. After their execu
ton, however, there were rallies of 80
to 40 points on trade buying or covering
with the market comparatively quiet
and steady around midday.
Trading continued quiet early in The
afternoon and there was little further
change in prices with December ruling
around 81. 15c, or about rs points up
from the lowest and 6S points net
lower.
Futures closed steady at a decline of
Sc to 80 points. .
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
NEW oRLEANs CoTToN.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2.-Low tenn
peratureS in the belt and bullish an
ticipations regarding the bureau report
on condition opened the cotton market
at higher levels today. In the first
half hour Of trading prices gained Is to
10 points.
Just before the bureau report at 10
o'clock the market stood at its highest,
showing net gains of 80 to IS points.
The condition percentages of STA was
slightly under average expectations, but
The indicated crop Of II, 230, 900 bales
was larger than expected and was re-
~sponsible for much selling under which
the market fell in a short time ll3 70
l2O points, landing so to 50 points under
the close OF last week.
While the market became steady, II
had no recuperative power and at /
o'clock stood at net losses Of II TO I!
points.
Spots closed dull and unchanged; or.
binary, 1926; good ordinary, 21.25c; low
middling, 5000; middling, Sl.25c; good
middling, 32,25c. Sales on the spot
Il; to arrive, none. Delivered on con
tract, none.
Futures closed steady at a decline o
70 TO n points.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
FROM WALL STREET

NEW YORK, Sept. Resumption Of
trading on the stock exchange after
the triple holiday was attended by an
other buoyant advance OF prices, due
chiefly TO further improvements in in
dustria conditions. Early dealings In
steels, equipments, oils, rails, shippinEs
and various other ISSUES whose inter-
ests are involved in the labor situation
were recorded al gains of one to al
most five points. Noteworthy features
included Crucible Steel, Psn-American
Petroleum, American Car, American In
ternatioI.al, General Motors, Studebaker
and Sumatra Tobacco,
Crucible, American Wooden, StutE and
General Motors and American lnterns-
tional were the prominent stocks OF the
midsession at gross gains Of ) to IL
points. United States Steel also in,
creased its advance TO two points and
low-priced rails developed pronounced
strength.
Buying of motor shares lifted the list
to higher quotations II the final hour
further realizing making only slight i'm,
preston on United states Steel anC
other favorites. The closing was strong
Sales Appropriated l,100, 900 shares.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
MEMPHIS MARKETS
t1uotations represent prices slors job
Der TO retailer.l
Produce,

