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New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

companies had offered him love-
sum of money for the motion pic+rro
rights of one of his PLAYS and ~
had accepted it.
''Movies" i'll Their Infancy
LAS yet the film play is only in its
babyhood," he said. 1T has larra
possibilities which have not vet basn 81
explored. 1t has a most ductjle ana
fache technique; a boundless com,
prefension Of events. an almost di.
bolic power Of suggestion and ins;n
uatlon; an equally SURPRISING
power of vivid. startling contrast =
has infinite variety Of action aro
worldwide freedom of movement
In all these respects the flm offers
to the dramatist lavish opportunities
which are denied him in the spoken
drama.
The film has also a greater COM
mand and truer presentation Of
landscape than the drama.
Further, the drama, as it de-
velops, may offer a refuge TO the
imaginative dramatist, now almost
banished from our stage.
But if the film play offers all
these advantages to the dramatist II
cannot give him laurel of endur-
ing renown, "a crown of deathless
praise
at is only words that are i'm
mortal, that outlast the Pyramids
A play has no permanent value or
influence unless, in addition to win
ming an approved success in the
theater, it also takes its place in
its country's literature. Now, what
ever triumphs the film may achieve.
it will never offer more than a
scanty and fugitive accommodation
to literature"
Mr.. Jones, as his letters in reply
to Wells show, is opposed to Boil
shevisnr, and his convictions were
strengthened by the experiences had
by Mrs. Lucien Arthur Jones, his
daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Jones owned much land and
property IN Vienna, which was con-
fiscated by the radicals of that coun-
try, her father-in-law says, She is
an actress Of talent and is known on
the stage as Valerie Carlson. Her
husband is a writer and was at one
time or the staff Of The Chicago
Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Translated by William l.. Mcpherson
Copyright. 1890, New York Trib,sas rxe.,

lie odlous and intolerable by your
caprices, your malevolence, your
coquetry. Little By little you killed
my love"
"Your love! 1t was made up Of
Jealousy, egotism and tyranny"
"That isn't so, You wanted me to
be your slave, submissive, obedient,
blind"
You made me suffer, without re-
spite and without pity, until | re-
volted."
1T was ] who first threw off tho
yoke"
They both sat erect, facing each
other, consumed with wrath, as in
the past. The grievances of those
days, trlillng or serious, surged I'D
again in their minds and increased
their anger. Suddenly Lineusc
checked himself. He gave a faint
smile.
Mon Dieu,' he said, chow ridicu-
Ious this is! These things have been
dead for twenty-five years. What
difference does it make whether YOU
were in the wrong or was7 beg
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The Rise Of an Immigrant

ly acquired the Liberty Building at
Wilmington, Del, for consideration
of 1926, 900.
Stories Of successful foreign born
abound in all parts of the country,
waiting the dramatic touch of a Ho-
ratio Alger jr. to be put down in
the cold permanence of print. From
the Middle West comes this anec-
dote:
In st. Louis two young men, who,
six years ago, worked as busboys
in the Flanders and the jefferson
hotels at 81 day, recently pur-
chased two large motion picture the
aters for S250,0O0. The two theaters
increased their chain of film houses
10 nine, with total annual revenue
Of s775, ,01o
The brothers are Charles Skouras,
thirty years old, and Spryos Skouras,
twenty-seven.
Other spectacular instances Of sue
cess are furnished by the careers of
Louis J. Horowitz, one of Americas s
greatest builders, and S. NJ. Schatz-
kin, who came to this country twen-
ty-five years ago with SO carefully
tucked away in his clothes, and be-
gan peddling coal in the East Side
of New York. To-day Schatzkn has
large sums invested in many big
American enterprises.
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eating about IS per cent of them in
England in such a way that they
will hate and avoid manual labor.
Inevitably, millions Of homes do not
get built. Inevitably, it is the work
ers who will suffer first and suffer
most and suffer longest.
For two generations we have
been busily teaching our masses
what they are only very remotely
concerned to know, and have neg
lected to teach them-nay, have for
bidden them to learn-what they are
imperatively concerned to do and
make"
AS a cure for this Mr.. Jones
would revise popular education so
that those needed for manual labor
would not be weaned away from it
by their learning at school.
Hates ''Morai" Drama
But it is on the drama, perhaps,
that Mr.. Jones is best qualified to
talk, and he has anything but ad-
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Gently started movement which
proposes that the most violent pro-
hibitionists shall be subjected to ex-
periments with the object of proving
what quantitT and quality Of liquor
Is best adapted for the needs Of the
ordinary healthy man.
do not say that prohibitionists
do not stand badly in need Of some
such test. | do not say that it would
not be beneficial to them both phys
ically and morally. But it should
not be forced upon them. am
strongly opposed to any form of re-
taliation.
was once dining with Mark
Twain in his New York home. and
as the talk led that way | vcntured
mild criticism upon the American
national beverage--iced water. J
said there wasn't much "body" in it.
I further expressed some doubts rs
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

