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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-28
BUILDING. SMASHED
CHICAGO
 RECORDS

/ CHICAGO. Dec. 27.-Every previous building record In Chicago's history was smashed this year, according to figures made public today by Com missioner B1strom, city building de- partment. With four business days lacking. the total value of buildings for which construction permits were issued was $217.434.960 as compared with $l25,oo4.51s for 1921. Permits issued totalled 12.4s7 and the front age was 100000 feet or about so miles of building if they were placed side by side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-28
BANDIT SUSPECTS ON WAY TO KANSAS CITY

Four persons. two men and two women arrested last night as sus
 poets in the hold-up and robbery of five bank messengers of the Drevers National bank of Kansas City on De- cember l 2. in which s97.o00 was ob- tained, left here tonight for Kansas City in custody of two private de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-28
Broken in Health, War Lead
 CT Sees Nation Turning to Ideals He Proclaimed Dur
 ing Paris Peace Conference Isolation Policy Doomed WILSON JUSTIFIED BY MEN WHO FOUGHT HIM Mentally Alert, Former Execu-
 tive Will Receive Party of
 His Followers Today. League Idea Triumphing. Harding to Call Conference
WASHINGTON BUREAU !
 THE .A1E-HERALD , Nee s,t tx,arsa IA T, lissf. S1

Woodrow Wilson will be 66 years old tomorrow. It will be his happiest birthday since the republi- can Senate smashed his dream of a League of Nations.
 For, at the present time, an eff fort on the part of former irrecon- cilables, led by Senator Borah, is. be- ing made to induce the United States government to lend helping hand to staggering Europe.
 Borah, who fought what he termed sWilsonism," is now re- beating the old argument of Wilson. Today he declared it to be the duty of this strong government to save the countries of Europe from a complete collapse. He argued that such should be done not only for Europe, but for the United States, which requires market for it's sur plus products.
 Borah, according to Senator Os- car W. Underwood, leader of the democratic minority, is seeing today just what Wilson. saw immediately after the armistice.
 win Re Defeated
 While the indications are that the corntry is gradually coming to the Wilson way of thinking" the Borah amendment providing for an economic conference will. according to Senator Underwood, be defeated.
 The republican leader, said Sen ator Underwood. Twill make q point of order against the Borah amend ment. It will be sustained. To sus- pend the rules requires a two-thirds majority, which the Borah amend ment cannot command. Democrats, think, will vote with Borah in favor of suspending the rules.
 Tt is a highly interesting situation with man like Borah attempting to do today what he thought iniqui- tous only a few short years ago There is no question but that the former President feels himself en- tirely justified For tho troubles of this country and the countries Of Eu- rope. the republicans who defeated the Versailles treaty are respon- sible.
 To Remember Wilson
 At that time the United States with the greatest army in the world with the greatest capital in the world could have sat at the head of the table of nations, and directed the situation The economic conditions which prevail everywhere today would have been obviated."
 Democratic members of Congress win remember the; former President tomorrow. They will inform him that the republicans are in roundabout fashion accepting his theories which formerly they rejected, and that grad th Try ic r n T, Qr fO smile over the "terrors'' of entangling alliances conjured up in a former campaign by Senator Lodge and his colleagues.
 It is reported today that the haalth of Mr Wilson continues to improve, ard that he is possessed entirely of his old-ttme mental vigor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-28
FORMER PRESIDENT TO SPEND QUIET BIRTHDAY
 Rv As~or,afed preea

