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The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Haworth Is Still Remote,
Perched on Naked Hillside

Even to-day Haworth seems re-
mote village, perched on a naked hill
side, where the majesty of the sur
rounding country still overawes the
struggling outskirts of Keighley, which
in the course of years have crept so
near. All the houses are built of
bleak gray stone from the dykes" as
they are called, which extend in all
directions over the moors, marking
the ancient boundaries of farm and
Tshielding."
AS there seemed to be a scarcity of
conveyances on our arrival, we set out
TO walk up the long, steep hill which
is Haworth. Sidewalks there were
none and the small flagstones had
been set on end to afford a foothold
for man and beast; they were wet and
cold. and everywhere as we toiled up
ward. we heard the clip clop of the
children's pattens running over the
stones. The ascent was long and
winding, but near the top the narrow
gully of a road divided. one part lead
ing to TIE church and parsonage, the
other passing over the hilltop and
down into that wilderness of moors,
where Haworth is forgotten.
Before visiting the parsonage we de-
termined TO see the Bronte Museum
which is In an unpretentious house
fronting the street. The first meeting
OF the Bronte Society was held I'm 1895,
forty years after Charlottes death. In
that year 10000 people visited the tiny
museum and they have been coming
ever since. Fourpence admitted us to
its srp..l rooms. where, in glass cases,
are preserved the memorials of the
tragic family. There ! saw the little
homemade books in which. as a child
Charlotte composed her strange i'm
aginative tales, written with gnat-like
hneness and quite undecipherable. save
through a magnifying glass Page on
page Of this incredible writing bore
witness to the creative impulse OF her
mind at an age when most children
are playing with toys but when this
quaint, thoughtful child of the Brontss
was writing "The Search After Hap
piness Causes Of the War" Lines
Written on Seeing the Garden OF a
Genius" and The Beauty of Nature"
In the museum were preserved many
of Charlotte Brontes letters and few
pencil drawings. finished with the fine
ness Of steel engravings. Her open
workbox suggested fireside intimacy.
as though, but moment before, she
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
The Bowling Green.

Bowling Green is an ancient fair
grounds, the old Dutch market place
for cattle and hogs. 1t was a drill
ground for soldiers also. IL was leased
more than 200 years ago as a Bowling
green" at an annual rental OF one
peppercorn. Every schoolboy knows
what happened to the statue of George
III. which was set up on the green
1t was a lcaden statue and made ex-
ccllent bullets for patriot riflemen.
Fraunces's Tavern, the present home
of New York Chapter Sons of the
Revolution. was first built as a private
residence by the founder of the DE
Lancey family. still represented in
Manhattan. Samuel Fraunces bought
II in 1862 and opened II as tavern.
II was in this tavern that Washington
took leave OF his generals after the
Revolution.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Two Former Wives
of B0Io PaSha Seek
Fortune He Left
Widows Reassert His limo
cence Oppose Threatened
COnfiscatiOn.

Speciol Cable to THE New YonK HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, by TIE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, May 90.
Just as in the days when Bolo Pasha
was on trial for treason, his two wives
pleaded his innocence this week when
both reappeared In French court to
protest against the States confiscation
of the 22,000,000 francs sequestrated as
Bolo's estate. During, the trial the Gov
ernment declared that Bolos treachery
had netted him 100000 francs, and
as a law promulgated just after the
armistice declared that only the actual
receipts of reasonable operations should
go to the Golfers of the State his wives
decided to battle together for the legal
PC ssession of the remaining 100000
francs.
The first wife claims 100000, al
loging that she lent them to Bolo The
second wife. who was married in Argen-
tiEa. although the marriage was held
illegal in France during the trial. insists
that she is the legal heir to any balance
OF the estate.
The State, however, considers that
even If Bolo's fortune did not come di-
rectly from treachery, at any rate it was
largely obtained in Germany and there
fore tainted and subjected to suspicion.
No decision is expected for several
weeks.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
By MAUD HUDNUT CHAPLIN.


