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The New York herald., 1922-10-22
MY DEAR SIR:
The Epilogue Of "R. u. r."

TO the Dramatic Editor:
In the general chorus of enthusiasm
: for the Theater Guiid's production OF
/ Cspck's sensational "R. u. r." there
/ have been strains of definite and ia
me, ineXplics BILE dissa tisfaction with tho
conclusion of this play. The dissonsnt
/ notes have ranged all the way from
Mr.. Corbin's charge that the finale was
irrelevant, TO Haywood Broun's protest
that the entire last ect was incungr8-
ously sentimental and unnecessary.
These objections seem TO fne 10 be not
only captious but contrary TO the spirit
of the performance. And. what Is
more, they are all fundamentally FALSE.
In the first place, the extraordinary
third act has ended. after thirty minutes
of twitching suspense. on plane OF
tremendous intensity. But the power
impelling this climax has been the fo'cs
of negaton. We have witnessed I'm halt
an hour the last stand OF civilization.
The machine has been conquered b. the
very products of machinery, tho cre-
ators have been smashed by their own
creations The human race, with tic
exception OF one old man, has been
wiped out. II IL Incredible that the
play should end on such a note. Destrlic-
ton Is a means. not an end-a platitucs
that applies even 20 such a detail as
the tochnic OF the drama. TIE
struggle to ascend, the push up from
The depths. the eternal desire OF life
TO persist and vary Is surely no less
relevant" than the agencies of dostruc-
tion and death. II the playwright had
brought down his final curtain on the
victory OF the soulless robots. he would
have done less than half OF his work
as artist. The upward curve must bs
suggested IL not charted
But from a consideration OF actual
thester rather than abstract drama.
the omission OF the eplogue would be
even more incomprehensihle. This
epilogue does something that the three
preceding acts never achieved; "
crcates-and nnntains--a spiritual
mood. which swings the entire play 10
sudden and surprising heights. irony
has already reached the peak. social
satire has been combined with terror
10 bring about vigorously meiodrs-
matte climax And then-as Molnar In
the middle OF "Lilom" left realism for
fantasy--Capek lifts the last act from
the level OF physical action by an
emotional purity which the other scenes
have scarcely suggested. IL is exaita-
ton instead OF excitement. poetry
rather than propaganda. 1r IL -
Whimsical land Il has become the
fashion TO pronounce the word with a
sophisticated condescension) it is
whimsy Of the highest order--an end
that. without disturbing the strength
Of Capek's powerful parable has ~
own integrity and is as complete as Il
is inevitable.
Louis usrrRnErsA
NV .es-. Oct. Is, go.
The New York herald., 1922-10-22
Many Unhappy Returns.

The cost Of producing the first Music
Box Revue" Is unrcliabiy reported 10
have been 100000 and that of the forth.
coming Issue TO be $3.50. .000--but at that
almost anything Is possible when Irving
Berlin, Sam Harris and Iiaasard Short
get together and begin ordering bales OF
dress goods. Tho opening performance
has been oversubscribed more than four
times, which puts II on q par with the
latest ziegfeld "Follies." for which +.
Ziegfeld, Jr., had 20 return moro than
$4,000 for untitled orders for the open
Ing night.
The New York herald., 1922-10-22
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pecialy written
ambg preamble to the ballad there
the old tale about the DAYS when this
Eurpe 1t seems Frenchman
but got there all right BY
haing cab and enriching
him BaIn also proud claims
what he baeuy calls fawx rawt Perhaps
perhaps and thence
lives
England I'VE won't unit
morning"
Anyway is altogether solemnly
And perhaps all good
French that has hidden
and sarsons-"Aupres de ma blonde
BRADY WEEK
Asst week on Broadway Brady
dedicated entirely his adventures In Monday night
- swiftly theatrical baderdash
which losing little ground OF late AS the late Bert
observed the public not such fool looks
Of quite another soPau Geradys
The New York herald., 1922-10-22
THE REVIEWING STAND
By Alexander Woollcott

