The Washington herald., 1920-03-31
In the Linelight
By George Perry Morris.

have enough OF the devil In me,
that IL any one prohibits q thing It
becomes the one thing ] want" She
wishes 1t understood that she does
not like the word prohibition" as
applied to what has happened In the
United States or to what may hap
pen in Great Britain, because 1T
was not an arbitrary ruling by Q
despotic government. but an act of
self-deniai passed with the support
OF an overwhelming majority OF the
people" Lady Astor has a nature
sensitive to the. good opinion OF her
cid friends in the States. as well as
eager to create for herself new fol-
lowers as parliamentary leader.
Former Representative and As
sistant Secretary Of the Treasury A.
j. Peters, now mayor OF Boston, Is in
hot water over his conduct in con-
nection with the recent visit to the
city OF a delegation of Ulster Prot
estants arguing against the Sim
Fein movement. HIS critics are
mainly of the Loyal Coalition, a
new organization. in which men of
the caliber of Hon. Moorfield Storey
are prominent, who are determined
that local, State and national issues
as they have to do with religious
controversies shall not be obscured
by any plea OF tolerance and amity.
The fighting head of the Loyal
Coalition" Is Demarest Lloyd, a son
of the well known former journalist
and publicist of Chicago. Henry ID.
Lloyd.
The new British Ambassador. Sir
Auckland Geddes, is sensitive as to
his reputation. Not long ago he
recovered damages from the Nation
al Labor Press and from the Welsh
Miners Union for untrue statements
relative to his alleged pecuniary in
terest in Russian companies.
The spirit and genius of Harriet
Beecher Stowe go marching on in
strange regions far distant from the
New England of her day and this
hour. Thus, at the seven theaters
for children now being maintained
in Moscow by the Soviet government,
recent observer saw 1000 happy
youngsters OF all ages up to IL in
tensely interested in watching I'm
Gle Toms Cabin" a play. by the
way, that seems to be Withdrawn
from the boards in this country.
Prof. S. Homer Woodbridge, whose
activity in behalf of the peace
treaty's ratification has brought him
into the public gaze again. formerly
was an active member of the fac
ulty of the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology. What he does not
know about heating and ventilating
systems for small and large assem-
bly, halls, churches. and like edifices,
is not worth knowing. Congress
has employed him in emergencies.
and now he is serving the builders
of the new Protestant Episcopal
Cathedral on the heights. He comes
of old Puritan New England stock
and when he gets aroused and on
the trail of any iniQuity he Is a
grim fighter. More than any other
one man. he was responsible for
putting an end to the Louisiana
Lottery. Now he is enlisted in an
effort to induce the Senate and the
President to agree on a mode of
ratification that will protect the in
terests Of internationalism and ma
tionalism.
Professor Allyn A. Young, Of
Cornell University. who was an
economic adviser of the United
States delegation at the Paris
peace congress, says that he has
had a letter recently from ]. NJ
Keynes. author of The Economic
Consequences of Peace" in which
the latter said that he much re-
gretted that any part Of the book
should have been interpreted as
an attack on President Wilson. who
was "the noblest figure at Paris y
Prof Young. in his correspondence
with the British economist. had de-
MEL that the treaty was the result
of the secret agreements of four
statesmen. II Mr.. keyner did not
write his book as a deliberate at
tack on the President he deftly
created the impression that he did
so intend it.
Richard Ordynski is going back
to Poland, his native land. to es-
tablish a national theater IN War
saw. Well do I recall meeting him
when he first arrived in this coun-
try and was getting Occidentalized.
Not being able TO connect" with
the great producers he fiirted for a
time with the small theaters. Nat
urally he found his way to Harvard
to discuss the prospects of his art
and his own personal fortunes with
George P. Baker The "47 work
shop" and the Harvard Dramatic
Association profited for time from
his supervision. Then he had
chance to see what he could do
with the Boston Opera Company
when it was flourishing with cash
furnished by Eben Jordan. His
record soon attracted the attention
of New York managers: and OF late
he has had full opportunity to show
his mastery. serving for the past
three years as stage director oil
the Metropolitan Opera Company
When he came to this country
Poland was not prepared to give
him recognition. Now she is. Amer
lea will have a good friend In War
saw.