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Woodrow Wilson is expected to spend the greater part of his sixty sixth birth day tomorrow quietly in his s street home though it is understood he probably will receive delegation in the afternoon
 The Woodrow Wilson foundation it was announced tonight. will send a delegation to the residence of the for ,ner President at o'clock U extend birthday greetings. and inform him of progress in it's effort to raise a ,sl. 300, 900 fund to advance ideas enun- ,riated by him while President. The lhelegation will be headed by Hamil- ton Holt of New York. executive di- rector of the foundation. and Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams, vice chair man of the District of Columbia branch of the organizations
 If is believed that a. number of or- eanizations and individuals may join in the demonstration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-28
HARDING NEGOTIATING
 TOWARD CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.-The first official disclosure that President Harding is negotiating toward an international conference for the con- alteration of European economic problems was made by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. the republican floor leader. during opening debate in the Senate today on the proposal of Senator Borah. republican. Idaho for the President to call an inter national conference to discuss eco homie conditions and disarmament.
 In opposing the Borah proposal. which is in the form of an amend ment to the naval appropriation bill. Senator Lodge urged that the Presi- dent be not embar rassedf fin the ef- forts which he is now making as d matter of fact"
 Senator Lodge, in an hour's address against the Borah amendm4nt, did not oppose the calling of an eco homie conference, but said It should be carefully and strictly confined With such question as reparations, &ContinueA on Page Two.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-28
BUY IN BIRMINGHAM

Goods advertised in The Age. Hrald by Birmingham merchants re guaranteed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-28
wEATHER FORECAST

Alabama: Fair Thursday and Fri dayffi cooler Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-28

lre guaranteed
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New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
The ll1eaters
By Percy Hammond

TT lonely hug CHAMPION as one of Mr. Siaw heroes
observes the depths
therefore tnd that cgang
against the obnoxious ecuaor include their nhiions the
se who paronz him. Perhaps ticket spectators had
they would their nefa1iou traffic
for persons caught buying cntraband transportation the drama might
help prevent the evil if taken exclude punishment
nose VINO e the cut lae agencies There is bound to be great
sympathy deprived necessities as arc hoar
'e Bd0a haters and the spectacle of neighor dbarred
IRON Inc Dem lran tor instance by the brokers oNercharge has it's
ar breaking aspects In Of that penalty
Fshe in the matter Cupr caught paying s1 each for tho
c 9o hevu or Dr. Wynn THE Perfect Foo should be
oaAdane "The Duge regular Gssworhy
Fg'a s. s. Ienacty the other
eso the worthy type sccompces specators
Pending eae"en calculated to amend the annoying law Of supply
and demand in the teaer Nj radys production
and an admirable expedient It inferred that The
g the exorbtan necessities and at be witnessed
c In "Sal Mr. has been made
Unavailable by the spendhr patrons be not
fmayed Men have died and
hey did not Good Morning. Dearie
Doubt that few OF the prevailing social and
due to the high Apploiack OF Dover Road
Thou the d Of "In Needless ofD
to whom the drama is Imperative and Tc Ne4t should
tor them comfortable and expensive hospce
1t quiet wellacted c study French Of the
ons between generation and the preced Nine
haa became off misty her children
sail past herYouth pleasure Her son
roea by @ infant achieves mistress though
one of and reseutfu daurh+er
hg married finds her unnecessary proceeds Llihely
f own life Children conos with
euce hut Understanding the tragic DILEMMA The i, ce,
r dlgter dinner party Widows weeds
ne DRIFTS IN hoping that she will be asked invited
m no enthusasn And company in
ne fTeneh au Geraldy of its kind pre-
s the emotions and the Of the children
o me feeling Of The mother sentiment atty Their
.m Is 'e'4'ahe so Is hers IS therefore recent honest
lung taking few Of tho advantages the
M M0natn Of the mother extraordinary bit acting
% @ ea degree IS that Of Kenneth MeKenna the Miss
e'e crosby as the daughter.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
No Solution Yet in Earl
Carroll Play Title Mystery

