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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
AMERICAN WEAKNESS FOR
 WRITING PLAYS

James L. Ford attributes the "playwriting epidemic" to publicity given to the large fnan- cial rewards of American dramatists who have succeeded In that particular, he is probably correct. Writing in the New York Tribune, MT. Ford says:
 The result of this to create sort of will
 O the wisp which the incompetent have followed
 to the neglect of better opportunities. No estimate
 be made of the number engaged in this futile
 pursuit, of the avocations abandoned the
 ruined by following this igns fatuus. but it Is safe
 to say that of the hundred-odd millions who
 stitute population there few who have
 not least considered try at the calling that in-
 wolves o little work and holds out promise of such
 great rewards
 speaking entirely within the bounds of
 probability when say that at the present
 there must be at least a million indivjduals de-
 voting all of their waking hours to the
 struction of what they imagine plays. In this
 great representatives of business.
 profession and mechanical craft and if the time
 they have wasted had been employed in sim-
 pie work of agriculture like picking huekeberries
 digging potatoes the cost of living might have
 been materially reduced
 Writing play looks easy. Yet it is more difficult than writing novel, and the two forms of art are about as wide apart as they can possibly be. Few embryonic dramatsts who dream of fame and riches overnight know the mechanics of play construction, which is entirely distinct from every other kind of lit- erarN work, but they peg away blissfully un- conscious of their shortcomings and buoyed up by the thought that all they need is an idea to make play.
 Eve oft dro oti jet has lao pod odo and has produced successful play he .may write dozen in succession that fall flat. Broadway is strewn with wrecked dramas ana blghted hopes. Wise indeed is the author of a successful play who puts aawy his royalties or percentage for a rainy day and, unlike other playwrights who have had short-lived fame is not reduced to actual want when he is unable to repeat his first success. There are not many Clyde Pitches or Augustus Thomases in the history of the American drama.
 But the dramatists who win temporary sue cess and those who are permanently successful are few compared to the army of would-be dramatists. If, as Mr. Ford says there are at present at least million Americans who are trying to write play, how many more millions are essaying short stories, novels and poems? A large part of our population cher ishes the ambition, more or less secretly to write. The editorial waste baskets of the na- tion groan under the burden, ard there must be tons of stuff timorous authors don't even trust to the mails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30

thing to say, but not an easy thing to do withs out practice. do not mean that it Is dfdeun not to think of something, for in fact, few people mako habit of thinking at all 6nS more than few seconds at time. Thinking requires efort and concentration But imaginA ing is what occupies the brains of most o& uxe we see mental pictures of various conditions, pleasing or distressing; we sce ourselves acting various parts and on the lighted screen of the mind pictures of life as we experience it, CT as we hope or fear to experience it, are conttnu~ ally projected.
 We'll the first thing in rest is to learn eo turn the lights off that screen and see nothing but blank. Now if you try this lying in bed or sitting in an easy chair you will find 1t at first quite difficult thing to do. The screen will be blank for a moment, but some sound or thought will suggest picture and the cine matograph will begin again.
 The first thing to do, then, is to concen- trate on nothing at all-which is very differ ent thing from not concentrating on anything. Resting requires almost much concentration as hard work, and that is why people who have the greatest power of concentration have also the greatest power of resting. The restless and over tired people are the people who have not learned the habit of concentration mind control.
 That is one of the greatest defects in our system of education. Children taught to control their muscles, to balance their bodies, and are given exercises to aid theim in acquir- ing this control; they even taught to con- trol their passions. But they are hardly ever taught to control their minds, although the mind is the one piece of machinery which con- trols the whole of the rest of the body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
CURED

Well, good-by, Mr. Cobbles," said the sum- mer boarder. "The month Pve spent your place has benefited me so much I'll never for get the experience"
 ''You do look stronger than you did when you came out.'
 "It isn't that I'm thinking about. For 20 years I've had notion in the back of my head that I was missing the best part of life by not settling down on farm somewhere and leading a care-free existence. Pm going back to town a contented man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
LETTERS TO EDITOR
cRITIclsEs BRIsBANE's METHODS

