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Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
THE ONCE OVER
 Rv H. [ PHILLIPS 1A
By Fl. I. PHILLIPS

The Coming Tower" in the Trib- une'
 Edison; Gosh, Hen. you know everything,"
 Ford: .'wen. I've studied a bit in my spare parts should say, my spare hours"
 Edison: .sWho was Moses?'
 Ford: Let's not get into any racial dispute"
 Edison: "Now, Hen. tell me: who was Hendrix Hudson?"
 Ford: He invented the Hudson motor car"
 Edison: Who wrote The Barber of Seville ?''
 Ford: T dunno, unless it was Gil- lette''
 Edison: "Correct, Hen. Tell me something about Mephistopheles. Ford: Mephistopheles are young mosquitoes. ain't they?"
 Edison: "It's impossible to stick you. What Latin motto was on the original Aperican flag"
 Ford: ~F O. B. Detroit
 Edison: What is the capital of Ford: About s1o,ooo. 900"
 Edison: Where is Sedan?"
 Ford: I dunno: I came in a coupe" Edison: Name a famous general" Ford: General Motors"
 Edison: Where are the greatest tin mines located?"
 Ford: Detroit"
 Edison: Who discovered carbon?" Ford: Do you know any car own CT who didn't?"
 Edison: How many miles to a gallon?''
 Ford: Eighteen or your money back"
 Edison: What does the Monroe doctrine guarantee2
 Ford: Ninety days service at any of our service stations"
 Edison: What killed Ben Hur?" Ford: Probably a garage bill for chariot, repairs"
 Edison: Where do all the codfish come from"
 Ford: T dunno. I just keep ad- vertisiug the car and they just flock in from all sides to buy it.'
 Edison: "Oh, there's no sense go- ing any further; you answer them as well as I could. Take off your coat and hat and go to work
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22. 1921
The splendors that belong unto the faDae of earth are but e aOiaad, thdt iR the same direction lasts not long.
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We and Others

As people well individuals given 10 expressions of sympathy with outsiders and criti oism of them when would do well to indulge in introspection- Our newspapers abound for instance in accounts of disorders in other parts Of the world fhen own. We especially deplore the doings of Ireland We do not know how many persons have been killed there in the less organzezd up rsings and in British retaliation, but according to figures recently complied know that in the United states within the last 256 police and peace of fieers have been shot and killed by burglars and thugs. We do not think that number is a complete total
 There is far know. calculation of the number of persons who have been murdered but. we have no doubt that the number exceeds the siaughters which have taken place in any other try in the world except where is actually in progress.
 More people have been lynched in America have no doubt than in other countries in the civilized world No other country can approach in the number and boldness of railway holdups, bank robberies. highway robberies, street riots, clashes with gunmen, crimes which have become common and familiar to that condense counts of them into single paragraphs
 Yet lift up hands piously and thank God that not other nations
 We shudder the suffering and starvation which far away peoples endure, and to credit tribute sums to their relief. but only per functory inquire whether there is hunger and suf- lering in midst which could well afford to relieve without abatng contributions the peo- ple of distant countries.
 There people in Phoenix who hun gry and very hungry. We overheard statement made by woman a street car the other evening percentage the babies in this city within recent months had died of malnutriton. It is that many of these babies those Mexi parents who out of employment, but alarming many those of Americans who badly fed and who do know where the next meal, poor il will be, is from.
 In most these people prevented by shame from making their condition known. It is only by accident that neighbor. neigh by proximity only. learns of it., and if he otherwise disposed to afford relief. he feels tation in proffering it.
 But almost everyone knows of one more such cases It would be good thing today if after ssurch- when the members of the congregation <changing sautations, before returning their coEnfortable homes they would exchange notes con- Aernng the real suspected of suffering in heir several communities and decide to do some- ating about 1t
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22

A. Emily Faithful was an Eng fish philanthropist, born at Headley Rectory, Surrey, in 1885. An advo- cate of remunerative employment for women, she did much to secure 1t for them. She founded a printing es- tablishment-the Victoria Press-in London in 1860 in. which she em- ployed women as compositors. This undertaking met with great oppo- sition, but Queen Victoria showed her approval by Appointing Miss Faithful Publisher in ordinary to Her Majesty She visited America in 1ST2-7S and in 1882; was the founder of the Victoria magazine and wrote Three Visits to Amer ica." She d,ed in Manchester, Eng land. May 31, 1895.
 o. How much water does it take to dissolve eranuIated sugar? W.J.H
 A. Loaf sugar. rock candy, or granulated sugar will dissolve in about half its weight of cold wa ter and is soluble in less than this amount of hot water.
 O. Do savages commit suicidef G. A. N.
 A. While suicide Is not unknown among uncivilized peoples, it is un- common.
 o. What are Sunday letters! c. s. L.
 A. Sunday or domiuical letters are the first seven letters of the alpha bet, used in calendars to mark the Sundays throughout the year. If the year comes in on Sunday, A vii be the dominical letter for the year If the fourth of January is sunday the dominical letter will be ID
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
Who Is the Rubber.Neek?