TROM Leeds the valley of the Aire
r. runs southwark IT slies. sur
rounded by hills which sweep
upward in vast heather covered tracts
of earth, beautiful yet forbidding.
These are the moors of the West Rid
ing-so passionately beloved. so deeply
suggestive, to the North countrymen.
At Keighley we left the valley and
took branck, road leading up to
Haworth. The day of our visit proved
cold and gloomy. with rain lurking
among the. hills, which fell when we
reached the village. Many changes
kave befallen Haworth since the days
of the Brontss; then it was remote
place. hidden in the purple. moors; no
railway connected it with the world
without and the three sisters We're
obliged to walk down the long hilly
road to Keighley for their stationery
and for books from the circulating
library.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Ironic Play Appeals in
Time of Depression

The response to Ambush" a grim
picture Of a none too pleasant aspect
of contemporary American life, was
very much larger than we anticipated,
and the popular success of He Who
Gets Slapped" was a surprise to us all.
1t has strengthened me in my theory
that the ironic play has q particular
appeal in d period OF depression, and
that when people are hard up and
gloomy about life it is not the play
that merely makes them laugh that
satisfies them They are glad to meet
the playwright who backs them up in
their feeling that life is at best an
insoluble problem and that gives them
either the relief Of tears or the tonic
of irony
The big response TO our production
of Back to Methuselah" was partly
due. perhaps, to the sensational char
acter of the enterprise, but much more
to the mood of the public; the creative
and sustaining doctrine of Shaw's Pen
tateuch fell on particularly fertile
ground in this period of disillusion-
ment and depression. While it was
impossible to make a financial success
OF production. we deliberately shoul-
dered the inevitable loss when we
undertook to produce the play. 1t
brought us returns of greater impor-
tance than profits. IN that 1t increa&ed
an strengthened one of the most hn-
pdRtant factors in our existence, the
O1rld audience.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Sisters Endured Many
ExiIes. Even as Children

Haworth parsonage stands at the
top of the achurchyard, which sur
rounds it on two sides. A small
hedged garden now shuts out the rain
blackened tombs, while beyond a grassy
lane (Emily's lane) leads out on the
moors. The house is built of the in
variable gray black stone. and on
either side the front door are two win
dows, while above there are five, the
center one being the nursery used by
the six little Brontes, and which, from
their tenderest years, was known as
''the children's study: 1t was dread
full to think how they were crowded
into a space scarcely sufficient for one
child. and how little ideas of hygiene
had penetrated the rough Yorkshire
village of their day. One by one. they
were destined to succumb to a fatal
malady. the seeds of which were sown
IN their childhood. In the garden OF
the parsonage there was formerly q
doorway cut in the wall. dividing il
from the churchyard and which was
only used as a passage for the dead
Seven times 1t opened; seven times
the biers of this gifted and remark
able family were carried out to be laid
in the vault beneath the church, until
Mr.. Bronte was left utterly alone
This grim opening is now closed and
no vestige is left of its former uses.
The sisters endured many exies
from home, first as children. when
they were sent to the Cowen Bridge
School, so vividly portrayed in "Jane
Eyre" then as governess, and later
going to Brussels, where they were
pupils in the pensionndt of NJ. and
Nine. Heger
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
idea of Special Audience
- tN Is Behind This Guild

sFor the past, present and future or
the Theater Guild is based on the idea
of~the special audience. Any enter
prise that endeavors to present works
of art-may they be plays, books or
pictures-must@. appeal to a special
public. Occasionally a work OF art
cEaishes through all boundaries and
becomes a popular success, but in gen
eral the best seller, he II a book,
play or painting. has little more
than a bowling acquaintance with a
work of art. In the theater the prob
lem is the most difiicuit because the
drama is of necessity popular form.
AS Moliere put it, THE theater must
make of thought food for crowd. "
and the level of crowd is the level
of its lowest common denomination.
The inference is clear. The higher
the level of the crowd that play has
70 carry with it the easier the chance
for a work of art in the theater. For
a certain type of play to be met at its
opening by the heterogeneous tastes
of the usual Broadway first night au-
dience would be absolutely fatal. To
find, 10 keep and TO foster the public
that wants and appreciates the best
in the theater is the only thing that
will keep the Theater Guild grow
ing institution and make its work
worth while. That is why we prize
our subscribing membership so highly
and watch it's yearly growth with real
satisfaction. That is why we give a
private performance for our members
only of some particularly worth while
play.
must confess that we were tempted
I'm the period of fatigue that followed
the enormous effort of Back to Me-
thuselah" to omit the special produc-
ton for this season. We had already
given our members the six perform
ances they were entitled TO. But as
soon as we caught our breath and had
a good nights rest we changed our
minds and plunged Immediately into
what is often the most interesting adj
venture OF the season. This year we
have chosen Georg Kaiser's From
Morn TO Midnight" a play whose nov
city and interest have kept US all en-
Enthusiastically and p.hisggingly at
work during the course Of its produc-
tion.
1t is still too early for us to definitely
announce our next seasons program.
In any case. we always try TO keep
our plans sufficiently fluid to provide
for tho not impossible masterpiece,
either foreign or American, that may
surn MP AT any moment. We are look
ing forward, however, as we have al
ready announced, 20 producing Peer
Gynt" with Joseph Schildkraut in the
title role--a plan that we have had
in mind ever since he first joined the
srranization.
We have acquired the rights TO A,
A. Mines The Lucky one" which
we feel perhaps the most significant
play MIR. Milne has yet written, and
also to Granville Barker's THE voysey
Inheritance" a comedy which we have
long felt deserves an American hear
ing. We have also interesting conti-
mental work which we arc hoping 10
produce. as well as THE Tidngs
Brought to Mary" which had TO be
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Winner at Cards Killed.

