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New-York tribune., 1922-08-27

" Y MESS you know about art you don't
K appreciate it. A Corot looks like
49, picture of couple of trees to you.
When you have studied art for two
or three ays-taking one Of the better sort
OF magazine courses--a Corot looks like
Corot, which is much more satisfactory.
1t is the same with the movies
Some people do not like them. That is be-
cause they have never studied them The mo-
vies are Art, just as much as Corot is, and YOU
have got to look at them with the eyes Of edu
Gated appreciation or you get nothing whatever
out of them.
This is especially true of close-ups and art
captions, which are written by the best authors.
The closeup needs careful study before one
can have an interpretive mind.
You happen into picture show in the
middle OF It, and as soon as you have tried to
stare stonily through the dusk at the woman
behind you who tells her neighbor that people
are absolutely inconsiderate about coming in
and obstructing the view just at the most in
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27

George cut down the cherry tree with it in Just
three strokes.
Afterward as he found from remaining
there while, Father Washington went ont
and inspected the cherry tree, and observing
how smoothly his little son had cut It down
set him to work clearing the wood lot at
wage of five cents a tree.
One must even know about child close-uns in
ORDER co understand them.
The little child in the pinafore, for example
who stands at the crossroads with tears cours-
ing down her face may naturally be supposed
TO pc having tantrum because she was only
allowed to have one piece of cake at the cb;l
drens party from which she has lust come
quite the reverse is true She is weenino
because she mas seen her mother smoking
cigarette and knows that it was the last cigar.
cite IN the box which she (the child bouobt
with the money she got for the prize essav
about David and Goliath in the Sunday scboo,
contest
There are people who don't like the movies
Just as there are people who don't like Titian
But educate either class and they soon become
fans.
'eopDftohf' 1879 op Jaftes J. Aoataaael
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27
The stage carpenter helps dig the
myriad pitfalls which seam the
path of the dranaotist

The superbly unconscious artistry of them
is that nothing is said of all this; probably
little is even thought of it, even by the actors
themselves. Dempsey doubtless gave consid-
cradle thought to purse, gate and movie rights
while the papers were under discussion, but
/ doubt if any of those little matters were
present in his mind when gallant Carpenter
made his tiger-like bid for victory Fame
and fortune hung in the balance, and--think
of it!--neither of the actors made speech
about it.
The Drama stepped aside from the path
of greatness when it set out to entertain
Great art, am convinced, is not be found in
a conscious attempt to entertain others. Look
back at the earliest forms of dramatic enter
tainment which we English-s speaking people
have knowledge of-the mystery plays. What
were they but attempts to teach goddess folk
religion by means of dramatic entertainment?
How dim and vague they seem beside the
names Of the early martyrs, men and women
who went about making themselves disagree
able, scourging their people, fouting their soy.
ereigns to prove their causes! Whether they
succeeded or not is beside the mark A man
may be great in mistaken cause, Jeanne
dare, Knox-John, not Philander-Robert E.
Lee, great names these. Who remembers the
names of the cast in any of the mystery-play
premeres?
Now, the truth of the matter is that even
a modern play may be vastly entertaining if
only playwright, producer or actor does his
or her part simply and solely for the purpose
of amusing him or herself, without any "ar-
riere pensee'' or eye on the box Office, the
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27
w TE ARE accustomed to speak glibIy q
VA sthe Arts, " among which we include,
ainnr with saarh sin,nin raatkars as

