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The New York herald., 1922-04-16
Protector Is Employed
To Simplify Stage Se1s

Lee Simonson. stage designer for trk
Theater Guild. whose work ,-lfA
Liliom" and He Who Gets Slapr u
caused the Drama League to select i'm
as one or the ten theater artist 10
honor this year, and who dcsigneo HI
the settings for Back to Methuse az
at the Garrfck Theater. says that th1
modorn stage designer has constantly y,
seek Tor devices which will simplify ard
hensa cheaper production. for wit tsw
rising costs OF material and labor n ~
almost impossible to experiment frcslg
unless you can find a way to beat them
Take the Shaw play" he sail the
other day. That calls for eigh' SER
and eight sets. mind you. for one ole.
II the play falls you are stung with ii -
all, yet they can cost as much a. elGks
sets for three different plays. one cs
which might succeed and pay for ali
three. even IL the other two were fail
ures. There was no way OF reducing the
play When you sign a contract with
Shaw It's like the marriage service. YOU
agree not to alter line for better or
worse. The reduction had TO be made by
simplifying the scenery. and I had 10
simplify 1t not only to econornize on cost
but on space. The Garrick stage Is very
small, and 10 store and handle eight sets
upon Il Is no easy matter at best The peo.
pie who are perplexed by stylized scenery
and there are some stlll---ought TO re-.
member that without such simplificatlor
only theaters OF great resources could
experiment with play like this one
And I'm afraid II isn't the theaters of
great resources, as a rule. which arc
willing to experiment much. .
One OF the most interesting tningu
about the German stage to-day IL lta
utilization OF mechanical devices boti1
TO aid illusion and simplify the task OF
production. We use for the first tirse
IN America one OF the new German &
vices IN Back 70 Methuseiah. 1t Il III
protector invented by Adolph Linnebaci
OF Dresden. You paint your back drop
on slide about two feet square, ana
the protector throws II on a Transparent
cloth tho full size Of your drop from
only fifteen or twenty feet away. Thls
protector works without a lense. donl
pretend TO know how. The trouble wiz
the old projectors was that they had H.
be 80 far away from the back cloth tha'
there was no place for the actors unless
they came between lantern and drop.
Now wc have room for our players OF
the front half OF the stage. throwing tho
picture from the rear on a transparent
cloth. BY this device any number oe
outdoor scenes can be made. calling fo~
no. more work than the painting OF the
slides and the masking Of the wings
"If we had the Guild. the theater wa
dreams OF In our wild moments, and could
have secured 1t. OF course without mort
gaging ourselves UP to the neck, we
could. without spending an additional
cent, give New York effects Il has hardly
conceived and produce plays that are
now impossible. Somebody asked US the
other day what there IL left after a stunt
tiLe spack 70 Mathueeiah' and we af1~
swered. Enough to keen US busy for the
next twenty-five years But l guess
fifty years would be nearer right
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
Fontainebieau School
To Give Lecture Recital

The executive committee OF the Fon-
tainebleau School Of Music Is arranging
FOR a lecture recital TO be given At the
Cosmopolitan Club on April 20 for the
benefit OF the scholarship fund. Miss
Katherine Ruth Heyman will give
lecture recital on the music OF the Rus
sian master. Alexander Scriabine. Tick
cts for the affair can be obtained from
the Fontalnebieau School OF Music. l03
East 18th street
The patrons for the recital include Mr..
and Mrs. Elbrldge Adams, Mrs. George
Blumenthal, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles III.
Dltson, Mr.. Edmund Dwight. Mrs. John
Henry Hammond, Mr.. Frederic Juilliard,
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto II. Kahn, Mrs. Wal
ter Graham Ladd Mr.. Clarence u.
Macisay. Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn,
Mrs. Herbert Leo Pratt and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wniter Spaldlng.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
BupLEsaUD AT COLUMBIA.

