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New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
American Audience Best
In World, Says Author
Of ''Not So Long Ago.
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Since the days when it was compara-
lively safe to travel in America this
country has welcomed many foreign
visitors, has given them dinners and
parades, and has thereafter read very
meekly the caustic words that these
several visitors have written after
their return to their own several coun-
tries. The war interrupted this Gus
tom; and the visitors since the arm-
stice have done no little, by force of
bring Americans out of their ancient
humility,
1t came less as a shock, then, to hear
Arthur Richman, the author of "Not So
Long Ago" the comedy which will open
on Tuesday evening at the Booth The
ater, praise the taste of American audi
ences. In the days before the war it
would have been considered indelicate;
now-even if comparisons be odious-
it gives us a comfortable feeling to talk
more frankly.
"We are not writing better plays
than they are in Europe" said Mr..
Richman, "but we are producing better
plays. This last season--the last two
or three seasons there have been bet
ter plays produced in New York than
in London, say, or in Paris. believe
that the taste of the American audi
ence is to-day better than that Of the
audience of any other country in the
world. It is true that we have well
coined among our most notable sue
cesses plays by Italian, French, Span
ish, Irish and Russian dramatists, but
the last season also saw the produc-
tion Of Beyond the Horizon by
Eugene ONeill, a native dramatist.
His success and the attitude of the
American public toward the stage at
present can only encourage American
dramatists. There has been in the
past too great tendency to call upon
our native dramatists for popular sue
cesses of no permanent value and upon
+, the foreign dramatists for plays OF
serious worth. The managers who
have blindly indorsed foreign plays be-
cause they were foreign and the play
wrights who have too easily sur
rendered to the bogey Of giving the
public what it wants share the re-
sponsibility for this condition"
This statement Of belief in the
critical judgment of American audien-
COS was not with nv P;cb,,op N nra
liminary to a eulogy of his own play.
1t was with some difficulty that he was
induced to talk of "Not So Long Ago.;
then he spoke briefly of what he termed
"a light romantic comedy Of the '70s."
"Not So Long Ago" will bring to New
York audiences the leisurely New York
of nearly fifty years ago, when Grant
was President. There will be interest
and perhaps envy aroused in the femi-
nine members of the first night audi
ence by the costumes that are to be
brought to the stage Of the Booth The
ater. Mr.. Richman has spent many
days over the files of "Godey's Lady's
Book" and "Harper's Bazar" to bring
back the appealing dress Of those far
off days. when there were no OUTLAW"
strikes, no telephones or telephone
service. no overall parades.
at is light, intentionally" explained
Mr.. Richman. "If the audiences that
we have found on the road are any cri-
terion, I believe that New York will
| also find il amusinpn
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
New York Debut of Ula Sharon

Ula Sharon, the sixteen-year-old
American ballet dancer, will make her
first New York appearance at Aeolian
Hall Wednesday. She will be inter
pret music of Tschaikowsky, Brahms
Saint-Saens, Grieg, Chopin, Debussy
and Hadley. She will be assisted by E.
Robert Schmitz as pianist and by the
Mendelssohn Msla Quartet
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02

We are not quite as mournful as
some of the other reviewers because
the motion picture possibilities of a
play are now an important factor in
determining production Of course, it
is not an ideal condition. But there
never has been such condition in the
theater, and we never hope to see one
The motion picture factor Is by no
means all bad. In some respects it may
exert a healthful influence upon our
dramatic fare. For at least twenty
years American drama has been handi-
capped by the fact that New York was
unchallenged in debating the styles
Plays were written particularly for
Broadway audiences. The road might
take them or leave them.
While it is true that dramatists In
the search for subjects sometimes
ranged north Of Forty-second Street
and south Of the Battery. wherever
they went they carried the New York
point of view. We have been accus-
toned to seeing Kentucky colonies not
as they are, but as New York imagines
them, and all our rural plays are dis
tnctly Favored by the city mans con-
ception Of the farmer and farm life.
Not all our authors have been New
Workers., but most dramatists after one
success came here or hereabouts. Not
infrequently the playwright who had
begun by studying life came to the
heart of the theatrical district and
thereafter studied plays. All too often
the output of a season has represented
little more than the success of pre-
vious season slightly altered.
With the huge movie public before
him, it may be that the dramatist OF
the future will put New York in its
place and take some thought of Des
Moines and Galveston will no longer
be possible to write of cowboys with
the consoling thought, "These may not
be the real thing. but they'll serve to
convince Longacre Square" The time
is coming when the playwright must
remember that, though New York may
be in the pit Of his theater, there also
are distant gallery gods perched upon
the tops Of the Rockies.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Arbuckle in Feature Comedy