A good things given of
more than two centuries but which as far as we can recall had
not been in this in our time That the half unt half
Mort rInOn0c Malorougn" Every
thoroughly that he could not for the life
his memories
Doodle"
There those
knights Godfrey
Arabia
association with the mock ballad of the dread
Duke OF Marlborough goes back to the Battle OF apaqu 7 at
time when his wherewih the could ghen children
into behavior Unable say the fellow the French
f ste the dt hattie French soldier who was minus his shirt
consolation ndng this funeral drge then only too pain
song along
homely cheerful the people Years ateae by three
had the
Queen uddy peasant
With the country she brought the old
who
vanish history the Dauphn rocked to the ncon
gruous melody "Malbrough guerc"
caught jngled
it thing land where much still She made
the fad Versailles 1t played by the fdders the court was
the stables Paris and became the
tapestries embroder
nonton
doggd the the Seine much the What
never? Well hardly became epidemic this country when
was new Inc song @auueneo Inc young asap ~ W
Paris of Louis XVI 1t was vor with who though no great
irrup into battle
Up Century quatrains with
mock soemn by very troupe OF puppets escaped from some unat
accompanying stirred memory
Norman bending the fire and beating
rhythm ironaine" memory
white frosted that led Nancy and singing
lonely farmhouse built when the
King France And there night last summer while
tho crowd sat around guitar
Kathleen Howard stood and
this ancient
memory book
into
Dicks memorial Every reasonable effort will be made to avoid
it is For that night when Taf
Bdshibasonck to
La learned that Trbhe
its Unreasonable heartache this
description wherein
the mounting the deepening
which could the coming
o Hear him:
Accompaniment had been quite smpleust few
ordinary chords
quite suddenly of
major third from Cno the
there weeping
funeral march, with mued
strings and quite slowly:
Aux nouveles jappore-
Mironton, mironton nnirontdine!
Vos
tone a
mirontainci
Qutez habits
brooches?
the -donging minge with the score
slowly impressivey that the will ring
lie mort
mirontainei
LIE ieur-- est -mor
Est mort-et enterre!
"And all ends quite abruptly
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

snfing hopping many Nobes a
ca nursery Bopeep"
the full ballad handed
way
whole thing:
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

Robert Edmond Jones. scenic designer
for Shakespeare by appointment. is said
to be writing his opinion OF that well
known author. particularly with regard
to Hamlet" Possibly some medium will
now be asked 10 get in touch with
Shakespeare and elicit his opinion OF
Robert Edmond Jones'
The New York herald., 1922-10-22
81 1n6ws aDd ,IV6HoDs ofkbe Stage 4
The Talk of Broadway
BY FRANK VREELAND

siderable personality. VINO Is made out
TO be rural Romeo to impress a young
woman from the city that the town has
its points. EMERSON will direct it and
John Cumberland viii suppress himself
In IT,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
y W. GIRLS MEET
Northern Kansas Conference
VIII Be in Session Friday.
Registrations viii Be Received
at Topeka Y. w. C. A.
PLAN FOR 300 DELEGATES
Special Music To Be Given by
H. S. GIee Club.
Principal Address VIII Be by
Miss Marjorie Stickney.

Three hundred and fifty high school
girls from various cities in the north
ern half of Kansas will attend the
Northern Kansas High School Girls
conference which will convene at 1880
o'clock Friday evening at the First
Presbyterian church. Registrations
will be received at the Y. w C A.
Friday afternoon. The Topeka, Sea-
man, and Oakland high school girls
VIII meet the delegates at the trains
and win take them to the Y. w. c. A.
Speakers Arrive Here.
Miss Helen Fair, of Wichita; Miss
Mildred Inskeep, c. Denver, and Miss
Caroline Goforth, of Denver, three of
the principal speakers, arrived in To-
peka this morning. Miss Marjorie
Shckney and Miss Amanda Nelson,
of New York City, other speakers,
will arrive in Topeka this evening.
The opening session will convene at
1880 O'Clock Friday evening with Miss
Helen Fair, girls work secretary Of
the Wichita Y. W. c. A, presiding.
Special music VIII be furnished by
the Topeka high school glee club.
Addresses of welcome will be given
by Miss Dorothy Rosebrough, of To-
peka high school, for the girls; by
Miss Laura Ewing. of the Topeka high
school faculty for the faculty advisers,
and Mrs. n. w. Benning, for the
mothers.
Miss Stickney To Speak.
Miss Marjorie Stickney will deliver
the principal address of the evening
on the subject, "Citizenship-Our Re-
sponsibility."
Following the address a short period
of recreation viii be held. This meet
ing viii adjourn with a 'sing-song"
led by Miss Mildred Inskeep and Miss
Helen Fair.
Three sessions will be held on Satur-
day and the conference will close with
a meeting Sunday morning.
The enrolment by schools is as fol-
lows Manhattan. Sc; Salina and Gyp-
sum, %. Lawrence, %; Mankato, 10;
Clay Center, u; Abilene, 16; Emporia,
%. Beloit, s; Osborne, 5; Holton, 8;
Denison, 4; Ellsworth. s; Lincoln, 4;
Minneapolis, 5; Kansas City, Kan, 1S;
Leavenworth, 3; Oberlin, ?; Whiting,
4: Athens, 4; Belleville, 6; Pratt, 2;
Clifton, 4 Washington, 5; Hoyt 4;
Herington, 4; Covert, 4 Dillingham;
81 Olathe, j O; Burton, 4 ; Osawatomie,
s: Burlington. 4; Parsons, 4; kincaid,
5 {; Eskridge, 4; Onaga. 4; Baldwin, 5.
Cottonwood Falls is also expected to
send a delegation.
The southern Kansas conference
will be held at Wellington next week.
The conferences were divided a few
years ago on account of the increase
in delegates to the conference.
Miss Sallfe Glass, girls work secre-
tary of the local Y. w. c. A, is in
charge of the conference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
ALLEN PLANS ANOTHER DEBATE
Kansas Governor May Defend St.
Lawrence River Canal Project

