_v V R , THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, DECE iriR 3, 1922 EIGHT F THE PLAYERS CLUB (Continued from Page Four) gram of last year, and the first pro- gram of this year did not occur until the Wednesday after thereview ap- peared. owx, Mr. Bartron,, as there THROUGH THE OPERA GLASSES T I 'A SUNDAY MAGAZINE ANN ARBOR, MICHIG AN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1922 .. L N. be given a copy of the constitution, !had been no productions since the re- a__ which places ultimate responsibil- signation, by what did you judge when ity with the Sponsor, a faculty mem- you said that the standards had fallen? UP IN THE CLOUDS tion, and tend to intensify or relieve, ber. He would learn that the present Standards have dropped,-standards Last Sunday I bad a rich and varied as the particular situation demands. chairman of programs is a graduate. in the ranks of dramatic criticism. experience. I went to the Michigan The director did well in giving the Mr. Bartron is quite right, absolute With the general trend of the re- leading roles to Arnold Gluck and .Atog entral station to do my share in Dorohy CrtisT hae char student control would be unfortunate.t,fIew, I have no argument. Although greeting r. the Champions of the "'West.perzsnalit, , and sing Tha Mr. Bartron continues,- "while this I have never seen "Pygmalion" as giv- The exhibitions of spirit, fireworks,t more than canbe said of many of the may possibly be of great benefit to the en in London, and in spite of my hay- nd bonfires made me fairly drunk leads that play in current musical ! actors, it is often lamentably hard on ing seen so few plays of any kind that Id s dri the long-suffering audiences." One I cannot with any effect say, for in-- with joy. Then I was caught in the Ted music is the only drawback may remark that as yet, attendance at stance, that they "were quite the most seething, and victory-intoxicated mob, from the show's being a complete suc- r Club program is not compulsory. In perfect amateur characterizations I and pushed along up State Street, un- cess It is tuneful-but that is a . spite of the sufferings incurred by had ever seen, "-nevertheless, I do P1I found it. convenient to break None of the songs linger in one's mem- taking in a Players .Club evening, thei feel cinalified to state that Mr. Bar-. way. Leisurely I wandered toward ory, forcing themselves to the lips in audiences have continued to grow. tron's criticisms were, in the main, che Whitney. When I arrived there I whistling or humming. Neither do The writer freely admits that he, very fair and very just. Most of fs found a mob of people storming the they appeal to one's emotions. along with the poor critics, has often are proud of the same things he laud- loors. After much difficulty I man- The management of the theatre and I had his various senses painfully man- ed, and most of us turn our thumbs aged to get inside the theatre. I bribed the personnel of the show deserve 1gled by the crude spots in some of the down on several of the plays and one of the policemen present to dis- thanks for the complete performance Club's efforts. Two years of experi- near-plays he had the admirable can- iodge the young men who occupied my staged in site of the late hour and ence can hardly be expected to yield dog tafind disagreeable. What I na- ieats, so thaf I might be seated. Well the disturbance that preceded it. perfect results. Other of our dramat- turally object to in the review is Mr. and good. #icorganizations have had a much Bartron's lack of information leading Eight-fifteen. The orchestra stum- .!longer time at it, and they should and to mis-treatment, and a too--obvious oled through a few opening strains. Willard Huntington Vright's series do shine by comparison. cast of mind, inspired or otherwise, Eight-forty-five. The curtain was still on "The Future of Painting" began in The closing sentence of the para- that allowed him to libel the Players down. The varied audience was get- a recent issue of the Freeman. graph tells us that ."most unfortunate Club with the fallen standard idea, 'ing restless: Hoots-catcalls--whist- jof all is the fact that their (the Club's) when he could have no knowledge of ling-cheers. Dean J. A. Bursley Charles Scribner's Sons have just I standard has perceptibly fallen since a change in standards, even if such made his stage debut. But the' audi- published Sir James Barrie's "Dear the resignation of Professor Hollis-. had taken glace. It is 3pdeed amaz- ence did not seem to appreciate his Brutus," a play which was produced ter" For a critic, that was a naive ing, how vague impressions can some- acting ability. In spite of this fact in America several years ago with stroke. Professor Hollister remained times grow into bold statements of the honorable dean held the stage for William Gillette heading the cast. with the Club until after the last pro- facts. A. D. MOORE. forty-five minutes. President M. L. Burton appeared on the scene. Cheers ior the team-frenzied yells for 'Prexy." Through the employment of ! 