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The New York herald., 1922-12-03

snd-though I wish l might tont
often bless them that curse me.
BY the time we had begun rehcarsala
Of "The Fool" for New York the 1ood of
letters became an almost nexligiblc
trlclSle After tile opening here there
we're some scores OF pleasantly u-
mendinr epistles from pc ipla whose sood
opinion 7 value above all thinRs-from
Augustus Thomas and Hartley Manners
and Jesse Lynch Williams and George
Middleton from Nicholas Murray Durlor
and Charles Dana Gibson and John
Haynes Holmes from professors ana
clergymen and bankers and doctors aul
lawyers and actors Within week 30
were hearing also from the butcher. ani
baker and candlestick maker, and 7 wes
glad. OF course. and engaged All 4ddi.
tlonal typlat to help my secretary
There were letters. too. from the heads
OF settlement houses. from CHART tblo
organizations from religious bodies.
from labor Unions The clergyman OF
rig church wanted 20 buy performance
and send HIS congregation. a bank
president felt that his employees would
Re strengthened In their honesty BY see
ing THE Fool" and wrote me that Ne
had purchased fifty seats FOR them All
this was extraordinary and interesting
and highly satisfactory. proof that the
play was doing what ] wanted 20 do IN
wider inca sure than had ever thought
possible. Naturally Il made me happy.
By tho end Of our third week my
mali had Increased TO an average of 500
letters day Some days there we're
over zoo. The flood has never fallen
below 200. Two boys sorted my letters
from those OF other people IN the Selwyn
offices and theaters and brought them 70
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

your rero7' I don't know why the
general insistence that Gilchrist's ideal
must be mine, and that, for some rea-
son or other, The Fool must be
closely connected with my own char
acter and experience. When The
Crowded Hcur" was produced no one
asked me II had been in France with
a regiment Of Engineers, and IL didn't
occur 10 anybody that must have
started life as a cattle man In order
TO have fashioned The Sign on the
Door"
Naturally a man must believe IN the
theme OF his play--at least. as An In
teresting working proposition--or he
couldn't write II. do believe In Gil
christ's experiment--in the possibility
Of living in literal observance OF the
laws Of Christ--and that this experiment
has given complete peace and happiness
to thousands OF people and may 20 thou
sands more. believe that every single
person in the world. and the world
itself. will achieve peace and happiness
in tho measure OF mis- or her or It's sp.
proach 10 the mental and spiritual
plane. and che abandonment OF the
wholly material. But | am not In the
least a Christlike person. J wish were
have found happiness Of simple livlnT
and I have learned that a littio house
and few, books and an interest IN pe''-
pie are enough 10 fill nybody's life I
have learned that hate ~ q futile and
poisonous thing. and that thlnNing of
the other Fellow first IS good business as
well az good conduct. out have 10. sold
al poEsczscd and given Il 20 tie poor,
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nv CLAIMING POLLOCK.

T- HE most curious Of the many
curious things about The
l. Fool" is the way It sets people
writing letters.
When the play was produced on the
coast they began coming In at the
rate OF forty or fifty a day. BY the
time 1t had been running three weeks
in Los Angeles the average had in
creased 10 more than a hundred. Two
weelts after my return 10 New York
and soon after Richard Bennett took
tho piece TO san Francisco had on
my desk nearly a thousand communi-
cations bearing the postmark OF one
Of the two cities. The letters were OF
all sorts and from all kinds OF people
letters praisIng the play. letters con-
demning IL. letters making sugges-
tions, expressing thanka for personal
help. asking the elucidation OF points
not clearly understood, insisting that
one scene or another be made the
mouthpiece of one cult or another.
ITO decide bet, will you Let us know
what YOU intended by the symbolic
lines at tho end OF the last act q"
please toll me whether YOU really
hold tho view of divorce expressed BY
Gilchtdst?" Mostly and above all.
'IIave you tried tho experiment OF iiv-
ing the life you have imposed upon
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

