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Evening star., 1928-08-03

talking movie throughout the country
will lessen the support of the road COM
panics that usually so forth from q
Broadway success for widespread pres
entation The producers who are plan
ming the making of these talking films
explain that they contemplate sending
the films only to those cities which
have few If any Legitimate" theaters,
but which have motion picture houses.
This. however. does not allay the ap-
rrehenSions of Equity, inasmuch as the
control Of legitimate houses over a
large section Of the country Is in the
hands of a few theatrical magnates
who may at will transform them into
screen palaces" or combination houses
If the plans for the almost simulta-
neous reproduction of the Broadway
shows that succeed carry through, the
country may witness material change
in the status. perhaps a large reduction
in the numbers of the thespians. A
single company. probably that which
presents the original production. will
serve 10 cover wide area of the
road" Furthermore. actors may be
chosen for original stage productions
with regard for their "ScFeening" quail
tiles. A nice question arises at once
as to the compensation OF the perform
erS. A new rate should, equitably, be
adopted If the actors Of the Broadway
play are used both for the stage YER
sion and the film reproduction Is the
performer who acts both before an au-
dience and before camera and
voice catching device to share the
profits of the screen voice Version2
That is what Equity now wants TO
know. And meanwhile Hollywood, from
which most of the old-style silent
screen versions of modern drama go
forth, is wondering what is 20 become
Of its industry if the New York stage
adopt the new device and
The policy of virtually simultaneous
versions on stage and screen. 1t is
evident that the stage business is III
4 state of flux in consequence of the
development of machines that trespaSs
seriously upon the field Of the actor.
Evening star., 1928-08-03

A call for real craftsmanship To meet
the crisis in the coal-mining industry
has come as result of the abandonment
Of the long -fought-out Jacksonville scale
by the United Mine Workers II Is
agreed that. under existing conditions
the scale was too high. but the prospects
of lack of uniformity i'll wages causes
fear that chaos may bring new troubles
for the industry generally.
The miners have removed the last
doubt that they are willing 70 cooper"
ate" says the South Bend Tribune
The Detroit Free Press while recosnlz-
ing the spirit of compromise amonG
miners and operators, which alone can
bring ultimate success" warns that the
action of the mine chiefs is only flTSt
step toward IA solution of the sot-coal
induStry'S problems" The Flint DAILY
journal expresses the hope that the op-
orators will so half way To meet the
miners and thus put the coal industry
partially on its feet, and the Columbus
Evening Dispatch declares that 1t
should not be necessary 20 argue that
the miners should have the highest
wages compatible with operating the
mines at fair rate OF protit.
The St Louis Post-Dlspatch speaks
of the tremendous difficulties ahead
mo head of the mine workers, whatever
his genius, could solve the problem OF
the coal industry. Neither should any
operator or operators organization, III
the opinion OF the Post Dispatch "Ihe
problem of this basic industry calls Tor
the best minds among the operators ana
the labor leaders. aided by the ableSt
technicianS, all of them striving for a
solution under the authority and with
the earnest cooperation of the Govern
ment."
'The utter lack of industrial states
manship OF a constructive character, IS
believed by the Springfield Republican
TO have been made conspicuous by re-
cent experience and that paper is con-
vinced that "the decision 10 leave set
Elements 10 the several mining districts
may now result IN a shapeleSS economic
chaos III the industry as q whole, The
Baltimore sun predicts that III they at
tempt 10 force wages far down, the non
union mines may retaiate with cuts.
and chaotic state be brought about,
This view Is taken also by the ST, Joseph
News Press.
Another factor IN the coal problem Is
brought up by the Huntington AdNer-
tiSer, which observes. "Ali groups IN
the lake cargo rate litigation have been
brought TO a realization that the real
obstacles 60 the success OF the Northern
coal industry are not freight rates but
local economic disadvantages and an
impossible. absurd wage agreement, W.
say all groups, except the lnters9te
Commerce Commission. which Is stiil
iahoring under the deluSlon that wider
difterential between West Virginia and
PENNSYLVANIA coal IN essential 90 the
rehabilitation of the Northern indus
try"
The Columbus Ohio state Journal
Evening star., 1928-08-03
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