va the Arts, among Which we iMesAuss
along with such simple matters as
painting, sculpting and others, the Drama.
The Drama! often have wondered just
what was meant by it. have frequently
naaryeled that Che Greeks could have allotted
ii bat ore Muse. For it is the most marvel
.ously complicated mystery ii the world.
suppose the cid Athenians had simple
form of entertainment in mind, SO that they
thought one fairly competent Muse could
look after it. forget the name of the lady
who received the appointment. All the nine
sisters sound like list OF sleeping cars or
Italian lake towns Anyway, she didn't have
to worry about things like scenery, other
than a number of Doric columns, with which
Athens was fairly Uttered at the time, and as
for incidental music and lighting effects and
the sounds Of distant cannon and all those
other stunts without which Belasco play
would simply Lie there-well. they didn't exist.
Along about 200 B. C or it may possibly
have been a century later Tor earlierl, all
the playwright Eschylus had to do in order
to knock 'em cold was to get number OF
young and old men, about forty yards of
cheesecloth and dozen assorted masks and
the play was on. He had no worries about
just what theater he was going to get for
his play. There was only one-he had no
choice. 1t was an al fresco affair, with the
great advantage that it kept the audience out
in the open air 1t also put severe test
on the actors lung power and vocal chords,
with masks as result, for, as we all know,
they were really megaphones.
Even with megaphonic mask it was no
easy thing to put line across in those days
when putting it across meant reaching some
one sitting quarter of mile away. But
the actor had to do that little thing. He was
not allowed the privilege of SO many of our
modern players of mumbing his lines for
the benefit of the privileged few in the 81
seats. There were no choice twos-on-th the aisle
for prominent critics s-and-lady-friends. NJ
the great Polloi would hear and see what wa
going on or they would know the reason why
They were the critical body. And this method
of expressing their disapproval was not the
feeble one of writing nasty letter in "The
Athens Argus" or drawing mean caricature
on the walls of the Areopagus. They simply
took the offender out and whipped him with
bow strings, then fayed him. hung his skin
up on the facade of the Temple Of Meningitis
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27

audience or the meal ticket. By snts,t.;.
be 1T understood, do not mean nerst
provoking comedy. The tern, incIude.
comedy and tragedy, with all their T., sss
combinations from burlesque to tho i''
school 'H
1t is astounding how tiny grain ~ s,
may be rnade to grow where The se,i s
tered by sincere effort and unsef-cor..,
ness. 1t would be cruelty easy to list
prominent actors and actresses WIN ~
nobly time and again to reach grea.ra..
cause we feel, in what they fatnau.,..
siaef their beet moments, that they are sss
ing to themselves, u am acting prettv s
well right now" It is far pleasanser q -
icle a name or two of those who auc.sss r
mirably because their performance. wh...s -
it may be, reeks of the delight which sss' =
themselves must take in it. ivy
Who can think Of Eugene o'Ns;
man who writes TO please the public d
them what they want? Who can eopnt :. sse
that gorgeous second act Of "Captain a-.s s
jack" that Mary Nash and Wallace Fdd;se
are having the time Of their livese yo. w
the author, too, whose name has sboa,1.M a
escaped me. Who can watch tboea 10y ,.a
children Of the Chauve-Souris without baxs.
before their naive genius, and withopt ,.l.V1
his hat off to Morris Gest, who had tba 4 as
age to bring them over, because To do 8.
daring things gives him joy and allow. i;
to take risks in a theater where ba H.. -
ready had several large fat failuresq
The way Of the Drama is hard. tho h.u1...
OF all arts Between The painter and his ,ns
lie lie little but himself and his brusb =
ne IS big enough he will be speedily recoon;..a
SO, | think, with the sculptor. the noa. ..
architect But oh. the myriad pitfalls ,ghies
seam the path Of the dramatist who mus,
speak through the mouths of managers stsrs
carpenters, dancers, actors, electricians Co.
painters, carpenters, ushers, stage-door Tob,,
and all the rest who make or break ri. a,-..-
upon their wheel. But if the main conno,.n>
parts of this outfit do but work topetl,er v,;.,
one basic thought, namely, to amuse thsr-
selves, large share Of success and the re.,
greatness will be surely theirs.
We have seen what our own Theate, cs,,x
has done. am sure that their guiding star
has been the joy they took in doing il. wbs,
opposed to that the public may in the polissxt
and best sense of the word be damned.
find haven't cued-in at all with NV fy;e,S
Hogarth's drawings. The fact of the usts.-
is that when we planned this article toesthsr
1t was intended to be something Quite ds.
ferent He is away on his vacation and shsy
can't be changed. In the mean time have
written this treatise just to please myself, 80
that have the satisfaction of feeling that in
some remote way it must be very swell
effort.
Copyright, 1919. Ns,e York Trisans lrsJ
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27