phantom also ghosty manuscript
which had the appearance OF occasionally referring and that
too tendency the place OF ref
OF
gallery
TO which took extremely ILL.,
likewise be noted of this majestic spirit that whereas
with having been long time
and distance. perceptbly
be received
dersively.
The gaseous ghost aickeng in Fory-econd
spoken of hereabous
this evasion by
the author with regard role
himself acted the
being deplored by the
critics of its One might we'll that because the
the benefit
of the audience likely to tear the veil OF Illusion in the modern
should delete all the foolish which Hamlet
that the Hopkins
notion OF giving the ghost questionable shape having fair
present Certainly the has fallen fiat
performances
tended to render 1t Intellectual weakens that scene to have the
dramatic utterly swallowed
bacnes have the ghosts
speech feeb read The first night that speech thick remote
later and neatly
clipped the manner of lay reader ntoning the service
the
cast which Mr. Hopkins has selected for the secondary roles of the
tragedy That secondary all them nescap
tell the Hamlet produced in tho
fond distance at Berlin with King richly and suprby played
overshadowed the Prince information leaves
with nothing uen that the Prince that occasion
must have been pretty weakly reposterous to suggest that
other roles needs such an Hamlet needs but
happily and generously chosen that all its values
might brought play and of forfeited by paid
performance IL would be absurd to contend at TINS happening
under the Hopkins direction Frankly the Ophelid pretty
dictated by that weighs much than $50 pounds far
than 81 old and pret snahes into
betrayed public ability whatever
who would
ophelu ballads
watched France the finest fencing
Hamlet Incidentally the fencing
is done with superb pntomime and is kept graphically dramatic
who had studied the his boyhood
teach fighting
otwork entered into swords play the court Of cdndn
rehersed by Douglas Fairbanks We should like
day notions the role Of the
might be particular she
production But ought be said in behalf Of
supporting ccng shadow
%
be dfcut instance
seriously
the back
while the be allowed
noy their the he has vanished into the
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LETTERS INSPIRED BY THE FOOL

us IN rig wooden COX. We had 80
equipment. no system, no office force -
cope with the situation. I felt strongly
that every letter should he ackncwss
edged that scores should be answere&s
hut that soon became impossible. IN the
beginning had asked for an unuses
and vacant room In the Seiwyn TheateV
Building. IN which I had installed two
.ypewritsrs and two typists. There was
no room FOR more. and no other place
10 nut them We continue 10 struggle 10
this tiny place, the furniture ot which.
besides the t;'pewriters includes only o.
bench with a broken arm and a kitchen
table From that office we are trying
20 catch up on back mail and TO reply 60
steadily continuing inundation. OF
course it u quite hopeless and IN enir
mornings newspapers ] have inserted
an acknowledgment that ! hope WIZ b,
accepted By The friends and well wishers
who have written only 10 say that they'
liked ,he performance. The other letters
we nre stil trying 20 answer. In al
since tho night % our opening in New
York We have had nearly 5000.
Az have said. these are OF all kinds
They include scores Of invitations 90
speak ana ! accept az many OF these -
can. because have many things e
say about the play and the theater a.
large and want 20 Say them as often
as possible There are suggestions tist
Mr.. KirkVood. who piays Giichyist, or J
read the lessons IN church. or speak
from the pulpit. or IN syra rlee. and
We are both glad to feel chat IN
theater that had come 70 the absssmens
OF 81 suggested censorship there had beer
produced play that has made po-sfbis
-
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
The Reviewing Stand
BY ALEXANDER WOOLLCoTT.

w yHAT judgmatcal
\A/ the interesting in
appearance Barrymore Hamlet"
Rather merely foonotes the first glance here and
glance random
talk of that production they might for
Fortin
limp
the castle would repair the tavern and talk
of
twice that
embodying
humanity brought
intimately and often mbarrassngy involved with the pursuit of
(gluten guided
night the Broadway should
heater this
himself would be
choice
and for the box at
the Metropolitan week and allow the repertoire
Boris with Chaiapin always
the cast.
vivid
pahos, the wsu beauty Hamlet
satisfying performance the
role that in the heater We rail at
the productions garing defects When in pundica
this that reading with
them inquire instance, why should
"pitch in
exalng investufe Robert Edmund
ample nfexibiy
is but o.
wisely
layhly Hopkins complaints must
parenhetca the outstanding
that
imagined all days
satisfying
the in these the role
appropriately according
taking
in the thea Call the if WILL but remember
affinity part player
beneath From Of
understanding with the that
been lettering Wtenberg whom Hordtto
his breath tell the would have brought
tragedy clearly
himself clearly than all the would dvned what
the min to
spcuous has his treatment the somewhat cavalier
and ddnful the Instead letting him.
would uncuously
the audience in his habit
lived 10! against the blue midnight
beyond of Elsinoe shifting dovng
cloud flmy while
admonons unhappy Prince
three dmensoned the there
the pers which
Wopsles production the which Mr.
Dickens reported thus:
The country only appeared
troubled of his
it with him to the and brought back. The royal
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and Woods indicated in reply that the
show would virtually fall apart II lit
tie Miss Shutta left. The shows
were proudly announced as "encir-
cling the globe" Here they go:
Queen Of the White Slaves" Con
fessions of a Wife" Fallen by the
Wayside." For Old Times Sake, .
Fast Life In New York" Dangers
of Working Girls" Tracked Around
tho World" Lights and Shadows Of
New York" Queen Of the. High Bind
ers." The Crooked Path" "LureG
From Home, "sins OF Her Childhood" {"
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

