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New-York tribune., 1922-11-12
THE LAST WORD
IN FUTURISM
Continued from page three)

believe the Kamerny Theater has neva
missed night, except Monday, which y
always holiday in Russian theaters, sina
it opened in 1914. It has only played outsa
OF Moscow once in its history, and that vas
in Petrograd in 1919. There are sixty nsn
bers in the cast now, most of whom san
graduated from the Kamerny Theater SehoA
Among the stars Of the troupe are Mnes
Alice Coonen, native of Belgium; Posoesa
uvarova and Muklasbevskay, and MN. Tzets
telee. Arkaden, SokoIof, Schirkee, Eggst
and Fenin
M. Sournarakoff furnished me with the aal
lowing list Of the repertoire of the Kansv
Theater and the opening dates of each:
l9i4-15--"S Sakuntalla," by Kalidsa; 'fis
Irish Hero" by Synge; Life is Dream p
Ralderona; s'The Fam by Galdonee, and @lns
Day of st. Spirit in Toledo" by kusn,in
1s15-'16-"The Marriage of Figaro Dg
Beaumarchais; "The Carnival of Life, by "
Buelie; "Cyrano de Bergerac," by Rastana
and "Two World" by Goldberg.
1916 1.-THE Merry Wives of Windsor,
"The Veil of Pierrette," by Donanee; "femua
kifared," by Annenskoee; "A Supper .
Jokes" by Benellee: THE Straw Hat,
Scribe, and ''The B se Carpet" by stolits-
'l8-"S& lome, by Oscar Wide; sAls
Harlequin" by Lotar; BOX with Toys, ey ~
bussey, and "The Exchange" by Cladel
191S-'19-No record furnished.
1s19-'21-" Adrienne Lecouyreur,' by Srfi0s'
and Princess Brambilla," by Hoffman,
192o-'21-.Noel," by Clodel, and 6koasS
and Juliet"
1921 "Fedra." by Racine, and 'Slsn@
Formiee," by Hoffl1. ann.
Admittance was by invitation only, ans. IS g
always On these formal openings d =
Kamerny Theater productions the aFslss
leaders of the theater, music and ar s
dancing were present. The new pay s.
enthusiastically received. This piece !.
rollicking comedy, with an old man he'a =
bandages for an imaginary broken les ~
up of two eharatsYs in the same elosass' !
disiliusioned actor and happily endlng rs
story
When | asked NJ Taerof If he was Sc
cially anxious to bring his troupe OF pssss
to America this year he replied: hes, ss 8.
think now is the most appropriate ana. 4, &.
US TO come. We have finished cycle o. s.
work, and now have something eomp -
definite to show in the Russian deye al,ass, -
of the fEturist theater. Our theataFs 80 s
features which solae of the other Gaeasels s 8
Russia initiate, and if it should happeh IS, ],
one of them should go to America : s.,
present its conception of sfuturism 49, s.,.
it would be unjust and leave wrcng lns.s; ss;,
sion abroad. Besides, we have hnssaea SIS, s.,
phase of our development and our mex 80
will be in a different, advanced line 0s.s, s'sss
we go on to the next we should like y az sssse
what the United States viii think g S. ..ss
and he smiled and took another q sals's 4
New-York tribune., 1922-11-12

Mcmahon, the retired bartender, "it
would be an awful waste of time an energy.
when you come right down to fgurin' on
it, election is just kind OF safety valve to
blow off all the i'll feeln' an discomfort. 1t
don't really seem TO make no difference which
side wins Things kinda run along on their
own momentum after election just the way
they did before.
ITO hear the campaign speeches you'd think
things was goin' to the dogs without the candi-
date that was speakin' was elected Along
comes election an he gets beat. You sit back
an wait fer things to go to the dogs. They
don't-not no more than they did before, any
how. They just go along the same as usual.
1t amt the candidate that saves the country
from goin' to the dogs. It's the election. If
they wasn't no elections you could work up a
revolution pretty easy.
'Some places, they say, it don't work that
way. Some of these hot tamale countries seem
to have elections just SO they can have revo-
Iutions If they didn't have no elections they
wouldn't feel justified in revolving When
they have an election they amt so much inter
ested in it because they know it won't settle
nothin' The revolution that the losers start
is what1l settle things
AHefe Was IopaulSn-icOkln Dlru used TO
ooze into the old place on Tenth Avenue now
an then that give me the inside dope on that
He had it pretty soft in one o. them banana
countries. He was judge of the Supreme
Court, as near as I could make out an there
was lotta jack in the business Supreme Court
decisions there bein' quoted daily in every jail
an the market always bein' pretty strong.
Along come an election an he figured every
thin was jake, because his side lost, an, natu-
rally, would be the revolutionists He was
dorin' up lotta high-priced death sentences
fer the winners when he got tip that the ex-
President was beatin' it wit the cash box
'sThat dished the revolution, o. course, an it
dished the judge, too, because it seems that the
only death sentence there amt no cash sur
render value for the one they hand to the
Supreme Court judge of the losin' party He
had just time to grab an extra collar an hot
foot it fer the steamer.
ever since he'd been lookin' fer the ex-
President, plannin' to shake him down, an
every time he dropped in on me he always had
. hot tip as to where he was, an all he needed
was a jolt o. brandy an carfare an him an
nae would be the richest blackmailers on Tenth
Avenue or there'd be a funeral.
"Far's I know, he's still trailin' the ex-
President, but don't know where he's gettin'
his booze an carfare now.
4It all goes to show that independence is a
grand thing. 1t suits the flannel pajama coun-
tries an it suits the not tanale countries,
though one works ii one way an one the
0ther."
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s WE slip smoothly along the polished
rails that carry as safely whittier we
would go few of us give thought to