1 #itai######1####[1?ti# I#!##1 31ililrlll3###1#####1 particularly good psychology the President persuaded the untitled hold- ers of seats to relinquish them, the "Put Your Duds in Our Suds" aisles were cleared, the boxes reduced to seating capacity, and the audience quieted... Coach F. H. Yost gave an informal talk from his seat in the. theatre. Then the orchestra, which had suddenly disappeared, sneaked in- - to its place and again hastened through the opening strains of the show. Then the curtain went up. Ten .- o'clock. Such was the prologue to = the performance of "Up in The Clouds" at the Whitney. theatre last Sunday evening.* Th nk -,-.1 TicetSae y, Iareferenc( Editor's Note: From thme fol- lowing ai cle it can readily be seen that something is seriously I wiong with the present system , of ticket distribution at Michli. gan. It is a pretty well known I fact that tickets sold for as high as fifteen and twenty dollars at i the Detroit Board of Trade on i the day cif the Wisconsin game this year, Ther were also other outstanding cases of scalpibg which have become known. There seem to be foo many loop- holes in the present systenm, and suggestions from the stu- dent body seem to be in order. (1). Byron Ayres) Confirmation of the rumor that fa- voititism is shown in the distribution of football tickets was established last week in an interview with Harry A. Tillotson, Assistant Director of Inter- collegiate Athletics, and by a study of the 1922 distribution of seats to stu- dents for the Illinois and Wisconsin games. When asked if perhaps the so-called "class preference" system of distri- bution contained a preference within v preference, Mr. Tillotson said,! "There areof course, certain groups, clubs, and organizations which have sections reserved for them in advance and whose applications are filled be- fore those of the general student body. Around these especially reserved sec- tions the student body receives its seats by our class system of distribu- tion'" Mr. Tillotson admitted when ques- tioned further that there are also some bodies of alumni who receive blocks of seats in recognition of their good, work in boosting Michigan, and in be- ing instrumental in sending athletes, to this University. He also admitted that athletes are given preference over all students in general, they be- ing able, on a mere technicality, to dpdge the rule forbidding any person from receiving more than four tickets to any one game, and to obtain an al- most unlimited number of tickets for their friends and others. Further questioning brought out confirmation of the fact that the Pal- estine Lodge of Detroit had received a block of 500 seats to one of the games this year and that they had done so for the past ten years. A nlepiber of this lodge stated that this: year a check.for $1250, covering the cost of the reseryed section, was mailed to Ann Arbor on August 14 by the lodge. In this connection, a. par- tial admission was made by Tillotson Faulty Diributin Systemere are any departure O ur auly ~y~emrufle in the distribution of are due to unavoidable mi an inquiry, that he doubted very much nounced that all seats had been sold, part or to class misrepre whether the organization would ave Mr. Tillotson explained that-he always * been able to secure these seats omj kept out several seats in many sec- A very high percentag year to year had it not been for this tions to rectify mistakes-that were in- "mistakes" was brought peculiar nrelation which existed be- evitable in the distribution of 45,000 result of a canvass of ten tween Mr. Ablard and Coach Yost. 'tickets. He further added that it was sentative fraternities on o e. not unusual for the Athletic Associa" with regard to the Illinois "As to certain alumni bodies," said tion to have several very good seats sin games. Reports from Mr. Tillotson, "we do reserve groups left over at the last minute before the es come from reliable me of seats for a few. But there are a game through this precaution on his organizations, approxim great many more who are and have for part. hundred cases of appli a long time been disappointed in this "Fully twenty-five tickets were sold their results being repoi regard. I will admit that the alumni ; immediately before and during the tempt was made to canv Holland received about 150 seats in al first part of the Wisconsin game" or graduate students. WI block for the games this year, and said Mr. Tillotson. "These were put they have for some time past. 'The cn general sale at the ticket office on! former president of the "M" Club lives Ferry Field, and this happens nearly in Holland and has done great work every time there is a big game in Ann in the way,-of boosting Michigan. It 1 Arbo-." was he who was instrumental in get- Mr. Tillotson pointed out that stu- ting Roby and Cappon to come here." dents often fail to consider the fact When asked how he accounted fo; that they send in their applications the fact that four seniors were able to { wih 'men of lower class than them- get seats on the forty yard line when selves.