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New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
Enter David Belasco
Wizard" Tells of Some of flis
Tricks in New Book of Stage

The rHEArER THROUGH IT'S STAGE
poor. by David Belasco.. Edited by
York. $500 not.
The dwellers in Wiseacre Square
who enliven dinner parties with "in-
slde' gossip of the stage and its
people will not find many additions
co their repertory in Mr. Belasco's
book. "The Wizard' has told in a
series of unrelated essays some of his
theories and practices in the theater.
but the volume does not reveal much
that is not already common knowledge
or common talk. After all, one hard
ly could expect so shrewd a man as
Mr. Belasco to divulge trade secrets
tor the price of one publication.
1t VIII be surprise to many, how
ever, TO learn that the producer Of
"The Gold Diggers' could serve with
Tor any evening newspaper. We sub
mt IN evidence two specimens of his
prose, one ethical and one descriptive, :,
Inc theatcr has It's temptA. opS> but
SO has the studio, OF factory. oxThop,
or any other vocation in which an un-
protected woman may be placed Girls
nave been known to make missteps even
IN the home, where they are safe
guarded on every side"
Nature is as complex in her
moods as woman. Mark the lower
ing anger of March day, with it's
driving clouds and frowning, barren
landscape But April is all tears and
smiles, symbollZing the spirit of awak-
enlng nature and growing things
Nor is Mr.. Belasco untutorcd in the
trlck OF the sHappy phrase. He de-
scrlbes Theda Bara as the "sinuous
prlestess of the obvious" We wonder
whether Editor De Foe did not insert
few literary flashes by way of friend
ship.
The most striking part of the book
is the section dealing with the value
OF stage lighting. here Mr.. BeEasco
eXpounds fully the methods which have
brought HIM his reputation. The scrint
ana the actors may be never so good,
he insists, but the illumination of the
stage frequently is the factor that
makes production tickct-agency buy
Or cut-rate dump" II is interesting
TO hear that one act of "'rhe Boom
erang" depended principally on the
work OF the electricians for it's appeal.
the overwhelming success of the play,
but the failure of the piece in London.
where Mr.. Belasco was not present to
supervise matters. may be consi dered
as testimony in favor of "The Wiz
ards contention,
Young authors will find little en-
couragement in the pages devoted to
plays. mo good plays come in unso-
icited,' says Mr.. Belasco With the
exception of "Thc Easiest Way" and
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
James for Breakfast

No one has rushed reply to M. y.
B. SO must register q protest
against her totally wrong view Of
Henry James and the dining table
Henry Is preemincntly the writer for
meals, especially corn meals. Corn
must be munched tread Wiley, read
Fletcher), and no sentence james is
too exciting or too long for one mouth
full Of corn. Illumination 10 an sen
tia accompaniment of corn eating; our
best corn eaters all do it, as / can
prove to you if You Will come out to
our farm some day. Does M. d. b
dare TO assert that one can read James
without rumlnating?
LAS even the newspapers TO-DAY
share the quality along with mystery
and German spy stories of keeping
ones heart in ones mouth, effectively
preventing masticatfpn and swallowing
therefore there is nothing left but
James as a necessary meal-time acces-
sorry ANNE K. MASON.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22

"The Secret every script thae mas
been produced by the house of Beasco
! has required the most thorough over
hauling at the hands OF the master.
1t IS recorded that "The Rose of the
Rancho was the result of five months
of steady rewriting, and that THE
Boomerang" was battered about for
two or three years before it was ready
for the stage. We wish that Mr.. Bo-
lasco had offered a few parallel YER
SONS, so that we might have seen how
raw attempt was me metamOrphosed into
a finished hit. TO which Mr.. Belasco
might answer "What do you want
for the price of one weekday night
orchestra seat without war tax %
The maker of many stars is alto
gether frank in outlining the methods
employed to create lumiraries. He re
CARDS actors as "ncthing more than
emotional children" but his attitude is
kindly and paternal. 4 have never re-
sorted to bullying' h Gays. or
course, that's matter CT definition.
Mr.. Belasco tells us how he cultivated
the scream which Frances Starr used
so effectively in "The Easiest Way"
The actress seemed not to know the
mental torture through which the hero
me was supposed to be passing. So
'i' 'Ni't3'V' Iii MS ldtHeFly way, re-
hearsed her for three hours one after
noon IN one scene, storming at her
until her nerves were worn out. A
final sneer brought i scream and Il
dead faint
That's what want" exclaimed
"The Wizard.' "That's what Ivc been
working for these last three hours.''
Some of Mr.. Belasco's observations
on actors may result in awkward half
hours for him. He tells US that he
was not impressed greatly with Mrs
Leslie Carter until she gave HIM q
graphic recital of her domestic woes.
Then he saw in her the makings of a
great emotional actress Probably
ever unhappiy married woman in town
VIII be clamorlng for admission to the
Belasco sanctum one of these morn
ngs. Nj. BelaSco leaves himself a
way of egress with tho statement that
"lt is not we'll for an ambitious Young
actress to encumber herself with a
sweetheart or . husband, especially in
the early period of her career"
There are not a few Inconsistencies
in the book, but it's a readable effort
whlch Will give any devotee of the
theater an interesting evening. And
it's not at all unscholarly. There are
many allusions that indicate Mr..
Belasco's close study OF the history of
The stage. and there a certain aesthetic
value IN photograph of "The Wizardn
at work in front OF Il fireplace which
contains seventy three tiles taken
from the Alhambra at Granada. Spain ;,
K. a. SIMON.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
By Haywood Broun

