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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

"ONNECTICUT is beginning
q to realize the extent and
~ danger of the Bolshevilz
propaganda being carried
on in it's principal cities, and will be
ready to meet it whenever it raises
it's head. Such is the conclusion of
The Hartford Courant," after a
survey of both the radical and the
American influences at work in the
larger cities of the state. Willing
ness is displayed everywhere to rid
the state of Reds by Americana
zation, or, if necessary, by force.
Hartford is the Bolshevist centre
of Connecticut, despite the presence
of the headquarters Of the Depart
ment of Justice and the state police
1t was freer than other cities from
Red influences during the war,
but, after the armistice, the en-
trance Of the I. w. w. heralded the
arrival Of agitators Of all kinds, at
the beginning Of 1919. According to
1.-THE Courant":
"The first days Of 1919 saw the ad-
vent of the I. w. W. element into Hart
ford affairs. Before many weeks had
passed the building on Market Street
which housed the Venetian Cafe and
was of notorious repute during the
old wide open days in Hartford,
became the headquarters of this
American soviet. Meetings were held
regularly, agitators from Brooklyn
New York and other cities put in an
appearance and thousands of PAM
phlets bearing the I. w. w. imprint and
a message typical Of that organiza-
ton were scattered broadcast in the
central part of the city.
"For a time the radicals avoided
Hartford; their seeds of discomfort and
unrest had not fallen on fertile
Son. speakers on socialism and eco
nomics still visited the city regularly,
addressing gatherings in the Educa-
tional Labor Alliance Hall on Windsor
Avenue or in local theaters. However,
there was nothing Objectionable in
these meetings, or in addresses by
speakers who advocated purely politi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
~"LIND GEORGE OF
BROADWAY" made his
- first mistake in wears

n n
first mistake in years
recently, but quickly re-
covered himself, and once more
his reputation as the imam with
the photograph ears" is unassail-
able.
Long before New York news
papers had dubbed a detective with
uncanny powers of recognizing
criminals as "the man with the cam
era eye" "Blind George" was one of
the legends Of Broadway for his
ability to recognize persons he had
"seen" only once or twice before by
the sound of their voice.
Recently George was at his usual
stand at Forty-second Street and
Broadway, passing out his news
papers to the homegoing theater
crowds. One Of the group of five or
six men about him stretched out his
hand with the remark:
Tribune, please, George"
An Old Friend
Instantly the paper was forthcom-
ing and a smile crossed the news
dealers face as his sightless eyes
stared straight ahead.
Hello, Leo" he said. "When did
you get back? Who are you with
this season."
The other took the paper, STAN
,nered bit in his establishment and
soon was lost in the crowd after a
few more words with George.
"I'm glad 1 didn't make mistake
on him." said George little later
when business was slack, because l
made mistake once this week and
I don't do that very often. I went
to the theater to see''-George, as
do practically all others deprived of
sight, uses the word "see" as fire.
quently as do his more lucky
brothers-"to see friend who talks
to me every day. And then l couldn't
pick him out Of the company at
all until / was told which character
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

port united labor. That very large
and respectable element of the labor
movement which gives allegiance to
Samuel Gompers does not believe in
political action for labor. Mr.. Com
pers has on every proper occasion
openly opposed the formation of a
labor party because he believes it det-
rmental to the trades unionist pol
ICY"
Therefore, the Labor party "prom-
ises little beyond the possible value
of agitation" "a party has to get
votes to live" reminds "The Toledo
Blade" and says:
"Unless such an organization agrees
upon fundamentals that will impress
by reason of their fairness and univer-
sal appeal, a Labor party is not apt
to get much farther than would a
Profiteering Landlords party"
The need for harmony is empha-
sized by "The Boston Herald" quot
ing a leader of the party, who de-
clared that representatives of every
shade of radical and semi-radical
sentiment had been gathered into a
single hall. Under such conditions.
either harmony OF disintcgration
must come.
The most sweeping denunciation Of
the whole movement appears in "The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
With His Camera Eue

