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A Review By George Didditt.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1925
Night Editor-LEONARD C. HALL
, 1,byb4, , was use a o purc iise j ltiv
more than 8,500 locomotives and 480,- obviously poor place for such a
000 freight cars. dramatic presentation, it must be con-
It is impossible to go Into a de- fessed that the audience was aroused
tailed discussion here of the improvedgm
transportation service which the car- to the highest pitch of emotional ex-
riers have supplied during the past pression, which consisted of wild
few years; the statements of these cheers and yells by this production.
four leaders of industry are sufficient- The fact that the actors did not have
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THIS AFTERNOON: The Faculty
Concert in Hill auditorium at 4:15
o'clock.
The program for the first Faculty
Concert of the year this afternoon will
include a group of Chopin and the
Grieg G Minor Ballade by Mrs. Rhead.
There has always been in Mrs. Rhead's
work a great power and brilliance.
One invariably hears her interpreta-
tions, however, classified as scholarly
Halloween Decorations
and Party Favors
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And it is well to note that that im-
provement was not made at the insti- ly in the speed and general movementt
gation of the government, not made of the piece.
by the efforts of industry, not made by The cast consisted of twelve play-
the babbling of the man on the street, ers, one of which was the outstand-
-but by the railroads themselves. ing luminary. He had the center of
It may be true that the railroads7
.the stage from the start and was the
are the very hot-bed of capitalism, it tly sae fro a and a
may be that the "resent transporta- only one who was permitted any
tion system is all wrong as judged by movement whatsoever. Although he
socialistic standards of a rabid po- accasionally went out, he held the at-
litical party, but if there is any onews tention most of the performance. He
entity which is more essential to the was listed as Ball on the program.
nation's welfare than any other, it is The next most important character
-the railroad, was named Grange, trnd could beI
easily distinguished from the others'
as he was of a bright red. He was
CAMPUS OPINION hardly as effective, however, as a les-
Aoin mnous communi-ations will he ser or plain white light named Fried-
disregarded. The names of communi-
:apts will, however, be regarded as man. The remainder of the cast were
eunfidertiat u n request. ;adequate.
The theme of the play might be
THE S=IGHT 1IIIECTIONf Icalled revenge, althaough the exposi-l
Everywhere-in editorials, maga- tion was rather poor and the averagej
zine articles, and publications of onlooker would have to know'the pre- l
every description, we read the opinion ceding incidents in order to fully en-
expressed that the United States joy it.
should remain out of European con- The author seemed to adopt the
tinental affairs,-that our nation must Scribian form of writing, namely many
maintain her dignified aloofness and small climaxes and ,anti-climaxes.
smile tolerantly and understandingly There was one comedy character in
and condescendingly at the tilts of particular, known as Failed, who fur-
the European units,-that it is well to nished most of the anti-climaxes.
retire even further into our own shell The action was rather uneven, and
of smug self-sufficiency. It- is recoi- quite slow in parts, although there
mended that we permit international was more than the average suspense,
problems' to be solved by the parties and no one could have told the out-
directly involved,-that this nation come until the final curtain. The play
must be content to remain and to ex- was given in two acts and four
ert its influence within its present scenes, of which the second scene of
geographical limits,-that we havi the first act was most pleasing to the
nothing to fear from the present arm- audience.
ed state of Europe, and so on. This Some leople criticized the produc-
propaganda of continued isolation is tion as being wet and dirty, but little
being diffused with no less a fervor of that seemed to show during the
than was that of German atrocity, dur- performance. It is too bad that there
ing the War of wars. It permeates is to be only one performance of this
thorucmnd- of nwn d nnino~i_ lrl
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-with all its deadening implications
-when her playing is anything but
that. It is vivid, say, and colorful and
dynamic; scholarly, too, but only as
a broad underlying foundation. It al-
ways seem so surprising, therefore,
that her recitals do not receive the
enthusiasm that they so obviously
create.
Perhaps there is a reason . . .
