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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29
Y. M. c. A. NOTES

Clifton NJ. Tracy. assistant secre-
tary at the "Y" building. has return
ed from a several days visit with rel
atives at Wlnslow.
The regular, weekly meeting for
boys will be held on Friday morning
at II o'clock. There will be special
reel of pictures for this occasion, the
subject of which will be "a Pilgrim
age in Palestine" There will also he
a speaker to address the gathering.
Secretary Tracy has secured nne
program of moving pictures for the
afternoon Of New Years Day for the
benefit of those who take advantage
Of the Open House festivities.
John #. Hyde, one of the secre-
taries, at the ~" is in Winthrop for
q several days. stay, where he liz en-
gagged in doing community Y. M. c.
A. work among the boys.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

Miss Eva Shorey returned Tuesday
forenoon to her home in Bridgton
after passing few days in the city,
visiting her sister, Mrs. Harold AL
Ian, Lambard court. Miss Shorey
Is on the staff OF the Bridgton News,
editor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

The girls basketball team OF Morse
High school, Bath. has two games
scheduled with the Cony High girls
of Augusta. according to the schedule
just arranged-one on Feb. 1S'in Bath
and one on March II at Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29
the executive board OF the
ton to be held at Portanu'

Mrs. Katie Shea OF thts M
admitted to the Augusta Geh ,.s,
pital on Tuesday for sursi." 8,
ment, and Miss Annie Gen. ,ort
admitted for, medical trea'i'~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

Miss Florence Buker has returned
to her work in this city after en-
joying Christmas at her home in Bow
doinham. She recently entertained
her sister, Miss Frances Buker, from
Bowdoinham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29
Legislative Notice

The Committee appointed by the
legislature and the Governor to con-
slider matters pertaining to the Uni
verstty Of Maine will hold a. public
hearing January 5th. 1921, at r. NJ
at the Judiciary Rooms at the State
House, Augusta. Maine.
FRANK +. GUERNSEY
lec29,jar3-5 Chairman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

Friends of Traffic Officer Charles
E. Jenness will be pleased to hear of
his recovery from weeks illness at
his home in this city, being out on
the street for the first time, Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Clark re-
turned Monday to their home in Wa
tertown, Mass. after enjoying Christ
mas in the city with their pareats
and other relatives and friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

Manager F. p. Gray Of the Augusta
district Of the New England Tel. &
Tel. Co., and Mrs. Gray have gone to
Lowell, Mass, where they are pass
ing a few days with relatives
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

Mr.and Mrs. Zealann Morrow have
returned to their home in Lewiston
after visiting here in the city for
three days with relatives and friends.
They also visited in Litchfield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29
AUGUSTA LOCALS

William J. Warrell has gone to Fox
croft, being called there by the pass
ing away of Mrs. Warrell's mother.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

Miss Leota F. Frain of this city re-
turned Tuesday afternoon to Farm
ington to resume her studies at Farm
ington Normal school,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

Miss Florence Palmer returned
Tuesday forenoon from Boston and
vicinity. where she enjoyed Christ
mas with friends and relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

The young man from Orono, who
represents the Gaumont news motion
picture company, Of this State, was
in the city Tuesday on business
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Adams and
children have been in Lynn, Mass,
where they enjoyed Christmas with
relatives and friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

The 0. n. n. club will meet in reg
ular session on Thursday afternoon,
2:30 o'clock, with Mrs. Rankin at her
home at 1 Hartford Square.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29

The Augusta Dramatic Society is
having satisfactory rehearsals of the
play entitled Dora" which it will
produce for the benefit OF the Angus
ia General hospital on Jan. 81 in the
Opera House. under the auspices of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-29
New CORPORATIONS

The following new corporations,
recently organized under the laws of
Maine, have had their articles Of in
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-09-10