To the Editor of The Age-Heral1:
 As the controversy over Arthur Brisbane's daily column in The Age-Herald seems to be still in progress, venture to contribute few points that your other correspondents hitherto do not seem to have touched on. 1 glad to see, though, that you have few readers thoughtful enough to protest In his home city, New York, MT. Brisbane seems to be taken for granted, and I have never noticed any open criticism of him there. Much of what he writes is true and good but some of it is nsidiously misleading. It is better adapted for residents of New Ic-k and other large cities who are so accustomed to having everything done for them by machinery and electricity that they have forgotten how to think for them selves than it is for those who live closer to nature and the realities.
 The secret of the success of Mir. Brisbane and his master, Hearst and the publishers of many papers and magazines whose c;rculatio has grown by leaps and bounds in scent de- cades, is that they try to interest the largest possible number of people, regardless of whether they are intelligent people or deslr- able citizens or not. In every countr.- and at all times there more people below the ay- craze in inteligence-as in are, wealth and various other things-than above (this is not a matter of opinion, but can be proved statis- tically), and if one cannot please thoughtful and thoughtless people at the same time it $ more profitable to cater to the latter, for they are more numerous, and the former do not pa v any more for their daily paper, even if they are millionaires.
 One of the favorite methods of pleasing the masses is to knock 'big business" and persona who have acquired wealth honestly or otherwise (though MT. Brisbane, I understand, is lar from being pauper himself, having made his pile by the method just described), and cs- pouse the cause of the alleged downtrodde workman and other persons of bolshevist . tendencies who have not ambition enough Co climb out of the rut as many of the despised capitalists have done, and would be glad to help destroy civilization and redistributc wealth if they thought there was good chanc. of succeeding. (Of course, everybody cannot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
THE ODYSSEY

By Andrew Lang.
 As one that for weary space has han
 Lulled by the song of Gree and her wfne
 In gardens near the pale of Proserpfnas Where the Aegean isle forgets the main, And only the low lutes of love complain
 And only shadows of wan lovers pinss
 As such an one were glad to know the h11nf Salt on his lips, and the large air again- So gladly from the songs of modern speed
 Men turn, and see the stars and feel tho fsee Shrill wind beyond the close of heavy Howsast And through the music of the languid houzs They hear like ocean on a western beach The surge and thunder of the OdysseyA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30

be on top at once, but any individual can reach the top if he has the ability)
 The Brisbane and Hearst stuff is simply and attractively written, so that 1t can be absorbed without mental effort, swallowed without chewing, 60 to speak. But reading it is like eating candy with saccharine partly substi- tuted for sugar, and colored with aniline dyes. Such pabulum might do no immediate harm, but for steady diet it would be dangerous. An expert food chemist could detect the adul- iteration at once, but most persons would not. Likewise a very we'll informed person would soon see through MT. Brisbane's false logic and pernicious propaganda but the average reader would never notice anything wrong. q do not claim that he is indirectly advocating bolshe- vsm or trying to "put something over' on an unsuspectng publc he is simply trying to keep them interested and thus feather his own nest.)
 It is a sad fact that in spite of our boasted civilization and apparent strides in education most people cannot, or will not take the trouble to, discriminate between the real truth and attractive half-truths, and therefore do not care much whether what they read is true or not just so it is interesting or sensational. The situation seems to be getting worse if any thing. and Mr. Brisbane and his kind are doing nothing to counteract it, for they are the very ones who profit by it. One can hardly expect every one who reads this to stop reading Bris- bane's column (for read it myself and get some information out of it), but it would be we'll to be on guard against bein.- deceived by his spacious arguments. If I have mis- judged him I would be glad to be corrected by some one who is better informed. Respect fully, R. M. HARPER.
 University. August 2s. 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
THE LORD WILL PROVIDE

From the Kansas City Times.
 Congress and the President have arrived at what the diplomats call an impasse on bonus legislation. The President says he will veto the bill unless Congress provides some way for raising the money to meet its expenditures. Congress doesn't any particular occasion for doing anything disagreeable. It feels the President must have sordid soul to be disturbed over such vulgar detail as how 70 provide the funds
 Rather characteristic of Congre--. Reduce the navy below the level of Japan's. Cut off two or three thousand trained army officers. Shut out European trade by high tariff. Vote three or four billions for bonus without YOU ing the necessary taxes to pay it.
 he-Lord-will-prov.do school of statesman ship seems to be in the ascendant in Congress just
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MIXED EMOTIONS