"All this is harmful to the play ard
unjust to the writer. Personally, find
no fault with titles as c;ties. In days
gone by, before advance notices
were the fashion, a play came fresh to
the public, thing complete In Itself,
unfettercd by false impressions.
"Surprisc is an important element IN
art. yet 10 writer has fair chance to
employ it these days. His plot is sum
married and published before the play
opens, and If there is trick or nov
city twist this. too is revealed. In Ger
tain mystery plays the producer rust
sometimes implore the audience to con
ceal the outcome to project futaI7
ardiences. In the case Of my new play
shall take no such risk | am keeping the
name OF my play secret. ] an delb
erateIy opening cold in New York so
that there can be no possible chance
that out-of-town reviewers ma, reveal
my secret. Perhaps | am trying a dam
gerous experiment, but believe that /.
is well worth the chance"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

Earl Carroll has decided not to make
public the name Of the production
which Will oren his new theater Feb
ruary 20.
SO far as know" says Mr.. Carroll.
this is the first time that play has
been offered nameless to the public.
but if my opinion be correct the public
will eventually demand nameless plays,
for title usually does more harm
than good. 1t arouses false anticipa-
tions; it creates false Impressions.
Some titles may suggest fantasy and
the unreal while the work itself may
be frankly realistic; or again, they may
indicate metaphysical, erotc or scien-
tific purposes, while the work itself
may be merely rollickinc farce in
tended only for sheer amusement
In the case cf my own play The
Lady Of the Lamp many people thought
it was musical comedy because
had previously written musical come
dies. Erroneous impressions also
wer formed regarding Daddy Dump
lins.'
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Nlkiia Ralieff. the Droll
Autocrat OF Bat Theale,'

pn. ssafi have gone ont Of fashion in
Il. and nesrie everywhere else, but
mai. IN the taester will always re
49,. r as the most elective means of
;, s.lc , administration. Such a car
,se.. Is NlMta Balief. whose antic
., 'sF' ~ the Chsuve Souris or The Bat
s,r.a. u'e0"' has come to the Forty-ninth
so,s: aeater under the direction OF
~, '' dest Within the realm Of his
H. Fsny Ballet is autocrat-master of
sopt,;h eefs and dancers and designers,
.s;. 'a''hg 10 them all his own con
ssId;. .sly humorous personality and
I'D ~. mem into tightly unified
.si, 's' richly varied form OF enter
so,s~ sAe unlike anything our contem-
b. 'neater has known.
a a'''eh ls droll czar, whimai-
s.le s0hality, who rules by persuasion
., s' by authority. lie was b5;r;,
ia "4hlan -, blood, the race that has
il ,' :.OSe Anhs on tine south with Rus
:sat,;ba. ear time and that always
I'D ave-. a generously to the artistic
Il. o,a ,,pec'sAy the theatrical life of
|ssrcira empire His dark hair and
ss h. 0lack eyes are true to his
4s;,s., a' N ever other respect he is
sa ~, h'ted By nature Tor his call
''por-clown, for he is phys
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

Buffalo. is in New York and we'll
again. The demand for seats
for the first cycle of Bernard Shaw's
Back to Methuselah," 81 the Garrici;
] Iheater, IS proving very heavy, although
the box office sale hes not yet start
ed. The first performance will be
given on February 81. Friends
of Comedy are TO give three pro
ductions at the Park Iheater On the
of February 20. 21. % and
"A they are to present Don Juan in
Hades.' by Bernard Shaw. and the
"Treason and Death of Benedict Ar
mold" by John Jay Chapman Algernon
Tassjn's "Thc Craft of the Tortoi sc y
will be seen on the afternoons OF Febru-
ary 27 and rs and on March and 8. "A
Sunday Well SPENT by MARTA Leonard.
viii be given - matinees on March
13, Ia, Is and II. Mary Boland Mary
Shaw. Marie Shotvell. Grace Fil,.i1s,
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, John Waller and
others arc in the casts. The
Union of East and West will produce
Rabindranath Tagore S "Chitra' at the
Anderson Galleries. Park Avenue and
Fifty ninth Street, on Sunday evening,
February IS. = comedy, with Hindu
songs and dances, called "Caliph for
a Day viii prccede the Tagore
play. New Iork's theatrical
clubs have appointed committees to
aid in the arrangeme for the Allied
Arts of the Theater Ball at the Hotel
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

