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The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-15

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The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-15
VALUABLE HORSE
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The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-15
TERRELL'S OFFICE
 RECEIPTS LARGE
The First Quarter of 1920 Yielded S3O.93250, the Largest in History by Several Thousands-More Pay
 for Teachers Probable.
Special to The star

Special to The Star
 April 9-The receipts of the office of Secretary Of State Tom J. Terral are exceeding those of other periods in the history of the office The first quarter of 1920 yielded a total revenue of s3o, ,9S2.5O. of which sl ,959 was de rived from the sale of books and the balance from fees of various charae- ter The nearest approach to this amount was $is.267 for the first quar- ter of 1919. The receipts for the cor. responding period of 1917 were slS,- 00S15, and for 1918, sl0,677 This is an indication of the growth in the business being handled by the Seere- tay of State state government There has never been q time when the state Government has been so great a busi. ness institution, and when various de- partments have been so loaded down with work. Twenty-Five years ago the entire state government was housed in the old state house. but now the State Highway Department alone would almost fill that historic struc- ture There are scores of state em- ployes where there used to be one. But no one should begrudge this increased business, rather should it be source of pride that the state is growing so rapidly in importance and in the vol ume of business that must be trans acted for the people"
The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-15
 WORTHY OF PROMOTION

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The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-15

 The campaign for increased pay for teachers is meeting with splendid re- suits.
 Apparently, the sense of justice of the people has been finally aroused to the injustice that has been done the teachers of the state It was forced upon them by the retirement of great numbers of teachers to seek more re- munerating occupations. An actual teacher shortage was staring the peo- pie in the face, and something had to be done or the schools would suffer an irremediable loss
 So the Boards began raising sala- ries. It was not confined to Arkansas but it has been a nationwide move ment. In Chicago flat raise of $400 was granted all teachers, and other cities are doing as well or better
 Little Rock is one of the cities that have done better the Board having granted an increase of 50 per cent to all teachers, white and colored The University of Arkansas and the State Normal School Boards have granted an increase of from 25 to 30 per cent. The Boards of Hot Springs and Fort Smith are among the larger cities working on proposed increases, while many of the smaller places have al. ready advanced to the salaries. Un- less this is done, it will be impossible for teachers to continue in their pro- fession at the starvation wages which have been paid
The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-15
TRENCH INOOPS
 FIRE INTO MOB
Citizens at Frankfort Demonstrate and Six Are Killed by DeGouetts's Men-Berlin Gets Blame-says
 Citizens Received Orders.

Frankfort, April &. Colored troops turned a machine gun on a crowd in the schlllerpIatz this afternoon, kill. ing six and wounding 30 persons.
 Offieiai reports nad not yet been re. ceived and accounts of the incident are being accepted with reserve
 A well authenticated report, how ever states a force of 200 Moroccan soldiers was surrounded by a threat ening mob that gathered in Schiller platz. The officer of the force became separated from his men and was hus- tied off by the Germans, and the men, seeing his arms waving above the heads of his captors, believed him in danger One fired his rifle and the others charged with the bayonet
 Berlin Is Blamed.
 The first day of the occupation of Frankfort passed without incident The reception by the population was almost cordial said General De Goueite. the French commander. on his return from a tour of inspection
 Then suddenly, on orders from Der lin, certain ferment seized the popu- lat;on This ferment degenerated in to aggression and our soldiers in self defense were obliged to use arms. As far as l know we had no losses.
 The incident shows how we must watch proceedings in Berlin and that Is why the events in the Ruhr demand my whole attention. You cannot con sider what is going on in the Ruhr and here apart. There is a close relation between the events we are witnessing today The aggressions at Frankfort and events in the Rhur are attributa- bie to the same military reaction. Of 9hat we have absolute proof.
 Action Indicate Orders.
 Stores in Frankfort were open yes xerday morning as usual, it Is said, but
 were closed simultaneously with the gathering of groups of young men throughout the town. Incidents occur red in various parts of the city but exact details have not as yet been learned A German woman. however, stated she saw a French guardhouse threatened by hostile crowd and that the soldiers had to fix bayonets 50 free themselves.
 It is insisted that responsibility for uhe disorders does not lie with the whole population of Frankfort. A Frenchman who knows the city we'll affirms half of the citizens are favor able tc the French, a quarter are sin different and the remainder are hos sfla
The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-15
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New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Art Is Stage Asset.
Asserts Author of
Nv oman to WOnnan''

