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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14

The shortest American men are
in Rhode Island. The tallest are
in Texas and the mountains of
North Carolina. Even at that, they
average only about an inch above
or below "the average American"
South Dakota men averaged
heavier than any other states.
Rhode Island men were the light
est. The two groups varied only
five pounds above and below nor
NAL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14

Entered at Ardmore. Oklahoma. Post
Office az Seccnd-C Class Mail.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14
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The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication OF
all news dispatches credited to 1t or
not otherwise credited in this paper and
also the local news herein.
All rights OF republication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
July rs. 1slO.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14
CENSORED"

Win Hays, official dry cleaner
for the motion picture industry,
says the producers are going to
attack censorship by eliminating
the necessity for it. This sounds
sensible. Seeing will be believing
Observe that he admits the ne
cessity."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14

Censorship in 1922. Censorship
in l642. The critics are stewing
about it now, as they were nearly
three centuries ago. People seem
to have the same basic troubles
and problems, in varying degrees,
in one generation as in the next.
"Holier than thou" attitude in
human nature is asbestos in the
fires OF time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14

The theatrical profession has
been fighting censorship so long
that the earliest records are lost.
Modern boards of censors date
from l642 when the Long parlia-
ment in England suppressed the
theater entirely. Chief reason for
this, according to the elder Dis
raeli. was that the members Of
Parliament had smar,ed so much
under the satirical whips OF the
dramatisis.
This censorship was political, as
all forms of censorship tend to be-
come unless they are curbed by the
will of the people.
Theatricals eventually had to he
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14

permitted again in England, be-
cause the politicians could not
stand up under the brilliant sar-
casm of songs and petitions circu-
lated by stage writers. Most fam
Gus of these was the "Rump Song"
Here's part of it:
Now while you reign, our low
petition Graves
That we, the kings true subjects
and your slaves,
May in our comic mirth and tragic
rage
Set up the theater and show the
stage
This shop OF truth and fancy,
where we vow
Not to act anything you disallow.
We will not dare at your strange
votes to jeer
Or personate King Pym with his
state -fleer.
Your tragedies more real are ex-
pressed;
You murder men in earnest we
in jest.
Actors at that time had the legal
status of vagabonds. But the bat
tie between the state and politi-
clans kept up until the stage won.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14
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Published Every Afternoon Except
Saturday, and Sunday Morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14

Out of each 100 city men ex-
amined for the army, 6l physical
defects were found. The figure was
only 50 for the farm boy. This con-
firms what you already know-that
health is in the country, close to
the soil.
A fifth OF the Class One men
were found physically unfit for
military service in the field or for
home duty. This is very serious
handicap for the next generation,
as yet unborn-for, while few ply
sical defects are inherited, the
weakness or tendency toward a
physical defect is definitely known
to be liable to be passed from
father to son.
Kansas averaged highest of all
states for physical specimens.
Rhode Island was at the foot of
the list.
Three out of each 200 men ex-
amined were rejected for mental
defects-inadequacies or abnormal
tiles. On this basis, at least l,500,-
900 Americans have hopelessly in
ierior brains, some of them of the
vegetable type.
Millions of bits of valuable in
formation, each leading to an i'm
portant and helpful deduction, can
be drawn from Ireland's analysis
OF "the average American"
OF all these, the most important
are:
ONE: The need Of greater
health education and exercise.
TWO: The need of more inten.
sified education for those whose
brains are below normal.
THREE: The urgent wisdom oil
cautiously considering the physical
and mental health OF an intended
mate, before marriage.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-14

II time is money most OF US are
millionaires on Sunday. laments the
Enid News.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
Notes Of the Stage

