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MUNICIPAL STATEcRAFT

TIME State Department at Washington is
i known to entertain II sensible regard for
the Hiceties of jurisdiction II is unlikely.
therefore, that this branch Of the executive
governmtnr. oyer which Secretary Hughes
presides,i would have nterfered with the
presentation, as originally planned Of n
Mexican flag in Independence Hall.
That structure Il city property and the
Stat Department is we'll aware of the ordi-
nary limits to its authority.
The municipality. however. as represented
by Mayor Moore and Chief Baxter. of the
Bureau Of City Property. is obviously not
averse TO entering the field of high state-
craft The refusal OF the flag i based
by. the city authorities upon the ground that
the United States has not yet formally
recognized the present Government of
Mexico,
In what way is this fact relative to the
Issue? This country is at peace with
Mexico, which possesses Il government
headed by AlvaradO Oregon. Sonora
ObregOn, in response 10 an invitation by
the P4n- American Round Table. which has
recently been in session in Baltimore well
coined the idea that an expression OF SYM
pathy and good will could be registered by
an exchange of fng>,
Tie affair as planned was entirely unOfi
cials sNeither the Mexican nor the United
States Government was III the least in
yoxed' in the proposed transaction. Mr..
Moore and Chief Baxter were under no ob!i-
CATION to bother their heads over the subtle
(. ties of world politics, which are supposedly
in Mr. Hughes province.
The use of the building could have been
refused with Il simple negative, based upon
the city's right to manage Independence
Hall as 1t chooses. That course would have
been rude. but at least technically justified
But the reasons now offered are absurd.
Vi Fortunately, the delegation Of Philadel-
phia women with feeling for courteous
amenities have partially saved the day by
receiving the flag in Independence Square,
which presumably will not be defled by
what happened there yesterday afternoon.
The episode has already had its reactions
IN the Mexican capital, where the inheri-
8 tnnce OF Spanish courtesy seriously inter-
s.fsres with perfect comprehension of North
srn Lsusqueness. In their extravagant
}laahtoa our neighbors beyond the Rio
l>rok1lo may be wondering just what stand
y 6jnonx the other Governments Of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28
BUcKETER KoHN's CONVICTION

A MATECR plungers who were always on
"A the verge of a killing in the stock
market yet always mysteriously losing ought
to read the evidence presented against Ed.
ward T.. Kohn, head Of bankrupt broker
age firm, who, having been convicted yester-
day of embezzlement and fraudulent con-
version OF funds, is in danger of spending
about sixteen years in Jail. The record Of
the trial will clear up 4 dark mystery in
which many small investors have been
moving. 1t shows what becomes Of money
given to bucket shopper.
The money doesn't so to the floor of the
stock exchange. though it IL deposited for
the purchase of securities. 1t goes into the
bucket shoppers pocket and there 1t stays.
n the stock contracted for goes up in price
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the dupe IL persuaded to put his mythical
winnings and his capital into "a sure
thing" The sure thing is one certain to
decline in price. IL the security originally
selected falls below the margin line the
victim is informed that he has been wiped
out. II 1t doesn't that announcement is
merely delayed.
The conviction pf one man charged with
bucket shopping will do little good SO long as
innumerable others, equally guilty, are able
to dodge the jails.
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world was possessed By thf United states
Of America upon the day when its existence
was proclaimed within the hallowed halls
Of the State House. ..-... :.
1t is needless to argue the point with
Latin Americans. who will persist In be.
lieving in our failure to understand them.
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What DO You Knou2
QUIZ

Scotland? name Tor
.tury did lie live? ' "i'a CEN
DE- where Is Muscle Shoals and what kind
4 1r or ora plant is located there? "''a
tai OF United Italy? '"e eapi-
. - II get Its name? "'" ooes
o' "hh Sh, general of Quaker stock, born n
Iniladeipnian, fought for the Confeds
= ,,,er eracy IN the Civil War? ~''ieu-
oxygen? w 'soiate
:. What Is an orator!o?
D. Name two American Presid.r, ,
Illinois. from
10. What Is an antonyp1?
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Answers to Yesterday's Quiz


