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New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
ssThe Life of the Insects
Analogy Between Human
And Insect Existence

One important production of the new,
season about which interest is already
accommodating, and which will open at
Jolson's Theater on October 23
is an importation from Czeeho-
Slovakia which bears translated
title, "The Life Of the Insects. y
The authors, Charles and Joseph
Capek, had already attracted at
tention by their play, "R. u. R." which,
incidentally, is also to reach New York
this season via the Theater Guild bu+
the new drama is even more in news
because of its, long run this last sea.
son at the National Theater in Prague.
AFTER short summer recess the run
is to be resumed again there in few
weeks.
William A. Brady, during his Euro
pean trip, spent some time in Prague.
and it was then that he purchased the
american rights to this insect play.
he has since announced il as ona of
his productions this season. Corro-
spondents from Central Europe have
been sending reports meantime which
indicate that in it he, perhaps, secured
the greatost dramatic novelty which the
Continent had to furnish and good
play TO boot. One correspondent wrote !.
Humanity is satirized with immense
wit and passion under the form of in
Nsects. There is in all Capek'a work
tEat copiousness of invention and spe-
gestlon which is the truest sign Of
great natural force, and with the most
Difficult themes he shows ease and
freedom
Charles Capek is writer whom crit
ies have praised for his understandiny .
oi metaphysical forces. particularly IN
treatment Of universal themes. H;a
brother, Joseph, is a cubist pa;,,ter.
whose cooperation is said to have bean
p''ftlcularly valuable in the insect plav
because he was able to Communicate !
his pictorial sense to the imnos;r !,
scenes. They have together acknowl-
edged their Indebtedness to a French
work, Souvenir" by the famous nat
lraiist, u II. Fabre. In this M. Fabre
pointed out very striking analogies he
tween the life of certain insects and
cur own human existence. The broth
ers Iapek saw the dramatic value in
shis and wrote their play.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
iiae scarecrow'' Chosen
For Glenn Hunter

lsfcy MacSaye's story OF Salen,
wltchcfast, THE scarecrow,p which has
.aaSen :, It's place IN most texts and am
s.noiogies Of the American drama since
iss stage production q few years ago,
VII = be Glenn Hunters next Film
1uild picture, The scenario il being
srltten by James Ashmore Creellnan
ana Frank Tuttle, who will direct the
picture. Mr. Mackaye will cooperate
in mining the play. Mr.. Tattle will
take exteriors where possible III the
actual town of Salem.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
KOmances of Great
Composers To Be Fils,ed

MUSIC lovers will welcome the an
nouncement that Arthur Zinkin. pres-
ident Of the zinkinf Production. u;,,
present a series of two-reel photoplays
sueai'ng with the romancea of the great
composers. Clarence Adler has been
engaged to arrange the musical accom-
paniments with appropriate SELECTIONS
from the most popular compositions Of
tne masters The art direction is in
the hands Of Seymour Stone, the Amer
ican artist. The director and cast for
the hrst picture, (which will depict the
life Of Beethoven, will be announced
soon.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Betty Compson Says
A Word or More for
The Film Director

Motion picture stars couldn't exist
without directors. Betty Compson, the
Paramount star, who has recently COM
pleted her work in "To Have and to
Hold" says SO.
Players who unduly exalt their own
part ir-the making Of motion pic
ture are trying vainly to maintain the
old idea that photoplay is exclusively
their own product" says Miss Compson.
"A star is star because his or her
personality and style of acting happen
to hit the public fancy. But without a
capable, efficient director the best star
IN the business would face failure. We
couldn't do without directors. Poor
ones may hurt us--but a director Of
vision and artistic sense, provided with
a good story, can carry US to even
higher heights than those We may have
achieved
The players duty is to throw his OR
her entire self into Interpretation Of
the emotions of each separate scene.
To do this requires concentration.
elimination of other thoughts. - But
each single scene must be woven deftly
INTO the entire photoplay framework
IN manner that gives it proper values
IN relation to the finished whole. The
players provide the warp and woof, but
the director must do the weaving. He
must watch us. judge the tempo of our
WORK, see that we don't underact one
scene and overact the next, make cer-
tam that the flow of our emotions as
they Wlll be seen in~the finished picture
Is smooth and even.
sometimes an emotion is difficult to
creates-the mood isn't right. In max
ing The Miracle Man George Loane
tucker was willing to sit and talk
hours IN order to create in the ulaver,s
mind vivid mental picture Of the nars
70 De played. Penrhya stanlaws, an
sfeist before he became a director.
Woasd have recourse to his pencil and
in few swift strokes internre+ .;s
suggestion. George Fitzmaurice. with
Whom | worked in 'To Have and .to
Hoid, gets results by absolute frank
ness. lie minces no words. II tho
sHosion :, Is good, he says SO, if not,
ne Tells you with equal emphasis.
director could not attain success
without capable players. But neitber
could player meet with public an
proval minus efficient direction. pie
lure making requires greater Co opera.
ZION than any existing Nindustry -.
ale. - As a star I have my part to plav.
f'ut when picture attains success +
would be q very foolish person 10 at-.
r,, .smps 70 arrogate all credit to myself
s ihe directors place is very big one
q the Held Of films; he's WORKING
.paf'nesfwitla producer, players, author
!. scehafist and camera man; he is the
lens through which the idea ravs Of
.Aese aihefent individuals are focused
% make the complete photoplay.
]. & D,fseeors i. are just as essential to
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Ruth St. Denis and Isadora
Duncan in Recitals This Week