After an absence OF two weeks Frank
Craven will resume the role tomorrow night
of Thomas Tucker in 'Thc First Year" a.
the Little Theater.
Cylinder Love" at the Sam II. Harris Thea
ter. started yesterday to spend the Easter
holidays In Chicago with his mother and TO
put the finishing touches to his new play.
It's a Boy" which Sam III. Harris will
produce next season.
William A. Page has finished the special
exploitation of Foolish Wives for Uni
versal and has left that organization. Be-
ginning tomorrow he will open offices for
moving picture exploitation and publicity al
III West Forty-fourth street.
Miss Carroll McComus has been engaged
for the leading role in Myron q. Fagan's
play, "A Romance OF YOUTH" which goes
into rehearsal on May To-
type" entitled Sue, Dear" will have its
first presentation at the Stamford Theater.
Stamford, Friday night. April %. The book
Is by G. s. Montanye and Bide Dudley. the
Frank II. Grey. Among those engaged arc
Misses Olga Stack, Clare Stratton and Made
liene Grey, Frank Eirkbride. Jere Delaney
Russell Lennin and George Derbil.
Talluah Bankhead has been engaged for
the leading role in Her temporary Hus-
band" new comedy by Edward Paulton,
which viii be given a Broadway hearing
about Aay 10. under the direction OF Arthur
G.. Delamater.
Louis Spaulding. stage manager for Ed
NJ. Cohan Theater, and Mrs. Spauldng are
receiving congratulations on the birth OF d
daughter on last Wednesday.
Mr.. Charles b. Cochran. lessee and man.
ager OF the Princess, Aldwych, Pavilion and
oxford Theater in London. has sent cable
to Walker Whiteside, Offering flatterinr
Hindu" at the Princess, opening Monday
July TO-
The New York herald., 1922-04-16

the distance. A group by August
Lepere includes the rare "Carrieres
d'Amerique. pres Paris and by Turner
sin his famous 'Liber Studiorum." Also
there Is a series of mezzotints by ,.
Arlent Edwards. etchings by Bauer. Bes-
rard. MacLaughlin. jacques Caliot.
Buhot. Fortuny, Goya. Legros' Lee Han-
key. Pennell and many others.
American Antiques shown.
Mrs. r. n. Davis's antiques make the
finest showing OF early American furni-
ture that the American Art Association
has presented this winter. Mrs. Davis
has been collecting for many years and
began her search for historic pieces long
before the present vogue for them
started. The fact that she Is Maine
woman born and bred" accounts Tor
the early New England character on
much OF the collection.
Besides fine old pieces by such recog-
nized masters as Duncan Phyfe that
are intrinsically beautiful there are
many examples that startlingly recall
other times and other manners. such as
the "courting' mirrors. "courting ta-
bles and "courting' chairs. Tho court
ing'' Windsor table. OF painted pine. Is
probably the rarest item in the exhibi-
ton. dating from the eighteenth CEN
tury. The "courting" mirrors were given
by the early American swains to their
sweethearts to mark a formal engage
ment much as solitaire diamonds are
now given. The counting" chairs.
which are wide enough for two, were
obviously practical.
A beautiful old clock was made by
Duncan Phyfe and has a mirror front
with panels of painted glass. An eigh-
teenth century desk with fall front)
of walnut is OF a rare design and a
painted pine wardrobe Is unusual in
character. There are many painted
pine chairs of early date and many
handsome hickory arnchairs An in
teresting Pennsylvania chest OF painted
pine Is decorated with the so-called
tulip" pattern. A Colonial highboy of
mahogany, an early china cabinet. a
curly maple four post bedstead ma
plewood candle and stick and an old
sideboard are among the items that de-
mand notice. Also there are garnitures
of candelabra with prisms and OF Eng
lish alabaster vases and much old china.
A great feature OF Mrs. Davis's col
lection Is the imposing array of
hooked" rugs. most of them dating
very far back. and including specimens
that have not been shown before. These
rugs, made by the women in the farm
houses during the long winter evenings.
have quaint designs and gay colors now
softened and refined by time. They fit
In admirably with the painted furniture
that Is now so mucn sought and have
become a fashion. The designs range
from patriotic emblems and realistic
representations OF animals to the freest
interpretations of flowers. The work.
manship Is astonishingIy good and will
be something of revelation. to those
who now make the acquaintance of
these rugs. There also are many fine
specimens of early glazed chintzes and
much early linen.
The sale or the Davis collection occurs
on April 20, Fl and % and the etchings
will be auctioned off on April 10. 20
and 21.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
cARUso FUND MUSIC SHOW.
Concerts to he Held I'm Connection
with Exhibition.