Special Cable to THE NEW YonK Herald
Copyright ioes. by THE NEw YonK HpRALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin. May 90.
81 killed the woman because l owed
her money for card game ,losses,' was
the confession made to the police by
Robert Fair.
After brooding over his losses Fanr
entered the house of Frau Grothc,
knocked her down with monkey wrench
and thon set fire to the house. He was
sentenced to only four years imprison-
ment.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Many Changes Have Befallen
Remote Old Village Of HaWorth

and seen them; they were too ga,
and luxurious for..his children anC
would foster a lotea'of Dress, so he
had put them in the fire.,
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
THEATER GUILD SUCCESS
DESPITE A BAD SEASON
Goal Is the Play That Not Only Enter
tains the Public but One That Is
Also an Interpretation of Life.
BY THERESA HELBURN,
Executive Director of the Theater
Guild.

TN a theatrical season reckoned by
Broadway as one of the most
= disastrous in its history, the
Theater Guild has Jared remarkably
well. During a period of hard times
the public economies first on froth
and frivolity, and therefore perhaps a
theater that has established a reputa-
tion for works of serious significance
suffers less at this time than the
others. The type of play that the
Guild has been trying for four years
TO produce is one that will provide
not merely entertainment but also an
Interpretation of life, and it is par
ticularly i'm times of financial and
spiritual depression that people are
looking for such plays and feel justi-
fled in paying for them.
/ don't mean to imply by this that
we have produced nothing but sue
cesses or that our profits for the sea-
son have been large. Our profits are
never large, because even for our
popular plays our public Is a limited
one. But our losses are equally min
imized for our unpopular plays, be-
cause we keep our cost of production
and running as low as possible, and
particularly because the audience we
have built up is willing to take a
chance on any play we produce, feel
ing sure that it will get something for
it's money even if that something is
not entirely what it wants.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Even the Humble Hen Shows
Trace of Reptilian Origin

The bird still carries. on its legs the
scales of the reptile, conspicuous
badge of origin and relationship. The
humble chicken, dressed for market
and hanging in rows in every butchers
shop, presents mute evidence. seen
daily by thousands, but recognized by
few.
Less conspicuous but perhaps more
convincing are the claws, usually
rudimentary, which many birds still
retain on their finger tips. The digits
of the fore limb have been so CO.
alesced that they have little of TIE ap-
pearance of those of the reptile, yet
they may still be traced. In most
birds only the thumb and first finger
are plainly seen. The thumb exists
as the little free joint near the bend
of TIE wing, while the first finger is
at the extreme end. In many young
birds and some adults these fingers
bear unmistakable claws. In the
ostriches, emus and cassowaries they
are large and well developed. In the
ducks and rails they are smaller but
present nevertheless. Usually these
claws are merely leftovers and ap-
pear to have no useful function.
In certain restricted portions OF
northern South America lives bird
known as the hoatZin. 1t is fairly
large, about the size of the domestic
fowl, mpttled black and brown in
color and with a conspicuous crest OF
long, narrow feathers on the head. In
British Guiana, the only place in
which I have seen it. the Eoatzin is
confined to short stretches of scrubby
-growth along the banks of sluggish
savanna streams. This limitation of
range is due to the fact that it is a
very weak flier and cannot sustain
itself in TIE air long enough to bridge
long gaps between patches of scrub.
This failing would long ago have re-
suited in its determination if 1t had
not been held in bad repute as food
W the natives, the alleged unpleasant
odor of its flesh causing it to be
tabooed. In Guiana it lives in thorny
trees, which give it protection against
other enemies than man.
OF. all known birds of the world the
hoatziris by far the most interesting
to the evelutionist. Closely confined
in a favorable environment and we'll
protected from enemies the years have
touched the hoatzin but lightly. 1t
remains TIE most primitive of living
birds and retains many characters
that link it with the past
Strange and weird as the adults
may be it is the young birds that
really amaze us. For both thumb and
forefinger are armed with sharp, re-
curved claws, better developed than
in any other known bird, and. what is
more important. they are entirely
functional. William Beebe, director of
the Tropical Research Station in Brit
ish Guiana, has done more than any
other scientist to reveal the secrets of
the. hoatzin. He has found that this
remarkable youngster uses its wing
claws to Laul itself about the rough
nest in which it is hatched, and also
to help in climbing about among the
branches. Mr.. Beebe has also de-
scribed the strange ability of the
naked fiedgling to swim under water
The New York herald., 1922-05-21