The first of the five real feature
comedies in which Roscoe (Fatty) Ar
buckle is to star, by arrangement of
the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
and Joseph NJ. Schenck. will be 'The
Life OF the Party" from a short story
by Irwin S. Cobb,
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Dorothy Dickson Talks
Of Costumes and Their
Influence on Dancing

Dorothy Dickson is one dancer who
comes out firmly against the popular
conviction that dancers should wear as
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
s~%fTE STUDIO eHc~o

we are served inferior dramatic fare ts
the quality Of former day audiences
VI course, there were any number Of
people OF culture and refinement who
enjoyed the drama, but read the signs
which 1t was necessary to distribute
tnlcHlE about even the first class the
aters and reflect that both socially and
rellglously the theater was taboo or
practically out OF the ken of a COM
paratively enormous percentage of the
educated portion of the public. Was
there, indeed, such a wide gap be-
tween a large proportion of the play
going public of that time and their en-
tertainers? I sincerely believe that the
actor to-day faces a more exacting and
critical audience than did the actor Of
the past century, and that it is more
difficult to make a conspicuous sue
cess. Unquestionably the audiences
are larger and less specialized. And
let US also not forget that whereas the
first class players of the golden age
spent their time in few of the larg-
er cities, the actors of preeminent rank
to-day must cover continent.
''In 1897, four years after the death
of Edwin Booth, Joseph jefferson OBJ
served that, in his opinion, the acting
Of the day was quite equal to and in
some respects superior to the acting of
his youth, and in 1919 Forbes Robertson
practically reechoed the sentiment.
Like all living things, dramatic art
must grow and change, and if it would
continue to live it must be interpreted
thought and the modes of expression
and feeling of the generation it
serves"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
AsW w WereSaving-
BY Haywood Broun

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Evening journal., 1920-07-15
BUSINESS GOOD,
FINANCIER SAYS
Morris Plan Bank Founder
Says There Will Be No
Panic
COMMENDS TRADE
ACCEPTANCE PLAN

Business conditions today are bet
ter than at any time since the signing
OF the armistlce. and there Will be no
panic in the United States in the opln-
ion OF Arthur j. Morris, founder Of
The Morris Plan system Of baking.
who discussed retail trade acceplances
and banking conditions Of The pres
enl day at the Rotary Club luncheon
in the Hotel uPont today.
Wall Street and the New York
stock Exchange had become n side
show said Mr.. Morris. when COM
pared with the speculation in com
mobiles going ON from New York to
now much improved. Men are begin
ming TO put a stopwatch on their
seliishness. They are considering the
welfare Of their neighbOrs. Others
are finding that they must cease
boarding goods and unload their
stocks, If they wish TO profit them
selves"
Mr.. Norris did not believe there
would be any material rising in money
rates until after January T. 1921. lie
advised ROlarians 10 do their financing
now in ventures which required
money in the fall, due TO the fact that
tA'At Will ~ a tlidt h'lihliu lNl
capital at that time
The development OF the trade ac-
ceptance in this country was highly
commended by Mr. Morris, on the
ground that 10 made frozen accounts
liquid, such a form q commercial
paper being used as a basis for is
suing OF additional currency.
The Morris Plan. he said, had
loaned more than S2JOOOO00 TO per-
sons on the basis Of their character
and earning capacities, without re
Quiring collateral The Norris Plan is
now developing a national business
lin retail trade acceptances.. this bus
iness air rady amounting to more
than S3OOOOO a month The great
value OF the retail trade acceptance
is that 10 permits a dealer TO obtain
cash for all business which he does
on time payments. The offer Of time
payments TO customers desiring TO
purchases. necessary commodities
greatly increases the volume Of the
dealers sales The dealer obtains
OF a small down payment and a
trade acceptance which ihe local
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
TO SELL HOUSE
+, FORBACK TAXES
Dwelling Condemned Will
BelDisposed of in This
Way
TEARNT DOWN,
ACTING MAYOR SAYS