"a rails that carry as safely whittier we
would go few Of US give thought to
& the fact that these shining bars are
all laid at certain standard distance from
each other--fhat the railway track gauge is
q standard thing the country over. This ie
why we can ride without change of cars from
ocean 70 ocean and from lakes TO Gulf and our
xreights can be moved in car lots and without
breaking bulk anywhere.
When we speak of railway track gauge we
mean, without saying, that it is distance of
Just feet sh inches between the rails Few
OF us know of any other, for this has been the
standard Of the United States and of Europe
for so many years that only few oldtimers
remember anything different.
But 1t wasn't always so not by any means.
Time was when there were almost as many
railroad gauges as there were railroads. The
builders of the early lines of New England
never gave thought TO what their neighbors
in Pennsylvania or Ohio were doing. 1t was
inconeeivable in those days that interchange of
traffic would ever be necessary between lines
built in, say, New York State and those Of
Virginia. The trunk-line idea hadn't been
thought of, so the builders of each little rail-
way in each separate community laid down
their rails at what appeared to them suit
able and reasonable distance apart, and never
consulted anybody.
But as the country grew and as lines and
miles of railway multiplied it became evident
that there was something wrong. Early line
met early line at junction point and wanted an
interchange of freights, and the only way in
which it could be done was to break bulk, re-
Load and go on. This was an expensive and
tedious task. Tom said to Dick: "My line is
the oldest: change your gauge to fit mine so
that my cars can go on their journey over
your line and change the gauge of your trucks
so they will fit my rails" But Dick came back
by saying that his line, though younger, was
longer and more important, and that the other
fellow should change equipment Even then
nobody thought of adopting standard. They
were merely trying to fit where lines joined.
This intolerable condition was pretty we'll
settled back in the 'Sos, and since that time
nobody thinks Of railroad gauge in terms Of
anything but the standard Of a feet 81a inches
If Tom had persuaded Dick to alter his lines,
or vice versa, and the alteration didn't fit the
adopted standard, the work had to be done
oyer again. and a mess it made of things rail.
road for many a year.
You ask why it is that a certain odd num-
ber Of feet and inches and q fraction hap
pened to be hit upon and established as the
standard. Why not feet s inches? Or
Feet inchess Or feet? Or almost any
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proverbial through the movies" that
-~- its cares have faded into obscurity
In fact, it you took vote among those
not directly involved the joys would have it
every time. A perusal Of the little books on
oaby's first two years or his first eight or
ten years, for that matter, should convince
the uninitiated that maternal duties require
close and constant application and that onlv
lew OF them, such as bathing the infant
can be classed as joys under a technicality.
The cares Of motherhood should not be
underestimated. That goes for fatherhood
too Although they weigh ON the latter state
to lesser degree it is not fair to assume
that nowadays they can be laughed off entire
~ by the male parent. When mother who
would like to go to the theater STAYS home
OF an evening to stand sentry over the off
spring it is likely to be double post.
Now comes one who is willing to shoulder
many of these cares. 1t is safe to saw that
Miss Elsie 1rvine's novel scheme of parking
space for children in her playroom playground
suite at Sd West Fifty-second Street will
prove boon to bargain-hunting mothers,
nerve-wracked mothers, business aspiring
mothers, quiet loving, "rny kingdom -for-two-
minutes-peace" mothers-mothers who are
glad they are mothers, but wouldn't mind for
getting it for few hours.
Miss lrvine's idea sprang from the dis
covery that while there are day nurseries and
regular kindergartens in New York, there was