Both Ruth st. Denis and Isadora
Duncan are to be seen here in dance
recitals this week. Miss st. Denis will
appear with Ted Shawn and the Deni-
shawn Dancers at the Selwyn Theater
on Monday afternoon and Tuesday
afternoon at $3.50. These will be her
only appearances in this city this
autumn.
Isadora Duncan will give three per-
formances at Carnegie Hall during the
week. She will dance on Wednesday
evening, Friday evening and Saturday
afternoon. Wednesdays, performance
will be devoted exclusively to Wag-
merriam compositions, Friday will be
given over to Wagner r-Tschaikowsky
program, and her last program will be
= mixed one. Nahan Franko will direc.
the symphony orchestra.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

could better ourselves.if we only had a
good opportunity to show our act.
Reaching Chicago we Obtained =
three nights engagement in an ont
lying vaudeville house. On the last
night booking agent, Ralph Dunbar.
happened to be in the audience. He
came backstage, introduced himselg
land said he would like to sien us 10 :
contract.
But | can't use your act,' he said.
You'll have to get up new act.''
Il assured him that would be easy.
But itewasnt SO easy, pondcsed over
ideas Of all kinds for several days, and
tPhen tPhen one nightI had an inspiration. /
was reading The Mikado,' which q
trlend had loaned to me- 1t. occurred
to me that q condensed version Of the
opera might prove q popular feature IN
vaudeville. ! rushed to Dunbar in tho
morning. He liked the idea; told me to
prepare IT and he would get a big-time
booking for me. II took me week to
get the version ready, and after ten
days OF rehearsals we set out for q tour,
of the large cities east of Chicago.
\ Ihe following season | was cast for
the leading male role in the revival Of.
'Florodora' at the Century Iheater,,
Next came The Last Waltz, III which !
appeared II the principal part with II
eanor Painter. Last summer the
Messrs. Shubert sassigned me to the
part Of Colonel Beioyar in The Lady in
Er'nine' and sent me to London to
familiarize myself with the atmcspher,
of the operetta which was running at
DAYS Theater there under the title ofs
The Lsdy Of the Rose It's a Great
part, the best part I've ever kad, but Il
appreciate that my small-time vaude-
Yiile experience gave me my most vala-
able training for the part"
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Thorpe Bates Hopes
He May Become a
Real New Yorker

Thorpe Bates, the London barytone,
who made his first American appear
ance in the role of Prince Radiant of
Lahore in "The Yankee Princess" has
most ingratiating enthusiasm for New
York and New Workers..
II have been here eight weeks in ALL"
he said in his dressing room at the
Knickerbocker Theater. "My first
visit to New York and hope I shall
be allowed to remain here always. 1
should like to make New York my
home. suppose there is room for
one more although the town seems
pretty full"
"You live out on Long Island, of
course, IN bungalow without steam
heat-all Englishmen do that on the
first VISIT
mo indeed. like Broadway and
Fifth Avenue too we'll to 20 far awav.
50 / have bachelor apartment in
Forty-fourth Street near both of these
thoroughfares. And then like to eat
late at night. That's another admir-
able thing about New York--the res
taurants. In London you have to adj
just your appetite to the restaura
teurs ideas. Here they run their busi-
ness according to their patrons ideas.
That is as it should be-"
We'll, it looks as though YOU could
stay here as long as you like. They
were enthusiastic out in front, weren't
they?"
And second night is the most diff
ticuit OF all. You put everything into
the opening performance, and after
.hat is over you feel as though the end
had come-as though you need never
sing again.
Did any one ever have such a
chance as have had? A role abso-
iutely suited to my voice, a part that
IS actor proof and costumes that would
DC becoming to any one. Look at this"
And Mr.. Bates held up coat made Of
cloth OF gold and seeded with pearls.
1T weighs ton, but one has the proud
consciousness Of being robed in a gar
ment mt for king. It probably won't
weigh SO much in q couple Of weeks.
ZOE wherever so the stage is strewn
with pearls"
AT any rate. Mr.. Bates does not cast
ms pearls in "the hour Of quotation" !"
TO quote an eminent torchbearer.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Cossacks See Miss Eaton
I'm The Tribune and Vote
Her Belle of 'sFollies''

