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New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
II to wrap their troubles into bundles.
e took these bundles and mixed them

all to wrap their troubles into bundles.
He took these bundles and mixed them
up and each mortal drew somebody
clse's troubles. In q few weeks they
all wanted their own troubles back
and wished to be themselves. In other
words, the desire that exists in most
of us to be somebody else and to have
what somebody else has was the initial
idea Of this play. In externaizing this
idea we naturally sought the most vo-
lent contrast possible, just as we had
in our other plays, and what could be
more natural than that lonely bach
elor like Adam, who had lived his life
far in the wilds of South America,
should dream of changing places with a
man who has family? The father, of
course, beridden by relatives with
their constant demands, desires to have
the romantic life which he thinks
Adam has led. 1t is curious in look
ing over all the notes and manuscripts
Of this play, for Bolton and l religious
ly keep every note and manuscript and
discarded suggestion, to see the evolu-
ton of the idea and how it devel-
eral critics called attention to the fake
failure device in this play as being
similar to that used in "A Successful
Calamity, but our play was mapped
out before Miss RUNNERS very clever
comedy was produced, and we held
back our play so as not to compete
"'The Cave Girl now at the Long
acre Theater, had a curious beginning.
| was seated by the lake in my camp
in northern Maine, ten miles from the
nearest railroad We were discussing
strange possibilities in the woods, and
one of US wondered what would hap
pen if out of those mysterious forests
a beautiful girl should suddenly ap-
peared from nowhere. Instantly we
started speculating as to her history
and background. One of our family
told us of strange tale she had
heard about man who went off in the
woods and tried to live on nature I'M
mcdately we saw this girl related to
the man, and our story was begun
The fact of the family being isolated
up there beyond help was not a mere
dramatic dream, as our camp was
sometimes cut off for days by storms
and we depended upon little boat
that came up once week, bringing
provisions. Several critics have called
attention to its partial similarity to
Admirable Crichton,' but the whole
device was used before by Ludwig
Eulder in very famous German play,
The Journey Back to Nature And
old Robinson Crusoe and that Swiss
family Robinson were not unknown to
! both dramatists."
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
Brooklyn I'heaters

BUSHWICk-Belle Baker. the singer,
will top the opening bill OF the new
season. She Will be heard in new
repertoire cf songs. Gilmore and
williams; lie Marie, Hays and com.
pany; Sebastian and Myra Sisters;
Bessie Rempel and company; Her
bert Brooks; Frank Ward; the Dane.
ing McDonalds; John 5. Blondy and
Brother; Topics Of the Day and the
news pictorial will complete the bill.
MAJESTIC-Florence Moore, the come.
dienne, will appear for one week 10
"Breakfast in Bed" A. II. Woods
has surrounded the star with cast
including Harry Hanlon, JULES
Epailly, Fred Strong, Tommy Meade,
Vincent Dennis and Lconore Bassee
MONTAUK - LangGoM Mccormick!
melodra,ma "Thc Storm produced
by George Broadhurst, will begli
its second week here wi:h a matinee
tomorrow afternoon.
NEW BRIGHTON - Henry Lewis
George MacFarlane ard Dolly Kay
arc the featured entertainers this
week. Lewis has just returned from
transcontinental tour as prineipall
comedian in q. VI. Andersoli
"Frivolities of 1920" Others will y
the Mellette Sisters; Roy Rice and
Mary Werner; Horace Wright ahs
Rene Dietrich; Enos Frazere; hang
and Harriet Setback and The Ay''
terious Nagyfys.
ORPHEUM-Among the favorite acts
to be shown this week will be th'
Four Marx Bro hers; Zoe Laurie ~
Toney and Norman; Grace De Mar
Jennie Middleton; Top.cs Of The Dal
and the news pictorial.
SHUBERT-C CRESCENT Ny Goldsl
Girl" Victor lIerber.'i musical pls!
under the management OF Haf!
Wardell, vii, open the season al tnH
thcatcr with mat,ncn tomorrow
The cast includes Mariorie Prlnelsy
Loretta Sheridan, N;vcne Mltche'
and Robert O'Cornor.
STAR-"The Joy Riders" one Of fn'
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05