nothing that combined the advantages Of the
TWO, piayroonl equipped for the care and
entertainment of a limited juvenile COMPANY
whenever mothers and fathers desired to have
some entertainment of their own.
Everything in New York pays, if vop
specialize Miss Irvine remarked profoundly,
n you have something that's just tiny Bit
-
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Liverpool & Manchester Railway, and
a gauge Of feet used by the Great Western
Railway. 1t took royal commissions without
end to settle the matter, and in the mean
time Continental Europe was busy building
its roads to all sorts of gauges, most of which
have long since been standardized. In Italy
there were lines built to the 7-foot gauge;
line from Strasbourg to Basic adopted feet
3 inches; Ghent to Antwerp, 8 feet inches.
Some of the Dutch lines adopted feet 51s
inches, while others used feet inches and
q feet inches. Russia in Europe chose feet
Scattered through all of the European cour-
tries, however, the present standard was, even
at the first, much in evidence, so firmly had
the coal miners idea impressed itself upon
the railway world.
1t doesn't matter much whether the rail
way lines of Africa and Asia and Australia
are constructed to our standard or not, ex
cept in case they want to buy our standard
car equipments With South and Central
America the situation is a little different.
Few Of us doubt that the Pan-American
Railway will some day become an established
fact--that the various stretches of line run
ming in generally north and south direction
through the countries of our neighbors on
the south and beyond will some day be linked
with our trunk-line systems-that the Panama
Canal will be bridged and that it will be pos
sible for travellers and freights to journey
from New York to Buenos Ayres without
change Of cars Is there any one who thinks
for moment that, when this time comes, the
tail will wag the dog--that any of the hodge
podge of rail gauges now to be found in the
lands Of our Latin-American neighbors will
prevail over that adopted as a standard on
our 250-odd thousand miles of line?
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perience Of this coun~
try forty years ago, and
in the mean time is un-
dergoing all of the
transportation han d l.
caps that were endured
and surmounted by our
railroad men Of the last
generation.
Railroading in Asia
and Africa hasn't yet
reached a point where
the matter Of divergent
gauges cuts much of a
figure. T'ranscontinen-
tai trunk lines for these
continents have yet TO
come, and, except for o
forward look, it matters
little that there is a
lack of standardized
practice. "Cairo t o
Cape" however, is no
dream. Neither is it diff
ficult to foresee that
some time Russia will
have a competitor in q
through trunk line which
will traverse Asia from
the Mediterranean TO
the China Sea, and that
an all-rail line from
Constantinople to Cape
Town will some day be
a fact. When this time
arrives -- perhaps not
likely in our day--the
same old gauge contro-
versy is sure to be re-
vived.
The American gauge
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thing elsef Go back to
the coal mines of North
u m b e rland, England,
where, for generations
miners had been haul
ing horse-drawn wagons
carrying coal out of the
mines: 1t occurred to
them to put rough
fanges on their wagon
wheels and to lay down
wooden rails to keep
them out Of the wet
and mud. 1t happened
that these particular
wagon wheels measured
just 4 feet s " inches
between fianges, hence
the standard. Some of
the early lines of this
country took their cue
from the Northumber-
land coal miners; SO did
the B r tt s h lines; so
did some of the lines of
Continental Europe, and
it thus happened that,
although there were a
great variety Of gauges
to be found in all these
lands, ranging from e
feet to z feet, the
Northumberland stand
ard predominated and
still prevails.
In England the princi-
pal fight was between the
coal miners standard,
which had been adopted
by one Of the earliest
lines to be built {the
New-York tribune., 1922-11-12
MARTY'S VIEWS
ON ELECTION
BY ROBERT b. PECK