The Caruso American Memorial Foun-
dation is arranging a series of concerts
and lectures TO be given in conjunction
with its Music Show and Exhibition at
the Canessa Galleries. / West Fiftieth
street, beginning April "a and continuing
until May q
The concerts will be given In the af-
ternoons and evenings by singers. plan
lists, violinists and others. Salvatore Flu
cito, who was Enrico Caruso's coach;
Frank La Forge. composer and pianist.
and A. Buzzi-Peccia, composer and voice
teacher. are arranging the concerts.
Tickets. to be sold at 81. will cover adj
mission both to the exhibition and to the
concerts. and will be good any day dur
ing the Music Show.
The loan of many rare musical In
struments. including spinet and claw
ichord. dating back to 1890, has been
promised, and there will also be on
view a number of historic manuscripts.
pictures, autographs, letters and other
mementos of celebrated artists and COM
posers of the past.
The galleries once were the private
galleries of the late Benjamin Altman,
whose art collection is now at the Met
ropolitan Museum. This will be the first
time the galleries will have been used
for a public exhibition.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
Rare Etchings by
Masters and DaviS
Antiques on View
Haden, Whistler, Bone, Zorn.
Cameron and McBey Are
Represented.

Two art exhibitions, each fine of its
kind. opened to the public yesterday In
the galleries of the American Art Asso-
citation. The first is an impressive COL
lection of etchings. including those gath
cred by the we'll known Boston collector,
William NJ. Bullivant. with supplemen-
tary groups OF etchings from the Boston
Museum OF Fine Arts: John Reid. Hans
Hinrichs and Mrs. F. r. Edwards. The
second is a wonderful showing of Amer
lean antiques assembled by Mrs. f. II.
Davis of Flushing. l.. !.
The etching exhibition will do great
deal toward waking up our collectors
as the end OF a rather sluggish season
approaches. 1t is safe to say that no
such prints have appeared in the auction
rooms since the sale of the famous Ives
collection. The masters who particu-
larly interest Americans. such as Sey-
mour Haden, Whistler, Bone. Zorn. D.
Y. Cameron and James McBey. are rep
resented not only extensively but beauti-
fully. Fine impressions are the rule ano
among them are many that are infre-
quently met with.
The "By-Roa in Tipperary' is one of
Seymour Hadens great plates and Mr..
Bullivant's impression of it on thin jap
anese paper brings out all the interplay
of branches of the great trees to perfec-
tion. The'Sunset In Ireland" is another
masterpiece of modern etching and all
the poetry and infinite suggestion of the
scene are given in the present example.
In all there are ninety-two Seymour
Haden etchings in this sale and the
Camerons are almost as numerous. The
star Cameron is probably this artists
great impression OF the York Minister
window called 1.-THE Five Sisters"
Muirhead Bones Collection.
Muirhead Bone, who is now pretty
generally recognized as the greatest of
! living etchers, is represented by his
Rainy Night in Rome" his "Piccadilly
Circus, 1915" his "View in Leeds" and
several others. The 'Piccadilly Circus
is an amazingly clever production with
| its criss-cross of searchlights in the sky
and it's tangle of traffic In the streets
| below. Zorn who has been acclaimed In
America since the beginning of his
career, can be seen here in every phase
Of his work There is a long series OF
| the celebrated nudes. including the st
Gaudens with His Model" and another
long series of equally admired portraits
Among the portraits are the Grover
Cleveland" the Henry Marquand," the
John Hay" the Mona" and the Self
Portrait in Fur Coat" Most con.
spicuous of all. however, are "Ths
Toast" and EN- Omnibus"
| A Whistler that is sure to attract
much attention is the rare "Beggars" 0!
the Venetian set. In this the haggart
faces OF the beggars in the passage come
| out dramatically, and the luminous re
| Elections In the passage itself are ex
traordinarily well brought out. There
also are fine copies of the Little
Venice" the BLACK Lion Wharf" THE
POOL and many others. BY Rembrandt
there is the Peter and Paul Healing the
Sick" and by Meryon there is the
"Tourelle, Rue de la Tixeranderie."
| One of the finest by James McBey !:
the Lion Brewery" with its stunning
] view OF the Thames. and st. Pauls II
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
JUBILEE WEEK IN VAUDEVILLE
Bernhardt Among stars who Have
Appeared in the Two-a-Dny.