About 25 years ago America began to
stir out of its SmugneSS ana the clean
winds of critical spirit began to blow
across it's life.
1t was about that time that J. B.
Yeats. sensing a new elf-consciousness
and seif-critical vitality under the brash
and business -obsessed surface OF our
life, said, THE fiddles are tuning up, as
it we're, all over America"
That creatively critical spirit has had
its setbacks, but il has never lacked its
faithful sponsors to keep it's pure flame
alive, and it will yet give us a new and
more meaningtul America.
Every good movement, however, has
its bad by-produc53, and one Of the un-
lovely fruits cf this movement of self
examination has been the development
Of school of smart-aleck criticism
literary and social
The critics of the smzTt-2leck school
are now doing little beyond reileshing a
set of sterile catch phrases that are just
as standardized as the catch phrases
sung by any 2abb!tt at his luncheon
club
Under the engaging title Of "Hokum
of the Inoeiiiso ontzia," Catherine Beach
Ely, in the North American Review for
July, anaiy2es II of the more widely
uSSu SElCSlUtIlS GL C2Jcl pIId3SS Eilu
gcneraii2atlons that make lip the stock
In trade Of these srnart-aIec., critics,
who ere but the sh3ddy camp followers
Of craatiyely critical mood I list
them without comment:
First. The middle cars Is thIck-haad-
ed and hard-hesrted
Second: The new has value merely
because 1t is new and the old is worth
less merely because it Is Old
Third Pe8simi3m Is more artistic than
optimism
Fourth; The meatal fadd.1t IS an
original genius.
Fifth. Realism consists in details Of
unchastity.
Sixth: Degeneracy Is piarant
Seventh: The Puritan comxp>; ex-
Cludes art and beauM
Eighth: The VictoA~geW wcre fussy
idiots.
Ninth: Protestant ministers are pre-
tentlous hypocrites.
Tenth: Slander Of the dead is clever
biography.
Eleventh: The intellect .8 en- infallible
guide to truth.
/ suggest the sm2rt-a.cck school Of
critics Gs en- excellent target for some
novelist who can do fer fleet street
what Sinclair Lewis did for Main street.
tcopyright Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Evening star., 1928-08-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHfLANDER JOHNSON.
Day Drama.

Day Drama.
Taking the world as you flnd it,
Waiting for morn's new display,
The night is q curtain. Behind it
Are scenes of glorious day,
Whether they're mirthful or tragic
Or only for dancer and clown,
We're glad for the moments Of magic
And sad when the curtain rings down
In spite Of the star promised Glory,
When the curtain at last shall de
scend,
In reluctance we turn from the story
And wish that life never might end.
Evening star., 1928-08-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

| of routine. One does not give it any
attention ones self. There Is too much
going on, There Is school and play
| time. books and adventure, knowledge
| and the escape from knowledge. These
overwhelm one with their immensely
| their inescapable necessity, until birth
DAYS become too common for utterance
Even during these periods, however,
there will be q few to remember how
I'D one is, and to make out as II the
anniversary of the coming into this
world of such one Is worth observing
Let us shed tears In memory that any
one remembers. 1t Is the hope Of SAL
vatinn of every man and woman now
alive that some one somewhere does
, remember.
In the days Of young manhood and
womanhood the birthday plays pecul-
lar role. 1t may or may not amount
to anything or something, as the case
may be. In some homes 1t functions
perfectly, in others 1t is a day much as
other days. with perhaps ice cream for
dessert or an old friend dropping in.
1t is only after the mystic ages Of 25
or 35 years that the average man or
woman comes to think Of birthdays
seriously Hitherto they have been
taken as granted now they bring one
face to face with the Inevitable.
The inspiring thing Is that the In
evitable is now seen not to be so terri
BILE, after all In the past we had
looked uoon advancing age with averted
eyes. We truly felt that we were i'm
mortal. that 1t was we'll enou"h for the
oldsters to consider the problems Of
eternity, but that they spoke in a
strange tongue to us who were on q
different plane.
The advancing years. however have
carefully conspired TO pull us down OH
our high horse, and they have done well
to do so.
If It were not for these self-same
remorseless years, we would still ne
the sublime ass we were when we left
high school.
Thank God for Time!
Our BIRTHDAYS make us more sure OF
ourselves. We know better what we
like, and equally important, what we
do not like,
We have learned that the world was
not waiting for us to reform 1t.
II there Is any way in which we may
help out, II is by giving as good an
example to Others as we know how.
thing worth while, 1t may be picked up
by the discerning and appropriated for
their own use.
We have learned not to bemoan our
fate at being misunderstood There is
ALWAYS some one to understand-and
ono IS enough
We have come to the soothing con-
clusion that to live the best one can.
If he genuinely tries, Is about the best
anv one can do.
II one ran say 10 himself upon his
birthday that he loves good things bet
ter than bad ones. although he may
not always be able to make the best
selection:
If he is able to tell himself without
pride that he has never sneaked or
withheld the words of deserved praise
And knows in his heart that he has
stood for Just few things worth while
and has brought others to resnect them;
If he can say to himself that no
woman has ever been the worse for
knowing him
Then on his birthday he may be
happy If he can.
Evening star., 1928-08-03
Banks and Street Loans.

