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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-29
Twenty-Seven New
Titles Announced
by Vanguard Press

NEW YORK CITY Less than
twenty-seYen titles appear on the in
itial list just made public by the
Vanguard Press. These titles consist
OF current social studies, social sci
ence classics, radical fiction and edu-
cational outlines-subjects that are
the chosen field of this new publish
ing house Among the authors in
cluded in the first Vanguard list are
Ruskin, Tolstoi, Marx, Lenin, Kropot-
kin, Haeckel, Lecky and Darwin, and
such modern writer's as H. G. Wells,
Bernard Shaw, Thorstein Veblen,
Franz Oppenheimer, Upton Sinclair
and Benjamin r. Tucker.
Established as a non-profit publish
ing house, the Vanguard Press is set
ting a low price record for a full-size
clothbound series-at least for the
postwar period All Vanguard books
running from IS pages to 416 pages
sell retail at so cents per copy.
In the list just announced are such
well-known titles as Looking Back
ward" by Edward Bellamy; "The
Theory of the Leisure Class" by
Thorstein Veblen and Progress and
Poverty" by \Henry George, and
specially prepared compilations of the
radical writings of Marx, Shaw, Wells,
Tolstoi, etc. Eight titles are devoted
to summaries Of the classics of sci
ence and sociology and to scientific
outlines.
The Vanguard Press is located at
so Fifth Ave, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-29
Building Trades Plan
Office Building; Cost
May Reach $1,75O, 900

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-(FP)-
Selection of a site for the finest labor
temple in America, designed to fur
nish international headquarters to
most of the building trades organiza-
lions as we'll as their joint activities
in the building trades department of
the American Federation of Labor, is
the first step in the building program
unanimously Endorsed by the depart
mental convention at Detroit.
Secretary Tracy of the department
has returned from the convention to
Investigate downstate sites in the
capital He will report to the exc
cutive council of the department when
it meets in January. Ofices will be
rented to other than labor organiza-
lions.
AS thus far developed, the plan calls
for expenditure of between 100000
and $750,000 on site, and the cree
ton of an ornamental and solid struc-
ture OF about 100x10O feet ground
area with height Of ITO feet. Cost
of the building would be upwards Of
81, 000,O 900.
Financing of the project is thought
to be beyond question. A holding
company will be formed which Will
sell stock 10, the international organ
izations and to local building trades
councils. Most of the internationals
could buy at least 100000 of the
stock each. The bricklayers alone
have assets OF over S2,OOO,0OO.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-29

SAN FRANCISCO = (FP) - Two
union carpenters paid SIS fine apiece
ior violation of the San Francisco anti
picketing law, in connection with the
carpenters strike that began last
April.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-29
3 Earth Shocks Reported.

WASHINGTON, Oct. q. - Three
earth shocks, one Of unusually severe
Intensity, were recorded at George
town University within the six hours
following 1903 o'clock last night.
Father Tondorf. seismographist, an.
nounced today. He could not tell in
what direction the tremors were, but
said they occurred 1900 miles from
Washington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-29
Letters from Our
Readers
From an Akron Rubber Worker.

From an Akron Rubber Worker.
Dear Comrades: I am sending you
under separate cover four copies of
the Rubber Worker, which union is
organizing now. 1t has made a former
endeavor to organize, and l hope this
time it will be a browning success, as
this is on a much larger scale and
besides with the paper, Rubber
Worker.
A Lot Left UnsaId.
l have been a worker myself the
past eight years, and to the best Of
my knowledge all that these papers
say are true. There is a whole lot
more also, not printed in them.
There are great many different
languages spoken in the shops here.
Perhaps your paper is printed in sew
eral languages and sent to workers
here, so you are at liberty to take
from either or all OF the four papers
what you want and see fit to use in
your paper, If you care to. 1t may aid
"a whole lot in enlightening workers
of other languages-also strengthen
the faith in others of the English Ian
guage-get more to join also.
Thousands Laid Off.
But as conditions are bad in the
shops now-work going down, laying
on by the thousands, etc.>-it wouldn't
seem a very good time to go any fur
Their than to just organize at present,
but you may see different. Anyway, so
many are being laid off, have fami-
lies. homes to pay on, paying rent and
no Jobs for them, II does seem quite
awful.
From a Rubber Worker OF over
Eight Years Service.
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A subscription to The DAILY
WORKER for one month to the
members Of your union Is a good
Uay. Try il
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Policies and Programs
The Trade Union Press
s-Injunctions
Labor and Imperialism
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Why not a small bundle Of Tho
DAILY WORKER sent to you regular.
ly to take TO your trade union meetlnul
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We will send sample copies OF The
DAILY WORKER to your friends
send us name and address.
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Organized Labor-Trade Union Activities