MOuPLING art with the CONNER
w. cial tneater seems paradoxical
but that is precisely what Michael
Morton does. Whether the commercial
managers think as does this British
playwright is another question, but at
least Mr.. Morton supports his theory
with a formidable array OF facts.
What the manager describes as a
highDrow play is, in the opinion OF
the author OF The Yellow Ticket, -
nothing moro nor less tiian all artistic
play, and he claims that art. with re
speot to this drama. S tsc box Office
greatest asset
"An artistic play is play which is
done i'll the right way, play which
deals with real life, real people and
real atmosphere" says Mr.. Morton.
'Beautified by touch Of Imagination,
it is made art All this is inspired by
4 higher intelligence than the ordinary,
and it is this higher intelligence that
commercial manager shifts at, be-
cause he thinks it is above the heads
Of the crowd. l think he is wrong.
Take the pres, for example. It molds
public ooin;on. and me leading at
cles. written By 20. w . Egi.e~
inteili geace, are 2 guide 10 TIE crowd,
which generally follows the way That
is pointed out to them by the higher
intelligence. The crowd must under
stand this higher intelligence or it
could not be swayed by it. For the
same reason, why should not the crowd
be attracted by play full Of thought,
sometimes rejecting life as 1t is, some
times as 1t should bet That is why
say that an artistic play Is. to my
mind, more commercially valuable than
1 crudaly constructed, crudely wr;
ten play by mind Of the lower intelli-
Garce.'
Michael rsor4on is making his first
visit to America since 1913 to super
wise rehearsals of his new play,
"Woman to Woman which will be
produced by A. H. Woods. who also
produced 1.-THE Yellow Ticket" more
than six years ago. Between "The
Yellow Ticket" and Woman to
Woman" Mr.. Morton wrote nothing for
the theater.
Realty killed imagination during
the war" he explained. Zone couldn't
think Of plays. I am glad that my
latest effort is to oe produced by m
old friend like Mr. Woods. Woman
to Woman is q very modern playa
woman's play, as the title indicates.
hope that when women come to-
gether, as men do, for heart to heart
talk with their own standard of honor,
as men have, that the expression
woman to woman will come naturally
to their lips, as it does to tho stronger
(Cnne4nueT an uaw<
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Opera,'b
John Gay, Ushered
ln Musical Comedy
~ &