dead. My children are dead. NY
life is finished and am alone-alone
in the world"
She spoke slowly and her lips
trembled.
ST, too, am alone said Lineuse.
Il am old and lonely. I live in the
country, in the little house where we
went to spend the first months of
our married life. That was before
our quarrels. The memories which
surround me are happy memories.
think sometimes what our life
might have been Tiff we had
agreed"
THAT was impossible, you know
we'll. Just now we quarreIed again
after so many years. | was able to
get along with another. You would
undoubtedly be able to get along
with some one else. But we two
together-that was impossible. You
were never just to me-"
You used to say that before" OBJ
served Lineuse.
Because it was always true. But
don't let US talk about that again. I
forgive you very sincerely for the
past"
He moved impatiently in his seat
and was about to make some answer.
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But she arose and began to collect
her luggage.
Il am going to get Off at the next
station. | spend half of each year
with my old cousin, Nine. de Ferrel
You remember her. 1t was at her
house that we had our first serious
quarrel. I don't remember what it
was about. She is very old, very
deaf and completely helpless. But
with her I feel that / am not alone
You understand"
Yes. yes. | understand"
The train slowed down as it en-.
tered the station. She made read~
to leave the car.
"Adieu," she said to Lineuse.
They looked at each other. A sem
tlment more imperious than their
anlmosltles seized them at the mo-
ment of parting. Lineuse ex-
pressed it.
Helene, couldn't We see each
other again? After so long old
grudges weaken"
we have proved that just now" 4"
THAT doesn't matter. Even if we
quarrel again, that would be better
than"-
Yes. you are right" she muir
INJURED, avowing their mutual terror.
that would be better than to grow
old alone"
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"AT THE END OF THE ROUTF"-3y Frederic Boutet

Llneuse stam'nered He was deeply
disturbed and wished to excuse him
self for having saluted her.
ut doesn't matter" she murmured
IN an embarrassed tone.
NJ. Lineusc said nothing more. He
recalled the past, his love for her,
their marriage, their brief happi-
ness, their ouarrcls, more and more
aggravated; then the divorce which
freed them. lie knew that she was
thinking the same things. He tried
to rediscover in her countenance the
beauty of days gone by.
~ beg Of you, monsieur" she said
suddenly. eve have been strangers
SO long, spare me that examination"
NJ. Lineusc's feelings were hurt
he flushed again.
Il sec that your character hasn't
changed" he said curtly.
Her eyes blazed with irritation.
You mean that your hatred of
me has survived all these years"
my hatred! Was it who hated
you? You know well that you never
loved me, that it pleased you to tor
ment mo in every way. To mako. my
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
In Westminster Abbev

TT HE thrills of visit to West
minister Abbey at dusk are told
by correspondent in The
London Times:
"More than thirty years ago he
writes, II slipped into Cologne
Cathedral one evening just before
the doors were closed. There was
no light in all the building ex~
cept few candles burning before
one of the altars-an altar of the
Virgin, if I remember rightly-on
the north side. The immensity, the
gloom, the silence, the mystery were
overpowering. And sbe outcome was
set of very bad verses, of which
the worst lines have viciously stuck
IN my memory ever since.
"Never again, I felt. was I likely
to have such an experience; and
brooded over it until I could not tell
how much was recollection and how
much imagination. At least, as years
went on and sensibilities became
deadened, one was never likely to
feel, even could one see, the awful
beauty of such glimpse. Yet, as
one nail drives out another, 80 has
that vision of Cologne Cathedral in
the dusk been driven out by the
vision Of another building. Hence
forth, when my mind goes wander
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