News and Comment
Labor Education
Labor and Government
Trade Union Politics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Want a New Warheld

SINCE the announcement that search
had been started by Fox Films
for a, new but silent David Warfield
to play the leading role in The Music
Master" and three other world
famous plays purcha sed from David
BelasCo. 200 applications are said to
have been received at the West Coas st
Studios. These range from the
frankly impossible to those from &C.
tors considered likely to have. in some
measure, the necessary qualifications.
Prominent among these are John
Barrymore. Alec Francis. Henry b.
Walthall and George Sidney.
From the outset It was understood
that the quest would be most diff
cult one. Belasco realized this. In
conference with Fox officials he ex-
pressed regret that Wartield was un-
available.
Warfield. one of the most famous
actors this country has ever produced,
had voice and something else That
significant something else was facial
expression. In The Music Master"
David Warf1eld could make you weep
merely by twitching the muscles of his
face. In The Auctioneer" he could
move you to tears by the mere hunch-
ing of the shoulders and murmured
word. 1t was virtually the same in
The Grand Army Man and The
Return of Peter Grimm"
1t was Warfield's inimitable artistry
plus Belascos patient tutela ge-
that made this humble San Franciscan
renowned.
Hundreds would like to initiate
him-but who can do it? This is the
problem confronting Fox officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
WARDMAN PARK-"Dulcy.

'Dulcy," the we'll known comedy in
three acts, by George S. Kaufman and
Marc Connolly, will be presented to-
morrow night at Wardman Park
Theater by the Thomas Herbert Stock
Company.
Booth Harrington has written of
'Dulcy": 1T Is just a brilliantly eX-
pressed gay thought about some kinds
of human foolishness. and since a gay
thought about anything can be as
true as gloomy thought about the
same thing. and since the gay thought
IS worth 10 times as much as the
gloomy one and is incredibly more
difficult to express, as this play does,
nothing could have been more GER
tain from the outset than that 'Dulcy'
would be generally called a clever
little play.
Ruth Harrison and Parker Fennelly
will have the roles of Dulcinea, the
intrepid feminine mixer into every
ones affairs, and the over-indulgent
husband. Gordon Smith. Leona Rob
erts will be seen as Mrs. Forbes:
Ruth Russell. as Angela Forbes: Rob
ert l.. Clear, as Tom Sterrett; Arthur
Rhodes, as Forbes; John Schelhaas,
as Vincent Leach, and Thomas Her
bert, director, as Blair Patterson. with
Henry, the butler. played by Emmett
lie Compile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Death Ray Gun.

WHEN Leon. who presents the
w death ray gun" in vaudeville,
perfected his experiments in control
ling it, he decided to shoot woman
through a solid sheet of steel armor
by means of the death ray and the ap-
plication to its action Of modification
of the atomic theory. He invented
steel.nosed shell. and then he was
ready-except for the woman.
Finally he got in touch with Lillian
White, we'll known double in thou
sand and one thrilling movie stunts. >"
Lillian was heralded as truly a woman
without fear, but Leon had to prove
to her that the unbelievable properties
and potentialities of the death ray and
the death-ray gun before she would
risk her life in his experiment.
jumping from an airplane at the
height of 5000 feet and waiting for "A
parachute to open is a thrill. But
nobody will ever know the feeling |
had when slipped into the shell to
be fired from the death ray gun
straight at a solid wall of steel" says
Lillian. However, Lillian is still alive
and she has thus far suffered no in
jury.
Audiences are mystfied as they see
this unbelievable experiment per-
formed, with every detail executed be-
fore their eyes. The consummation.
the actual firing of the woman in the
shell through the solid sheet of steel
armor, is declared without a parallel
in the ANIMALS of scientific achieve
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Another Summer Stock