AFTER few weeks of study you know that
tne COWBOY is telling the horse that the dear
est little girl in southwest Arizona has been
kidnapped by Lopez, the Mexican bandit. and
1hat they will ride like wildfre over the mes
qui1e and chaparral till they rescue her and
give the Mexican cur his desserts
lou can gather nothing of this from the ex-
preston OF the horse, which remains panied
ana somewhat bored. Nor, at first sight, car
you note it in the features of the COWBOY. Bur
by-and-by you can tell it at a glance and 90
on with the story just as if you had been there
from the beginning
linen there is the closeup of the old gentle.
man who IS locking at the bunch of CRANES
suspended from the pergola.
!, There is an intent and hopeful something r.
1ne way ne gazes at them, and the unframed
observer supposes he is calculating inst how
iohg they will have to lie in the keg fernentin,
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27
"The drama stepped aside from the
path of greatness When it set
out to entertain

after which the rest Of him was banished to
a far country. In later Roman times, If my
history serves me right, as mean to make
it do, they went even further, and if the u,l-
fortunate star failed to shine in their esti-
nation they simply fed him to the lions.
All in all, that was probably the better
way. incidentally I can imagine no more
dramatic scene than that of gladiatorial
combat. Between men or between man and
lion, the act would necessarily have tremen-
inlal, took themselves SO seriously. There
was no strutting or playing to the gallery,
no winks side remarks to friends in the
audience-"Ah, good evening, Mr. Cohan'-
none of that; the cast was too busily engaged
in sidestepping the lion for any other asides
The Spanish bullfght upon which we Anglo
Saxons-I speak for the submerged rs per cent
are wont to look with disapproval, is at once
an interesting survival and reversal Chris
tianity did away with the gladiatorial COM
bat, yet in Christian country we may still
see the drama of the bullring enacted
The reversal of form consists in the fact
that instead of the man it is the brute who
is expected to be killed. The nearest they
can come to having the man slaughtered is
to disembowl the matadors horses which they
do in large quantities. Yet l am firmly con-
vinced that this exciting form of spectacle
owes its hold to the fact occasionally the unex-
pected does happen. Once in while the
toreador's foot slips or his sword misses the
vulnerable keyhole just back of the bulls col
lalbone, with the result that the star per-
former finds himself upon the horns of his
final and most unpleasant dilemma. This
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27
Illustrations BY MERLE JOHNSON

before they will be
ready to become the
life of a little poker
party he means to
give to his three old
cronies.
1t requires a great
deal Of educating to
know that his young
son planted that
grapevine when yet
a boy, and that now
ne has become an as
sistant prohibition
officer, and 1T has
been necessary to
disown him and try
to forget.
That comes in time,
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27

possible denouenlent adds an excitement to
bullfighting which is patent aid to its hold
OH the public. There is always the comfort
ing thought that the worst may happen,
There is only one flaw in this great Span
ish institution. They do not treat their bulls
fairly. In Roman days if a slave or Chris
tian successfully dispatched his feline foes he
was frequently acclaimed, given his liberty
and made free man, When | read the words
of st. Paul, Il, too, have fought with wild
beasts at Ephesus," l see therein not the dull
moralizing of convert but the warmer, more
human boast of great actor who has played
difficult part and got away with it. 1t is
the modern equivalent of the Lambs Club his
torian who has "knocked em cold in Skan
eateles." But the chivalrous Dons never give
a successful bull the freedom of the paddock
or crown him with bays or marry him to a
rich cow or anything of that sort, as they
should They merely bring on a fresh tore
ador or save the bull up until the following
Sunday.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27
MARTY ON
NEW VOTERS
BY Robert B. Peck

