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New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Frisco" Tough Dancer
OF the Midnight Frolic,
Posed as a BoOtblack

A shoe polishing outfit slung over his
shoulder, an unkempt, roguish urchin
of ten made the rounds of the cafes in
Dubuque, Iowa some years ago. Not to
polish shoes did this youngster go from.
one back room to the other DESTROYS to
improve his appearance before wend-
ing his way homeward, a bibulous
patron would beckon to the boy and
point to his shoes In reply he would
receive a wink, which has now become
| famous, and the information that all
the polish was gone. Then, setting the
box of brushes and cloths down (it
was only an excuse for one so young to
enter the place., the youth would start
dancing. A group would surround him,
dusty shoes would be forgotten and at
the conclusion Of the dance hat would
be passed.
That is how Louis Joseph started
dancing. Only a negligible number of
people know who LOUIS Joseph is, yet
he has probably more imitators than
any other dancer now before the pub
lie. Vaudeville patrons from here to
Chicago have seen him in his charac-
teristic dances. He has never been to
the Coast, yet he is called Frisco"
and as Frisco" he is known as one
Of the leaders Of American dancers.
Nightly atop Of the New Amsterdam
Theater his ever-present derby hat and
cigar and his eccentric steps are hailed
by the audience of the Ziegfeld Mid
night Frolic, and he is the author and
leading spirit in novel sketch called
"The Shimmy Homestead" which is
one of the numerous hits of the roof
show.
Frisco" does not desire to be known
as the "jqzz king" but rather as the
American apache"
"Jazz will not last" he says. "but
my style Of dancing will go on and
on"
frowns, his ill-ftting clothes and his
derby hat, worn at q rakish angle,
Frisco" looks like a transplanted gun
man. He has been charged with re-
ceiving salary for looking tough" OFF
the stage, however, he is soft-spoken,
clean-cut and far from what he ap-
pears to be when he Is in the midst
Of his dance of the kitchen stove. Be-
fore coming to the forefront as
dancer he was stagehand, bellhop and
many other things in Chicago. But
he never let an opportunity to dance
go by, and now he has established him
self in vaudeville, In the bigger caba-
rets and IN the Ziegfeld Midnight
Frolic as ono Of the really original
male dancers.
81 never took dancing lessons. The
steps como to me-" he said, putting on
cigar, which is with him even when
he is not dancing. But 1t is a shorter
and less obtrusive cigar.
Soon "Frico" plans to go into motion
pictures and he desires to portray an
unde rworld character who is always
playing in hard luck.
"I'd like to be Chuck Connors. I'd
play him in one Of those old-style
suits, very full coat with big shoulders
and tiny lapels and with pcg-top pants
with very large checks But I am look
ing for something that 10 not slap
stfck"
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

AIAHE and con advanced by the
UH followers of the "silcnt
~ drama" and those of the
speaking stage" as to the relative
merits Of their respective favorites as
means Of entertainment. OF an
equal number of experts in the two
fields who were asked to offer argu-
ments in support of their own field of
production many more from the motion
picture world replied than from the
Legitimate" stage. A few of these
follow:
Hugo Riesenfeld, managing director
Rivoli and Rialto Emotion picture) thea
crs: "The motion picture has this ad-
vantage: 1t can bring before the eve,
which is. normally, the most powerful
factor in perception, scenes that the
spoken drama can only suggest. Sea
scenes, cave scenes. shipwrecks, storms 5,
all can be reproduced with truth
and color that the spoken stage cannot
begin to equal. Also, the motion pic
ture can afford to spend million dol
lars on production where the legiti-
mate drama can not afford a tenth Of
that sum, because once a movie is
made the heavy expense stops and the
proceeds continue to come in. while
on the spoken stage salaries go on
throughout the life of the piece. About
1bO years ago the managers of the
legitimate theaters in Rastatt, Austria.
met to protest against the invasion Of
shows"
David Belasco. dean Of theatrical
producers, ,sends this from London:
although motion pictures serve their
purpose and fill their place, the legiti-
mate stage will never suffer because
of them. Nothing can take the place
of the human voice. 1t almost would
be better to have actors behind the
screen, where only the sound of their
voices would reach the public. than to
have them only visible, not audible.
"Since the beginning Of time the
human voice has been a controlling
power Of human destiny. The soft,
caressing voice of a woman can do
moro than all her beauty, while the
stern, commanding voice Of man can
carry more authority any time than
merely the sight Of him. The tender,
laughing voices Of children stir our
hearts more quickly than the sight Of
them, sweet as they may appear to US.
What would silent world be like :?
Sound Is too important to be banished.
You could name . hundred famous men
and women IN the world Of tho theater
whose voices have carried them to
fame. No. the movies diverting as
they may be at times. do not fill the
need Of the. real Ntake."
Jesse L. Lasky. frst vics-president Of
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

