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The New York herald., 1922-12-07
THE REVIEWING STAND
By Alexander Woollcott

any other, but il was presided over by
one of the gentlest. kindest women
that ever lived-a tiny woman who
could be found any evening sitting in
the twilight of her long shadowy front
room amid the lovely rosewoods and
faded hargings that had accompanied
her from some earlier splendor. We
doubt II she made much If any profit.
When she came TO name a price for
her rooms, she was entirely too much
oppressed for her own good by her
knowledge OF how hard ii was for a
young newcomer in this town TO get
started. And we have yet TO find any
where in New York the equal of her
dinners. Those sweet potatoes STEPPED
in sherry A whole mess of sweer
potatoes careening in a very vat Of
sherry
But here is the letter that started
all this--a letter dispatched from some
town in Iowa that we never had heard
Of. Can you advise me-" the letter
asks, what it would cost week for
a single man 10 live in semi-re-
spectacle boarding house within walk
ing distance of the Rialto? l am about
to break definitely with my present
and plan to be mildly erratic from
now on. The seed is planted: / hope
to bud into a prolific playwright!
have a typewriter, n dress suit and a
painfully suppressed desire for the
scenes, sounds and scents of the
sumptuous city, and by January first
/ expect to have my insurance paid
and 5000 with which i propose 10 make
my escape from the prosaic. If | daily
longer. the ransom will be too high.
I am writing to you instead OF to Dean
Thomas. Manager Belasco or Eugene
ONeill because ] feel that they would
take me either too seriously or too
lightly You, as a critic and news
paper man. Know. everything tlnclud-
ing boarding house statistics) and will
appraise my motive and sincerity
fairly"
We have struck out the signature,
but the name is deposited In our. mem
ory. OF course the hall bedrooms of
Manhattan now hide countless manu-
scripts of little unborn dramas. yet
,. curious prophetic twinge tells us
that some night In New York at the
first performance of new play, we
shall see this name again on the pro-
gram. Meanwhile, We should like Q
little help in answering the letter.
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
w. A. HARTMAN RETURNING.
Is Passenger on HOmeric. Due to
Arrive This Morning.

Mr. William Averell Hartman, chair
man OF the board of directors of the
United American Lines, is among the
passengers on the White Star liner Ho-
meric, due TO arrive from Southampton
and Cheroourg this morning, after a
short delay caused by strong headwinds.
The Homeric has a consignment of
about 50, $40, 900 in gold for bankers in
this country.
Other passengers Include Countess
Marie Huitfeld. Mrs. Burn daughter of
Lord Leith of Fyv!e Major l.. Waller,
Charles Decht. New York attorney, who
has been IN Soviet Russia; Mrs. New
bold lie Roy Edgar and Mr and Mrs.
Leonard ID. White.
The Hamburg american liner Bayern,
due late to-day or Tomorrow morning.
IS bringing the Richard Wagner piano.
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
BROWN PLAYERS GIVE
A SOPHOCLES PLAY
Sock and Buskin Society Acts
'Oedipus Rex.

PROVIDENCE, Dec. 6.-The Sock and
Buskin Society Of brown University
produced in the Brown Union last night
and repeated tonight for the first time
In this city and the first time In English
by any college organization in this
country the Greek tragedy "Oedipus
Rex" by Sophocles. A large audience
Including a delegation from Harvard,
followed the story with interest.
The cast reheersed by Ben w. Brown,
instructor in public speaking in the
university was: Oedipus. Theodore JET
fers; Priest of Zeus. Donald Keith Rus
sell; Teiresias. Walter Waldau: Creon
Harvey ). Reynolds; Jocasta, ;. Everett
Wilkins. Jra: Herdsman. Joseph w
Cohen Messenger. Christopher Gunder-
son; attendants on King. John w
Richmond. Paul j. Spencer; chorus
leaders. w. Carlton Scott. John Alex
ander Winters: chours, John Langdon
Wellesley Wright Philip G. Jones. Wes-
ley Fl. Webb and musician, David L.
Stackhouse
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
SAILING ON CoNTE ROSsO.