'Mrs. Peckton was defeated in her racefS
 "Yes,' said MT. Peckton, with quiet satis- faction.
 'Im afraid you don't sympathize with her in this dark hour"
 "Im doing the best I can When woman who has been pillar of strength for many years suddenly tells you her spirit is broken and she intends to be clinging vine for the rest of her life, it requires some pretty fast think ing to meet the situation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
A TRIFLE GAY

There's more to do In little town Than there ever was before; When twilight shades are settling down There are movie shows galore, And jazz bursts forth where the youngxtrRs dance
 And the ice cream dives arc bright And reckless couples who'll take chancs May joy-ride half the night
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
PROFESSIONAL OPINION

Professor, what would you say as to the contour of my head?"
 My friend" replied the phrenologist, kind- ly eff this were a platform demonstration, wouldn't say anything, but speaking in the privacy of my chambers, I don't mind telling you that it bears remarkable resemblance to a cocoanut."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
BE FAIR

The flapper leads care-free life
 And seems to have no end of fun; Some say she'd make worthless wife, And yet, when all is said and done, She might with merit fill the part
 And prove to be little saint. You cannot judge a woman's heart
 Entirely by her depth of paint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30

rope that is not paying the penalty in some form for the saturnalia of destruction which ended four years ago, whether it participated directly or not.
 The blight is everywhere. The spot, of course, is in Europe, while China, rent by civil war, is adding to the complications in the far east. As for Europe, there is little to courage hope that it will soon be restored to tinue at loggerheads over separations, with Germany watching her opportunity to profit by their differences. In four years practically nothing has been accomplished to solve post war problems. On the contrary, they seem to be getting worse rather than better. Although nature restores depleted man power and produces harvests on lands devas- tated by war, economic evils sufvive. Militarism was defeated on the battlefields of France, but at what cost!
 
 Japanese don't want to scrap the battle ship that carried the prince regent to Europe, for sentimental reasons. That is apt to be received more favorably than the real one.
 There are all sorts of ways to attract atten- tion at Deauville. One American woman is said to have created a sensation by staying there week without wearing any jewels.
 X x *
 In the dining rooms of some of the great ocean liners it is almost impossible to realize ic 4bo +o1d of course, ones stomtch is behaving itself
 
 Peggy Joyce is bound to keep in the public eye somehow. She went out in Charley Chap lin's yacht on the Pacific coast and got so sea- sick Charley had to call for help.
 * X <
 Life" would give Harold Bell Wright to China, along with MT. Bryan and few other celebrities. Neverl That would rob the press of paragraphic material.
 
 In the event that Russia and Germany should form a military alliance, France and England would have to tighten the rivets in their frienshp.
 Strikes have emphasized the fact that there is a great deal of difference between Mx. Harding, Theodore Roosevelt and Grover Cleve- land.
 MT. Munsey proposes to erect the taest building in the world as his monument and thus put cricks in the necks of posterity
 x
 traveller comments on the griminess of London buildings. London's fog hasn't been on the job all these years for nothing.
 x <
 Horseshoe pitching is becoming ponular again. The game may be enjoyed without re- course to bottle of Scotch.
 x
 Scinee has spoken the last word on the old oaken bucket, but the poets, thank heaven, can disregard germs.
 MT. Ford is reported out to beat the coal profiteers. As usual, Henry has the common people behind him.
 Flouted by railroad executives and labor unions, Uncle Sam proposes to teach the reds a lesson.
 No matter what happens to the Northcffe press, the London Times will not issue comic supplement.
 The vindication of former Governor Fergu- son in Texas seems to have been postponed fn- definitely.
 Secretary Hughes will be enved by great many Americans who can't get out of the country Y
 The irreducible minimum in costumes has been achieved by French dancer. Nane on request.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
RESTING IS AN ART

Filson Young, in the Saturday Review
 (London).
 If you know how to rest you can rest any, where ,and if you don't you will be disturbed and restless on feather bed ina sound proof chamber.
 The first thing to do is to withdraw the mind from all definite subjects of contempla- tion and make it blank This is an easy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
A oNE-TUNE BAND