Governor Allen may appear in de-
bate with Governor Nathan L Miller,
of New York. regarding merits of the
proposed st. Lawrence river canal pro-
ject. The Kansas governor has been
asked to defend the waterways plan
before the rivers and harbors commit
tee of congress. Governor Miller is
opposing the appropriation.
Last summer Governor Allen was a
member of a party which investigated
the St. Lawrence navigation plan. He
is enthusiastic for the enterprise
which would call for joint action by
the United States and Canada. He is
behind the plan to appropriate $780,
0O0,0 for the canal to permit sea-
going vessels to operate thru the river
and Great Lakes to Chicago.
Governor Miller will lead the oppo-
sition to the proposal when the meas
ure comes before the congressional
committee in Washington. The hear
ing has been set for March /. Gov
ernor Allen has been asked to close
debate for the appropriation. He
stated today that if he could make
the trip he would appear before the
committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
HOMAT CASE DISMISSED
Judge Pollock OF Federal Court Docs
Not Render Decision.

Judge John c. Pollock of the fed
eral court at Kansas City, Kan, has
dismissed the habeas corpus cases of
Alexander Howat and August Dorchy,
deposed Kansas mine union officials,
without rendering a decision, it was
announced here today by Frank L.
Campbell, clerk of the court. The
order vas made by Judge Pollock
Wednesday afterI Don.
This action follows the recent re-
lease from the Cherokee county jail
of Howat and Dorchy upon exercising
Of their right of appeal to the state
supreme court and of furnishing bond
not to call more strikes in violation
Of the Kansas industrial court law.
Their release from jail was sought
by the habeas corpus proceedings. The
application was filed late in December
and argument was heard by Judge
Pollock on New Years day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
IN STORMS GRIP
Worst Blizzard in Years RACES
Off Atlantic Coast.
Sixteen Thousand JObIess Dig
New York Out of Snow.

Cane MAY. y. Y. Feb. 1s.-One or
the worst billiards in years is raging
off the New Jersey capes. causing
fears by navy men today that sub
marine. scheduled to leave League Is
land navy yard last night for New
London, Conn, may be caught in dit-
ficulties.
The coast guard cutter Kickepoo
waits with full steam up, ready to re-
spond to any distress signals.
New York showed Under.
New York. Feb. 16.-Yesterday's
snow storm slackened to flurr.es dur
ing the night and today had ceased
entirely. being replaced by brisk, cold
weather.
Sixteen thousand unemployed found
jobs at SIS a day struggling to clear
the sidewalks and crossings. Great
motor plows were used in the streets.
New Workers. clad in overshoes and
goloshes, skidded over slippery pave
ments to their work.
Virginia Wires Crippled
Richmond. Va, Feb. 16.-Crippied
telephone and trolley service in Rich
mond and vicinity and similar condi-
tions in many other parts of the state
were reported here today as the result
of last nights snow storm when re-
suited in a white covering of six incn
depth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
CONCERT BY RADIO PHONE
Public Demonstration VIII Be Given
Tonight at Railroad 'sY.''