The Conte Rosso of the Lloyd Sabaudo
Line will sail for Naples and Genoa to-
day with 2.l0O passengers, who will In
clude Misses Synphorosa and Grace
Bristed. daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Astor Bristed: Count and
Countess Adimari Morelll. Baron Cen
naro Barra Caracciolo, Michele Berar-
dini. banker; Giovanni Grasso, Italian
tragedian; Capt. Piero Civallero. Mr..
and Mrs. Homer Clark. l<imball and
Robert Clark and Charles Klauder.
Among the passengers sailing to-day
by the Frederik VIII of the Scandi-
navian-American Line will be Marion
Letcher, American Consul-General at
Copenhagen,
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
Mrs. Gron, Sister
of Poet Masters,
Sued for Divorce
Husbands Letters Say His
Mission Was TO Destroy
BOlshevism.

PORTLAND. Me. Dec. 6.---Niels Gron
of New York. cubman and diplomat,
said he had "a special mission from
God to rid the world of Bolshevism"
In letters written 20 Mrs. Gron after
their separation and produced to-day
at the hearing Of her divorce suit in
the Superior Court here. Mrs. Gron. a
sister of Edgar Lee Masters, the poet.
has brought her action on tho ground
Of cruel and abusive treatment.
The special mission referred TO. the
letters showed, took the form of an
enterprise TO give world wide adoption
to q seal guaranteeing the integrity of
products Mrs. Gron testified that her
husband persuaded her friends to in
vest in a company promoting this plan,
and that he said he was receiving from
the company an income which, however,
the petitioner never saw. The scheme
was named potential"
In his letter Gron besought his wife
to forget their little differences, rejoin
him and work TO make potential the
world power II should be- Properly
used. he said. the plan weuld "guaran-
tee peace and order throughout the
world, subdue Bolshevism and bring
about reign of good will"
IF you will be big and do q big
thing" one letter went on, you will be
in a position to do more to prevent the
spread Of Bolshevism IMAM Aany other
woman in the world. You will go down
in history as benefactress Of the race"
In a letter written July 1, 1920. to
their son, Neils Gron. Jr.. Q years old,
and said to be a musical prodigy, for
whose custody both Harents are con-
tending, Gron said
you We're given to God at your birth
by your mother and myself. We prom
ised that If you might live YOU should
serve God among men. Therefore you
belong to humanity. Money is the root
OF all evil. Therefore, when you told
me not long ago that you We're going
to make money and become the richest
man in the world ! felt terribly sad
Before you always had said You wanted
to serve God. and so quickly had your
beautiful spirit been soiled by worldly
lust"
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
PRINTS SELL
FOR $IO,862 AT AUCTION

Japanese color prints the collection
OF the late Hamilton Easter Field. were
sold at the American A.. Galleries yes
terday afternoon and evening for s10,-
Se2. The total OF sales C the Field col
lection. including literature. furniture
and tapestries. Is now s21.725. This
afternoon the sale of japanese prints
will be continued and this evening the
japanese and Chinese screens will be
sold.
Among the buyers yesterday was DR..
=. g. Bosch -Reitz. curator Of Far East
ern art at the Metropolitan Museum.
who made a number OF purchases. THE
Arrival OF the Korean Embassy In Edo"
print done by Tori KiyOnobu I. I'm the
sixteenth century. sold 90 Otto Bernet.
agent, for se25: AN O'ran Walking in
SNOW" by Tori Kiyomasu went 10 Miss
Mary A. Ainsworth for s225. Dr. Lud-
wig Kaft purchased print Of 1wai
Ifanshiro w by Utagawa Toyokuni for
$3.50
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
AT ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS.