From a far-off village on the Russian
Steppes comes the story of Qhow a com
mlttee of Cossacks sat in Judgment oh
the beauties in this years "Ziegfeld
Follies" and chose the blonde dancer
Mary Eaton, as the leader of the group
Marshall Tuthill, who is associated
with the American Relief Administra-
tlon in Russia, is the reporter of tho
unique beauty contest. e. Jay Conner
an official OF the A. B. G. Transit Re.
frlgeration Company, has sreceived the
sealed document, proclaiming the choice
of the bearded Cossacks. 1t * a reef
angular bit of cardboard, about Ave by
nine. On one side is pasted photo
graph of Miss Eaton, clipped from the
graphic section of The Tribune, and be-
low it is the proclamation in Russian
and five signatures. On the reverse
is a letter from Mr.. Tuthill to Mr.
Conner, dated July 81 last, at Nova
U2ensk. Ii follows
Mary Eaton may be Interested in
the result Of a rather unique beauty
contest held last evening in d village on
the Russian Steppes, near the border
Of the Kiaghies Republic. had Just
received copy of the. good old New
York Tribune and was looking over
"a full page rotogravure Of the new Fol-
lies crowd when a gang Of bearded
Cossacks called regarding A. r.. A. re-
lief for their area
Then while hundreds Of their vii
Layers were presumably cashing in 81
starvation, cholera and tyohus, they
proceeded to look them over An areu-
ment started as to which was the pret-
tlest and to settle the matter they sat
around my samovar and voted, while
they gargled vile Russian tea
: A translation of the report follows. .
We, the undersigned, do certify q
Mr.. Tuthill, A. r. A., that the abova
Mary Eaton, is the prettiest girl 81
the New York ballet (five signatures I
The result would have been unani.
mousNif one bird hadn't held out for
allda Gray, He became even more en.
thusiastic when told about her
shimnly."
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
At the Hippodrome

Many OF the delegates to the Ameri-
can Bankers Association convention
and visitors to the worlds series saw
Better Times during the week past.
During the coming week. the sixth of
the big playhousc's spectacle, Long
Tack Sam and his troupe Of Chinese
comedians and juggiers will introduce
new specfalties.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Fury" Follows ssBondhox,,

Jessie May Arnoud is to play the
part OF Richard Barthelmess's mother
in his Forthcoming production, aFury.'
which is to follow "The Bondboy. 4
Emily Fitzroy, who played the part 81
the boarding house keeper in 's'Wyay
Down East and Lucia Backua seger
have been added to the cast. In this
picture Dorothy Gish viii play oppo-
site Mr.. Barthelmsss.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
AT the Columbia

Joseph Hurtig will present aThc
Big Wonder show" for a weeks run
ct this house beginning tIo-morrow
afternoon The production IS said u
be good example Of the advanced d
type OF bnrlesaue. II is made up Of i
Succession Of comedy bits, vaudeville
specialties and musical features.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Chat and Information for the Playgoer
Reed
Looks Toward
Port Said
stsr Of 'Eas, Of suez, Hon.
.o Visit Criminals snss
Harbor First Trip Abrass ,,.'s

