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New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

NAME, DAISY DANIELS.

NAMEs DAISY DANIELS.
Present occupation: Chorus, "The
Night Boat" Liberty Theater.
Former occupation: School teacher,
Westfeld, Mass.
That is what . census would reveal
not only in the case of Miss Daniels.
but also Of five other young women
who dance nightly in the amusing Dill
lingham production.
It's q long jump from country
school In Massachusetts town to q
place behind the feotlights Of Broad
way theater. A kindergarten class
with numerous, active children; an
old-fashioned country school; small,
unintcresting town--that was Daisy's
environment in the place Of her birth.
Add to this the fact that she received
the modest sum of S75 monthly for her
efforts as schoolmarm and it is not
difficult to find the reason for Daisy's
choice OF the stage, where she has been
active in big, busting city, is en-
joying herself on the stage, and Is
earning more than the $35 a week, the
present minimum for chorus girls, and
is saving money, she says. Can she be
blamed for forsaking Westfeld and the
normal school where she was prepared
for the career Of kindergarten
teacher?
Daily the dow pay of the school
teacher is gaining prominence In the
newspapers and in the public eye.
School organizations which have been
built up through years of careful eff
fort are disintegrating because of lack
NJ rrh 1v
the school teacher. During the last
year the National Education Associa-
tion has reported total loss of 140, ,00O
teachers in the United States, and
teachers are on the lookout for work
Which will pay them more or offer them
some favorable prospects. Where are
these former teachers going? Many
are going into business as private sec
retaries, as clerks, some even as heads
OF departments. And the stage is re-
ceiv'ng its quota of recruits. The six
former teachers in the chorus of "The
Night Boat" frankly admit that they
nave gone on the stage because of the
much larger return for the amount ol
effort required. They are singing and
dancing for salaries which represent in.
creases of ut least 100 per cent ove1
their former salaries as school teach
ers, and in some cases nearly 200 Del
cent over their former salaries.
While chorus girls are not chose1
necessarily for their brain capacity
the premium being put on good looks
grace and ability to dance, a college O.
normal school training will not bar
school teacher who desires to follow
the example set by the girls in thi
nautical muscial comedy. Chorus girl
are now organized and have fixed So
as the minimum wage which manager
must pay them for playing in .Ney
So. compared with the average wag
paid to the school teacher and consid
ering what is required of the latter
Chorus -girling" seems easily the NOR,
proFfable profession.
"Of course, I like the stage bette;
than teaching school in Westf eld," sait
slender, dark-eyed Daisy Daniels. "Tht
work is easier and much more pleasan
and besides, there is more money i,
it. After ALL that counts for some
thing, doesn't it7" she asked simply.
With some people it counts for all.
we replied.
Not only is tho country school teach
81. represented in the chorus Of "Tht
Night Boat" but New York's educa
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Intimate Information From the Realm OF Make-Believe
Poor, Downtrodden Actor
|. Struggled Along in 1919 ]
On Paltry $25yOO0yOOO

motion picture actors (some starr u
ceiving . million dollars q yeAri =
burlesque actors and to actors in lnS
stoc companies were included.
Paying actors and actresses the M.
Of $4,000 900 was only one of the iten1
for which the managers and psoduceT
had to dig down in their pockets. The1
tres had to be rented, costumers had Z
be paid, scenic artists sent in th.E
bills, authors had to receive their soy.
atty checks, the business manager asd
his staff had to be kept in good humor
by a periodical application Of the smil..
producer, money and newspapers aDF
billboard concerns had to be paid ~
advertising space and printing. a
Although the guardian of the fleurs@
at the Offices Of the Messrs. Shuhers
would not even tell the amount of monsv
that the firm had spent for postass
stamps during the year 1919 and no ons
else in the organization would furnjsb
any information, well-informed men fn
theatrical circles estimated that abou.
SO 900, 900 in salaries was paid to tby
actors under the Shubert management.
during the year, the actors in one Of
the firms many organizations alone r..
ceiving more than $2,000,000 for ii.
year.
Comstock & Gest. with twenty.
eight companies, come next, their an.
proximate payments to actors totaliae
SO ,890, 900. A. H. Woods, with 81 ,93as
244, and Charles Dillingham;, with two
productions at the Hippodrome and
eight others, paying in ali s1,TSf,.
500, round out the list of the four
leaders.
Those above the half-million marx
arc in order, Cohan & Harris, ST..
5S4 900; F. Ziegfeld jr, s1,335 900:
George c. Tyler, s1,0oo,o0o David
Belasco, Ss0o,0O0; Henry W. Savage.
Inc. $4,000; Selwyn & c.
$625 900; Oliver Morosco, s60o,205, and
John Golden, 100000. All of these
figures were furnished by the pro.
ducers except those from David Be
lasco. 1t is estimated, however, that
his eight companies cost him approx
imately ss00,0o0 for actors salaries
during the year.
William Harris jr., with s2s5,0oe;
Arthur Hopkins, with s25l 600: George
Broadhurst, with $250,OO0, and John
D. Williams, with S156,4O2, complete
the list, bringing the actual total, ac-
cording to the furnished and est-
mated figures, to s25,569,949. ~
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Music in s'Declassee''