FRANK ifinney's Revue" q new bur-
iesque production III two acts and nine
scenes, will be given at the Columbia
Theater this coming week. II was writ
ten by Finney with original music BY
Harry L. Afford. Elnney himself heads
the cast. and he win have the assistance
OF Laura Houston, William Evans
.Jarie Worth and Jack Wits.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16

world had unjustly conspired to ex-
c,ude her. There have been many
other similar heroines In the drama,
and one we'll known playwright Of
the past specialized in them.
Charles Frohman used TO delight IN
telling OF conversation he once had
in London with Henry Petit, who
was successful writer OF melodrama
G. score OF years ago. He wanted
Petit to promise him play. The
dramatist agreed.
"But have only one formula.
Frohman." Petit said, "the wronged
woman. You must bear that In
mind"
There had been an undeniable wrong
Ia the case or Irene, who was sent
out from the department store and
when she had chance to wear fine
feathers made as ane a bird as the
best OF them. But she was compelled
to suffer some modification Of spirit
because she was not to the manner
born. How about Sally. the little
kitchen maid. who was certainly quite
ms lovely In her Russian dress as the
authentic dancer could ever have been
snd was In all probability Just as
graceful? She was turned away from
the party merely because she did not
happen to be actually Muscovite. The
spectators eventually saw her married
TO the wealthy young man OF society,
however, and had the special pleas
ure that came from the contempla-
ton Of q good girl who absolutely
refused TO be put upon-even II It
was only IN musical comedy.
rho Case of "Letty Pepper.~
Thus It may be that beneath the
Jingle and the silks and satins and
the graceful stepping. the big idea
really does makes It's appeal 10 the
public. Some such conviction must
have been In the mind OF George ".
Hobart when he retained so much of
what Charles Klein had originally
put into Maggie Pepper" Convert
Ing tho drama into the musical play
fs not 30 simple as II sometimes ap-
pears. The better II is done the less
10 It likely to be noticed. The lady
buyer Of this play is quite as senti-
mental under the name of Lefty as
she ever was.
OF course Lefty Pepper" never was
intended for New York. The piece is
not for all markets. and the metrop-
oils would seem to be the last of them.
The piece at the Vanderbilt too much
resembles the swarm OF musical pieces
that overwhelmed the local stage dur
ing the war to be taken even with
the seriousness accorded to the play
with music. Lefty Pepper is quite
obviously intended for the outlying
districts.
With the almost invariabie use Of
the successful comedy or farce for
the play with music as its final conse-
Grafton. IL is not difficult to realize
how scarce ideas must be. They are
proportionately rewarded financially.
There is the compensation that comes
TO the dramatist when his idea is made
to do duty In its first form. Then
comes its musical embodiment. It
must be uncommonly Intellectual not
to appeal to the cinema directors. For
It's use there arc thus three compen-
satione. Think OF any recent idea In
q musical play. or for that matter in
any other. being paid for three times.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
NATIONAL ANTHEM, SOUVENIR.

with the one hundrcdth performance
Of J. Hartley Manners's play. THE Ma
tionai Anthem" on Tuesday night OF
this week a souvenir OF the play. which
will include mounted photograph OF
Miss Laurette Taylor. the star. will be
presented to each perron in tho audi
ence.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
Made II a Full Portion.

Continued on Following Page.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16

The popular London actress. Miss
Marie Lohr. who recently appeared at
the Hudson Theater. will not be seen
again in public until Seotember. Then
she win act IN version OF De F1ers
and De Croisset's To petour," made by
Arthur wimperis She will intr ,duce
In her London theater. the Globe. a new
system Of lighting which she says "a the
invention OF an American and In use in
the New York theaters.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23

a primary election
With short ballot it is entirely practicable provide for frs
and second choice This plan would make it impossible for the
minority element party the majority
often done by dividing the strength the minority by
multiplicity of candidates to split the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23

teal shape family resembling egg viewed length
wise.
Dou have noticed this on street cars cursed with
nat wheels IN their Old age.
More vividly you have noticed e when riding IN
an old auto that bump-bumps IN defiance OF tires
and shock absorbers
As the auto wheel carries you along. slightly nat-
tened by the weight It supports. naturally strikes
hammer blows" the pavement as II revolves.
This s. tough the passenger.
But Il IS tougher on the pavement.
The effect Is about the II an army OF men
were pounding the roadbed constantly with sledge-
hammers.
This. along with heavy trucks. IS usually why
cur pavements go to pieces rapidly.
The obvious solution. or az least mediation. IS
getting pavement with sufficient elasticity Sand un
der the concrete bed works that way. So does
phalt on tor
British engineers experimenting with rub
Der pavement That. however. probably would be
too expensive there Is not enough rubber.
The greatest American waste IS IN road making
Now It's largely In paving Vnscienhhcally.
Taxpayers put up fabulous fortunes for pave
ments that often begin going to pieces as soon as
they are laid.
The problem OF good roads IS not so much mile
age OF pavement as quality OF pavement It's a ire
mendous field for engineers and inventors Young
this may be your Big Opportunity
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23
CHARLES HAGERTY.

