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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
. THEATRE
THE COMIC MASK


THE COMIC MASK
Oh, he ratified on right pleasantly, quite in
the fashion of the old fabulists, chatting to
the crow like an old crony mo? No.
ncighbor?" said he, "You don't recognize
me yet-no? Think bit; look me over!
A little hiatus of three hundred years
surely that's q slight pause in conversa-
ton as immortal as ours
rose on his legs, reached for his bonnet,
made a most profound bow--like so-and
went on:
"Maitre Corbeau, behold your devoted
servant and interlocutor, Maitre Renard-
disguised in silk stockings. I, sir, like you,
am native Of this wood. At present. in
this hole of red mud, I am standing shin
deep in my birthplace. Officially, sir, 1 am
Ranger of the Wood of Fair Waters at
Chateau Thierry, successor to my father, in
the reign Of mis- Majesty Louis XIV.
Gust now, my dear sir, after an absence
trif1e prolonged, have been sharply re-
called to the duties of my Office Accord
ingly, have risen early-like yourself, sir
and, on making my official rounds through
this wood of ours, observe, sir-I regret
fully observe-that there has been trespass-
ing on these premises.
"In fact, sir, am certain there has been
poaching; and am sorry to conclude, from
the evidence, that the poachers were not
gentlemen.
"But pray, my dear sir, do not be alarmed;
the danger is over; there will be no more
trespassing.
"For I am delighted to reassure you that
gentleman--a valiant gentleman, a voyager
overseas from the far realms of Pocahontas
a most we'll reputed gentleman, with a
wig and thirteen stars in his crest-fhis
"The original of this familiar fable Of
La Fontd1ne as folloUS:
"He! Bonjour, monsieur du corbeau!
Que vous etes jolt! que vous me semblez
beau!
Sans mentir, 81 votre ramage
Sc rapporte votre plumage,
Vous etes lie phenx des hotes de ces bois. :"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

THE COMIC MASK
The morning after. The sun wasn't m
yet. 1t was half dark, but we saw
THEATRE
(After a pause, slowly
You saw some one?
THE TRAGIC MASK
Two.
THE COMIC MASK
There were two l saw one first
THE TRAGIC MASK
I saw the other
THE COMIC MASK
Then both of US. we saw them; two that
were living.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
AlOrs!!

o. fieirboot, shoemaker, a friend
rasouille's father. idiotic air.
ssf'sd black hair. Shoes Likewise
"a 80 is also the jacket. Hc cx-
'a'nss the picture.
'sfy good. your picture.
'Aassd, is is very good. Your father.
sssr fellow, will be delighted with
simply delighted. Now,
VIC sec. Ha! What's this? Tut,
~ VOLTA, a sad discrepancy. The
sh'sn who speaks to the soldier
ssns' hut the shoes are actually
shorter and are higher.
y must change this. Th.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
E7eLnS!

George Capsule, painter, and Pa
touille's most intimate friend. Tab.
Hat frivolous. Short blond beard.
Black tie. Heavy watchchain. Loose
clothes. He studies the painting.
Hum, old man. E. You have done
better, much better. :. Your figures
are not focused. There's no fore
ground at all. And the background
isn't made enough of. The out
lines are vague. Your sky need.
air. You haven't got the atmosphere,
and the colors are dull. This doesn't
show the hand of master. And
yet, you know, Ell? IFS highly fin.
ished painting. :. Yes! :. Especial.
iy we'll got up from the point of view
OF minute exaotness, elaboration of
the least details"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

How delightful to meet you once more
the same charming
Sir Crow,
On my oath cir, if-when you speak
Your voice proves to be as unique
AS your plumage, you are sir, the
Phoenix of all birds below
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

1L0yyi
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
THE BEEF BARoNs SURRENDER.