n4HEN old John Gay, poet and bal
" lad writer, and one Of the bril-
liant circle Of wits and men Of
letters Of the eighteenth century, fol-
lowing the suggestion Of Dean Swift
that "a Newgate pastoral might make 8
pretty thing" wrote "Thc Beggar's
OPERA" he could have had little idea Of
the length of time his work would sur
vive; nor that after nearly two hun
dred years audiences would still find the
i.unlor rollicking, the situations inter
esting, tho characters ifelisc. ana the
story amusing.
Until its revival in London 81 geason,
and its further revival by Alenur Hop
kins at The Greenwich Village Theater,
beginning Wednesday night, this old
play, like many others of bygone age,
lay virtually unknown to all save those
especially interested in dramatic liter
ature. Few know, even, that it had
been one Of the favorites of our early
Colonial theaters, or that it had been
given here In New York less than sew
enty years ago.
Yet 1t proved to bo an important step
in the progress of the stage, and blazed
g new trail which has led down 10 our
modern musical comedy. Lavinia Fen
ton, the original Polly of the piece.
who overnight became the toast OF the
town, as the pioneer invader of high
life circles set the pace for a long line
Of stage favorites when she captured a
ducal coronet and retired into private
life at the end of the run OF sixty-three
nights.
1t was, however, in breaking the hold
OF tradition-bound Italian opera, and
paving tho way for plays with sturdy
English music, that Gay rendered his
greatest service. John Ireland said
"Gay must be allowed the praise Of hav-
ing attempted to stem the Italian LIQUID
stream, Of having almost 81
fenced that absurd, exotic italian opera,
which previous to this WAS the grand
pursuit of the fashionable world. He
drew up song against sing-sing. and to
tho soft sonneteering stanza Of Italy
opposed the nervous old ballads of Eng
land"
Gay was accused Of having written a
parody OF Italian opera, but there is
little to uphold this contention though
there has be. much discussion, pro and
con, Of tho subject. Tho fact Of his
having put the word Opera" in the
title means nothing since it was the
custom Of the day TO apply that name
unfortunately to any and all kinds OF
theatrical productions. It is probable
that he used it moro to indicate that his
new piece WAS provided with songs than
for any other reagoH. This is all the
moro likely TO have been the caee, since
1t WAS not intended, originally, to have
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
nnrilynn Miller
Disc0Uers Her Voice

IT HERE was once a notion that
voice was gift and that per-
spn had IT. or didn't have IL. De-
yelopments of the last two seasons
haYe revealed the fact that now and
again player may suddenly 30 out
and acquire voice II his need Is
zumGentiy great. There was John
barrymore, vino grew one overnight
"a play In "Eichard Ill.," and now
Alss Xarilynn Miller has gone and
So1nd hergelf singing voice TO help
her osit In "sally"
In previous seasona IT. mas cus-
Nroary N remark whenever Mrs
1ijier began 10 sing, "Don't you
think she's wonderful dancer?"
All that hes been changed. She IL
stlll wonderful dancer, TO be cure,
bat now sbs also sings oxcecdingly
vkasantiy In small but sweet and
rel trainsd yoice.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26


ID John Ervine's "Mixed Marriage" !"
QH playing at the Bramhall Theater
with the same authors Jane
f-agg" seen here last season. The
feo~-h IN tie artistic stat-sc o. the
..s-z.at.-s "a chiefly notable neither in
e .1ceyt-o. ror tne Development o. &
.rctie.a. br. IN 80 sc.ut.on. Jane
t.egg, nc late yTo..s, cGas IS : must
end. Accident 5 NOT factor in the
an pietion OF tne story. But MIXED
Marriage" after moving through three
acts in close step with logic, suddenly
falls away to mere death by mus
ketry. And it IS quite evident that it
ends in this manner simply because
Irvine was not ingenious enough to
-hink up anything better.
Consider the problem which has been
pGa for the characters n mixed
Marriage" a Protestant. boy and g
Catholic giri fail III love aHd decide
. marry in spite of the protests of
tie boys father. A. length point is
reached where the cill must either
-iye up her man OF bring on bitter
ness Of religious bigotry wnich Will
break the strike in which ali the peo-
PIE in the play are engaged. The boy
and tho girl refuse to make the sacri-
ice. Old Mr.. Rainey deserts his post
Catholics and makes violently pro-
vocative speech to meeting Of Orange
fnen. The strike fails, as the workers
llesert the cause Of labor to war among
themselves about religion. Eventually
ro.s break out and the girl is shot
and allied when squad CT troops drc
sqoA II Enruiy rnob.
Ta's tragedy does not rise inevitably
81. Of the problem. The difficulty and
Danger Of mixed marriage cannot be
said TO lie, generally, in the posi-
bility that one OF the persons entering
into such a union will be shot. In
deed, Mrs. Rainey definitely states the
problem involved, early in the play, but
ErYine neglects TO follow up her hint.
When Hugh frst tells his mother that
ae io7eg Nora and means to marry her
IN spite of the fact that he is Prot
estant and she Catholic the mother
makes no objection, but she does seek
y impress upon him that he must
A2zc up his mind ~ face come peril
ous decisions Hugh secks to pass of
ne wnole question lightly with the re-
max: "Aw, ia, half the religion in
the wurl' is like disease that ye get
rum yer father. I'm Prodesan
scause you an me da are Prodesans,
an Nora's a Cathlik acause her par
ents wur Cathliks; and you and he
are Prodssans acauss you da and ma
wers Prodesanz. and they were Cath
,.ss acause THAR parents wur Catn-
lks. I'd Ike a time I'll come when
r a. was a Cathlik or Prodesan acause
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
AT the Hippodrorne

