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New-York tribune., 1921-01-16
What Was Barrie's
Purpose In His New
Play, MARY Rose?

"a HAT was Barries purpose when
IL he wrote MARY Rose" his latest
play, in which Ruth Chatterton is now
appearing at the Empire Theater :?
Some who have seen the play say
they cannot answer this question
Others say. that it is all as plain as q
pikestaff.
Possibly little light may be thrown
on the matter by this bit of dialogue
from the third act, which is supposed
to take place twenty five years after
Mary Rose has mysteriously disap-
peared on an island in the Outer
Hebridcs. The speakers are Mr.. and
Mrs. Morland, Mary Roses now aged
parents.
Mrs. Morand-I,'s all unfathomable.
It's as If Mary Rose just something
beautiful that you and and Simon had
dreamt together You have forgotten
much. but have !. Even that roon
that was hers long even during
her short married life often go
Into It now without remembering that 1t
Mt Moreland-It's strange. It's rather
terrible "a little bitterly) You're
nigh forgotten. Mary Rose!
l
true. dear. But Mary Rose belongs TO
the past and we have to live in the pres
ent for little longer. Even il we
could drag her back TO tell us what these
things mean. think it would be a
shame.
Mr.. Morland--Yes. I. suppose so. Do you
think Simon Is philosopher about IL
also?
Mrs. Merland--Dont be bitter. James,
TO your old wife. simon was very fond
OF her. He was a true lover
Mfr Morland tthe bitterness creeping
back)-Was: Was. Is it all '-was'' about
Mary Rose?
Mrs. Morland-It just had TO be- He
had all the clever ones of the day ad-
vtsing. suggesting, probing He went
back to the island every year for d long
time. S
Mr. Morland-Yes; and then he rnissad
year and that ended 1t.
MrsssMoriand--He never married again,
Most men would.
MI Morland-He's mighty keen on his
work What a. jolly. hearty fellow he ia
MIS- Morland-If~ you mean he isn't
near. psoksn. he isnt. MercifuIiy, the
Mr. Morland-I'm not criticising. Fan.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16
rev CbeatrieaI Offerings of The lueek

AloNDAf-At Henry Mier's present
flske in Wake Up Jonathan comedy Huher Hughes and
Elmer Rice The Dalton Howard ane
Donald Cameron Fleming
Bartlett, Nadia Gary, Edith Fitzgerald
At the Republic Thaer present Grace LA Rue
and Hale Hamilton in Dear Me- Mr.
Hamilton The supporting Robert Hutchinson
George N Price Mart E. Kelsey Morton
Max Frlck, Robert Love-
IUESDAI-At the Booth Thsater
Arliss in "The Green Goddess Archer The sunnortno
Olive Wyndham, Keghtey Simpson Herbert
Waring, Ronald Colman David
THURSDAYAt the Bramhal Playhouse comedy
Importance Of Being following
cast: Charlotte Granville Frank Holns
Davenport, Helen Link Edwin Strawbridge Eleanor Martin
Cleneay Mathews and win Dexe
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16