-
Produce.
Eggs-4Fresh candled 47@i9c, storage
Ruttor-EiEm creamery, nourd PRINTS
SEA 5Sc; country butter, 32Gi2c; reno
cheese~Cieam prints. ss70Ssc.
Poultry~-Ducks, 2ad CSC; hens, alive,
28n2Sc dressed, 29a32e; ROSTERS. 100
Ice; geese, nom turkeys, live, nom''
springers, 3id3Gc,
Vegetables.
Beans-Navy, per lb.1ihQi2c; Lima.
Peas-Gaiifornia black-e:ed. per ID.
717hc.
onfons-sack, 100 lbs, $3.50.
Potatoes--Cwt., all varieties, 5000
4,50.
Cabbage-Northern, crate, $500,
Pc spers--Basket, b0W60C.
Egs pid ATS Dozer yl.6ONf2 90.
LettuoeJNe w York head. crate, 50 so.
/. Celery--Bunch, Mich, SOC,
Y Cuculnhrls-Crnte, 4, rhgr' %,
Snap Beans-Crate, $4,000. 25.
Tomatoes-Home-grown, bushel, $3.50
$500.
Sweet Potatoes--Bushel. $l.75q225.
Groceries.
F1~trr-Barrel, 9t.lb sacks, tii.:S@
'",as; selt.rising ;litc9i2do
81. 50; lob. sac saeks' sic. 20; buriSps,,
3Uc extra; standard, A0c lower.
Superintendent, graduated cane.
l0c; clarified, nominal.
Rice--Head. pound, 13QltMc; broken,
Coffee Arbuckle,s roasted, case,
Memphis basis. N20, roasted. bulk,
per ID, nominal: green. common ordl-
nary, 30@35c; Javas, iOTt5c.
Grain and Fecdstuffs.
oats-White. dray lots. 94c; mixed,
.~Chops-2er ton, less than car lois,
Hay-Tlmothy. less than car lots
choice, $500; NO. |. $500: No. .
Mil Feeds--rray load lots. tom Bran,
S4S. 90; shortg, gray, S66, 90,
Corn-Sackei IN dray load lots, No
2 white, $40; No. 2. yellow, s2.S7; No
2 mixed, $2.35.
Provisions.
Dry Salt Meats-Regular, 2SG2shci
extras, 29M29ko,
sugar-Cure Meats-Standard hams
i0m43c.
BAcOn-FanCV Belecteu, JlWDbC,
Lard-HoE lard, 36n3sc; hest grades
Of compound, 2sn20c; SnowdrIftl case
SIS. b061100. %rOttolene, s14.20p15 40;
Crisco. tl3,0O@1S.25 cooking oil. lb., CSC,
Fruits.
Lemons-Per box, $7.50ds 500.
Oranges-California. 6.50W7 100.
Bananas-Pound, BM@7c.
Dried Frutt-Evaporated apples, 2bd
zee. peaches, nom, prunes. lb., 2O023c
%apricots, nom.
Peaches Bushel' .s375@4,25; Colo
RADIO, box, sl.ib.
Cantaloupos - Colorado pink meats
flats, fl.65Ml.75.
Grapes--Concords. S-lb. basket, 37Mc
Malaga, crate, $50.
Maiden Blush, $40, 500 II. so: jonathan
No. /, Sl0.00It0 1850; Mammoth Pippins
$500 900: box apples, S3.5Q@4.OO,
Apples-Bushel, S:.e0d3,60 barre
Cottonseed Products.
merchants Exchange ouotations.l
Crude oil, basis prime. Gle ID; hulls
loose, CARROTS, s1.26 ton; meal. Z pei
cent. $76,0n.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
COLUMBIA WINS
PENNANT IN SALLY

CHARLOTTE, N, G., Sept. 1.-The
South Atlantic league season closed
yesterday with Columbia the pcnnant
winner by a marrow margin over Char
lotte. The race was not decided until
yesterday, Columbia c%linching the pen
nant by winning the morning game from
Charlotte, 5 to 0. In the afternoon the
new champions eased up. Charlotte
winning, 10 to 3.
The closing days Of the championship
season we're perhaps the most closely
contested and interesting In the his
tory of the league, Columbia having
played the last six games in Charlotte
in the deciding series before immense
crowds.
The other teams finished in the fol-
lowing ORDER: Greenyllle, Charleston,
Augusta and Spartanburs
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
August Is.
MISCELLANEOUS

KANSAS CITY Sept. Butter, un-
changed. Creamery extras, Doc; firsts,
4Sc: seconds, acc; packing, ACC. Eggs,
unchanged. Frsts, 43c; seconds, 35c.
Poultry, unchanged; hens, 26hc;
ROSTERS, l5c; broilers, 32c.
Potatoes, 1Oc higher, s1.75.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2.-roultry-Hens,
26c; springs, soc; turkeys, S7c; ducks.
2Sc: geese, 19c.
Butter-Creamery, 541ac,
Eggs, Ale.
NEW YORK, Sept, 2.-Live poultry.
steady, Chickens GOOSE; fowls, Si9
SIC; turkeys 25@2Sc; dressed. steady,
Broilers, Sod 46c; chickens, 36a41c;
fowls. 2sq39c; turkeys, 4sQ4Sc,
CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-Butter-Steady,
receipts. 1915 tubs. Creamery extras,
54lkc; firsts, 5oh @5Shc. seconds, 49d
soc; standards, 5212 d53c.
Firsts, 42R m43Ac; ordinary frsts, 37G
39c; at mark. cases included, 3Sd41c,
storage, packed firsts. 45a45tc.
Poultry--Alive. unsettled, Springs
2Sc; fowls, S0hc.
NEW YORK. Sept. Gar silver,
$L13%; Mexican dollars, ss%c1
NEW YORK, Sept. Butter, firm
receipts Il, 1888; firsts, b3@56hc.
Eggs, irregular; receipts, 1888: firsts
| B@blc.
Cheese. firm; receipts, 5,sl6; ayeragt
run, 291a a 30c.
NEW YORK, Sept, Cooper, firm
electrolytic spot and september, 23h
October and November, f23h@4. Iron
steady; No. northern, 5000; No.
northern. 29.00: No. 2 southern, ESQ
Metal exchange quotes lead quiet; spot
SOS, September. 5s7is; spelter quiet
offered at 1856, At London. spot cop
ner, G10l. IS; futures, eI02. Sc: cleo.
trolytic. SPOT. clio: futures, GEO. Tin
spot. e279, los; futures, e2si, i2s,S Cd
Lead. spot. G24. I5s, futures, e25.. Is
Cd Spelter, spot, Gio. los; futures
Gfi, los.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
Sinclair Consolidated
Oil Corporation
NOTICE OF
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCK
HOLDERS FOR CONSOLIDATION,