ministered by grown-ups. Plays are
picked for children not so much on the
ground that the little ones will be sure
to like them, but rather because they
ought to like them. There is something
of the censor In every parent. AL
though great many parents have told
US that their children fairly dote on
"Alice in Wonderland" we are not alto
gether convinced. 1t does not seem to
us exactly sure fire for the little ones.
Children prefer their humor in terms
of action rather than words. Undoubt-
edly they do enjoy all the moments of
"Alice" in which strange and violent
things are happening, but the verbal
twists and turns can hardly be as much
to their liking.
At the special matinee which was
held at the Little Theatre last week we
observed that the childen were hugely
delighted as long as the Duchess was
| they were not nearly as merry when
any two characters abandoned action
! and began to say amusing things. If
children were allowed to choose their
own theatrical fare we haven't doubt
that the vast majority Of them would
ask for playhouse devoted exclusive
ly to the films of Charlie Chaplin. We
do not pretend to be sufficiently versed
III psychology to say that this is just
what they ought to have, although, with
the exception of poison, sharp knives
and hot Goals, 1t seems to US rather a
good thing to let little people, or big
ones, have what they went.
It may be, as many parents declare,
that Chaplin films destroy the disci-
pline Of the home, and make children
loud and boistrous and destructive.
Still 1t seems difficult to prove all that
or any great part Of it as the direct
doing of Mr.. Chaplin. H. Sd, who has
rcver seen a film in his life, possesses all
those qualities in generous proportions.
Yet even if we should admit that Ger
tain deleterious effects on childhood
could be traced to the Chaplin films, we
are not at all sure that we would not
still consider them among the best of
entertainments for children. 1t is
fearful thing to hore a little child.
We were grealy touched once at matt
nee Of "The Bluebird" in watching vast
numbers of children, who had been
brought there to have good time, suf-
fering acutely because they did not
know what 1t was all about. Probably
their experience had no Ill effect on
their manners, but there are vital
things which lie deeper than that.
Many Of those children will grow up
with a constitutional distrust Of the
highbrow drama. They will go through
life believing that anything in the arts
which is fine must necessarily be dull.
Youngsters who read Nick Carter arl
laugh at Charlie Chaplin will grow up
to Ike better things. They will have
escaped the terror and encouragement
Of having been bored by things which
| were beyond their grasp.
Children have as great right to see
what they want to, whether it Is good
for them or not, as grown-ups have.
And, with few unfortunate excep-
tions, the mature theatergoer does not
choose plays for the good Of his soul,
but rather the things he really wants
to SEQ. "Thc Follies" is doing splen-
didly.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Tonight al the Ncighborhood

Tonight the Neighborhood Play
ers will Rive their LAST performance
this season OF Dunsany's "Thc Glitter
ing Gate" and Andreyev's 1.-THE Beau
tiful Sabine Women" The following
week end, April "a and 25. the gradu-
ate studsnts Of tho Csrnekie' Institute
Of Fine Arts will give two perfor-
nancss Of "John Gabriel B1orkman.s
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

