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The New York herald., 1922-07-23
By BARRETT II. CLARK.

r. HAVE often amused myself by
trying to make a succinct state
ment of the theories of Gordon
Craig. particularly when arguing
with some one who either misunder-
stood him or disagreed with him.
! invariably end by making grand
lose gesture to describe, I suppose.
what to my thinking. Craig stands
for. The gesture is a wide sweep.
the lines of which are intended to
be graceful and all inclusive
The difficulty is simply that Craig
Is still alive. and being alive he Is
continually evolving new ideas. ex-
perimenting. discarding old notions
and adopting new: OF him 1t may
literally be said that he battles de-
scription- Every time one writes
about him the subject changes: Mr..
Craig Is q very bad sitter. he viii
not be still a moment Being a
pTopagandist as well as an artist he
must needs be explaining what he
creates Fortunately for US. how
ever. the practice comes first and
then the theory. 1t Is the practice.
the art. the ceaseless activity of the
man that IS of importance. and it is
mainly with this that we need con-
Germ ourselves
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
The Restless Genius
of Gordon Craig

OF those ideas which are now free
to every one. and which every one in
the modern theater. has generously
used must add the name of
Adolphe Appia. from whom Craig
himself has received ideas. These
two artists. neither of whom has
theater. remain and will for years
remain. the chief source of inspira-
ton to every one who works for the
betterment of the art of the theater.
At the Amsterdam Exposition Mr..
Craig exhibits large number of de-
signs. many OF which are new:
though a great many of them were
made years ago. not all of them
have been shown in public. and few
OF them have been reproduced
These are series of etchings, and
three series of what appear to be
wood blocks. designs for MARION
nettes. The etckings. of which there
are twenty. are principally studies
in light and shade Many Of these
date from a score Of years ago. but
are familiar only to those who have
attended Craig exhibitions. They
have not yet been reproduced
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
Modern Works
Of German Art
By SANFORD GRIFFITH.

LIVERY time I walk past the
III miles of paintings in the Paris
Salon or the Crosse Berliner
Kunstaussteliung 1 find myself pom
dering the roison d'etre of the eternal
easel picture and wondering why it
Is that so considerable a fraction OF
humanity still spends its time splash
ing colors on a square yard or two
OF canvas in the name of Art.
The large exposition has this ad-
vantage. however: it enables the
critic to trace influences and tenden-
cies from painter to painter and from
room to room to arrive at his con-
clusions before reaching the door.
Before the war his task was COM
paratively simple. The struggle be-
tween academic and modern art took
much the same form in Germany as
in other European countries. A
strong French influence was at
work; the disciples of Cezanne, Ma
tisse. Gauguin and Picasso could be
recognized at a glance. To-day. how
ever. the situation has changed
German arr is throwing off foreign
influence and has entered on a new
period.
German Art L. Sui Ceneris.
In Germany rs in France modern
art is no longer hampered by aca-
denic standards OF criticism. The
new school, If school IL can be called
of painting has come to stay. The
critic is no longer astonished or
shocked: he remains as unmoved be-
fore an Adler or Schmid as il he
were viewing a Henseler or a Bruno
Breil. He has learned to speak in
terms of ''rhythms" and abstract
values" and has abandoned the en-
piric formula of 81 like it" or Il
don't" which he was accustomed to
apply to all painting since the i'm
pressionists.
Interesting as 1t is. cannot imag-
inc any one liking" modern German
painting. After an hour spent in
any one of the half dozen expositions
now open in Berlin. one comes out
into the street with a distinct senti-
ment of relief-something of the feel
ing one has on shaking off a waking
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
Craig Needs No Drama.

To study his etchings is to won
der why Mr.. Craig ever bothered
with the theater at all. He has
created for himself world apart
from anything so gross and real as
the stage. and it must be a world
where the only drama is an inner
drama. played for his own spiritual
satisfaction He asked me one day.
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
All Art Accidental.