works of established dramatists they
are ruthlessly effaced by bands. of
hired assassins whose sole business is
the maintaining of our popular super
stitions, our popular ideals and popu-
lar stupidities, often against the pro-
tests Of the public itself. These sim
lister powers have made life so bitter
for the greatest genuinely American
geniuses, Poe, Whitman and Mark
Twain, that the first could find no way
out of the misery than by poisoning
himself with drink in his prime; and
the second had to spend his old age
begging from door to door. Today
one of the marked men" in America
is Theodor Dreiser-merely because
he had once happened to write novel
that displeased the Puritanic prudery
of the wife of one of Americas big
gest publishers.
The result is that the born literary
man in America writes "ads," and the
born "ad" writer writes novels and
dramas. When the average American
literary man finds he can make more
money packing pork he quits writing.
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which is the only thing at bottom OF
most of our dramas. Had he per-
formed this miracle with an American
character he would have written the
American play. This drama did for
the American stage what Plnero's
"The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," had
done for the world stage. 1t has
shown that the theater may be made
interesting without resorting to the
craft of the steeplechaser, the high
jumper, the spellbinder-to the antics
of Charlie Chaplin leaping from roof
to roof with a dog wagging his tail
from a hole in his "pants," or to the
childish fun of watching Charlie bolt
hot mince-pie at the rate of two hum
dred bites to the minute. 'The Music
Master" is fine drama and no his
torian of the American stage can af-
ford to confine his Characterization of
it's author to the usual stereotyped
stock of adjectives.
Sydney Rosenfeld is an American
Jewish dramatist who had first seen
the world on this side of the ocean.
He was a prolific writer in his earlier
days, but great deal of his efforts
went to the adaptation of foreign
dramas. Dome Oh Ills own UeICoI
known productions are "The Mocking
Bird" 1.-THE Politician" "A House Of
Cards" He has also written num-
Der of operettas- "The Lady or Ii
GER" "The Vanderbilt Cup" etc.
Louis K. Anspacher belongs to the
younger generation (born in 1879.
He apparently takes his work serious
ly as an art and he seems to meet
with unusual difficulties. He has to
do many other things to earn living
besides writing misunderstanding and
teaching. He is Of the reflective turn
of mind and now and then INDUCES
in the poetic drama-both unpardon-
able offenses, from the point of view
of the box office. His Christian and
Isolde" which made it's appearance
in 1904, is such piece of work. His
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-09-10

Embarrassment of Riches" came out
two years later Then came woman
of Impulse" three years later. Since
then he has given us play about
every two years, among which may
be mentioned "Our Children 'The
Unchastened Woman"
Among the very, very youngest is
Elmer E. Rice, whose real name is
Reizenstein. He wrote his first
drama" when still student in col
lege. 1t was class composition en-
titled "On Trial" AS such it was
unique. 1t got across the footlights
because of a novelty of setting. How
ever, it is essentially melodramatic
production and showed all the ear
marks of amateurism, in spite of the
stage contraptions devised to hide it.
This was five years ago. Last season
his "For the Defense" was another
commercial success.
Further enumeration of present day
Jewish writer's for the American stage
would not disclose even one whose
work is on really high plane. Philip
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-09-10

In European countries the man who
spends his life on a certain art is the
man whose voice makes itself felt in
that field. In America the man who
has made a couple million in selling
hog livers or in smuggling whisky
across the border thereby considers
himself fit to pass judgment on the
lyric qualities of Shakespearian SON.
net or on bravura passage in Lalo
symphony-and his voice is the voice
needed.
Now l trust it will be possible to
fists could contribute to American
dramatic art. The words good" or
"bad" as applied to American and
European literatures signify different
things. "The Life of Man." by An
dreyev, is a great drama. Its two
American limitations, youth" and
"Everywoman," are also great
dramas. But the first is a world trag-
edy. The others are comparatively
cheap limitations, diluted and sweet
ened to make them digestible by an
audience of adults with the literary
stomachs of Sunday School children.
American Jewish Dramatists
Among Americas big dramatists
Charles Klein, born in London, Eng
land, in 1867, holds front seat. He
is a Noah in his generation. He
served his apprenticeship as "read-
err" under Charles Frohman; his life
has been spent in the immediate vic
Unity of the theater and-the box-of-
flee up to the end, about five years
ago. A few of the titles of his
dramas will give, hope, fair idea
of their contents. "a Paltry Million"
"By Proxy" "a Royal Rogue" "A
Mile Minute" etc. In his emusic
Master" however, he rises to extra
ordinarily fine dramatic powers. This
play lifts him out from the sphere OF
the usual clever stage carpentry
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