Special Dispatch to TIN New York HERALD.
ATLANTIC CITY, y. T.. Dec. 6.--Later
arrivals from New York at hotels in
clude:
Traymore-Mr. and Mrs. e. A. John
son, Miss Ruth " Moore, Mrs. l. j.
Haines and Mrs. Mary Mather
Marlborough gh-Blenheim-Alrs. William
G. Doran. Mr.. and Mrs. J. y. Dent. Mrs.
Evan Browne. Mrs. Andrew J. Connick
and Mrs. F. c. Schwab
Dennis--Mrs. X -. Reed, Miss Martha
Reed and Mrs. Edward Maxwell.
Brighton-Mr. and Mrs. Henry X. Nc
Harg.
Ritz-Carlton--Miss Frances Wilson,
Mrs. Edgar b. Bernhard and Mr.. Ed
ward Durkin.
.trnbassa dor-The Rev. John J. O'Don-
nell. Mrs. F.. NJ. Farquharson. Miss Anna
RI. Tape. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Herjes
and Mr. f. W. Hutchins.
Strand-Mr and Mrs. f. w. Donnelly.
Mrs. John S. Muller, Mrs. T. l.. Connolly
and Mr.. a. L. Adams. Jr.
Breakers-Mr and Mrs. Emma Nuel
Eisinger Mr.. Julius Jacobs and Mrs. A.
II. Bennett. q
The New York herald., 1922-12-07

tion with music yesterday at her home.
$50 East Seventy second street. Mr..
Rafaelo Diaz of the metropolitan Opera
sang. Among the guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. George Gordon Battle. Mr.. and Mrs
Dom Barber. Mr.. and Mrs. A.. j. Drexel
Biddle. Jr.. DR.. and Mrs. Ernest Failne-
stock. Mrs. Nellie Sands. Miss Alice ID.
Lamar. Mrs u. Emerson MeVfckar, Mr..
and Mrs Edward +. Mellon and DR.. and
Mrs. George Emerson Brewster.
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
LEAGUE CLUB OPENS
NEW HOME TONIGHT
Mrs. w. D. Straight to Present
Deed to Wage Women.

The League Club House, for wage
earning women. 247 Lexington avenue.
will be opened this evening. Repre-
sentatives of $50 unions will be present
Miss Rose Schneiderman, president of
the womens Trade Union League. will
preside and will receive from Mrs. Will
lard j.. Straight, chairman OF tine cam
paign committee. the deed to the house.
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
ART SALE YIELDS $e,325.

Glassware. early American furniture
and trays from the collection Of Wilbur
J. Cooke OF Philadelphia. at second
session held at the Anderson Galleries
Yesterday. brought s6.325. bringing the
total TO sis.044. The third session will
be held this afternoon
Charles X. Morley paid t4f0 for a
carved and inlaid American cabinet. II.
l.. Crocker. $3.50 for a mahogany book
case desk: Mrs. T. H. Moscovitz. $3.50
for an early American mahogany cabi-
net.
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
A Great Institution Passes.


Seemingly. at some time when we
were not looking. New York has ex-
perienced the passing OF a great in
stitution. A youngster writing out of
The West to ask our advice as to the
cost OF living in a theatrical boarding
ho'ise has led us into the discovery
that. apparently. there are no the
atrical boarding houses any more. In
deed. we are told that within q half
honr's walk OF Times square. at least.
tpere are no boarding houses at all.
When the request first came we did
recall that it had been years since
we had heard one mentioned outside
fhe comic papers. and when. after
looking vaguely around for signs ad-
yertising rooms and meals. We ap-
Piled 10 the West Side Y. NJ. C. A. for
Their list of places where q young
hopeful might be lodged and fed, we
stumbled on the information that
paany a day had slipped by since the
list of such places had vanished from
their list
sour own boarding house experiences
were varied. The first, a bleak, gritty
establishment in Philade lphia. served
a chill dinner for sixty every night. so
that there had to be two sittings. It
was pretty CHASTITY, and we remember
vividly a fifteen-year-ol boy whom
" made desperately homesick. He was
so lonesome among all those gobbiing.
cabling people that one night he saw
q drop OF water splash in tie thin
ftostinG OF powdered sugar on the
leathery lid of his apple pie. When
be realized with start that this
astonishing and discreditable phenom-
enon had come from his own eye he
9ii shrewd thing. lie walked down
town in the cold November darkness.
Bought ticket for home at the Broad
street station and put 1t in his pocket.
He had no Idea OF turning tail. but il
cheered him UP immensely during the
ensuing weeks just to know that the
door was open.
Another and pleasanter memory IS
OF our first boarding house in New
York. Behind its flight o. brown stone
steps. in Twelfth street it looked like
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
FORM IRISH OPERA CLUB.