Death loves shining mark" wrote a poet and
philosopher many years ago and its truth IS borne
home IN the passing Of Charles Hagerty. whose in
fiuence in this community has been deep and viii
be lasting.
Honored by the people as their senator in the
state legislature he brought honor and distinction
10 those who sent him by his power OF oratory, his
courageous convictions his bold espousal Of
IN which ne believed.
His personal friendships based upon the
firm rock OF respect and his unvarying courtesy and
kindness cemented those bonds into inseverable
ties
His early success. his record OF achievement
above all his adherence TO fixed PRINCIPLES OF life
and conduct. prophesied for him career OF even
greater brilliancy and much higher honors.
His was a mind that could look beyond the pres
emit His was soul that harbored hatreds.
His vote. solitary against the taking OF
German teaching from the public schools
index to his foresight and his character. He look
ed beyond the anger OF the hour TO the day when
peoples would again be a. peace. and his devotion
a peace and friendship but an expression OF
his own kind spirit and his lofty ideals
he wrote his not only into the history OF
he state but the hearts OF those who viii
long miss his CHEEKY word OF encouragement. his
smile OF good viii
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23

AS soon as the light was turned out
they swept down on Us IN our beds
ia mass formation and when We
gathered the bed clothing abou; our
heads. they sank their beaks
through them !nto such portions OF
Us as were most penetratable.
Getting up and renewing the at
tack did no good whatever.
As soon as the light would shine
cut some patrol mosquito would
buzz warning and all his fellows
would betake themselves 10 ready
made trenches behind the picture
moulding and stay there till we we're
exhausted IN the search for them.
From this cafe retreat they would
watch Us swatting with wet towels
already dead and fattened mos
quitoes which spotted the walls
These Of course we mistook for live
ones. After you have killed two
or three hundred mosquitoes in the
average bedroom the place becomes
so freckled with them that you can
not distinguish the dead from the
/ living, and are placed at a heavy
disadvantage.
OF course no one could sleep while
so many 1--we mosquitoes were Groom
7 ing glees and madrigals about ones
ears, and Boosting tunefully Of what
/ they were about to do.
/ So we tried gassing them. We
/ closed all the doors. and windows,
stopped up the chinks with rags,
and put a charcoal burner in the
room before going to bed.
We Did The Only Possible Thing.
When we opened the doors we
| found the mosquitoes gathered
round the burner. admiring the red
/ glow from the embers within It, and
trying their humidity dampened
wings in the genial warmth.
They seemed annoyed that our
coming had interrupted this pleas
ant method Of spending an evening
/ and. buzzing hastily, retired again
behind the picture moulding.
| In a couple OF days one OF them
/ found a little water IN an old pickle
I jar in the cellar and Informed his
/ fellows OF his find.
OF course all the mother mos
\ quitoes went down there immediate
" and reared thriving families OF
two or three thousand 70 the fam
/ lily.
We might have killed most OF
these IN time, but we didn't When
we saw them. on the day OF their
graduation from the pool. swarming
upstairs 10 take nocturnal stations
in our bedrooms we did the only
thing that was possible 10 do.
We moved out and left them 20
feed on the furniture-if they could
I find any nourishment I'm It.
! Copyright, 1922. by the Bell Syn
| dicate, Inc.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23
KEEP PRIMARY, 1T BEATS OLD
METHODS, SAYS NORBECK
BY PETER NORBECK


United FromS Dakota.
WASHINGTON July 81 do favor repeal of the
" primary law for candidates with important positions.
and congressman In fact believe shall
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23
SHORT BURROWS
ETERNAL TRIANGLES.
By KIN HUBBARD