he was. I guess it was becs,..
was using Southern dialec,
never heard him talk that wav !.
fore.
"There is nothing unusual .h...
it," George continued, 81 guess !.
just like anything else. You VI.
have your sight get to know q ~.
by his face or some particular r.,
about him. So it is with me- 49,.
us-there is some particular ou.,..
about the voice that strikes mo
can always recall it. just Mos
that's all. To me the funnv .;
is that | usually can visp.,.
those whose voice | recognize. ans
seldom make mistakes. | rems,s.
l described George Conan af.s, /
met him first, and that was yss,
ago. Take this actor l didn't reeo.
nize the other day-Harry Rs,.
ford. He is an Englishman and r,
known him for years. Recently Il
has been stopping here for nan.
every night, accompanied BY /
stranger-the same man every n;o..
The other day Beresford was sh,.
and told me his companion W.,
Irwin Cobb, the writer. | told h,
right off Cobb was a fat man. rath..
pudgy and not at al good lookis,
Il guess / used a stronger term
but Beresford said l was right. How
did I know? / don't know. That W.,
the kind of a voice he had, pues,
Disguised Voice
"But after I went to the show and
didn't recognize Beresford | was
mad at myself until l heard Len
Flynn tonight. I've known Leo for
years. He used to see me every
night when he was manager for
Kyrle Bellew, but | hadn't seen hin
for about four years, l guess. May
be I recognized him because hearS
some one say the other day he wa.
going to manage Otis Skinner agar
this year. l guess that helped m
some when l heard his voice again
but / wouldn't tell Leo that. Yo
know you've got to have some trick
in all trades. 1t helps, especially O
Broadway"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
NHE recent agitation in New
York over the attempt to
perform German opera is be-
inn a.onoatod u, Mil.xn..l-oo

M s
York over the attempt to
L. perform German opera is be-
ing repeated in Milwaukee,
according to "The Milwaukee Jour
nal," which describes fight conduct
ed by the Milwaukee County posts
of the American Legion to stop the
performances given az the Pabst
Theater by the German Theater
Company. The first shot of this
campaign was fired when delegates
served notice on Adolph Landauer,
president Of the company, calling on
him to suspend the performances at
least for the present. Landauer gave
the notice to Chief of Police Jansen,
who, fearing riots similar to those in
New York, called in members of the
Legion committee to explain this
passage:
UNLESS these performances are
discontinued at once, the lNluau-
kee posts of the American Legion
qoiu do everything IN their poaver
to stop all such performances"
The chief wanted to know what
this "everything" meant. The dele
gates assured him that this referred
only to legal methods, and that the
Legion had always discountenanced
rioting and mob violence, would do
all they could to prevent any out
breaks and had previously prevented
outbreaks suggested by a few radi
cal members. The legal battle, how
ever, would be fought to finish.
President Landauer will ignore the
Legion's request. He is urging that
German performances are within
the law, citing instances of German
plays and music in England and
France during the war, and French
performances in Berlin. The organ
lzatlon, he says, is composed Of patri-
otto American citizens and is con.
Quoted entirely for artistic and edu-
catlonal purposes.
Meanwhile, ex-service men antici-
pated the Legion's protest by taking
a captured German gun that had
been stored preparatory to being
gwen to the city on Armistice Day.
iney dragged it to point in front
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

The Congregation of Saint Esprit
Is Dwindling, According
to DR.. Wittmeyer

teed religious freedom to Huguenot
and Catholic alike. Under the Brit
ish Colonial regime the church final
ly drifted away from its Huguenot
Calvinism, until in 1904 the parish
was absorbed by the newly formed
Episcopal Church, which separated
from the Church of England follow
ing the American Revolution.
The Church Saint Esprit always
has remained Huguenot at heart,
however, avoiding any semblance Of
ritualism and using. French trans
lation of the Episcopal Book of
Common Prayer, made by DR.. Witt
meyer, who has ministered to the
French Protestants of New York
City since 1879. Each time the
parish has moved it has taken along
its ancient hand-carved pews, pulpit
and reading desk, so that even in
its present modern edifice on Twen-
ty-seventh Street, built in 1900, may
be found the Huguenot atmosphere
Of century ago.
The Church Saint Esprit always
has been a rallying place for
Huguenots in America, DR.. Witt
meyer being the founder Of the
Huguenot Society Of America and
the author Of several authoritative
historical books on French Protes-
tantism in the United States. To-
day there are less than half a dozen
Huguenot churches in the United
States, according to DR.. Wittmeyer.
New York has another Protestant
church with services in French, but
its theology is Swiss Calvinism
rather than Huguenot. So strong
was the Church Saint Esprit before
the war and prohibition cut its
membership roll in half that for
several years a Huguenot mission
was maintained near Rochelle,
France, the rallying place Of French
Professionalism for centuries. This
work has had to be abandoned be-
cause of the handicaps the parish
here is struggling against.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