At the Ansonia Hotel last night about
plan TO introduce into this country
Irish opera sung both in Gaelic and
English and later to organize in Dub
lin national Irish opera company. The
plan was outlined by Thomas Egan,
Irish tenor. and as a nucleus for the
organization the Irish Opera Club was
formed. -
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
scHuMANN-HEINK IMPROVES,

Nine. Ernestine Schumann Heink
opera singer. showed Improvement yes
terday at her home In Garden City
where she Is III with bronchial pneu'
raonia. Dr. c.. Stoddart Dooman an.
nounced that the singer IL resting com.
fortably and displaying wonderful
vitality"
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
NINE. ONECIN GIVES
PLEASING SONG RECITAL
SUedish Confrolto Shouus Fine
Range OF Voice.

Nine. Slgrid Onegin. Swedish con-
tralto of the Metropolitan Opera House.
gave q song recital last evening at
Carnegie Hall. Her program comprised
four groups. one of songs by Schubert.
one of songs by Brahms. one OF ro-
nances and pastorals OF the Eighteenth
century, arranged by Weclerlin, and
American and English lyrics. includ ns
Deems Taylor's Time Enough" and
Bsntock's "A Feast Of Lanterns"
This list afforded Nine. Onegin good
opportunity to disclose her abilities.
She was successful I'm no small degree
Iyer voice of fine range, great power
and rich quality. nlanifestly gave great
pleasure, as did her sp,enu!a aramatic
power In certain songs. In some of the
finer qualities she did not reach the
highest standards Of song delivery. In
the more subtle and delicate shadings
Of tone ard color she was deficient.
her phraslng was sometimes lahored.
the pitch was lost through forcing her
upper tones and her diction was not
always clear.
On the other hand her interpretations
were on a grand scale and hence the
loss OF finesse was not so obvious.
schuberts "Allmacht." with which she
began. was imposing and splendid. Her
general Interpretation OF der Erl-
loenig" was likewise fine. At the close
Of this song. which concluded the first
group. she had her acconpanist. Michel
Raucheisen. who was new here. share
the applause. She then added as ar,
encore another Schubert song. "Selie-
ktit." Nine. Onegin made very fav-
orable impression upon her large audi
ence. Mr.. Raucheisen played the ac-
companiments artistfcally
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
EDNA INpEnMAuR's RECITAL.

Nine Edna Indermaur. contralto,
gave her first recital yesterday after
noon at Aeolian Hall. An interesting
program consisted of manuscript work.
SchinGler's transcription OF Porpora's
Venetian Pastoral" in addition TO
Bach's 'Komm. cite mich "Giail sole
dial Gange." by Scarlatti. songs by
Scheutt, Horwitz. Van Byken. Casella.
and a group of English compositions by
davidson. Turvey and others.
Nine. lndermaur's voice Is agreeable
IN quality and her diction was excellent.
especially In the group OF German
songs. But her voice lacked color and
warmth In y; ssaGes where those were
most essential and this resulted In a
uniform tint which at times proved
monotonous Kurt SCHNEIDER was at the
piano and as usual proved an admirable
accompa mist
The New York herald., 1922-12-07
TO HEAR PRoF. PHELPS.

