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Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
THE THEATER
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1921. by Frank Crane)

"conesved In codhead, the slain
again the soul Of sndessy repeating
Donysus the history Europe Ne
OF time and forms and Ne
has changed and remained the same"
This sentence from Kenneth MaeGcwan's recent volume
"The Theater of Tomorrow
an interesting book only knows
from the beginning
has also rather definite notion Of what the theater will be
in the future
He history beside Deny
five centuries religious
ritual
1t began in air
beaan Of that instinct which impes
believe brute that he
q child of destiny.
neither audience only villagers,
taking ceremonies with their bodies to the high
gods for the desire of the soul
theater, circles Of
religion, Athens where forty
jammsd into bowl the hill
the stories Of their heroes and their Gods
The reborn the middle and hera also its
place first before the high altar in the church,
miracle popular and had to be taken
the church and the whore there
all
Gradually the with ns, and through
long evolution has reached the condition IN which II found
today.
1t a further Of development by
Of the moving picture play.
II always my that while the theaer
reason all finds other
the Of self the time there
powerful the drama Of
cultural development.
Of the intellectual emotional life
advanced particularly BY ddaetie
teaching the Of suggestion and Of inspiration
The theater of the future will become religious when people
have religion life
life with the Of fss
profoundest and most subtle sassfaetions
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
Tn. Civil serxisa

The determination Of President Harding to ad-
just civil service lines to the needs OF the govern
ment, rather than to allow the government to be
cranped by civil service viii be generally approved
We have always hoped that happy medium
might be found between the old spols system ard
the rigidity of the civil service which has been to
government the bed of that mythlogicai charae.
ter whose unfortunate guests were made to fit It:
if they too long they chopped, and il they
too short they were stretched to the proper
length.
The civil service designed primarily not to
improve the public service, though that was
pected to be an inevitable consequence but it was
aimed at the evils of the spoils system for though
there might be efficiency under that system there
necessarily something vicious in it. 1t was not
that the system furnished inefficient servants that
complained of it, for generally the party which
controlled the offices had selfish interest seeing
that they were WELLS administered. But there was
something disasteful in the knowledge that offices
given to efficient persons as .e@ard for
party service. And then a sweeping change every
four years not good thing for the public
vice though do not suppose as a matter of fact
that there change sweepins ss To
leave the service in state of decentralization All
through the years of the spoils system there were
left in the offices Washington Of employees
who had made themselves indispensable. Generally
those who removed TO make places for political
fayortes those whose removal resulted in no
public Inconvenience. And we suppose the great
bulk of public employees could be SO removed without
the public ever perceiving that they had gone
It was expected that the civil service would re.
suit level OF efficiency and it has no doubt done
so. and perhaps level higher than the average OF
efficiency under the spols system; that is there
is less raggedness than there TO be- more uni-
fornity than there was before, but in unifor-
nifty there is often, unfortunately, medocrity.
It is that of which the president complains.
We do not mean to say that the cv service breeds
invites mediocre men. There are in It men and
women Of great talent engaged in work which persons
less brilliant could perform but who under the ma
chnery of the service had been assigned work for
which they less competent.
It is not proposed TO break up the machinery Of
the civil service but wherever the good of the SER
vice requires to disregard the rgfdity of the rules
and put employees where they can serve to the best
advantage. That, suppose could be accomplished
under the rules through the machinery OF the admin
istraton of the civil service to whom the heads of
departments could appeal But the process would
be roundabout and attended by delay. The head Of
the department often is handicapped as has recently
been demonstrated the treasury department where
twas desired to increase efficiency Immediately.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
When Lie Failure