In the effort to check the volume Of
call loans made by corporations for
purposes of stock speculation, the New
York Clearing House Association has
adopted two remedies. One is an in
crease Of the service charge to be made
by the banks for handling street loans
for the account of others than bankers,
The present charge is five per cent OF
the amount earned in interest on the
loan. The new rule imposes a straight
service charge of one-half Of one per
cent on the amount loaned This rule
is to go into effect September i. The
other change, which is TO become ell
fective next Monday. increases the in
terest rates to be paid to depositors by
clearing house member banks. These
two changes attack the situation from
different angles. The former tends to
lessen the interest earned by the cor
porations on loans, and the latter in
creases the inducement to allow funds
to remain on deposit II remains to be
seen how far these remedies will be ef-
fective.
In considering this situation sight
must not be lost of the fact that loans
made by banks directly are Of money
deposited with them, the money Of
others, and in the main that of the
larger corporations using the banks as
custodians of their surplus or floating
cash. The position taken by the banks
in this matter is that they should have
a larger measure of control over the
terms on which loans are made and
the periods for which the money thus
loaned is to remain In the hands Of
borrowers. Inasnueh as 1t is the right
of the depositor TO withdraw his de-
posits at will, a corporation may cali
It's loans to the bank in the form Of
deposits whenever 1t sees fit or when
ever 1t may need the cash for dividend
disbursements or for operation expense.
Should the corporation -depositor with
draw q large amount, for any purpose,
the bank may be compelled to call its
loans, made with the money of this de-
positor. Thus In the end the effect is
the same, whether the loan is made by
the depositor through the medium OF
the bank as agent or by the bank itself
Nevertheless 1t is felt by the Clearing
House Association and the member
banks as wei that more stable condi-
ton is assured when the banks are
more fully In control of the terms of
these street loans" or loans made for
ck-tranSaction purposes.
1t Is certainly not desirable that great
volumes of money should be made
available for the operations of purely
| speculative security traders. Such trans
actions are not creative In character
| They are likely to be disturbing and
dangerous. But with a heavy surplus
Of cash such as now prevails IN this
/ country, owing To exceptional national
prosperity and the enjoyment Of pro-
1 tracted balance of trade. some outlet
must be found for this excess Of funds
/ over what may be called operative
needs. and speculation is the inevitable
/ use to which large percentage Of u
+ 10 put.
Evening star., 1928-08-03
Talking Screen Drama.

Eyer since the motion picture indus
Try developed 70 the point Of the pro-
duction of stage plays reduced 10 the
proportions and the medium Of the
Silent screen much anxiety has been
felt by the members of the theatrical
profession regarding the possibility Of
8 dominating occupation Of the field
If dramatic art by his new method Of
preSentation Thus far, however. the
motion picture play has been what Is
known 81 q screen version 0f the stage
production. sometimes simplfied but
often anplshed The necessity OF rep-
yesrntatlou u dialogue through action
with occasional titles" and fragments
Of speech le1tered on the screen. has
irnuosed limitations which have In q
large measure protected the performers
vho have adopted the stage as pro
tess.on. Now comes the talking
moyte." wherein the text Of the plaJ
may be- given almost verbatim by syn
chr9nized reproduction u the voice lr
cor onunctlon with the pictured action
Plans are being made nov In New York
for me presentation Of q number Of tn
sa-ealled Broadway successes through
OUT the country and the actors arr
wondering what the effect VIII be upof
their business, The Actors Equity As
scciation mas taken alarm and ha
issued a command ~ iLs members. via
comprise practically alI Of the member
ef the profession not 10 participate u
tllis particular type Of talking ptctur
untg the subject has been fully dis
eflssed and & course of action has beef
determined.
The danger from the viewpoint O
the actor, h THAI the spread OF ia
Evening star., 1928-08-03
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

