Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 256, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1922 — Page 4

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Jtoi&ma Sails Sumps INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephone—M Ain 3500. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU CF CIRCULATIONS. / \ew York. Boston, Payne, Burns & Smltn, Inc. Advertising offices J Chi. ago. Detroit, St. Louis, U. Logan Payne Cc. THE CITY may be poor, but is that any real reason for taxing a boy's dog ?3? TRAFFIC LAWS and their violations are almost as numerous as automobiles. THOSE AMERICANS who elected to fight under the Spanish banner probably found that no other country in the <rorld makes so great an effort to take care of its soldiers. _—__ Mr. Hull's Criticism Cordell Hull, national Democratic chairman, Is undoubtedly within his rights in claiming that had the Republican Congress united with the Democrats in putting through the Democratically conceived program for the rehabilitation of the country after the war, trade conditions would now IS- be immeasurably better. There is no way to dispute the assertion. The country is in the posi- ' tion of a sick man who refused to take certain medicines and is slowly recovering without them. His recovery might have been hastened by the medicines, but he certainly does not desire a second illness to prove the r point. The most fundamentally .sound criticism that can, be offered is that the Republican Congress did nothing during the Democratic Administration to bring order out of the chaos. It refused to accept the Democratic program and it offered none of its own. Even since it has had full control of the Government for a year it has not produced a program that has for Its object the accomplishment of the things the Democrats sought by methods which the Republicans would not concede to be effective. Mr. Hull regards the restoration of healthy foreign trade conditions as essential to American prosperity and there Is much to support this contention. Even those Republicans who were most eaiaest in their belief in “isolation” are now dubious as to the possibilities of a quick recovery from the war through any other method than the establishment of stable economic conditions in Europe. There is no dispute over the theory that proper economic conditions in Europe would promote exceptional prosperity in America. There does, however, appear to be a * great deal of difference of opinion as to the wisdom of the participation of the United States in the creation of better economic conditions in for- . eign countries. Having declared themselves against participation in foreign affairs the Republican leaders are now confronted with the demand for improved local conditions that do not appear to be possible of improvement except through the betterment of foreign conditions. This country has not improved commercially any faster than the countries of Europe and it does not seem likely that it will. Only the immensely better economic conditions in America after the war prevent a comparison of America today with Europe today. Mr. Hull’s denunciation of Republicans for failure to join in the ' Democratic program of rehabilitation of business may be partisan, but - the general complaint of failure to rehabilitate business does not savor of political connections. What Will Harding Do? The House committee plan of issuing certificates of indeptedness with a fixed loan value to care for the obligations imposed by a bonus - bill is likely to prove exceedingly embarrassing to President Harding. • who has declared his unwillingness to indorse a bonus without a sales tax to pay it. The certificate plan is not presented as a measure of proper financing. In fact, it is nothing more or less than a method by which the Republican Administration hopes to satisfy the demands for a bonus and at the same time avoid the necessity of levying a tax that would prove dangerous to political tranquillity at this moment. It is open to the charge that it is an evasion of a plain duty and a movement that will interfere with the progress which the country has been making toward a proper business readjustment. Inflation, frozen credits and other evils are foreseen by financial interests whose objections are being somewhat discountad on ■ the theory that the objectors are not in favor of a bonus, no matter how . It is to be financed. But, whether the certificate of indebtedness plan of financing a bonus has merit or not, its presentation to the President will be embarrassing if for no other reason than that he has so solidly committed himself to a “no sales tax —no bonus” program. It Is believed that the House will be willing to pass a bonus bill whether it is financed or not. The Senate is not so likely to take a leap in the dark, although its members are considerably worried by the demands for the bonus. Members of both Senate and House, however, are anxious to know whether the President will receive the results of their labors before they expend them. At first glance it would appear that the President would . not recede from his position of several days ago when he insisted on the sales tax that the House cannot formulate. But, president Harding has been shifty in his positions heretofore and the necessity for passing a bonus bill is admitted to be great. To be consistent the President would have to veto the latest proposal, but weighing against the value of consistency is the political expediency of a large number of Senators and House members. Under the circumstances the members of the Harding Administration who must stand for re-election are unquestionably hoping that Mr. Harding will not be “hard-boiled.” The Auto Show More than ever before are congratulations dne the automobile dealers of Indianapolis from the people of this city on the occasion of their annual show. The automobile business, like that of every other line, has felt the effects of business headjustment and the dealers have had no surplus profits to expend in keeping up a false front. But, regardless of this condition, they have found it to their advantage to stage an exhibit that is remarkable both for its completeness and its elaborateness. The appeal to the public made by these auto dealers is a concrete manifestation of their confidence In the ability of the local market to absorb their offerings. Its scope and size is evidence that these business men know there is a large market here for their products. It is evidence that they have not lost faith in L.e buying ability of the community nor in the products which they sell. And, those persons who watch for manifestations of business conditions cannot help being impressed with the optimism and confidence that is displayed by automotive dealers in staging an exhibit of the kind that is now in full sway at the fairground. For, if the automotive business, quick to respond to changes in business conditions generally, is stimulated to the point of putting forth a buying appeal greater than in any previous year, certainly business men in other lines should take courage from the example of optimism presented. Senator New as Spoke sinan Senator New’s position as an Administration spokesman advocating the passage of the conference treaties is incongruous, even though it may be of political advantage to him in his race for renomination. In many respects these treaties carry out the Wilson program of foreign policies against which Mr. New was so rabid before the election of Mr. Harding. The opposition of Mr. New to the league of nations unquestionably weakened him with many Indiana constituents who now find him the spokesman for an Administration anxious to pass .treaties that are founded on the fundamentals which were so repugnant to Mr. New i when presented under the Wilson authorship. [ To those persons in Indiana who have not in the past agreed with I Senator New’s foreign relations views it can now be pointed out that the I Senator is seeking the same objec as Wilson sought. B To those who do not agree ■ iathe Wilson idea of a league of naItlons the New attitude of a little “r a year ago can be presented. ■ In other words, the Senator m Indiana is in a position to present ■almost any kind of an argument tor re-election that is indicated by the fcttitude of the people to whom he is appealing. And that may be the reason why there is not, today, in Indiana, more uniform platform in ■cse bf the Senator’s supporters.