where some young Teller wins
fair bride" jest as If tn race wuz
over. Sometimes we read where
some maiden has rounded up
zone Of our most worthy young
men" jest as if she'd been in
ropin contest. These fair brides
an worthy young men have I be
held after they've been caught
these days. Some married cou-
pies jest happen I hit it right an
live happily t'gether TIL tn final
curtain. Others jest pay Their
dues an stick it out { tn end.
an others cast about till they find
what they want. But theirs a
whole lot that kin be figured out
in these eternal triangles if we'll
Jest study tn pictures o. tn prin-
cipals as they appear on tn front
page. TIL injured husband is al
most invariably decent we'll
appearn' Teller with a fair mus
tache an eye glasses, an tn last
person on earth we'd select fer
a brute. Very often he's rich
an indulgent Theirs nothin' in
dolent or dashin' loltin' about
him. He's slow an steady. TIL
erin wife allus looks sweet an
gentle an lazy. while tn mis-
chief maker never fails Z look like
he wuz fond O. thick steaks,
fuzzy hats an fast cars. An in
iured wife unfailin'ly looks like
a superior woman, but tn scamps
allus look too well fed an vampy
{ be up Z any good We've been
readin' tn papers purity carefully
fer a long time, an from what we
kin gather from tn details o.
IN average eternal triangle, we've
come Z tn conclusion that tn
principal contributin' cause fer
en- is too much money, super
Induced by idleness. a combina-
ton thatu wreck any home, no
matter how many innocent little
children are involevd. or how
much social prestige Is at stake.
Copyright, 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23
Beware Of The FataIist
w JAMES ]. MONTAGUE

Unfortunately for humanity. the
mosquito IS a fatalist. Like the late
Julius Caesar he figures that death
vii come when It VIII come. There
fore his practice is 20 eat. drink and
be merry while there Is still an op-
portunity.
A creature which Is absolutely
foarless--which viii de for MS din
ner with a song still on his lips
Is not going 20 be easily exterminat-
ed
Time was when we pinned a great
deal OF faith on the good work
the Woman's club OF New Rochelle
was doing in raising a fund 20 drain
the swamps and apply crude OIL 70
the casual pools on the golf course.
This process made the course
smelly. and when the water subsidized
the grass was 80 slippery that one
couldn't make a shot without fol-
Lowing through with his feet and
hurting his head.
But the mosquitoes couldn't use
the casual water as nurseries. and
II seemed likely that their numbers
would decrease during the next few
weeks.
However they merely went else
where. They found casual water IN
still larger quantities on the salt
meadows near by. raised still more
numerous families, and brought
them ell back 10 the golf course 70
/ pasture on the players.
SO we didn't subscribe TO the FUND
the following year.
When, after many weeks OF rain
the parent mosquitoes multiplied In
our back yard. and with remarkable
/ foresight and parental providence
sent their children. when young and
/ small, through the meshes OF ouI
screens to grow up inside the house
we sought 70 cope with them by n.
stituting a reign OF terror.
Survivors, Undaunted, Resume
MadrigaIs.
Every night before bedtime we IN
| the lights all over the house. so thai
all the mosquitoes gathered therein
could see what we were doing. and
| then went about with a wet towe
noisily killing or manning such Of
them as had parked themselves OF
the walls and ceilings.
II was cur idea that the ghastly
spectacle or mutilated mosquito car.
cases about the plastering would
| convince their surviving companion,
that the place was not safe and
that their most prudent course wa
TO get outside as soon as possible.
We had forgotten that the mos
/ quita is a fatalist. Insect after IN.
/ sect fell dead at the very feet o,
\ their friends and relatives. but die
It daunt the latter in the least. CT
turn them from their sinister pur.
poser
II did not.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23
OBTAIN PERMITS FOR
81 NEW HOMES HERE

Prospect OF BODYBUILDING expnn-
sion continuing undated was evi-
denced Saturday when a total OF 81
permits 20 build were secured from
the Building department all but one
OF which were for homes.
Colpaert Realty Co. led the list
with le. all 20 be built IN River
Park. Eighteen OF the Colpaert
houses will be erected between and
including the 500 and 500 blocks on
Sixteenth St. at costs ranging from
1000 70 $1,000. one goes up IN
the 5000 block on Mishawaka av
Next on the list were Whitcomo
& Keller. who secured permits TO
build six homes n their new Oak
Park addition, in the southeastern
section OF the city.
Included in the building program
OF the downtown district for the
year IS a two-story brick building
Cor use as a medical laboratory, by
DR.. NJ c. Hager, owner. The build
ing will be located at 2l4 S. Williams
St. and will cost approximately $40
900. A permit TO build this structure
was secured from the Building de-
partment Saturday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23