Il have gwen life fair trial." New York man
on Tuesday wrote while in the act of committing
suicide. And then he passed judgment upon it He
had found it wanting. The whole scheme was
failure. He could take no interest In it. He was
then discarding it as a failure.
If we had to accept this mans judgment Of life
should be in sad way, but fortunately there is
much and overwhelming testimony the other side.
Most of mortals think so well OF life with its pains
and perplexities that they abandon it with regret
They find much in It to commend It. Most Of US
are well satisfied with life that should like to
start in again and live it all over.
We realize that most of the troubles we have had
and most of the disappointments we have suffered
have been of making that life itself is
not at fault. Life is what we make it. When life
seems to have been failure, only those who have
lived that sort of lives have been failures.
We do not know where this man who so rashly
condemned life expected to 60 or II he expected TO
80 anywhere. 1t is hard to conceive Of one who
does not expect other existence and we pre-
sumo this individual not quite giving up the
game Of existence He was probably merely an nm
skful player laying down hand which seemed to
aold nothing for him. He was probably expecting a
new deal A bad player can not do much with any
Kind of a hand.
for that he not to blame not wholly to blame
OF all the cards dealt him he himself was the worst
Yet we resent his slander on life.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
Questions And
AnsxUers

(Any reader can get the answer TO
any question by writing The Republi-
can Information Bureau. Frederic j.
Haskin, Director, washington, ID. &.
This offer applies strictly to informa-
tion. The bureau does not give ad-
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ject. Write your question plainly
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sent direct to the inquirer.)
@. How long did IL take TO build the
Mormon temple at Salt Lake City T.
A. A.
A. The construction of the Mormon
temple in Salt Lake City was begun
in 1853 and the temple was dedicated
in 1898, the time occupied III its con-
struction being 40 years to as day.
@. What is Cumulative" voting9--
C. r.
A. Under the cumulative system OF
voting the voter may cast as many
votes for one candidate as there are
officers to be elected, or may dis
tribute the same number of votes or
equal parts thereof among the candi-
dates as he may see fit. For instance,
in a district in which three represen-
tatives to the state legislature were
TO be elected the voter could cast
three votes for one candidate. one
vote for each three candidates. or one
and one-half votes for each OF two
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
Last Year. sird,. N...

In charging the Anti-saloon League with having
olated the federal corrupt practices act In neglect
ng to make public its expenditures during several
ssars in behalf OF congressman favorable to prohi-
bition. Representative Tihkham of Massachusetts,
vas engaged in profitless contemplation Of yester
year birds nest. There is federal corrupt prae-
Ices act That passed out with the Newberry
We may admit though that did not remove the i'm
morality of the acts which the corrupt practices act
was intended to prevent. II the Ant-saloon League
or anv other organization was spending money in
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

candidates. The object OF cumulative
voting is to make possible minority
representation.
q. Who bought Manhattan island
for $24 and . bottle OF whisky I'M.
a. L.
A. Peter Minuit. a German colonist
In America who was appointed COVER
nor of New Netherlands by the Dutch
West India company. landed on Man
haitian Island on May 4. 1926, and
purchased the island from the Indians
in trade in which the articles he
gave, whether whisky or what not,
were. valued at approximately $24.
G. Who was the "French Denos-
thanesH7--D. s,
A. Comte Mirabeau, Who Is said TO
have been the immediate cause OF the
French revolution. was sometimes
called the French Demosthenes.
q. What Was the Hume Argument
against nniracies7--B. r.
A. A miracle. according to the
Hume Argument, is contrary TO ex-
perience, but false witnesses in his
tory are not contrary to experience,
therefore it is less probable that the
miracle Is true than that the witness
is false.
q. In the West Point class where
Robert e. Lee ranked second, who
ranked first7-U. S. M.
A Charles Mason stood first in the
class OF 1929 in which Robert E. Lee
stood second.
q. Who had charge Of the Philadel-
phia Centennial2-E. A.
A. Joseph r. Hawley was president
OF the commission and Alfred T..
Goshorn was director general Of the
Philadelphia Centennial or world s
fair.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