| a FTER having for years vociferously denied thei
i. monopolistic propensities and having loudly pro
Tested their Innocence of law violations the beef trust
composed OF the five Chicago packers have made virtue
OF necessity and agreed with Attorney General Palmer
/ federal court decree of dissolution
Ths greedy autocracy overreached itself Not salts
Iled with controlling meat products it successfully at
tempted to become food trust and control all lines of
1ood products 1t dominated the poultry fish egg but
ter cheese and cannery business entered the wholesale
grocery business owned and operated refrigerator car
systems established retail stores and thus was enabled to
control distribution and marketing of the majority of
food products.
Millions OF dollars were spent in printers ink by the
trust to convince the public of its merits and philanthropy
without avail Its ruthless crushing of competitors its
reckless discrimination its UNIVERSAL profiteerng arous
ed public sentiment that caused it's undoing
BY the Decree it is shorn of the power that pave #
unlimited power in other lines of industry and must con-
ne its activities to meat Its monopoly of stockvards
terminal railroads and cold storage plants is abolished
ana competition admitted The trust must DISPOSE of its
stores and sell its holdings in 762 concerns which it dom
mates. ~ " uoi
The forced surrender Of the beef barons is the first
great victory for Attorney General Palmer in his cam
pagn to cut the high cost of living by restoring normal
conditions destroyed by monopoly It cannot have other
tnan beneficial affectas the court Injunction is per
petual. y f
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
RECOGNIZING RUSSIA.

~ D-GEOKGE In his recent speech to the Commons
explained that it was impossible to make peace with
Russia because of civil war existing there He assertad
IL the Boshevk want to speak for Russia thew can do
SO Dy summoning national assembly freely ejectedps
the one thing the Bosheviki refuse to dount theW 40
tnere can be no diplomatic relations between Russia and
the outside world for there nothing to prove that h
Lenne autocracy is the creation of the Russian peon
responsible to them" psSpS ~
Bolshevism or Sovietism, is not democracy In nrac
tce is the control Of government through violence IN
minority theoretically chosen by occupationa renrpsen
taton from groups of workers not bv geographical
resentaon 1t is not socialism and is repudiated hv s
callsts Hoover styles it "the bankruptcy of socialism
Bolshevism, practced by Lenine and Troskv Is as
autocratc and tyrannical as ever czarsm was # has
brought starvation and misery to Russia because of thn
collapse OF production and transportation under it's 70,
gme 1t has repudated the national debts and SO nfat
ed the currency by issuing paper money that gold has
driven into hiding and producers refuse to sell nr
ducts for worthless moneycreating famine conitions
Bolshevism provides no work, as it has banished
Drains and capital and denies the right of the worker TO
strike 1t has abolished freedom of press and sneech s
every theory has long ago been tried and found wantno
IN the progress of the world
None OF the Allied governments have declared war
upon Russia. The troops they have there are lepacv
Oh te German war They have not recognized Boshevis
fue because has never proved itself representative of
more than small minority of Russians
: russia must work out her own sayation---b,t tho
oshevsts Will never solve the problem and sooner or
ater they VIII FALL victims to their own ncapacitv This
OF the Russian revolution corresponds to the reon
u terror under the French revolution and it took tho
rehch years TO establish stable democracy
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27

in Salem. / do not want you to think
1 have we'll bred dog with a pedi-
gree a yard or two long-for he is
not. He is just a dog ones best friend,
COMPANION that will stay with you
and go with you where nothing or no
human being will
AS. every one knows one can train
a dog, with but little trouble, to
guard you and yours at all times, no
matter what hardships he has to go
through. l could leave my dog on
the car and go away and leave him
in charge and know when ever l go
back that the car and everything in
it would be as / left it no matter
whether it be five minutes or a week.
The only way for any one to get in
the car or take anything out Of it
would be to kill him. l have gone and
left him for several hours and then
send some one that he knows, just
to try to get the car through kind
ness but they always came back with
out it.
On our trip out here it was neces-
sary to make a minor repair and the
garage man said he would have it
ready by the time We had dinner. We
went and left the dog in the car and
1T the end of an hour and a half we
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
Ripping Rhymes.
4 4 y x < = X y ~ X )
SNOW