only to greater extent, I believe
we can raise the standard of our
speech by being good listeners. If we
listen to we'll written plays, mark down
in our minds or on paper pads, and I
prefer the latter, the strange pronun-
citation of words throughout the play,
checking them up with our family die
tionary when we arrive home, we shall
see the difference after few months.
"And, incidentally, let me say word
for the dictionary. If there is a home
in New York, or in America, that does
not possess dictionary and does not
refer to it every day Of the week, that
home is to be pitied. We must learn to
speak. The dictionary never is inaccu-
rate. Study your dictionary as earnest
ly as you read your light novels-more
earnestly! 1t is absolutely necessary.
Dialogue on the stage is the most
comprehensive form Of speech in the
world. The author is forced to gather
his words and expressions from the
first page Of the dictionary to the last.
The necessity for being brief and lucid
makes it incumbent upon him to select
terms that express most in the least
time. Think Of the weeks and months
and years that pass in Abraham Lin
coin in short two hours, or little
more"
A splendid example of the use Of
the American language, he says, is
Abraham Lincoln himself.
Mr.. Dunn remembered, as he spoke,
of an editorial that appeared in The
Tribune under date Of January 81,
1920. Finding it in his files, he read:
"As for language, there were a very
| few Criticisms in the original text Of
Mr. Drinkwater's play which were ex-
plunged for the American production,
we believe. The general srun Of the
text written in q rather simple and
old-fashioned English Of the British
Isles, jars not a whit when spoken
In the Lincoln homestead in Spring
field, III. 1t will be argued that the
| slang Of the two countries, their con-
stantly altering small talk. is always
far apart; their language Of literature,
! especially when colorcd by imagina-
! tion and high purpose, is practically
identical. The speeches Of Mr. Lloyd
| George and Mr.. Wilson needed no
| glossary in any English speaking coun-
try. Nor Ia IL hard TO understand
/ just how this unity Of written Ian
j Ruagc has been maintained. Not only
the older literature but the current
literature OF the two countries has
been and is interchangeable. AS it
was in the days OF Dickens and
Ihaeksray and Meredith. so it is to-
| day Of Wellss Shaw and Conrad. Even
O. Henry becomes the rage in Eng
land and nobody has TO annotate the
te4y"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05

sitting through performance of
Belasco production, or of a Drinkwater
play, you may, if you were an excep-
tionally fine listener, go home and
mark down the words you have been
p1onouncing incorrectly. And, more
over, it will do you good. And, what
is great deal more, when you go over
to neighbor's for tea, adhering to what
you've learned and practicing what the
stage is preaching, you, will be doing
q great service for the country at
large.
A more thorough course in American
English is what we need, we're told.
There isn't much question about it.
And now, as we consider it, where
should the best course be found?
In our best sellers? Yes. In our
theaters? Yes. We have the word Of
one man-Colvil Dunn-who acts as the
Chronicler in the William Harris jr.
production Of "Abraham Lincoln" at
good plays and being good listeners
we may improve our speech, so that in
one complete theatrical season we will
come out greatly polished so far as our
language is concerned. Mr.. Dunn, as
no doubt ever" nan and woman who
has seen ".A5rahaw Lincoln" will tes-
tify. speaks with q grace ard ease nnd
perfection that adds tone and refine
ment to the production Itself to such an
extent that thev are positive his work,
next to that Of Frank McGlynn, the por-
trayer of Abraham Lincoln in the
play, stands out strongly among the
real causes Of the long and successful
run of the play at the Cort.
"There is no place in the world" Mr..
Dunn says, where the English Ian
guage may be learned so thoroughly
as on the stage. And, think, there
q general raising Of the standard Of
our speaking more than to-day. What
we need is a course in the simplicity of
English, few lessons in making our
selves understood by others by the use
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05

ley, Charles Halton, Hugh Cams,u
and Lawrence Williams. New y.S
opening not set. ava
DON'T TELL" comedy by C,a,..
Moffatt, opened at Russell Tbeatss
Ottawa, Canada, Monday, August $
with Mr.. and Mrs. Graham Mos.s
Winifred' Moffatt, Margaret NoNs
Eva McRoberts, George Tawde. CEs
Campbell, Grace Embcrt, Jean Russ
man and j. Wright Ai.kin. New I Yos
date not set.
"MAID TO LOVE" musical A.,
edy by Raymond w. Peck, music + 1,
Percy Wenrich, opened Savoy The,t.!
Asbury Park, N. j., Monday, AuSSss
80, with Dolly Connolly, Marques
Risser, Lillian Ring, Ninton Freed.s
Robert Woolsey, Dean Raymond, M
Lewis, Harry ReGdirg, Roy Lem,
Edith Decker, Joseph Harris ";
others. New York opening not set
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
Little BOYS as "Movie Critics.