more plans than can possibly be con-
densed into one season.
In the back of our minds is con-
stantly the repertoire idea. The diff
culties of the problem are such that
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Ancestry of Birds Traced
Back to the Lowly Reptile
of Some Million Years Ago

features that marked the birds of the
ancient world.
Feathers are the insignia of the
bird. Every bird has them and every
creature that wears them is bird.
Many other characters are shared
with various groups. but not feathers.
Teeth have disappeared entirely and
the jaws now form a more or less
horny beak. Faint traces Of teeth are
believed to be traceable in the jaws of
baby terms, and it is possible that fur
ther examination Of bird embryos may
reveal better evidence. But no adult
bird is known to-day in which teeth
still exist.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1922-12-01
HEAVY DEMOCRATIC
GAINS IN THE HOUSE

Following are the gains register
ed by the Democrats in the House
of Representatives by States. The
figures show how the new House
delegations will stand with the
Democratic gain in each case indi-
Gated:
New York-Democrats, 25; Re-
publicans, Is; Democratic gain, IA
New Jersey-Democrats, 6; Re-
publicans, 6; Democratic gain, 5.
IlIinois-Democrats, 8; Republi-
cans, 20; Democratic gain, S.
Ohio--Democrats, S. Rsapbli-
cans, IA; Democratic gainT8.s
Pennsylvania-Damocrats; s.;
Republicans, 28; Democratic gain,
7.
Maryland-Democrats. 3; Re.
publicans, 3; Democratic gain, !
Tennessee-Democrats,8 8; Re-
publicans, 2; Democratic gain, 3
Oklahoma-Democrats, Z; Re-
publicans, |; Democratic gain, 4
Rhode Island-Demoerats, /;
Republicans, 2; Democratic gain, |.
Utah-Democrats, l; Republi-
cans, /; Democratic gain, /,
Virginia -Democrats, IA; Re-
publicans, 0; Democratic GAIN
MISUNDERSTANDING, IA; Re-
pubicans, 2; Democratic gain, III
acknowledgements, 5; Repub-
licans, 9, Democratic gain, 5.
Observation-Disclosures, l; Re-
publicans, 0; Democratic gain, i
Massachusetts, Democrats, 3;
Republicans, l3; Democratic gain,
|.
New Hampshire-Democrats j
Republicans, l; Democratic gain, ].
Michigan-Democrats, /; Re-
publcans, IL; Democratic gain, l
Missouri-Democrats, IL; Re-
pubIicans, 5; Democratic gain, l
Kansas Democrats, L; Republi-
cans, Z; Democratic gain, l
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1922-12-01

six States of The Union how have
Democratic Governors, majority
of two in all of the States.
The claim of the Republicans
that they control both Houses N
Sixty-eighth Congress is purely
Pickwickian. AS q matter Of fact
they do not have actual control in
either House. The balance OF
power between the Republicans
and Democrats ia held by ProgreF-
sives, Independents and Radicals
1t may be assumed that the ele-
ment holding the balence of power
will not cooperate with the Repnb.
lican reactionaries in matters OF
legislation, and it may be assumed
with equal probability that the re-
actionaries will not accept the pro-
gressve or radical program OF iheil
nominal Republican colleagues
The Sixty eighth Congr' ss pl om'
ises, therefore. to be one Of the
most interesting and important OF
recent years. It's record will un.
douhtedly determine the domestic
Issues of the 1924 campaign.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1922-12-01
ECHOES OF THE
RECENT ELECTION