The Theatre Guild is rushing work
Tidings Brought TO Mary" a medie-
val, mystic play from the French of
Paul Claudel, which was produced in
Paris a year ago, being staged in the
new manner and therefore eligible as
Guild production. 1t was written some
time before this and was presented in
London by the Stage Society about FIVE
years ago, despite the competition Of
the war. The Guild Is Fastening II be-
cause its wishes TO produce 1t between
THE Lucky One" and the advent OF
Peer Gynt,' which will bring Joseph
Schildkraut once more within reach.
schildkraut won't be available III
after Christmas, so 1t is likely Peer
Gynt" won't amble across the stage till
February. Helen Westley and Ernita
Lascelles have already been engaged for
the cast OF the Claudel play. showing
the Guild means business. Since 1t is i
Christmas legend, the Guild hopes to
have the first dress rehearsal ready for
Sunday. December %, and the public
opening on Christmas night. To that
end, rehearsais Will leap into being this
week.
Speaking Of the tank town offer
ings. Ethel Shutta of "Th4 Passing
Show of 1922" at the Wint>r Garden
has just disinterred a seventeen-year-
old letter head Of A. H. Woods which
Haunted the productions he sponsored
before he rose 10 the heights OF the
bedroom drama. Miss Shutta was then
a child prodigy playing a boy in one
of the Woods productions, and got the
letter when her mother sent notice
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
By FRANK VREELAND

in the musical field with anything but
amused tolerance.
Managers. however. are gloomily ex-
pecting to drop a wad of money that
would otherwise be certain from the
New Years Eve celebration, since that
event comes through on Sunday this
year.
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

ocuauvsd on roliowins rsrs
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
Sn Use For Over 30 Years
s,.ni &; s' .l IHAzzNx
s,s-FOOT PHOTOGRAPH
DF CHICAGO SAND DUNES

Chicago. Dee. "a huge photo
graph, nincty-six feet long and ten
fetl vide, was completed recently by
ny Frank NJ. Woodruff. curator of
ne Chicago Academy OF Science in
1liHcUln Park.
The picture, believed to b. the
largest photograph ever made, is a
'paRuTamic view of the Lake Michigan
BoacA from Gary, Ind, to the north
I'm extremity of Chicago. II is tint
ed in natural colors and will be
aae Of -four photographs forming a
a background for the exhibit of birds.
reptiles, trees and flowers common
Ju the Chicago region.
Dr Woodruff, who took the Or
1glnal plates, numbering several hun
-red. had 10 develop new methods
and equipment to finish tbs gigantic
prmts. The negatives were a series.
me overlapping the OH 2, which
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15

were enlarged from $40 inches to
fO-1i feet, large rolls of photo
graphic paper bling used in the pro-
cess.
The development OF the huge
prints was impossible in the regular
Photographic traps. An assistant
wearing rubb.r boots spread the de-
veloper on the exposed paper with
a mop.
The photographs, which are
scientifically more accurate than an
oil painting Of the same subject
would be DIR. Woodruff declared
cost less than 500. The tinting
was done with Transparent oil colors.
The completed panorama shows the
famous Indiana dunes, the sluggish
Grand Calumet River and the
swamps and swale stretching around
the eastern and southern euvirons of
Chicago.
The same scene painted in oils. DR..
Woodruff said, would cost not less
than $1,000.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
MY OLD FORD

or my old Ford everybody makes fun
They say 1t WAS born in nineteen one
Maybe it was but this I'll bet,
She's good Tor many long mile yet.
The Windshield's gone-and thu ra-
diator leaks,
The fan belt slips and the horsepov
er squeaks.
She shakes the screws and the nuts
all loose.
But ! get 40 miles on a gallon of
juice.
WhenH can't get gas | burn kerosene
And I've driven home on Paris green.
She has a rattle in front and a grind
in the reaT,
And a Chinese puzzle for steering
gear.
Her coils ere dead and her plugs
won't fire.
And her piston rings are baling wire
But in spite of this she pulls me thru
And that's about all any car can do e..
With high-priced cars they give you
tools
Some extra parts and book of rules.
Some wire stretchers and a pair of
shears
Are all have carried in Is years.
And il live to see the day
She falls to pieces like the one horse
shay,
n old Hank Ford stays in the game.
I'll buy another by the same durn
name.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
SAY MEXICANS LIVE
LIKE SAVAGES AGAIN