Philadelphia Public Ledger" The
platform sounds like series of
angry EXPLANATIONS, as is shown in
the demand to abolish the Senate and
to release political prisoners. Ma
tionalization of industries must wait
until we can clean up our politics,
abolish party machines and patron
age. Think of our industries de-
pendent upon Congress! exclaims
"The LEDGER" and continues:
"The real difficulty with the at
tempt of the labor vote to be a sig
nificant factor is the idea that only
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

PATCH" have failed, owing to the
fact that this country is organized
on a geographic, not a class, basis.
1t is doubtful if a party represent
ing a single class could succeed I'M
der the present system, but it may
for the present, as the workers have
lately developed an extreme degree
Of class consciousness. The move
ment may be a good thing-"third
parties of progressive tendencies are
always to be Welcomed" asserts
"The Post-Dispatch."
Its success is doubted by "The
st. Louis Republic" on the ground
that it is not sufficiently homoge-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
By Paul ]. Brindel

DRoH1BIT1oN is proving a
serious menace to the well
fare of the little French
Church of Saint Esprit, at
As East Twenty-seventh Street, &C.
cording to it's aged rector, the Rev.
A'r, Alfred v. Wittmeyer.
Sixty men and ten women from
this French Episcopal parish went
overseas to fight under the flags of
France and the United States. The
war has been over a year, but few
are coming back. Worse, the nor
nal French immigration of ante
bellum days, from which this
Huguenot parish gathered its COM
municants, has stopped. Why? Let
DIR. Wittmeyer answer:
Prohibition and passport restric-
tions are mostly to blame. AS
native Frenchman I know how the
French like their wine and how the
news of prohibition has prejudiced
many against immigration to the
United States. This lack of French
immigration, besides seriously at
fecting us, has tended to dispense
New York's French colony which
long centered on Blocker Street,
then moved up town to the neigh
borhood of the Church of Saint
Esprit and now has scattered
throughout the city and into rural
communities. So it is only a matter
OF time until we will have to move
for the sixth time"
The Church Saint Esprit dates
back almost to that memorable date
in Huguenot history-the massacre
of ST. Bartholomew Eve. The first
parish church was built near the old
Dutch mill, on lower North River,
in 1923, by Huguenot refugees who
fled from France after St. Bartholo-
news and the revocation of the
Edict Of Nantes, which had guaran-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

manual work constitutes labor. The
labor vote will never be the facto'
that it might be until labor mer
themselves are free CT the vain as
sumption that to labor you must
labor with your hands, and that only
those who do manual work can have
any interest in progressive and pro
tective legislation, or any real con-
Germ with reforms in government
If labor leaders could get rid Of this
delusion they might be able to form
party really representing the ma
.jority."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Wayside Points of Vie7v


The trial of the ex-Kaiser has
now been set for early in 1920, in
London, when the jurors will be
asked, we suppose, whether they
have read about the case in the
newspapers.-Detroit Ne1Us.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
rial Opinion Holds Chicago Labor Partys Future Doubtful

TNHE Labor party, recently
formed at Chicago, has
been greeted with a gen.
eral feeling of scepticism
rs to it's value and prospects at this
time. The idea of such a party
is approved to certain extent, but
failure is generally prophesied for
this particular party, owing to its
failure to include other than radical
opinions in its platform, thus leav-
ing out the large conservative labor
clement.
Labor parties so far, in the opin-
ion of "The St. Louis Post-Dis-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Not Worth the Price

Government experts are trying to
determine what it costs to live in
Washington. Whatever it is, the
privilege is not worth the price,
Omaha Bee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
The Ne.u Eurone

Europe under the peace treaty
begins to look like a map of the
woody West-all reservations, over
tapping claims and Withdrawals
from entry.-Washington Post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Scdnt Sympathy