Thousands Of children. holiday
making, will come to the Hippodrome
this week to see Charles Dillingham; 3
pageant "Good Times" Besides the
Futurity race, depicting Man O Wars
victory, introduced last Monday. there
will be other features. Margaret Nc
Kcc, whistler, will make her debut In
the Toyland scene, and Powcrs's cle-
phants win introduce baseball di.
ta.n.ae,t
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
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zig Hz~ [azzzx:L-Z@e .x~y~& ,vvo>e
As We w ere Saying

he felt in his sowl it wus the right
thing til be-"
CAY, indeed" answers Mrs. Rainev.
but, man, Hughie, whin ye come. til
bring up yer childer it's ouarc how
ye don't think like that. It's all right
for sou an her-ye're separate, We
see-nut its different with childher.
" can't say. this chile's NE and That
chile's her. They're jus like as if
ye Wa botA -anped together. lis very
difficult t.
AAd, probably, for ths very reason
that it is very difficult, Ervinc said no
more about the true heart of his prob
lem, but went on to loose rife fire and
shoot down his heroine in time to end
the play. 1t seems to US rather law
and conventional ending for fine
play. He has learned better in the
years since he wrote "Mixed Marriage. ~
, The quiet parting scene which brought
Jane Clegg" to close had an in
tensity and power which trsnscended
artillery
In writing about Ervine the realist
lt IS well to bear in mind that for Ell
MS git 10 make people use true tall,
and to behave as rational human be-
ings he let's no opportunity for situs
ton escape him. 1t s no dull and
drab realism. The process Of selec-
ton has gone on, all unobserved bv
audiences, and Ervine succeeds thereby
in making true things fully as exciting
as fictional ones. Few modern drama
fists have written better acting
parts. Even the dramatists Of an
older school, VINO put rapiers into the
aards of their heroes, treated them
10 more handsomely. Indeed, Erviuc
Is not even simon pure realist in his
choice o. materials. John Ferguson" ,"
for instance, had all the elements, or
at least many, OF conventional melo-
drama. Once more we had the mort
gage and the grasping landlord and the
stern o.d father and tbs wronged
daughter. But they were not conven-
tional figures when Ervine got through
with them. They looked not unlike the
folk we had seen before many times,
but there were significant differences
in speech. They talked so easily and
simply that we were persuaded to ac-
cept them as real, and when wa took
them it was only natural that we should
take their story too.
Somewhat the game magical process
occurs in MIXED Marriage" Here is
nothing strikingly original IN plot, and
surely Ervine is not the first or the
last dramatst to portray woman who
looks upon all men as children, wom-
an whose love for her husband is large
ly maternal affection. We would not
even contend that he had not let the
flgurc get away from him at moments
into the boggy ground Of fsentimentality.
But ne brings her bravely out. He has
not been content TO sketch type. Care
ful observation and the portrayal Of
snail detail have gone to the creation
Of woman. Thsspart is savored With
tumor Nor ahS2hd another vital di2-
ference betweeQ frs. Rainey of "Mixed
Marriage" and tho all-too- familiar
sanity mother Of the modern drama
20 unremarked-Mrs. Rainey is played
bv Marnaret Wycheriy.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
new Cbeatrieal OgfeYirlas Of tbe Week