A NEW ABRAHAM LINCOLN PORTRAYE D BY M’GLYNN Harris Packs ’Em In—Shuber t Vaudeville Makes Bow—Woodchoppers Here

The initial performance of a six-day engagement at English’s of John Drinkwater’s “Abraham Lincoln” last night raises a question of whether a play built around such a famous character in the development of this country should be a correct historical document or just a play. As the English author of this play unfolds certain episodes in the life of Lincoln Rnd as Mr. Frank McGlynn, the creator of the Lincoln role In this play, unfolded his characterization, I could not help reaching the conclusion that both Mr. Drink water and Mr. Lincoln have given us anew Lincoln. In watching this dramttic recital reflecting episodes in the career of the great President, one is continually confronted with his personal conception of Lincoln, whether It Is an accurate conception or a false one. in this discussion. I am not going to consider the historical value of Drinkwater'e "Abraham Lincoln,” but I am going to consider it as a pluy and as a character portrayal as exhibited in the hands of Mr. McGlynn. In giving you my opinion of this play as a play, I am concerned to some extent in the effect and the value, if any, in producing and writing plays of this nature. Let me first set it down right in the beginning that I believe Mr. Drinkwater has given the American public a highly Interesting play, although he seems to have violated certain fixed rules of play writing. He has taken certain dramatic privileges with history as he permits Lincoln to use certain parts of his famous -Gettysburg address while ' talking to the atldience assembled at Ford’s Theater shortly before Lincoln was murdered. The effect If this dramatic license Is electric upon an audience, although it violates history. From a dramatic standpoint 1 feel that Mr. Drinkwater was justified in taking this license with history. Drinkwater’s Abraham Lincoln is not clothed In too much sentiment. He is indeed a leader of men—a man who has a definite purpose of leading a great people. Drinkwater'* Abraham Lincoln is no extreme sentimentalist, but a statesman with a broad vision, wisdom mixed with wit, bat not a man weakened with cheap sentimentality. His Lincoln is a man who despises war, but, enough of a man to stake all upon the ultimate success of the purpose behind the war. Ilia Lincoln was the master of his cabinet, u muu who was not fooled wit h the personal ambitions and weaknesses of the cabinet members. Mr. Drinkwater’s conception of Lincoln probably Ig not the popular idea of Lincoln, but yet I believe that it la a plausible ILncoln—a man who would have possessed the qualities Drinkwater \ Ye TOWNE GOSSIP I Copyright, 1822, by Star Company. 1 By K. C. B Dear K. C. B. —I have read your letter in the New York American regarding a letter you received from Privute McGrath in reference to a testament he found and forwarded to you, with the name of L. G. Brown in it and on the TTy leaf “To my soldier boy, Lowell, from Aunt Nettie.” Lowell S. Brown (I think you have made a mistake In the “O”) was my lifelong chum and dear friend. We grew up together here in Dover, N. J., he stood up with mo at my wedding, and he enlisted in the Engineer Corps in October, 1817. He was killed in action on July 19 at the beginning of the second battle of the Marne and his body now lies In a cemetery at Easton, Pa., where his parents now reside. The American Legion in the latter named city have named their post in his honor, as he was the first enlisted man from Easton to die. I know his entire family and he has an Aunt Nettle who lives in Boston. His father’s name Is Clarence Brown. It would certainly make me very happy and glad If you would send mo the testament, which I could forward to his aunt if such be her wishes, or, if not, it would be a priceless treasure to me. Respectfully, RAYMOND J. BAYLOR. 12 West Clinton st., Dover, N. J. YOU WILL recall. • • • IF YOU read it here. • • • THAT PRIVATE McGrath. • • • FOUND THE testament. • • • SOMEWHERE IN France. • • • AND BROUGHT it iiorac. t • • AND A month ago. • • • HE WROTE to in*. • • • AND SENT it on. • • • AND NOW today. • • • I'VE TAKEN It. • • • FROM OFF my desk. • • • WHERE IT has lain. • * • AND WRAPPED It up. • * * AND SENT it on. • • • TO LOWELL’S Chum. AND THE wounded boy. . * . WHO BROUGHT it back. • m m AND WHO Still lies. • • • ON A narrow white bod. * * * WILL BE glad to know. • * IT WAS through him. THAT THE little *boo*k. • • • IN TIIE cycle of time. • • • HAS FOUND Its way. • • • BACK INTO the hands. •. • OF THOSE who loved. THE SOLDIER boy*. * • • • WHO DIED in Franco. • * * I THANK you.

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gave Lincoln In this play if Lincoln faced the problems Drinkwater permits him to meet. ’the author first Introduces us to Lincoln in his home In Springfield, 111., in ISCO, when Lincoln was tendered by a committee the nomination. The next scene Introduces us to Lincoln a year later at the time Seward was weakening in favor of the south. In this encounter, Lincoln wins the respect and loyalty of Seward, although Seward does not always agree with the President. In the following scene we get a glimpse at tea tirnh In the White House. The next scene carries us back to a cabinet meet ing at the White House where the Prr dent decides to Issue his proclamat on the abolition of slavery. The following scene shows us the headquarters of General Grant near Appomattox, April, ISO3. It Is here that the! President spares the life of a lad who had been court-martialed and ordered to be shot because of sleeping on sentry duty. The next and final scene of the play Is at Ford’s Theater. By clever stage management, this scene Is one of the spectacular spots of the play. Lincoln Is shot off stage and the realization of the tragedy is forcibly presented to the audience. I am Interested mostly In the value of such a play upon an American audl-

MTGLYNN’S CONCEPTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

SIR. FRANK McGLYNN A9 LINCOLN. Mr. McGlynn's portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Drlnkwateffs play of that name Is one of the most Important characterizations on the stage today. Difference o? opinion may exist on the authenticity of tho conception, but from a standpoint of acting it Is a genuine triumph.