!. Grant at West Point was frsomo,,.,,,
known as United States Grant, Inc,s
Sam Grant or Sam Grant. The n,ct'
names were. of course, derived fron,
the initials y. s. 'fo"i
:. The quotation from Gray's E!egy in mch.
nolseless tenor of thor way" no, the i've
even tenor" ''' '"e
3. Napoleon III was Emperor OF tha Er.ro,
during the American civil W. 'e"cn
= The Island OF Formosa belongs TO Jan,r
b. Lohi IN northern mythology was the goi
o. Lloyd George became Prime Minister NJ
England In December, 1916. VI
Z. Philippa Moniz of Portugal WA, tho ala
OF Christopher Columbus. ''' WIG
g. scientists are OF the opinion that tbs
average thickness OF the tarth's cr,,s,
IL about ten miles ~'aS'
Q, hyraN 10 small! rabbt-ike uuadr,noa
OF a class which includes the Svr,an
rock rabbit and the South African rocn
badger " '''N
10. ~ snffragan bishCp Is one cunsecrnted m
assist 4 bishop OF n see by manawin,,
part ot the diocese. or any bisho, in
pol,tan. '"s"s'
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Even IL Congressman Johnson's :,.t xvi
CATIONS were correct and It proved t!u<, ,Sss
there were bogus bonds on the mar,e'as AN d
would he no cause for alarm. UneIs ~ s
one obligation. in the circumstances, W's''
be not TO let the innocent suffer.
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In re- GnHp

"Voluntary economic, ~, w.
In re- (;uu,p justment or fnancIle,. .,s v
tervention by the USd Usnsd
States" is said to be the basis OF
submitted to the Cuban Goverhm's1ss, h.
Carlos VI. de Cespedes, Cuban Mln~ ,ms IN.
the United States. We have grapevine vNs,~ ~j ~
less advices to the effect that Q 1spSs
most identical in terms has been "''
another Carlos TO the Zander Soviet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

From q nature lover we learn that tts
shadbush will soon be in bloom. Don't know
thing about 1t, but presume It grows 10
rows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

Muratore has been ordered BY his phyi.
Mary Garden.
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The United states Supreme Court has
ruled that labels on goods must tell the truth.
the whole truth and nothing but the Truth.
This, of course, will also mean that the nsr.
chandiser who wants to cut prices will have
tn do II with his little hatchct
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

The public hope grows that Hoover may
prove the gyrOscope to stabilize the coal ID.
dustry. :.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

To Congressman johnson the Question
of the hour IL, whats the trouble y. =
the Department of Justice?' But ~ ~
Department Of Justice 1t Is simply '"a'"
the trouble" 'i
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

DR.. J. Madison Taylor says the human
race has progressed only one. third Of ~
way toward perfection. Only? One Won
ders II DR.. Taylor is not unduly optimistic
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

We gather from q New York dispatch
that bootleggers are In bad odor with III
perfumers. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

Fritz Kreisler says jaxs 10 Z trayesty ~
That will die while the critics still noat Y;
But it lives though the saxophones mu's"
1t oft, -. ... "a
And-well. maybe he's right. but "
doubt it, ~
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Genoa Is apparently undecided whetAes
to prove q shining or q horrible example, 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

There is always likelihood that Chins,
stirred land trained) by civil war, may eous
day become a strong unit and cease to b.
puppet in the hands of other nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

Fate was family ironical in permitting
the discovery in Nebraska of first Bryan an1
then tooth Of the missing link,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

One gets a little confused trying u
herre whether one voted for q bonus Stna.
tor or for the officers Of the American Legion
who determine his course.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

Judge G. W. Maxey asks for conference
with Alter. COntractor. Combine hope evt'
IDENTIFY has reached its Maxey mum.
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a wedding has just taken place
Kansas City that was announced forty yean
ago. Parties probably took to heart "
mildewed proverb beginning Marry !"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

Scientist has announced the discovss,
that the surface Of the Great Lakes Is ne.lf
level except by accident. Greenhorn deck
hand knew that years ago. "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