"what has become of the chairman of the entertainment committee?"
 "He has gone to ask the village band if 1t cannot play some other tune.'
 "Eh?"
 .Its been hssamering at Tl Capitxn n morning and some of the visitors are getting restless"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
NO TIME FOR REPAIRS

''Does MT. Dubwaite dictate rapidly?"
 ''Ill say he does," replied the bobbed-haired typist. "When he starts to answering a pile of letters a girls complexion can go to wrack and ruin, for all he cares.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30

sible to maintain our record production and forestall further price advances which al- ready threatening the orderly course of busi- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
BLASE

"The gentleman looks sophisticated'
 "His experiences have made him so."
 "Is he widely traveled?"
 "No, but he acted as judge in half dozen bathing suit contests. Naturally he feels that, he has seen everything"
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
INFORNACION DEL SUR

ma de un arbolito, Sc hirio de cuida-
do en- el dorso de la mano izquierda
y para ser asistida hubo de traersela
al Hospital Tricoche, donde ingreso y
permanecera hasta su curacion.
-Si deducimos por la actividad
desplegada por la Federation Libre
con motive de su prop6sito de feste-
jar 10 mejor possible ell Labor Day, de-
bemos esperar que los actos de ese
dia resulten importantes.
Pedro Rodriguez y Ramon Vaz-
quez ambulaban anoche por la calle
portando cada uno una navajo de afei-
tar, instrumentos que lie decomizo la
policfa para denunciarlos maiiana an
te la Corte Municipal por portar ar
mas.
DE regreso encuentrase aqui
nuestro amigo el reputado ingeniero
mecanico don Antonio Ferre, quien Sc
hallaba en- Santo Domingo dirigiendo
obras que ha contratadQ alli
Ell estimable joven don Emilio
Gautier, mecanico empleado en- la
Central Triunfo de Fajardo, saldra
hoy manana para dicho fundo fin
de re-emprender su labor, despues de
haber pasado varios dias con sus fa-
miliares domiciliados aqui.
-Dona Carlota Patterne, muy bue-
ma hermana de nuestro amigo don
Carlos Patterne, guarda CANA enfer-
ma de cuidado en- SUI hogar, calle Ma
yor, Cantera.
Hacemos votos por su sanidad.
En- ell No. de la calle Gran Via,
antes de anoche, alguien limo unas
grampas ilasta descerrajar dos porto
mes, sin que Sc haya podido averiguar
que Sc proponia, porque no sustrajo
NADIA.
-Anoche emprendio viaje hacia
Humacao el club "All Ponce" para
sostener hoy dos encuentros con ell
c6lebre team que lleva ell nombre de
dicha ciudad oriental.
COrrespOnsal.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
Sc vENDE LA QUINTA FELIsA.-

Sc VENDE LA QUINTA FELISA.-
Situada en- Jajome Bajo, en- ell kilome-
tro IL Hect6metro de la carretera
Cayey Guayama, situada en- un sitio
desde donde Sc observa uno de los mas
bellos panoramas de la Isla, siendo uno
de los mas frescos y saludables del
pals. Hay aqua natural, y en- abun-
dancia sin tenor a secas; acueducto
propio, salido de la roca de una mon
taiia, cargada de hierro y oXigeno, A
cuerdas en- una faja corrida a 10 lar
go de la carretera; Casa con cuatro
habtaciones, Sala, Comedor, Cocina,
Cuarto de bano installation SANTA
ria. Esta casa con sus bajos, y CO.
lindante a la carretera, garaje para
Carros, Casa para peon, Cobertizo
para eanado aves, cercada toda de
espeGues de acero y 6 y Alambres
de puas; como una cuerda cercada de
tela metalica, de 6 pies, para aves;
Apiario de rs a 80 Colmenas en-
production, material complete para
las mismas, todo nuevo. Fincada de
cafe y guineos en- su mayor parte,
tiene alrededor Ge doscientas plantas
de Malagueta proxima producer. Sc
daria por SIEEE MIL PESOS. Qua
tro mil de contado, Y tres mil plaZos
con hipoteca sobre la misma fnca.-
Jose Maria Perez, Guayama, P. R.
p. o. Box 292. S-23
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
-:SECCION DE HOTELES:-
PALACE