q
4 and piece of apple pie in
my hand" said Professor NJ.
/. Pupin, Of Columbia University,
describing the circumstances Of his
arrival in America in the steerage
Of the steamship Westphala, which
piled between New York and Ham
burg half century ago.
To-day that American scholar Of
Serbian birth modestly wears the
scholastic afiixes Ph.D.. Sc.D. and
LID, holds the chair in electro
mechanics at Columbia and is
secretary Of the Interracial Council
of New York, an organization which
includes leading men from among
th.rty-two racial groups in America
Professor Pupin is merely one Of
host Of former immigrants whose
names are linked with the great
strides in science, commerce, finance
and industry and whose careers fur
nish living proof Of the statement
that America, besides breeding great
men, imports them.
In industry and commerce the
stories of many Of the successful
immigrants read like romance. There
is the story of the upward climb Of
c. c. A. Baldi, of Philadelphia, who
began with nothing and IS now one
of Americas foremost citizens of
foreign birth. When he landed in
this country thirty years ago he had
only few pennies in the pockets
OF his ragged trousers. He had no
English and knew nothing of Ameri-
can customs, but he had heard of The
opportunities that America offers to
wide-awake, ambitious IMMIGRANT
k willing TO work.
Mr. Baldi bought thirty lemons
with his few pennies. He neadled
them and with the proceeds of sales
bought more lemons and peddled
them Before long he had cart
loaded with hundreds of lemons. And
as h" went about selling them he
STUDIED America and learned few
words Of English. These he in
creased day by day until he knew
the language and had begun TO nm
derstand the country. In time the
pushcart became store and the
store grew into great busines
with banking and other departmcr
Mr. Baldi has five sons, all Ames.-
cans. One is a member Of the state
'eglslsture. one a doctor, another e
q banker; The fourth son is rne -
chant and the fifth Is editor and pub
Usher Of one Of the largest American
newspapers published in the Italian
language.
ar. Ealdis career is duplicated in
some respects by that If John Ga
vaEos, e Greek, who began his strug-
gle for q livelihood twenty-five years
ago With a capital Of 75 cents. To-
Gay ne owns much valuable real e.
tate 4 Eew York City. He recent
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ing IN those paths, it is Westminster
Abbey that it will visit.
"On that summer night there was
no sound Of wind nor Of rain, 10
whisper or echo from the strepitous
life without. A glow from the organ
loft, where a musician was very
quietly letting the organ speak his
reverent thoughts and mine, the
single lamp lighting one or two to
this part Of the building and to
that, yet seeming rather like such
radiance as might shine from
guardian king or SAINT patrolling
his last earthly homo-taose were
all | had to see by; and more mus
have sharpened the detail to impair
the spirit Of the whole.
"lnevitably the eye goes upward.
The slender columns Of the tall
arches soar like prayers; and the
roof : no solid boundary, but, like
t *, an illusion of the infinite.
l. the lines seem, in the dusk, to
meet, it is only because the spiritual
perspective Of these heaven-going
aspirations plays familiar trick
on the finite bodily eye All the
base of them is in darkness. They
spring from what is earthly in US,
broad based on our human need for
safety and support, on all that We
have Of gregariousness, consrega-
tional. Half way up they catch the
light. They have leaped from earth,
to reach up toward heaven. They
seem no longer to cluster together IN
the darkness. Arrowy, alert, deter
inmate, they fling up on their certain
way, to be lost again, not in dark
ness, but in that which the eye can
not see nor the reason define.
Thus seen in the dusk and IN d
silence which the music only inter
preted, the crucifom church wa
eloquent not only of mystery ba'
of appeal. The builders Of these
monastic churches were nor free
from the thought: OBJ profanHm
rulgus ct arceo. Yet the plan can
lure US in where the open pornp Oh
basilca works no incltenlen''
Those arms, the transepts, seem 70
be reaching out from the Breast anu
heart of the church into the gre~'
needless world all about them. Inc!
would draw men, one feels, throue"
loneliness and seclusion, graaua"!
into the haven. And from the hea0,
the high altar and the shrine .,
the king and saint behind it, spFeau
out rays &C love that vihrate, sure'.'
far further than the sense can l'''
low them. The shyness, the secfe0''
the mystery of these stretched arm,
and remote head are such as W,
leave a man alone with his soul sn
his God, yet gather him with GEM,
compulsion, the force Of his own VIZ,
to know and to feel, ever nearer ~"
nearer to the center"
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Too Much Musical Comedy