80 II Tchitcherin gets the loans he Is after.
viii bolsheyism proceed to spoil Its nami
in capital letters?
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Things might be peaceful in the Gsnoe
duckpond II outsiders did not insist on throw
Ing stones into II.
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Mexico's political situation may
little involved. but the arrival IN new III ty%s.
Of shipment OF Mexican cantaloupee 'nst I'M
Gates that agriculturally speaking 1t ~
mushlng along. fl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28
SHORT CUTS

Peace appears to be long, long nv
from Tipperary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

Another sign Of advancing spring 10 tn
bench sleeper in Washington Square, ,srt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

Henpecked husbands are holding conyen.
ton in England. Ho, Min.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28

There is CHEEKY significance In the tx
that Bundle Day occurs In Cleanup Wsek.
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TT APPEARS that one day when she had
quoted her work to him as SO much he
had lost his temper aud '.called her bluff"
saying that II she was worth that much
month to any one to so out and earn IT,
and II she could earn 1t he would consider
paying it to her.
She was really alarmed, but outwur6,v
brnan. She went sobcrly to her desk and
vat tSlving into her possibilities. She knew
that for ordinary jobs-housekeeping. secre.
tarial, companion, chaperOn, social service
worker, cta.--there was a crowded mnrket
just then and some one younger and more
scientifically trained would get It ahead of
her. But there was a thing that She had
alw.ys wanted TO do and which so far as sLe
knew no one had yet done. and there was
just one man that she knew who had II IN
his power to give her "a try at il" for n
good salary. So she went down to his nfic.
to ask for it. and on the way down tnwn
she met him and asked him then and there
and got it.
And she came back TO her father IN ,b,
course OF the day with her job and her nrns.
pective salary. She kept the Job and moie
good and her father was out of n secretarv
and general factOtum. But the odd pnrt nr
his makeup was that, although she bod
ceased to work for him, he paid her n regular
stipend, and very generous one. she said
now that she did nothing for him. The faci
that She was of actual worth in n monCv
market sent uD her stocks with him I(t0
nor cent
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formula Giacosa and Rovetta particu-
larly built some very creditable plays.
The emotional life of the citizen was
harnessed to the Catholic conception
of marriage and of the family omar
riage as an indissoluble, sacramental
bond; mystical sanctions for chas-
tity. the family as mystical unit.
these Catholic ideals being meanwhile
tempered with the chivalric preju-
dices that usually so with them tthe
double standard in morals. the point
of honor to make them not over
burdensome to the ruling male.
1t is with the third of these motives
that Bracco, as southerner. a
Neapolitan. was specially concerned.
Few minds have been as fertile as
his in deriving dramatic situation
from the clash between individual
impulse and the impossibility of di-
yorce, for instance, or from the dis
grace that comes upon the fallen
woman, or from the position Of in
feriority that the female occupies, as
compared with the male, in the rigid
scheme of Latin society. 1t is to
Bracco's credit, also. that. sensing in
a way the artificiality of that scheme,
he tried to vitalize it by making it
the source OF kind of super
morality. In "Fantasimi' ("Ghosts)
you will find Bracco in one of his
most characteristic. if not in one Of
his most beautiful. moods: here is
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of the finest produced in Europe be-
tween 1890 and 1914-and following
Ibsenism. as Ibsen was understood in
the Latin countries-depends almost
wholly on the framework of "bour-
geois' society, as the latter was be-
coming stabilized in France. Italy
and Spain from 1870 on.
In triumphant democracy a fair
ly balanced equilibrium had been es-
tablished between aristocracy, middle
classes and proletariat, and the drama
concerned itself with safeguarding
the distinctions between them against
too ready disturbances from climb
ers. What we know as capitalism"
had worked out it's code of common
ethics, which in a timid bourgeoise,
cramped by the relative poverty Of
the continental subsoil, had abridged
into a simple formula of .don'ts;"
don't speculate" don't live the high
life," don't gamble Around this
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Pandelo Italian whose
Characters New York