though In the past few Indians have
exercised the franchise. The Republic
ans are counting on Charlie Curtis In
dian ancestry TO bring the solid Indian
vote to the Hoover-Curtis ticket this
year, and If this hope is realized. 1t
may be the deciding factor in Oklahoma.
%&&
a prominent and popular Washington
hostess who has been held in Wash
ington this Summer by the exigencies
of the political campaign in which her
husband is deeply engroSSed recently
served her dinner guests with roast sir
loin of reindeer. direct from Alaska. It
evoked a chorus of praise. The game
flavor was not strong and 1t was as
tender as the tendereSt beef tenderloin.
The hostess explained that 1T was all
in the roasting" and that the prepara-
ton of reindeer TO please the palate of
cosmopolitan epicures required a Spe-
cial technique which few cooks under
stood. At about the same time the In
terror Department was announcing that
ships were now coming down from
Alaska regularly with cargoes Of 1000
or more reindeer carcasseS to supply
the increasing demand Of the Ameri-
can market. One firm at Nome Alaska,
at present controls most OF the export
shipments. This firm has a herd of
$4,000 reindeer.
y
Every August In Washington sees the
revival Of the perennial story that
Oliver Wendell Holmes is to resign his
place on the Supreme Court The 1928
report to this effect is just "out." Jus
tice Holmes will have completed 26
years OF service ON the Supreme bench
next December 4. II he remains until
that date~-the longest term OF service
in the history Of the court. He served
20 years Of continuous service on the
Massachusetts, Supreme Court before
his election to the United States Su-
preme Court. He was three times
wounded during his service in the
Union ARMY In the Civil War He had
graduated from Harvard before the
outbreak OF the war. He Is now in his
eighty-eighth year and apparently as
spry Of mind and body as ever. The
name Of Arthur r. Rueg. present chief
Justice OF the Massachusetts Supreme
Court and &C wears OF age. has been
linked with the Holmes retirement
story as his probable successor. If Cal
win Coolidge makes the appointment
ttopvrrht toes1
Evening star., 1928-08-03
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Sweeping VIGOROUSLY northward be-
hind the retreating Germans. the allies
today captured virtually the entire
Aisne-V Vesle front between Soissons and
Reims, advancing more than miles
at SOME points and occupying more than
so villages RECENTLY held by the enemy.
Early IN the day the allies reached
several fordS OF the Vesle and were pre-
pairing to push across the river IN fur
ther pursuit OF the foe. who are falling
back precipitately. All the bridges over
the Vcsle have been DESTROYED and
great fires are raging In the territory
evacuated by the enemy, and villages
are burning also IN the area north OF
the Vesle. between Mu2on and Saint
Thierry +*F American forces hold the
outskirts Of Fismes, which is burning
The Germans are setting fire 10 their
supplies and abandoning large quantities
of stores as they fall back. The enemy'S
losses are prodiglous and they are de-
stfoying bridges rs they fight desperv
ately and skilltully 10 extricate them
selves In front Of the 3Ath Division the
Americans could not advance without
treadIng ON German dead 4" . " British
troops In the Albert sector have recap
tured most of the ground previously held
by the Germans west of the Ancre, .
A British official states that the most
titanic achievement OF the whole war
has been the transport Of the American
| Army across the Atlantic. in the face Of
/ a submarine offensive waged by the
enemy with aa great determination
and persstency an they have fought on
| the Western front, Gen March,
ohlef~of-stati announces that the
| record d~hreaking number 0f more than
| 100000 American soldiers we're sent
| overseas Ia July. making Il total Of at
| least / $40, 900 soldiers IN France, Bel
ginm and Italy. -.............-.-.
Evening star., 1928-08-03