1 cannot agree with Mr.. Craig's de-
sire to substitute the marionnette
for the actor merely because the ac-
tor is not an artist. that what he
does is accidental and therefore
should be banished from the theater.
Indeed. all art is in manner acci-
dental But can sympathize with
his wish to establish an art of the
theater in which conventions shall
be made beautiful and symbols shall
become more passionately real"
than living actors
Mr. Craig's ideas on marionettes
have undergone less modification
during the last twenty-five years
than have mis- other ideas. and /
quote therefore his words on the
subject printed in 1907. words which
are evidently an expression of the
artists aims at the present time.
There is he says. nothing more
outrageous than that men and wom-
en- should be let loose on a platform.
so that they may expose that which
artists refuse to show except veiled,
in the form which their minds
create. How it was that man was
ever persuaded to take the place
which until that time animals had
held is not difficult to surmise."
That which artists refuse to show
except veiled" is human emotion.
presented directly to the conteIhpla-
ton OF the gaping audience. Art.
even the art of the theater. has been
largely a matter of exposition. To-
day actors "impersonate and inter-
pret; tomorrow they must rep
resent and interpret: and the third
day they must create BY this
means style may return" To Mr..
Craig the theater in which actors
exhibit their )etty selves and I'm
persorote human beings is not
enough. IL think that my aim shall
rather be to catch some far of
glimpse of that spirit which we call
Death-to recall beautiful things from
the imaginary world. They say they
are cold. these dead things. l do not
know-they often seem warmer and
more living than that which parades
as life Shades-spirits seem to me
more beautiful and filled with more
vitality than men and women: cities
of men and women packed with
pettiness. creatures inhuman. secret.
coldest cold. hardest humanity
Escapes From Ugliness.
And the artist seeks an escape
from the turmoil and ugIiness of
quotidian life; if theater there must
be. let it be a habitation of austere
beauty. without the disturbances
that render life unbeautiful: instead
of fesh-and- blood actors let us, cries
the artist. have symbols of life
merely, which shall not intrude their
unimportant selves into our sane
tuary. And who upholds him, who
declares that actors not only are
unnecessary but impede the develop
ment of the art of the theater?
Eleanora Duse. the greatest actress
Of odern times. who declares:
ITO save the theater the theater
must be destroyed. the actors and
actresses must all die of the plague.
They poison the air. they make art
impossible"
And behold the Uber- -Marionette.
which will not compete with life
rather will 1t go beyond it, Its ideal
will not be the flesh and blood but
rather the body In trance-it will
aim to ciothe itself with deathiike
beauty while exhaling living
spirit"
II Is out OF such aspirations that
are born the poems OF Gordon Craig.
Tor each etching. each drawing, each
design for q marionette, Is a poem.
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
as drama and win then conceive a

as drama and win then conceive q
synthetic art of the theater and the
drama, in which his most grandiose
conceptions can be used to emphasize
and not to annihilate the drama; or,
better still, he will casually throw
out a suggestion that some producer,
more practical minded than he, will
make use of. just as hundreds of
producers have taken his ideas. and
Appia's and molded them into living
works Of theatrical art For Craig
has always been and will always re-
main. together with Appia. the mine,
the quarry rom which others viii
take all they can carry. And most
of it is gold.
The marionette designs are by all
odds the most powerful and sugges-
tive things at the exposition. These
are apparently wood blocks; the
prints are made by curious process.
the details of which L am not at
liberty TO describe. Two of these de-
signs are here reproduced: they are
figures representing-or should I
say. usgesting Fear and Hunger.
Whether they are intended to be
used in the construction of actual
marionnettes or merely for the pur-
pose Of suggesting to the actor a
static and conventional attitude. they
are distinctly valuable. for they are
essentially dramatic.
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
Craig is a Bad Sitter.

