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witnessing this play, as that (which
would probably be experienced by ali
eavesdropper watching. through key
hole, the intimate passages in the lives
Of two people"
One of these people is n brilliant
member of Parliament. a man who has
everything that the world can give
him but who has never known an
awakening of his bored, untouched, un-
satisfied heart. Without suspecting
that his big moment has come he
walks out Of his perfectly appointed
London rooms into the night out into
"A world wrapped in a clear moonlight;
out into public square where he looks
into tine eyes Of shabby little Girl and
knows at once that this is the woman
who has been his since the world be-
gan. his other half without whom his
sclf-eNpre>sion must have been for
ever incomplete.
Like the moouShinc she crosses his
path, and he would as soon think or
questioning the one as the other. As
my correspondent put it he simply
knows. II am Tristan; thou art
Isold,.' Tho eirl knows it also. To
these two there is only the great en-
counter, the rest does not matter. The
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and Tiger, Tiger Because TIE
Second Mrs. Tanqueray" depended so
much upon the long arm Of coincidence
1t is my opinion that "Tigcr. Tiger! is
the stronger, more human and more
vital drama. The heroine of Eugene
Walters wonderful The Easiest Way"
was a very poor spccimon Of woman
nood-not to be compared with Sally
Of "Tger. Tiger" This was my an
alysis when | read the manuscript my
opinion when the play was in re-
hearsal AMI 1t is my opinion still.
l have not been disturbed 10y the few
adverse criticisms of those who failed
to get under the skin Of the story.
To the purely superficial critic, "Tigor,
Tiger may seem merely the tale Of
illicit love; but fortunately for the
theatre there are many people in the
great mass of playgoers who are not
entirely superficial. They get the
thought behind the play when a pro-
fessional critic often misses il.
To illustrate this point: the other
day 7 received Il letter from a woman
Of keen observation and normal SYM
pathies. II was one Of hundreds OF
voluntary criticisms of Tiger! Tiger
The writer described her sensation in
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Manganese Steel Maker Gave Unusual Example That Brought
Rich and Gained Admiration Of Hosts of

He found that by heating manganese
steel 70 a certain temperature 1t could
be passed through the rolls and worked
Into rails and other shapes, and he
proved 1t in series of demonstrations
witnessed by Mr. Gallagher and others
interested in the American Brake shoe
and Foundry Company, The process
was not as simple as IL sounds, how
ever. as was learned by the heads of
one mill in South Chicago, who de-
stroyed valuable equipment because
they took il for granted that they
could carry on the Potter process with
out first receiving thorough instruc-
tons from the inventor
Mr.. Potter and his hackers took over
an old foundry at Paterson and con-
Quoted additional experiments there to
prove the value of his invention. They
also gave demonstrations at the plant
OF the Braeburn Steel Company in
Pennsylvania, and at the works at
Mahwah, y. j.. which became the
nucleus of the Manganese Steel Rail
Company.
One of the demonstrations at Nah
wah, which was attended by steel
manufacturers. as well as railroad en-
gineers from many parts OF the coun-
try. consisted of repeatedly dropping
huge ingot. weighing many tons, on
a bar of manganese steel laid a.ross
supports raised well OFF the ground;
but the metal was scarcely dented
Many public tests also were carried
out TO show the method of heating the
steel. The metal, It was shown, re-
tained its capricious nature until Just
the right temperature was reached
and the least variation either above or
below the point required destroyed It's
value. 1t would at once revert TO its
former brittle state. and either break
up itself or smash the rolls.
1T became necessary at first for my
husband to be at the works constantly
| while the heating process was gong
on" said Mrs. Potter the other day.
He would remain there, hour after
hour, and sometimes day after day, so
that when he started for home he
would stagger from exhaustion and
people would think he had been drink
ing"
But Mr.. Potter, as he had already
shown, was not a man To yield to
physical exhaustion and his tremen-
dous capacity for concentration and
work again carried him through.
The Manganese Steel Pail Company
WAS organized with a capital stock Of
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know but this: that far beyond the
strife
OF mortal passion looms another life,
Where slavish might fades evermore
away
Before the freedom OF an undreamt day.
There shall we meet again; no earth
born lie
To set the union of our souls awry.
There ehall the true in US flame on as
one
Eternally In Loves immortal Sun.