III I is curious thing that although
the Latin quarter of Paris has
~ been used successfully in score
of plays and novels nothing no.
table has been written about Green
wich Village. 1t is not for want of
trying. Each season sees satIrical
comedy Of Washington Square life. To
De sure, the quarter is richer In tradi-
tion and in it's own living present than
Greenwich Village. but our quartier<
for all that, is not without a
picturesque and interesting quality
The French writer, or an English
writer such as Leonard Merrick, as
though he may poke fun at the OBJ
scue and struggling artists of Paris,
is also little sentimental and tender
about them. The American playwright
IS much more rough. Uusally he is SO
outraged at what he conceives to be
the beliefs and the customs of New
York Bohemians that he seldom
achieves satire. Instead his wrath is
translated into a. crude, cruel and
sputtering burlesque.
The villagers themselves satirize
their own life much more keenlv and
cieverly. In the old days of the
Washington Square Players there
were several amusing skits about ths
village and Susan Glaspell has con-
tributed other bright pieces On the
same theme to the Provincetown
Players. Tho fact of the matter is,
or at least so it seems to us, that the
great general public, for which such
plays as "Hobohema" and THE
bonehead" were written, has little
patience with the unsuccessful artist.
We are irritated rather than amused
by queer movements in art or litera-
ture
While it is perfectly true that a
great deal OF rot is talked, and COM
posed in more enduring form, south of
Fourteenth Street. the fact remains
,nat nigh achievement in any field of
art must be accompanied by abject
snd piteous failure. New things are
apt TO be either great or ridiculous
Sometimes it Is rather difficult to say
which. The artist who is worth his
salt is willing to risk everything on a
single roll. He wants no modest sue
cess. Triumph or downfall are the
things for which he shoots. To us
tnis gambling spirit In the artist is IN
admirable quality, in other men also.
Columbus sailed west because he was
confident that the world was roun,
but he might have been wrong. The
IA, ianders might have been wiser than
ne, In which case he would have sailed
r,ght OFF the edge and the Joke would
nave been on. bin. Still 1t does not
seen 20 lis that such an event would
haYe been altogether comic. Anybody
VINO has the courage to follow a theory
81 his own against the Judgment and
'asse of his fellow men can never be
altogether ridiculous whether he ends
ap With a new continent or a nude
descending a/staircase.
II tho truth were known It would
probably be discovered that Humpty
DnmDty had his great fall because Ire
.fied N climb higher or stand on one
'eos or something Of the sort. All tho
H'ng's horses and all the kings men
couldn't put. Humpty together again,
End yet it must havs been . certain
sat'sfaction 70 him that no did not
spend all his life sitting on the fence.
IN sll thsatsrs for children, and in
good many books, too, rather patron
z'pg pat on the t>p Of the hssd IL 3D.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
sassoon 10 Recito Own Poems

Siegfricd sassoon will give a public
recital of his own poems at tho Green
u aNsw ty. Republic.s viii psrs,de. - WV
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Are Motion Pictures
Or the Spoken Drama
Better Entertainment?

A~ ANY are the arguments pro
AI% and con advanced by the
UH followers of the silent
- drama" and thocp of tho
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

Z IN sll thsatsrs for children, and in
: good ssssny books, too, rather patron
N'pg pat on the t>p Of the hssd IL 3D.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
AS We Were Saying

M 7 is curious thing that although
the Latin quarter of Paris has
. been used successfully in score
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-16
OREGON MOVE
FOR JOHNSON
Five Thousand Portland Men
Ask Senator to Run for
President

PORTLAND. Orc. June l5.-More
than 5000 signatures were opt"'h'u "
n petition circulated In oregon touaS
asking United states Senator HIrain w,
oSnnted by the Republican, national
convention in Chicago, and To an
nounrr himself as an independently can
didat, for the Presidency. according 10
a telegram sent today To- senator JUN
son BY W. p. Adams, Portland a''oF-
ncy. ,;I ,,t ron
r.cnrt any Johnson organization th;t'
had heretofore existed. but that ms
Telegram was sent in behalf or many
supporters Of Senator Johnson !" '"'
recent Oregon primary election.
I'VE heard that similar. petitions
r,cre heinr circulated in New York.
W. Adams said, 50 we started thcm
here in Portland today. So fhr IN" Po-
titions have been circulated oh!
Portland, but We plan TO Scno 'r'"'
throughout the state. ,,>
,,ith which he IS connected viii con,
inn. 10 circulate the PetltLohS uh',t
senator johnson declares poSltlvclE lnH'
he viii not be a ,caud!dat" for the freS'-
dency on an indepsndInt 90
v,SuIEI;TON June l5.-Notihca-
tion that five thousand persons IN ore
rnn had signed A petition ASKING Sn"
tor Johnson. uf California; 10 FtPuu'a'
Inc Republican platform. ana m;ikc an
90 contained in a telegram sent by W.
p ,doms a Portland attorney, tad no.
reached the senator's Office wh"h -
closed for the day. , for,
Senator Johnson. who returned iro'''
C-bicaro last night. did not appear AZ
tho Capitol today. and at ms "lhcr -
r"ns said ne was resting at his hom"'
Rivcrdale. Md.
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RED HOT CLUE
TOMURDERER
Of E[[WELL
DETECTIVES RUSH
TO LEXINGTON, KY.
Seeking Father and Brother
of Girl Annie" One Of
Whom Fired Fatal Shot

