S. PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1925 .. form the public that they were mak- Ing possible great annual savings for Phed every rorning except Mondayj all industries, and, indirectly, for the during the University year by the Board i consumer. And they have not brand- Control of Student Publications. ished before the eyes of the man on Menibers of Western Conference Editorial the street the fact that in the past Association __ four years they have expended $2,849,- The Associated Press is exclusively en- 7 5,622 on additional facilities 8n( titled to the use for republication of all news1 dispatches credited to it or not otherwiseI improvements and additions to road- credited in this paper and the local news pub- I $ished therein.I way and structures, ofhwich amount 1'R1_____ I g5,tu qq wns ono .n.. to ,,i hn O I. E E, PE- HANG HIUMORISTS TjJE GAME A Review By George Didditt. 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Cox Franklin J. Rauner Marion A. Daniel Joseph Ryan James R. DePuy Margaret Smith Margaret L. Funk Ruth A. Sorge an Gilbert Thomas Sunderland T. Kenneth Haven Win. H1. Wearne JE. Little Eugene Weinberg rank F. Mosher Wm.J. Weinman F. A. Nordquist 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 lv o n liz n toinr ln rin n l ' jt I i , . AND DRAMA 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 BOTH ENDS OF THE DIAGONAL WALK 4m SKILLED REPAIRING f i 1 1- I i l iY c 1u lu itiprove neat advance.1 to rely on their voices aided material-( 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 F . , -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 . . . * * * cEnange that 1Misfit P'en fora RIERMASTERPEN The Pen of the Past--The Pen of the Present--The Pen of the Future We will make you a good allowance. The "Rider Masterpen" made by J. G. Rider Pen Co. Ann Arbor, Mich., is in a class by itself-nothing like it or to compare with it. If there is such a thing as a "non-breakable" the "Mas- terpen" is that pen and it holds a whole barrelful of ink (230 drops). Fitted and serviced by Rider himself at 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. * * * THE TRIUMPH OF CRITICISM "Over a period of eighty years hun- dreds of critics have been laboring to .1. A ,.,.,.. i RIDER'S PEN SHOP Pea~ Specialists 302 State _ r t4 t r, ; . LET'S GO FOR A NEW HAT! } ,a ALu10~s set news apers ana perzodxi- thriller. 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 Anmerica's single distinguished broadi- We make the best quality hats in the city-to order 1and all styles. Bring in your old hats and have them cleaned and blocked -made into new! Save a Dollar or More at the FACTORY HAT STORE, 617 Packard Street. Phone 7415. (Where D. U. It. Stops at State St.) side. 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. 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