MONDAf-At the Belmont his
second production Of the Miss
dramalzation Of her
In the cast Louise Closer Hale
rol McComa Beth Warden, Holden Brigham
Royce Willard
At the Lyric Thaer present Her Fam
Seymour Smons
julius Tannen Al Roberts, Morgan Morrison
Una Fleming, Thema nd other
At the Lexington Theater Fritz
sagent in shakeDearean
aorrow evening Some Of The
Aatherlne Sa}res Virginia Bronson Pauline
John C. Hickey, Wallis Roberts and John Burke
Athe Manhaan Opera House
Iebor
"Wo Die Lerche Sngt' ("Where Sngs) alec he
presented Tuesday, Wednesday
matinee New Years Eve
Grofa" will be ~
present their second BILL playing
"0c play ny eugene oNel entitled "Dirent" farce bv
Lawrence Vail entitled What Wan" y
"EDNESDN-At the Winter will nrase+
fasshg Sho" OF 1921 Willie Eugene Howard i, a.
s-eiaf positions Marie Dressr
Harold Aferdge wrote the book Jean
music D. u huffman staged the which is in weny two
scenes lhere are twenty-six numbers ~
AT the Greenwich Village Arthur HorL;rs c,
hggars OPERA by John The Artb,r Inc
Nlagrah Percy Feming, Alfred Heater Arnold
ona'nam Lena Maitland Sylvia Nes, Dora Rosei Nonr' r,
Edith Bartlett -" S"' -Nonhy Lock
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
y; $taqe Gossip @

.eM ORA BAYES promises a choru:
~ made up exclusively OF chorus
girls FOR "Her Family Tree" il
which she will come to the Lyric Thea
ter tomorrow night. Assurances ar,
made there is neither countess, so
ciety girl q school teacher, sociology
cal worker nor a sculptress among
those in the merry merry" The sing.
ing com mediennc outlined her policy tc
the press agent with the show at the
beginning of the short road tour pre-
paratory to the New York opening.
"Wc'vc departed from the usual {
ereat many tines in this play shJ
said, 80 let'a do il again and have nc
stories about girls lc,.ving their lux1-
ricus Riverside Drive homes cr fleeing
ali the way across Russia and the Fast
eide to join my chorus. These girls
ere just hard-working, self-respe
chorus girls and nothing else, and
every one has been a chorus girl be-
fore, or she wouldn't be here"
ing things by their proper names.
Gone will be the gesticulating, white
yloved, baton-waving musical director
when the Shubcrts present "7'he Pass
ing Show of 1922 at the Winter Gar-
cen on Wedne sday evening. He will
be present, OF coarse. but invisible tc
the audience, according TO new seat
e arrangements for the orchestra
which are now being completed in the
theater. 1t has been decided that the
musical director, although he plays an
important part in the production, de-
tracts too much from the stage and
really appears as the dominant factor
in spectacles musical and dramatic.
"The innovation is one I have long
had in mind" says J. c. Huffman, who
staged the latest Winter Garden pro-
duction. at has always seemed to me
that it was the poorest SOFT OF stage
art to have u man in evening dress the
central figure IN, say Il scene in ancient
Egypt, which had been designed by a
famous artist and which was filled
with gorgeous costumes worn by the
best players obtainable. Yet that was
the practical result.
"The theater is the home Of illusion.
1t aims to present an illusion Of life
as it is lived somewhere on the globe.
But with conductor standing on q
pedestal to make himself more con-
spicuous than the play, the illusion
flies out of doors"
Eighteen years ago Fred Stone, who
now s appearing at the Globe Theater
In "Tip Top" and his late partner,
David Montgomery, found themselves
in their dressing room with an hour
to spare and nothing in particular to
do. One OF them, Stone does not re-
member which one, suggested game
Of hearts. To Snake the game four
handed William Mncuufrn nns;cnI III -
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
At the Columbia

Barney Gerard will present Watson
and Conan in "Girls de Looks" as the
attraction ut this home of burlesquc.
1t will run for u week and there will
be an extra midni9ht aht{s On Ncw
Years EYA.