akTF 1T wasn't that election time gives
everybody chanel to figure he really
n. is runnin' the show" remarked Marty
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
-FOUR ARE DEAD
IN train WRECK
Northern Pacific Crashes
Near Spokane

sPoK ANE, Sept. s.--offlciai IN.
vestiga,ion was started hero today
into n head-on collision between
Northern Pacific passenger train
No. Al. westbound. and switch
engine. which resulted In death 10
four men and injuries to at least
ak others.
The accident occurred az 7:so
last night az Parkwater. four miles
east OF here.
The dead are:
o. w. Southern. engineer OF No.
Al: Ed Hodous. engineer OF the
switch engine; the electrician OF
No. 81. and an unidentified man
whose body was found beneath the
trucks OF the passenger train.
The injured include Joe Carlson.
fireman on No. Al: Joe Butts. spo-
kane. and c. Fruit. all OF whose
injuries are reported 10 be serious.
witt Kerr, j. NJ. Corbott and j.. II.
Atkins. less severely injured.
l.. y. Newton. assistant general
superintendent OF the Western
division OF tho n. r.. stated that
No. ~ had tho right-of.way. and
could be seen clearly. rs II was on
n fivemile stretch OF straight
track.
The switch engine. Newton said.
with four coaches. had started to
cross over TO tho westbound track
when tho collision occcrrod.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
BILL HART, JR.,
us FINE BOY"

SANTA MONICA. Cal. Sept. S.
Bin Hart. Jr.. has already begun tho
education 20 mako him successful In
the pictures.
He II mot at home 10 callers"
The reason for this. IL that Bill.
Jr,. Is anxious TO avoid publicity at
the present time. because Of the dell.
cate family situation. Later he will
probably receive. as soon as he has
obtained "a capable press agent.
The hlg house IN Santa Monica.
where BIZ is practIclng tho rudi-
ments OF facial and vocal expression.
In closed TO visitors. and DR.. J. j.
Carter Is the only on. admitted.
'He Is fine boy was tho only
comment the phyAician would make.
Or. Carter said that the mother was
doing well. but would not say wheth-
er William s. Hart. who is reported
permanently estrangcd from his
wife. had been TO see tho boy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
EVANGELIST"
Is ARRESTED

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Sept. s.--Paul
n. Taylor, evangelist" and his
brother. Lawrence Taylor. who
claims 20 be conductor OF singing
AZ Los Angeles tabernacle meetings.
arc In tho city jaii here today. hav.
Ing been arrested last night nj the
Tijuana border by United States Gus
tom officers on tho charge os at.
tempting 10 smugKie whisky into tho
United StafeA
Three women. who were IN tina
company OF tho brothers. are being
held also.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
z BEATEN
IN HOME
TRAGEDY
Victims Are Tortured and Slugged by,
Beast Man; Armed Posses Search
Thurston County for Fugitive

OLYMPIA Sept. s.-After holding whole family in
captivity thru the night fend attacked his victims early
this morning and beat them bray that threea mother
and daughters-are believed to be dying Two other
daughters, and youthful neghbor, in critical
condition.
The end escaped into the forest and had two hours start
all pursuers Heavy-arned posses his trail how
and expect TO capture him at moment The whole
caught
The crime. which was committed at the home of Mrs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
SAYS RAILWAY
PEACE IS NEAR
"Strike Practically Settled" !"
Says Chief

CHICAGO. Sept. s.-'The railroad
strike is practically settled" ono of
the best known executives OF the
Western group OF railroads declared
here today.
This executive with several others
conferred at length at the Chicago
club.
The statement was made following
this conference.
II have been away for some time
and perhaps am not in as close
touch with the situation as I should
be-" the executive said. However, I
cannot say more than this. The situ.
alton still requires very careful and
guarded handling. /. must not en-.
danger peace by a premature state
ment and. above all. I must not be
quoted"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
MRS. KENDRICK
|G EFT S ALIMONY

OAKLAND. Sept. s.--Mrs. Rodney
Kcndrick today was granted sb5 a
month temporary alimony. 800 at
torney fees and si5 costs in the first
court order entered IN her suit for
divorce against Rodney kcndrick.
her artist husband.
The suit was filed as n sequel 70
the "Kendrick. Wakefield" triangle.
which startled the country a short
time ago when Mrs. Kcndricls
charged Mrs. Edith spreckles Wake
field had offered TO buy" her hus-
band from her on the ''lnstallment
plan" paying 800 monthly for life.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
NATION POLL
SLIGHTLY WET

NEW YORK. Sept. s.--The Liter.
AIRY Digc-ts poll ON prohibition and
the soldier bonus has passed the mil.
lion mark with slight wet plurality
and even slighter pro.bonus margin.
A summary OF s22.as3 ballots on
prohibition. received up TO August
%. showed:
For enforcement. 5s.is3: for modi.
fication, 3T6.3st: for repeal. is9.s5e.
As regards the bonus. the vote out
OF oil .oss ballots was: For the bonus.
s.sf4: against the bonus. 444.22i.
The women's vote on prohibition
was slightly dr.er than the general
average.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
GENERAL STRIKE :
TO Be DEBATED
Gompers to Bring Demands
Before Council