behalf of any candidate it should have made an ac-
counting of its expenditures while the law in
force The righteousness of its aims would not ex-
empt it from the operation of the law.
But do not know that the Anti Saloon League
violated the law while it believed to be law:
that it expended any money for which it should have
made an accounting in favor of any candidate for
congress.
Another matter not directly related to this is
the propriety of groups of individuals engaging in
congressional campaigns for the promotion of
single idea. No one question the importance Of
prohibition the importance of legislation carry
out the purpose Of the Eighteenth amendment which
is prohibit the manufacture sale of intoxicating
liquors. But neither that nor any other one idea
feed for It.
candidate for congress may be entirely sound
as to that and quite unsound other matters.
Generally one-dea any subject is
unfit legislator He lacks breadth of vision which
the legislator should always have if he is to
the people we'll
1t is sufficient since have prohibition in
the constitution and rigid enforcement act in the
enforcement Of all laws They may not be prohibit
tionsts; they may be who opposed prohibition
but who nevertheless law-abiding.
There is no danger that the prohibition amend
ment will be removed. And there is hardly
more danger that congress- whatever the views of
majority of congress may be- that the rigdity Of
the volstead will be relaxed. Prohibition
is thing done It only remains that it shall be
enforced and the law-abiding sentiment of the
country will enforce it.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
BATTLING WITH DISEASE

health meetings in every state, at
tended by medical men, public health
Officers. and representatives of So
cieties interested in the question. The
moral side o. the question is being
left to the churches. as falling prop
erly within their province.
The medical approach to the sub
ject by the hygiene board is short
and direct. 'Science has proved that
no way has been found to make vice
safe. Therefore the only safe thing
to do is TO attack vice. This plan
has proven record and is an excel
lent example of "the cheaper to pre-
vent than cure" policy of modern
medical practice.
Just how heavy the vice toll be-
comes was gathered from the records
of the public health service which is
working al the problem as 1t affects
civilians while the social hygiene
board handles the military end OF the
matter. Physicians of the service
estimate that about 100000 cases
Of diseases due solely TO bad social
conditions occur each year.
From the medical standpoint this
means great danger of us passing on
to the next genera ton a virulent ba-
cillus so insidious in its effect that
few children live under the Handicap,
and those who do are sickIy and weak
From the national standpoint there
is the danger of losing effective cit
liens.
Vice Cost Is Big
The social hygiene board places the
cash cost of this social folly merely
among the soldiers in the army dur
fvs0 "a ~ t.,
1919 the cost in the army was placed
at $15,000,000. The cost was cut in
1920 to about $5,50o,0OO 1t is about
one-third less, this last year. due TO
the more effective preventive work
previously mentioned.
In civilian circles medical records
are harder to obtain. The accurate
type OF record kept by the army and
navy is not available for civilian af-
fairs. But the draft records show
that, in civilian life, at least $54.-
100000 a year is the wage loss alone.
due TO these social diseases. This is
simply the amount lost due to the in
ability Of people so afflicted to per-
form any useful work. The figure is
based on daily wage of only 81, and
is probably low, as disease plays no
favorites, but hits all classes of So
ciety. rich and poor alike.
The American Social Hygiene So
ciety. which has long conducted a
war against this plague, estimates
that the complete cost OF these ills
largely preventable, is $1SS, ,000, 900 in
one state, Illinois. alone. Ohios cost
is placed by authorities at about
$100, ,000 600. These figures include
items such as doctors fees. lost
wages, expensive drugs needed for
the cures, which are not met by the
individual, then partial costs for
maintaining hospitals for the insane
and the blind, the cost of treating
women who become infected through
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Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
RY Frsderie ]. haskin