Twenty years hence II may be pos
sibie. as 1t will indeed be desirable.
to reduce Gordon Craig's writings to
a single volume and il will at that
: time be found that the essence can
be further reduced to the space of a
few hundred words. But let us con-
slider the mans art and turn to the
drawings We need no explanation
of these; they emanate beauty. and
am sure that in speaking of them
the philosopher could at best do no
more than give the lie to the artist.
AT the International Theatrical
. Exposition. recently opened at Am
sterdam. spent the greater part of
my time in the Appia- Craig Room
which was devoted entirely TO the
work OF the two great innovators
The more looked at the hundreds
OF drawings and models In the other
rooms the more firmly was / con-
vinced that in the work of Appia
and Craig alone is to be found a SIM
pie and practical solution of the
problems OF the modern theater.
Where the younger men differ from
the initiators they reveal an utter
inability to conceive the limitations
and the possibilities of the theater;
they seem to think that the drama
has nothing to do with the theater
and that the theater is place where
they may express themselves with
the utmost freedom.
There are. naturally. some OF the
younger men who. deriving their
IDEAS more or less directly from
Appia and Craig. have enhanced the
art OF the drama. remembering that
the theater is primarily a place
where drama is 10 be presented. and
not a public square where the show
man exhibits himself. The extrem.
lists have sought TO debauch the
theater. and have succeeded only in
debauching themselves. A great
part OF the Amsterdam exhibition
was devoted 10 the daubs of these
young egotists
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
Success of Appia and Craig.

The most successful experiments
OF the followers of Appia and Craig
have Of course sought inspiration in
the work of these men. and their
success is due largely TO their hav-
ing brought beauty 10 the service OF
the drama
One OF these disciples has summed
up the situation iu n few brief and
wise words. Says Jacques Copeau.
director OF the Theatre du vieux-
colonbier OF Paris: "AdoIphe Appia
and Gordon Craig. who initiated the
modern movement and who remain
the two outstanding figures in ii
have alone established simple and
enduring principles. tracing the eie-
ments of theatrical styte which Is
OF value not because OF it's novelty
but because it revives the oldest
traditions. Their work. all Of which
was done far from the theater. in
solitude and quiet. breathes a spirit
OF grandeur and serenity. Every
thing else at the exposition is either
Imitation. reformation. complication
or abuse of their underlying IDEAS"
1 have elsewhere recorded my
opinion that Gordon Craig. apart
from the theater. unable to secure
the millions he ought 70 have at his
disposal. u stin the fountainhead
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
TENEMENT HOUSES TO
BE ERECTED TO MEET
SHORTAGE IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Feb. 1i.-Five-story
tenement houses within thirty minutes
OF Grand Central Station will be built
in block lots to meet part of the ex-
listing shortage of $4,000 apartments
here, II the state legislature cooper
ntes in a plan evolved by Samuel I'm
temeyer. counsel for the Lockwood
committee, which investigated housing
conditions here.
Wholesale purchase of materials.
and concessions from labor and ma
terial manufacturers, would be invok-
cd to build the houses cheaply.
The state legislature will be asked
to amend the state insurance law to
permit insurance companies to invest
up to 10 per cent of then total assets
In tenement houses for the period OF
the emergency. The investment would
be required to earn s per cent, Rooms
In the houses would rent for 80 each,
while the apartments would rent at SIS
q room.
1900 Buildings at Start
Officials of the Metropolitan, Life
Insurance Company already have CIV
en- their approval to the plan, provid-
ed they have assurance policy holders
will be protected. Ten per cent Of the
Mctropolitan's- assets would be more
than 500, 000, 900. This sum, Mr..
Untermyer has estimated, would con-
struct 1900 five story tenements, ac-
commodating $4,000 families, or $685.
600 persons.
The plan has also been approved
by officials Of the building trades
council and other labor organizations.
They have expressed their willing
ness to contribute m days work out
of each week, n deduct one dollar per
day from the standard scale of wages
toward the realization of the venture"
Mr.. Untermyer said.
In return | have suggested that
every mechanic and laborer working
ON these buildings shall have n pref
erential right to rem an apartment in
them. SO that the men who are doing
the work will feel that they are build
Ing houses for their own occupancy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
Winnipeg Wheat
Market Higher