CLEVELAND. Ohis. Sept. 3.
Two shots wcre flred 1t .
Pcnnsylvaria passenger train
entering Cleveland early today.
Tho bullets sha4tered W1n6ows
Of . chair car but missed pas
sengers. A short time later
stones wcrc hurled at . freight
train.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. SGD.
S-Samuel Gompers, president
Of tho American Federation q
Labor. today planned to place
the question Of = general strike
because Of the ~Daugherty In
junction" before the executive
council Of the federation.
The demand Of many OF our
unions for a general strike will not
be ignored" said Gompers. Il VIII
place tho matter before the council
and we will act in accordance with
our conscience and not with any
fear Of tho attorney general"
The council OF the federation ID "a
meet here tomorrow and will prob
ably last week.
Gompcrs said that the demand
Of labor for sympathetic strike
Is becoming more insistent.
Several unions have adopted reso
iutions favoring a general strike and
hundreds of others are on record
favoring n nationwide walkout. nc.
cording TO Gompers.
Tho council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labo. Is not vested with
the power to call n general strike but
leaders who have already gathered
here stated that in this case leaders
OF individual unions would accept the
recommendation of the council al.
most as a mandate.
Gompers. in an interview with the
United Press. charged President
Harding with breaking faith with
tho striking shop workers. Accord
ing to Gompers. Mr.. Harding prom
ised the rail workers TO use the big
stick" 20 make the railroads accept
the first Harding proposal for peace.
which included unimpaired seniority
rights for tho workers.
Mr.. Harding turned the big stick"
into the Daugherty injunction. Com
pers said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
DOOLITTLE ON
RETURN TRIP

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Sept. s.-Lieut.
James II. Doolittlc. who smashed all
records for transcontinentai one-stop
flights when he flew from Jackson.
Vile. Fla. TO this city on Monday
and Tuesday OF this week. took off
from Rockwell field here Mt SOS this
morning on his return flight to San
Antonio. Texas.
His original plan Of flying 20 Day.
ton. Ohio. where he has been ordered
for army duty. has been abandoned
and upon arrival IN San Antonio he
win continue his journey TO Dayton
by train.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
MRS. HARDING
SICK 10 DAYS

WASHINGTON. Sept s,-Ths con.
dition Of Mrs. Harding. wife of the
president. who has been III for more
than 10 dayn. continues 20 cause
soms concern. according 10 an Of
fetal builstin issued ct tho White
House today.
A navy doctor and two nurses
were called In this morning and
with Brisadicr General Sawyer. arc
now In attendance ON Mrs. Harding
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
FARE WAR IN
BELLINGHAM

BELLINGHAM. Sept. s.--Uso OF
motor buses to force a reduction of
street car fare 10 cents Is favored
by city officials, in case represent
tives OF the stone a Webster inter.
ests refuse to grant a reduction from
Z cents. the present rate, at the con.
ference 10 be held with the city coun.
ell next Monday evening.
Mayor n. r. Mathes has induced
Mayor Edwin j. Brown of Seattle TO
loan C. y. Uhden. engineer on the
skaglt river power project for the
city OF seattle. 10 represent the city
OF Belllngham as an expert on rates
at the conference.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
6-YEAR-0lD GIRL
AND HER PUP CATCH
BIG DEER al MOST

RENNYDALE. aept. g. SIX.
year-old Adeiia winters. daughter
of Glenn Winters OF Kennydaie.
nearly captured a big buck deer
the other day.
out walking with her little dog.
Jeff" Adella encountered n deer
tho first seen In this vicinity in
years. Both she and "Jeff' imme.
dlately gnvo chase. and. together.
they managed 20 corner the deer
against fence.
They couldn't complete their
capture. however. and the deer
broke away. Both Adeiia and
"Jeff' were much discomfited over
their failure.
Adella explained that she thos
the deer would make a lovely pet
and companion for Jeff"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-08
Oregon Prisoner
Hanged for Crime

SALEM. Ore. Sept. S.-At S;5i
a. m. today tho trap was sprung
under George Howard. e5. standing
on the eallows at the state peniten-
tiary. Ten minutes later Howard
was declared dead.
Howard was hanged for the mur-
der OF George Sweeney, tailor, OF
Vale. Ore. on September II. 1920.
He appeared to be prepared TO meet
his death this morning and mounted
the scaffold unassisted. displaying
no nervousness 10 the 40 witnesses
present