100 Nluch Musical comedy
The increasing popularity of the
musical comedy, with its glittering
show of banal music, bright dresses,
empty dialogue and meaningless
frivolity, gradually drove all serious
work from cur theaters," he said.
"Nor can we expect any revival of
English drama until English play
goers again recognize that the first
and chief aim Of the English theater
should be to paint the realities Of
English life and character"
Mr.. Jones said that the American
stage was much more fortunate in
the possession Of great emotional
actresses than the English.
"There is great dearth of emo
tional English actresses" he said.
Il have watched the American stage
for some seasons, and in rendering
of vivid passion and emotion | think
the Americans may claim that for
every accomplished actress in this
class the English can show e
Americans can show at least six"
Dialogue the Thing
The British dramatist believes
that theatrical production can win
enduring renown only by its dia-
logue. That alone can live and find
place in literature. To write a
successful play an author must have
other gifts, he must depend great
deal on the scene painter, the up
holsterer, the costumer and even the
electrician. But if the play is to live
it must have dialogue worthy of
being remembered.
"The difference between Macbeth
or Hamlet and stock melodrama
is that Macbeth can be read and
studied as literature" he said. "That
is the reason they have held their
place in our theater for 800 years.
That is also the chief reason why
they fail on our modern stage. They
are literature"
Naturally, from this the talk went
to Mr.. Jones's views on motion pic
lures and his reason for becoming.
cne of those writing them. He ad-
mitted that until recently the idea
of writing for the screen had not
occurred to him. Then one of the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
>rthur Jones at 90 Begins Life All Over Again

to It's effect upon the national di-
gestion.
There are soooo,OoO of u.s." Mark
replied, "and you must let US know
what is best for US"
81 will replied cordially. "But
I'm going to stick to champagne"
1t was fine vintage and l helped
myself to another glass.
Mr.. Jones said this letter summed
up his views on the subject so ad-
mirably that he did not know how
he could improve it.
No Progress in England
II would not presume to discuss
prohibition in the United States,"
he said, "but I am pleased that it
has made no great progress in Eng
land"
The veteran dramatist touched on
many subjects in the course of the
interview, and the remarkable alert
ness of his mind was demonstrated
by the incisiveness with which he
expressed himself when asked to
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
N LINEUSE ran through the
y 4 railroad station and had
Just time to iump aboard

tuSJ Lilflc 10 jump ABOARD
the train. At fifty-fvc he was still
far from corpulent. But he was
plainly winded and sank into a seat,
mopping his grizzled temples.
There was one other person in the
compartment, a woman, seated Cd.
posite him. NJ. Lineusc looked at
her and gave little start, for he
thought he recognized her. She must
nave been more than ordinarily good
looking IN her day. Her hair, once
jlonde, had turned almost completely
, ray, and the years had left their
mark on her regular features. M.
Lineuse hesitatcd, searching his
memory. She raised her eyes. Ger
tainly he had seen those eyes before.
And since, at the same moment, she
also gave start of surprise, seem
ing to recognize him, he thought
that he ought to lift his hat and
bow TO her. AS he did so he really
recognized her. He felt his cheeks
crimson. She stiffcncd up and
showed a certain resentment.
Il beg your pardon, madame" N.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
I'VE N r Y A r T II q r
a Il JONES, 1cho at the age
Of 69 has begun aUrjting for
the mOU1eS

traits making life uncomfortable"
he said. CAS-, for example, trying
to bring prohibition to England.
Happily, so far, the 'pussyfoots'
have been defeated in England. AS
a rule, I am against sedition of any
sort, but III such a case as prohibi-
ton | would consider it almost ex-
o,1c b1o -
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Never Been Drunk

Evidently the famous playwright
feared that wrong impression
might be caused by what he said,
for he was quick to add that he
had never drunk to excess. He
gave me copy of a letter he had
written to London newspaper on
the subject. 1t read:
have never been drunk in nv life.
or in any condition approaching
drunkenness, though, sometimes af
ter dinner, have felt myself more
than usually we'll disposed toward
my fellow creatures and more than
usually inclined to think that the
world is very excellent place to
live in
I never drink between meals.
rarely take spirits. 1t would not
be true to say haven't had twenty
"whiskies" in my life, but it would
not give wrong impression Of my
habits.
have very generous pity for
those whose physical constitutions
are not adapted for the consumption
Of moderate amount of wine or
good, wholesome beer. have an
even more generous and sorrowng
compassion for those who are de-
frauded Of this wholesome enjoy
ment by their moral scruples.
lay my hand upon my breast
and thank God that an not as they
are
Still, would by no means urge
that they should be compelled to
take even moderate amount of
alcohol against their will I will be
no party to any retaliatory meas
ures upon them.
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A Bottle a Dav