To the Stockholders Of Sinclair Console
dated Oil Corporation:
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that a
special meeting Of the stockholders OF
Sinclair Consolidated oil Corporation,
II New York Corporation, will be held
at the office OF the corporation. rooms
3l23-3l39. No. 100 Broadway, in the
Borough OF Manhattan, city and state
OF New York, on the 22d day OF Sep
TENDER, 1919, at . o'clock In the after
noon, for the purpose
% OF considering an agreement,
bearing date the 25th day OF
August, 1919, heretofore made
and entered into by and on
behalf Of Sinclair Gulf Corr
poration. Sinclair Oil & Re-
tining Corporation and Sim
clair Consolidated OIL Corpor-
alton, corporations of the
state of New York, by their
respective boards of directors,
whereby said corporations
have agreed to consolidate,
pursuant TO The provisions Of
the Business Corporations
Law Of the state Of New
York;
C) OF voting upon the question
whether or not such agree
ment so made and entered
into ahall be ratified, assent
cd to- approved. and adopted
and such consolidation con-
summated;
(3) or taking any other action In
the premises n t~ransacting
any other business that may
properly come before the
meeting.
Such agreement will be submitted to
the meeting of the stockholders
hereby called and every stock
holder attending will be furnished with
a printed copy thereof, and at any
time before such meeting any stock
holder will be furnished with a print
cd copy Of such agreement upon APP
~plieation therefor, during business
hours, to A. Steinmetz, the secretary or
the corporation, at his office, rooms
3i23 -Sl29, No. 100 Broadway, In the
Borough of Manhattan, city and state
Of New York.
Transfer books will be closed at the
close Of business September the 18th,
1919, and will remain closed until the
close OF business September I'D, 1919.
or the day following any later date to
which the Special Stockholders Meet
Ing may be adjourned.
Dated, August rs, 1919.
BY order OF the Board Of Directors.
A. STEINMETZ, Secretary.
Read News Scimitar Wants.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
MONEY.

NEW YORK, Sept, Mercantile pa
per 5A@5h. Sterling, 60-day billie, 4l5
commercial, 60-day bills on banks, 4l41a
commercial, 60-day bills, 4l4; demand
4l8A: cables. 41s; francs. demand, Sl2
cables, $40. Gullders, demand. 81; ca
bles, 37h. Lire, demand, g65: cables
9g3, Marks, demand, 4 HE; cables
4%. Government bonds, firm; railroad
bonds, Irregular. Time loans. firm; 81
and 80 days and six months, 6 per cent
Call money easy; ruling rate 6. banI
a~cceDtanceg q.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
TEXAS RAINFALL.
COTTON AREA SUMMARY.