"Come home, father, to your mother
less children" said the weeping blond
cherub. And then the orchestra, a
violin and piano, played, sobbingly,
"Hearts and Flowers" And every
author knew that those Of his audience
who did not melt at the sad words
would succumb to the sadder melody.
The sound psychology of the musical
accompaniment to melodrama has not
prevented it's disappearance. because it
spoiled the illusion.
But Zoe Atkins, author Of "Declassee,"
declares that good drama should have
good music for its emotional scenes,
if the music can be infused into the
play so that it does not spoil the illu-
sion. Therefore the audience that
laughs and weeps through "Declassee"
at the Empire Theater does it to the
subtle accompaniment of music.
In the first act Harry Charteris, be-
ing musician, sits at the piano quite
naturally and plays bit. During the
stirring second act the playing of the
hotel orchestra is noticed only sub
consciously while the play is being de-
veloped, And in the big last act nau-
steal, logically placed in the next
room, gives powerful sensuous quail
ity to the death scene enacted on the
STAGE
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

cerned in the scene, I took both men
to Lake Tahoe, 500 miles from the spot
where the rest Of the picture was be-
ing photographed, and once there, |
routed them out Of bed at O'Clock in
the morning several mornings in order
to, shoot the scene on the shore Of the
lake with tho proper light effect Of
sunrise. ~
Yes, took liberties with the book,
but produced silhouette of beauty.
and the desired variety and action were
obtained. To the author and to the
laynan such problem would not be
apparent. The layman reacts usually
by writing angry letters, protesting
against liberties that we have taken
with stage plays or popular books,
while the author reacts by writing
technique that he employs for the
magazines or the speaking stage,
"But 1t IL especially the author that
! am concerned about for the public
quickly appreciates the result, after
all and gives it's favor to good pic
lures in spite Of liberties that the
physical demands Of the screen have
made necessary. But the author. who
assumes take 1t or leave it, atti-
tude toward the screen producer and
who refuses to consider our problems,
1S mucn harder nut to crack.
Il am glad to say that some authors
are already beginning to study the
screen seriously with a. view to writing
direct for it. Rex Beach is winning
success with his pictures, is telling
his stories via pictures as we'll as he
told them In books. For, after all, we
directors are not authors and we don't
want to take liberties with the stories.
But until We are given good material
there Will be no great things accom-
plished on tho SCREEN"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Bricks Without Straw!"
Cry Picture Directors,
! Who Thirst for Stories

psreilieas IA their attstuds toward the
motion picture industry, or they hays
looked upon the industry ~ = source
Of easy money. Az soon % they begin
70 study che problems that tho director
has 10 face In making picture and
% soon ~ they begin the serious study
Of the screens technique then We Will
have material for which It will b
worth while 70 ASSEMBLE z good cast.
Just ~ an instance Of minor problem
Ia the Aiming Of single picture, let
mo tell you q ono chapter In the pro-
duction Of The Right Of Way
I'm that picture there comes mo-
rnspt after the successful operation has
restored Steele's memory Of his for
msr life when Steele asks Jo Portu-
eais TO tell him the story Of the time
since the accident. For the sake OF
variety, that the audience might not
stir with boredom and mild discontent
at this point, I decided to take the &C
tion out Of the cabin, where beautiful
scenic effects could not be secured, into
the open.
"Just for tho few feet Of Aim con-
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