Florence Reed has done ali - =.
foreign travelling on the staos - =
course, she has been in Berlin !, =
7on-~sn plays. Now she is an ra. ! 10y
in Peking In EAST Of suezs :. -''s' i
Elsinge Theater, but desn,.s ~ - ~ y
versity Of her charscterizasiors. =, J,
women Of uncertain virtue sbe t...s :
of the few leading actreesez vss we M
aever been abroad. But there .;ls /. 4Ss
aifferent story next summer. IL sb.s !.
completed her run in East ~ ca. -
by that time. 0as
Most anxious is the Daisv !, ..
erset Maugham's meIodrama :. - ~.
Port Said, the haven Of sbo,s ~ ~
slumbering consciences and no rsr..s -
for the legal rules of conduct -s
Port Said is the only pIse. /, !,
world which has no extradi.ions u;..
Reed said, "and it is the gatas,;.s
place OF the scum Of the earth. w.
criminal knows that once be -. :.
Port Said he is safe. That is ,sts
one Of the places shall visit *.
finally go abroad"
do they practice their t,,S.. !.
keep their hands in at Port saia,s 4.
star was asked.
swell. they do say that tbs,. i.
honor among thieves, but I douht !,
/ suppose they are cutting one $.
others throats in Port Said. II INNS.
be mighty interesting place.
Bizarre taste in foreign travel. 10 ,.v
the least. Hardly q spot to inelude n
the itinerary of the summer ton, ~
the Indiana Sunday School Teacher.
Association. But, then, Miss Reea i.
not member.
East Of Suez" is the type of mn.
duction which sends theatergoers sTay
satisfied they have received their
moneys worth, in the opinion ef IL
leading actress.
"We are doing the best business On
the street, regardless of the merits II
the play. so evidently there is some
thing about it that the audiences Ike.
Personally, l like best the bat tve
scenes of the play, the love scene Ii
the courtyard and the living room
scene, in which Daisy is finally forced
to go off with the Chinaman who he.
purchased her when she was seYeateea
] think they are the best writ.a
scenes of the play and enjoy pky.
ing them
Miss Reed is in agreement With th
critics who suggested that her mzis-T
is not Chinese enough. Had it been lsf !
to her to work out, she says, 10 spsh
criticism would have been iarshsn
ing. In fact, at the dress rehsansl
she wore wig and used facial make.
ap. which suggested the Chinese ia
Daisy much more than is now apparent
"But / was overruled. was told thss
it would never do, SO / modified il, un-
willingly. believe that ! shah rely
entirely on my own judgment in such
matters hereafter"
The audiences, more tlsn the plsyefs
themselves, make a performance, in tie
opinion Of Florence Reed. There ast
nights when she can feel an invisible
wall, which has been set up between
her and the audience. There is nom
sponse, no appreciation, and she strug.
giles through the performance with df.
ficulty. But. then, there are evenings
of perfect harmony, when the audierss
is eager and responsive, and the plas.
ers give all they Rave Those are the
rights of perfect playing.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Come One, Come h

Douglas Fairbanks says ~
two leading women for his aext s.l
play, Monsieur Besu aaire," 0hs
be tall, beautiful. stately aass o, 8
the other small, dark, s S a sss
French type. Beauty impsrst &
perience not. s.
Letters and photographs sals n q
Douglas Fairbanks st 1857 Brs s
will receive due considsrstloas 81
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot b
Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure cartarr-
hal deafness, and that is by constitu-
ional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tubes
When this tube inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed, Deafness
is the result. Unless the inflammation
can be reduced and this tube to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Many cases of deafness are
caused by catarrh, which is an infiamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrah Peafness that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Medi
cine. Circulars free. All Druggists,
&c.,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. o.
BY Associated Negro Press.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

Rev. Geo. Crippeos, preached
splendid sermon. at Unity Bap-
fist church. Brookport, Sunday
morning to an aopreciative audi
ence.
Bro. c. d. Lassiter, Mesdames
French and Myrtle Lassiter OF
Belgrade. worshipped at Uity
Baptist church Sunday
Brother lanes Goodman. wife
and and little granddaughter were
worshippes at Unity Bapt. church
Sunday They Of Round
Knob, They all rendered valua-
bic service and we invite them to
come again.
Mrs. Necie Moon, Of Brook
port. is visiting her sister Mrs.
Leatha Daugherty OF w. 9Th St.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
Pay Your Subscriptions

Rev. ]. B. McCrary. leaves on
thu 2Ist July, for Quincy, where
he has been invited to supply the
pulpit at Sth and Elm St. Baptist
church. for DIR. b. N. Murrell
pastor. for two weeks. Arrange
ments have been made to fill
the pulpits during his stay in
Quincy. week for H. B. Stone,
Canton. Mo Rev Laws, Palmy-
ra. Mo Rev. Howard, Lagrange,
Mo On our return home we in
ted to visit Springfield, H.. East
St. Louis, and St. Louis, Ne.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
Power In Silence.