The eternal beauty OF their love is
to her unaltered by either time or cir
cumstance, although she has long
since yielded herself in marriage to a
man of her own class. The end Of the
temporal experience is death for Glue
Copper and heartbreak for Sally; but
beyond the tragic Now there is the
eternal Beyond, and as my audiences
leave the theatre at the end of the play
I am positive that 1t Is with a distinct
sense that Dawn is already breaking
for the Tristan and Isolde Of Tiger!
Tiger"
First idea Remains.
This was my criticism OF Capt.
Knobloclt's play when first I read it.
This remains my idea Of it. This, in
| substance. Is the thought expressed to
me in varying terms by hundreds OF
those who have taken time and trouble
| to write to me Of their pleasure in the
| play. Because OF this gratifying ex.
| preston OF an understanding OF the
real message of Tiger! Tiger" I am
| fully persuaded that to those who find
| in this love story anything to offend
their modesty the cause for such Of
fence exists in their own conscious
ness alone.
! From the time Clire Coupcr'S meet.
| ing with SdHU in the Public Square
/ her influence in his life was altogether
| good Clothed in mystery, she repre-
sents to him eternal romance. Joyous
| quaint. refreshing in ideas so different
from his own, she furnished him his
relaxation from the arduous duties Of
! Parliament in war time; gave him in.
centive to work; inspired him through
her love. and remained loyal TO hin
| in her every thought
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$4,000 600 with w G.. Pearce as chair
man OF the board. 4. Aigeltinger as
president, J. D. Gallagher as vice.
president, r. ]. Davidson as secretary
and treasurer and L. W. Van Houten
as assistant secretary and treasurer.
The offices Of the company were estab-
lished NJ 30 Church street, where are
also the Offices of the American Brake
Shoe and Foundry Company, and the
Illinois steel Company agreed to maNL-
facture the steel for it under the Potter
process
Manganese Steels Uses.
The Manganese Steel Rail Company
was incorporated on June ~. 1911, and
one of the first to buy its product was
the marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pany. The rails were laid on curves
subject 10 unusua! strain and at
switches where the danger Of accident
due to breaking was great, The man.
ayers of the elevated lines Of Chicago
and the tubes in Boston followed thu
example of the marlborough. Then
the New York Central. the Pennsyl-
Vania, the Lehigh Valley and other
roads bought the rail for similar use.
Reports were made by these cor
porations on the durability OF the
Potter invention and II was shown
that Il manganese steel rail- would out
wear seven ordinary carbon steel rails.
His invention having been shown to
be a success, Mr.. Potter organized the
Alloy Steel Forging Company for the
making of steel shapes not assigned IN
the patents to the Manganese Steel
Rail Company His personal in vest
mcrt n the new plant was close 20
$500, 900 and he was making guns for
the British Government when the fac
, tory was taken over BY the United
States Government soon after the
country entered the war.
Meantime the rail making firm Of
Edgar Allen & Co. OF Sheffield, Eng
land had bought rights under the
Potter rail patents. as had manufac-
turers of other countries. The Witko-
witt Company of Austria and the
krupps OF Germany negotiated for tile
new material before the war.
With the entrance of the United
States into the war the demand for the
Potter steel became very great, espe.
cially when its value was discovered
FOR the making OF helmets. There Is
in the Office OF Mr.. Gallagher the first
helmet made for the Government Oi
this material with two dents in the
crown. These were caused by two bul.
let's fired from 3s caiibre Colt at q
distance OF ten feet. In neither case
was the thin metal perforated. ant
neither bullet would have caused Tho
death of the wearer.
Before adopting the Potter process.
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put up furnace elsewhere. he built
one in the cellar of the st. George Ho-
tel In Brooklyn, and there are guests
there who still remember the smoke
from 1t that suddenly burst upon them.
He chose the cellar of the St. George
Hotel because he and Major John w.
Tumbridge, son of the owner had been
classmates at the Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute and classmates and room
mates at Rensselaer,.
1t was not much OF a furnace, that
first small affair of brick and mortar.
but young Potter, when not out earn
ing his rent, could hardly be separated
from II.
They used to call Potter my fight
ing partner at Rensselaer," said Major
Tumbridge in telling about this period
OF the inventors life. I'VE had the
same rooms at tho institute for three
years until he graduated in 1890, and
| thought | knew him, but / must say
his devotion to that furnace, and to the
one lie put up afterward in Hamilton
avenue astonishcd me.