No, the actor is not yet ready for the
pcorhouse, nor has he been discrimi-
mated against in the Wholesale distri-
button Of shekels, which seemed to be-
come the national pastime In place Of
baseball during the year 1919. They
may talk about the enrichment Of sugar
merchants, clothing merchants ana
other merchants during the year fol-
lowing tho armistioe, but the men and
women Of the stage had at least .
finger besides thumb in the pie.
More than $4,000, 900 in salaries was
paid out to actors and actresses during
the year 1919.
One is likely to be astounded ut the
amount which has been paid out to the
legitimate players, but how much more
stupendous figure would this be it the
salaries paid to vaudeville actors, to
The Jasper news., 1920-12-16
He Made Eugene Weep.

An old singer living In England, NJ.
l. Albani Gye, recalls an incident
which indicates how heavily the late
Empress Eugene bore her many sor-
rows.
MANY years ago used to take my
holiday on Deeside." he writes the Dali
ly Telegraph, "and once Mt least every
season was called TO Balmoral to sing
before Queen Victoria. On one of these
occasions the empress, who was on a
visit q: the castle, came with the
queen TO hear me. l believe that she
had not heard any music since the
death Of the emperor, and had scarce
ly finished my first song when she
burst out crying. The queen. on seeing
this, began to cry also, and l, too, from
sympathy, l presume, with the two
great ladies', could hardly restrain my
tears !, however, very soon recovered
my composure and was able to con-
tinue my work"
The Jasper news., 1920-12-16
HAD QUEER MENTAL STREAK
Stories Told Of oliver Cromwell Would
Lead One to Doubt His Com
plete Sanity.

II oliver Cromwell had Lived in
these days n committee Of alienists
doubtless would have investigated his
sanity before now. For the Protector
had most abnormal streak in his
mental makeup. Fancy a man that
could sign the death warrant of
king and then turn and spatter the
Ink from his pen into the face Of
friend. In his youth taverns were the
chief resort OF Cromwell. His rusn
and boistprons behavior early es-
tranged him from his equals and he
came to associate with a class beneath
him. For he could brook no Interior
ence or contradiction. The matter OF
the score at the inns where he
cnrOused concerned him very little
the bills frequently went unpaid and
he becnrc extremely unpopular with
the alewivCs OF Huntington who, when
they saw him coming. would lock the
doors to keep out the noisy bully. So
Oliver turned out to be wild and dis
slpated youth. The same incOrrigible
spirit ran throughout his life. 1t led
him to encourage his soldiers to play
practical Jokes upon each other, such
rs putting hot Goals in the other fell
lows boots. At the marriage Of his
daughter In 1907 to Rich, the Protect
or threw snck pnsset among the ladies'
to soil their rich clothes. which they
took as favor from him. strange ns It
may seem. And he put sticky candy
upon the chairs where his guests were
to sit, and pulled OF his sOn-in-law's
peruke, pretended to throw II into the
fire, and ended by sitting on lt.-Phil-
ndelphia Record.
The Jasper news., 1920-12-16
OBJECT TO MENTAL DUTIES
Reason That Is Assigned for the Pres
ent Scarcity Of Trained Nurses
In HOSPITALS.

The full utility Of many hospitals Is
now impaired by q lack Of nurses
writes "Glrard" In the Philadelphia
Press.
Howard Butler, Jr., Is trustee OF an
important hospital here and be tells
me they need 80 per cent more nurses
than they can get
"Why are nurses 80 scarcef" 1
asked.
II presume" answered Mr.. Butcher,
whose business, as you know, Is that
OF banker and broker. ut is because
girls think they can earn more money
in an easier way In soma other occu-
'petion."
have talked with doctors Of wide
hospital experience about 1t and they
say that the old practice Of making
girls in training for nurses do druid
gerry for a year or so has prevented
many young women from entering the
profession.
"What good" said one \great sur
geon, did It do to a nurses skill to
make her scrub floors or wash win
dows? AS well make medical students
polish shoes, keep up the furnace fires
and sweep out the lecture rooms"
Another physician Of long expert
ence and who Is connected with big
hospital, added:
THE hospitals will be obliged to cut
out the manual labor for training
nurses and will probably reduce the
years OF training, or the country will
go back to the conditions when 1t had
few or no trained nurses"
The Jasper news., 1920-12-16
Gardens Of Ashea