A lot of snow came down las
night; it's lying round me as / write
ia CHASTITY drift and heap; it's In the
alleys and the news, it's everywhere
for men TO use--the only thing that's
cheap. If snow would make the fur
mace hot, and neat the house, 'twould
hit the spot. and spoil lot Of grief;
alas, Il isn't worth a dern; in vain
we've tried to make 1t burn. so we
rear up and beef How 1t would
soothe the anguished soul, IL there
should be fall of coal, or wood ~in
proper sizel'Twould make the outlook
FAR more bright to have a shower Of
anthracite from these forblddfng
skies. We long to see the fireplace
glow, and so we get raft Of snow
that will not even smoke; and so we
sit around and freeze and say that
lfe's one long disease that's ceased
TO be a joke. My hands are frozen on
my Tyre there is no coal, there is no
fire, and knife edged tempests blow:
look around for stuff to burn, for
egg or nut or lump | yearn--and get
n foot Of snow. The snow lies deep
on dale and dell; i have a thousand
tons to sell, but no one wants to buy;
men want 1t not, but they'd go broke
to get a cord of elm or oak from yon-
der lowering sky.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
Music for Everybody


Little by little, we Americans ar
learning and are proving to the worl,
by way of an object lesson, that it i
not by levelling down, but by levellint
up. that we may hope for the demo
cratization of mankind. Education il
the great leveller,
If the next generation makes more
OF life than we have made, it will be
because of the longer period spent in
preparation. Several years ago Johr
tiske mentioned a theory which in
terested many people-it was the
theory that in the evolution of the
race mans intelligence grows proper
the early history of the race and even
tionately with the expansion of .the
period of infancy" For example, in
today among primitive races. the
youth attains his majority at Ia to
16 years, while our civilization i'm
poses upon those who would be lead
ers of men a more or less rigorous
training lasting till their twenty fourth
or twenty-fifty birthday.
The needs of life have increased so
many fold that the educational curric-
and again to meet them In the early
days in New England, education
meant reading Tin order to get COM
fort and inspiration from the Holy
Word), writing (for there were no
typewriters and few printing presses),
and arithmetic (which was supposed
in some marvellous fashion to quicken
and discipline the intellect). In the
same good old days in the South we
find education tending more towards
music, painting, athletics and sports
of various kinds which were supposed
to enable the educated class to enjoy
life, or in other words to enjoy their
leisure time of which there was plen- |
ty because most of the work was done |
by slaves. Now we are gradually !
gaining our economic freedom, labor |
is having it's inning, we are coming
to have more and more leisure time
the leisure time we do not have dur
ing the day we steal from the night
ind we find this old Southern tend
ency of education for leisure so fits
our needs that we are adopting it and
including music, art, arithmetic, ETC.,
n our school activities
Consequently we feel that all chill
iren should have a chance at music
As DR.. Frank Damrosch puts it:
Music should have place in every
chool for rich and poor alike. 1 offer
ny sincere homage to the educator for
howing us the patch by which music I.
n it's higher form, which has been
he exclusive property of the talented
r the rich, can be popularized and
rought into the daily life Of the peo- /
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27

farewell" to Indiana. We arrived ir
Silverton the middle of July and in
visiting in and around Silverton
could not help but believe all they
mad told me was true. And after
quite satisfied of visiting and begin
ming to feel we had about worn out
our welcome we decided to come to
Salem to live. Naturally after getting
Ia few slabs of wood and a few suuds
subscribed for the Capital Journal
ana through its columns 1 got nv
first disappointment and that was
tnat the whole hearted people of Sa-
Fiem did not allow dogs in their city.
AS we had no notion of killing the
dog we had to take him to live with
us in furnished apartment, without
a dog toilet, and this is where our
trouble began. To take care of the
little fellow as he was accustom ed
which was to go with me on the car
wherever taat would be, and get out
OF the house for few times during
the day or night (whichever the oc-
casion may be), hut instead when he
should ask to get out we would have
TO stand and watch him and if he
should ever look as though he would
IKE TO go out in the street We would
caii MIN back. While he is lust a dog
l would like to see some of Salem,s
whole hearted people or even soma
OF their half hearted ones. see him
lylng In his box, looking up at Won
with an expression on his face nc +o
say can't you help me as 1 would
leip you AS for the lack of exer
use his Kidneys are paralyzed and he
las no use of his back legs. am in
'nned to think if this should have
happened in Indiana the humane So
'lety would have taken me in hand. /!
NO doubt you have such a society in
our city and if so l think they would
10 well to take up the dog question
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27