Plan EuropeO. Capacidad parA 25O
pasajerOs.
Ell hotel ideal para hOmbres de ne
gOciOs y turistas de experiencia.
Habitaci6n con baiO para l persO-
ua, desde $1.50.
Habitaci6n con bafiO para peFsO-
aas, desde $500.
Restaurant Table d. HOte: Almuer-
20 $1.25, Comida $1.50 y a la Carta
PreciOs m0dicOs.
CuandO visite San Juan haga De
'ALACE su residencia.'
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
HOTEL MALLORCA

Este Hotel ha sidO mpletamente
refOrmadO para la cOmodidad de su
buena clientela, situado en- ell sitio
mejor mas frescO de la ciudad y
proximO al correO, bancOs, y Oficinas
de negOcios.
Sc admiten abOnados a preciOs mo-
dicOs.
HabitaciOnes frescas y ventiladas.
Servicio esmeradO.
Gale Tetuan No. 8, Tel. No. 1874.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
CARIBE

SituadO en- el cOraz6n de la ciudad.
erfectamente acOndiciOnadO con toe
Os los adelantos mOdernos. AscensOr.
'elefonos. Magnificas habitaciOnes con
,aiiO privadO y efectOs sanitariOs. Es-
ecial comfort para familias y pasa-
eros. PreciOs mOderadOs.
TelefOnOs 484 1.O09A F. 0. Box 800.
Gale de San Francisco No. "a, San
uan. p. r.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
C. r A n
Reduction de Precios
EN- Ell HOTEL
CondadO Vanderbilt
PARA LA TEMPORADA DE
VERANO

Hsbitaci6n con banjo privadO para
dos personals, $500 por dia.
Habitaci6n con banO privadO para
una persona, preciOs especiales.
NuestrO plan ha sidO cambiadO.
Nuestros huespedes pOdran tomar ha-
bitacicnes sin verse obligados a to-
mar las cOmidas en- ell hotel.
VisitenCs una vez antes de mar.
charse Sc convencera de la cOmOdi-
dad, tratO deIicado, y ell serviciO es-
meradO de nuestrO hotel.
LA ADMINISTRATION.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
Ell AcoNTECIMIENTo DE HOY

En- ell Cine Popular, antique Cine
Luna, hay esta tarde y por la noche,
un verdadero acontecimiento cinema
tografico, con la presentation de can
nette Hellerman", en- la LA Reina de
los Mares" y "Lo que gusta a las mu-
jeres".
Precios populares Y para utilidad
de una plausible obra, seguramente
que habra llenos.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
CENTRAL

EdifciO cOnstruidO expresamente
para Hotel, mOdernamente equipadO
con ascensOr, habitaciones con bah0
telefono, timbre y cuantO requiere
eI moderno comfort. Plan EurOpeO.
Restaurant a la carta. TeiefOnos
SS1-1144. Box 1852. San Jose. Plaza
Principal, San Juan P. r.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22

SOMRRERoS DE PAJILLA.-Hemos
rebajado nuestros precios. Procure en-.
terarse antes de comprar otra casa.
c. Perez Alvarez, S. en- G. San Juan.
n
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
ELVESUBIO

ParticipO a mi numerOsa clientele
zue nuevamente me encuentro al fren-
te de este acreditadO Restaurant, dom
de encOntraran nn esmerado serviciO
. Ia carta. Sc admiten abOnadOs y
aunca faltan los sabrosOs "Spaguetti.
Vicente Rinaldi. Allen 20, San Juan.
CeIefOnc 698,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22
MERCADO DE AZUCAR
Cable recibidO hoy por LambOrn &
CO., San Juan, de su oficina de
New York.

New York, lunes, agosto 21.-Mer-
cado sin animacion. Rumorase y es
de creencia general que Sc han vendi-
do 21,00O sacos de az1cares de Cuba
en- almacen al equivalente de 31A.
Ofertas de Cuba montantes a $4,000
sacos para embarque en- agosto
3 11I16.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-08-22

Sc ALQUILA un buen local para of
Gina con almacen, en- la planta alta del
Edifcio Sues. de Perez Hnos., en- la
Marina. Hay ascensor para carga. Pa
ra informes: Telefono 215. San Juan.
p. X. n-a