Moeller's "Sophie" and Jules Eckert
Goodman's "Pietro" seem to be the
limit of their endeavors. Commercial
ly, however, there are several very
clever writer's in addition to Elmer
Rice. Aaron Hoffman's welcome
Stranger" has eclipsed every record
made by any other comedy during the
last season. Rita Weiman's "Acquit-
tai" came near being a close second
Samuel Shipman's east Is West"
Charming Pollock's "The Sign on the
Door," Montague Glass ellis Honor
Abe Potash" and Zalmon Libin's 'The
Unknown Woman" were among the
big money makers Of the past sea-
son. Max MARGIN and Abraham
Schower must also be given place
on the list.
This by no means exhausts the num-
Der of Jews writing for the American
stage. But as said before, only a few
can find a place here. One more will
be given: David Belasco.
Belasco is Jew born in San Fran
cisco in 1859. He is an extremely
versatile man, being both one of the
foremost producers and playwrights.
He is clever, wide-awake and knows
just how to touch the heart-strings of
an audience whether writing for the
stage or for the magazines. His char
acters, like ninety-nine per cent of the
characters in all American literature,
no matter of what age they happen to
be, evoke the interest that the average
clever group of college boys evoke.
They are Smart" noisy, talk smooth
ly and glibly and have rip and go
about their makeup, that arouse adj
miration and stir a spirit of conrad
cry in the audience. But they lack
that finer, soberer tone that comes
with living, with thinking, with feel
ing, with the understanding of man
and nature-that comes with the
reaching out far, far into the depths
of time and space and brings to the
care to see her the third in the same
audience throb of the universe, as is
His first drama was written away
back in the eighties. Some of his
better known are LA Belle Russo"
"Hearts of Oak" "Men and Women"
"The Girl of the Golden West" The
last is fine piece of work. 1t has
charm, atmosphere. The story has
D0Cn SCI W IuuSlC dIlu PIOuuCCu VII CiAC
grand opera stage. ''The Return of
Peter Grim," came about half decade
later and shows a good deal of the
playwright's ripeness of years.
4
The Jew as Producer
Belasco holds no less place on the
American stage as producer than as
a playwright. He has presented to our
theater-goer some of the worlds
greatest stars. He has made and un-
made a vast number of Americas
foremost actors and actresses.
Charles Frohman is another Jew
who has made and unmade some of
the best talent on the American stage.
His academic education went no fur
Their than grammar school. But he
had acquired wonderful knowledge
of men and life while selling tickets in
theaters and reporting on newspa-
per. His first experience as theater
manager was acquired with travel
ing show. Before his thirtieth year
he had organized what subsequently
became known as the Charles Froh-
man Stock Company. Then he became
manager of half a dozen different
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dead since the days of the Dreyfus
episode, is not yet buried. When his
"Apres Moi" was produced in 1912 at
the Coincide Franchise he received ma
tional recognition. :,
Then the clericals got busy in all
earnestness. Led by Leon Dauoet,
they trumped up charges accusing
him of evading military service. IN
court he rose in his own defense ana
concluded: 'It is true that was born
in Rumania. 1t is also true that
was naturalized too late to serve IN
the National Army. But on the day
France is attacked l shall be among
the first to offer myself IN her de-
fense."
Two wears later France found her
self engaged in the Great War and
Bernstein was among the first to Joln
While he lay wounded in hospital ne
conceived his latest drama, "I'Eleva-
ton" which won extraordinary appre-
citation in France and which was re-
GENTLY brought to the United States
by Grace George.
Bernstein's work proclaim him the
Frenchman, which means an extraor-
dinarily painstaking individual in 1T
erature. an unusual and often unduly
polished artist, the soul OF whose
product is form. He is Latin-Wlth
a keen eye for beauty-beauty first
and last and all the time.
One more European Jewish play
wright and we shall turn to the United
States: Arthur Schnitzler. Schnltz-
Ter is the son of Viennese jewish
throat specialist, born in 1862. He is
a scientist-artist, being practlclng
physician. His productions are SECOND
only to those of Haupmann and Sud
ermann and Wedekind. Like lang,
will, he also writes novels and SNORT
stories. And like Chechov, his work Is
full of his medical experiences. HIS
play most esteemed is the one en-
titled "The Lonely Way" but the one
of most interest to Jews is professor
Bernhardi," which pictures the bitter
ness of lew living amid anti-Semitic
surroundings.
With Schnitzler, George Hirschberg
should perhaps find a place in this
article, but alas! the sudden blaze OF
his Younger days became banked all
too soon and unless it rise and show
itself living flame again, he will be
pushed into the background:
Before crossing over to the United
States it is necessary to take a
:, glimpse at the attitude toward litera-
> ture in general of the average Amerl-
can. For very few men, no matter
what their original talents, may rise
much above the particular attitude OF
those who are to read or see his work
be it the drama, the novel, the short
story, or the symphony.
To justify the deplorable attitude OF
the average American toward art, the
cultured American tells you that the
European takes his play seriously and
his work lightly while the American
takes his work seriously and his play
lightly.
This is a superficial explanation.
For literature, art, music, are not
merely diversions. They are the deep.
most expressions of the human soul
as it loves, hates, hopes, dreams, and
gropes it's way higher and higher to-
ward the light. Sometimes they par
take of the spirit of philosophic reli,
gion, giving utterance to its awe and
wonder at the inscrutable mysteries
of life, death, and the thousand and
one things surrounding our daily ex-
thou the
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BUSINESS PLACES TO LET.

