The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
MIR. NATHAN SCOLDS
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% has all the aptitude apropos qualities of musical comedy
title we confess that propped between the coverets
say with that worthy's subject
Now the Handbook Budding Editors is very spe
c6 points and all stationary
dramatic reviewers obtrusively urged:
C) Don't try to be clever.
(2) Don't initiate George Jean Nathan.
This Injunction however does reading
lean Nathan far know light
heart. ..lfsa -
Mr. Nathan it seems quite with newspaper
dramatic criticism He has gone found
erable He fair enough that only journals
nonay dishonest in their criticisms yet he declares and
that almost without exception they themselves policy
of loading of their reviews with oppedover praise
the show in hand
OF Mr. Nathan argument
basis It's hard enough read typewriter gecuaions
OF the night before and the pont impressions the
opposition without spreading and dgesng
letins All but small portion of critical ype-pos-
lures equally impossible of assimilation yet
this little neck of the woods inclined let
Mr. Nathan get with of his dcums struggle In
other words he declares that journalistic dramatic
the u praise for the simple
that its infinitely less difficult exhaustive the
provincial vocabulary and judgment praise it would be
blame To blame show says Nathan so difficult to knock
IT, Hence the provinces lacking all
vocabulary show regardless of merit or deme
forty prasing its good points and ignoring
its bad lock up the typewriter gaop the composing
home and to bed
As George Marshall would say: THAT wins"
Our gggle vastly increased reflect without
grim humor the program which cononts the
OF things dramatic least week. forty weeks in
the He galops from the playhouse o'clock He
wants chance to think over his stuff for fifteen minutes bn he
takes bite of sandwich and something continues the
gaop toward the office By time 40 D. m He opens
the old visible and promptly the
editor the editor the Office suggests
he hold down much possible being tight He
remashals his ideas after thinking this
requested to forth the quantity Of material probably
the composing such hour Very shortly
the fourth assistant editor presumes on old
qusintance the of asking show This an
weed in time hnd for the No. critic
been reviewed by the office boy who
h Usually then the telephone rings the
posing and not the dramatic department through
his review, between times this point the prob
ably welstarted and by that ensued
and be advised concerning
the evening
Once these few little ceremonies the jude
matte and dutu critic with his
IDEAS and finish his review with his mind and his
and home He will awake the morning wonder
separate time why he forgot discuss comment on
that What could he have been thinking of overlook
this character and that scene?
for his thoughts of stuf Bv bv f
very lucky his stuff Mr. Nathan discerning
critical and Mr. Nathan will thing And
them Mr. Nathan be
and write another little piece about journalistic
holding pageeight species criticism which
Nathan, sacchane with simply because of ;s
congena indigenous characteristic insight judgment and
vocabulary.
We can thing which inrieues us NOR. and
ing establishment with Deep deep
himself chair
the and the shou
through about the shortcomings the reou
composition and the hurry page eight
barely possible that his views of dramatic
ing include something of less of the
lack of mental equipment found in the provinces.