The coal miners have closed the
factories down but so far they
haven't shown any sympathy for the
man who can't work because thew
won't work.-lndianapolis News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
And Tr-gic

Various Allied nations argue about
who won the war, and in GERMANY
they are debating who lost it. It's
an amusing old world. -Dctroit
Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

If the miners freeze the farmers
and the farmers starve the miners
there's bare chance that the rest
of US will quietly expire of cold and
nger.-lndianapois NeUs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

The public should pause to take
note that it is paying the salaries
of the agltators, too.-Baltimor
American.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Speedy Kansas

In handling the coal situation
Kansas is again showing her heels
to the rest of the country.-Toledo
Blade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Hardly S,ceef Enough

Sweet are the uses of adversity."
but they won't help out in sugar
shortage.-Arkansos Gazette.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Words. Idle Wnr<}e

The more capital and labor gut to-
gether the further apart they seem.
memphis Commerc;ol-Appeol.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07

Except That Wmts Are Shorter
The cost of living resembles the
elevator in that it always is going
up if you'll only wait a Moment
Louisville Courier-JouYnal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-21
B. F: KEITH'S-"Chicken Chow
Mein,"

Clever acts from almost every
branch of vaudeville enter into this
weeks program at keith's and ap-
parently with satisfactory results to
the large audience last night A
bright and peppery little musical
comedy entitled 'Ckicken Chow Mein."
heads the bill and scored one of the
big hits of the season. 1t has witty
lines. and the action and scenes are
worked deftly by the entire company,
which deserves praise for a success
full performance. Herman Timberg
the producer, is the author of several
of these tabloid affairs, but none more
successful than this last effort. Jay
could is the principal comedian and
laushmakcr: He Is Il fairly good
singer; dances well and takes al
vantage of every opportunity pre-
scented. His principal assistant is
Flo Lewis and she Is not far behind
him as q cemedienne. She also dances
we'll and wins laughter with ridic-
ulous mannerisms and antics Arthur
Havel helps as q funny Hebrew, and
the chorus Is good looking. dances
well and Is fetching In elaborate eos
tunes.
4 little sketch worth while Is pre-
scented by Harriet Rempe1 and COM
pany, the star. an excellent character
actress. taking the part of a yeuns
girl and quickly changing to that OF
an elderly lady: The lines are very
clever. and Tom Barry. an adept al
sketches. has turned out a playlet
of real merit.
Elizabeth NJ Murray. the we'll known
cnmedienne and singer. scored a big
hit Her jokes are new and her songs
of ,he negro type, remind one of May
Irwin in her palmy days. Little Joe
Laurie, minus his partner. Miss Bron'
son, won approval with clever patter
materially, helped by his personality
Hubert Kinney and Corinne presented
high-elass dancing act. A pair O.
new entertainers to Washington
Miller and Mack. were successful
along original lines, the former espe
clally with eccentric work. Ander
son and wei opened the bill with [
roller skating act, and Sylvester ant
Vance offer funny collection of songs
and patter. Topics of the Day com
plete the entertainment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-21

great hit with the Cosmos Theater
patrons this week. and it deserves 10
90 so. Sailorlike. even the pretty
gobs" OF the highkicking chorus, the
prima donna, Love-" and the oeher
characters of the allegory. la
marks and some of the other insignia
of the real thing" but they never
fail to let it be known that manly
hearts. and stentorian voices throp
and roar under the blonde wigs ana
face paint It is a lively. melodious
show and well worth while. The
large audiences thought so and ap-
plauded it to the echo.
Another highly artistic. beautiful
offering is the graceful terpsichorean
number of Stanley and Maize Hughes.
presented by Adelaide and Hughes.
the great vaudeville stars. 1t is both
novel and exquisite: The Artois
Brothers open with a comical clown
act on the horizontal bars that grow
big with remarkable feats: Manning.
F'eely and Knowles. a fine rathskelier
trio. furnish lively entertainment with
songs, good comedy and fine dane
ing. and Albert Perry and company
in Bartholomae's little playlet. Reno
and Return" repeat the success of
their former visit. La Rue and
| Stone, team of girls who look as II
the old Fl. G. l.. had not touched their
abode. make merry. Ia May Irwin
and sing pretty songs. while Sammy
Duncan wins recall after recall for
some fine Scotch cha "a eterizatiens
and songs In dialect:
The added matinee attraction pic
lures Elsie Ferguson in The Witness
| for the Defense" and the Sennett
comedy. Back to the Kitchen anG
the Pathe News round out one of the
best bills ever presented on the Ces.
| mos STAGE:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-21
GAYETY-Burlesoue.