The responsibilities of a book re-
viewer. always heavy, sometimes as
sumo gravity which makes it quite
impossible for them to be borne on any
single pair of shoulders. We have re-
ceived letter upon which so much de-
pends that we hesitate to answer it
without the advice and support of our
readers. 1t is from young man in
Pittsburgh who Identifies himself
merely by the initials X. O., which we
presume to be fictitious. He writes as
follows:
AS reader of the book columns of
The Tribune l am humbly requesting
your assistance in the matter of little
experiment that l desire to perform.
/ find myself highly enamored of q
superlatively attractive young lady who
has, however, one apparent drawback
to me. That lies in the fact that she
has never cultivated taste for really
worth while reading. Such reading to
me is one Of the greatest of life's pleas
ures. Now, my idea is this: that this
reading taste may be developed by the
reading of a number. of the best books
in various lines. have decided upon
books shall be furnished by you and q
serious attempt made by the young
lady to read them. When she has COM
pleted this reading | shall ask her to
make thoroughly frank statement as
to whether reading habit has been
cultivated which will enable her to en-
JOY good literature. I would appreciate
very much your furnishing me list
Of fifty of the very best books which
you consider suitable for the expert
ment which l have in mind. The lady
in question has read but little. but has
completed the regulation high school
course and in addition has taken two
years at one of the recognized girls
schools of the country"
Obviously, the making Of such list
involves q responsibility which we do
not care to assume. We do not like
to risk the possibility that our own
particular literary prejudices might
rear barrier between two fond
hearts. After all, as somebody has
said. fond hearts are more than Con-
RAIDS. However, we do venture the
suggestion that if the young mans
intentions are honorable, fifty books
Is far too great number for the ex-
pertinent which he has in mind. We
have known many a young couple to
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22

Gently Attractive Tale
By Mrs. Humphry Ward

Il Dodd s'ds Mead ~ co 'a Nd@ 'tu%pn1g 4on "~4'
Mrs. Wards new novel is devoid Of
the rather heavy political background
which appears in some of her earlier
works. Except for few incidental!
references to the extravaganza and
labor unrest which have come over
England since the end Of the war, the
author keeps closely to her story.
which is concerned with d few charac-
ters, rather we'll drawn, rather unin-
teresting and eminently respectable.
The pail of respectablity really
hangs rather heavily over the whole
book. The author only introduces two
figures who would be ostracized from
the most eXactng social circlcs-a
rake Of Il lord who is properly repro
bated by the other characters and
never appears III the story at all and a
woman who serves as foil to the
correct gentleman whom she married
and deserted
Mrs. Wards technique is excellent:
she relieves rather tame love story
at the proper place with an element
OF mystery and excitement. and she
weaves the tangled threads of her dou-
bic romance into charming web at
the conclusion. She is conscientious
in her character drawing, and the
background OF an English manor house
is sketched without eXaggeration or IN
accuracy. But there is no compelling
sweep about the novel; it may gently
attract and holo the readers interest. /.
1T cannot excite and grip it.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
The Library Of a Lover
List of Manageable Books Is
Sought by Perplexed Young Man