Washington, ID. G., November "a
The siz4 OF the Democratic vic
tory, accurately forecasted in these
c0lumus, is better understood when
given in detail. The Republican
majority of l66 in the House has
been cut down to approximately l6
and the Republican majority in the
Senate of "a has been cut to III.
La addition to these victories
Democratic candidates for Gov
ernor were elected in thirteen
States which had Republican Gov
ernors-New York, New Jersey.
Ohio, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, Nebraska. Kansas, Colora-
do, Oregon, AriZana, Nevada New
Mexico, and Tennessee. Twenty
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1922-12-01
THIS NJ EANS
YOU, FRIEND

"Inaemnch RS ye have done it
rito lhe ieast Of these, y4 have
done it unto me.
There is no man or woman who
rends these lines who would pass
by hungry, cold, frightened, ,aban-
doned child in the street aud say,
"Oh, [ can't be bothered"
No man or woman who reads
these lines but would INSTANTLY
STARE their dinner with woman,
gaunt with hunger, pale and sick
ly baby at her breast, andripjured
and helpless child at her feet
The cry We hear, he sight we
see, touches our hearts. The cry
We hear of, the sights we are told
sbout-they do not reach.
Five hundred, thousand women
aud children aud men-more ba-
bles than grown-ups, more women
than men-raige thin arms and
send pitiful cry across the sea to
us-to you and to you aud to you
for help. Not theirs the canse
of the disaster; theirs but the price
to pay. Not theirs the glory Of
war; theirs but the bodies to suffer,
the souls to cry ia anguish at the
pitiful childish wnil for food that
is not, for shelter that is not, for
clothing that is not. Not theirs to
understand why theirs only TO face
the West, the great and glorious
and prosperous and happy add safe
and secure West-our West, our
United States, and ask for aid.
The President of the United
States has asked yonr aid. The
Red Cross stretches out eager
hands for your dollars, to use in
aid. Your chubby baby, healthy
child, strong and we'll young son or
daughter, is an appeal 10 you, that
you pass these suffering ones Of the
near East not by; that you do not
say, Il can't be bothered" but that
you put your ten pennies, or ten
dollars, or whatever you can afford,
in an envelope and send it to the
nearest Red Cross headquartels g.
marked "For Near East Relief"
And no one will know about it,
except you and God.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1922-12-01
DO PEOPLE THINK?
WHAT THINK YOU ?

The explanation of his defeat as
given by Senator Townsend, de.
fender and colleague of Senator
Newberry, that the people do not
think, has much wider applica-
tion than to his own case. 1t is
the hypothesis upon which Repub-
lican policies are formulated, upon
which the party spreads its propa-
ganda and conducts it's campaigns
All of the policies of the Repub-
hcan party, economic, social aud
moral, give evidence of the under
lying belief of reactionary Repub-
lican leaders that the people do
not think. Upon no other predi-
cate would it be logical to ask the
people to favor Tariff bill which
taxes them approximately $4,000
100000 annually at time when
the burdens of taxation and the in
creased cost of living bear so heavi-
iy upon them.
When the people are told that
ihe deficit of the current fiscal year
is S700,0C0,000 and at the same
time are told that the administra.
tion is economiaipg and saving
money, hcw can these two state
ments be reconciled except upon
the theory that the people do not
think?
When Congress reduces the tax
ca of the heaviest taxpayers, with
10 corresponding reduction to the
small taxpayere; when the Senate
eondems the enormous expenditure
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1922-12-01
MILITARY HIGHWAYS
FOR UNITED STATES

Washington, November, 26 =
The army general staff's plans for
military highways IN certain vital
areas along the Nations boundaries
against which any invasion of the
country probably wonld be direct
ed, have be n placed in the hands
of engineers of the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads and are being incorporat-
ed in the Federal aid highways sys-
TENS.
Tue roads will become stragetie
lines of supply, connecting centers
OF production and storage and in-
dnstrial centers with the vital mill
itary areas outlined by the army
general staff, which has been study
ing The subject since 1918 in cola
boration with the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads.
The important centers to be con-
nected with the vital areas have
peen designated by the general
staff, but location of routes has
been left to the road engineers,
who say the points eau be connect
ed without any serious dislocation
of The plan of road developemeut
for other purposes.