Plans ore tunder- way by City So
licdtor john W. Huxley. Jr.. 10 sell
fer iaxes.l The diApdaled old frame
property on Pine street. near Second.
condition Iof Nhlchsrcoanlly drew the
wrath "a Acting Mayor George p.
Lyon.
The W1lding has been condemned
ias danger Gus by. Ellis Preston. city
building Inspector, but al attempts
Ro god m owner. who lives In phila-
drlplna. ilO repair or rae Tine slritc-
turr. lk,Vc been unavaillng.
Tear 4 down. exclaimed Acting
Mayor illyOn, hraledly. at a meeting
of C0bn'l. In committee 0f NE
wiIolr imH night, when the subject
was disVl lsscd Tear 10 down, and
then let the owner threaten suit IL
lhe wishes When he does we will
.nIrt him with demand for his back
Stakes
on mOlhn Of Councilman F0rwood.
FdispOsiliOm 0f lhe question was re-
ferrcd 10 Vhc law committee. which
Ia turn ha- put The problem up TO
The city solicitor Tile city solicitor
NnOw piTpAws 10 sell the property
Bor nOn-paNmcnt OF taxes and Then
require the purchaser 10 repair the
elldlng or obey Lyons Injunction
and tear itAdOWn."
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
CAPTURESTILL
INLIQUOR RAID
Officers Allege Kuleza Was
Mixing Special Drink
When Arrested
HELD UNDER BAIL
FOR HEARING

Several gallons Of liquor and
deflly manufactured whiskey Sill
were captured in two raids made on
The west side in the vicinity OF Mary
land avenue and Chestnut streets to-
day
Wladislaw Kuleza. propeller OF a
pool room al 500 Chestnut street
which Is at the luncure Of Maryland
avenue, was arrested on a charge Of
selling "a beverage containing more
than One-half of one per cent. al
cuhol The proprietor OF the still.
which was found in the second story
OF a house at another address i'm Tho
neighhOrhO0d. was not taken
kulcza was arralgncd before Magis-
lraie Stradley, in The basement Of The
Ford building. ana held under 500
bail for hearing al 10 O'Clock next
Tuesday morning. bother who las
a pace near the pool room signed his
DOnd ana he was released.
Frank y. Haley. agent OF the Law
ana order SOCIETY, led the ralding
party. lie was assisted by Constable
William NJ rinsman and II. j. Rein
hardt, a special agent connected with
Inc Oillce NJ W. TruXiOn BOyce. Fed
eral Prohibition Director FOR Della
ware.
ouuuthlN tnufing Inc pool room
me officers quickly placed the pro-
Wlei0r under arrest. Then ihev
searched the place. In the front room
They found bottle containing a con-
coction tasting. Ike whiskey I'm a
hack room they found a gallon Ing
and tin conlainer in which was n
mixture which tasted like Jamaica
ginger.
The officers alleFe that Kuleza was
mixing a drink Of his own which he
had been selling for ten cents a
glass, and that IL contains a kick Of
more strength than the Democratic
nominee. James NJ. Coxe's mule
which he has nicknamed seven Per
Cent"
he. officers also visited a house in
ihe neighborhoOd. exact address on
which They as yet decline 10 give.
where they located a still. which is
something OF a wonder mechanically
u Nas on exhibition later al he Of
icfs OF the Anti Saloon League.
Eighth street, just or Shipley
The still is composed OF an oNlln-
airy lea kettle. from the Spout of
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
GET 500 CASES REAL
STUFF ON BOAT