THE increasing popularity Of the
Thomas Herbert Stock Co.. it is
announced. has prompted that organ
iZation to continue for an indefinite
period at Wardman Park Theater, and
Washington. therefore, can look for.
ward to a Spring and Summer season
of this company in the little playhouse
on the hill.
Ruth Harrison's work with the
Herbert players has established her as
an actress of ability in both emotional
and comedy roles. and Parker Fen
nelly is still upholding his reputation
as capable leading man. Both will
continue with the company, in ad-
dition to others who have become
popular favorites.
A number of the newest plays re.
leased for stock production are being
contracted for by Mr.. Herbert. Out
standing successes of the compan s
Winter sea son have been THE Devil"
"Tarnish." The Handy Man" The
Lady Next Door" and Enter
Madame"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Bid for "Rooters.

EOLkS who love the feel of back
stage and get a throb out of fac
ing an audience will welcome the in
vitation of the management of THE
Poor Nut" the college comedy playing
at the National Theater, to come down
some night and park in the cheering
section during the track meet scene
in the second act.
That is just what they are now urged
to do-the more the merrier. A bid
has been extended by Patterson Nc
Mutt, producer of the show. especially
to members of amateur and little the
alter groups in this city to avail them
selves of this opportunity for trip be-
hind the footlghts without the at
tendant worries of parts and insistent
cues.
incidentally arrangements are made
so that bona fide amateurs with little
theater groups are accommodated
with seats for a performance of the
play following their appearance as
college rooters, so they may see the
production from both sides OF the
prOscenium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
NATIONAI-"The Poor Nut"

THE Poor Nut" the laughable M
gent comedy of college life, will return
to the National Theater Monday for q
week.
If YOU have ever come across a
fellow smitten with the 'inferiority
complex" or If you have not. you
are due for a thrill or two from Elliott
Nugent, who wrote the play in con
junction with J. c. Nugent, in the
star role, John Miller. the poor nut.
The comedy of THE Poor Nut Is
entirely spontaneous. 1t rings true
scene for scene. 1t happens along
and fits in quite naturally as the play
the end Of the third act which makes
YOU leave the theater with a healthy
chortle in your throat.
Staged by Howard Lindsay, who
evinces a strong taste for implacable
realism, and presented by Patterson
McNutt. who was co.author of Pigs,
this play deals with a phase of col
lege life. The Poor Nut is junior
who works his way through college
as handy man of all.work in the book
store attached to the University of
Ohio. He suffers incurably from a
beautifully demonstrated case of in
feriority complex" and firmly believes
that of all the no-goods in the world
he is the prince-elect. and not charm
ing, either. In this hallucination he
is strongly supported by his frat
chums, who miss no occasion for put
ting something over on him. His
case continues hopeless until there
appears upon the scene one Julia Win
tiers, a college girl, who as a student
of psychology is quite sure that John
is a splendid subject for demon
strating the lesson she has learned in
classroom-that an inferior complex
may be cast off as a snake casts off its
skin by inducing a superior complex
into the consciousness of the victim.
The fun begins from a new angle
the minute Julia starts in on the
poor nut" with her stunts of psyche
something to drag the inferiority
thing out of the bewildered and
shocked freshman
Patterson McNutt has brought his
complete New York cast with him,
which includes Elliott NNSent. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
How to Pick a Good Play.

others equally popular nave been
turned down by smart managers.
The Poor Nut met with rebuffs In
the Offices of five of the leading pro-
duCerS of New York. | don't take
any particular credit for having pro-
duced the Nugent comedy. except
that ] figured il was the kind of
play Id like to produce.
There are few popular beliefs
about the theater which | think are
based on false foundations. One is
that public taste runs in waves. /
disagree with that idea. believe
that what the public wants all the
time is a good play. regardless of
type.
After we got into the World War
the first successful war play was
Under Fire After that there was
flood of poor war plays which
failed to catch on with the public.
Everybody. or almost everybody. said
The public won't stand for any NOR,
flag waving and bomb tossing stuff?'
But what happened when Civilian
Clothes The Famous Mrs. Fair and
What Price Glory came along?
LAS a newcomer in the producing
field, I'd like all playwrights to un-
derstand that I'm not looking for any
particular type of play. All l want
is a good play.
I've learned one thing from The
Poor Nut" and that is if you can't
get a desired effect with people you
can't get it at all. In other words
mechanical effects have precious
little TO do with the successful stag
ing OF production. In the second
act of The Poor Nut we tried voice
amplifierS TO create the illusion of
much excitement and Il big crowd.
They Topped
Mary Roberts Rinehart told me
that the best way to get an audi
ence is to excite the imagination of
that audience.
How do ! pick a successful play?
"Oh, gee Do YOU know"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Champion Maine Fiddler.