day Sabatino Lopez produced dis
tanza" ("The Chasm"), where he
asks whether woman of the aris-
tocracy Ga marchioness) can elope
with a proletarian schoolmaster, the
son of her fathers butler (the man
is otherwise quite deserving. OF
course). The play was hooted of
the stage not because it was poorly
written or because it was badly
acted, but because no one cares
whom a marchioness should marry
SO little Importance attaches at
just this moment TO the preservation
of class distinction.
Now the new" theater of Italy Is
a theater that recognizes and pre-
Supposes the moral and intellectual
bewilderment of whic h we have been
speaking. II looks beyond the shat
tered social scheme into the minds
behind ii. raising again the universal
problems of reality and unreality.
showing the human mind in conflict
with itself. refuting established
truths" and revealing the inner
complexities of simple situations. In
the earlier stages OF the so-called
"grotesques" the new" theatre dis
tinguished itself rather by orig
inality of presentation than by
novelty of substance. AT least il
seemed to us that way when we
looked back from La maschera a Il
yolto" l"The Mask and the Face
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that framework rests have been at
least momentarily shattered. Tie
present is a period of doubling. of
cropping. of Discrimination, of bewil-
derment; and no one is willing to
affirm anything of anything, except
perhaps that all problems. moral,
social, artistic, must be restated in
larger and broader terms than ever
before and in terms which, at the
moment, no one is able to formulate.
1--WE must renew faith in contracts"
said Barthou at Genoa to Europe
which is interested not in contracts
but in Justice. I'VE must renew
faith in government said Lloyd
George to a Europe which has dis
covered that the combined power of
those who command is helpless be-
fore the combined power of those
who obey This is the age of will,
of volition, in Europe. where every
thing is possible but where nothing
is certain.
And that is why the "old drama
in Italy has lost its hold on its
former audiences. 1t is not that the
problems which it proposed have
been settled, but rather that they
have become Irrelevant, or at least
relatively unimportant. The Other
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worthless husband (''The Hidden
the sociological. awakening of the
Western world. Bracco was. if you
please. a feminist i'll a feminism
which might be caricatured with
some justice as a doctrine that wives
should not be beaten every week. but
perhaps once a year. AT best the
moral inferences of his 'feminism"
did not go beyond a recommendation
to husbands To be a little more ap-
and devotion they were accepting
from their wives. One may make
the general observation that the
principal restriction which Bracco's
theater put upon its own diffusion
was that il remained uncompromis-
ingly ethical in an age that was be-
coming more and more socially
minded: that it persisted in regard
ing the established framework of
society as something fixed and un-
changeable in an age that was more
and more loudly clamoring for a new
social dispensation.
What rationalistic criticism might
have done in a generation the war
brought about in Europe in the short
space of five years. If we cannot
say that the old social framework
has been broken down in western
Europe We can say that the moral
and intellectual convictions Oh which
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The World of Foreign Books

woman with whom marriage. even
to a man she does not love, is SO
real, SO eternal and 50 mystic a
bond that not only will she remain
faithful during her husbands life
time, but after his death she will
sacrifice to his memory her own now
possible happiness and the life of the
man she really loves.
Even before the war the vogue of
a theater based on such arbitrary
premises was threatened from a
number of directions. From Russia,
Scandinavia, Germany and England
a stringent and incisive social criti-
cism was coming, overthrowing the
preconceptions which the dramatists
of France and Italy were using as
such convenient dramatic 'ob-
stacles." Bracco's best plays were
already unintelligible in America, for
instance, where a mother is not less
a mother if she has little common
sense (hence the failure here of
Snow Storm"). and where a wife can
put rational as we'll as legal limits
TO what she will endure from a
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A survey of world politics for the
last half century is announced for
early publication by +. II. Dutton &
Co. 1t is the work of J. A. II. Mar
riott. an English author and uni
versity lecturer on historical SUBJ
iects. Under the title. Europe and
Beyond" he studies such questions
as The New Germany and the
New France" The Diplomatic Rev.
olution," THE United States as q
World Power" West and East"
The World War" THE World Set
tlement" and other important phases
of the history of the last fifty years.
The time covered is from 1870 To
1920. .-, e--.-s
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ITALIAN BOOKS.
Surveyed by ARTHUR LIVINGSTON.