If any man finds that he is better
without alcohol, I think he should
be allowed to abstain. I find that
am the better in health for my
frugal bottle day. And 7 think
| should be allowed to take it. All
that l ask Of prohibitionists is that
they should exercise the same tol-
GRAFTON toward me that l am willing
to exercise toward them.
Mr.. Archibald Spoforth has re-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
His Present Labors

Here are few of the things en-
gaging his attention:
He has written four plays Tor the
spoken drama and is looking about
for suitable theaters in which to pre-
sent them.
He has written three scenarios for
the screen. one of which, at least,
is to be presented soon, although the
title had not been selected when this
article was written.
He has material for two books and
expects to write them soon.
He is continuing, with unabated
vigor his attack on the frivolous
drama which he characterized as
"romping imbecility and insidious
sensuality."
He is exerting such influence as
he possesses, by writing to the press,
to check the spread of prohibition
to England.
He is engaged in stirring con-
troversy with II. G. Wells on his
views on Bolshevism in Russia and
has been writing weekly letters to
tic newspapers in answer to the
articles by Wells.
He is taking an active interest
in other subjects of Importance to
the public, and says he feels as
much like working now as ever be-
fore in his life.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
The Changes of Time

There was nothing Of the septu-
agenarian in his manner while he
talked, and his easy, affable courtesy
vas that of a man with energy
enough not alone to do his work,
out enough left over to remain
GOOD natured and self-possessed Mr.
Zones had never neglected an op-
oortunity in his plays to strike at
narrowness and middle class big
otry, and he smiled again when /
asked him if he had observed any
marked change in social conditions
IL the years he had been writing
for the drama.
"The particular narrowness of the
SOS, illustrated in my play Saints
and Sinners, has disappeared, but
only perhaps to give place to other
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
The Famous English Playwright Says
He Is Too Young to Indulge
IN "reminiscences

known Matthew Arnold intimately,
as we'll as Swinburne, William Nor
ris and other celebrities, besides
having had his plays acted by the
most famous performers of Eng
land and America, | suggested that
his recollcctions of these illustrious
persons would be interesting. His
answer was characteristic:
"Rccollections? | am not ready
for rccollections When you begin
tc recollect, you are living in the
past. l want to belong to the pres
ent. lave still work to do"
Mr.. Jones smiled and shook his
mead as if the question had started
d train of thought which was not
entirely pleasant.
"Nor would / like to drag out an
existence devoted entirely to the
past" he said. II wouldn't want
to be like a rusty nail slowly being
crawn out of rotting plank. I
should want to slip out quickly when
my usefulness was over. An exist
encc given over entirely to recol-
lections would not appeal to me-"
Whereupon, as if to demonstrate
how far he was from having reached
that stage, he began to discourse
interestingly about the work he had
n hand, the relative merits of the
drama in America and England, the
plays he hopes soon to produce and
lis admiration for the service to
the world and the cause of the AL
lies that had been rendered by our
soldiers in the World War.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

w In his SEVENTEEN year
Henry Arthur Jones has
begun writing for the movies" For
forty-two years he wrote plays for
the vocal drama and for thirty years
of that time was ranked with Pinero
as one of England's greatest dram
atists.
Now, when he is nearly three
score and ten, and as if in rebuke to
those who hold that a man is well
within the ''lean and slippered pan
taloon" period by then, he has begun
work all over again.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
I lis Trip to America Is for the P urpose
Of Filming Scenarios, but He
Has Other Activities

creasing popularity Of musical COM
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Too Young for Recoliec.ions

He refuses to concede that age
alone and not the condition Of his
faculties incapacitates a man for
usefulness and labor, and his at
tltude was strikingly illustrated dur
ing an interview I had with him
recently at the Hotel Brevoort,
where he was staying. AS he had
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
By Arnold rince

wv u HY should any of us de-
In his SEVENTEEN year