It's gittin' so tn newspaper
readin' public kin feel reasonably
sure OF at least one good, sensa-
tional, high brow eternal triangle
story each week These rnixups
have been happenin' since tn be-
ginnin' O. creation, but II seems
[ us that they've never before
been as attractlvely written an
festooned an played UP as they
are t'day. These eternal triangles
are tn same ole, ole stOry-sOme
lovely, romantic girl marries some
good, steady youth. an later on
sees somethin' she likes better, or
some dashin youth marries
sweet, truStin' girl he's allus
known, an later on falls fer some
fiashy. big eyed gazelle he never
saw before. We don't believe we
ever did hear OF a husband de-
sertin' a bad wife fer a good
woman. They allus seem L do
worse when they shift Their af-
feCtions. an erin wives nearly
allus come { grief before tn ink
Is dry on Their farewell notes. Lots
o. times they even come back L
AAA0A AAASheNAAhN Al N4lNA AuEnulAuS
happen Z be real idea. which IS
frequently tn case Ther'u allus
be connubial misery, an explo-
sions. an separations, an de-
sertions. an shiftin'. as long as
we have love at first sight short
snappy sperkin' periods, an hur-
~ up weddin's. A couple ought
Z run t'gether a couple o. years.
an each should keep tn other
under tn closest observation. A
girl should never figure on remod-
elm a young man, an a young
man should never count on tam
in a girl Good, smart men often
succeed at ever thing till they
tackle matrimOny. an fine. lovely
spiritual women. who make ever
thing beautiful they touch fire.
quently make an awful mess O.
Their own marriage, or some /
buddy elses. We often read
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23
WILKERSON STEPS
INTO lands SHOES

CHICAGO. July 22-James IL.
wnlkerson stepped into the shoes
Of Kenesaw Mountain lands today
as federal judge for the northern
district Of Illinois.
IN the presence OF many friends
and members of the bar. Judge WI
kerson was sworn IN with solemn
ceremony.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23
POLICEMAN IN G u n
DUEL WITH BURGLARS

NEW YORK. July 22-(By : n.
S.)-Arthur Loewe, rs years old
policeman and former World war
aviator, was shot four times and
seriously wounded early today when
single-handed, he fought pistol
battle with four burglars in Brook
Ign. Judging by the trails OF blood
leading from the scene Of the en-
counter, II is believed that Loewe
wounded at least three Of the four
men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23
ROUGH RIDING.

DO you remember. back in childhood when you
played with hoop. how the hoop bent into an egg
shape when you leaned your weight on II?
The same thing happens TO wheels-lncluding
those autos-despite the ar cushion in the tires
Common garden variety OF wheels are not
round. IS generally supposed, according TO en-
Eineers' recent discoveries Wheels may start out
round but they increasingly develop slightly euir-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-23

WITHIN a few years Be selecting our presidential
didates by primary election.
The primary is a forward step and is an i'm
Provement upon the old convention system
The fact that it has some shortcomings not
anticipated by its ardent promoters. only puts
it in the same class as all other reform legislation
believe a solution lies in adopting such
changes in the law as experience dictates. The
fact we do not entirely get away from the
manipulation OF skilful political bosses and that
sometimes even under the primary law voters
find it difficult to give expression to their wishes
is reason for going back to a system that was
worse
1t seems to me the best solution may be the
adoption of a shorter ballot, under which the
most important officers only are nominated at
on
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-04-06

The county jail at Lancaster is 50
full off prisoners that Sheriff Holmes
has found it necessary to limit the So
cial calls made upon his charges to
two days each week land to four
hours in each, of such days.
1t has been agreed between the
young lady who came from Lacrosse
and her father that she will not
marry for period of three years. The
young man in Baraboo had nothing to
do as to her coming and after an in
terview she returned with her father.
The young man has found that she
was born April 49,. 1902. and that she
is almost twenty years of age. BY 1895
she will have finished her education
and the young man will then no doubt
be permanently located.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-04-06

learned and he sleeps in an unknown
grave.
The other relic was a commission
from Washington to his father VIII.
lam Hudson TO act as postmaster at
White Mound. The commission is
dated 1859 and many times Mr.. Hud-
son walked to Spring Green for the
mail, about once a week. Later a
stage route was established. When the
father went TO the army the mother
was appointed and conducted the off,
ce.
1t is said the Office was established
in an unusual way. When an applica-
ton was made the officials at Wash
ington said il the patrons would go
to Spring Green for the mail for q
year, in that manifesting a need for
the innovation an office would be es-
tablished. This was done and in 1859
Postmaster Hudson took charge OF
the mail.