-HE mind Of Charles Anthony
N author Of "Pagans," would be
w an interesting place to get into
Wewould like to know, for one
thing, how he managed to get the
structure, if rot the superstructure, of
fine play so bumped in the middle
and SO lost in the descent that it
turned out to be trash. We would like
10 know if he had purposely gone out
Tor psychanalytic material, which was
much too terrifying to him when he
sos really into it, or if psychanalytic
material exists in such abundance that
he just carried some particles home
on his coat one day and shed it into
wo acts and skimped the third.
aPagans" is a play not merely Freu-
ditn, as colleague Kenneth Macgowan
50 promptly pointed out, but it is
piay whose very materials did not
exist in pre-Freudian days. 1t is the
story Of man whose disaster in his
marriage and consequent failure in his
lsinting, instead Of making him insane
CT melancholic, made him sick. On the
broad of his back he was, with paraly-
sis and shell shock, unable to stand
and, according to his doctor, unable
even TO live.
Then the doctor, instead OF getting
violet rays and such, called for the
sudden appearance Of the opera singer
waom the sick painter had once loved
and who had loved him. The chattering
wife and harridan lnother-in-law were
bundled out of the house, the singer
vas bundled in, the young man was
wheeled out into her presence, she sang
little song and up he got. He not
0niy got up and walked around, but he
ained with the lady, began her portrait,
ssgan another picture of "Promethus
onoound," and by the end of the eve
alng, when the doctor came in, was
never feeling better,
f'ne," said the doctor, "now. since
gon two are obviously the right two,
" together at this minute and don't
come back until everything is for
gotten"
Now, admittedly, none of this would
sound very faithful to the scientific
M'nd' nevertheless, what have we but
'ae Old pyschanalytic first line of at
a's' The sound state of the emotions
naksa the right kind of legs. Mr.. An
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16

Good news comes from Good Times"
at the Hippodrome which will be o.
especial interest TO ali lovers of good
dancing. A new ballet advertisement
Is to be introduced this week in "The
Valley OF Dreams" 1t Is called .The
Rainbow" and an appropriate musical
setting has been provided by Raymond
Hubbell
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16
As We We're Saying

thony made considerable condensa-
tion of the process of cure Most neu-
rologists would call it good work at six
months. But even Mr.. Anthony, who
seems to have known little else of the
theater, knew that the full history of
the case could only be played in China
But granting him his need to make
haste, the essential idea was still there
sensitive man could literally die OF
his environment, or live of it, as He
chose. The line between life and death
was the emotional one.
Having got this far, numbering with
much awkwardness of expression, but
nevertheless pretty directly, what did
Mr.. Anthony do?
He turned traitor to every thought
and every feeling that his play con-
tanned and wrote one scene in which
the talkative wife said she loved him
too much to let him go, second in
which the young painter made his bit
ter sacrifice and a third in which he
mercifully and promptly died.
1t might be possible to excuse Mr..
Anthony by assuming that he meant
his play as lesson against unneces-
sary sacrifice. That is possible if he
had told the story in pantonaime. But
every last-act speech rang with the
beauty and nobility of sacrifice. The
thing was done with the effect of g
very bad stained glass window. twill
always be puzzling to know how the
author got where he got from where he
started, or why on earth he ever made
that start.
In the excitement OF execrating
"Pagans" perhaps too little was. made
OF the fact that it provided the debut
for Joseph Shildkraut in this country
Trained by his illustrious father, young
Shildkraut had played many parts
abroad, in "Redemption" for one, and in
"The Mandarin" for another, and his
English was above reproach. But, some
how, he didn't go off when timed. His
role was far better than Miss Wares,
but he managed to make it seem worse.
He had scene or two that counted,
and splendidly, but between those high
points nothing but the story kept him
in view at all. But when he could
capture attention he rewarded it, and
with peculiar personal touch, SO that
probably he%will make his place.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16
Belasco Eliminates
To Produce, Says
Star of ''Deburau''