All of the little boys of one partcu-
lar section of Staten Island have been
seeing "the movies" this week. That
is, they've seen the pictures in the max
ing. And Claire Whitney, who is star
ring in the Metro Special Pro luction,
Fine Feathers" which is to be shown
within few weeks, has invited all of
them that care to do 80 to come each
afternoon 20 the location where ex-
terror scenes are being made
II ask the boys after each scene" she
says, "whether they like it or nor. II
they don't, then l think seriously Of
doing it in some other way. In several
instances | have actually been led to
change scenes Mt their suggestion. Lit
tie hoys are about the most exacting
critics OF motion pictures Of any one
! know. Besides. I like them. and /
like to please them"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
I'm Picture Theaters

ASTOR While New York Sleeps"
will be presented by the Fox Film
Corporation at this thcater beginning
to-day at l o'clock, as we'll as at the
Lyric Theater, whore it has been
showing for two weeks. 1t is cine
melodrama dealing with life in New
York and has attracted wide atten-
ton.
BROADWAY "A combination of B. F.
Keith vaudeville and first run motion
pictures will be the policy at this
theater beginning tomorrow.
CAPTTOL-"M "Milestones," the feature
film production this week, will be
surrounded with especially selected
musical numbers rendered by the
orchestra and solaists. The bill will
ballet arranged by Alexander Ou-
mansky, ballet master, and cello
solo, Hungarian Rhapsody" by
David Poprcr. The intermezzo from
"Cavalleria Rusticana" will be played
and gavottc CT Old French mus &c
will follow. A Mack Sennett comedy
ends the program.
CRITERION-Mae Murray in The
Right to Love- will continue to hold
the feature position on an interest,"
ing bill at this thcater this week.
The photoplay has attracted large
crowds for two weeks. There will
be added musical selections and a
scenic and new comedy.
FORTY-FOURTH STREET. THEATEls
d. W. Gritfth's motion picture
version Of "Way Down East" enters
upon its second week at this theater
to-day. The production, in twelve
parts, is, according to the Griffith
management, the biggest thing the
producer has done since his Heart
of the World" The cast ;ncludes
Lillian Gish, Richard Barthemess
Lowell Sherman. Mary Hay Burr
Mcintosh ard others.
LYRIC While New York Sleeps
continues, being run here and at the
Astor Theater simultaneously.
RlALTO-The friend of the children
FATTY Arbuckle, who can wade
through a barragc of squash pie
without batting an eye, will appear
in the feature film this week There
will be special music by the Rialtc
orchestra, with Hugo Resented as
slsting in conducting. and scenic
RIVOLl- Thomas Mcighan, whose work
in "The Admirable Crichton" and
other lar~e predictions recently has
made him q strong box otFicc favor
lite, will appear in "Civilian Clothes
beginning to-day.
STRAND - Norma Talmadge will be
be seen in THE Branded Woman
this week. 1t is a photo dramatic
adaptation of Oliver 3. Dailey's play
Branded" Other pictures will be
new comedy and the Strand Topical
Review. On the musical program
are Katherine Stang, violinist and
vocal soloist. The orchestra will
play the overture "pagllacci."
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05

Of the simplest terms, words and SEN
tsnees. That IN the secret Of the sue
cess Of Abraham Lincoln the sm-
plicIGy with which each line is spoken.
Mr. Drinkwater has given the actors
lines that are filed with interest, yet
Shsy are 80 well chosen that the actor
does not speak more than half as many
words In the play as would be spoken
in play of similar character by other
authors"
IL will be remembered that Mr.. Dunn,
when Ms sppesrs before the curtain
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
Are you a good listener?

So0 u SOoO AISIeueE
What an ambiguous question in the
abstract! Yet, getting right down to
the proverbial brass tacks, what per-
Splcacious one!
When you heard the actor in last
nights play pronounce it "extrordi-
nary" did you realize you always say
Extraordinary" with as clearly de-
fined hyphen in your diction as in
the printed word? And when you in
qNire as to- the "stattus" of situa-
ton, with the "a" as shallow as in
"hat," did you know, strictly speaking,
you were wrong? Ever notice the we'll
trained actor calling it "staytus," with
the "a" used as in hay? Or "vagay-
ries" instead of "vagaries," with the
accent on the first syllable?
If you've noticed these things you're
pretty good listener. Of course,
these are only simple examples. After
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
''Scandal' ut Shubert.Riviera