PORTLAND. Feb. 14.-,CA. P.)-
The eastern domestic wheat exchanges
were closed yesterday. At Winnipeg
there was a sharp advance in futures
and the Liverpool market was also
higher. Overlook 4 Cooke company
Received the following from Winni-
peg by wire:
There was an exceptionally strong
wheat market this morning. May
opened One-half to three-quarters
higher and advanced to $1.33. Clos
ing figures show an actual gain of
Oh cents. July opened at Sl.241s and
closed at $1.2sk.
Pit offerings were light and there
was urgent demand for May wheat
throughout the session from those
connected with the export trade. Trade
volume was not large but the market
was very bullish and prices advanced
easily and at times without sales being
made.
There was little outside news today,
owing to the holidays in the United
States. Private cables advised that
Liverpool prices were higher in the
cash wheat market and there was
good demand for all grades with tho
exception of No. 9 northern.
Offerings were not large, but some
farmers wheat changed hands on the
bulge. Farmers have been liberal sell
lers during the past ten days of wheat
held In store at lake terminals, but 1t
Is believed that this ownership has
now reached small dimensions. Prem
INNS today were about unchanged
from saturday, although it was re-
ported that some sales were made at
higher prices. We look for continued
support as long as the foreign demand
follows the advance in futures.
1t seems quite evident that import
requirements on the other side are
heavy and that Argentine and Aus
trolia c%learances will be readily taken
care of. The buying side still looks
attractive ON reactions as the situation
In wheat is II effecting the entire
world, and as worlds supplies are APP
parently short we are inclined to dis
regard conditions which appear bear
ish temporarily and continue to look
for higher prices. The weather over
the winter wheat area should be care
fully watched.
The coarse grains were all strong,
oats ranging about / cent higher,
barley "a cents higher, flax 10 to ii
certs higher and rye 4 cents higher.
There was n good cash demand for
nntd mud tn1ntthfaIIt r,,,tl,.. i,,.....
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
Chicago Livestock
Market

CHICAGO, Feb. t4.-(U. S. Bureau
OF Markets. -Cattle-Receipts 20,-
900 head; early sales mostly steady on
all killing classes, undertonc weak on
beef steers; good heavy steers, $3.50;
bulk beef steers, $3.50 1856; butcher
cows and heifers mostly s4.35 m5.75;
Gamers and cutters, $3.10m3.75: bulk
bologna bulls, $3.75@4; stockers and
feeders active, firm.
Hogs Receipts 90, 900 head: active,
mostly l0m l5c lower than Saturdays
average; lights off most; big packers
holding back top S1O.1O on 150 to TO
pound average; bulk $9.50@1O; pigs
steady to 25c higher.
Sheep-Rcceipts, 10000 head; gem
orally steady; hest grade fat lambs
early, $14.50@ medium, 1880
m14; fat ewes in small lots early.
S5.75@7.76, according to weight;
choice 6S-pound feeders, $13.75.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14

Choice dairy calves 49,. I0.O0a1I.n0
Medium light calves 6.50a see
Heavy calves ,.-... 4.50a ESQ
sheep and lamb trade started about
steady for the weeks trade at North
Portland. Total run included 2ss8
head. Of which 4si head went direct
To outside killers on contract. Most Of
the arrivals here were on contract ana
did not enter the open market. Prices
started without change Monday morn
ing.
General sheep and lamb market:
E,nnt ~ rnnannAnin - =
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of he Ar.
catarrhal Deafness requires constjt1.
tional treatment. HALLS CATNRRH
MEDIClNE Is a constitutional remedy.
Saai.hal Deafness 70 caused by an in
ne Eustachian Tube. When this tube il
,nftomed you have a rumbiing ound ar
imperfect hearing. and when Il is entire
y cio,'ed. Deafness Is the result. Unless
me inflammation can be reduced. Your
nearng may he destroyed forever.
through the blood on the mucous sors
faces Of the system. thus reducing the In.
tons. - '"e o'i"a conoi@
Circulars free. All Druggists.
g. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo Oh,n
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
DAILY MARKET NEWS, LOCAL AND GENERAL
Including PendletOn Prices and Associated Press Reports

fleet a very slow trade at North Port
land. OF the days total run Of se6s
head. ass head went direct TO outside
killers ON contract.
General run Of cattle showed rather
poor quality. only a load Of steers and
COWS here and there indicating real
worthwhile appearance.
Killers were slow about taking hold
In the cattle alleys and prices were
depressed and weak and with a gen
orally lower tendency. No change was
shown at the start.
In the calf division the market was
depressed. Run over sunday in this
division included 81 head.
E...r.N 1T .-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
POPE Plus CROWNED.