With the celebration this week of 3.
f. Keith's third OF a century ami
versary with q jubilee week in all the
vaudeville theaters OF that circuit, ii is
interesting to recall few OF the out
standing milestones in the building OF
the institution which passed from
variety to the form of entertainment
now known as vaudeville.
The year 1897 was a memorable one
In the history of vaudeville, for two
great stars of the legitimate stage ven-
tured into the two a day performance
plan with the late II. f. Keith and es-
tablished new era in these theaters.
rhe first to take the plunge was Miss
Clara Morris. She made her vaudeville
debut at the same Union Square where
she had triumphed as Camille. The same
year Kate Claxton appeared in a sketch
She too was closely associated with
the old Union Square. where she leaped
into the limelight overnight by her per-
formance In The Two Orphans"
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
GOVERNOR VETOES LUSk
FILM CENSORSHIP BILL
1t Gaue Greater PoUer for En-
forcement to Commission.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
ALBANY, April 15.-Representatives OF
motion picture interests who have been
watching action on bills by Gov. Miller
were delighted tonight sc find that he
had included in his omnibus veto the
Luslk bill giving more powers to the
State Motion Picture Censorship Conn
mission.
Under this measure the commission
could have engaged a large corps Of in
spectors for more drastic enforcement OF
the censorship act. 1t was empowered
to issue subpoenas. examine witnesses
under oath and require the production
Of records of any film producing con.
Germ.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
BOOK AND ART EXHIBITS.

The library OF the late Augustus
Phillips of Kingston, N. Y, will be
sold at auction in the Keeler Art Gal
leries, IL Vesey street, on Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoons. 1t includes books
on art, travel, history and many stand
ard sets in fine bindings.
Paintings. water colors. and a group
of pastels by G.. Cooper Henshaw will
be placed on exhibition in the galleries
of LaPlace, Rains & Co, 1923 Broad
way. beginning tomorrow. With these
will be shown furniture. including sew
eral fine four poster beds. tapestries
and objects of art and utility for the
household. The sale at auction of all
the pieces will take place next Friday
and Saturday afternoons
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
SARDIS EXCAVATION
TO BE RESUMED SOON
Work on Asia Minor City Sus-
pended by War.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoHK HERALD
PRINCETON. April 15.-The American
Society for the Excavation OF Sardis
will resume its work of unearthng that
ancient city in Asia Minor within the
next month, Prof. Howard Crosby
Butler of the department of art and
archaeology in Princeton University, an
nounced< to-day. The work was sus-
pended at the outbreak of the war.
Pror. Butler having been in charge of
Inc work at that time. He will sail
next Saturday for Asia Minor from New
York. Five members of the excavating
expedition are already on the ground
repairing the damage done to the ex-
cavations by the Turks during the war.
Important discoveries had been made at
the time the excavations were stopped.
A great temple to Artemis was the
chief find, a structure which is thought
to be the third largest ever erected by
the Greeks. The city Of Sardis itself is
about fifty miles north of modern
Smyrna. 1t reached it's zenith during
the reign of King Croesus. In the year
II A. D. an earthquake brought the 500
foot Acropolis, in the middle Of the city,
down In ruins and covered IL.
Besides the great temple a number of
other buildings had been excavated In
1914 under the direction of Prof. Butler,
who had a group of Princeton men as
his aids. The present party, also COM
posed Of Princeton alumni, intends to
fiEish these excavations. The perfect
condition of most of the buildings has
brought to light much information of
value to art and archaeology.
Five men are now on the site OF the
excavations. or these, r. r. Stoever,
the chief engineer, and w. r. Berry,
both OF the class of 1908 here arrived
in February to repair the excavation
holes which had been destroyed ny the
Turks and to rebuild the road connect
ing the city with the railroad.
DR.. T. Leslie Shear OF the university
faculty reached Sardis early in March
to act as director OF the work during
the absence of Prof. Butler and he will
be the acting conductor of the excava-
tions for the present season. Two recent
graduates. Gordon Mccormick and
Lansing c. Holden, Jr.. will have charge
OF measuring for publication the archi-
tectural details unearthed. Holden was
an aviator during the war.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16