The new season ut the Shubert-
Riviera starts with matinee perform
ance tomorrow Of Cosmo Hamilton's
Scandal" the comedy which ran for
season az the Thirty-ninth Street
Theater. Charles Cherry will have the
same role he played at the downtown
theater and June Walker will be seen
in the part created by Francine Larri-
more.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05

newly constructed burlesque preoags =
tions, featuring Billy Mossey, W''' :"
seen here this week.
STRAND-"Forty-hve Minutes Etss
Broadway" with Charles Ray IN I
leading role. will be seen this w.
The photoplsy is from the w.
production by George N. Cohahs
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18

Capt. Headley. meet me at the
southeastern corner of Thomas cir
Gle tomorrow morning and I will
prove II TO you. II you bring a
photographer with you IL will then
be possible for you to prove this
fact to your readers"
Every morning and throughout
the day Capt. Headley personally
visits the various arteries of traffic
in the downtown districts in an ef-
fort to educate the public how to
walk"
Incidentally, let II be known. that
Capt. Headley is absolutely neutral
in all traffice problems. His sole OBJ
ject Is to prevent accidents and his
chief problem, he finds. is to teach
the pedestrian TO heed his traffic
advice because they daily expose
themselves TO death and bring care
full motorists to grief simply be-
cause they will not learn to walk.
This may sound funny, but you
can take IL from Capt. Headley that
1T is not the least bit humorous.
Taking Advantage of Capt. Head
ley's invitation. the automobile edi-
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Herald Photographer Snaps
Pictures at Thomas Cir
Gle Showing Jay-walking
Pedestrians in Action.

Motorists are daily tongue-lash-
ed for the manner In which they
conduct themselves and their au-
tomobiles while driving on the
streets of the National Capital. Pc
destrians have fallen into the habit
of fiaying the man or woman with
car. When some fiagrant act of
recklessness Is perpetrated by a
reckless driver, and there must be
small band of reckless motorists
Just as there is small band OF
lawless citizens, the members o.
Congress take IL upon themselves
to turn their verbal artillery upon
the motor-loving public of Wash
ington.
But is the motorist the chief Of
fender?
He Is not.
Capt. Albert ]. Headley. whose
sole duty is to adjust the multi
tude of traffic tangles which occur
from time to time and to devise
new schemes to safeguard the mo-
torist and the pedestrian, confided
to the automobile editor of The
Herald the other afternoon that
dizzy" or "jaywalking" pedestri-
ans are as much and more at fault
in the proper passing of traffic as
the motorist.
IF you don't believe that" said
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
STORE
TOOPEN IN DC.
New Link Added to Chain
Of Auto Accessory
! Shops.

The United Auto Stores, Inc. an
organization operating a chain OF
twenty-five successful auto tire and
accessory stores throughout the
country, with headquarters at
Philadelphia, recently took over a
store at 1902 Fourteenth street
northwest. This store will offer to
the automobile public an ,oppor-
tunity to make a saving on their
purchases of tires and accessories.
Joseph d. Engelsberg and Louis
]. StutZ, representatives of the
United Auto Stores, Inc, have ap-
pointed Messrs. Heap and Wood as
managers in this city. Both Of these
men are well known to Washing
tonians. Arrangements are now un-
der way to carry a complete line
of supplies for the motorists.
The reason for the financial sue
cess of this enterprise. 1t is said.
! is due primarily to the large pur-
chasing power behind this institu-
tion. which buys it's supplies In
large quantities for their various
stores at a reasonably low price and
in return sells to the public at be-
low the average price.
Another reason for the success
of the United" is due in a large
measure to the men of reputa-
tion who are behind this enter
prise, as we'll as to the fact that
these stores are financed by local
capital In other words, the plan
of establishing these stores is such
that each store, while a unit In
the chain, becomes purely local
enterprise. managed by local heads
and backed by local capital, with
the result that whenever a branch
Of the United Auto Stores Is OPEN
ed. its success is almost q foregone
conclusion.
When one considers the fact that
the largest cigar system last year
earned SSR per cent on their
preferred stock, it Is little won
der that investors are buying so
literally Of the United Auto Stores
securities. The company has pre-
pared an interesting folder on the
purpose and possibilities of this
enterprise which is being mailed
! to people who are interested in the
project.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Capt. Albert Headley Is as
Much Perturbed Over
Careless Walkers as He
+. Is Over Reckless Drivers.