Temperatures were generally nea
seasonal average Sunday but cooler
weather. has prevailed since with tenn
perature considerably below normal ex-
cept in Southern and Western Texas.
Moderate to heavy rain occurred Sun
day in Mississippi valley and east
ward to the Atlantic coast and Monday
and Tuesday in Florida, Georgia and the
Carolinas with numerous heavy rains
Of one to two inches over the coast
sections. Special reports from Okla
homa and Charleston districts missing.
Heavy rains not summarized above:
Arkansas, Sunday, ElDorado and Port
land, 100.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
Leon Durdy Has
NdrrOW Escape
When Car Skids

LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. leon Du.
ray. French automobile racer, had a
narrow escape from death and suffered
severe Injuries yesterday at the State
fair races, when his car skidded Vt a
turn ard upset. crashing through a
fercc. nurav was reported To have sus-
tained q broken arm, body bruises and
cuts, hut VAS able TO walk.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02

Corn-No. 2 mixed, nominal; NO. z
yellow, I.79@1.S2 .
oats-No. 2 white, nominal; No. 3
white, 6s@72Ac. 49,,
Rye-No. .. $li4hgl.45; barley, SIZE
al. 35; timothy. nominal; clover, nom
inal; pork, nominal; lard, $500; ribs,
nominal,
KANSAS CITY, Sept. Cash wheat
unchanged to &c lower; No, ! hard,
s9lS@2.2O; No. 2, $2,15@21S; No. | red,
81 .1SG2. %; No. ., 215m2.16.
Corn, higher; No, 2 mixed, $lsSHl Sd!
No, 2 white, $l,SO; No, 2 yellow, Sl'SN
al. IS.
Oats steady: lc higher, No. 2 white,
Tic, No. . mixed, 6S96Shc; No. 2 red,
6917oc.
Rye, N.40M1.i ~.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02

low mfddllng 1881; good ordinary,
|lbI2; ordinary. 1918. Sales. 1000 bales,
Including 2.l00 American. Receipts,
1000 bales, including !, 400 American.
Futures closed steady. September,
1905; October. 1921; January. ls41:
March, 1914 May, 1910; July. 1885.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
COFFEE.
SUGAR

NEW YORK, Sept, Raw sugar,
centrifugal, 7,2S, refined steady cut loaf
10. SO. crushed. ICES; mold A g.76: cubes
9.75; MIX powdered, $40; standard
powdered, 915; fine %granuiated and dla-
mond A, 300, confectiouers' A, $50,
No. soft sugar. SIS.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
ROND CLOSE.

NEW YORK. Sept. Liberty bond
final prices today were: avs, s99,9i;
first {s, $3.50: second is, S92 81; first
AS. $3.50: second AZ, So. 90; third
AS, sSi 30: fourth AIS, 500. IS; Victory
3%s, 500, So; Victory 4%s. $99.5t
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
LIVE o MARKET.

o. kANsAsSo O CITY ~, Sept; 2;mHogspp l1S,
|slSOO@2O 90; heavies $1s.5 0Q1s5O; me-
dunn, SIS. 50@2O.OO; lights. SIS. 0OG 90. 10;
pigs, SIS. 90 919,00.
Cattle Receipts, $4,000; steady.
Choice heavy steers, SIT. 25 @1s75; me-
dunn , $14.00@1715; common, $4,000
1890; choice lights $14.1e@17.75; common
l4lO; COWS, $6.1O@12.0 90; Gamers, $3.50
$40; calves, 81. 50@14,50 feeders, $40
Q13.50: stockers, Sc. 75011.o0.
Sheep-Receipts. 1900; steady to Csc
lower. Lambs, 5000 a. so; culls, $500
a10.00; yearling wethers, $s.00@10.15;
ewes, Sc. 90 $500: ewes. culls, $4,000
ISIS; breeding ewes, $S.00@14.15; feeder
lambs, $12.00@13.75,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
LOCAL SECURITIES.

Quotations are unofficial, being Sc
cured from the most reliable sources
and are based IN the last known sale
and bid.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
CONSOLIDATED PORT.
ToMORRoW'S ESTIMATED.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, Sept. 2.--Cotton. spot
slow; steady. Good middling, 2o.22;
fully middling, 1872; middling, 1912;
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02

Yellow tinged, 200 points lower: blue
stained. 500 to 400 points lower: yellow
stained. 400 to 800 points lower.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
MEMPHIS COTTON.

Memphis cotton closed nominal and
unchanged. Middling 32,50c. Sales 100
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
GRAIN MARKETS
BuIliSh Crop Estimates Cause
Early Show Of FirmneSS
in Corn.