begin life with no possession to their
name but common fondness for the
poems of w. Z. Henley. We have
known others to marry on Kipling and
repent on Shaw.
OF course, it would be great deal
easier for us to advise the young man
if we knew just what sort Of wife
he wanted. If she likes "Dombey and
Son" and Little DorEit" it seems to
us fair to assume that she will be
able to do a little plain mending and
some of the cooking. On the other
hand, if her favorite author is May
Sinclair, we rather think it would be
we'll to be prepared to provide hired
prefer Eleanor Fl. Porter, we think
there would be no danger in telling
the paperhangers to do the bedroom
in pink. After all. if she is thor
cughgoing follower of pollyanna and
the glad game, you don't really need
sny wall paper at all. 1t would still
be her duty to be glad about it.
But we are afraid that some of this
is frivolous and beside the point, and
we assume that the young man truly
wants serious advice to help him in
the solution of his problem. Since
marriage is at best a gamble, we ad-
his ardor with any dreary round of
fifty books. Let him chance all on a
single volume. And what shall it be
Personally, we have always been
strongly attracted by persons who
liked Joan and Peter but we know
that there are excellent wives and
mothers who find this particular novel
of Wells's dreary stuff. There are cer-
tain dslikes which might we'll serve
as green signals of caution. A young
man, we think, shculd certainly go
slow if she does not like "An Inland
Voyage" or "Virginibus Puerisdue," or
"The Ebb Tide" or "Sentimental Tom
my" He should take thought and ask
himself repeatedly "Is this really love ~
if she confesses a distaste for "Tono
Bungay," or Ear From the Madding
Crowd" or Caesar and Cleopatra" And
if she can find no interest in Conrad
In Quest of His YOUTH" or Mary
Olivier" or "Huckieberry Finn" let him
by all means stipulate long engage
ment But if she dislikes alice in
Wonderland" let the young man tempo
rize no more. 1t is then his plain duty
to tell her that he has made a mistake
and that what he took for love was no
more than the passing infatuation Of
physical passion.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
4 Poet Resigns

Shaemas O'Sheel has resigned from
the Poetry Society OF America and
sends us his letter OF resignation as
we'll as a more general message ex-
planning his position. We take the
liberty Of quoting only IN part from
each Of these communications:
Il say that the Poetry Society OF
America is nothing but d conspiracy
against literature in America, and that
YOU who are members OF 1t are beng
duped and abused. | cali upon you to
take your stand by those great figures
of American literature VINO have re
bul,ed the witch burning activities OF
this so-called Poetry Society; Will
lam Marion Reedy, Edgar Lee Masters.
William Ellery Leonard, Witter Byn-
ner, Ivan Swift Nathan Haskell Dole,
Rev. William Livingston, Rev. Francis
Kelly. Rose Pastor Stokes. Dr. Louise
kuelfner. Jare Burr Clement Wood
and others. | call upon you to cease
to support this fraud in the name OF
poetry, to disown connection with
something that is fast becoming ridicu-
lous. to leave the sinking ship, TO re
sign.
"There have been number Of resig
nations in addition to my own; Conrad
Aikens, Padrac Colum, John Curtis
Underwood, etc. Still moro members
have quietly dropped out. They could
not afford to resign openly because
their positions rendered them vulner-
able to the vendetta of the committee.
"There will arise soon in America an
association of artists guided by the
true Spirit Of devotion to the Arts
and in this all may unite VINO shall
have repudiated the unclean thing
calling itself The Poetry Society OF
America
But am glad that the Olgarchy
has disclosed itself as it has. So far as
[ have power, | shall expose the threat
it levels against American culture; /
shall expose it as an organized at
tempt to pervcrt American taste and
deceive American opinion, for the profit
of those in the ring. shall point
out how it is attempting, through the
library committee, to dictate the
poetry buying, poetry reading and
poetry-lecture field OF America and
that its library committee in reality is
one ignorant woman, who recently, III
the presence of one OF Americas most
cultured women, disclosed that she had
never heard of Theodore Dresser, John
Haynes Holmes, Helen Keller, Owen
Loyejoy and d ozen other eminent
writer's; who advocated burning So
cialists at the stake, and who dis
closed exactly the degree Of freedom
from personal bias she may be eX-
pected TO splay in her dictatorship
by saying that ] had been expelled
from the Poetry Society
Il say, shall try in every way to
expose the fraudulent and dangerous
character OF this so-called Poetry So
ciety.' | only wish that | had copies
enough Of this years booklet of best
poems read at the societys meetngs
for tho libraries Of America"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
New England
Historic Nooks III and
About Boston Described