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The recent review in this column
of the New York Symphony concert
has created a torrent of protest,
chiefly because Guy Maier's person-
ality was compared to that of an
actor, his playing referred to as
"clowning with stunning abandon,"
and what was intended as the sincer-
est praise has been twisted to the
most serious insult. The whole point,
as was repeated in the article, lies
in the indisputable dogma that every
great artist is much of a charlatan:
to be a remarkable technician is only
half the battle. There must be set
beside such skill a whole barrel of
tricks and charming artifices.
A genius is always a grotesque, an
unnatural thing. His affection may
be a long face and drooping curls, a
bouncing bravado or an impudent
esprit. But no'matter what its mould,
the mountebank is always there-in
Chaliapin, in Mary Garden, in Amato
and Claire Dux, in Leginska and
Paderewski and Mr. Maier.
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THE TRIUMPH OF CRITICISM
"Over a period of eighty years hun-
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ALWYS BLAME-THIE RAiLROADS I aspe u-
'1SI.: E - RIRAS1cats. If this review seems rather discon-
Of all the great public utilities, the But let's look into its reasonable- nected and altogether convulsive, we
railroad is p srhaps the most brow- ness. How can we remain out of world beg to ask your humble forgiveness.
beaten by the man on the street. To pacts and movements and yet fulfil Our plea is that we are still quite up-
him, the railroad is the most com- our duty as the greatest of nations? set by the play, ourselves, and rather
nmodious of the playgrounds of the How can we expect to the preserva- than give you the smooth, well writ-
wicked capitalist; he expects to find tion of world peace through this at- ten review which you might expect,
a group of railroad executives on the titude? t we are writing an utterly sincere
board of directors of Hell. The career Did not the titanic struggle of the opinion by one who has been deeply
of the locomotive drawn carrier has last decade prove that boundaries of stirred.
always been -harrassed by public j oceans no longer assure a safe isola- * *
opinion,-first people laughed, then tion? Were we not drawn, while DEAN ZILCh
they tried violence, and after running operating this precise policy, into the DEAD TO WORLD
through a long list of emotions, the I vortex of the greatest conflict of the vot Sleeping Sickness, Doctors
public is now content merely to curse ages without a foreign foot being Declare; Merely Extreme
-the railroads. ( placed upon our shores? Are not our Laziness.
Every sort of offense has been laid commercial and industrial interests Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 24.-(Special
at the door of the railroad, the most inextricably bound up in the Eu- leased wire)--
outstanding being that they are ropean situations? Are not our po- Dean Joseph Zilch, of the college of
forced to bear the blame for every litical interests interwoven with those Barbers, spent this entire day in bed
economic depression that has occur- of the world in view of the facts that and most of it in sleep, although he
red since the advent of "The Iron we are the greatest world power, that awoke long enough this noon, to par-
Horse" as the master of the plains. we are clearly no longer geographic- take of an artichoke and a half by
If the button-hole industry in Cin- ally isolated, and that international 'way of nutrition.
cinnati gets into a hole, blame the affairs are daily becoming more com- Doctors from the University hospi-I
railroads; if Notre Dame loses a foot- plex? Are we willing to continue to I tal, stated quite definitely this even-
ball game, blame the railroads; if the render ourselves liable to be drawn ing that Zilch was not suffering from
commencement speaker fails to ar- into another chaotic, destructive sleeping sickness, but was merely ex-
rive on time, blame the railroads. For slaughter, the certain inutterable hor- tremely lazy and gave the fact that
a century the nation has reserved its ror of which has been vividly por- he was resting up in preparation for
bitterest censure-for the railroads. trayed by such men as Winston the meeting of the Deans, Wednesday,
But are they such a great menace Churchill? In his words, "Shall we as a poor excuse.
to the public? Is there any other all commit suicide?" An interview with Dr. Zilch will
single factor which can be said to Ask yourself these questions--the appear in a forthcoming issue.
haye played a more important part questions of thie century! Then pray * *
in the growth and development of our tell why we are not a responsible We have for your edification,today
country? May there not be a possi- member of the permanent court of a communique from our staff corre-
bility that they are doing more than international justice, of the League of spondent in the sister metropolis of
the minimum to further the interests Nations, and of the Hague Court of ,New York. It deals, as we under-
of the nation? Arbitration, taking a part commen- stand it, chiefly with the titles of re-
A recent issue of the Nation's Busi- surate with our economic and politi- cent Broadway productions.