The Fiasco of the "Oid Thedtre."-4
NcW Play of Roberto Brdcco and
Prundelio's Boom-The Premises OF
the Bourgeois Stdge-A Static So
ciety aud a Society in Flur-Piran-
deHo and PirondeIIismo-Brdc
Attempt TO Crotcd Into the Nep
Increment
LNoR two years past Roberto
Bracco, the great Neapolitan
dramatist. has been sulking
in his cafe, like Achilles in his tent,
refusing to recognize the new course
that the Italian stage has been TAX
ing. But he issued from retirement.
the other, day to throw II Pazzi"
t'Lunaticsr) upon the book market
(not upon the stage). and the Italian
Parnassus adjourned in a body to
the sidewalk to settle in a good old
fashioned way this dispute between
the "old theater" and the new"
The question at issue is whether.
and to what extent. Bracco. the
laureate emeritus of the "oid theater,"
has been stealing the thunder of Pi-
randello. the Jove of the new the
ater"-Pirandello, whose six Char
acters in Search of an Author" had
carried his name around the world
so noisily that many critics who
think before they write have hailed
him as a new Ibsen, a new regen-
orator of the effete modern drama.
tPirandello, by tie way. is quite as
old a man as Bracco. though for
thirty years he has chosen the short
story as his favorite vehicle. and only
since the war has he been paying
special attention to he dramatic
form.)
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lhIFty years he has chosen the short
story as his favorite vehicle. and only
since the war has he been having
special attention to he dramatic
form.)
The Leader 8 the Old Guard.
All OF US have tender spots i'm our
hearts for Roberto Bracco. One can
read through the ten volumes of his
plays issued by Sandron (Poet Iore)
has done couple of them in Eng
iish. white Americans can remember
Nazimova in "Infede,e" C.Comtesse
Coquette'), or Ralph Roeder's rendj-
ton OF Snow Storm" ("Notte di
Neve'), for the Washinston Square
Players without finding single
banality. And in them one will have
the satisfaction of enjoying five or
six masterpieces. A masterpiece
think. is La Piccola Fonte" ,.Tba
Hidden SPRING.. where Bracco
paints q picture of feminine devotion
wasted on the egotism of a supermap
contemporaries used TO see in this
Play personal satire of D'Anpun-
ziol. Another is II Piccolo Santo
c'The Saint'O. a powerful study of
aScetic eroticism. Lost in the Dark"
c'Sperduti mel Buio"). a play that
has stood the wear and tear of many
revival. is one of the most touch
ing portrayals OF unfortunate child
hood that have ever been made Then
there are "Nellina." "Maternita
"Fantasimi.' III Perfetio Amore."
plays narrower in their reach per
haps but still strong and deep. not
10 mention such minor figures as
that of Don Pietro Caruso." and
without even entering on the field of
light comedy. where we have such
gems of pure laughter as "Non Fare
ad Altri" Gas You Do Unto Others"o.
The theater of Roberto Bracco is a
well rounded. consistent one. sound
in concept. sincere in workmanship;
and his success on all the stages of
the world i'm the twenty years before
the war was a just tribute to a real
genius.
The Theater of a Static Society.
What has happened in Italy-in
Europe to give suddenly a SAVIOR
OF mustiness to this drama of a man
not yet 90 years old? In 1914 the
cataclysn fell upon Bracco at the
summit of his career. A Neapolitan
dialect play. IL Uocchie Cunza-
crate" (.The Sacrifice"D. was the bit
he contributed to the patriotic fervor
of the moment In 1919 he welcomes,
with a sigh of relief. the return TO
peace. He is ready TO resume his
titular place as dean of Italian play
wrights. But managers and public
have only a deaf ear for him. Ii is
now the turn of Chiarelli, of Rosso
di San Secondo. of Fausto Maria
Martini. of Guglielmo Zorzi of Luigi
Pirandello. What has happened?
Bracco does not know. Nor does
any one know very clearly. Bracco
retires from the limelight in high
dudseon D'Annunzio. an old
schooler of a different temperament,
reacted differently to changing
times. as everybody knows). Now
Bracco's .'Pazzi," his "Lunatics."
gives us some intimation of what
has been taking place.
Bracco's theater. intrinsically one