lcally specimen Of curiously and hap
PLY exaggerated features. His round
face is rounder than round faces usual
ly ere. His short neck is shorter. His
plump pudgy body is made for laugh
ter.
Nothing could be more disastrous at
q funeral than the appearance Of that
plstterliAe face, lit by pene trating eyes
and trayersed by sensitive mouth.
Even in renose its humor is contag gious.
A twitch Of that mouth, q fash Of the
eyebrow. and he has told whole story.
He seems to take greatest delight, and
his audience shares it, when he stands
lust inside the wings and makes panto-
mimic comments on song that holds
tho center of the stage. 1t is easy to
feel sorry for the engaging young sing
or. for no one pays the slightest atten-
ton TO her. The host Of the Chauvc-
Sou1is, in other words, is the lialson
officer between his performers and his
audience-the silent but far from i'll
visible link in an intimate chain
Another favorite role of Balieff and
one that exposes slightly different
side Of his impish personality is that OF
barker" or announcer of the varlous
acts OH his program.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

iics Of nov productions. but roou
"thriller" il believed TO bc cure Of q
house. tortainl tho drama IL London
a the moment seems 10 be rolsrslry
,apid'y into melodrams
Perhaps thc boom IN melodrsma IS
an inevitable consequence OF the soc-
CO. of Bulldog Drummond7 and The
Sign CT HE Door' Anyway. aside from
The Bat and "7hc Night Car IL
the lager proportion Ct tho new playa
ale melodramatic il character Tie
series started with The RattleeraAo.'
by ] L. Harold Terry ard Rafaal sa
hst'ni. 1t continued with The E'e--
enth Commandments ly Brandon
Fleming. 4 play dealing Nth gambling
and Matchmaking N which Viola Tree
appears. and this has been followed up
by "Old lig," BY Sydney BLOW and
Douglas lIoare. the latest Arthur
Bourchier Production. J thrilling .sss
cl magistrate With an urcannv gift
ior plecing together odd bits of ovi-
dence And VIII, more to fo.lcw We
are hscA to tho ds-s # blood and thur-
isr. mnrde. 1nd suicide. .erealn-
oil. and the l!a.e still pursuing hsr.
1t TX as though the l.ns rere zo-
ing II he rather overdono, and the st-
tempt to cater for public taste defes.
itself
princess Ida. revived III London
after . lapse Of no less than THIRTY
eight years. Is the last Of the series
of Gilbert end sullivan revlvals By the
D'Cyly Carts. After j. th4 whole rener-
toire IS to be reviewed again during
a further nerlod Of slz veei.e The er-
tluriasm for Il va remarkable ani
'eu-i have thrilled tho young arilst
y 10 va making her debut II the name
nsrt, Wirifrcd Lanson The discover,
Of her as = new Gilbert and Sullivan
s'ar vss 4 feature OF tic performance.
a remarkable thing about "Frinccss
Ida j. the familiarity Of so much or
it TO 4 gen alton Of operagoers who
can never have seen it before. It ls
gcarcoly credible that so rich a comic
opera should not have been performed
in London since 1884. when George
Crcssmith, Eutlard Darlington, Rosina
brandram and Jessie Bond were in tho
cast In thet year Henry Lytton, nov
l:.;ng Cana, sang in the chorus This
week : revival promises to make the
opera as popular AZ any OF the series
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