Dave Marion and company present
Ell an unusually good entertainment
at the Gayety last night. Dave still
plays the part Of the "cabby," but
his cab is discarded for a dump cart,
and maybe some day his horse will
be replaced by an auto taxi-who
knows? The other parts in the show
are new, and novel effects are pro-
duced In the stage settings. notably
the scene depicting an ocean steam
er leaving q pier In New York dur
ing a binding rainsterm. The rain
seems to be real water. Many special
ties are introduced during the ac-
ton, HingIng by Sid Geld and dane
ing by Harry Conn and Jee whiting
won the most applause. Eddie Ger
ard, In character impersonations.
shows marked ability. A large femi-
nine contingent Of good lockers and
dressers is led by the liveliest Of all
soubrettes, Babe La Tour. who never
let's interest lag while she is on the
stage. There Is also Inez de Verdier,
whose songs go over big. Agnes
Behler. an old Washington favorite,
also has a part. Material for good
harmony in male voices Is not taken
advantage of. Irish propaganda
seems In evidence on the Columbia
circuit. Last week the Emerald Isle
was introduced In song, and this week
by Dave Marion in verse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-21
POLIS-'The Woman in Room 13. ;

All absorbing melodrama with an
unusual plot is THE Woman in Room
- which made it's first appearance
IN IN Washington last night at Polls
; lheater The clever manner in which
me audience Is ba:1ed and the real
lacis In the case concea led until the
"ehouement in the final act, adds
.nnCh 10 the interest of the play. The
iroducton Is the result of cola bora
tlon on the part of Samuel Shipman
ana MAX MARGIN. 1t holds the inter-
cst OF the audience from start to fin
ISM. and the company, headed by
! balanced.
The human triangle-with an addf-
| tion-is at the bottom Of the story as
| revealed in The Woman in Room
10. me authors have introduced
| many or the old traits of the melo-
| drama. including murder. a trial
graph.
me prologue shows John Rruce and
his wife. Laura Bruce. This latter
mas determined to divorce her hus-
pand ana MARY Paul Ramsay. Five
! years elapse. and Mira. Bruce has be-
! come Mrs. Ramsay. Her second hns-
| band has been given advancement In
| his business by his erpIover beceuse
the employer desires his wife, RAM
| say IL given salary Of $4,000 n
| the firm.
Ramsay is not entirely blinded by
his employer. however. and he hits
| upon me plan OF hiring a private de-
tectlve TO watch his wife while he Ia
away AS fate will have it, he hires
John Bruce, the first husband, as the
| detective. This gives Bruce the OPP
nortunity he has long awaited-he be-
| lieves that the time has come for his
1eve f.' With the game apparently
entirely In his hands, Bruce pulls the
strings to suit himSelf In the end
his former wife is placed in the no
sition ofShaving to admit that she has
heen unIalthful 70 her husband, Ram
say, contrary to the facts in the case.
| or Hamsav must go to the electric
chair. Finally Bruce reients, and
Ramsay is saved from the chair but
with still doubt in his heart as IN
his wife's fidelity. This doubt is clear
ed, however. to large extent by a
woman of questionable reputation
Robert Edeson plays John Rrnce.
and his portrayal of this character
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-21
SMOKING FURNACE ALARMS.
Firemen Called to Shannon 6
Luchs' Office-Qther Fires.

A smoky furnace in the building OF
Shannon & Luchs. 713 18th street.
caused a fire scare about O'Clock
this morning. Several companies OF
firemen responded to an alarm and
made preparations to fight flames. On
learning there was nothing to be done
they soon removed the lines of hose
from the street to prevent obstructins
traffic on the car line.
Short-circuited wires last night
caused a fire IN street car of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company at 18th and B streets south
west Damage TO the ear amounted
to 5000.
Fire companies in Northeast Wash
ington last night responded to an
alarm sounded for a fire on the prem