enoe, because It drives home a strong lesson in Americanism nnd because It shows Lincoln not as a mere sentimental dreamer, but a man capable of leading a great Nation through a crisis to a great victory- tho triumph of a gront ordeal. This piny makes us cherish the memory of*Abraham Lincoln and makes us realize what the lonely men at the White House have passed through during a great national crisis. Mr. McGlynnn over night became one of the most discussed figures on the American stage by his interpretation of Abraham Lincoln. Years before he attempted this role he did it In the movies, and the Interval between the making of tho Lincoln film he devoted much study to all phases of the character of Lincoln. So when he created Lincoln In the Drinkwater play he had a good conception of the task before him. It is my opinion that the personal appearance of bis Lincoln is as true as nuy one could accomplish. He has reflected the conception, I take lt< of Mr. Drinkwater in reaching his final decision In the portrayal. He makes hl Lincoln a leader of men, not a sentimental dreamer, but a man of convictions and the strength of convictions to take the lead when necessary. Mr. McGlynn's Lincoln is a masterful piece of work and tho fact Is it Is one of tho new portrayals which should never be allowed to perish. You may think that be makes Lincoln too much of a declaitner. At times Mr. McGlynn approaches that stage, but never really reaches It. In my humble opinion, Mr. McGlynn has given us the most plausible and real of the several portrayals of Lincoln that I have seen. As the play now stands there are thtrtv-tive speaking parts, if I am not mistaken, in addition to a chronicler who explains the dramatic action before each scene. Mr. J. Colvil Dunn as the chronicler read bea'utifully the lines of the chronicler. It Is Impossible to go Into detail regarding the performances of each member of the large cast, but those who deseirye mention are Bertha K. Wood os Susan; John W. Bennett ns Seward; William W. Crlinans ns General Grant.; James Durkin ns General Lee Warren Ashe as William Scott. Sahara Grotto last night gave one of their successful theater parties. Tine Aouse was decorated In the national col-

ors. Samuel M. Ralston, former Govern, or, occupied one of the boxes. “Abrcham Lincoln” is a real event In the theater and one owes It to himself to witness Mr. McGlynn's portrayal of Lincoln. At English’s all week.—W. D. H. MILDRED TOPS JOLLY BILL AT KEITH’S. Yes, Bhe Is here and she is as beautiful as the movies indicated. Who are you raving about now? About Mildred Harris, herself, who is topping the current bill a f A. F. Keith's. As you all know she is the former wife of Charlie Chaplin. And she is a regular beanty. When she first comes on the stage, Mildred is dressed like a small town girl. On her next appearance she Is dressed in the height of fashion—a big white fur coat, a red plumed fan and an evening gown. This outfit wins the “ahs” and “oohs” of the audience. Miss Harris explains that this Is her first season on the speaking stage. She introduces herself by means of a movie letter thrown on a screen. Then the action cf a playlet called, “Getting the Money’’ follows. It is a light little affair which shows the troubles that some movie producers have In getting tne money with which to produce their pictures. Mildred in this sketch has no