CHICAGO. Sept. Publish crop es-
Inmates gave an upward turn today TO
the corn market except for the Sep
TENDER delivery Liberal receipts here
cry weak. Opening prices which ranged
from 1Ac lower to Nc higher, with
September $1.7bh to N.77h and De
cember $l.36 to Sl.3i, were followed by
moderate upturnings in December and
May and continued weakness In Sep.
TENDER,
Liquidation by holders Of September
contracts led afterward to sharp de-
clines In December and May. The mar
ket closed heavy INC to 5%c net lower,
with September Sl15, December $l.3SG
1.33%.
Oats rose with corn. After opening
NC TO Nc higher including December
at 73hc the market continued to as
ecnd,
Higher quotations on hogs gave a
lift TO provisions.
Later the hog market declined as
compared with yesterday and the gains
in provisions were partly lost as a re-
suit, ...
Open. High, Low. Close. PREY,
Corn
DeSs' i.ssss iis7$ i,ss4 1851 i,.sss
Sept. =. .se% 7o% .ssH .ss% ,ssls
Dec, ~. .731s .is% I'M .72h '72Fs
Sept :, 1900 4225 400 1900 4O.st
oct. 80. $3.50 $3.50 1926 1925 S7,St
Sept. !. 27.eo $500 27.75 $500 27,e!
oct. 49,. 27.50 27.75 27.40 27.50 E,tI
Sept y. 81 90 @52 22.2o 1880 2l,Sl
oct. -. 21.S5 2265 Ass 1850 2l,9'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02

lambs, $lz'UoqlSde'
-
Louisville, KY, Sept 2.-Hogs-
Receipts: 400; steady; lb5 pounus up
NS16; PIGS, $lt15; throwLouts' slo.sU.
Cattle-Receipts 2bo; SLOW, ihsetlve'
Heavy steers, siSOou !d.50; peel steers
u LUG 20; neters! s;VOq l1Vc; cows
SpoGlo.5o; bulls, $6.ooW1.eo' ieeoers'
SS.OOW ll.oo. z-
sheep-,Recelpts. Soo' steaoy. oprlns
AMPS, $l4,.Vo; seconds $o'oV' iat sheep'
yL5O; DUCKS, SO'eO'
- -onr17 c.t,,o D.
= tORT WORTH, sept. ,sG
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
Cottonseed Products.

merchants Exchange ouotations.l
Crude oil, basis prime, Gle h.; hulls,
loose, CARROTS, $f.2b ton: meal. per
cent, $76.0h.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02


New York-Iudications of valuable
oil deposits have been found on the
line OF the Chicago, Milwaukee e. st.
Paul. This statement is from President
Calkins Jones.
New York-Whethor the Cummins
bill or some variation Of II finally be-
comes the law, 1t looks to me that
the poor roads will be the principal
beneficiarles. I think all liw priced
| rails ought to be bought now to keep.
-Ettleson to Clark & Co.
New York-Clearing of the labor
skies is likely to extend to short cover
ing operations under the stimulating
bulllsh activity on the part of outsiders
and pools. The market continues large
ly professional, however, and profit
taking may be found on further re-
coveries.-Financial Bureau.
New York-The tendency of the stool,
market was strong at the close Friday
| and its action has since been justified
by the favorable developments on the
labor situation. Attention Is also be.
Ing given to the great and most i'm
portant need OF the hour. which In ar
Increase OF production. Indications
point TO higher prices this week an6
an average market.-Finsncial Bureau
New York--The new railway bill was
| favorabiy reported by senate interstate
commerce. committee, Calls for return
OF railroads to owners, that existing
rates be maintained until changed by
authority. that the roads be ~reorganlzed
into 20 to 30 regional companies.
New York-Mexican Petroleum earned
81, sea. 900 vs.. 81, $50, 000.-Dow.Jones.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02

All citizens who are interested in Good Government are invited to visit these headquarters
where thorough organization for the election of thee Citizens Ticket is being perfected
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
A New Playwright
Comes Out of the West

him that have been overlooked by
Baker and some others of the masters
Of dramatic technique. "Arrangc, if
you can," he told Dyar, "to have a
moment in the middle of your first
act when you have all your people on
the stage and all the threads of the
plot exposed to the audience. Then
you may disperso your people, and
slowly narrow the plot down to the
main ISSUE"
Of course, putting on plays is fun,
but not nearly so serious business
as promoting in Spokane, Wash, to
which Mr.. Dyar returns after. seeing
"a Voice in the Dark" reestablished.
Like the three blind men who ran their
hands over an elephant and who got
81 satisfactory impression Of the nature
of the beast from the part they
touched, each claiming that an ele-
phant was variously trunk, tusk
or a flank, depending on what they
felt, Mr.. Dyar's Impressions of the
prime requisites for dramatic writing
are some ingenuity, great deal of
hustle and cyclonic salcsmanship.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

