The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03

10 the lines TO entertain the SOlu1eTS. Inc
actors never complained of any hardship
however great, and no fatigue stood in the
way of their 81, ing the Polish troops Of their
best.
This work will be continued even after
the conditions of an armistice are arrived at
If the musical comedy performers among the
agents of Lenine ever reach any, for 1t will
be long time before Poland will get back
to normal state of living.
1T Is impossible for me to tell you so that
you may understand the difficulties in our
way. You do not appreciate. not having seen
the effects of war; what happened to Poland
when the armies of Germany and Russia
We're campaigning there Immediately after
the armistice Of 1918 people went to
work. A great harvest was expected even
that first year. 1t arrived this year, but do
not forget that the vast eastern territory
where grains grew and were approaching
harvesting utterly ruined by the Boil
sheviki. Wherever they went they destroyed
everything. Get to Warsaw was the cry
of their leaders to the tired and stupid Rus
sian soldiers, then the war will end and
you will have everything you need to make
you rich and happy
THANK God they never reached Warsaw.
The recognition and aid of the French
ton prevented that But meanwhile all
eastern Poland had been turned into desert.
Agriculture has been carried on wherever
possible, but our industries have perforce
Jagged, partly owing to the way the Ger
man armies left our industrial cities. LODI.
for instance, is wreck. Every wheel that
could turn was blown up every transmission
belt other device was carried away, and
these conditions have been for time diff
ficult to surmount. LODI Is but now being
provided with tools to work with.
Poland's Housing Problem.
"The provision of Baldwin locomotives
obtained for Poland on satisfactory credits
through the fundamentally of Mr.. Vau-
elaine was a tremendous lift, and Edward
e. Bouton of Baltimore, who has been living
in Poland for the last eleven months, has
come to our aid with housing scheme for
employees which will considerably assist in
one of our greatest difficulties.
you may have your housing problem
here. as 1 read you have. but 1t cannot COM
pare with ours. The cities of Poland are
overcrowded by the refugees thronging them
until it is almost impossible to take even
inadequate care of them. The expense of
renting an apartment in Warsaw to-day
would make an American gasp. Americans
have aided us in finding means to house the
people, and this is one of their most ap-
parent aids. Through 1t the admiration of
HANGED. A stranger only needs to proclaim
that he is from America to find friends in
Poland.
'One of our best friends has proved to be
the American Minister, Hugh Gibson. The
strength of the gratitude of we Poles to this
fine character cannot be overestimated He
has been our friend in our deepest trials,
and we should regret exceedingly to him
leave us. He understands the Poles char
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its best.
"we need friends because we need in our
work of rebuilding a nation the confidence
Of other nations. And until the widespread
propaganda which falsely says Poland rs
trying to increase her territories by any
means, fair or foul, is contradicted by
speech of an authoritative kind. well
by actions, We must expect some per-
sons to view incorrectly our situation. In a
word II Is this: We want breathing spell
to find ourselves. to raise UP our down
trodden industries to bring all the fruits
of the earth out OF our fields.
America as Their Guide.
America is this unhappy nations guide
in big as well as In small ways. In the
liberty loan that we floated we initiated
well as we could what your country did to
make your loans so successful All any one
Will a. pld1 lOr HciplnB ouT iOdH dIoHB Hdo
to do was to point out that the method he
suggested had been In it's turn acceptable
to the Americans, then 1t was adopted
without further discussion"
Ordynski frankly said that part of
his work while I'm this country to say
these things. They were true and he felt
that Americans would be glad to know that
the new republic had taken their institu-
lions for models. In reference to the the
atrical situation he said:
"It Is planned to do some big things in
both drama and music this season, and
these will he under way before I have
turned home. For instance Mlynarski Is
preparing to present In November Sly
manowslsfs 'Hagith,' and later Ruzycki's
Beatrice Cenci' also the latter's ballet
pantomime entitled Pan Twardowski.'
Pan Twardowskr is n legendary char
acter around whom myths have gathered In
Poland as around the character of Faust in
Germany. For this production Zailich is d.
recting the dances and Drabik is designing
the costumes and constructing the scenery.
These two men are very famous and will
make the production world famous in turn.
II will be taken after the run in Moscow to
all our principal cities to be performed by
the stock companies of each one. AS you
know all our houses repertory theatres.
''In my own theatrical work besides the
production Of American plays, which are
sure Ere AT the moment In Poland I will
nut on the 'Oedipus Rex and Polish national
PLAYS at the Teatre wielki and the old Inn
perial Theatre. now the Municipal"
Ordynski was entertained before he de-