Prof. William Lyon Phelps OF Yale
will speak in the Waldorf Astoria to-
morrow morning on Contemporary
Books All of the boxes have been
taken-three by clubs of which the
speaker is member the Authors, the
Yale and the Rotary
DlAz SINGS AT MRS. ALBnO's.
Mrs. Lewis Colt Albro gave recep-
The New York herald., 1922-12-07

FREE CHRISTMAS GOLD FOR yOu.
50 Gold piece to the 4Uuth person who
buys matinee Admission. n siO Gold Piece
70 the 6noth person A the 80 P NJ. per-
Moss's CAMEO THEATRE, Thursday, Dec. :.
The New York herald., 1922-12-07

Another and pleasanter memory is
OF our first boarding house in New
York. Behind its fight OF brown stone
steps. in Twelfth street, 1t looked liks
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-06
CITY HALL Gets
blow AT POLLS

Chicago, June 6.-EIeventh hour
efforts of the Lundin-Thompson
organization 10 re-elect Judge Har-
ry B. Miller to the superior court
bench in yesterdays judicial cleo
ton, fell short approximately 40,-
900 votes, complete returns today
revealed
Alderman Walter P Steffen, only
Republican on the coalition ticket,
ran that far ahead of Judge Miller,
whose name did not appear on the
ballot but was written in by about
45 600 voters. Alderman Steffen
trailed the five Democratic judges
who were reelected on the coali-
ton slate by plurality of II 900
votes.
Socialist candidates for the su-
perior bench made a poor showing
their vote ranging between 12,50O
and 1900 out of an approximate
total. OF ul.00o cast.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-06
PREACHER IN
OKLAHOMA IS
BEATEN AGAIN
ReU. IruUir1 Suffers
Second Attack, He
Alleges.

Lawton, Okla, June 6.-The Rev.
Thomas J. Irwin, who resigned as
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church here recently. after being
charged with conduct unbecoming
a minister, was attacked and beaten
last night near this city, he said
today. Irwin would not talk about
the alleged attack and few details
were obtainable.
County officials who went out in
search of Mr. Irwin when he failed
to return to his home last evening,
telephoned from the home of H. r
Wood, nine miles east of here, that
they had found Mr.. Irwin at the
Wood home in a weakened condi-
tion. Most of Irwin's clothing had
been torn from him, the officers
said.
Family Notifies Officers.
Irwin was seen early in the eve
ming at a filling station" here.
When he did not return members of
his family notified officers and a
search was instituted.
Several weeks ago the former
pastor told a story of having been
slugged and kidnapped by three men
and thrown into ditch at the en-
trance of Medicine Park, a resort
some miles from here.
First Abduction "Frameup"?
After conducting a court of in
quiry into charge of arson in con-
nection with fires at the First
Presbyterian church, County At
torney Fletcher Riley announced
that his investigation tended to in
/ dictate the alleged abduction was a
''frame-up"
Mr.. Irwin and an elder of the
/ church were indicted on a charge
/ of arson and their preliminary
hearing will come up next Thursday
! Irwin claims that his enemie.
were responsible for the fires anC
! for his first alleged abduction.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-06
VALENTINO CASE
NOT YET ENDED
WOOIwine Investigates Evidence
Brought Out at Hearing of
Actor on Bigamy Charge.

Los Angeles, Cal, June 6.-The
evidence produced at the prelim-
mary hearing of Rodolph Valen-
tino. which resulted in Justice of
the Peace J. Walter Handy yester-
dav dismissing a charge of bigamy
filed against the film actor, is un-
dergoing an investigation by Dis
trict Attorney Thomas Lee Wool
wine to determine whether he will
accept the decision of the justice
or present the case to the Los An
geles grand jury.
The charge against Valentino fol-
lowed his marriage to Miss Wini-
fred Hudnut at Mexican, Lower
California, Mexico, on May 13, last.
The prosecution argued that he
still was married TO Miss Jean
Acker, from whom he obtained an
interlocutory decree of divorce in
January of this year, which would
not. under the California statutes,
become final until year later.
Justice Hanby's decision in the
case was on the ground that there
was not sufficient evidence TO show
that Valentino had lived with his
second Kifa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-06
PICKETS ACTIVE
In SPRINGFIELD
Patrol All TOrn-Up Streets in City;
Meet Trains on Lookout for
Imported Workers.