6kTT'S gettin' on toward election tin,e,'
observed Marty Mcmahon, the re-
~ tired bartender, ''an' it looks like
they would be lotta Republican,
Democratic votes, same as there was lotta
Democratic-Republican votes coupla years
ago.
Voters is gettin' to be too we'll educated
without bein' quite educated enough There
oughta be moratorium declared ON educated
voters until they get more educated They're
only educated to the kicking point now.
They oughta take an selec' voters like
they selec jurors They oughta ask 'em do
tney Know anything about this election; have
they read anything about it or have they dis
cussed it with anybody. Them that saws they
nave, they oughta disqualify right off fer bias.
That way they'd get just straight Republi-
cans an straight Democrats an it would be
reg1ar old-fashioned election, prob'ly with red
ire an torchight professions an, patriot;c
speeches an plenty o. harmless mudslinein'
The way they run it now, lettin' ANYBODY
] vote, all them that's educated an understands
what's goin' on, if there's been a Democrat ip
Office they vote fer the other fella an if there's
been Republican in Office, they vote fer tho
Democrat. You might just as well give ,en,
turn an turn about, first Democrat and then
Republican and let the nominatin' conventions
settle the whole thing without goin' to all the
expense of an election
ttrba a3,,.n 4ol 49,.
politics, but he knows what be don't like.
That's as far as his education goes an he
hadn't oughta be allowed to vote until it goes
lar enough SO he knows what he likes. Now
he's forever votin' somebody outa Office with
out ever thinkin' who he's votin' in One
election he's Democrat an the next he's
Republican.
ats got so that each party knows pretty
well Just what's framed up for it when election
comes around. If they been in, thew got .
pretty good notion they're goin' out Before
long they'll be figuring that if they're going
out anyhow, it don't make no difference who
they nominate an they'll just get whoever
they can shake down for the price of the cam
palgn. The other party, KNOWN, their man
IS goin' in anyhow, will just put up some.
faithful old warhorse that they can count on
70 do the right thing when he's in
That amt no way to run a government.
but it's the way they'll be doin it without the
voters get educated beyond the kickin' point
or they bar them that is educated
The way to do is like they used to, with
sorn Democrats an born Republicans. a
voter didn't have worry then He was
Democrat or he was Republican an he just
went into the booth an done his duty accord
m The result depended upon the natural in
,rease Ia each family"
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27

&kTT'S gettin' on toward election time
observed Marty Mcmahon, the re-
n tired bartender, "an it looks like
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27
ARMISTICE
ANNIVERSARY
Continued from pags ttrol

II, too, am in hurry. I want to know.
Where do you come fronl-you two?s
The young man stretched out his arm, as
to indicate that they came from far away.
From up there" he said, simply.
From Flanders? From Pcardy? From The
devastated regions?'
The same. But what of that?"
Then Felieien burst out, as if he had had
sudden awakening.
"Ah! / know / know 1t comes back 70
me all at once. 1t is like light which has
just been turned on. You two were in 8
wagon, with many others. This girl vas Wit
you. But you were small. You were perhaps
fourteen or fifteen. And we, the soldiers, "
were urging you TO get away. The iiyadsH
were advancing; they were going to fall gas
Us. And you did go. 1t was early in the lnan-
ing. / see still the snow which had jus. fallen
and the village with its little pointed clock
tower, which was afterward knccksd g
pieces
ut was my village said the boy. whose
eyes were moist. "And the fields around u
were our fields"
The comrades arose. They felt sort of Il.
spect, and even timidity. before this ycuthr
who was now silent, absorbed in some far<a
vision.
"Will you go and find Marceline?s Felisisa
asked him gently.
This time he consented Presently they r
turned together. They seemed not to unaaf
stand at all what these strangers wanted
say to them. But the five had agreed anoaS
themselves that the anniversary which thss
had celebrated SO joyously should nor snd Us
note of sadness. Felicien again spoke fof
them:
LAsten. We have celebrated this eyeaiaA
our return home after the armistics. CertalM
we had the right to rejoice, for we fought vss
we experienced many hardships at the ffcps
and we suffered. But you have, without doaah
suffered more than We. Your clock tower ~
been destroyed. Your fields have been dessss
tated while we found ours just as they were.
80 1t seems just to as that we hold out haael
to you and that hereafter we all belong 70 ohs
famiiy. There is room in our houses, asd w
wall be there not as obscure servants hut =
brethren whom q cruel fate has stricken ess
who have the right to the same heritsge
Marcelne smiled. She began to drink slowly
the coffee which they had poured out fcr hel.
Her rude hands trembied little She theugrs
OF the pleasure which would be hers, Of wafn''
lng herself at friendly fire and OF encoaa'
tering hearts full of fraternal feeling.
But the boy remained unmoved, uneonvinsea'. !.
still offish. He thought Of what he had asls
up there in the North, and his pride as n'As
rose like the sammer wind on the plain aps
said to him:
Return! Take your spade and go ealtYsN
the land of your own people--that soil whoS
fruits will not be bitter in yous mouth,
fCoppfight 1879. Neic York T1sbNas iaes
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27