n lONEL ATWILL is just as apt in
u, metaphoric expression AS he is in
his many-sided, technically diff
cult performance Of the title role in
David Belasco's production Of "Debu-
rau' at the Belasco Theater. In Sacna
Gultry's play the actor has quick an |
exacting changes of makeup, he must
act IN pantomime, he must express joy
and sorrow. But in his dressing room,
richly laden with theatrical relics and
antiques from the collection gathered
by Mr.. Belasco, he was just as express
sive-not in blank verse, but in good
virile English, with decided sprin
king of metaphors and SMILES.
II felt just like light heavyweight
boxer entering the ring against very
formidable opponent when l faced that
first audience. And | was not in the
best Of condition for the contest, either
/ don't know OF any one who has as
much vitality as Mr.. Belasco, and he
kept us going at a continual round of
rehearsals before the opening night. He
showed not the slightest i'll effect, but
must admit I felt bit frayed when
opening night came"
Many different terms, many theories
and many explanations have been ap-
piled to descriptions of David Belasco's
producing methods, but his newest stars
terminology is interesting. He calls it
NJ h,, ali
cal statepent worthy of Chesterton him
self.
"Oiten people come to Belasco pro-
duction with the announcement fresh in
their minds that it cost 100000 to pro-
duce. They see it and then find it i'm
possible to point out where the producer
had to spend SO much money. They
don't believe it, But he has, and it
shows in the absolute smoothness of the
production and the exactness of the
minutest details. A Belasco production,
even on its opening night, is mellow as
old wine. To produce such effects takes
months of preparation. 1t takes crea-
tiveness and creativeness necessitates
experimentation and experimentation is
accompanied by elimination. 1t is in
the experimentation and in the time re-
quired that much of the money goes.
| For instance, Mr.. Belasco conceives an
electrical effect which he desires to use.
He calls in his chief electrician and to-
gether they talk the thing over. The
chief electrician goes back to his shop
| in the basement of the theater (you
know everything is made at the Belasco
| Theater and scarcely anything is
bought and works out the plans. If he
finds difficulty, Mr.. Belasco himself goes
into the shop and works with him until
the thing is perfected.
"nere is another instance of Mr.. Be-
lasco's method Of elimination. For five
weeks before rehearsals of 'Deburau
started I had been rehearsing privately
at studio with an expert pantomimist.
You know l have to appear in pan
tomime during the performance. When
the play opened in Baltimore the pan
tomime scene consumed twenty five
minutes. / felt that it was a mistake
to give the entire pantomime. I was
supposed to be the great Deburau, the
great pantomime actor, and thought
(Coatlhuea On naxt vass)
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16

1OUR new plays this week give
the spur to the laggsrd sea-
son. Three major events are
~ scheduled Mrs. Fiske. last
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16
The New Plays

eOUR new plays this week give
the spur to the laggsrd sea-
son. Three major events are
- scheduled. Mrs. Fiske, last
seen here the season before last in
Miss Nelly of NOrleans," will ap-
pear in the new Hughes-Rice play
"Wake Up, Jonathan!" on Monday
night at Henry Miller's Theater The
same glad night brings John Goldens
production, Dear Me-" with Grace La
Rue and Hale Hamilton, to the Repub-
lie Theater. On Tuesday night at the
Booth Winthrop Ames presents George
Arliss in "The Green Goddess" plucked
out of the purple East. And on Thurs
day night they flip spondee to Oscar
Wilde at the Bramhall Playhouse with
new production of "The Importance
of Being Earnest"
! Mrs. Fiske's play comes from the
classic Cathedral Heights. Hatcher
Hughes, co-author with Elmer L. Rice,
is a lecturer on the drama at Columbia
University. Mr. Rice's best known con-
tribution to the theater is "On Trial"
"Wake Up, Jonathan!" is pledged by
Sam H. Harris to be broadly magma
tive satire on efficiency.
The play represents the. contrasting
viewpoints of two men--one, Jonathan
Blake, husband, father and financial
Napoleon; the other, Adam West, a
lover OF childhood, an unsuccessful
dreamer. The husband, in a lucid
finale, learns that after all there arc
things more worthy than the amassins
of a great fortune.
In prologue the theme of the play
is set forth By group of marionettes
who would have it understood that
people are merely puppets after al and
that life in our own day and generation
is, not SO very different from that
Pal@olithic Age where poets shaved with
she'll when they chose, and won from
the strong men who shaved not at all
Grace La Rue and Hale Hamilton
are co-stars in Dear Me-" Miss La
Rue comes out of musical comedy,
chiefly Madame Troubadour" and
molly May" She recently returned
from Paris where she studied singing.
Therefore, her appearance in a straight
comedy part will be an interesting
event.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16

