PAGhE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY I of the campaign against filth on the ' American stage. - While these two agencies are un- J'uf'i'd('eiymcxntg xcit lonaydoubtedly two of the most powerful t o{ ~'id at 'ui turuuonus in the cou~ntry, th~ tivu cant action taken by any grouiP and ,' tt'e po stoffce at Ann Arbor, ]~ ii'Ii ~ ~cc nd glass matter. Special. rate ~ ~ ganted by Thirdl Assistant Post aStir (,neral. Sub,, I ij'ioh, by carrier: $3.50; by mail, offices: Ann Arbor PTess Building;, May- sard Street. Phones, Editorial, 2414 and 176-M .; busi ness, 96o. "ED1TORlA 11 5'I F _Idelins 11 ndia~ 3for la . .... ilam l. tonma at Flliota.r ...J ober . Masfel We idtort,..E.d .. Vrne Mra t ms .I leiiay... . Robert . Henrs'on~ r , rt itor .. WilliamIJ. WStor Assistants Mario We ow Regi na Reich mannx \T iii'r .I f Jie C.);" vttr St . , :; 05MQt IN rSI4 r vi~ the one which is the most convincing argument against the object ionahh'e ais the refusal o' the actress. 1.elen M :acKellar, to take th e lc a dig part in Brady's "A Good Bad Woman" because of the obscenity of her lines. This declaration followed by an offi-I cial protest by Frank Gilimore, ex-: ocutive secretary of the Actor's Equity, association, who stated that the "ma-: chinery capable of cleaning the the- atre from within had been allowed to rust in the hands of Commissioner of Ilicenses William F. Quigley" ought' to ~ i-dj ioe t everyone that the a ; x V l:) l1 icCI iiist t- tU6 IPn C oltjc'- to the t. f ::ct"-' which she was to portray 'sm rather to the "vile worrls" in her; lure.,, the only real protest which can be made is against the abuse of real-' ism which certain theatrical managers; insist on including in their produc- tions. There is no point in getting prudish about the unsavory side of life, of purging the drama from all "naughtiness," but there is cause for objecting to the crude presentation of sueb elements. If the theatre is no' } '1'r r l" t o ' ,,c 1-pitcl i 1nt I from -o llto-i ; <@v:': 1,1%)r l ilff ,! .id urnedt er to the city police dlepartments Incl coul-ts. T1ILTAyTm WM. . ROtCR L- 4ec'd~noser bing Its Sh Cordn Buii~ I. 1 l Yewanin 0. 1 i-IlT3 cat Olrtedu 1Y l f ;uiii. I - y j t ! 5+7I 1'. .{-' ' 1.it 'S71U > hili andto xt'^. Included in this' n« AND falls into the right hands it will be o'clock lit Hill audtorium.a interpreted at once. ______THE YPSILANTI PLAYERS ROLLS WANT ADiS PAY ( A review by Valentine Davies. I A couple of weeks ago the1 For many seasons t he Ypsilanti Martha Cook building was arous- Players have been producing unusual ed by a drunken fellow at three plays in a thorough and convincing' ko'clock in the morning. One of , manner. But for the most part they the young ladies inserted an ad have -done plays which were prosaic; in this department, and right( in form, if not in presenat ion; which away a flood of answcrs came in.I called for sensitive directing but lit-j !for sorting them and examining{ tie original conception. It remained thtevarious applicants, we are for them to achieve something of realI pleased to announce to the young significance, an original conception,{ ladies that we have found Poor, frankly experimental, in order to re- Wil-- unmistakably. We. are alize the fullest purpose of such an holding him pending their deci- organization as theirs. sion as to ways and means of "The Ancient Mariner" was a our-1 handling his case. ageous undertaking. It required an ROLLS WANT ADS PAY entirely new form of conception. It * *called for remarkable acting; and 4 above all it demanded an appreciative, Entrel bychace wefen ths i fan understanding audience . It cannot1 the Quarterly Review of Verse: be called a play; it is a dramatic Bird, that in the twilight criest, presentation of Coleridge's poem, to Criest, oh so sad, so shrill, quote the program note, "A fanta stis Tcll rue, o'er what grief thou tsigh-i illusion for those who abandon them- rotselves to its spell." It aimed to bring. uolii~rv Whip-Poor-Will? life by means of lighting, music, and- -Francis Ryan., pantomime a famous rime, which in * * l itself has much drama. Inspecting the dour little review ot The result was decidedly successful. t Vesewe re rmined neviabl ofIt was not flawless; it could not be. the magazine