England and America lean away from actual
death as spectacle, but they come as near
it as the law will allow in the matter Of prize
lighting, and every one knows that no OTTER
form of attraction will draw such thousands
from points far across the continent to wit
ness, upon payment of fabulous tax than
a smashing istic encounter. The thing has a
fundamental thrill and appeal that even those
who shun cannot deny. Proving that, when al!
is said and done, the vast majority of so-called
humans prefer plays to have bloody ending.
1t may be complained that all these things,
the glaoiatorial arena, the bullring, the
squared circle, have nothing to with drama
An, there is ths fatal errorl The acts staged
in these various arenas are drama in it's pur-
est, its most elemental, it's most thrilling form.
Embedded in all of them lie pathos, suffer
ing, laughter, problems of family, love, sex
interest intrigue-everything for in them ex-
lists the possibility that one of the participants
may actually lose his life, which holds all
these things.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-27
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE

teresting part of the
drahma, you sit down
and look at the close
up.
1t is a cowboy,
looking into the eyes
of his horse. Before
you are educated you
imagine that the
horse, which has a
weary expression on
its countenance, is
suffering from a sud-
den attack of epi-
zootic, and that the
cowboy is about to
send for a veterin-
arian either to re-
lieve the animal or
The Holbrook news., 1922-07-07
FOR RENT

The Perfecta Earth resi- dence is for rent. Anyone desiring particulars, in- quire of
 Judge Sidney Sapp
 CT
 B. A. Jackson
The Holbrook news., 1922-07-07
A NEW BROOM

The old proverb that Ca new broom sweeps clean" might be amended to read "a new broom often raises an unnecessary amount Of dust" 4 new federal pro. hibition officer is often SC anxious to do his duty that he is rather in danger of overdoing it.
 No one who knows us will for a minute doubt as tC what we think about prohi bition. Our sentiments are we'll known, we are unequi- vOcally for 1t. But we feel called upon to register @ protest. Such tactics as have been used recently are detrimental to the very prin- ciples that they are suppos ed to support.
 We are not of a Jesuitical turn of mind which can agree that the end justifies the means. We have law and officers of the law. No of iicer can be above the law. This would be anarchy. When a "dry-officer" takes the law into his own hands. IS in the recent case in Wins low, he not only cripples his own usefulness but strikes a blow at the very thing he is supposed to defend. Boot. legging is against the law. Other actions are also con- trary 10 the law. Two in | fractions of the law do not make it right. There is a legal admonition that they who seek legal redress must come into court with clean hands. This should be es, pecially true of the officers themselves.
 Navajo Co. does not like the -"bull in a china shop manner of doing things, nol are her reputable citizens apt to take kindly to bruta' third degree" methods.
The Holbrook news., 1922-07-07
ROCKS THAT PUZZLED DARWIN
Great Naturalist Could Offer No Ex.
 rIanation of Peculiar Land of South American Coast.

To the average reader the name of St. PaU's Rocks Is unfamiliar. The average geography and map make no mention of St. Paul's Rocks. They are of course, uninhabited The little known island or rather group. lies oae degree above the equator and $40 miles off the coast of south America
 In the entire breadth of the Allan tic there is probably no land sO re mote The Rocks measure only about HOO feet in Iengii, and some 7O0 feet in width. There is no harbor worth the name the only entrance be ing a narrow inlet but few feet in width. As far us the records show. il has only been visited two or three times in the last 5U years.
 The most famous visitor to the Rocks was, doubtless. Charles Darwin who landed there and made mi mute Investigations. His description of this visit Is contained in his book on volcanic islands Darwin decided after careful investigation that the . Rocks were not uf volcanic origin They lie much too far south t1 have been a part of the fabulous continent of Atlantis In his report Darw l. says that the island was composed of rocks unlike any he had ever seen. and adds that he was unable to char acterize them by any name.
The Holbrook news., 1922-07-07
Books Centuries Old.

Some of England's oldest art treas ures, from Durham cathedrals mo- nastic library, were recently brought to London and placed on view at the Vic toria and Albert museum. Most of the work in northern English of the ear fer Anglo Irish schools of Lindisfarne and Durham. and the examples of caligraphy and illumination range in dates from the Seventh to the Four ieenth century. Among the manu- scripts are two traditionally attrib uted In the Middle ages to the vener- able Rede. but this ascription is not now accepted. There are, also. sev- eral of the books given to the mon astery by the Bishops William de St. Carlieph (0S0-l09G) and Hugh de Pulset Uudsey) ll54ll95. Three of the four volumes of Pudsey's Bible, as one of the most splendid in existence. are included in the exhibit