Springfield, Ill, June 6--Pickets
and "spotters" were active here to-
day in making Springteld's street
Improvement strike effective. In
ion headquarters announced oper-
ations of the Illinois Power COM
pany, which is undergrounding
wires. about tied up. Pickets are
posted along the torn up streets,
and "spotters" are watching all
trains, as the result of a report
that laborers will be brought here
from Chicago.
A parade headed by two bands
will be held through the streets
this afternoon. The strikers asked
permission for the parade yester-
day, and upon granting it, the city
council asked all street contractors
to quit work today to avoid the
possibility of trouble.
General Manager A D. Mackie OF
the Illinois Power company, an
nounced that no work was being
done by his company, but that a
full force would be on hand tomor-
row to take the place of the strik-
erS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-06
WOMANISLOSER
IN Senate RACE
Mrs. Bessie Farnsworth, Muscatine,
Beaten by State Senator BuSer;
BrOOkhart in Lead.

Des Moines, Ia, June 6.-(By the
Associated Press)-Mrs. Bessie
Farnsworth, woman candidate for
the state senate. was beaten in a
three-cornered fight, according to
reports from Muscatine Senator
ID. ]. Buser, Of Conesville, appar-
entity was easily nominated for re-
election. Mrs. Farnsworth ran
third.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 6.-(By
the Associated Press Returns
from 1.577 precincts out of 2,348
for the Republican nomination for
United States senator, give Colon
eI Smith w. Brookhart of Wash
ington, 10000, as compared to &c.
I'll for Charles Pickett of Water
loo, his nearest opponent Cliff
ford Thorne's vote in the 1877
precincts was 5000 Leslie Fran
els received 28,120; Burton E.
Sweet, 22,742. and Clyde NJ Stan
ley, S,493.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-06
ENTIRE SCHOOL
BOARD FIRED BY
CHICAGO MAYOR
Thompson, viii Name
NelU Trustees on
Wednesday,.

Chicago, June 6-Mayor William
Hale Thompson, who brought Chi
cago's series of school board SEN
sa ATOMS to a new climax yesterday
by virtually wiping out the board,
will appoint a new set of trustees
tomorrow, it was said today.
Complying with the mayors de-
mands for designations from the
entire board-his own appointees-
six of the nine members resigned
Immediately. Francis E. Croarkin
and ]. Lewis Creath reserved their
decisions and Hart Hanson refused
to resign.
Hanson Won't Quit
In refusing, Hanson charged the
mayor with seeking to sacrifice the
whole board in an effort to save
Edwin S. Davis and Albert H. Sew
eringhaus, president and vice pres
ident, respectively, from disgrace
Davis and Severinghaus are under
fire of an investigation which re-
suited in grand jury indictments
against William A Bither, attorney
for the board, and How. Kaup, q
real estate agent. in connection
with the alleged graft involving
the sale of school property.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-06
DEPUTY TELLS
OF SHOOTENGS
AT FREDERICK
Admits Firing at
Greeks; links He
Got One.

Quincy, Ill, June 6.-CBy the As
sociated Press.)-James Kelly, dep
uty sheriff, who was with Sheriff
Lashbrook at Frederick when the
latter was killed, and for whose
Staying % Greeks are now on trial,
today told the story of the shooting
on the night OF April 28.
He claimed there were two single
shots fired first, as signals, he sup
posed, and these were Immediately
followed by a volley which laid low
the sheriff and Constables Neff and
Utter. He crawled behind some
steel barrels, where one of the
Greeks approached him with a gun
in each hand, the muZzle of one
still smoking, and told him to get
the hell out of here
Escaped in Water.
He then jumped into the water
surrounding the depot.
On cross examination he admit
ted he fired two shots at Greeks
who were on the tracks and thought
he got" one of them.
An attachment has been issued
for DR.. W. T. McElroy Of Freder-
ick, who was subpoenaed by the
defense but failed to appear. 1t is
claimed he has issued certificates
to other witnesses to the effect they
were too i'll to appear. These wit
nesses are material, the defense
says, because they are men who
had threatened the Greeks.