Man Is the imperfect animal, right enough yet his fair mate has a faults of her hers that mostly laid at the door of her rough brutal opposite
 There's the business of street staring. It is alleged the peculiar crime that he with attention each time pretty girl trips by him the street.
 But test 1t for yourself. Who does the most looking" the street when a startling gown hose of amazing fineness passes by? Men? Hardly. Women!
 They may say "cat,- and they probably will but, anyhow, they'll have minute description of that gown those stockings retail when two and form a discussion club.
 Walk down the street with any of your choice and watch her observation of each who comes by
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
Questions And AnsUers

(Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing the Re publican Information Bureau, FrSd- eric J. Haskin, Director. Washing ton, b. c. This offer applies strict ly to information. The bureau can not give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not at tempt to settle domestic troubles nor to undertake exhaustive re- search on any subject Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cents in stamps for return post age. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer)
 o. When is Fathers day, and who originated the idea? H. B. p.
 A. The third Sunday in June has been set aside as Fathers day. Mrs of. this day and the Y. NJ. C. A and Ministerial Association of Spo- kane, Washington, brought her idea to the attention of the people throughout the country. Fathers day was first celebrated in Spokane in 1910, and proved such a success that in 1914 congress recognized Fla ther's day as national institution A colored rose is worn for living father and a white one for one who is dead.
 o. What causes hen to lay . soft egg? J. B.
 A The department of agriculture says that a soft egg is due to lack oi lime in the hens system. Add oys- ter shells and lime to the feed.
 O.. How many bookstores ars there in the United States? H. B. rNnnrt1affnY1 of than. 100 900. 900, this country has only about 300 book stores o. Was Faithful Emily" a req | or fictitious character? R. E. k
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
ABOUT THE STATE

about year and a half coming from Ajo, Ariz. Jeromes city physician, Dr. Riley Shrum, after an observa- ton period covering several weeks, diagnosed Camarga's disease as lep- rosy.
 Keeping the matter from becom- ing public, the city physician brought his patient to Prescott and under the supervision of the coun- ty medical association, careful tests were made The previous diagnosis to Dr. George E. Goodrich, state health officer The United States authorities have been asked to take charge of Camarga.
 To Better Service
 BISBEE-It is understood that an effort will be made by the commer- cial bodies of this city and Tombstone to have a daily mail service main- tained by the stage line now run ming to the county seat As the mail now goes it takes nearly three days for a letter to go to Tombstone and an answer received. a distance across the country of a little over 26 miles There is no mail carried out on the morning train and if it goes at night it lays at Fairban5 until the next noon A reply comes out of Tomb stone the next noon and does not reach here until that afternoon about o'clock.-Review-
 Ex- President Expected NOGALES-Advic comes from Hermosillo that the chamber of com merce of that city is planning a grand reception for former President Adolfo de la Huerta
 ST. de la Huerta is expected to ar rive at the Sonora capital within the 1 next few days to assume once again | the reins of the state government to which position. he was elected about two years ago.-Herald. New Bank Notes CORRESPONDENT new banh notes to be put into circulation by l the Bank of Mexico will be deliv-
 cred in May by the American Bank 1 Note company, by whom the notes | are being made, Fl Universal Of | Mexico City says. This will be the | first issue of paper money placed 1T circulation in the Mexican republic
 during the past seven years.-Pros- ] pector.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
4pEApv BROTHER FOUND

DOUGLAS-Belden White of Tue son, came to Douglas. w. l.. White, at the station saw him and said that he knew him, but couldn't place him. Finally he said, T never saw man that looked so much like my broth CT. but he is dead" You've placed me-" said Belden White, but he was not dead.-Internationa
 PROMISES GLOBE PosTofFIcE
 GLORE = That the movement started by the Globe Luncheon club to secure action at Washington in the matter of a federal building for Globe will bear fruit. now seems pos sible
 Senator Cameron, in a letter to Chas. Alden, received Tuesday night says: With the contractors, deal CTS and citizens committee working together, Globe is assured of new postoffice building before the snow flies.'-Arizona Record.
 WON THE RACE
 BISBEE - Mrs. McCalmont of Douglas was winer in an automobile race Tuesday afternoon on the Bis bee-Douglas road. but was rather disconcerted when she found she had won from Vernon La More, county speed cop. The discovery left Mrs. McCalmont in doubt as to the advis- ability of claiming the trophy, but when she appeared in the justice court at Lowell yesterday afternoon on a charge of speeding the com plaint was dismissed and it was con ceded by all that she had won.-Re- view.
 HELD ON NARCOTIC CHARGE
 NOGALES-Griffith Jenkins, own CT of a butcher shop in Grand ave- nue, and Carl Baughn, said to be a resident of Winkelman. are being held by federal authorities here for having attempted, it is alleged. to having endeavored to transport from Mexico to the United States, ship ment of cocaine valued at s1,60o. The men are being held in jail. not hav- ing been able to secure the amount of bail, fixed in each case at $3,500 by Federal Commissioner w. A O'Connor-Herald.
 leprosy Case Found
 RESCOTT-Leprosy has beer discovered in Jerome the unfortunate victim being Alfonso Camarga. who has been resident of that city fol
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
HENRY FORD APPLIES FOR / JOB AT THE EDISON WORKS