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 1 -
When a new chief of police was ap-
pointed recently in Washington the
announcement went forth that gam
blers, bookmakers, drug peddlers and
other forms of underworld entertain
ers had better seek fresh fields for
their games. Those forms of vice
which exist in every city which has
no strong civic consciousness were
were run very quietly, but the door
was always open.
With the announcement that the
new chief OF police would start de-
termined effort to clean up the Cap
itay City a little known bureau of
the government stepped forward with
a long list of places on which evi-
dence had been obtained. Vice was
rampant on the very doorsteps Of the
Capital building itself. the report
showed. A congressional invesEiga-
ton is under way to verify this re-
port and find why this condition ex-
lists in defiance Of the law.
The quiet government bureau who
had collected these facts goes by the
name of the u. S. Interdepartmental
social hygiene board. The 'Interde-
partmental' comes from the fact
ltIel TIE GC(AGldI 4CS OA " tAIe tuS navy
and the treasury are on the board. as
are the surgeon generals of the army.
navy and public health service The
active head of the board is a woman.
DR.. Valeria II. Parker. who has had
very wide experience in social work.
Before accepting the position as I'm
Gle Sans watcher over the young
men in the nations armed forces. DR..
Parker was chairman OF the social
hygiene committee of the National
League of Women Voters and a mem
Der of the section of delinquency of
the national conference OF social
work.
The government war on vice is or
ganized through this bureau. The
board is definitely charged with the
duty of protecting the health of the
men in uniform while they are in
civilian communities. So well has the
work been done that in one year It
Is estimated that over $1,000,000 was
saved the government This amount
would have been spent in the hos
pitalization OF infected men had not
the number Of infections been great
ly reduced The cost Of the work has
been about @225,000. 1t is q paying
proposition.
Science Suppianks SentimentaIity
The governments war on vice rep
resents a new and powerful force at
work throughout the nation today.
Science. substituted for sentiment is
giving the world a new sense of pub
lie safety.
The scientific side Of reforms and
reformers is the view taken by the
interdepartmental social hygiene
board. Interested in the health of
the nation the scientific side OF the
health and disease is being preached
at every opportunity through public
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
Broley Dolly Poem
AMT IT?

Dawns something gorgeous to see,
Sunset is beautiful, too,
/ think it's jolly to be
One of humanity's crew:
Watching the clouds In the sky,
Smelling the flowers, ew-pearled.
Seeing the stars riding high;
Amt it a wunnerful world?
Winter, that's white with the SHOWS,
Summer, that's decked out in green,
Spring, when the foliage grows
FALL when the breezes are keen;
Say. it's pippin, this earth,
Like a kaleidoscope whirled,
Brilliant with color and mirth,
Amt it wunnerful world?
People? They're mostly all right,
Women are gentle and sweet,
Most of the men-folks are white.
Decent and pleasant to meet;
Lifes a continuous show
Nix on the crepe you've unfurled
Taking 1t all in all, bo,
Amt 1t a wunnerful world?
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
ABOUT THE STATE

iiams, 50 years Of age, and giving his
home as Los Angeles, was arrested
Friday by Patrolman Walter Bailey
for investigation. When Williams
was learned by the police to have
been going from house to house on
Main and OFT streets. ostensibly for
the purpose of begging. Bailey inves-
tigated the case and placed him un-
der arrest near the Woman's club,
where he claimed TO be seeking
work.
Searched at the police station by
Patrolman Bailey, williams was
found to have t2O00.ss In cash dis
tributed about his person in a num-
ber OF pockets. Protesting strenu-
ously he was jailed while an investi-
cation was made of the source
through which he had obtained the
money. The money was in the form
of bills. many Of which were OF large.
amounts. and was thoroughly scat 4
tered in all pockets Of his clothing,
the search Observation-Disclosures.
Holds Copper Record
AfIAMI--It Is announced that the
International smelter here holds the
United states. with three fur
naces in commission the Interna-
tional smelter is now producing cop
per at the rate of approximately zi.-
000, 900 pounds per month. This iS
said TO be greater than the amount
of copper now being produced In any
other district in the United States. It
is said to be the intention OF the
management to continue productioiis
at this rate until the stock OF coppeg
concentrates produced BY the Miami
Copper company during the time
when the smeiter was shut down last
year has been used up. Silver Ben.
Pima Beel<eepsrs Organize
TUCSON--At q meeting OF the
apiarists OF the Pima county held
yesterday afternoon in the Pima
county farm bureau office. organiza-
ton OF a honey producers associa-
ton was effected, officers OF the as
sociation were selected. and the pro-
gram OF activities OF the body was
outlined.
The following officers were Sc
lected TO serve during the year isz1.
S. c. Wood, president: II. y. Smith,
vice president, and II. r. Weisner,
secretary and treasurer.-StAr.
Peace Officer Resigns
PRESCOTT-Justice OF the Peace
James M. Kelly. Of the SelIgnnan pre-
cinct sent in his resignation today
to take effect on March 30th.
County Attorney John l.. sullivan
recently made a quiet and thorough
investigation Of conditions at Selig-
man, and found conditions not to his
satisfaction.--Cour
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
exports Value sf.2e4.572