81 have never known a case in
which the ability of persistence to win
OuI was
strated. The man would not eat or
sleep for days We'd go in search OF
i'm. and when we found him he'd ask
US what day of the week it was. He
would not know, apparently, how long
he had been without food, or when he
had last been in bed.
NO man without his giant frame
and extraordinary tenacity could have
stood it
Bayard y. Peck, lawyer and director
In the Manganese Steel Rail Com
pany; John c. Pennie. patent lawyer
Of New York, Joseph d. Gallagher,
an Official in the American Brake
s. oe and Foundry Company: A. Aigel-
finger. president Of the Manganese
Steel Rail Company, and Frederick
W. Snow, a director In corporations
engaged in producing or marketing
steel, are some of the others who re-
member Potter's early struggles.
The secret Discovered.
From Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn,
Potter transferred his activities to
New Jersey. This was in 1905 or
1907. By going to work in foundriea
he was able to earn the money he
needed for his expenses, and at the
same time be where he could go on
with his experiments.
Ultimately he obtained employment
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After leaving, Rensselaer, Polytecli-
mic institute, where after completing a
four cenrs course in three years he
was an instructor for time in metal
lurgy. he had tried his hand at pro-
specting and timber cutting In Mime
sofa, and his friends delight TO tell of
the fight he had one night with wolves
and OF the hardshps he endured. In
addition to his abilities as an inventor
he had, his friends say. an extraOrdi-
nary gift of narrative. and when in re-
cent years he travelled in Egypt and
other foreign lands he always returned
with fund Of anecdotes which were
thoroughly appreciated by his hearers.
II was this gift for interesting peo-
pie that helped him. after he had per-
fected his invention, to find financial
backing for ii and that led to his be-
coming a director in the Manganese
Steel Rail Company Of New York and
president of the Alloy Steel Forging
Company of Carnegie, Pa.
The story OF his invention is this:
For years there had been in existence
an alloy known as manganese steel.
This steel differed from other steel in
that 1t could not be rolled. It was more
durable than ordinary carbon or cast
steel and an ideal metal out of which
to make rails for railroads. But moth
ing could be done with it commercially.
Chemists, scientists and metallur-
gists the world over, recognizing its
enormous value once II could be placed
on the market, experimental with IT
without success. Sir Robert Hadfield
OF Sheffield, England. one OF the lead
ing metallurgists, made more progress
than the others, but could not quite
reach tho goal
Manganese steel refused TO permit
itself to be shaped into rails or any
other commercial commodity. Rolls
into which 1t was introduced were
broken. thereby causing heavy losses
to their owners, and scientists, encoun-
tering disbursement after discour-
agement, almost gave up hope OF do
ing anything with it.
Experimental In Hotel Cellar.
It was to this problem that Mr.. Pot
| ter devoted himself, His father, Mark
l.. Potter, a retired sea captain and
| owner OF ore lands in Alabama which
brought him more than s1,000,O0O, had
little faith in his sons undertaking
and would not encourage him In II by
advancing him the money with which
to carry on experiments. So young
Potter, who was not TO be diverted, set
about to earn the money he required
There are a great many men In Man.
haitian, Brooklyn and New Jerse. who
have vivid recollections OF his early
struggles.
| Not having the means with which tc
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w WINFIELD SCOTT POTTER,

W WINFIELD SCOTT POTTER,
w inventor and ns'ai'urs'.s,
had an idea and clung to 1t
FOR twenty years. He became SO alb
sorbed in it that he neglected his
meals. He would disappear for long
periods. and when found by his friends
would be at work over the furnace
where he conducted his experiments.
They would lead him away. compel
Vim to take food, battle, shave and
sleep. and then, after a time, he would
disappear again.
Mr.. Potters idea was that he could
make a tougher grade OF steel than
the United States Steel Corporation
Or any other manufacturer in the
field. The fact that chemists backed
hy vast wealth had been working to-
ward the same end for years and had
failed did not discourage him. He
continued his experiments and finally
succeeded.
A $4,000, 900 corporation. backed by
men closely associated with the
United States Steel Corporation, was
organized to market his patent. It
found purchasers, not alone in the
United States but other countries.