NEW YORK, june l5.-Distrdct AZ
torney Swann announced late tonight
that several detectives had loft hore
for Lexington, KY, whore they hope
to arrest the murderer OF Joseph B.
Ellwell, wealthy sportsman and whist
expert. EtweiI was found shot
through tho head at his homo here
last Friday.
several detectives left this morn
ing on an excellent trail for Lsxing-
too. KY" MT. Swami said. "They
are LOOKING for tho father or the
brother Of q girl named Annie, one
Of whom We believe to bo the man
who fired tho shot.
"we got the information from an
excellent source, but cannot dvulgo
tho name Of tho man who gave 1t to
ms.
I'VE know that Arr. Elwen spent ton
weeks in Lexington up to Juno l,
when he loft there, and moi because
he wanted to-"
Mr. swann gave this information 40
he was leaving tho Euwen home,
whore he and Assistant Attorney
Joyce had spent moro than two hours
tonight. urged to throw moro Gght
On the Identity Of the girl he named
o. "Ann1s," Mr.. Swami said:
THAT Is all I am able OF toll you
Asked II the girl was a member OF
n prominent family In Lexington, ne
$50 far as know. sAs Is"
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CHAUFFEUR IN
CARUSO' s HOME
UNDER ARREST.
ACTION FOLLOWS THE
BIG JEWEL ROBBERY
They re Trying to Lay Their
Robbery on Me- Says
Fitzgerald

EASTH \MrTON. y. Y. June Is
Gro-E. Fitzgerald, chauffeur for Enrico
.CA-us< opera singer. whose country
home here recently was robbed OF
Jewels valued at SjuO.0OO. was arrested
iouIrhr on charge or violating the
SULLIVAN law by having revolver IN
his possession without a permit
Fitzgerald. with Other employees OF
Caruso estate since the jewel theft. by
order OF the district attorney.
The chauffeur. when bidding good bye
10 his wife and children VINO occupy a
Don't worry. | am innocent. They
are trying tn lay this robbery on me.
Arrest Prevents Departure
Fitzgerald recently engaged personal
counsel To defend him.
he was Informed by counsel today
that the police had no right TO keep him
confined to the estate. and that he was
al liberty 10 leave when h" pleased. a
short tim" later warrant was sworn
out for his arrest by sylvester j. kel-
trIct attorneys office. Fitzgerald was
arraigncd tonight and held in $1,000
bail for "A hearing Friday afternoon
Meanwhile District Attorney Young
Inquiry into the jewel theft. which will
be held here Friday morning. Twenty
witnesses. including FITZGERALD, and all
scr> ants in the Caruso household, have
been summoned 10 appear AS wIlneSseh'
I'VE had been informed that Fitz-
gerald was invited 10 20 To New York
with his attorneys" kcl lsey said to-
night. We thought it best 10 place
him under arrest SO that he might be
kept within the jurisdiction Of tho
court The John Doe inquiry would be
a tame affair without FITZGERALD"
FitEgsrald's Story
On the night of the theft Fitzgerald
said he was in his quarters and was
aroused by the ringing of burglar
alarm on a strong box IN which the
jewels were kept. and BY the noise and
confusion in the CaruSo household. Al
the time II was reported that he rushed
out OF tho ouSe into II driveway and
fired two shots in the air.
That revolver was given 10 me ny
Mrs. Caruso when we arrived here on
May S." he said tonight. Il asked her
about a permit at that time. and she
told me that l did not need one. that
Mr.. Caruso was an honorary police cap
tain in New York. and that he had
fixed things ur. never carried mat
revolver on my person while of the
grounds. 1t was kept in bureau
drawe- in my room for the protection
OF Mrs. Caruso and her baby"
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JOHNSON MUST AID HARDING u.
CAMPAIGN Or BECOME 0UTCAST

fectly. The issue OF the campaign viii
be exactly what johnson demanded ie
should be. II fulfillment Of his avoWe1
purpose brings satisfaction to Z man.
Johnson should have that satisfaction.
Expect John0o1'S 01pDeHk
This satisfaction ought to give tn,
answer to the question everybody u
now asking, Will johnson support th1
ticket and put his shoulder behind 49,
Will nc take the stump for II? -
The leaders think he will. They thine
they settled that question when they
gave him what he demanded about the
League OF Nations.
For that matter the convention diA
anything that Johnson and Borah d.
manded. They turned down the candi..
dates who had figured in the campaign
fund investigation. ~
The leaders think that II johnson u
not satisfied with all this they had bets
ter 20 on the theory that Il isn't worth
while TO try to satisfy him. r. -
Johnson Is rather acutely on trial juse
now. The net Of the feeling the conven-
tion had about him was obviously q
little unfriendly. little suspicious.
That impression wa: heightened by thA
unfortunate spirit Of the speech OF the
man who put him In nomination
But Johnson has never Eot quite -
far outside the party as to be ptfma-
nentlY and definitely an outsider. He
can yet conform and hEure A. a leader
Of his party. But II he fails to come IN
now and come IN whole-heartedIy ana
i. (oc1ti1asd On 1aGV 3o11.)
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FR0NT PORCH CAMPAIGN To Be
CONDUCTED BY Mr.. HARDING