- "This, of course, rates a stu- they protested about their west stand dent the seats of the lowest class re- seats two days before the Illinois game presented in the application," he ex-j and about a week after it was an. plained, "and then they complain. If Stevenslon and isArt Once a year I find occasion to let loose my stock of superlatives. "Up In The Clouds" is the performance that gives me an opportunity to do so this year. I saw this show when it played here two years ago, and was of the conviction that I was in for an evening of boredom. However, these prejudices were dispelled soon after, the first curtain was pulled up. The production has been speeded and tuned up-the cast changed-the chorus touched by the magic wand that be- stows beauty. "Up in The Clouds" is a happy mix- ture of pure musical comedy and pa- geantry. And yet, it cannot be said that one is used at the expense of the oth- er, for the pompous epispdes are in perfect harmony with the general tone of the foregoing events. 'The sym- bolic scenes are veritable riots of col- or, but orderly in their presentation. Most interesting and beautiful of alll is the "Money Pageant." Here the color of costumes is blended with the grace and form of exquisite dancing. by Ledru Stiffler as the Gold Man, and Cecile J)'Andrea as the Flight of Gold. The comedy roles are entrusted to three people who are not only capable of the ta'sk' delegated to them, but al- so of gaining the most out of every situation by little mannerisms and tricks. At this point I propose that those who believe that comedy can only le gained by bordering on the1 obscene should sit through a perform- ance of "Up In The Clouds" and study Will B. Johnstone's witty lines. They will be convinced that humor can be elevated and rib-tickling at the same time. The story is simple-as all musical comedy plots should be. Archie Daw- son, a young idealist, has ambitions and ideas, but no money. He proppses- to produce a motion picture that will startle the world. Everything. is at his command,. but the necessary sum of money. He procures, the money, produces. the picture, which is a suc- cess, and wins the leading-.lady, who is not Jean Jones, the novice, as we are led to believe, but a renowned star~. The sub-plots aire very cleverly entwined about the main line of ac- , cairy its spirit throughout the year Bysending all of your laundry here a aw w r a Every garment treated as carefully r . as ini your-mother's washtub.= - .1 .-ce . 1 M T ' Wia! a ar - r ar Wri. SWA - r ..- = - a . r-HT SA ANDYaO ti a r PHONE - a ri .._ .a a - r auti~utttEtltt~~~it~ii[ ~tq l # tm (Helen G. Lynch), Any consideratloi of Stevenson's lit- crary style cannot be divorced from a consideration of his life. Someone' has very aptly said that his writings are the romantic illustrations of his life. They certainly are scenes in his sketch-book of imaginative travels. We must examine this character that went adventuring with brave buccaneers and staunch rogues. Of Stevenson:, Andrew Lang has jsaid, "He was like nobody else I have ever met," and "He was as unique in char- acter as in literary genius." Anyone who has seen his picture never forgets the pale, oval face, the straight hair hanging long, the velvet coat, the soft collar, and the eyes and lips that don- inate all other features. The strong contour of the face and the nervous] hands give an impression almost of unreality. And need I mention - the fastidious pose and slight affectation of the Romantic? If so, only to dis- tinguisTi these from the pose and af- fectation of such a lover of beautiful artificiality as Oscar Wilde, who wore his hair Nero-fashion and hired a cab to cross the street. Stevenson's was a pose that pleased his fancy when he observed himself in the mirror. It was for his love of the picturesque, the unusual, that he arrayed himself in strange garbs and trappings. He had an irresistible love for himself; bonds, strolling players, and artistic ne'er-do-wells were his- hobby. When we take un the subject of Ste- venson's writing we must understand his attitude. He looked upon his I work as an art. Benevolent madcap that he was, his art was no fleeting pastime. What Henry James said of his feeling for style is probably true: "Mr. Stevenson delights in a style and his own has nothing accidentaj or different, it is eminently conscious of its responsibilities and meets them with a kind of gallantry-as if lan- guage were a pretty woman, and aj person who proposes to handle it had of necessity to be something of a Don Juan." If I were to select certain words to describe Stevenson's style, "eager," "impish," "vivid," "concise," "unex- pected," "intimate," "genial," "agile;" "picturesque" should