Umatilla county has 2S.03i acres OF
unsurveyed land. according to the an
nual report of the commissioner OF the
general land office.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27

self to be bamboozled by one Of it
reporters into making such lying re
port"
"But the story's true, Nine. Cor
don" I said quietly, for their jang
ling had acted as quieting draugh
to my overwrought nerves.
She looked at me. speechless witt
anger. N
Then she turned to John and asked
tartly:
what does katherine mean?"
II expect shesmeans- just what she
says" answered John. "She usually
does"
DO you mean to tell me, John Cor
don, that that story in the morning
papers of your being out all hours of
the night with Elizabeth Moreland
and half killing innocent people, is
true?"
s Two Badly Hurt.
st Reasonably so," he answered. II
was out motoring with Bess late last
night, another car ran into mine, and
the boy and girl in the car were bad
ly hurt. Katherine and l have been at
the hospital and find that they will re-
cover
well, | can't understand why you
ever married Katherine. If you are
going back to your old love with ElizS-
beth Moreland."
felt myself turning sick at heart.
"Mother" said John horrifietras he
looked at me in CONSERVATION.
We'll, Katherine might as well un-
this first as last"
| waited to hear no more.
Katherine does understand perfect
" | interrupted, "and if you win ex-
use me ] will go to my room"
turned, CROPPED my way to the
loor, and left them together.
Gordon Must Not Be
Unhappy
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
LOVE and MARRIED LIFE
by the noted author
ldah MCGlOne Gibson

! then I'm through It's been the hard.
est day of my life"
but what about me, John?,
said aloud at this time. For every time
that John showed me his utter selfish
ness was again shocked and hurt
anew.
why. YOU haven't had a very hard
day, have your" he asked in surprise
You must remember 1t was your ou-n
desire to come home ON the train that
got us into this mess. If you had been
mere ! never would have called upon
Sess or gone out with her. Then II
was Your own proposition TO go 10
the hospital and be seen all over TOWN
with me today. This is the first thing
nave asked YOU to do and YOU buck
on this!"
"oh, all right: but want Won n
take note right here, John Gordon" j
said with a quick flameing of angry
energy, that l cannot remember 4
time since we have been married
when have asked YOU to do one thing
Tor me and YOU have done It willing
" Most OF the time YOU have either
ignored my request or refused It."
Call Comes From Madam
Just here Henriette came out OF the
room and said.
Mime Gordon wishes me to say that
L you are not comiing in to see her
she hopes You viii not discuss person
n matters outside her door,"
felt tho hot blood rush to my head
and followed John as he strode an. |
Erily into the room.
Just so long as furnish this home
or you women. I shall stand and talk |
md place in 1t that WISH" John said
oudiy, glowering al his mother. with 1
marked resentment she glowered back |
4 him as she said fretfully:
4 think Il Is time that You should
'ome 20 me with some explanation Of /
his dissraceful newspaper story. III
nope that YOU have had tho entire 4
'teff arrested. 1 cannot understand |
fgy z reputable papss -. .aiiow H.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27

went to get the car and the -rara.a
man welcomed us with IF You ,c,Ts
anything done to that car you Nil, vii,
have to take that d dog ont ana
keep him out Of the garage until T
am through with the CAR
I can throw my coat down ana ,e,,
him to watch it'' and I win assn,ra
you he will watch it a great dsa
longer than I WIN stay in sa,sra
Oregon. after the roads get In shans
to travel. For we have fully made nm
our minds to go back to Indiana and
pay our three dollars dog tax that en-
titles dog to live as god Wishes
them to live.--G. F. sBRAzIER.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
A TnT wITn sME. GORDON.

John was with me In my desire h
slip past Nine Gordon's room TO n,
TO my own As masterful as he usuall,
was in his own domain, he shran)
from clashing wills with his mother
lie still had that conventional feelin,
that because she was his mother h,
must put curb upon his tongue, Hi.
duty, however, did not go SO far n,
TO allow her to do the things she
wished to do He was quite ms impiao.
able as she when ii came 20 action.
Henrietta met us In the hall
Lying h wait for us?" said John
under his breath. with an ugly grin
Mime. Gordon wishes to see YOU
both in her ROOM" she said.
turned to John TREMENDOUSLY. IL
can't go, john" / said.
"oh. you'd better do il and get II
over"
But don / YOU see can't do any
more today? I've got about to the end
of my strength physically"
Yes, YOU cam" he answered. 'sand
the sooner we have II out with moth
er the better il VIII be for you and
the easier 1t Will be for me-"
She Wants To Shout
THE easier il win be for himi" my
heart repeated, but what about me :
Does he make 1t any easier FOR me 2"
At that moment wanted to shout
from the housetops to every unmar-
ried woman OF my acquaintance: I'm
a mothers educate their boys to treat
their wives differently. so on strike
against the marriage tie!" / hated the
whole sex.
or course this insane idea was part
y the result OF my condition. although
did not realize II then. started, |
however,, for my room, but John ig-
lored my wish, and taking me by the
rm m such decisive manner that
Iad fesisted Ia the slightest / should |
ave been hurt, he said;
sia on come on Katharine. Inst
be metc disnsreeable job to-day and
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
Open Forum