Of Oregon. and Walsh Of Montana, Dem
ocrats, and Representatives HAYS "l
Missouri and Morgan Of Oklahoma. Re-
Il Many kilograms
Senator Harding said he had received
kilograms OF congratulations from all
prominent Republicans except Senator
LaFollettc Of Wisconsin who is in a
hospital.
Il also had a very personal message
from Colonel Bryan who assured me
that We had no common viewpoint polit-
ically" the senator said.
The following cablegram was received
from Elihu Root who is now in Europe:
sincere congratulations and good
wishes. The mantle OF Mckinley be
upon you"
Senator Harding announced he would
not meet Chairman Hays Of the national
committee before next Monday and that
there had been no decision as 10 the
which plans for the campaign are to be
discussed.
While the senator was talking 10 the
correspondents Senator Thomas. Dem
oCrat. Colorado. arrived TO congratulate
MIN.
III we have got to have Republican
for president, YOU suit, me" Senator
Thomas said. adding thar h" had zone
bit Of advice to give: That tho man who
stays at home will be elected
That fitS in with my thought on this
subject" said Senator Harding
During his talk with the newspaper
men the nominee took occasion 10 deny
reports that he had been born in log
cabin.
Among the kilograms received today
by Senator Harding was one from the
publishers OF Ohio daily newspapers
who met recently at Columbus.
Your fellow publishers are proud or
tho honor that has come TO you the
telegram said.
Another telegram Of congrRtulation
came from Senator Underwood. OF Ma
bama, the Democratic leader in the sem
ate.
Callers at Senator Harding's office to-
day Included General John Glenn. or
Newark, Ohio.
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TEMPEST ] E! ] !! s. yjN!.I TEAPOT ]
~ over ARCHBISHOP :
l.. MANNIx'S CONDUCT

WASHINGTON, June l5.-Protest
against admission to the United states
OF the Most Reverend Daniel J. Mannix,
archbishop Of Melbourne, has becn nie0
with tho state department, by Marcellus
parsons. !of New York. and several
others. who. with the archbishop. were
passengers on the American steanlor
Ventura, which recently arrived 1t San
Francisco.
The protest which was referred by the
state department today to the bureau
Of immigration. was said by ofnciaia t1
declare that Archbishop Mannix retuSe9
to stand when the Ventura's band played
the British and American national an-
thems in Honolulu harbor.
immigration officials refused 20 COM
ment on the protest, beyond stating inst
il had been referred to them for invests
cation.
The archbishop on his arrival at Ban.
Francisco last week said he came to the
United States TO make a sertoes or leo-l
lures.
The National Catholic Welfare council.t
In q statement today commenting on tn
protest. made public q radio meMAeA
sent by Archbishop Hann4x to Vicar
General Ryan. Of San Francisco. ~
convincing proof n Archbishop naAS
nix's high regard for the United etatel
and his respect for the American nag.
The message said by the council to have
been sent several days before the archA
bishop reached San Francisco read:
Thanks for hospitality. I eAgeffy
await my first opportunity Of Saiutines
the American flag on American soil.
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Bosses Watching for Next
Step-Expect Him to Take
Stump - Wood Gallant
Loser - Lowden Has Rea-
son to Feel Betrayal Keenly
~ MARH SULLIVAN.

CHICAGO. June IA word about
the losers. or all three. Johnson has
the least reason to feel disappointed.
He made. with Borah's help. the hight
TO prevent ratification Of the League Of
Nations. and on that point he won 100
per cent victory. He won 1t over the de-
tcrmincd opposition OF one OF the most
formidable OF the Old Guard leaders.
Murray Crane. and against the organ
lied efforts Of some Of the most power
full elements in the Republican party
Through his campaign johnson said.
again and again. that his main purpose
was TO bring the issue Of the League
OF Nations before the people In the
set speech OF his campaign he used to
say that for that purpose he waA will
ing TO leave his path strewn with
wrecked ambitlons'-a figure OF speech
which most OF US interpreted as mean
ing that II he could make the League Of
Nations an issue In the campaign. he
would ne perfectly willing TO foreEo
the Presidency.
= In that purpose ne has succeeded per-