"MELLIE" DUNHAM. - years
old. champion fiddler of Maine
and exponent of Henry Ford's ideas
about real dancing" took his white
haired wife Gram and a number of
other Down East steppers to New
York and Immediately proceeded to
create succession of sensations.
Now he is making tour Of the
principal cities with his old fiddle.
Gram and a corps of New England
dancers who have no use for jazz or
syncopated measures and don't need
them to put up novel and even thrill
ing features in vaudeville.
Probably large majority of the
present and rising generations never
saw any of the old dances-not even
the gliding waltz. the nimhle polka,
the da shing SchottiSChe or the grace
full lancers. The minuet. the Vir-
Sinia reel. the quadrille-even the
Jig, the breakdown and the rigadoon
have created sensations in hlase
Gotham az played by old Nellie
Durham and danced by his Yankee
hooters.
Mr.. Ford is as strong for dancing
As | am says old Nellie, land we
think that everybody ought to dance.
He says that if the old-fashioned
waltz, which is the most beautiful of
all steps, We're to be revived, more
people would dance than are dancing
now.
You know lot of albright folks
think these new jazz hugging dances
are. well, a bit unmodest, and they
won't dance them or let their children
dance them--if they can prevent it.
The square dances. too. are all more
.ociahle and Jolly than the sort of
lnn,Sume pairing off Of couples.
"lialt the people. I find. never saw
or tried these fine old dances .-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

"WHEN Ring Lardner wrote How
to Write a Short story says
Patterson McNutt, the Great Neck
humorist had under his belt. so to
speak, a number of short stories
which qualified him as an expert.
with only one successful produc-
ton to my credit. I'm often asked
how should one go about it to pic.l
a successful play.
But I'm game. With the aid OF
Winchell Smith, Mary Roberts Rine-
mart and a few others, I'll give the
correct recipe for How to Pick a
Successful Play
"Winchell Smith. who, in my opin-
ion. knows more about the subject
than any man living, says that Il
play is like a foot ball or base ball
game. That is. it should have in II
somebody for whom or against whom
an audience may root.
John Golden tells me that Smith
often comes back to him with play
he has been asked to read with the
report that up to a certain point he
rooted vociferouslv for the leading
character. but that after that he lost
interest in him or her. Smith al
ways advises against the production
of that kind of play.
Babe Ruth is a dramatic charac-
ter Fans flock to the Yankee Sta
dunn TO see him play. because they
get almost as much kick out of see
ing him fan as seeing him pole one
over the right-field fence Whatever
he does is dramatic. Those who are
pulling against the Babe yell glee-
fully when he fractures nothing more
substantial than the atmosphere
-Four plays can be compared to
four suits of clothes. All of the suits
may be all wool. and yet only one Of
the four. the purchaser thinks will
look well on him. 1t is the same with
plays.
TT is well known along Broadway
that successes like Is Vat So? and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

Der of La Scala. Milan. Chicago.
Metropolitan and Scott grand opera
companies.
The international equestrian coined
ian, 'Poodles" lIanneford will he seen
in Horse Nonsense, with large
supporting company.
Others will include Stan Stanley.
whose offering is laughter as tonic.
in I'm the Audience from 1908 to
10; Henry &. Toomer and Esther
Day in a new comedy, "A Very Bad
Cold; written by Frances Nordstrom
and based on story by kennett
Harris; Pace Cansno, of the famous
Cansino family, with Juanita, a talent
ed Spanish girl. in diversified pro-
gram of dances, assisted by a COM
pany; juggling, with a new twist, by
Florence Merritt and Vincent Cough
lin. and the Zelda brothers with
Unique Aerial F'rolics." also an
Aesops Fable. Topics of the Day and
the Pathe News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Washington: A Good Town
For a Good Play.


pie. Cities OF a more commercial
type may be expected to provide au-
dienceS that desire their vice as
rough as possible.
X X
The Nations Capital has delivered
some Sorrowful surprises to pro-
ducerS who assume that all publcs
are alike. "Aloma" had been so
prosperous in other communities
that it was the intention at first to
book it for two weeks engage
ment. A prudent second thought
prevented this strain on personal
patience. A Washington public may
go to see play in spite of its Of
lenses. 1t will not go merely be-
cause of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
KEITHS-"Mellie" Durham.