Confirmation was obtained today R
The reported capture oni board a boa
lying on Claymont of 500 cases 4
nigh class club whiskeY and porS
wine.
The raid on the boat was made
under The direction of federal prohi-
Dltion authorities Of phil&lelphia. as
sisted by officers from Chester ana
tbs city. Officers at the tSvo latter
places declined TO give any informa-
tlon concerning the seizure and re-
lerred all Inquiries 10 the district pro-
hibltion headquarters in Philadelphia.
The value OF the cargo Of liquor is-
purely speculative, although it is said
the club whiskey seized would fetch
$50 a bottle If peddled illicitly. As
there are ~ bottles TO the case. the
total value would run more than
100000.
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
MRS. DE C0RD0VA
RESISTED SLAYER


NEW LONDON. Conn. July 70.
United Press Mrs Florence De
Cordova, wife OF a New York broker,
who was slain by her chauffeur,
Bernard Geisler. near here, was bru-
tally attacked before she was killed.
authorities said today.
Marks We're found on her throat.
indicating that she was choked until
unconscious. DR.. +. l. Payne, who eX-
amin5d the body, informed Prosecut-
ing Attorney Benjamin 5. Hewitt.
Geisler's body was claimed by his
wife and taken back TO New York.
She said she had quarrelled With her
husband because OF Mrs De Cordova
before they separated. She found him
carrying a lock Of Mrs. De Cordova's S
hair, she said, and also learned he had
two pictures OF the woman
Mrs. Geisler said she called Mrs.
De COrdova on the telephone at the
time and demonstrated with her, but
would not repeat what Mrs. De Cor
d0va said in reply.
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
new AUTOS FOR
FIREEXECUT|VES
Chief Tells Council He6ls
Re-Districting City +
Companies
PLAN WINS
SOLOMS' APPROVAL

Three new mNor cars will le
bought by The cityNat once, for use Oh
The nre chief and, hAs two assistants,
and three old cars.damaged In, service
VIII be- sold 10 Mc'hinlest binkr. 10
was made clear. lhoW,Aer. BY MEM
hers OF Council siHng in commit %
of lhc whole last niglN, thN pur-
chase Of new cars wOuld\in rh way
be- an obstacle tO establishing "a paid
department should the volunteer
companies cease service. wlwnt their
contracts expire In the fall.
uu mOiiun OF Councilman NDral
hams thc fire cOmmiaier was aulhOr-
iZed 10 buy "A Dodge ear for The ,usr
Of The chief and two FOrds FOR hislas-'
slstanls. A bort car in placa Of NE
Dodge was favored by Councilman
Faulkner. Fire dAief William J. lMis.
who was present. sald he personally
preferred a DOdg,
The Dnlgc ear will cost 81 300 and
the Ford's s6Si each. or a total ~
S2C62 Tho bort was offered at sii6J.
several offers some In writing ana
some verbal. havcNbeen made for ine
three old Ford ears the highest being
/ $500. TWO Of the cars are IN TIE
basement OF the Public Building and
The third is In heN Brandywine fire
I house.
Advertisements willNbc Inserted in
the newspapers calling for BIDS and
llii highest bidder VIII get The car.
During discussion OF lllc purchase
OF the neW cars, several gOuncilmen
advocated restricting lhc' speed at
which The drivers run. President
Lyon raised the question OF respon-
| sihiliiy In case one ~ the caiS,shOuld
Nil a person.
city Solicitor Huxley statedtliiat the
chiefs were employees Of the CITY and
the city would be held accountable.
/ President Lyon declared the only
I guide 90 the future was the past and
that the record Of The past shows
careless driving and many accidents.
| lie advocated bonding the chief and
assistants
Councilman Means urged the pas
sage Of an ordinance defining the
speed at which the chiefs could
Z travel Chief Lulz then said.
"li has been said that we should be
/ Judged by The past ! do not want To-
be Judged by The past. ] have beel
careful and believe the other men
have, but accidents are sometimes un-
aVOldable."
] 'Hll'l luz litu duNnuNFu nc WAS
arranging with his assistants 10 di-
vide the city into fire zones so an
three would not he Obliged 10 rum
/ o. every fire. big or little In most
residential districts. he said one a.
reciing head was sufficient In the
| downtown business or warehouse
district. all three might be needed.
This plan was heartily commended
by he COuncllmen The chief fur
Their asked permission 10 have thl
Dodge ear ordered for him palntc,
"nrc department red al hls own *
pru-e. AZ present the CHIEF Is nslnl
lanis are using iaXlcabs or any We
hIclA handy.
Evening journal., 1920-07-15