Scene: Edison plant.
 Time. Plenty.
 MT. Ford enters. and asks Mir Edi- son for a position.
 Edison: Well. Hen. what can I do for you?''
 Ford: I'm looking for work"
 Edison: Looking for work, Why. Hen. I thought you had the biggest paying business in the country"
 Ford: Well. it's like this: I'm sick of it; there's too much detail too many little things to look after v
 Edison: Why don't you make a larger car?"
 Ford. No. I wanta get into a Hew game, something more Illuminating and with a brighter future in il"
 Edison: "Whatcher gunter do with the flivver business?"
 Ford: s"Oh, know couple of nice young Jewish boys, and I'm gunter let em have it."
 Edison: Well, Hen. you're a friend of mine and all that, but I cant give any one a job here who doesn't pass my XYZ test. It's the rules, you know Do you think you could an- swer a hundred questions on history, geography, ete.2"
 Ford: ''The last time I tried it l made an awful mess of it. Couldn' t you lay off the history stuff just as a favor?'
 Edison: No: history Is very im- portant in the electric light business. A man who doesn't know, for in stance how long Cleopatra was sick. could never string telephone wire properly and just facy em- ploying man to charge a battery if he couldn't tell offhand what col ored vests Henry the Eighth wore,"
 Ford: "Weli, shoot your questions, but I don't like the idea
 Edison: 'Who was Paul Revere ?''
 Ford: "A jockey or something like that, wasn't he?'
 Edison: Correct Who wrote The Stsr-Spangled Banner2"
 Ford: George C. Francis Conan, wasn't it?"
 Edison: "Righti Now, who was John Quincy Adams?' Ford: Hes the feller that writes
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
LITTLE THEATERS

ally at a dollar or more per forrnance This difference in price means a big difference in audiences. The first theater plays to people who want artistic drama, especially those who have not the funds to buy ex- picks more of its audience from among those who have money and thirst for culture.
 The Little Theaters have varied as much in all of their details. One is beautifully housed with luxurious fit tings. Others play in renovated sa- looms or even in stables. One gives only one act plays: another only American plays: still another clings to European drama
 These differences have made the
 history of the Little Theater move
 ment uncertain. In eVery case a Little Theater project is started by
 artists of various kinds who feel that something is wrong with the com mercial drama. Sometimes the group of players is Justified in its assumption that it knew what it's audiences wanted and the Little The ater nourishes. If they are not able to attract enough people who are in- terested In what they have to offer, the project fails promptly.
 ! The Washington Little Theater, in 1 many ways typical of the average
 venture of this sort, has certain points of distinction. notably its dancing Mrs Glenna Smith Tinnin, who has long been an advocate of in . l terpreta tive and dramatic dancing. is 1 one of thxIf f0ducers, and her stu dents are among the players. Mrs.
 Timing holds that dancing is a valu- able medium of expressing emotions and ideas.
 The Washington Little Theater is l further different from most others of it's kind in that 1t is especially inter
 ested in children. It is not primarily
 children's theater producing so- | called children's plays. II is special
 izing in productions that will appeal 10 young people of all ages'-that is, such plays as "A Midsummer ! Nights Dream "Prunella." "Trea . sure Island some of Hans Ander- sens fairy tales, The fellow Jack
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
By Frederic J. Haskin