trouble getting the coin because her fatter Is wealthy, but the director (who is a moral Individual) doesn’t know where or how she obtained the $75,000. but In the end everything Is satsfa< torily explained. Miss Harris is capably supported by S. Miller Kent as the movie director and Beatrice Morgan n? a stenographer. The wisdom of booking Miss Harris was evident yesterday afternoon because the house was packed. Karl Norman, known as “The Creole Fashion Plate," Is also an Interesting contributor to tic fashion part of the show. As usual he wears some sumptuous gouqis. His Impression of a French girl* singing ”(*herio,'' and “Weep No More, My Mammy,” were among his best numbers. The act Is lavishly mounted. Harriet McConnell and sister, Marie, are again with us, offering some new and old song* done before a beautiful drop. Their light ballad work Is especially pleasing. This Is an net of undisputed merit. They wore a solid hit yesterday afternoon. j Jack McLnllen first makes his appearance on roller skates Then May Carson appears ss a foil for bis comedy. The act Is called “Oh, Sarah." The act Is full of polite fooling. Sargent and Marvin are Instrumentalists and singers. They play the Frenchharp, mandolin, clarionet, guitar and even saws. The act pleased easily yesterday afternoon. Harry Breen belongs to the "nut school” of eomedluns. He works rapidly and before ono knows It he Is well on his way in popular favor with the audience. Edith Jane nnd Harold Miller open the bill In a dance offering. At first the two dancers appeared uncertain, but before they closed their offering It was evident that they are genuine artists. The Eight Blue Demons, Arabian tumblers, close the bill with an acrobatic offering. These people held nearly everyone in thotr seats until the last minute. The bill this week at XCelth’s Is a compliment to vaudeville. It's a bill which deserves patronage. At Keith's all week. -I- -I- -ITHEY TOKF FUN AT GREENWICH VILLAGE. We knew that the people of Greenwich Village had strange Ideas. Now

Washington Briefs

Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, March 7.—Every time he tries it Warren G. Harding scores heavily as an impromptu speaker. His Administration first birthday talk at the National Press Club Saturday night was no exception to the rule. The President not only eschewed a set speech, but had no notion of making any speech until three minutes before when Robert B. Armstrong, president of the club leaned over to him during a breakdown in the radiophone concert and made the suggestion. The slave of manuscript is always a rhetoric chaser. He is hunting for effects. He is tempted into the alliterative, the high-sounding and the other foibles of the oratorical pyrotechnician. Mr. Harding never fails to charm when he lets himself go extemporaneously. He speaks his mind. Some of his pet phrases are missing, but he gets closer to his hearers than when he is reading an essay over which he manifestly has spent hours of preparation. I “Capper's weekly”—circulation 500,000 — in which the new leader of the farm | “bloc” gives copious expression to him- ! self to the bucolic gentry of Kansas and all points East, West, North and South ; prints Its proprieior’s political code regularity on each editorial page. Here it 1 is quoted from the current issue: ’’Just one kind of law for rich ana ' poor. “A square deal for all, special privileges to none. ! “Equitable freight rates and better railroad sen-ice. “Justice for all our soldiers of the world war. “Abolish gambling in wheat, cotton, corn and all farm products. • “Laws to prevent price gouging and profiteering./ “The stripping of waste, extravagance, graft. Incompetence and all partisan favoritism from the public service. “Strict and honest enforcement of prohibition laws by States and Nation. “M akl n g prohibition world-wide, through proof of Its benefits here.” Senator Lodge and his