4 sL5QlIEEER IN NEW ENGLAND 1y
telen Henderson. The Georse II
Doran Company, New York.
Miss Henderson interprets New Eng
land from the triple standpoint of the
skilled art critic, the historical scholar
and the observant traveller. Her de-
scrlptlon or monumental Boston" is
marked by keen and intelligent appre-
ciatlon OF the city art treasures; and
cut OF the musty Colonial records of
the New England states she has DUG
numerous interesting anecdotes of the
Pilgrim Fathers and their dongs. The
sympathetlc hnmor which appears in
her account 0 the ldiosyncrasies of
some OF the modern inhabitants Of
massachusetts is admirably illustrated
IN the following story:
There was cid Nathaniel Woodbury.
OF Folly Cove; he opposed the BUILDING
OF the trolley car line that passed his
property In circiny Cape Ann. His
otnclal protest availed nothing; so dur
ing the remainder of his long life the
old man proceeded to ignore the az
lstence OF the otfense. When he walked
out he walked in the middle Of
the track, and, as he was totally
deaf and we'll known to the mo-
tormen Of the line, most of whom
are E'oucester boys, they had no choice
but to murder him OF to stop the car
ana escort the obstinate old fellow out
OIL the way Of course, they chose the
more humane course, and it became q
typical scene at the Folly to see 8
stalled car and courtlv motorman
leading Mr.. W Woodbury. out of harm 8
Evidently. Mir. Woodbury. inberited &
all the stif-necked qualities Of his
Puritan ancestors In CHAPTER en-
titled Old Landmarks, the author
traces the story of Old South Church.
building which is perhaps as rich in
historical associations as any other in
America. In her study of Boston Miss
henderson duplicates, on smaller
scale, the achievements of her previous
work, "A Lolterer III New York" She
combines i'll a delightful manner dis
terminating art criticism with keen
human appreciation of many aspects of
the city's life. Miss Henderson's work
is guldebook of & very unusual and
excellent type: 1t interprets the in
tangible spirit as we'll as the external
features OF the places it. describes.
THE GOLDEN WEST BOYS: 1NJ1rN
AND Whitley. BY William s Tart
PubIishe< BY the Britton Publiahi ns
Another book IN the Golden West,
series describing the adventures of two
boys left alone in wild country.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
Lafayette
Popular Account of
Ills American Visits

WITH LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA. BY
Octavia Roberts. Houghton Mifflin Com
pany, New York and Boston.
The story of Lafayette will always
be one of the most cherished memories
of the American Revolution. In all
history there is no more romantic and
figure than this young
Frenchman, an aristocrat Of one of the
oldest European kingdoms, who came
to place his life and fortune at the
service Of q young republican people
struggling for liberty.
The author relates various incidents
of Lafayette's first two visits to Amer
lea, at the time of the Revolutionary
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
Fiction

THE MAN THAT NEWER GREW Up
BY Mabel c. and William A Lathrop
Published by the Britton PublishinA
Company, New York.
whimsical story of small town life
THE TANGLED THREADS, ACROSS
THE YEARS, THE TIE THAT BINDS
BY Eleanor II. Porter Published by
the Houghton Miffliu Company. New
York and Boston.
Three volumes of Mrs. Porter's col
lected short stories. The numerous
admirers Of "Pollyanna" will doubtless
derive equal pleasure from these
stories.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
Miscellaneous

AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK.
Published by the Jewish Publication
Society of America, Philadelphia
A comprehensive record of Jewish
activities all over the world during
the past Year.
ACES FOR INDUSTRY. By Rufus Steele.
Published by Houghton Miffliu Company,
New York and Boston.
A short story pleading for increased
production in industry and for greater
sympathy on the part of the individual
worker for his job.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
Philosophy

THE LARGER VISION BY Anne Bryan
Mccall. Published by Dodd Mead &
Co. New York.
Eanays on moral subjects for women
and girls.
THROUGH THE SUNLIT YEAR BY
Ralph Waldo Trine. Published by Dodd,
Mead ts Co, New York.
A book of suggestive thoughts for
each day in the year from the writings
of the author of "In Tune With the
Infinite"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
And Now He Too
Can Read "Slippy McGee"