The town of Sheepshead Bay some
years ago entered into an arrange
ment with the borough OF Brooklyn
whereby the contents Of all the Brook
Ign ash barrels were delivered for the
filling In Of great swamp.
o. The refuse, reaching Sheepshead
Bay IN large metal tanks, was carried
out into the swamp by specially con-
structed trolleys and dumped. In this
way some hundreds OF acres were con-
verified into dry land.
The refuse contained so much vege-
table and animal matter that almost
Immediately grass and sunfowers be-
gan to grow on the surface of the ma
terial, and by the end Of the second
year thrifty Italians had planted most
of the area with cabbage and other
vegetables. The ash dump became a
truck garden.
The Jasper news., 1920-12-16


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The Jasper news., 1920-12-16
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ing abroad. He refused to cx-
plain, rcmar,sing only: .'Thcre
will be history made in Wall
street while | am away"
s'What is your opinion of tho
present financial outlook?' he
was asked.
eff l should tell you what I
think it wouldn't be fit to
print Dawson answered.
What tho banker had in mind
it is impossible to say. But the
opinion is whispered that there
is a shalleup on tho near hor-
lion. A man whose name is
known TO all Americans will
make speech very soon i'll
which he will charge, am told:
That the real national debt of
the United States is more than
$40, eco, 900, 900, instead of
some S32, 2,O0o, 100000, as adver-
tised.
That the real but concealed
sum advanced TO Europe by the
present administration is more
than 500, 600, 100000, instead
OF the published $1O,0Go,O00,-
900.
That the treasury has made
unreported shipments OF gold to
the allies so great in amount
that the gold reserve of the
United Stacts is today lower
than ever and much less than
the pre-war safety level.
That the federal reserve
CONTINUED on Page Four.l
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Will. REPORT
PACKERS
New Regulatory Measure
Has O. K. of Slaughter
House Interests. In Sen
ate Soon.
Especial United Press Wire. J

Washington, Feb. 14.-The SEN
ate agricultural committee today or
dcred favorable report on the new
Kenyon uendrick bill regulating the
meat packing industry.
The vote was unanimous in favor
of reporting the measure, Chairman
Gronna said.
A federal livestock commission
would be sct up by the measure tC
regulate the packers through sys-
TEN Of rcVocable registration.
The measure was drafted follow
ing an agreement between the big
packers and the attorney general
by which The packers were to di-
vorce their allied industries. The
license system in the original bill
which was criticized by the packers
is changed i'll the new bill SO that
regulation is achieved by the re
vocable registrations"
Chairman Gronna said he would
report the bill in a few days anC
that senate action would be pressed
at the earliest possible moment.
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Especial United Press Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 1l.-Official
Washington apparently is bcwldcr-
cd today at the sudden resignation
OF Secretary Of State Lansing at the
request Of President Wilson, who
charged the ranking cabinet mcn-
Der tried to assume presidential
prcrogativcs.
Talk of the possibility OF the
resignation. affecting the lcag1ic OF
nations battle, OF a congressional
probe in which the full story OF the
differences between Wilson and
Lansing will be aired and the possi-
bility Of the resignation OF some
other members of the cabinet arc
some Of the things being discussed
privately by administrative officials
and congress sncn. They are, how
ever, avoiding all public utteranccs
until they have more time to con-
slider the resignation and the events
leading ZIP to it.
The resignation OF Lansing was
announced at the state department
late yesterday, following the cN-
change of letters passing between
Lansing and Wilson. In the course
of the letters the president charged
that Lansing, by summoning the
cabinet during Wilson'S illness, Vir-
tually tried to assume presidential
authority.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-02-14

