New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-25
words and music by AL Jolson. Th
words are:

words are:
We think the country's ready
For man like Teddy,
O"e wno Is fighter through and through:
w e need another Lincoln
. 10 do the nations thlnkfn'
AND Mister Harding we've selec.aa ~,
W course, when Jolson SANG. "rin.
coin was "Linkin."
r, ney sang the chorus, and Senator
Hardlng's foot tapped to the cade nee NJ
the music: "a
Harding. lead the G.. O. p.
IIlhrulng on to victory
Ne re mere to make fuss
caster harding. you're the man for U.s.
nlahche Ring sang Rings on NV
ii1sers' Leo Garlic delivered a politi-
Cal s speech in Italian dialect, Lew Cody
Eugene O'Brien, Texas Guinan and
Aena keefc were introduced and
attempted a speech and then. aftar
Whispering in Senator Harding's oar
al Jolson said, to the amazement of
the nominee:
I'm going to be the next Ambassa
dor to China" -s q
=, men Senator Harding spoke to
Lhen- he might have told them that
.e' too' mad once been an actor, or at
tease rad been on the stage, but he re
Trained. That was when he was a
young man in Marion. With a friend
ne joined company that. was stranded
IN MARION. They went to a town near
ny and were straNded again, so that
young Harding returned to Marion in
stead OF sticking to the theater. In
stead, he told them about plays he had
enjoyed. He said:
Against One-Star Drama
there are many plays especially
written for notable stars and thew
nave become largely vehicles for one
genius In the cast There is, of course
FASCINATION IN such drama, but it
makes the spectator very much de-
pendent upon one individuality. and if
the star should be incapacitated for
any reason, there is inevitable disap-
polntment. | think it very practical
thlng to suggest that our American
popular government ought not to be
ohe-leader or one-star drama of mod
ern clvlllzation. | want to commend
the policy of each and every ore hav-
ing his part to play, and we all must
play with enthusiasm in order to per-
feet the whole production.
We have been drifting lately under
one-lead activities and | am sure the
American people are going to welcome
change of the bill. For the supreme
offering we need an all-star cast pre-
sentlng America to all the world.
Running over in my mind some of
the recollectlons of the stage, recall
two plays, the production of which left
an impression that l shall never for
get, especially in their bearing on the
present state of human affairs.
I'm one, The Passing of the Third
Floor Back Forbes Robertson played
the leading role. The Stranger in the
play urged upon a discordant, sus-
picious boarding house family the
gospel of simplicity and honesty and
understanding. With rare SYM
pathy and great patience, with whole
some good sense and fine example
IN himself, he transformed the house
hold and planted happiness where dis
cord had flourished He put an end
to cheating, drove snobbery out, and
set the flowers of fellowship abloom.
We need in our American lives and
throughout the world the lesson this
Stranger taught.
His was no radical teaching, his
was not highly dramatic nor sensa-
tional example, there really was not
very striking punch in thing that
he said. but the Stranger was sooth-
ing and helpful and encouraging and
uplifting; He left sunshine where
the shadows of gloom had darkened.
and he did it all through sympathy
and understanding. He uncovered
reality, and put pretense aside.
Recalls "Charles w
"The Other play was one of Mans
fields superb productions, Charles W
if my memory is correct par
ticularly recall camp scene on the
night before a crucial battle, and as
recall it now the King put aside his
regal garb, and clad as simple SOL
der went among his armed forces to
learn their feelings, their confidence,
their fears and ascertained on terms of
equality and intimacy what monarch
might never have learned in any other
way. And he found that the heart of
his army was right. He asked con-
corning the morrow, and he found con-
fidence of the rank and file, and to-
gether they fought in triumph the next
day.
There is no kingship in this repub-
lie, but thoughtful Americans are Won
dering about the morrow Is our civil
ization secure? 1t is we'll to know what
is in the hearts of men and women
who are gathered before the camptires
of human progress. There is the mem
CRY of yesterday. the horrors of to-