friends are concerned with, but not alarmed over, the enemy's plans to overthrow him at the Massachusetts election this year. Tue veteran ehairmau of the Foreign Relations Committee Is “no slouch” at the rough-and-tumble of politics. The BayState frequently is doubtful as its record of recurrent swines in gubernatorial and senatorial elections from one side to the other shows. Through the kaleidseopie vicissitudes of the G. O. P. in New England for twenty-nine years Henry Cabot Lodge has come unscathed, though not always without a struggle. The Republican national organization, with the full strength of the Harding Administration will give the attacking forces blow for blow In the coming contest. Vice President Coolidge, a brilliant and popular campaigner among his own people Is certain to throw himself into the breach on behalf of Senator Lodge. Old-time political strategists will tell you it is never easy to oust a senatorial Incumbent. The task Is vastly more herculean in the case of a perennial Inth “Greenwich Village Revue” at the Park presents them as "nuts.” Frank Harcourt heads the large and capable cast. He is a clean comedian. Ills facial expressions are funny and his comedy clean. Tom Senna runs a close second in the fun making and he is a dancer of more than ordinary talent. Johnny Bohlman and Marty Ward have good voices and their harmony songs ar* an asset to the show. Kitty (Masco wears some stunning gowns and takes encores, which is something not often done by a prinm donna at this house. Iler John McCormick number was well done. Gertrude Weber is a clever girl and she handled her “Bowery” number In fine style. The. costumes anil scenery are brigte and attractive. The chorus is shove the nvernge. The show as a whole is pleasing entertainment. The song numbers In the first act are ns follows: "Mlmi” Libby Hart and Girls “Gentle Breezes” Frank ITarcourt “Emelina” Kittv (Masco and Girls ’’Rolling Slone" Gertrude Webber “Dixie I.and” ....Libby Hart and Ponies ’’Songs of Bygone days" Company “Remember the Reap" Kitty Glnsco and Gi<ds “Spcclaltv" Senna and Webber “Sal. O. May" ....Libby Hart and Girls “Dapper Thin" Marty Ward and Company At the Park all week. -I- -I- -!- THREE ACTS FEATURED AT THE LYRIC THIS WEEK. Chip* fiy at the Lyric this week. Meaning that the Australian woodchoppers are on view. McLaren and Jackson are Introduced ns the world's champion axmen. and. believe us. they "throw a wicked ax.” An exhibition is given in ax-throwing and then the two woodchoppers engage in a contest of chopping a log In two. This contest Is well staged. An Interesting act Is “The Song Cycle." Old and new songs are Introduced in a pleasing manner by two young men. Two I large albums are used, and when opened , pretty girls, in costumes t<s represent J the songs, appear. Eight people appear lij this clever song and dance offering. Joe Whitehead, known In the musical comedy field, does a number of dances, sings several comedy songs and recites , a few funny poems. His act on the whole is good entertainment. The Four Florian Girls are a female quartette. These girls have pleasing volees and offer a well-balanced pro- j grain of songs. Wilton and Marshall get away to a poor start, but their dancing saves the act. The young lady in the act has nnusuallly long hair, especially in this day and age, when "bobbed base" in the craze. She uses her long hair to advantage in this net. McKenna and Fitzpatrick sing character songs nnd ballads which are well handled. "Second Hand Rose,” a song popularized bv Fannie BrioQ. Is used in this act. Howard and Norwood appear in an net entitled “My Cousin Ahs.” I Marguerite nnd Hanlv open the show I with a gymnastic offering of merit. ! At the Lvrie ail week. -i- -|- -|- ON THE SCREEN. The following movies ar o on view to day: “Moran of the Lady Letty" at Loew’s Stnto: “Fool’s Paradise” at the Ohio; “Cameron of the Mounted” at