The proper value Of the power OF
silence is probably best expressed in
the scriptural reference 10 the Yari-
Gus commissions of nature, the wind
and the earthquake, followed by the
still. small voice. Coming down to a
more recent period and less re-
nowned authority. we are reminded
Of the man who advised his son TO
keep his mouth shut so that people
would not know he was fool. This
advice is still good for the great ma
jorlty. Astronomy is said to be one
of the best means of teaching the in
dividual his relative unimportanee IN
the universe of matter but 10 be left
alone, far from any human hablta-
ton. in a vast silence viii probably
accomplish the same.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

NOTICE.

To the Woman's Missionary
and Educational Societies. Auxil-
larry to the Z. Mt. Q. Baptist Asso-
citation. You are hereby notified
that our annual session will con-
vene with Antioch Baptist church,
Metropolis. Ill August 10th ~.
The Great call is for cooperation.
and for special energy in the work
OF cooperation, as we believe that a
united effort is cure for the ills
that do now exist. therefore we
call attention to our different en-
terprises. Namely: The Mission
work. our Educational work, and
last but not least our Aged Minis
ter's Home. We hope that you
will attend this session with at
least two messengers. Let US
come working. b ping and rejoic-
ing, as we know that God is the
source OF all our supplies.
Come, come, come. Please do
not fail, and let US make this the
greastest meeting in history.
By order OF the Pres. M. b.
Taylor. Colp. Ill.
ID. G. Mccain, Cor. Sec, 4oc
East Jackson ST., Carbondale, Ill.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
Walter Roberts, Solicitor
Master in Chancery Sale

State Of illinois, Massac County, S.
In the Circuit Court of said Caunty,
April Term A. d 1922
Amelia Armstrong VS.. Anderson
Bryant and Nina Bryant. Bill in
Chancery to foreclose mortgage No.
1862.
Public notice ir hereby given that in
pursuance of decree entered at the
April term of. said Court, to-wit) on
the 18th day of April A. D. 1922 in the
above entitled cause, |, S. Bartlett
Kerr, Master in Chancery of ssid Ceun-
ty, will at the hour of IL o'clock A. M.
Saturday July Goth A. d. 1922 at the
Court House in the City of Metropolis,
County of Massac and State of Illinois,
sell at public vendue to the highest and
best bidder the following described
real estate to-wit:-
The North Half of the Southwest
fourth of the Southeast quarter of
section numbered Eleven QI of Town
ship Sixteen Q6) South of Range Five
(5) east, 3rd P. M. Massac County,
Illinois. aYa
Terms of Sale, Cash in hand
Dated this LIST day of July A. D,
1922.
S. Bartlett Kerr.
Master in Chancerys
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
STILL THEY COME.
By DR.. c. c. Phillips.

Golconda, H., July 9TH IS22
The Fifth Sunday meeting is
still looming up. Here are some
OF the things that prove it:
$50 N. IS, ST.. Murphysboro.
H., July 1. DR.. c. c. Phillips,
Golconda, Ill. Please find an or
der for the dollar promed on the
Home for Ministers. Wishing
you success.
am respectfully yours.
(Mrs. } Jesse Hamilton. /.
Mr.. Hamilton. is friend 10 the
cause and can see good in every
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
Employer Paid for Nut.

A curious point in workmen's com
pensation has been settled by the Eng
lish Court Of Appeal. A collier who
did not drink or smoke, was in the
habit of carrying a nut in his mouth
apparently for much the same reason
that some people carry chewing gum
One day while at work he slipped and
fell; and the nut was jerked down his
windpipe suffocating him. The courI
held that the accident was "ln the
course Of his employment" and en-
titled his widow to recover.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
Actor Who Could Nc. Write.

The true story of Joe Miller's Joke
Book" is an interesting bit of literary
history. Truth is that Joe Miller never
read a Joke In his life, and therefore
could not have complied book Of
jokes. For Joe Miller could not read.
He was an ignorant actor. who
achieved great success In 1714 at the
Drury Lane theater in London. And
the only way that Joe Miller could
memorize the lines of his parts was
to have them read and reread to him
until he was able to repeat them, the
duty Of thus drumming dialogue and
cues into the comedians mind being
entrusted to wife. whom he had mar
ried for the purpose.
of the stage or on, Miller was not
a wit or humorist. But year after
his death pamphlet appeared In
which PAT jests were given. Of which
only three were ascribed TO Joe Miller
They had been compiled by n man
with the appropriate name Of Motteiy.
BY the middle of the Nineteenth CEN
fury the number of jokes had been
increased by successive compIlers to
1.546s