Public Demonstration VIII Be Given
Tonight at Railroad 'Y.''
The annual Edison photograph con-
cert, given to the Railroad Y. NJ. C. A.
by Crosby Brothers, Store company
will be given this year by radiophone
from Kansas City.
A public demonstration of the posi-
bilities of Iadio-telephoning will be
given Friday night at o'clock at the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. A radio set
loaned and operated by the Topeka
Electric company will be used.
An address by r. G. Clark, a Kansas
City radio expert, given in Kansas City
and caught by the radio set in Topeka.
will open the program. Following the
talk there will be a photograph con-
cert, with the machines in Kansas
City. under the supervision of r. G..
Mortiboy of Crosby Brothers phono-
graph department.
The public will be admitted to the
program and from 400 to 500 people
can be accommodated, it was said to-
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
MELLON MAKES DENIAL.
Declares He Resigned All Outside Jobs
When He Entered Cabinet

Washington, Feb. 16.-Andrew D.
Mellon denied today that he was in
eligible to serve as secretary of the
treasury.
reply to charges of Senator Watson,
Democrat, of Georgia, who declared in
the senate that Mellon was serving IL
legally because of his vast business
and financial interests, the secretary
of the treasury said that he was not
disturbed" by these statements be-
cause he had retired as president and
director of all banks,i in which he was
interested before becoming a member
of the cabinet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
CHARGE OF FRAUD
Topekans Say They Were De-
frauded in Oil Deals.
Action Taken to Recover Total
of $22,592.

The story of how one of his sup
posedly best friends defrauded him
and several other Topekans of large
sums of money was related in a petit
ton filed in the district court late
Wednesday by T. E. Reinhardt. us
Harrison street, against E. F. Wolfe,
1925 Garfield avenue. Reinhardt, as
trustee for the Topekans who invested
in certain Texas oil leases. asks $22-,
592 from Wolfe and his wife.
Reinhardt says Wolfe approached
him with glowing tales of money to
be made in oil lands in the vicinity Of
the Wilson wells in Texas. He stated,
according to Reinhardt, that he had
purchased an option on some leases
near Wilson No. l for 81. 400 and was
going to let his friends in on a good
thing. He represented the leases as
cording to Reinhardt, and said if
Reinhardt would get some friends to-
gether and buy the ieases at a low
figure. he would sell half the land
Tor them for as much as they had paid
for the whole tract, thus putting them
in on the ground floor without a
penny invested.
Leases Worthless, Is Claim.
Reinhardt declares that the leases
were purchased and that it was not
until short time ago that the pur-
chasers discovered that the land lay
thirty miles from the Wilson wells and
that a range of mountains Law between
The leases, Reinhardt declares, are ut
terly worthless and were known by
Wolfe to be worthless at the time He
declares that Wolfe turned a large
portion of the money over to his wife.
who purchased properties on Tyler
and Fillmore streets in her own name.
Reinhardt says the Topekans who
invested in the scheme are very
numerous" but none of them are
named in the petition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
Had Job Getting Into Cell

Leavenworth. Kan, Feb To-
Charles W. Rowan, who spent n
week in Leavenworth attempting
admission to federal prison to serve
a sentence of a year and a day, on
conviction of using the nails to
defraud, and then returned to Mill
tence, having been brought from
Milwaukee by a deputy United
States marshal with proper COM
mitment papers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
BORDER TROOPS HELD READY
Trouble on Mexican Frontier Causes
U. S. Army to Prepare.

Washington, Feb. 16.-United States
troops are being held in readiness at
Ell Paso, Tex, and other points along
the Mexican border for instant duty in
event of disturbances requiring mill
tary action, it was announced at the
war department today.
Orders to this effect have been is
sued by Major General Hines. the
corps aero commander, with head
quarters at Fort Sam Houston. 1t
was said there have been concentra-
ton of troops, but that officers along
the Rio Grande have increased their
vigilance due to recent trouble along
the border
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
Quarantine Sign
Guarded Liquors

David Harum's'' Hotel Is Raided
by Dry Agents Who Posed as Cigar
Statesmen.
Homer, n. Y, Feb. 16.-The David
Harum hotel here. where the original
of the character in the famous novel
made many Of his '-hoss' trades has
been raided by Izzy Einstein and Moe
Smith, federal prohibition agents with
headquarters in New York CITY, who
have gained much newspaper atten-
ton by their DISCUSSES. Posing as
cigar statesmen they struck up a
friendship with the hotel keeper and
were shown around the place.
And then. on the door to a rear
room, Izzy says he spied a sign, GUAR
antine." He and Moe say. they were
told not to go in because there was a
patient with influenza inside, but in
they went, nevertheless, and found
liquor. The proprietor was arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
WILL DELAY ECONOMIC FARLEY
British Admit That French Likely to
Win in Their Contention.
(By the Associated z