Al x. Hall viii bring "The Sporting
Widows" to the Columbia Theater
this week This is a new show in
winch Hall himself is the chief fea-
ture, and he promises that the new Of
iering will be up to the best standards.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16

Mr.. Hamilton is perhsps best known
for his creation of the title role in
"Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" This is
his first work--and also Luther Reeds.
his collaborator-as a dramatic author.
The story of Dear Me" introduces
an ensemble of "failures"-men in art
pursuits who have lost their grip:
playwright, sculptor, musician, a
I,ainter, husband. All have sought the
Snug Harbor of the Amos Prentice
Foundation for Artistic Failures. Cour-
age to fight life's battles has oozed out,
and httleness, jealousy, petulance have
seeped in. April, the maid of all work,
is the first to attempt to lift her
self out. She applies her psychic
salve to the inmates, one by one,
and quits the home with the mu-
sician and the playwright In New
York April makes success Of the
musicians play. To April, Edgar, the
playwright, is still failure. She does
not know that Edgar, son of Amos
Prentice, founder of the home, is SIM
ply making a tour of inspection; she
does not find out until later that he
is the author and hacker of the play
that brought her success.
| George Arliss appears for the first
time in "The Green Goddess" at the
Booth Theater on Tuesday, January IS.
The drama is described as a modern
play of adventure in Central Asia,
in four acts, the action taking place
within few days time. 1t was writ
.en By William Archer, the British
writer on the theater and kindred sub
jects, and has been produced by Win
shrop Ames, the man who produced and
staged THE Blue Bird "Sumurun,"
"Pierrot the Prodigal," Strife"
Snow White" 1.-The Pigeon" and 1.-THE
Betrothal."
The role acted by Mr.. Arliss is that Of
the Rajah of Rukh, small kingdom in
the western Himalayas. The Rajah has
all the Easts traditions and instincts, al
though they are concealed, for q time,
under the veneer of an English uni
versity training. Into his power come
! three English subjects, two men and
woman. The drama begins with their
arrival. 1t is rapid and colorful, with
some unusual situations. The four
sets are unusually picturesque.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16
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can Academy of Dramatic Arts at it's
second matinee in the Lyceum Theater
OF Friday afternoon, January 81. A
curtain raiser by Susan Glaspell and
George Cram Cook, comedy entitled
Suppressed Desires" will precede the
play.
The author of John Hawthorne"
which is the third production of the
season by the Theater Guild and will
be offered in series Of special matt
nees beginning Monday, January "a, is
new and unknown entrant in the
playwrights' field, David Liebovitz. He
is a resident of New York and only
twenty eight years old, and this is the
first one of his plays to be presented.
Alice Delysia, who will reach her
thousan0th performance of "Afgarn at
the Central Theater in a few days, has
in the last three years headed French,
English and American companies play
ing this extravaganza Of Michel Carre
and Andre Barde, but says she has en-
joyed her New York audiences more
than those of any other city in which
she has played.
A. E. Matthews, who has been en-.
gagged by A. l.. 'Erlanger to play Jerry
in Peg O. Ny Heart" i'll support of
Lauret+e Taylor, originated the role
IN London, when Miss Taylor played
the piece there in 1914. He has not
been seen in New York since 1910,
when he played in Love Among the
Lions" and in "The Importance of Be-
ing Earnest"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16
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IN RTHUR HOPKINs's production of
a Macbeth" with Lionel Barry

GT RTHUR HOPKINS'S production Of
~ Macbeth" with Lionel Barry
more, is to be the next important
event in the theater. 1t is announced
FOR February II at the Apollo Theater.
1t is probable that "The Prince and
the Pauper" at that time will go into
the Selwyn, replacing "Tickle Me-"
which is due to go on the road
Mr.. Barrymore has not been seen on
the stage since he played in "The Let
ter of the Law" Julia Arthur will be
Lady Macbeth. The production, which
has been designed by Robert Edmond
Jones, aims to project the universal
value of the play rather than the tenn
poral details of period and place Rob-
ert Russell Bennett has arranged a
new musical setting This likewise
seeks to avoid all attempt at exact or
conventional comment. Rehearsals be-
gin tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1921-01-16