San Francisco, Dec. g.-Inhabitants
of the Southern states in Mexico are
refusing TO pay rents to landlords
an ideal communistic system is being
practiced which is spreading. because
in that part of the world mans wants
are few, fruit and other agricultural
products growing wild. according to
Lloyd Miller mining engineer, just
returned, after thirteen-year res
idence there.
THE Nexicans in the states OF
Yucatan. Vera Cruz and Oaxaca
have returned to the primal life. Bur
for the fact that few of them have
guns they are in no whit different
from unIettered savages.
Fruit grows wild. and all one.
need to do to secure a meal is reach
for banana or mango. and the
pangs of hunger are satisfied" Mil
Ter said.
When they need clothing many Of
the poems in the rural districts SIM
ply have their wives make grass
lcouts. which article or dress is fair
ly generally worn now. Taxes aren't
paid. because the people haven't any
money, and because the school teach
ers aren't paid there are no schools,
Mill added
Miller declared that OUregon was
very friendly toward the American
government and that, while there
W re frequent mass-metings of Com
III Enists in the larger Southern Mexi-
co cities. Americans were safer than
they have ever befn.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
PRACTICAL POINTERS

Silver should be washed twice a
week in strong sOapy water. we'll drf-
ed and then polished with a chamois
cloth. In this way it will not need
frequent cleaning with powder
Brass and copper can be cleaned
with a cloth dampened with mix
ture of lemon juice and salt.
Three tabIespoonsfm of castor oil
mixed in "A pint of bay rum makes "a
good hair tonic.
Ford-drivers often run out of lu-
bricating oil in remote spots. In
such an emergency fIIl the crank
case with water until oil flows out
of the top petcOck and in that way
you will be able to get home any
whore within radius of so miles
A peanut candy greatly reiished
by children Is made as follows: Put
two cups IF sugar and one haf cup
OF cream in a skillet and stir until
well mixed, boil until candy forms
soft ball in the water. Push skillet to
back Of stove and add on9 heaping
teaspOonful of peanut butter and a
little vanilla flavoring amt beat until
creamy. Pour candy into Il butter
ed pan and let cool. Il
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a STO : ~
FOR
TREASURY PASSED

Washington, Dec. Ear in ad-
vance of the usual time, the House
today passed the Treasury appropria-
ton bill, the first of the big supply
measures. 1t carried $4,000. 600
of which $9,OOO.O 900 will be for pro-
hibition enforcement.
The measure was passed without a
record vote and virtually without
change, the only material depa rture
from the commit, g recommendation
being in ne elimination of the ap.
preparation for an under-secretary of
the Treasury.
A provision of the bill authorizing
the Bureau of Engraving to install
power presses in order to reduce the
number OF plate printers resulted in
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15

Desp-seated coughs that resist or
binary remedies require both exter-
nal and internal treatment. II you
buy a dollar bottle of Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup you get the two RENE
dies you need for the price of one
There is Herrick's Red Pepper Por-
GUS Plaster for the chest. free with
each bottle. Sold by Ohio County
Drug Co. IN
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
SUICIDE BRIDGE
is TRAGIC SPOT
Many Leap To Death In Seine OFF
Point DCs Arts where Ma
polcon Trod.

Paris. Dec. 9.-"Au secours. help,
help au secour.l" Cine
hears the cry often on dark evening
while crossing the old Pont des Arts.
u Is the famous suicide bridge"
-Ehich spans ths Seine, built by Ma
Pnleon when he wished to wander
from The Louvre palace to the in
viiiute on the other side.
Notrlffic is allowed on this bridge,
Snly foot passengers. and this is per-
maps rone of the reasons why so
MANY unhappy persons choose 1t for
= mmpng-off place. IL is quiet and
Hars. with little to distract the
thoughts. Then too. 1t is perhaps
she most charming spot along the
whole length OF the river, facing the
stEeiy 'Ile de la Cite" with the
spires OF Notre Dame and La Sinte
@-hapelle darting into the air. And
Il one must die It Is just as well to
-hDose a beautiful spot. II is a little
.airyland in springtime, when the
fine green leaves begin to come out
ard IirDOp down to the waters edge.
q night. when the lights pop out,
RE shadows form long red and green
gibbons in the Seine.
According to statistics, more
SNmen than men give up their lives
- the muddy river, and they are
mostly Young Ones-girls deserted in
'ove, J alOus or forlorn ones Very
-,{ten they touch the water and
7hen decide that life Is good after all.
za6 then comes the cry-"Au Sc
cDRrs, an scours!" which rings
across the water on a quiet evening.
Ehe iffe-savers hurry out-they are
scattered at different spots along tbs
u mis- sand often they arrive in ,
iIHis. Oftener they find nothing but
. hal And the old women rest thoir &
unT1 ct baskets and pause for a mo- ,
saeHi on the bridge. "Ah. ben. !
s1oh Dieu! if the poor creature did
Z for a man she was mighty foolish +
zen are not worth ii these days!" i
-1iais Oui. bnt perhaps she is better h
,iI. mon Dieu Ia vie est durei" And =
hey pick up their market baskets ;,
Ind ioddla on.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
LOSES HEAVILY
IN GERMAN BANK
SaioOn-kccpcr Deposited $1,000 In
Homeland, Now Equal
To Only St7.