The managen1ent's profits would have
been secure if all the teachers and others
who have heard Tunney had gone to see
his fight. AS a Snowman he displayed
an indifference to his normal and
legitimate public which could not fail
to lessen enthusiasm and financial re-
sponse. Whatever may be his future
literary laurels, he must figure in the
rigorous and not always polite annals
Of sport as one who took the cash and
let the credit go
Evening star., 1928-08-03
Craftsmanship Needed to Meet
Grave Problems I'm Coal Fields

! reviewing conditions IN its own State.
maintains that the operators have the
upper hand now and apparently intend
! 10 use their advantage 10 the full. II
( this union is destroyed continues the
State Journal 1t is likely that in time
another will be organized The
men need the protection OF organization,
/ lust as their employers do. and the
/ system is as fair for one side as the
other"
Greater production per man and
/ therefore lower unit cost than prevails
/ below the Ohio River" in the opinion
Of the Chicago Daily Tribune viii
never be achieved except through the
willing cooperation Of the milerS
themselves Nothing will be gained by
arouSing the i'll viii OF the wOrkmen
With consolidation. labor-Saying
machinery and the natural advantages
Of nearnCSS tn great consuming markets.
the mime operators OF the Middle West
may be able 20 produce coal at a price
low enough % recapture the markets
and at the same time pay wages cOul-
menSurate with standards of living IN
this country"
The day has passed states ths
Newark Evening News. when. IN en-
lighteued commemorative. the worker,
in or out Of coal, could be exploited for
the sole benefit OF a master, personal
or corporate Operators who are per-
siSting IN their union busting policy
under conditions which should make for
peace are piling up material for a con-
Ilagratlon The St Paul Pioneer Press.
however, views the miners union as mo
longer the powerful organization of a
few years ago" and concludes that the
day Of national strikes In the soft coal
industry has passed
The need OF reorganization In the
industry Is emphasized BY the Chicago
Daily News, ASheville Times, Kalamazoo
Gazette and indianapolis News. The
WilkeS-Barre TtmeS-Leader suggests
The idea Of allowing independent dis
ricts 20 arrange their own wage scales
Is an experiment, and whether it means
progress or multiplying vicinity strikes
remains 60 be seen
A general improvement is expected 70
follow the abandonment OF che scale BY
various papers. including the ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat, Jackson Citisen Pa
triot, Waterloo Tribune and Grand
Rapids Press The Kansas City Post
hopes that ''in the enforced period Of
inactivity during the wage C..Spute. trade
conditions will not have been warped
to state precluding e-sstabliShing
along lines ot mutual profit" The New
York sun aSSaillng the fatal ohSti-
macy ot the mine union declares the
present decision might lust as well
have been made l6 months aao."
a new epoch" is hailed by the Illi-
noiS state Journal. with the prediction
that this development lis bound to have
more or less effect upon industrial re-
latiOnS between workers and EMPLOYERS
IN many ether branches"
Evening star., 1928-08-03

In order TO be perfectly fair a debater
feels it necessary TO pay Gov Smith 50
many compliments on his personal in-
tegrity that he is liable TO imply that
Tammany Hall was not his fault. but
his misfortune
Evening star., 1928-08-03

The voter may be reminded of the
old assertion, "All whisky Is good, but
some kinds are better than others, 4"
when he discovers that all prohibition
enforcement is esteemed desirable, yet
with varying degrees Of merit.
Evening star., 1928-08-03

A crowd of over two thousand
watched the demonstrations at New
Bedford, Mass. II all the interested
spectators should take a notion to go to
work a strike would be easily broken.
Evening star., 1928-08-03

It will never be denied that Vice
President Dawes, while not finding time
to carry them all into effect, has given
the United States Senate some very
valuable suggestions.
Evening star., 1928-08-03
Trustfulness.

"A public Office is a public trust, &"
remarked the readymade philosopher
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum
but you've got to pick your company
and be careful about trusting the wrong
part Of the trouble"
Evening star., 1928-08-03

Even presidential campaign lis in
elined to postpone Its work till after
Labor day, and avoid interrupting its
Summer vacation.
Evening star., 1928-08-03
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Evening star., 1928-08-03

OF course, It would be a wicked Wall
Street broker who would advance the
ODDS on Hoover and then put Up little
Smith money on his own account
Evening star., 1928-08-03

Nothing that happens diecredits Lind
bergh Much of the trouble With avia-
ton today lies in the fact that there ia
only one of him.
Evening star., 1928-08-03
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