soon to be started un-j But it created a definite illusion and der the auspices of the Carmagnole. crdu c inr.Te eul a AtN'eording to the ;rpretrua"cin ihr a large part to the work of ->,~nn edtor ha ben (r wll e) ichrdForsyth, who, as the Mariner, r'llt eito"h ee orwllb)succeeded in achieving remarkablel Ther appointment of a person en-vait of voice and action and ex- 2~,dwith the great gift of selection' ceedingly convincing moments with -, -oi mgemwthIat w ill be neces- a part that offered countless dificul- ir ' at.i nd pubish the products ties. Although his role was practic- o i i ik :'.rv tlent as we have at ally a monologue during the entire tp t, i~ypcty is. it seems to us, a play, he managed to find a pace which , ;) I ~tl' iv ireparatory -I0t' .. n] F-iit ea oth of the -~ ,dt';P toIe 0- asmblies. It ' -'ii-'to o'~tI te conclu- I I~tt)1)-1.)V tillIO t I nited liii- i-tio~n~-t #.'.ti tibody, as - a ,lu 1" ~'V etn the end of -xvit'i" I 'liai nn which is almost I-IUttotesllt, While many per- -,I ne!)rly everyone in fact, can re- nlize the manifest imperfections of the Leaigue of Nations, no one has yet ^~ne forward with a better plan. CUE AP PRAMA --- olt of lightning, the recent The New York World tj y if e e e' ,t ,t fI TFtse t ."-xweek-endl was reported to - r gi ~-~mst active of the year for the frxtension department of the S. C. A. "from the viewpoint of student speak- ng, Well talk always has been cheap. The janitor of the St. Marks Meth- t~uhinPtO'eua chrch of 'Detroit was, eztgit ~P 1:-''-- Iip orin big car tho "Pussyfoot' Johnson may be blind in one eye but the other one must be in good shape to enable himt to see visions of the world "squeezed dry." With ninety new women already registered; for the second semesteri Michigan men's chances may go uip af little. Then again, they may not. If fle post ofrc, official:, find a B't- ter in a man's launrdry box it will be a coa of "Clothes break the man." TUnit oti ?tattes 0ongres ~ n shoul'd . j i f , alp {. i r i 7 I }t 4 I I i 7{ S i C } ' t !f -Overcoats. 1-2Z We can't hold these overcoats over until another season. You can. And ve 're willing to pay you a good sum for doing it-half the regular price in many instances. They're Hart Schaff- ner & Marx and other fine makes. Get yours NOW! The Rul Conlin Co. he good aviators as most of them are I Thte honor of presenting this showI the production of Richard Bike alas pth iraou omtin.Igoes to Mr. Royal Rockwell, who is a Sheridan's "The Rivals" Bih rs.y -____________________ vi ry distinguished looking person. At ' F'iske in the role of Mrs. Malaprop, lx ' . - yrP oN, ;bst we assume that he was the moanI which was to ha-c been presented in - li n n f of erimuni slightest provocation thruout the en- \h'T "-holuybew a hite nte. illaitoim Tusa rveig- --t>s IiIO' ,he regarded as i 3' under the auspice of theE p .-. ets; ire evening. j Michigan Theatre League. Instead, i - the company will be brought to Ann Ori 7 aT ij;' obert Gaylor Ramnsay enters the Arbor later in the season, probably a To the E,1tor, office at this point, and upon our ask- few weeks after the May Festival. The Michigan Paily has been doing' ing him for an epigram to fill the rest*** such excellent work this year in its of the col with a discussion of, he, WALRER WHI1TlESDE sane and intelligent discussion of! says: "Chicago is the smallest Big Mr. McIntyre has recently compllet- public questions both national and in- City in the country; Detroit is the big- ed arrangements for the appearance, ternational that it is disheartening to gest Snmall Town in the country." of Walker Whiteside, the distinguish- "those of us who make our bread by Ile assures us that his "epigram is i edi character actor, in his new play teaching that there should be studentsi entirely original, of Japanese diplomacy, "Sakura," like J. W. M. who complain that such *** Tuesday evening, March ~ at the discussion makes the paper dull. I Other people have certainly had the~ Whitney theatre. Mr, Wiiteside first Perhaps such subjects as interna- same notion-at least about Detroit-' attracted national attention for hiiq ti )nal peace and the union of church- although they probably haven't sum- j brilliant performance in Israel Zang- W1ain at Washington ;J i \ --'