ness contains articles on the rail- cal greatness! These institutions are DRAMATIC DIALOGUE
roads by the leaders of four of Amer- no longer idle pipe-dreams. They "No, No Nanette, you can't have
ica's greatest industries, and these have enjoyed extraordinary develop- The Green Hat just because Abie's
men are unanimous in the opinion ment and have proved their efficacy. I Irish It ose has one, you must have
that the carriers are responsible, to a Elihu Root says that the "simple fact I Desire Under The Elms!"
much greater extent than the people of their existence is already changing "But, Gee, I'm Outside Looking In."
think possible, for the remarkable the way in which mahind thinks and "Well, you can wear the Glass
strides that the country has taken feels about the disposition of interna- Slipper or go Barefoot."
toward permanent prosperity since tional controversy without war." They "But I want to visit that Big Boy,
the days immediately following the I are undeniably a tremendous step in ; the Royal Pretender, and his Weak
World war. Charles S. Keith, former the right direction. Think what might Sisters and The Lovely Lady."
president of the Southern Pine asso- be accomplished if the United States "Applesauce."
ciation, is authority for a statement would put her giant shoulder to the The scene ends here, as there seem
to the effect that the increased effi- I wheel in all earnestness. to be -no more worthy productions to
ciency of the carriers during the past Isolation can pat itself upon the mention.
few years has meant an annual say- back so long as European and far; Peter.
inz f $C3,000,000. or more than $1.00 Fastern struggles remain mere skirm- * * *
per thousand feet, to the lumber in- Bhes.But the awkward part of it is The greatest revelation in years is
dustry. The president of the West- that they have the unhappy faculty I the picture of the late Jason Cowles
:nghouse Electric and Manufacturing of cecasionally assuming greater pro- in the library. We are now starting
Co., E. M. Herr, estimates a 35 to 40 portions. Did not the sparks of a a campaign fund to have a portrait I
improve the taste of the American
people in music, drama, literature,
and politics. And today, as a result,
Nevin, Tobani, and Tosti are program
favorites over Brahms, Beethoven, and
Bach; Anne Nichols is thirty thou-
sand times more popular than Haupt-
mann; James Oliver Curwood is twen-
ty thousand times more popular than
James Branch Cabell; and Calvin
Coolidge is President of the United
States."
-Quoted, unfortunately, f r0 m
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THE CRADLE SONG
After struggling with the acoustics
of Hill auditorium for several years,
Masques are finally turning to a the-
ater and a type of production which
is obviously bound to be more suc-
cessful. Such productions as "The
Knight of the Burning Pestle" and "A
Thousand Years Ago" were perhaps
more spectacular than anything they
could attempt in Sarah Caswell An-
gell hall, but that is all.
In returning to this small thea-
ter for the presentation of Martinez
Sierra's "The Cradle Song" on Novem-
ber 10th and 11th, they are not only
making a wiser move but a necessary
one. For Sierra's comedy is an inti-
mate one; one that requires infinite
care in direction; one that must es-
tablish a distinct atmosphere and can
achieve this only in a small, play-
house. Of Sierra's ,works compar-
atively little is known. Says Granville
Barker:
"While there may be much to say,
there is really very little to explain
about the plays of Martinez Sierra,
for they have in the first place the
supreme dramatic virtue of explain-
ing themselves. They are not strik-
ingly novel in technique. But they
are notable, the present writer holds,
for simple excellence as plays, for the
directness with which they set out to
-and the fine economy with which
they do-achieve their purpose. And
what better in this sort, can be said?
"Take for instance 'The Cradle
Song.' Sierra has the idea-the
charming unrecondite idea-of a
foundling baby thrust upon the mer-
cies of a convent of nuns, who bring
her up, spend upon her all they can
recover of their suppressed motherly
instincts, give her to a young man in
marriage, and so back to the world.1
Mark his means to this effect. The
foundling, a varied chorus of nuns, an
old doctor (the child must acquire a
legal parent) and the young bride-
groom. No intrigue, no thesis, no
rhetorical enlargement; two acts be-
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