By GEORGE McMANUS.

cumbent like Mr. Lodge. The prestige of such an “in” is a formidable asset and terrific handicap to any “out.” Massachusetts is pretty well esconsced in the national household of the Harding era. That is going to count in Senator Lodge's favor. The Bay State has the vice presidency, tho speakership, the secretaryship of war, the chairmanship of the House committee on merchunt marine, the chairmanship of the House committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and the | American ministership to Switzerland. ■ Each of such plums is, as it were, a cog I in the machine and, on occasions when I the machine must needs creak to some I purpose does valiant duty. The Massaj chusetts master mechanician is Henry j Cabot Lodge. ! There are going to be great doings at J Chester, Pa., on Saturday, March 25, if 1 the nabobs of the Uuited States shipping | board and emergency fleet corporation i can have tlieir way. It is announced Al- ' bert I). Lasker, chairman of the shipping ; board, and Joseph W. Powell, president i of the fleet corporation, accompanied by I their joint general counsel, Elmer Schlesinger, are all going to take a hand in I “helping the housing situation” at Chester. “Further details" are foreshadowed j as the date approaches. i Probably for the first time in Ameri-can-.Tapanese history the President of the United Slates and the ambassador of Nippon will speak from the same platform in the autum of 1922. The occasion ' and place will be the annual conference of Chautauqua and l.veeum le res ati Chicago. Dr. Paul M. Pearson of Swarthmore, president of the ChautauquaLyeeuni National Association, after hav- ; ing secured President Harding's consent ' to address the conference on Sept. I”, has just induced Baron Kijuro Sbldehara to speak just after Mr. Harding. Baron Shidehara will talk on Japan’s place in ! the world, particularly as to her relations with the United States. Ha is fluent in the English language. i j One of the current thrills of Washing- ! ton's none too exciting existence is the ; “grand opening” of “The World's Finest Shoe Shining Parlor", the principal feature of the “inauguration," as it is called in full page advertisements in the Sunday i papers, is the appearance of a well-known society orchestra in a continuous concert from midday to 11 p. m. ! The two champion spellbinders of the I Democratic party both occupied Was'ni ington pulpits Sunday. William Jen- | j rings Bryan held forth on “World Peace" ! and W. Bourke Coekran on “Disarma- ; ment, Complete and Immediate," The i silver tongued Demosthenes of Tammany j is still a hardy and resonant veteran at US. which he reached Feb. 28.—Copyright, i 1922, by Public L* dg-r Company. LIVE 3 DAYS IN MOTOR CAR. GEXCM March 7. —Trapped by deep snow in Northern Italy, a family of four persons lived for three days without food In an au jmobile. They had only melted \ mow to drink during this time.