Broadway will make the acquaint-
ance of new Vagabond tomorrow
night, when Brandon lyman assumes
that role in "The Tavern" replacing
Arnold DAILY, who has been playing the
part. Mr.. Tynan's experience covers a
wide range of characterizations, from
the fiery Robert Emmet of his own play
to the repressed police officer in "The
Purple Mask" of last season, but the
romantic is his happiest field, and the
whimsicality of the character of the
Vagabond will particularly fit his own
personality.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-25
Sharp Drop Shown
In u. S. Foreign
Trade in February
Imports From Europe at Half
1920 Figures, While Ex-
ports Fall $l43,O 600, 900;
Other Routes Are Blocked

WASHINGTON, March "a. - Trade
with Europe and South America de-
creased sharply last month as compared
with February year ago, figures
issued to-day by tho Department of
Commerce disclosed.
February imports from Europe aggre-
gated $55,o05,226, compared with $780,
6o5,718 in 1920, while exports totaled
$241,793,255, against $3S4,O52,1 1853 a
year ago.
For the eight months period imports
from Europe were $676,587, ,289, against
s732,179,927 in 1920, and exports s2,-
6S2,593,291, compared with $3,354,-
639,150.
Imports from South America for
February totaled $26,5o9,1o7, compared
with $67,763,247 year ago, and ex-
ports $38,S04, ,180, against $40,440,955.
For the eight months imports from
South America amounted to S379, ,024,-
70S, against $567, 7,414,595, while exports
totaled $43S,582,48S, compared with
1886, ,399,946 last year.
Imports from Asia during February
totaled $42,122,79O, compared with
$117,012,93o, and exports $58,49o,578,
against $6s,5S5,O25; imports from
Great Britain $19,060,437, compared
with $51,991,O49 for the month, and
exports $93,450,405, against $169, ,12l,-
1928; imports from France were SILL
57S.252, against s12,S7S,431, and ex-
ports s20,432,17S, compared with $685.
520,067; imports from Germany $4,-
952,278, compared with $3,SS1,559, and
exports $39,619,713, against $1S,59S,-
807; imports from Japan $11,711, ,304,
compared with s43 ,S13, and exports
s22.o28,53o, against $34,SS4,1S6; i'm
ports from Argentina $5,315,9S0, COM
pared with $15,104,410, and exports
$16,441. .443. against s11.612237; i'm
ports from Brazil $9,289,131, against
$17,324,752, and exports $6,240, ,074,
compared with $10,443, ,023; imports
from Chile $4,902,757, compared with
$12,537,633, and exports $4,551, ,534,
against s3,708,364.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-25
Motors Acceptance Election

The stockholders of the General
Motors Acceptance Corporation at the
annual meeting yesterday elected the
following directors: Curtis C. Cooper,
Albert L. Deane, Irenee du Pont, Lam
mot du Pont, Pierre S. du Pont, Paul
Fitzpatrick, J. Amory Haskell, John j.
Raskob, John j. Schumann jr. and AL
fred H. Swayne. At a meeting of the
new board of directors the following
officers were elected: Alfred H. Swayne,
chairman of the board; Curtis C.
Cooper, president; John J. Schumann
jrr., vice-.president; Albert L. Deane,
ice-presldent; Donald NJ. SpaiGel, vice.
president; James H. Mcmahon. vice
president; Reune Martin, treasurer, and
George H. Bartholomew, secretary. F..
Stanley Parson was reappointed auditor
and Livingston L. Short was appointed
counsel. j. Amory Haskell remains a
director, but has retired as president
and Paul Fitzpatrick remains di-
rector, but retires as vice-president.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-25
Pennsylvania Renews
Freight Service Schedule
Seeks e =. to Provide Dependable
Delivery; New Arrangement
Tried Ont fnr Mn,,.l,