NOGALES-Th total invoice value
Of merchandise invoiced at the
American consulate in Nogales. So
nora. for export to the United States.
during the month OF March. including
some commodities in transit and also
some stored in warehouses. mounted
to $1,264.572.
The largest single item was sugar,
$S0S, 97S. most Of which will probably
be re- exported TO Mexico. The seem :
ingly large exports Of tomatoes from
Mexico were valued. for customs pur-
poses, at $157,7T6.
The remaining exports consisted OF
metals, dye woods and cedar logs.
vegetables. leather. guano. shrimps
and moving picture films.-Herald.
Arrest Rich Beggar
TUCSON Charged with being a
"nliiIionaire beggar." Franklin Will
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

An invention in the form of a new roller bearing
for freight cars and passenger coaches cuts down
friction some 80 per cent and aboshes the hot box
entirely. The gross weight of a and its load
amounted to 122.600 pounds. This car pushed
SO feet in direction and then pushed back again
to the starting point by in recent test.
After IL months service the bearings found to
be in good condition when they were installed
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
Declaring I

Declaring that young of today know more
about horses than the Ten Commandments,
while the Twelve Apostles running a losing race
with the actors and actresses in popularity with the
young generation Judge James Whitten Of the de-
partment of agriculture deplores what he terms "a
younger generation"
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

An airplane equipped with runners in place Of
wheels for the take off" has completed successful
trip from Cochrane Ontario, to Moose Factory on
the south shore of Hudson bay and return. On the
return trip three landings made In different
forms Of snow but the ship took off with the OF
q flying boat open water.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
Cheating {

Cheating contractors and crooked officials of
Sumerian civilization in Mesopotama 5000 years
ago tried briefly and thrown into the river ac
cording to scientific discoveries. Among other
things, they had elaborate banking system with
a reserve bank comparable to OF today, a
postal system with parcel post branch. and crcu-
ating Libraries. which distributed clay tablet books
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

Chess by wireless is popular diversion in the
Yukon. Telegraph operators the 1000 miles Of
government telegraph line through the Yukon play
chess by wire. Two tap their to
each other and others listen in the line and make
the boards of their TO show the prog
OF the game.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

4 combination church and hotel is to be built
In New York City, according reports The building
space in the basement, church the first three
floors and missionary school the roof. strict
censorship is to be exercised hotel guests and
dancing and card playing will be prohibited.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
THURSDAY MORNING. ApRIL $. 1929

Coaudrds are scared Nth threaten
ing; boys are a0hipped into confes-
sion, BAT a steady mind acts Of itself
and ne'er asks the body counsel.
--OtWay.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

In recent proclamation Governor McTaae Of
Arkansas, declared his belief that the general
of tobacco by and women, from youth up. gem
GRAFTON after generation, is contributing to unmis-
taxable and certain degeneracy He set March % az
"no-tobacco day" in Arkansas
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

Melted basat rock is nodded to serve many in
dustrial purposes, such the manufacture Of tiles,
insuIators, building blocks and utensils
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

Specially constructed baths now available
for the dog aristocracy of Paris with carefully trained
attendants, masseurs and manicures to give each
dog the benefit of their art.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-06
Enroll YOUR NAME NOW
in PIONEERS ASSOCIATION

Enrolment Arizona Pioneers association
All residents
such for eligible membership
The annual membership fee decided when the association
organized s one dollar
Fill in the blank today you qualified
membership. The fIedin blank should
Mr. Mel Fckas the
Avenue, Phoenix.