Judge Wells M. Cook, who awarded
damages amounting to $3.50 to Oscar
Carlson, a joulneyman painter.
This decision was the outcome of
a suit filed by the carpenters
against practically 1000 defendants,
including 35 corporations, the Car
penter Contractors association of
more than 500 members, the Build
ing Construction Employers associ-
alton Of several hundred members,
and the Chicago Masons and Build
ers' association of more than 500
members. Attorney Hope Thomp-
son represented the carpenters.
'The decision is a sweeping VIC
tory" said Thompson. We set cYt
to do one thing-to demonstrate
that the combination between the
contractors and the material men
to shut down their yards was unlaw-
full. We had three courses to pur-
sue-a suit by the people, suit by
a carpenter, or suit by an indi-
vidual. The court upheld the suit
by an individual painter, Oscar Carl
son.
''The ruling demonstrates that the
builders and contractors were guilty
of a criminal combination to inter-
fere with the public in their affairs,
and had nraliciously boycotted and
injured the plaintiff. This act falls
squarely under section 46 of the
criminal code, and is punishable by
a penitentiary sentence of not more
than five years."
Under the ruling of the court. il
successfully sustained on appeal,
suit can be started for $10,000,000
lost as result of the illegal lock-
out, and this amount is financially
collectable. While the $4,000 strik-
ing carpenters cannot recover, the
10000 other building trades men
who were locked out can collect
every dollar of their lost wages.
Not only that, but every in
dividual owner who could not
finish his job, every independent
contractor, every individual who
lost rents and borrowed money
to complete his building and
paid interest on his loans can
recover the full amount of loss.
by this decision the workers
have taken a great step for
ward in their battle to break
the power OF organized COM
biantions of capital.
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De3 Especial United Press Wire.)
London, Feb. 14.-'fhe council of
premiers today completed and dis
patched to Holland and Germany
new notes on the eytradition of the
former kaiser, and the allied de-
mands for the surrender of the Ger
man war guilty.
Semi-officially also the council
discussed the Jugo-Slavic and Italian
territorial dispute in the Adriatic
| and drew up an ultimatum like note
to Jugo-Slayia, which will be pre-
sented to Trumbitch, the Jugo-olav
| representative. II is understood the
note insists upon immediate settle
men of the dispute,
The French complaints of the de-
lay in German deliveries to France,
as provided in the Versailles treaty,
were referred to the reparations
committee. The council also dis.
cuGsed the Hungarian situation.
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w. ]. Flynn, former head of the
United States secret service depart
ment and now head of the radical"
squad, is in Butte today looking over
evidence gathered by his subordi-
mates in the various raids, legal and
illegal, conducted by the agents OF
the department of justice during the
last two years.
Mr.. Flynn is accompanied by his
secretary and special agent of the
department whose duties are not
clear. The force of the department
here has recently been augmnted by
the arrival of Roger E. Skelly who,
until his transfer to this field, was
engaged in "stooling" on the various
radical groups in Salt Lake. Prep
arations were made for a raid in
Salt Lake City and Mr.. Skelly was
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Ry PAUL w. HANNA,

u
aft Correspondent, Federated Pres
Washington, Feb. 14.-Thcre
is a deficit of more than $3,-
900, O,OOO,O 900 in the United States
treasury for the year ending
June SO.
DO you know what that
means? 1t means that the gov
ernmcnt has contracted (and
must pay) for things worth Ss3,-
900, 100000 more than there is
money in hand or i'll sight to
pay for. That is a deficit. "@
You will pay more than $5,-
900, 100000 in taxes to the fed
cral government during the
year which starts on July 1.
But thatw ont help the deficit
any. For the estimated expenses
for the coming year are even i'll
excess of that $4,000, 100000.
Interest on the national debt
will take more than $1,O0O,OOO,-
600. That would be reduced by
1926, 100000 if Europe would
pay interests on money Amer
lea loaned. But Europe can't
nav the interest. You and your
ncighbors will have to pay it.
There is talk of floating an
other Victory loan to pay that
deficit. But it would have to be
at such Il high interest rate that
financiers believe it would dam
ccrously weaken the already de-
nreciatcd Liberty and Victory
issues.
Henry Il. Dawson of Morgan