Applying his activities. he built a
factory near Pittsburg on site cover
ing fourteen acres. His income began
10 increase by leaps and bounds, and
a vista of almost bewildering posi-
hilities had opened before him, when
death suddenly ended his career.
The steel made under the process
invented by him was used exclusively
FOR the helmets worn by our soldiers
in the war. Millions OF persons travel
Ing in the subways and on the ele-
waited lines of New York and over
steam railroads owe at least meas
ure OF their safety to him. Yet when
he died few days ago. the occurrence
was virtually unnoticed by the public.
Not only was II not known generally
that such an invention as his was In
use but few of the millions benefiting
by It even had heard. that such q man
existed. Steel makers and scientists
the world over knew his naIne, but not
the public.
steel Makers Lsng Pssslss.
His friends and relatives in telling
his story generally disress at this point
to say something about the man him
self. Mr.. Potter. 90 1t appears, w. not
OF the long haired eccentric type OF
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David Belasco
Frank to Say
He Likes the
Play Better
After Produc-
ing 1t Than
He Did a t.
First Reading,
a Rather Un-
usual Expert
ence
By DAVID BELASCO.

,.TF you were writing a criticism
Of Tiger! Tiger!' what would
you say?"
Across the hullabaloo OF interesting
criticism Of my production OF Capt.
Edward Knoblock's new play, now In
its third month in the Belasco Theatre,
this pointed question comes to me
from the dramatic critic Of the New
York Stu.
To a.kAmanager to write criti-
cism OF a play which he himself is
presenting might seem to the casual
thinker a futile thing to do, for the
natural expectation would be that he
could not give an unpretldiced opin-
ion. But when 1t Is remembered that
he was. after all. the very first critic
Of the play which he offered the public
and upon which his success depends
II will be seen that his analysis must
be most thorough and merciless. He
has too much at stake for 1t to be
otherwise.
But even after the most careful
analysis the impression Of a play may
duced. In the case OF Tiger! Tiger"
my opinion has not varied. My con-
cepion OF 1t after its presentation to
an audience was exactly my concep-
ton Of It when I read the manuscript
for the first time. So In answering the
question. What you'd you say II you
we're writing a criticism Of Tiger!
Tiger!"? I can do no better than to
state the opinion formed when read
ing II.
Came From the War Zone.
The manuscript Of Tiger! Tiger"
was sent to me by Capt. Knoblock last
summer while he was in active service
in the war zone. was about to pro-
duce a fantastic drama in which Miss
Frances Starr was 10 open her season
in New York, but when I read the
manuscript of Tiger! Tiger" I de-
cided to lay aside the fantastic drama
until a later date and to put on the
Knoblock play at once.
. did this because I found in Tiger.
Tiger" elements which l believe will
bring It ultimately into a permanent
place among the classics Of dramatic
literature. I have no hesitancy in pre-
dieting that I shall live to sea my
prophecy fulfllled-that shall revive
this piece in my own theatre.
formed this opinion not merely because
OF the literary quality OF Mr. Knob
locks work--although this impressed
me at the time-but rather because OF
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the throbbing realism and numanity If
the story.
Since the drama of Adam and Eve
was enacted in the Garden OF Eden
there has been no more absorbing
theme-either in the theatre or out of
it-than that Of sex attraction. As I
see the matter. the male and female
ideas are compiemcntal, the on" in
complete without the other; the union
II the two forming the perfect whole.
With this in mind, 1t is easy to UNDER
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stand why the great drama OF tho
world has been sex drama; why the
greatest poems have been inspired by
sex passion; why tn. most beautiful
music has been builded upon this
theme. The living literature of the
world is based upon the love Of mar
and woman for each other.
In the field OF modern drama the
most potent examples Of the sex play
OF which can think are 1.-THE Second
Mrs. Tanqueray," THE Easiest Way"
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result is 50 iSi tabla that the, spec
tator soon fofsets he Is Watching u
play. and sees the two lives lived be-
fore him to their fullest capacity.
To quote again from the letter:
Miss Starr, in her unfolding of the
story Of Sally, ceases to be merely
great actress playing a great role, and
becomes a woman revealing the depths
OF woman's heart"
This woman's social position is as
far removed from that of her cultured
lovers as the North Pole from the
South. She is the daughter of an Eng
| lish farmer rejecting in the simplicity
| OF her nature the broad free spaces OF
| the open fields. Her influence in the
life Of the famous NJ. p. is akin to that
! OF a country garden, with its quaint
| charm and variety of moods. His in
! fiuence in her life never in any way
| warps her sense Of right and justice;
never blinds her to the truth Of the
| situation.