be among the first to occur. Ther is a spontaneity about his prose-texture,--its flow is swift and light,-which hides all semblance of the tireless effort and toil of the art- ist. There is a kind of Japanese-print technique, a melodic sparkle and ele- gance in such sentences as these: "Night is a dead monotonous period under a roof; but in the open world it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and the hours are marked by changes in the face of Na- ture." tires are not complete, t resentative of the situatic case it was first ascertal the student questioned 1 with all the requirement mate preference. Here the "mistakes." In one fraternity six j as such by the Athletic received much better se average senior in this sa both' the Illinois and games. In another house wher sent in with two juniors received were better than average senior. In one State street fi seats for all the uppercl outstandingly better than other house that report trast, another fraternity street received correspo seats, the best seat repor ing on the twenty-yard 1 by a senior. This also i games. Out of the ten fraternit 88 seniors were listed, of occupied seats back of line, due to "mistakes" o the Athletic Association. * * * Another interesting fe situation is the admissioi lotson that players get forty-five or fifty tickets their friends. They sen tions for the number tha and if they haven't the n as one player explained, corded the privilege of n cations without enclosin However, they "do not tickets until they pay fa they may "take out their installments as they get Mr. Tillotson pointed o was a moral justificatior crimination; that the "I representedthose who he best for Michigan, and c ingly to receive preferer selves and their friends; ulty had always had gc served for them in ord that the check was received a few days before the first day for accept- ance of applications, iSeptember 1,, apd was not returned with the many others. that came in before that date,; but was held over and-thus given pre-j ference. In an interview in Detroit last Sun-I day, Mr. George Nedweg, Manager of+ the Palestine Lodge, pointed out. that, the, lodge's system of distributing theI tickets was. practically "air tight," and almost immune from. the practice of "scalping." He further indicated; that he himself had nothing to do di-. rectly -with- the securing of the block of seats from the Athletic Association; but that each year Mr. John Ablard, proprietor. o.f a small cigar store in Detroit, was: apnointed chairman of the lodge football comulittee, because- of his former intimate relations and Ufed~lpr. ~with. C i k4fldtg H" Yost. Mr. N\ed weg stated, In reply t, he was his own romance. ". . . a faint wind, more like a good feeling might be pr He is not the reality, butthe rom- moving coolness than a stream of air, certain alumni bodies we ance, of boyhood-boyhood that never passed down _tlhe glade from time to ers and deserved some . had its feet firmly planted on the solid, time'." nition and appreciation muddy: earpth because it deliberately "The stars were clear,.coloured, and had to be reserved for played Sir Walter Raleigh with itself. Jewel-like, but not frosty. A faint sil- ex-deans, ex-Presidents The- laughter-loving gaiety, the pic- very vapour stood for the milky vWay." and all sorts of prominE turesque graciousness, have won the Stevenson has his epigrammatic ential men . throughout critics. His gypsy jauntiness-iias .re-. side.; ,hisessays--show this to the best ithese seats being comp fused to -e .censored. He was, .aad advantage: His satire is- always gen- j Vb.m for the continua stilL is to his readers, delightuty. ial, and. his.- irony. playful. When he good will; and that t; whimsical. Agility and eagerness wrote, he either was, or made himself could be no doubt that characterIzed his personality just as pretend to be in a holiday mood in themselves ought - to re it does hia art.. His, life was an- ex- spite of the fact that much of his work kenj yer others. quisite evasion of the stern problems was done-in the sick-hed. We are siwaya willi of reality. And how he. lved the Stevenson's.prose and verse, likeits .any legitimate mistakes land of "nake-believe". and "Just-sup- author, .a.,graceful. It is rich in im- .Mr. Tillotson, explained, pose"! -He shrank. from the-carnal, agery. Exquisite.sons.:and.-the to be .fair In .the best v and .no -touch. of -the intensely- breod--.beauty, .and.1asination. :of ineiense- how. Any better systen ing side of;life ever disturbed.the pag- quential irreLevanciEs bte hed-.this tion would be heartily eazltry and brilliapce of his career, character. He fell Jhopelawly in lave fthere are many flaws.h His artful inconsequence. and pleas- with .the picturesque. He. spent his one. I do not mean tha at ir -.wereBohemian .u the ex- days in wooing theloyely .will-o'-the- adopted, but it.w ould: n ttrem. L oving. peddlers, genial vaga- 'wisp,.-receive . eipmous nsidr,