Royal and Selby Companies. Perkins &
McNeely in Philadelphia. ]. Einstein.
Inc. i'm New York and the Hood Rub
ber Company OF Watertown. Mass.
were responsible for 1t. The idea OF
these firms. or rather of their repre-
sentative here. was to take advantage
OF the fact that prices for footwear are
increasing every day in this part OF
Europe and that American footwear
was on the point Of becoming salable
here and In the Balkans at an average
can textiles for shoes are stated to be
already so per cent. cheaper than the
CZechoslovak stuff of the same grade.
Tha question whether Ii is possible TO
import American manufactured articles
to Austria and the surrounding states
at a profit has been much discussed.
and Mr.. Igra's experiment was not only
very interesting, but also of principal
Importance. as its final success will
probably depend on the method used
and show other merchants the way. how
70 de- it. Mr.. Igra intends to organize
big transit warehouses here. which are
to supply the Austrian and neighboring
markets with ready stocks of any de-
sired quantity either at dollar prices or
for crowns at the exchange rate of the
day of delivery from the warehouse.
thereby eliminating the currency risks
connected with direct orders from
America. whose carrying out demands
several months.
Another detail of interest was auto
matte and semi-automatic high speed
power looms, patent "Ruthardt." exhibit
ed by the machine factory Tannwald in
Czecho-Slovakia. The automatic looms
are said to be the fastest in the world.
running up to 270 picks per minute. al
though they are fast reed looms, and
saving about 80 per cent. in costs Of
production. The semi-automatic looms
are stated to produce 40 per cent. more
than Northrop looms. and one weaver
can attend ten to sixteen Of them. run
ming 200 picks per minutes and attaining
an efficiency of 90 per cent.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
COMPOSERS
WIN HONORS IN ROME
Works Of Saurby and Hanson
Played at Concert.
Special Correspondence Of THE New YoRK
HKnALD.
New York Herald Bureau.

Rome, April 8.
The composers who are holders of
prizes at the American Aca 'emy in
Rome, under the general uiiance Of
Prof. Felix Lamond. head of the depart
ment of music. are making brilliant
record here. The two scholarship folders
this year are Mr.. Leo Saurby and Mr..
Howard Hanson, the former rom Chi
cago and the latter from the Pacific
Coast. Both have entered heartily into
Rome musical life. Their works have
been played in several public concerts.
Also they are in close contact With Ital-
ian composers here.
The purpose behind these scholarships
Is to bring talented young American COM
posers into contact with the pest Euro
pean schools and to give them every op-
portunity to become familiar lot only
with music but with those who compose
and execute IL.
To this end O series OF concerts has
been organized at the American Acad-
emy. Students from other music schools
In Rome and music composers and critics
are invited The works of one Or more
OF them are then played and discussed.
Sometimes a work will be pla yed several
times. until every significant mart OF 1t
has been thoroughly analyzed. This gives
the American composers an opportunity
to have their works discussed as they
compose. and develops thai critical
sense in regard to the work Of others.
At the first OF these concerts the pro-
gram consisted entirely of mus, by Mr..
Saurby. The second of the monthly con-
certs was OF French. and the third, to
be given shortly, will be of works by
composers from Italian schools
The American composers. 90. are
planning to visit other countries. notably
France and Germany. to meet composers
and to hear the best in music rendition
there.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16

All the quaint costumes that are to be
seen in the Review of Revues" at the
Plaza next Tuesday night were worn
yesterday at full dress rehearsal Of
the musical skit in the Plaza ballroom.
All the girl members of the cast were
present, as old fashioned girls. Irish
colleens. Scotch lassies and pony ballet
dancers and other characters.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
HARRY voKEs, COMEDIAN, DIES

BOSTON, April 15.-Harry vokes. So.
the comedian who with Hap Ward en-
tertained thousands in this country and
abroad for years. died in hospital
here to-day OF injuries sustained in an
explosion yesterday at the plant OF the
Beacon Oil Company in Everett. where
he had been employed. vokes came OF
a family OF clowns that played in cir
cuses. With Ward he appeared in vaude-
vile from 1886 to 1904. Ward was at
the bedside.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
Amateur Players in Full Dress Performance of Skit
for Charity.

Among them were the Misses Carolyn
Frances McCoon, Edith McCoon, Kath-
crime Adams, Margaret Hennessy. Mary
Elizabeth Sullivan, Yvonne Brultour,
Anabef Gallagher and Rowena Sullivan.
The "Review of Revues' is to be given
by the Catholic Junior League for the
benefit uf the New York Founding Hos
pifal