London, Feb. 16.-The probability
of delay of three weeks in the open
ing of the Genoa economic conference
was conceded in British official cir
cles today.
This was the first intimation in such
circles that the French were likely to
win their contention that it was i'm
possible to start the conference on
the date originally chosen. March 8.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
For Cold on the Chest

Musterole is easy to apply and it
does not blister like the o1d-fashioned
mustard plaster.
Musterole is a clean, white ointment.
made with oil of mustard Simply
massage it in gently with the finger
tips. You will be delighted to see how
quickly it brings relief.
Get Musterole at your drug store.
35c and 65c, jars and tubes: hospital
size, IS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
WAS PoIsoN IN SALTS.
Woman Dosed Her Five
Children Fatally.

Centralia. Wash. Feb. 16.-The
package of EPSON salts from which
Mrs. Edward Rhodes Of Klaber.
Wash. administered fatal doses to her
five children last Saturday contained
10 per cent of an alkaloidal poison.
according TO Herman Allen, prescott
ing attorney of Lewis county. follow
ing an analysis of the remainder by
the state chemist. An inquest prob
ably will be held.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
BALTIMORE r. r. LINE BLOCKED
Traffic Resumed Today After Derail-
ment Had Halted Trains.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Traffic over
the Pennsylvania lines between here
and Baltimore, had been resumed
early today after several hours inter
ruption caused by the derailment at
Odenton, Maryland of two cars of the
Buffalo express due here at S:55
O'Clock last night. Four persons were
injured. two seriously and several
hundred yards of track was torn up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
TOOK WAGON LOAD OF DOLLARS.
Oakland, CaL, Bank VnuIt Closed So
Silver Used for $1,000 Bail.

Oakland, Cal, Feb. 16.-An express
wagon load of silver half dollars
$4,000 worth of them-was brought
to the Oakland police station by
George Bruno. manager of an Italian
bank, to provide bail money for Lor-
EMO GuissI. under arrest today. on
a charge of failing to render assist
ance to a woman run down by his
automobile. All other money in the
. bank was locked in a time vault
Two police officers were several
hours counting the half dollars and
Guissi was not freed until they COM
pleted their task
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
REOPEN HOTEL AT SALIVA.
Will BE Under Management of Frank
Barbee and r. G.. Foil.

The Hotel Clayton, in Salina, a
prominent hotel in that town up to
1917. is being reopened this week I'M
der the management of Frank Barbee
and r. G. (Dick) Foil. In 1917 the
Hotel Clayton was combined with the
Lamer hotel. which adjoins it. and
both were operated as the Lamer
hotel, under the management of Foil.
It has been reopened now as an in
dependent house. Foil is one of the
most popular hotel men in western
Kansas. The hotel stands at the cor
ner of Seventh and Ash streets.
The new hotel has been designated
as the official Victory Highway hotel
for Salina
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
UNION HEAD QUITS IN HUFF
st. Louis Building Trades Council
President Resigns-Favored Wage Cut

St Louis, Feb. 16.-Char.es J. Lam
inert, for one year president of the
building trades council of St. Louis
today announced his resignation be-
cause the majority of the building
trades unions voted against a 20 per
cent wage reduction. proposed recently
by builders to stimulate building ac-
tivities.
Lammert also is secretary of the
painters district council. The painters
are the only union men so far to agree
to the reduction. Their pay formerly
was $1.25 an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
BULGARIAN WOMEN MUST WORK
Compulsory Labor Order Is Issued
from SOfia-First in Capital.

Sofia. Feb. 16.-Compulsory work
for women is to be imposed by the
Bulgarian peasant government. Pre-
mier Samboulsky justifying the new
law in a recent speech, said:
"A peasant woman works in the
country ploughing the ground. often
doing more than the husband. She
SPINS the wool and weaves the cloth
for the family's clothes. What does
the town lady do, she walks and chats
and does not give birth to children
We must at least compel her to labor
for the state"
The law is to be applied first in the
capital, Sofia. and eventually in the
villages and country.