hesribeais Of the American people
for a year or more.
MY campaign will be dedicated 10
the task Of bringing peace with hon
or, Of readiusiing the affairs OF Give
llizatlon. and Of the past Therefore,
The things that the senator believes
vital and pertinent from his Isolated
perspective will not. In an prObahil-
ity. be 50 regarded by me. His last
staiemen' Is but re ieraiiOn Of
what has been said IN the Senate
time after time. so n this campaign on
the one hand develops into mere
morning sessions Of The senate, you
WI WY readily pcrc I've the use
lessness of daily response"
The outstanding fact OF this state
meni is that Governor Cox dOdsed an
reference 30 the League OF Nations.
although the subject was brought
sQuareiy up 70 him by senator Hard
lng. There is. Of course. a portion of
the statement which might be regard
ed a. covering the ground but II ad-
mlttedly Is vague and indefinite The
whole purport Is that there will be a
minimum OF statements flying back
and forth between the nominees.
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
SCHOOL AUXILIARY
TO REVIVE CODE

At meeting tomorrow Of the Della
ware school Auxiliary Association.
which has the administration OF the
fund Of more Than S2.OOO.OOO given bv
P. 5. DUPONT for schools Of the State.
Steps VIII be taken 10 revise the char
ter so as 10 conform with the new
school law replacing the old school
Code.
Under its charter The association
was given authority TO dispense the
DUPONT fund In accordance with the
provisions OF the code Now that the
code has been revised. the charter
must also be revised i'm order 10 per
NIT continuance Of The associations
work.
The meeting has been called for
li.W o'clock tomorrow morning
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
To-day $ The Evening Journal Circulation
POSSES SURROUND
ESCAPED CONNECTS

HELENA. Ark. July - CUniled
Press)-A posse at daybreak was re-
ported as surrounding six Negroes,
escaped cmvcts. who yesterday at
lacked the guard in charge Of The
ROAD gang on which. they were as
signed.
The guard was beMen into insen-
sibility and robbed The Negroes
escaped 90 the Mississippi River and
forced a bOatman TO ferry them over.
Near Friar Point. Miss. they surpris-
ed and beat the city marshal who at
tempted to apprehend them
4 posse OF Arkansas and Miss.s-
sippi officers was reported about a
wood near Friar Point early today
waiting for daylight.
The Negroes were said TO be
armed.
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
MISS TAFT is BRIDE.

MURRAY BAY, Que, July 10 UNITED
Press Miss Helen Taft, daughter Of
ex-Presidcnt William Howard Taft.
was married here today to Frederick
johnson Manning, professor in Amer
lean History at Yale University, New
Haven, Conn.
Miss Taft, who was formerly presi-
dent Of Bryn Mawr College, was given
in marriage by her fathers
The weddingiwas attended by many
Americans wh0'are spending the sum-
mer months at this resort.
The newly-wed couple will leave
shortly for a tour Of Canada and re-
turn via the Northern United States
10 New Haven
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
GONZALES HEADS
MEXICAN REVOLT