FoME, Feb, 1.-THE coronation Of
Pope Plus NJ was the most brilliant
in history. Tremendous cheers rang
through the jewef-flashing st. Peters
as the triple crown was placed on the
pontiff's head, which started the cele-
hrated mass. Great crowds packed the
cathedral.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14

l.50; corn, white Egyptian. $1.72h@
1.sO; red Milo, s1.55m1.60.
Hay-Wheat, $17m 10; fair, SAC
II; tame oat, s15I IS; wild oat, $11@
10; alfalfa, s1SG16; stock, SOLO:
nominal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14

According to the weather proph-
cts of the business world, we have ar
rived at the dawn of prosperity. But
burned if it don't look like a tough
job to get enough firewood to cook
breakfast with"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14

ing equipped with booster trucks
which give power to the two rear
trucks in starting, thus eliminating
jerking.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
EinviablC

Enviablc.
DO you realize. little star,
What a lucky bum you are,
Being an eternal light,
Out all day and lit all night?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
Say 1t With assess

The sweetest Valentine sentiment Of
all; I'll zap you, you pay him
and he'll pay me"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14

One reason why tobacco chewing
has lost favor is because there are
fewer open fireplaces for the disposal
of the %by-product.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
0BOOsrFR TRUCks, INsTAILlED.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.-That
big jerk and bump when the train
starts is going to be eliminated on the
Southern Pacific lines, according to
a recent announcement made by the
company.
All Southern Pacific engines are be-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
San Francisco
Grain Market

San Francisco, Feb. 14.-Whcat-
Milling, s2.O5@s.19h feed, $2m2.1O;
barley, feed, si,92h a 1870; shipping,
$l'S21a @1.45; oats, red feed. $l.4O@,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
IIonors Are Even.

A woman doesn't make much head
way driving a nail. but did you ever
see a man try to wrap up a bundle Of
laundry
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14
Hogs Quoted At
SIf.s5 at Portland

tFrom The oregon Journal.l
Hogs reach a new high mark for
the present movement at s11.25; cat
tie were very slow. while sheep and
lambs were considered steady at the
Monday morning opening Of the North
Portland market. Arrivals over sun
day included ~ loaGs, compared with
loo a week ago, 1913 two weeks ago
and "a cars a year ago.
In the hog alleys there were only
$50 head reported at North Portland
owe sunday. compared with 1917 head
a week ago and 1868 head a year ago.
A quick advance Of al least so cents
was forced in the price al the start Of
the weeks activities, early business
being shown with an extreme OF
$li.25.
General hog market range
Prime light .s1l.00 a 1875
Smooth heavy. 230-SO0
pounds ............. 9.50m1O.50
up S.5Om $50
Rough heavy 7.00@ 9.25
Fat pigs ............. 10.75m1t.00
Feeder pigs .......... 10.75111.0O
Stays 6.50@ 1850
Market for cattle continues TO re-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14

ATLAS Peck, who left home last
night to buy a calf from a man on
Musket Ridge, has not been heard
from at q late hour today and foul
play is feared, as he mad more than
two dollars on his person."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-14

Gosh.
(From the Livingston, KY. Enter
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-23
BENNINGTON NEWS
OF THIRTY YEARS AGO
ITEM Of General interest Taken From
The Bennington Banner, Issued
In pecember. 1,y2.

Dr. W Z. Putnam Of Peekstill. n.
T., formerly OF Hoosck, y. Y, was in
town yesterday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-23
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WIS some time before | was limbered
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learned Of Doans Kidney Pills and
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