Mister Smith's: “The Roof Tree” at the Isis; “The Seventh Day” at the Circle and “A Certain Rich Man” at Alhambra. -j- -[- -|- SIICBERT VAUDEVILLE MAKE BOW AT MURAT. If the performance at the Murat Theater last night is a fair sample of Shuber t vauderevue and' a Slif U number of vaudeM ville acts of the The revue is “Snapshots of 1921." with Lew Fields and Lulu McConnell in the leading . as the "customer, Lew Yields. and a bevy of pretty girls as a background. Both Mr. Fields and Miss McConnell keep the audience in au uproar. Next comes a musical number, a parody on “Sally." Marilyn Miller's success. One of the funniest numbers Is the scene which shows the eternal triangle as an American visions it In a European home and as an Englishman Imagines it in an Americaii home. In the English home, the husband, the wife*and the sweetheart are sitting calmly at a table playing cards and discussing incidently the coming elopement of the wife and the sweetheart. The husband is more Interested in the cards than the elopement. When h.e finally shoots the lover it is because lie chented at cards. The American scene is in New York, but the husband and the lover are equipped with sombreros and shooting irons. When the elopement is , finally consummated the husband reaches i for the telephone and calls up another j woman.

One of the most beautiful scenes is called “Yokahama Lullaby” in which Ruth Thomas sings the leading part. From the scene of beauty the curtain rises on a comedy scene in a barber shop In which Lew Fields makes humorous and ineffectual attempts to use a telephone and later to shnve a customer. The closing scene Is “An Iridescent Symphony,” a ballet with which is combined beautiful costume and lighting effects. The act which probably went over ter than any other was that of the Klein Brothers, nut comedians. Another act j which is of a similar nature and which went over almost equally as well was ! that of Kranz and White. Miss McCon- I nell appears in the final act, a skit called •“At nome,” In which she is uproariously funny. O' her acts are those of Burt Shepherd, who is an expert with a long whip: McCormack nnd Regay in a song and dunce 1 number, tho Ziegler Sisters in a beautiful (laflee number and Regal- and Moore in a ; comedy nnd acrobatic act. • •' Viedevi'lo will remain at the Murat all this week: two perforcances j daily.

SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS HAS DONE NOTHING Present Session Merely Material for Use of Comic Papers. SOLDIERS’ ‘BONUS’ HANGS BY WALLACE BASSFORD. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.—The Sixty-Seventh Congress is just completI ing "the first year if its term. It has but ; twelve more months of existence; if its ! latter half leaves no better impression jon the country than Us first, then eer- | tain it Is, that it will go down in his- ! tory ns one of the big disappointments, disheartening to Its closest friends and even to its own membership. Few. if any, attempt to defend a Congress that has become the butt of the jokesmiths on the stage and in the funny papers. Its efforts —if they can be called such—to relieve the distress of the country might become tragic If it were not for : the saving sense of humor possessed by the American people. Every test of public opinion shows that j Congress has made itself intensely unj popular. If anyone had prophesied this I outcome when Harding and the big Rei publican majority In Congress came to bat a year ago he would have been laughed at, but the public has been treated to a succession of delays and party splits •on important matters, with increasing | bewilderment and helplessness. Every Republican in Congress seems to be a I part." unto himself, with the exception !of few clear-headed men like Jim Mann —who might bring some order out of this i chaos had his ungrateful party given him the place he had won, the Speakeri ship, but it went to one who admits his ! own utter inability and that of his party, i And yet, every cloud is said to have its | silver lining, and we can reflect with Joy That this Congress has only twelve months ' more to live. Still fiddling with the tariff, the two •committees in charge of such legislation in House and Senate send acrimonious i messages back and forth to each other while business twiddles its thumbs and waits and waits, not even being able Ito guess what to do in the cir- : cumstances. The store shelves re- ■ main unfilled, the factories idle, the 1 ships motionless. These committees, i not satisfied with quarreling from one . end of the Capitol to the other, have . equally bitter quarrels among them- ! selves. And at the White House it Is | not different. The President and tho j national chairman, Adams, have been at j dagger's points for weeks over the apj point ment of a successor to Postmaster | General Hays, the filling of the vacancy j as Secretary of the National Committee, and patronage generally. j Speaking of Hays recalls what Mann said of him in the House the other day. His remarks make one wonder what sort jof bargain the Movie Trust got when it ! agreed to pay Hays $150,000 per year as a ! sort of field marshal. Mann said in the I course of a debate: “He has not been I worth a 5-cent piece since he has been Postmaster General. He does not know ! anything about the Postoffice Depart - j merit; and, for one. J am mighty glad he jis getting out of it. His only object has I been to be extravagant in his own per- ! sonal relations with the Government. Long-distance telephoning is his main j long suit. The bonus question, like the coffin of Mohammed 1 , remains suspended between heaven and earth. When Harding asked Congress to adopt bonus legislation and to provide a sales tax to pay the bill, he knew the agricultural conference which had just been held In Washington passed a resolution saying: “We positively and eranestly protest abainst any consumption, or sales, or manufacturers' tax, or any other tax which shifts the burden onto those* least able to pay, onto the necessities of life. It has proved disappointing financially and unjust socially wherever tried.” That resolution passed unanimously in a farm conference which Harding called, then within less than ! three weeks he asked Congress to pass a sales tax. Why? Two reasons: He knew the farm “bloc” was against the tax and that labor was emphatically on record against it. and he could tell the ! American Legion he was for the bonus, i but that he was blocked by this opposition: fnrther, every one about the Capitol knows that ever since it became apparent that Harding was to be elected the Wall street district has flooded Congress with letters and arguments of every sort, directly and through tho great New York newspapers, under control of the financial interests, urging the enactment of a sales tax. Big business seeks, through Harding's recent action, to bring the sales tax Into use, first, on the plea that it is necessary to pay the bonus —that for the entering wedge. Their hope and intention Is that it shall be made, within a few years to take the place of all income and corporation taxes. This has been expressed In the Wall Street Journal and the New York Tribune repeatedly.

The Shipping Board Is paying $9,000 | per year to one Matthew B. Oaussen as advertising manager. This is the same man who had charge of the advertising propaganda for Germany after the war began In Europe, the friend of Captain Boy-ed, Dr. Albert and Von Berustorff. Parisians Frolic at Winter Resort Paris at present is in the Midi, at 'Monte Carlo and Nice, at Biarritz nnd ft Cannes. It is not the south as we know it,'in spite of Its mimosa and olive trees and lemon groves. It is a sort of false spring, where in March the Parislenne needs the type of dress that she will wear in Paris late in May. not the cotton frocks and bathing-suits of Palm Beach. Her white dresses are of kasha and serge, and she wears smart little suits of light wool, many of them with capes or with the new chert Jacket that hugs the hips and blouses a bit over a string belt. Her evening gowns are elegant, but of the greatest simplicity, irregular of hem and almost untrimmed, a fairly high decolletage and usually no sleeves.—From the March Delineator.

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