The Washington times., 1925-03-18


ings. However, your humorous re-
view of Seduction prompts me to
tell you a few things because who
knows when some one may come
along with another drama Of the
haps this will aid you in your
knowledge Of the far east.
1t so happens that / have spent
considerable time in the Orient,
and while / do not claim to know
or understand the character of an
orientaij still 1 have unImpared
oversight and / have seen some
things that. whether you believe it
or not. ] have seen You mention
that Mohammedan women are not
medan woman 10 not allowed to
enter the Mosque, and By the same
token the women of this country
were not allowed at prize fights
and yet have seen them there, and
be legislated or even ordered by
the Koran not to do a thing and
yet down in her heart won't do it.
II you can spare the time to
trip with me to Port Said or Cairo
or out in the desert, I'll show you
thousands. AS a matter of fact, 1
have seen more prayerful women
in the Orient than have ever
seen in the Occident, still the
file the stones Of the Mohammedan
they pray to curse and curse to
pray and while they are not pro-
fame in oar sense their profanity
is quite as potent and usually takes
odorous and odius animal.
You also speak Of my South Sea
Island names, whereas a matter
of fact, there is not name used
in. the entire show that is not alb
solutely Arabian. many Of the
people that I have met up with.
You seem also to have had fun in
poking fun at the costumes worn
Shy some of the characters. There
Costume worn in the play Is an
exact replica Of costumes have
seen Arabs wear. However, have
taken the dramatic license to keep
them clean. the native article being
form with the addition of filth.
Tt might interest you to know as
well that a large part of the ma
terials worn in the desert by tne
Arabs is made Of cotton grown in
Manchester. England, where 1t Is
made UP into cloth and thence to
Cairo for distribution.
In conclusion. I might add that
many of, the props used in the show
were imported directly from the
H tns q faa y used t that IS not eh Of
the desert IL the cork sand, which
we use to cover the stage. When
we first produced the play we had
real sand but it proved 80 dusty
that it made it difficult for the
see and 20 we eliminated it for
the pulverized cork.
Tt sometimes hurts to have our
own errors called to our attention.
but il you are az honest as |
think YOU are you will hasten to
correct your errors in the same
public print IN which you made
them.
Sincerely.
De W. H. Newing.
This invitation to Port Said
interests me beyond any local
issue between Mr.. Baer and Mr..
Newing. If there are anach-
ronisms in the play and if Mr..
Newing's invitation embraces
Clause B of any respectable
contract (meaning all expenses)
the interests of my public de-
mand that I, and not Mr.. Baer,
accompany Mr.. Newing on this
junket to the black belt.
"a lie" said Aesop-or it
might have been Paul Terry or
Maisie, the usher-"A lie circles
the globe while truth is putting
on it's shoes"
It's up to us, Mr.. Newing, to
hit the trail and be on about
our business. Since ever I've
been small boy, I've wanted
to wear duck pants, a white
helmet and be photographed
with field glasses on a black
strap, draping my neither breast.
y kA
Here is the schedule for
"The Rivals barring rail
strikes, coal shortages or a
sudden flare-up of the Tacna-
africa affair:
March.
23-24-Richmond.
25-26-Norfolk.
27-Greensboro.
28-Asheville.
30-Columbia.
31-Savannah.
April.
Augusta.
2-4-Atlanta.
EVANSVILLE.
7-Chattanooga.
8-Knoxville.
9-Lexington.
1O-11-Dayton.
13-18-Cincinnati.
20-25-St. Louis.
27-28-Des Moines.
29-30-Omaha.
May.
1-2-Lincoln.
4-9-Kansas City.
11-16-Denver.
18-Ogden.