Editor Journal: Five years ago
this month | was married to widow,
who had buried her first husband at
Silverton, Or From that time on un-
I'll last May there was very few days
she or the girls did not speak of Ore
son--what a wonderful place 1t was
and what wonderful whole hearted
people lived there. So in May 1 sold
out and loaded the Mrs, the two girls
and the dog in the Ford and said
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
Odds sandEnds|

Los Angeles-Frank wilkins want
ed q drink. Here is bottle of 81
eilion white wine" the bootleggel
told him. Sparkling. five dollars.
Whereupon Frank became owner Of
an excellent bottle of lemon soda.
Chicago-Three days ago street car
fares were ordered reduced here ef-
fective today. Emery Brown stayed
away from home for three days. He
told his wife he waited until he could
ride for six cents.
Detroit - An enterprisng pawn
shop merchant here today had his
sign in his window: Christmas jew-
elry not hockable here.
New York Dock Commissioner
Hubert called in the bomb squad to
open belated Christmas package.
After removing the wrappings with
d knife, the detectives finished their
job with d cork screw.
New Yorl.--Thomas Mulhern, a
bartender was fined $25 for selling
Eigh balls to two women. He explained
that he thought prohibition was for
men only"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
CONCERNING MUSIC
Director of Music for Salem Schools)
By c. A. DAVIDSON

ple." We hope to interest childrer
, in music from the first grade to the
high school. We hope to so motivate
} and vitalize the work that music viii
: become "a thing of beauty and JOY
: forever" to one and all. We hope also
J to see community music on such a
firm footing that grown folks and
J children all will join spontaneously
and unhesitatingly in whistling hum
ming or singing with the phonograph
u or piano in the home or social gather
ing, with the band in the park, with
the organ at the movies. and with the
orchestra at the dance or theatre.
Then will our tastes improve little by
little away from 1.-THE Alcoholic Blues
and we shall be on the right road to
become truly musical nation.
Salem people generally are much
interested in the programs given by
the Apollo Club as evidenced by the
sale of a large number of associate
memberships These memberships
are $500 each and entitle the holder
to four tickets for each concert We
expect a treat in the person of John
Hand who will be the soloist at the
next concert January 18th. He is al
new tenor in the concert field and is
rapidly gaining national recognition
Alma Gluck, the famous operatic
soprano so we'll known through her
Victor records, has recently suffered
such serious nervous breakdown that
she is compelled to cancel all en-
gagements for the season.
Maud Powell, probably Americas
greatest woman violinist also suf-
fered a nervous collapse.
Truly music is enervating work and |
there is a limit to what flesh and |
blood can endure. I am reminded of
what my first voice teacher said: at
takes strong man to be a singer /
This was before the woman suffrage
was made to the national
constitution. He might now say, "If
it takes a strong man to oe concert
artist, yea verify, how much more
does it take strong woman"
The mayor of New York closed the
Lexington Theatre where German
opera was to be presented in the Ger
man tongue, thanks to the American
Legion and number of other patri-
otic organizations, and may the good
work go on and prosper. The Ian
suage of music is universal, but the
The kaiser are no more for America
now than they were when Belgium
Ind Armenia were desecrated and the :
Lusitania went down. Let us be One
People, and speaking One Language,
inder One Good Old STARS and
Stripes"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
ILLINOIS GETS ALExANprp

Chicago. Dec. 27.-- Grover Cleve-
land Alexander will aid in rounding
the University of Illinois basehan
team into condition next spring. Pc
fore going south with the Cubs ha
will spend several weeks at Cham
paign showing the students how to
pitch.