Nellie" Durham, famous fiddler
and champion of the State of Maine.
who was picked by Henry Ford as the
perfect type of old-time violin mu-
stefan, with Gram" and a bunch of
the home folks from Norway, Me-,
will entertain twice daily at keith's
as this weeks headliner. Nellie"
will do his stuff" amid quaint, rustic
surroundings, and will no doubt, thrill
the people of Washington as he has
those in New York and Boston.
Supporting the headliner will be the
American dramatic soprano. Alice
Gentle, who makes her Washington
debut. She has been valued menl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
E.MI-"pOmpadOur Ballet"

This weeks bill at the Earle The
alter, beginning this afternoon, will be
headlined by the Albertina Rasch
"Pompadour Ballet one of the most
pretentious offerings of its kind in the
varieties. featuring Noree, supported
by II Albertina Rasch solo dancers,
with Evelyn Groves as POmpadour,
Andy Rice, jr.: Mono Otero, the De
Fay sisters and Beatrice Coles.
Other offerings will include Fred
and Mae Henry in Always in the
Air.: Wright and Marion, eccentric
comedians, in Food for the SPUR
rels'; Thomas Fullmer and Danny
Barrett in Moonlight in Killarney
a dainty playlet; Ray Hughes in THE
Fall Guy" with Pam" assisting, and
Kaufman and Kaufman in The Radio
Nuts Pipe organ recitals will be
given also by Alexander Arons.
The photoplay will be steel Pre-
ferred,' Producers Distributing Cor
poration production, supervised by
Cecil B. De Mile. featuring Vera Rey-
nolds. William Boyd Hobart Bos-
worth. Charlie Murray. Walter Long,
William V Mong, Nigel Barrie and
Ben Turpin. 1t combines humor and
drama in manner unique.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Nav Collins Coming.

MAY COLLINS, the young actress
who achieved a brilliant success
as Julia in THE Rivals" and as Lady
Teazle in THE School for Scandal" in
recent all-star revivals of the Richard
Brinsley Sheridan comedy classics, has
joined Cyril Maude and will he seen
here when that distinguished English
actor makes his farewell appearances
next week.
1t will be quite change from the
stilted formality of the old plays to
the essentially modern flapper she will
play with Mr.. Maude in the Michael
Arlen comedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
STRAND-LeOn's Death-Ray Gun.


Icons Death Ray Gun will head
line an unusual bill Of vaudeville and
picture attractions at the Strand Thea
ter this week.
The Death Ray Gun is the thriller
of thrillers In plain view of the audi
ence a live woman. inca sed in steel
shell. Is fired from the death ray gun
and seems to pass through a solid
sheet of steel armor. This experiment
requires an absolutely fearless woman.
Lillian White, whom Leon has found
to be the one person in America who
can fill the bill. Other vaudeville num-
bers will include Tonic Grey and COM
pany in a comedy. Run Down: Phil
Fem and Flo Tennyson in a skit, Via
Radio" by William K. Wells; Frank
Whitman with violin selections. THE
Fiddler of Infinite Surprises and
Elsie Cell, featured with Wiser and
company In an acrobatic. singing and
dancing number entitled The Original
Singing Duck
The photoplay presents Lon CLANCY
in the greatest crook drama of the
year, THE Black Bird supported by
a cast headed by Owen Moore and
Renee Adoree.
Short film features and music will
complete the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Current Attractions
At the Theaters This Week.

NATIONAI"The Poor Nut, comedy. evening.
BELASCO-Eva lie Caffeine Opens
evening.
POLSThe Student Prince, Performance this
WARDMAN PARK-"Ducy,' comedy Opens evening.
KE1THS-"Melie Dunham vaudeville. Opens this
EARLE-"Pompadour Ballet, vaudeville Opens this
STRANDLeon DeathR Ray Cum vaudeville Opens this afternoon
GAYETYSIk Stocking Revue brlesque this