Defiance, o.. Dec. 0.-ITis $4,000
savings have diminished to s17 be.
causes OF the depr citation in Ger
many of money values, and Fred
Grueber, formerly of this country. has
returned. after spending fifteen
years in the Fatherland. lie is glad
to get back to the United States. even
tho he has to begin all over again
at the age Of So years.
4 first landed in America in 1888,
with $685." said Gruber Two
weeks ago I landed again with s35.
But the first s35 belonged to me,
while the second is what I had left
from 5000 borrowed from relatives
in this country to pay my transporta-
ton"
After operating a saloon in the
village of Oklahoma, Henry County,
for twelve years. Grueber went to
Germany with more than $4,000
savings and placed the money in a
hank. at interest. The money still
is in the bank, but is practically
worthless.
The 5000 sent him to return home
on, Grueber said, would have pur-
chased 100000 German marks. But
that doesn't mean much. Crueber
added, in q country where shoes cost |
10000 marks; butter 500 marks per
pound. and pound of coffee costs
500 or 900 marks.
THE German laborer Is suffering
because he receives only about
ninety marks an hour" said Grue-
Der. Every village and town is
printing paper money. and every time
he press starts the value of the
mark drops.
"The people have lost all religion,
Ill political faith and are disor-
,anized mass. Incapable of being gov
rned by any party or political re-
.imle now. Th1y have TO use for the
Kaiser and his crowd. They pay
title heed to the existing Berlin gov
Tales of GerIhany's postwar pros
rity and rapid industrial recovery
re mythical. according to Gruebe;.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
EX-PEERESS DIES
AS SCRUB-wOMAN

R1msgate, Eng. Dec. 9.--Once the
hostess in an embassy, accustomed
to receive the homage of brilliant
thrOngs in foreign capital: in her
last years reduced to earn her bread
as 4 scrubwomanAthese are the
phases in the life OF a mystery wom-
an who has just died in this town.
Mrs. Annie Smith," the name by
which she chose to he known. came
here about three years ago and liv-
ed alone in thu tiny cottage where
her body was found, half dressed, ly-
ing on the floor of her bedroom.
She was clearly a woman of re-
finement and high education. The
incongruity of her attachments with
her humble occupation aroused in
tense curiosity. but she r.pulsed all
Inquiries regarding her past life
Once or twice. however, in speak
ing rec ntly to neighbors, she let it
slip that her husband had been
member of Parliament and at one
lime an ambassador.
To the end, however. she refused
o disclose her real identity, and in
.ensive police inquiries have failed
d reveal it. /
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
Should BE Quarantincd

Many physicians believe that any
ezae who has bad cold should be
e-7H1pietely isolated to prevent 9th
~ members of the family and asso-
-5sfEs from contracting the disease,
~ colds are about as catching as
4s2-aasles. One thing sure-the soon
~ ppe ribs himself OF cold the less
1Ss danger and you will look a good
while before you find better medi-
'-'1sse than Chamberlain Cough Rem
erSy TO aid you in curing a cold. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-12-15
EDISON FLAWS COLLEGE MEN

Addressing thu undergraduate
of Princeton university. Thomas A.
Edison declared that he disapproves
OF college men because they object
to work, especially II the work il
dirty. Most of his employees, he
says, never went to college and those
college graduates he does have show
lack Of imagination and never
make suggestions which might lead
to improvements in their depart
ments. He says we have enough
lWycrs. doctors and literary men
and need moge men with technical
training. THE main quality for
success. in my estimation" he says,
lis ambition with the will to work"