IT bet he knows enough to leave the
circle at the proper point and take
advs ntage of the minimum danger
zone"
And Capt. Headley was right, for
the party in question did not step
down from the sidewalk around
Thomas circle until he was directly
in front OF the east side of Four
teenth street. But generally the
pedestrians step of the curb about
the circle whenever and wherever
they choose, thus qualifying as
dizzy dodgers" by playing hide
and-seek with scores of automo-
biles, street cars and motor trucks
while they scramble their diagonal
and zig-zag path to a safety zone.
On the southwestern side OF
Thomas circle Capt. Headley has had
erected seven safety stanchions in
an effort TO enlarge the safety zone
for pedestrians, but in most cases
the pedestrians do not take advan-
tage of his forethought.
Capt. Headley's earnest plea to
pedestrians is this:
Don't be a dizzy dodger.
Keep on the sidewalk around
Thomas circle until you are directly
in front of the minimum danger
zone. then cross smartly.
Gross all streets at a right or
left angle, not diagonally."
Perhaps you are one of the throng
of pedestrians which daily pass
down Fourteenth street and around
Thomas circle. Perhaps you are one
of the dizzy dodgers" whose antics
are turning Capt. Headley's hair
gray. II you are, stand on the
southeastern or southwestern corner
of the circle some morning and
watch the hundreds Of other dizzy
dodgers" Perhaps it will make you
ashamed of yourself and force you
to make a resolution to walk right
by observing the simple right angle
rule.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18

tors and .cameraman were on hand
at the southeastern corner Of
Thomas Circle promptly At $3.50 on
the morning specified. Capt. Headley
had ben there some minutes before
us, standing behind a treebox quiet
ly observing the army Of men, wo-
men and children who walk to work
each morning.
Look there will you" he called
to us by way of salutation while the
cameraman hastcned to scramble
up on a nearby stoop where he could
take a picture. There's a group Of
dizzy dodgers Watch them. will
YOU. Instea1 of turning a right an
gle and walking over to the east
side OF Fourteenth street they march
diagonally across Fourteenth over
to the west side. thereby exposing
themselves to traffic streaming be-
hind and in front Of them from two
prominent avenues, Vermont and
Massachusetts and a pair of prom
inent thoroughfares, NJ and Four
teenth streets"
Here comes Mr.. So and So" Capt
Headfey continues. He seemed to
known almost everyone who passes
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
OWNERS SERVICE DEPART
MENT.

Q. What is your opinion of kero-
sene transformers for the Ford and
the use of kerosene as a fuel?
A. There are many efficient kero-
sene devices on the market, but all
of them require the use of gasoline
for starting. There is no special
difficulty in carbureting kerosene II
a sufficient amount of heat is main
tanned up to the time the fuel en-
ters the combustion chamber.
Q. I'D desire to get the engine
OF my - In the best mechanical
lcondition. Would aluminium pistons
be of any advantage. since the cast
iron ones now used are rather
heavy? CD What Is the address Of
the company making Ignite ,pistons? /?
CD Does the Hudson use aluminium
or steel pistons?
A. Cd Aluminium pistons Of the
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18
Quick Starting Feature
OF New Scott-Newcomb

Starting with a cold boiler In from
twepty to fifty seconds is a feature
of the latest steam automobile, the
Scott-Newcomb. This eliminates one
Of the standard objections to this
make OF motor car. Besides, 1t is
said, there 10 a simple control under
the steering wheel. so that opera
tions formerly done by hand are
here automatic. The water and fuel
pumps are driven by an electric mo-
tor and the kerosene fuel is ex-
ploded by an ordinary spark.
AS high as ESQ miles. II is claimed.
can be had from a tank Of water.
due to the use Of a condensing sys-
tenn. And the car can make eight
cen miles on q gallon OF kerosene.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18

proper design and properly fitted
will give better results in engine
performance than heavy iron piss
tons. IL improperly designed or
fitted there will be trouble. (2)
They are made by the Aluminium
Castings Company. Cleveland. Ohio.
(3 The Hudson uses cast iron pis-
tons.
g. O. i do not use my car dur
ing the cold weather and / would
like to know IL I must have the
battery recharged at intervals. (2D
II you wish to make a trip in the
daytime and the battery II fully
charged. is there any danger Of
0veccEarging? CD Is there any
danger Of running a very short dis
tance with tie generator terminals
The Washington herald., 1920-07-18

reraoved? 90 What makes bcbb'es
come out of the battely solution?
A. % II the car is left stand
ing for a week or so at a time, add
water weekly. test the solution, and
IL il drops below l.25 run the engine
to bring II up to 1.30. or very near
that. II the car is to stay in the
garage for q few months, remove
the battery Sp6 let the service sta
tinn store il for you. CD There
il little danger of cvercharging;
rather the reverse is true in most
cases. A few starts and the igni-
tior current will Craw enough from
the battery. t3) There is no dan
ger II the drive is short. (4) The
bubbles are cue to gas coming of
as 4 result of chemical action.