-ANSI 'icF o''i' d'lu / ilc .NlSilt u
In the former Eva Moore makes the
most charming. handsomely dresssd
and aiert Of elderly maiden lsdics
)cAcept tfat sho hnas It dificu'
10 con'riro to look elderly enough,
beating ..c detective every time
at his own game - which annoys
the detective, who, being Arthur
Wcntner, IS not accustomed to looking
foolish OF The stare. The comic maid
servant-tho characteristic Nory Rob
, erts Rinehart 'icure--who provides t1a
much nooded isIlt relief TO TIC thrills
of the plsv Is adinirably done bv Dru-
lila Well. IN the latter Rober5 Lor-
faine Nss tie hero kept too busy With
attempted and lctuel murder to have
much time LETT for making love to his
, lady. very accoptably played by Anita
Elaon. while a TIE detective James
Carew according 70 one critic. acted
Nth such force that We we're Glad 10
he in England and safe from the t.
Dramatic criticism II London S
sily sneclall1cd business, ard, .
ther- critics were natura'l, unat,'e -
attend two shons > once, most u Tie
4oHdon new papers ran tlsir notices
on SUCCESSIVE days. They concentrated
hrst on The Bat and left Trhe Might
Cap to be dealt with afterward
Whether they were exhausted by the
first and unable TO try to take the sec
ond seriously one does not know. but
most Of them seem to have come 10 the
conclusion that. while The Bat" IS
straight melodrsma. The Night Can
is to be regarded q a buYlesque Of
melcdrama They arc not clear whether
It's authors intended il 10 h taken g
riourly OF not but certainly the audi
erce did rot take it %. BY Tho Sat .
however. the audience vas immensely
thrilled
Ore is not so sure about the fate of
The Night Cap"-to run TWO plays Of
this kind simultaneously il perhaps TO
try London theatergoers . little high;
but one may iudolse the judgment Of
the critic who predicts that "The Bat
will outlast The present theatrical
slump. 1t Is, indeed, partly duo to the
slump-whirh has only lately become
spparent but has BEEN foreseen for
some l:ttle timc-that plays Of this kind
arc nov being put on the stage here.
There has been such crop Of failures
that nsnagers are shv Of most varie-
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
New Theatrical Offerings

'\'NH N ha Princess
Desert Sands rtincc
t"'aind Love Virginia Iamncn Lloyd
- the Belmont Tkcatc off
n:frtz"' by Pierre Frondc
Hcnjamin ,lazcr. War
Lowell Mabel Frcnycar Winnfred
hin Brandon Hurst
fan
FRANK Huylcr.
HAWKINS leslie Srllcr.
Helen Shany
hart Edward Collins
Berthe kner, Frank and OF
y EpNFSDAiM the Harris ir. will ofe
"Nadamc Pierre,
Hcrnhow The i'stel 1oung Marsh
Allen Charles Stanie Jessup Mario
Wood, Alice John,
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
New PLAYS

r. HFEE Few oAorings are calen-
J. dared this week in Broadway
playhouscs: desert Sands at the
Princess "Montmsrtre at the Belmont
and "NIadsma Pierre" 81 the Ritz. For
the week beyond five arc scheduled to
open on Monday, February 30 They
arc "Io the ladies' j comedy. with
Helen Hayes and Otto Kruger, at tho
Liberty. replacing The O'Brien Grit:
Irene Borden III The French Doll"
succeeding The Grand Duke; "The
Rubicou, with Violet Hcming, forcing
out Marie Lohr's repertoire company
For Goodness Sake" \ musical comedy
retrieving the Lyric Theater for the
lyric stage, and a Russian play of ur-
disclosed title, with Henry Herbert and
Helen Freeman, opening Earl CARROLL
Theatcr
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

.H Astor' Februsry rs, for the benefit of
in charge of the ball. "Thc
Bat is breaking London records at the
ST. James Theater. Prince Henry.
third son of King George, purchased
all the stalls to entertain friends at
the mystery play last Thursday
night. Doris Kenyon will have
the leadlnr feminine role in Owen
Davia's "Up the Ladder which Viii
liam A. Brady is preparing to pro
duce. Amy Ongley is to ap-
pear in Broken Branches
Sir Harry Lauder will be unable to
return to New York until next fall
because William Morris desires to
begin his London season on April II.
Easter Monday. Sir Harry has toured
a far West As Kansas City and planned
to appear in New York. He will be
seen at the Academy Of Music Brook
lyn. on March IS and is, his last date
III New York this season.
The New York Drama League has
chosen the following as jurors who are
to vote on the "Ten Best" individuals
lfNr.t tVpyN
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12