The member of Parliament dreams
his mans dream of protecting this girl.
who has drifted into his life on the
wings OF the moonlight. He wants to
make her comfortable. improve her en-
vironment, lift her above her station
and her mental work-in return for
the inspiration and happiness her COM
partnership has brought into his hith-
erto monotonous existence.
Woman Knows the Outcome.
But Sally wants nothing-asks moth
ing-for the all of her she has given
She knows that Convention stands
with tho flaming sword, ready 10 drive
her from her Garden OF Eden. She
knows that they have no future and
makes no plans. But in spite OF the in
evtable shoals ahead the lover is still
Tristdn--she forever IsoIde--and the
charm of the play-its greatest mo-
ment--lies in the fact that the sever
ance Of their relationship does not al
ter this.
When, during the war he has passed
, on TO the next world, Sdiiy sits DESC
late in his disnantled rooms reading
, his last words-written for her:
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in the New Jersey shops Of the Amer
lean Brake Shoe and Foundry Com
pany as superintendent and chief
chemist. and ii was there that he
found the secret Of rolling manganese
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steel. He had long been known as
an expert in the heat treatment of
steel. and it was his knowledge OF
this subject that enabled him to make
his discovery.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-06-13
|. W. W. Amoung Harycstcrs

Reports that ]. W. w. agents
might create trouble in wheat har-
vesting near Enid reaching the office
of State Labor Commissioner Claude
L. Cohnally. No serious conditions
have so far developed there is the
report of labor representatives on
the ground. 1t is recalled, however
that IN the past attempts were made
there by men to fOment strikes and
cause trouble between farmers and
wheat harvesters. Enid is distribut-
ing point for all the labor used in
the wheat fields of Central and
Northern Oklahoma. which use pro-
badly 75 per cent of such labor.
Wages are high for harvesters in Ok
lahoma this year and there is no ap-
prehension of any general dissatis-
faction in this regard.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-06-13
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Aviation EnliStnlrnts

That all men who desire to join
the air service may have their initial
flight within few hours after they
are accepted for enlistment, Is The
information sent out by the y.
Army Recruiting Station Headquar-
ters at Oklahoma City. All men dt-
string to enlist in the airservice Will
be sent by airplane from Oklahoma
City to Post Field.
1t was originally authorized by the
War Department to send "a plane af-
ter each man who wrote in request
ing enlistment. but ii was found i'm
possible in some cases to send ship
TO all towns throughout the district
Now man may write to the Com
manding officer. Post Field. or the
u. S. Army Recruiting Station. Ok
lahoma City, stating that he desires
to fly to Post Field to enlist In the
air service and letter will be sent
to him Immediately giving him full
information as to how to go about
1t. Applicants will be furnished
transportation from the nearest aux
iliary recruiting station to Oklaho-
ma City and from that place will be
sent by airplane to Post Field for en-
listment
The first sergeant at Oklahoma
City daily wires to Post Field. send
up that airplane taxi, I have several
men that want to joy ride into the
air service. 1T is anticipated that an
aerO-Omnibus will have to be created
20 care for all the applicants. Com
mercial areonautics is increasing by
leaps and bounds and the Army Air
Service offers the only thorough and
efficient training in this business of
the future.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-06-13
Over The Top IN Health Crusade.

Anyone who can read the signs of
the times must realize that work oi
he United States Public Health Ser
vice in combating the rayages of tn -
Red Menace" long camouflagpd aS
harmless and little worse than Il bad
cold .v"ncrcal diseases must con
c"do that the communities that fali
10 cooperate in stamping ont tn"
sources of social evils are uniaith-
ful to tn" dangers that confront thu
g"rat American public. The pv"val-
onco of social diseases in the various
communities of oklahoma is not gem
orally known. but a birds-eye view
of the conditions in one city where
132u cases wcr" treated in three
weeks of May shows the dangers
that our citizenship faces in the cam
paign that is being waged under the
direction of Dr. j G. Mahr. who is
state director for Oklahoma in III"
work to bring under control and
stamp ont the Red Menace" in this
state