The Washington times., 1922-07-09
WOODS RETURNS
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ton itself. ! couldn't seeI it as
they saw II. and that ended the
matter. On the whole they hand
II to you in London, and don't
forget It. It's q bad season there.
Nobody goes to the theater and
nobody writes for II. gent 10
one house and there were twelve
people in the audience.
SOMEBODY I'm England has
written an articie entitled why
People Go to the Theater." Mr..
Woods experience seems to sug-
sest that the title should be why
People Don't Go to the Theater."
Dillingham; has the best play +.
London" asserted Mr.. Woods.
nobiy q've found that other man.
ayers never mention other man.
asers). and II 10 Galsworthy's
Ioyalties.' It is very fine indeed.
It is all about q Jew"
I'm afraid that I sighed. These
racial plays are 30 trying and
playwrights are either horribly un-
just or hatefuily lust toward
Hebrews. and I don't know which
is worse. They are never merely
neutral. I'd love to see a neutral
Jewish play, in which the matter
OF race was left unmolested. :
Either the Jew IL avariciously
Baxter street or heroically River
side Drive. There Is no middle
thoroughfare.
'Loyalties' will appear here"
remarked Mr.. Woods with de-
Ightful altruism. '"rhat and Tons
Of Money are the only things
: worth while in London, and -selwyn
has the best play in Berlin" CMr.
Woods smiled effulgently.) you
think am boosting the other
fellow. Well. why not? I'm net
selfish. I've,got a fine play by the
late Henri Bataille and I've got
panorama. I've got the only
panorama of the war, It's a mar.
velous thing that makes you think
that you're IN the midst Of the
fray. It is called Pantheon de la
Guerre.' and is instructive as well
az extraordinary"
Mr.. WOODS enjoyed himself
immensely in Berlin. Berlin
seems to be specially good to
Americans, and the city itself 10
most sportive. always used to
think Berlin sportive, but ele.
phantly so. "It is the hveliest city
in Europe" declared M. Woods.
YOU'D never know that there had
been a war. although that state
ment holds good for both London
and Paris. THE theaters are ex-
tremely prosperous. and I saw
some good plays there. They ap-
pear to like US In Berlin. Really.
found that there was no particu.
lar affection for US in London or
Paris. In Berlin it was quite
different. and the hotels have .
way of adding 10 per cent to the
bill and thus doing away with the
terrible tipping disease. That
seems fair, doesn't it?' felt
bound to admit that, II Berlin
succeeded in ameliorating the tip
ping excrescence it would be
very cozy city to visit. but--a haze
me doots, as the Scotchman would
say.
1T IL easier in Berlin than in
Paris, where they murder you."
remarked Mr.. Woods, "and that
counts for q great deal, and II In
easier in Berlin than in London.
But these little matters do not
perturb me at all. I'm used TO
them. I anticipate them when I
go abroad. Why complaint"
WHY, indeed? I You can get fine
w specimens of the tip disease
right here in "our midst" No
need to 60 abroad to discover the
microbe. 1t flourishes through
out the land-benignly, II insid-
iously. Returning travellers for
get that. Mr.. Woods would not
have dignified such trivial topics
with a mention II I hadn't piled
him with questions on the sub
ject. He ID too well seasoned for
that. After all, tips are like mos
quito bites. They sting bit, but
they do not last, and they are not
serious. They are the results Of q
miasmatic condition, but perhaps
science will exterminate them.
Let us hope so, at any rate:
asked him IL he had met any
'highbrows" abroad and he smiled
indulgently. Yes. in Berlin he
had met Hermann Sudermann and
Gerhart Hauptmann, and It was
quite possible that a season Of
German plays might be given
here. In England he insisted that
the only "highbrow" he had met
was Somerset Vaughan, who has