From Battery to nth ST., Inclusive
The New York herald., 1920-01-29

BARGAIN.-Three family brick house six room,
and ba tn each: near Borough Hall. Brooklyn
rent 81 1j2: monthly leases: price $40, 0O0 terms
REALTY TRUST 217 Broadway New York. Bar
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2O7-2O9 EAST 49TH ST.

Three lofts TO rent, possession May t. 1890;
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steam heat, electric Hight; would entertain offer
for entire five lofts: possession MAY L. 1871; un-
usual opportunity. HY4-Academy lowncr.
Borough 90 Observation-Disclosures aucou-.
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OFFICES, STORES AND LOFTS
500 square foot upward.
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ho3 9Th ev. Tel. pG4S-Vaaderhilt
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sailing, fishing and skating Splendid committing service
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mortgage $300O first mortgage, SIS, ,O0O For
complete details apply BUILDER Post Office Box 378, City
Hall Station New York City.
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Borough OF BrookIyn.

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REAL ESTATE-OUT OF CITY.

Westchester-Sale or Rent.
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SUBURBAN HOMES, TO LET AND
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EIGHT room house. all improvements electric
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REAL ESTATE-ENGLAND.

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REAL ESTATE-OUT OF CITY.

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The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-14
SAYS cox is TRUE TO FORM.
Theodore Roosevelt Calls Retort o
League One to Be Expected.

Oyster Bay. N. Y, Oct. 10.--Theo.
dore Roosevelt. IN statement here
tonight replying to charges in Gov
ernor Cox's speech at Terre Haute
Ind, yesterday, that Mr.. Roosevelt
had misstated that the League Of Ma
lions could declare war. asserted "this
is precisely the attitude" be would ex-
pect Mr.. Cox to take.
AMr. Cox attacks my statement that
the league can declare a war for the
United States,v Mr.. Rooseyelt said
He maintains that 1t cannot. wish
to refer Mr.. Cox to Article 10. Mr.
Cox evidently bases his position on
Mr.. Wilson's statement that an obi
cation to obey the mandates of the
league would be a moral obligation,
not legal obligation.
I'VE Republicans maintain a moral
obligation is as binding as a legal
obligation. Do the people Of this coun-
try wish to elect a man like Mr.. Cox
chief executive who brazenly. in effect.
does not consider his word to be as
good as his bondfv
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-14
By Airplane Over
Route He Took SO
Years Ago by Oxen
Mayor Of Pueblo Was Six Weeks
Making Journey to That Place From
Denver in 1867 in Oxcart-Same
Journey in Airplane is Made in Only
Fifty Minutes.
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international News Service STAFF
Pueblo, Col. Oct. Tn the fall of
1867 mike" Studzinski, now Mayor of
Pueblo journeyed from Denver to
Pueblo in an oxcart, taking six weeks
to make the trip.
Last week, just fifty-three years la
ter, the Mayor stepped into giant
aeroplane in Denver and was whirled
to this city by air in just fifty min
utes.
"Viewing the surrounding from the
clouds revealed some remarkable
changes in the territory over which |
travelled by oxcart more than half a
century ago." the mayor said after
his fight.
There was caravan of nearly
seventy-ive persons on that journey
| fifty-three wears ago. the mayor con-
tinued. More than twenty OK teams
were in the outfit. At that time Dem
yer had a population or between 2,0OO
and $1,000"
Mayor StudzinsLi said that one rea-
son for the length of time consumed
| in the first journey was the lack OF
! feed for the oxen.
ut would have been manifestly i'm
possible to carry enough feed for all
the oxen" he said, $50 we let them
Craze along the way. Many a day
was able to look back, after stopping
for the night, and see the smoke Of
our morning camp fires in the dis
lance.
II doubt if experienced much more
excitement, over this air fight than
felt on the oxcart trip the mayor
Ilaughingly declared. Those were
venturesome days. | recall that we
didn't encounter single living SOU
on all that trip, except at camp or
the Divide near Palmer Lake. There
was no town at Colorado Springs
nothing but the springs that gave the
present thriving city its name.
1--WE met not even an Indian, wilc
or otherwise. We found Pueblo hus.
Ting little town even in those days
Studzinski recalled his association
with the late Colonel William F. (Buf-
falo Bill Cody during stay of about
year in Denver previous to his com
| ing to this city in 1867. Studzinski
and Buffalo Bill worked together in
several Denver restaurants during
that period.
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