NEXlC0 ClTYt iJuly 70 United
press-) lnlimaiioIN that Pablo Con
zalez, former candith2e for lhe Maxl-
'cau presidency. h,H revoled against
the d. la nuerip-Obrcg0n govern
,menls was contained In the announce
meni made by the war ministry to-
day that one Of Gbnzalezs generals.
lreno' Nillareal, haChstarted an upris-
ing at MonterON
Vnlareal was deflaated by govern
ment troops, asahe had only POO men.
lt was belieyedsthe uprising was for
Chez parpDse Of kcoWr1ng light from
the siiS OF General Ganzalcz. who
was expected TO mobilize force
mgalnsa Llhn preseIit NrNlcAn rnglmc.
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
MARRIAGE IICENsEs

Magistrate Harry B. Stradley has IS
sue. The following marriage licenses
during the past few days.
Stanley j. Baker, 2705 West seventh
street, TO Catherine Baker, 2ii Walnut
street.
Lucius C. Allen, WoodstOwn. N. j.,
t. Louise Sentman, Newark, Del.
Nathan j. Bailey Si2 Washington
street, TO Lulu Giles, iii9 B street.
francesca Frame TO Madaleno Syl-
vestri, both OF ? West Front street.
John r. Sheen, COB Orange street.
o. Laura b. Pennock, 700 West street.
Edward Przylucki to Helen Dziedzic,
both Of sol East Third street
John CzOk0l0, 30i South Adams
street, TO Frances SkunzoWski
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
HAi IA! ALSO HEl HEi
SAYS SHE To LAW

Los ANGELES Miss Ina Goldman
iS and pretty, was arrested for
laughing at a cop hut she won't have
10 go 10 jail for it Warned by the
officer FOR some slight breach OF pub
lie dance hall etiquette Miss Goldman
broke into such peals of happy gig
giles That the cop called the wagon.
Judge Richardson sentenced her to
30 days in Jail for laughing at the law
hut suspended sentence Keep away
from dance halls until you're 2l.N
said The court
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
TOO MUCH RELIGION.
STORE OWNERS SAY

SEATTLE Religious street sp,ak-
ers attract such crowds on down
town streets here that store keepers
have talked 10 the pollen "They
block The doors OF our stores and
sometimes ihe mOhs are So dense
That windows are broken Can't sal
walton occur elsewhereg" The cops
promised 10 nX II.
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
BORDER TROOPS TRANSFERRED.

MASUINGTON, July 10 -UnlIed
Press )-Relief OF the ifth cavalry
from duty on the Mexican border,
where it has been for eight years, and
lis assignment 10 Fort Des MOines, Ia,
was announced today by the War De
pariment
II was also announced that. the 3rd.
10th and 35th Infantry, which have
been on the border from four to seven
years. are to be replaced by other
regiments that have never seen bor-
dor snrNirn
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
Morris plan bank discounts for the

Morris Plan bank discounts for the
dealer.
lie thus obtains cash and the bank
carries the account. The plan has
proved OF great value to customers
who desire to purchase furniture,
electrical appliances. automobiles, etc.
Mr.. Morris said that the retail trade
acceptance business would even be
developed on a large scale IN VIII
mingion.
There was a musical program be-
fore Mr.. Morris spoke.
After the luncheon next Thursday,
the Rotarians will vnsit the Boy
Scout camp at Randalia, on the Back
river near ElktOn. Md.
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
SLIGHT TO FLAG ALLEGEn

CHICAGO. July i5.-Evidence con-
corning alleged radical tendencies Of
William Br0ss Lloyd, wealthy Social
isl, was introduced yesterday in the
trial Of twenty alleged members of
the Communist party, charged with
conspiracy TO overthrow the govern
ment.
Francis X. Irving Chicago police
man, testified that in 1918. after he
had fOrcibly removed a red flag from
gloyd's automobile, the defendant
told judge Graham that ne valued
The red flag higher than the American
flag.
Evening journal., 1920-07-15
JEDD LIKES THREE
pIATOON SycTEN

CINCINNATI. O-The three-plaioon
system worked wonders for Judd Ben
i9min. city fireman here. In The Old
days Of the 2i-hour shift. Judd had
no time 90 himsonf. Under the new
plan he had tima 90 tend a 9-acre
farm and recently he sold s2i worth
of cabbage and tomato plans