" e chongcd oar fcch-
uiquc this ,reck in or-
der 10 Incorporate "
Irccnmich iiIoge of-
mosphcrc. Ec opoi-
nsi7c to Fir. Ralph
Hnrto" for tho inspi-
rnfion, o"d. TOO, an-
other apology for
}eoii"e our ,cork TOOLS
anything Hkc hi,
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

LONDON, January
NUt o three London this week have been
American play. All
By the DOyy Company hiriocre produced
OH the night rather UNUSUAL there committee %
West End which generally
The American nas The Mar
Avery oNo"l and The Night Cap Cotton
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

Norman Trevor promises novelty
in Desert Sands" which onens an en-
gagement at the Princess Theater Mon
day night. The play is by Wilson Col
lison, who is best known as collaboration
with Avery Hopwood in farces looking
good unto the wicked cye Of A. H.
Woods. Sahara Desert is Ihe locale
and the entire action takes place in the
night. giving Mr.. Trevor an opportunity
for intensive work with the psychology
of the dark stare. There are but four
characters in the cast, two Engishmen,
titled Englishwoman and an Arab
dancing girl. Five Arab musicians cid
in creating the atmosphere which is a
vivid element Of the play. This Incl
dental music is by Emerson Whithorne.
The first production by the newly
formed Players Assembly, a group OF
American and Continental players, will
be "Montmartre,' successful Partisan
comedy drama by Pierre Frondaie,
adapted for the American stage BY Ben
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New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

Jules Echort Goodman. il is reported
along Broadway, is writing play for
Barney Bernard, who appeared this sea
son in Aaron Hoffmans Two Blocks
Away Robert Noolsey. be-
tween laughs at The Blue Kitten" has
snatched time to write the book for a
musical farce which he calls And
That's That Harry Clark wrote the
lyrics and Percy Wenrch is respon-
sible for the score. Woolsey declares
he has "borrowed" from eve.y play
ne has ever appeared in. All tna5 Is
necessary now, he says. is to find some
one to produce it. small item.
"The Czarina," at the Empire.
is proving really strong matinee at
traction. The play which Ar
thur Hopkins now has in rehearsal will
probably follow "The Deluge" at the
Plymouth Theater the week of the goth.
1t is reported he plans to give il an
out-of-tow premiere before bringing
it in, something unusual for Hopkins.
Claiborne Foster, who was in
jured in an automobile accident IN
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

successful! OF ire 1heater Guild
productions, journeys up to"r to
the Fulton Thoater tomorrow. opening
at the Forty-sixth street house with =
Lincoln's Birthday matinee perform
ance. the cast remains unchanged.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

Yank, who has figured SO largely III
Eugene ONeills plays Of the sea, is
The dominant figure in "The Hairy
Ape" which the Provincetown Players
will present IS their fifth bill Of the
season Louis Wolheim viii play the
leading role IN the new O'Neill drama
which is in eight scenes. The author
is how in the city supervising the early
rehearsals Of the play, in conjunction
with George Cram Cook, director of
the organza ton One of the scenes is
laid in the hold Of the ship and the
others range from the promenade deck
to the sailors fo'c's'lc. to New York
and its adjacent shore lines. The pro
ducton is planned for early in March.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
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f,ou The 1,ibrro's Eyropeop Bu, eo.e
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Stage Gossip

,lY re WHO GETS SLAPPED. -
the Andreyev play which is
rrn.7irc ono of ihc mos +
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