THERE is a man In Boston whose eyes
NOT strong now He hos a great many
1 +h;no* read to him. One of the books recently
4 read TO him was Marie Conway Oemer's
"Slppy McGee"
The story persisted in standing out in his
memory above other things he had heard He
4 often wished that he could read It with his
ewes He probably wanted to set closer, as
Z were TO Slppy McGee, burglar and butterfly
\ man. to Mary Virginia and to good Father
De R,rce. who hight rescued SiRppy's tools
\ from the interior of a statue in the CHURCH and
{ helped him crack safe for the sake of The
I u;rl thew both loved. He probably wanted to
1 know better all the other delightful and mem
CRADLE people whom the author makes to vs
and love and laugh in os those quaint Little,
I old Southern full of memories and
1 romance and individuality.
And so finally the Boston mans wife commits
s;oned famous old New England printing
house to make edition of just threc copies
of "sl;ppv McGee' each in two volumes be-
/ cause the type had to be large And by
THANKSGIVING this Of the thousands Of
3 lovers Of "slippy McGee" will have the novel
bv his side to read with his eyes and
again.
IF by anv nischance you have not read
"Slipnv McGee,' do go buy copy and give
Yourself a treat And buy another copy for
some one else who is entitled to treat. 1t is
! sold at all bookstores for 81 SO
Al "A vy.c Named novel by the author of "sp
I'll and the sale bookstores orSl6o
aU card request Century 353 Fourth Avenue New York
Vl bnp illustrated holiday catalogue OF books
wDTsars s 5 SIS |aEa
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
Juvenile

RED BEN: THE FOX OF OAK RIDGE
BY Joseph Wharton Lippincott Pub
lls}ed by the Penn Publishing Company
Philadelphia.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
Among Those Present
Poetry

Poetry
SEQTOTA SONNETS. BY Charles Keeler.
Published at the Sign of the Live Oak,
Berkeley, Cal.
A collection of sonnets inspired by
various romantic themes.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22

The story Of twins, boy and girl.
who enjoy a delightful trip through
the Holy Land
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
The story of a fox and his war with

TWIN TRAVELLERS IN THE HOLY
LAND. BY Mary II. Wade. Published
by Frederick y. stokes Company New
York.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22

THE GOLDEN WEST BOYS: 1NJ1rN
AND WHITLEY. BY William s Hart,
publishe< by the Britton Publishing
Company. New York. Us
Another booh IN the Golden West"
series describing the adventures of two
boys left alone in wild country.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-22

s, N,,,.d the by the author
W M.r and rich also sale at bookstores SO
ATT c.~ REQUEST 353 Fourth Avenue New York
Wl holiday catalogue OF books
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-08-13
JOBS FOR $4,000 NEGROES
North Carolina Governor Warns That
Social Equality for Blacks
Is Impossible.

Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 5.-Gov. Beckett,
answering a Chicago query, says that
North Carolina can absorb $4,000 ne
groes who want to return from Illinois
to the south unless 'they have become
tainted or intoxicated with dreams Of
social equality or political dominion"
The governor was asked how many
negroes this state could absorb. The
message said those desiring to return
were negroes who went to Chicago to
engage in war work and were of the
industrious class. The governor wired
in reply that this state could absorb
$4,000 negroes "who may desire to
come to this state for employment for
wages" He declared, however, that
social equality and political power
in the south is forever impossible"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-08-13
IF Thin AND NERVOUS,
TRY PHOSPHATE
Nothing Like Plain Bitro-Phosphats 60
Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh and
to Increase Strength, Vigor
and Nerve Force

When one stops to consider the host 20
thin people who are searching continuolIv
for some method by which they NAV IN,
crease their flesh to normal proportions Nv
the ming out or ugly hollows the rounding
on of protruding angles with the atIen5
ant bloom of health and attractiyeness q
Is no wonder that many and varied sue
gestions along this line appear from time 70
time in public print.
While excessive thinness might be at
tributed to various and subtle causes in
different individuals ii is a well-known fact
that the lack of sufficient PHOSPHORUS in
the human system is very largely respon-
sible for this condition. Experiments on
humans and animals by many scientists
have demonstrated beyond question ~
doubt that body deficient in phosphorons
becomes nervous, sickly and thin A noted
author and professor in his book Chem
istry and Food Nutrition" published in 1919
says: - that the amount of phos-
of man is seriously underestimated in many
of our standard text books"
1t seems to be well established thpt thIr
deficiency in PHOSPHORUS may now be mat
by the use of an organic phosphate known
throughout English speaking countries as
of this phosphate by the nerve tissue the
phosphoric content when absorbed IN the
amount normally required by nature soon
produces a welcome change in our body and
mind. Nerve tension disappears, vigor and
strength replace weakness and lack Of ener-
gy, and the whole body soon loses its ugly
hollows and abrupt angles, becoming envel-
oped in a glow of perfect health and beauty
and the will and strength to be up an6
doing
CAUTIoN:-while Bitro-P Phosphate is IN.
surpassed for the relief of nervousness, gen
eral debility. etc, those taking it who do
not desire to put flesh should use extra
care in avoiding fat-producing foods.