10 provide dependable delivery of
through freight, both east and west
bound the Pennsylvania Railroad has
reorganized its entire freight service
on regular schedules, the comnanv mn
hounced Yesterday. The new arrange
ment has been tried out for a montb
on east bound traffic from Chicago. 81
Louis and the Middle West to Eastern ~,
tss.ninals. t AIS a corresponding schedule
rom New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more more and other Eeastern points to
Western terminals has just been mt
into effect. "Se' put
Records of actual performances ~
Irelght trains operating on these
schedules show that the whole nova
ment OF through freight has been az
ped!ted. Delivery of freight at desE-
natlon is being made from one to
three days earlier and with prea+sr w
dependability than heretofore.
Inc purpose Of the new schedules ia
10 insure regularity of service and de-
pcndable arrival of through freirht
rather than exceptionally fast train
service. With this end in View thn H,.,
movement of these trains under the
new arrangement is followed up in the
same way that passenger trains are
kept moving on definite schedules Of
arrival and departure.
The Pennsylvania reorganization Of
freight service includes through move
ment of all perishable and non-perish-
able freight and somewhat slower
for mineral traffic and ali
other freight
New-York tribune., 1921-03-25

The Tribune prints each day the ma
tu,-ity dates of all actiue bonds quoted
on the Neto York Stock Exchange. The
return on bond to tho investor depends
upon three factors: the rate of interest
the security bears, tho market price
and the distance of the maturity date
To figure the precise yield on a bond it
is necessary to use yield tables, but the
approximate yield can roughly be figured
out by the FOLLOWING formula: Divsde
the closing quotation on bond into
the rate of interest it pays, and the re-
suit UiU be the annual return. If the
bond is selling beloao par you must
alloso also for the appreciation of the
principal. To do this subtract the mar
het quotation from par, or 100, and d.
vidc the remainder By the number of
gears the bond has to aMn before ma
turity. For Example, # per cent
bond is selling at 90 and has ten gears
to run, the annual return a0iu be 6.66
per cent. The difference betaoeem pal,
and the market price wiU be 10 points,
subtractimg 80 from 100. Dividing ten
points By ten gears, the quotient a0M be
+. This figure is to be added to 6.66,
aVhich is the annual return, and tho re-
suit 7.66 per cent, aoiu give you the ap-
prorimate yield.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-25
ID. & r. G.. Committee
Ready to Secure Bid
Will Deposit 100000 if Con.
firmation of Roads Sale to
Western Pacific IL DELAYED

The stockholders protective commit
tee of the Denver & Rio Grande Rail-
road will deposit with the United
States District Court at Colorado the
100000 necessary to secure a bid Of
s1o,0oo,ooo for the property, provided
confirmation of the sale to the Western
Pacific is adjourned until the commit
tees equity action now pending
against Western Pacific interests is de-
termined.
The committee announced yesterday
that this action was made necessary be-
cause it was impossible to get in direct
communication with the 5000 or more
stockholders Of the Denver road in
time to raise the 100000 that was to
be deposited with the court to-day in
order to prevent the sale of the prop
erty to Western Pacific interests. The
committee stated that the stockholders
reside in all states of the Union, Can
ada, England, Ireland, France and other
European countries.
Daniel Blumenthal, Of counsel to the
committee, said yesterday that even If
the court decides to confirm the sale
of the Denver property to the Western
Pacific to satisfy $36,000,00 def
cheney judgment this action will not
affect the litigation already instituted
by the protective committee to vacate
the Judgment.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-25
New York City Bonds
New York State Bonds

issued IN coupon and registered form
not interchangeable. Coupon bonds regis.