wASHINGTON, D. C., May ~ The Little Theater idea has reacheo the capital. One of these miniature stages has recently held its first per formance here with unusual success
 The Little Theater movement De gan about 0 years ago in this couh- try. MT. David Belasco started IL III fife with the prediction that Litlle Theaters could not possibly surVlve in this country. There are now loo of them living, and thriving more or less, in American loWns' S4lies any rural communities
 A Little Theater is a purely local theater. relying wholly or in part upon local talent, charging a lower fee for admission than the commer- .cial theaters, ;<d devoting itseif 10 what it's promoters consider really good drama. rather than 10 what they think will make money
 Little Thesters. like so many other art for art S sake enterprises in thls country. have often had a rather pale pink complexion. They have been associated with afternoon tea ana femininity and flowing neckties The virile business man, with red blood in his veins. and bone In ms nead' has chosen to hold himself above such things. What he likes in the way of theater is good girl show with plenty of jazz. Hence the cultivation of the fine arts, properly so called, has been left largely to women, and has acquired feminine atmosphere.
 But this no longer is true as it has been in the past. Since the war there has been something of an es- thetic awakening in this country. The success and multiplicatfo tfon of the Little Theaters are evidence of this. The time may come when the Little Theater will be what it is supposed to be-a neighborhood theater in which everyone will have an interest rather than 8 precarious enterprise supported by a few and ignored by the many.
 How They Are Run
 In some places the Little Theater sells some of it's tickets for 50 cents or lower In other cities seats can he had only by subscription, which means buyinx 2 ksAson ticket Ksner-
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22

ct" and Maeterlinck's 'The Miracle of St Anthony"
 Plays for Children These plays are not being adapted for children. The producers say that children are as easily bored by in- sipid, undramatic plays as grown people are. They think that children are interested by yirile plays, artis- tically presented. no less than the adults to whom the Little Theaters cater. Consequently this Little The ater makes a special bid to child audiences at Friday and Saturday matinees.
 Some things of this sort are ac- cented by every Little Theater. One feels it has a special mission in sweeping from the stage the clutter of heavy realism-dining tables com I plete from center piece to finger bowls: New York hotel rooms with the Woolworth building painted on a drop showing through the window Let us go back-or go on-they say, to the place where the lines of a play are more important than the ! furniture.
 Another Little Theater wants to give American playwrights a chance | of a hearing. still another stages a revolt against the star system. Rarely will a professional star trif1e 1 with the affections of her audience ! to play a character part. And there in lies the reason for a good deal of 1 the banality of modern successful drama. In a Little Theater group there are no stars and every member is a character actor.
 The strength of the Little Theaters lies in their ability to produce what 1 ever they please regardless of the general public. The prices they charge are for the most part lower | than those of the commercial thea pters, and this too is an advantage. 1 Amateurishness is sometime $ pointed out as the weakness of the Little Theater by critics who say that it's players are devotees of art. but often unskilled devotees- It may be
 however, that artistic freedom and professional perfection cannot be
 combined Many of the Little The aters strike a medium by keeping a
 few professionals as a nucleus for casting play. The smaller parts are
 then left to local talent, and when
 the real dramatic talent of the com
 munity is used, the play has an added
 interest for the audience without
 losing in artistry.
 Further than this the Little The ater can scarcely experiment with
 professionalism if it Is to hold on
 to its peculiar advantages. Almost
 every Little Theater has its expert in
 some phase of production. But to
 combine the Little Theater idea with
 skilled players, artistic settings, ex- i pert managers. costume wizards, and musical artists would be to put it in commercial competition with the pro-
 fessional stage.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
The lnvestmen. Win b. . Paying On.

Between tomorrow morning and Friday morning rnDse who concerned in the welfare of Phoenix should make study the purposes for which it is froposed 10 vote bonds We think that when they Have done they will perceive the absolute neces- sity of voting bonds for the control of Cave hoods and for the completion the Verde water system, and the advisability carrying armory bond issue. the issue for the installation police signai system; for paving the streets upon which eity buildings abdt and for the purchase of part cf University Tract for city park.
 When the voters who make this study have satisfied that all these issues are profitable and desirable they should then upon their neighbors who have perhaps neglected to make a study, she advisability of voting for the bonds.
 Some of the taxpayers will probably argue that these proposed improvements may await more porous times: they may stress this argument as to all but the first of the proposed improvements. she completion of the waterworks system control Cave creek The argument would apply to them at all.
 And should apply to others is true taat taxes high and money is less plentiful for paying them than in ordinary times. But it is proposed immediately soon measurably increase snxarion by the issuance of the bonds The bonds win not have taken up for twenty years rsthin that will doubt have many ard many lean periods. know these srnrrovements must made sometime if Phoenix is sn grow Its growth will make the payment of this Ecbt the easier
 The thing to hold in mind is that 1t is not r.eScd to saddle a burdensome debt upon the Phoe sx of 1921 or 25, 80. but upon the Phoenix or 1ssI Of beginning next year we will have ro commence paying interest on this debt. but the interest on the of bonds to be voted will be x, lively light that it will hardly make
 ile difference in the taxes of any citizen unless he . very large taxpayer and the property on which he ,,s tbe taxes will enhanced far beyond any add- ssonal taxes he may have to pay
Arizona republican., 1921-05-22

A year ago the authority a repre- sentative of large oil companies we printed story of the alarming shortage of gasoline Crude oil then high and said to be and growing Since then it has become abundant and is low in price. Yet gasoline is outrageously high and told that it is part of very large reserve stock made from high priced oil.