Times" rule that a play was never
to be reviewed by a staff reporter was
very strict, and Klauber was ordered
merely to report the play, not to criti-
else it.. Nevertheless, he could not re-
sist the opportunity and he sent
in critique of the play. He ex-
pected dismissal for this breach Of
rules, but he was, instead, highly
praised. Nevertheless, his hope was
short-lived when he learned that
Dithmar had been commissioned while
in London to find his successor. John
Corbin was even then on the way 10
succeed him. Corbin's connection with
"The Times" lasted two years, and
when ne lett Klauber's appointment to
the job was then actually accomplished
He remained with The Times" for
nearly seven years, and intime the So
lidity and pernanence Of the job irked
hln1 as mucn US tne uncertainty of his
acting days had. He was, after all, he
said, ack-stage" person, and the
fact urged itself upon him at every
turn. When he severed his connection
with "The Times" he went into the Sell
wyn firm, and gained large expert
ence there in directing and casting and
other practical aspects of stagecraft.
His final development would be &c
complished only when he had made
his own venture as producer, he
felt. With this in mind he kept a
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
NEWS AND NOTES OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS

mend him. Nevertheless, after great
deal Of persistence he did finally edge
his way in as a member Of the En-
pire Theatre stock company, and
though the association was brilliant he
had very small part indeed. The
play was Liberty Hail." He later had
larger parts, always in good company,
but work was intermittent. The irreg-
ularity of engagements had taught him
to fill in the gaps by writing sketches
of theatre life, and he had no trouble
in disnosing Of as much Of this sort
of material as he could turn out. Dur
ing one particularly long and trying
summer layof he determined TO take a
regular newspaper JOB and he joined
the staff of "The New York Times"
BY this time the uncertainties and
hazards of the actors life had some
what lost their piquancy for him.
In the next few years he covered
every sort of assignment and held
every sort of staff job that news
paper is capable of offering. Then one
day the opportunity for which he had
secretly prayed but which he had never
dared to formulate presented itself to
him: Dithmar, the then dramatic
critic, was sent abroad to take charge
Of the London Office Of "The Times"
and klauber was sent out to "cover"
the premier of new play in which
Andrew Mack was playing "The
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

Few dramatic critics have ever bent
their necks to that judgment which
they mcte out so freely. Few have so
compromised the freedom and vigor of
their generalities as to give form and
substance to their idea Of perfect
play. Indeed, it leaves large area of
their undoubted powers untested that
they are never actually called upon to
show US their choice. Perhaps it would
sharpen the edge Of every critics blade
If every once in so often he we're called
upon to either write or produce a play.
Adolph Klaubcr has bravely come
forth and shown his mettle in his first
production, "Nightie Night" The re-
suit, though light, is neat and credit
able. 1t does something to support the
sometimes infirm assumption that long
experience at the job of criticising
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Brooklyn

MONTAuK-Frances Starr will ap-
pear in the Belasco production, Tiger!
Tiger!"
MAJESTIC-The perennial "May-
time" makes another Brooklyn appear
ance.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
A New Producer
Makes His Bow

does finally give one some sense Of the
values in plays. Something of the
value of this experience must, how
ever, be discounted. 1t is not general
ly known that before Mr.. Klauber was
dramatic critic he had laid founda-
tion for his career as producer by
being an actor. 1t takes either courage
or aduptability to bridge the gap Csc
much wider than it seems) that exists
between the "front of the house" and
the "back-stage" points of view, and
Mr.. Klauber has negotiated the leap
twice.
He made his bid for recognition at
the gates of New York as an actor. He
emerged from the obscurity Of a
Southern city into the high publicity
of search for an engagement in
Broadway with only the brief expert
ence of transforming tour to recon-