SATURDAY, M Y- 5, 192$ PAGE MUoRn THE MICHIGAN DAILY Published every morning except MonAay during the University year by the Bnow in Control of Student PubIications.I Members of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively en. titled to the use for republication of allnews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise ! Credited in this paper and the local news pub- libed therein.t Entered at the postaffiice at Ann Arbor. Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postae granted by Third Assistant Post- master Gneral. Subscription by carrier, $3.50; by mail, 54.00. Offices: Ana Arbor Press Building, May- lard Street.' Phones: Editoris. 4 sIjmi ess, rsr4. ED1TOEI.L BTAPFR elephone 4928 MANAGING EDITOR GEORGE W. DAVIS Chairman, Editorial Board....Norma- R. Thal News Editor..........Manning Housewortb Women's Editor...... .Helen S. Ramsay Sport's Editor....*.... Joseph Kruger7 Telegraph Editor.........Wiliam Walthourj Music and Drama........Robert B. Henderson Night Editors Smith H. Cady Leonard C. Hall Thomas V. Xoykki W. Calvin Patterson Assistant City Editors Irwin. Olian Frederick H. Shiflito Assistants Gertrude Bailey Charles Bebymer George Berneike William Breyer' Philip C. Brooki Stratton Buck Carl Burger Edgar Carter Joseph Chamberlain Carleton Champe Douglas Doubleday Eugene H. Gutekunst Jams T. Herald RselHitt Miles Kimball Marion Kubik Harriett Levy Ellis Merry Dorothy MorehouMA Margaret Parker Archie Robinson Simon Rosenbaum Wilton Simpson Janet Sinclair Courtland Smith Stanley Steinko Louis Tendler" Henry Thurnan D~avid C. V'okes Marion Wells Cassam A. Wilson Thomas C. Winter The regrettable tendency is for the individual to hazard his future in- come upon some nebulous plan of "easy payments." Salaried workers are encouraged to spend more than they actually earn and often at highI rates of interest. Figures show that, in the purchasing of small automo- biles, buyers often mortgage their! household furnishings to make the down payment at an interest of ten or twelve per cent; then, after mal-1 ing the initial deposit, they must pay interest on the mortgage for the re- mainder at an equally high rate. It can be easily seen that buyers suffer, a loss of twenty percent on their capital by deferred payments. And figures show that seventy-five to ninety-five per cent of all automobiles,! pianos, radios, and household articles are sold on time. What is true or individuals is moree true of our cities and counties that build roads which last for four years, and pay for them over a period of forty. Ten years ago, the average family debt for the country was $250. Today it is $1,500. The public debt in the United States has increased from a comparatively small amount ten years ago to an aggregate of $30,- 750,000,000 today. Our municipal cor- porations are inviting the collectors! to make weekly calls at their civic# back doors. With the prospect of? sudden and widespread unemploy- ment, natural catastrophes, depres-1 sion, and the like, how can a com-! munity get back on its feet with suchj an economic burden? Credit has been extended so far that merchants themselves are beginning to worry. Consequently, a nation- wide fund of $1,500,000 is being raised, to protect retailers from dishonest debtors. The money is, of course, raised by increasing costs of merchan- dise,-the consumer pays, and the vicious economic circle is complete. They are trying to find an antidote for their own medicine, comments one observer. It takes serious losses to make credit men realize that fre- quently they have only a paper profit for their trouble. People will always take advantage of easy credit, but it remains for the creditors to collect. When a man may go down town with two dollars in his pocket and walk off with a fifty dollar suit under his arm on a hazy promise to pay, someone con- cerned in the bargain has left his common sense at home. EDITORIAL COMMENT THE UNKNOWN :MATCH Our entire detective force, in charge of General Johnny 0. T. Spot, is now working on the mystery of the CapI Night fire that wasn't a Cap NightJ fire. H- will investigate thoroughly the incident of Thursday night, whe n the materials. prepared for the big! f re somehow became heated at the delay, and burst out in a flash of red anger . General Spott said last night in a signed statement to the press: "I have a clue, which I cannot give out at present. However, I promise that my whole energy will be put into the task, and that I will neither eat nor well, anyway, I will not eat un- til I find the frosh that couldn't wait! even one more day to get into the sophomore class. I do not take any stock in the rumor that the B. and G. boys were just getting even with the students for that mess of old fruit and eggs that they had to clean up over at the Law arch." 00 *s MUSIC ANiD DRAMA TONIGHT: The Senior Class pre- j sents Laurence Houseman's "The Chinese Lantern" in Pattengill audi- torium at 8:15 o'clock. TONIGHT: the Junior class of the University high school present "Two Crooks and a Lady" and "Travellers" in the High School auditorium at 8:15 o'clock. A KISS FOR CINDERELLA Vincent Wall, Gentleman, has been appointed Music and Drama editor for next year (god help him!); his style is nearly perfect. Yet there arej lipoids gallopingnthrough grandma 1 still, and the final check is not due until June. Youth and the Saner Or- der are knocking at the gate, but the master builder intends to strut and fret until the last scene. Ah, my pub- lic, my public, there must always be a dramatic exit .. R. B. H. THE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS The Junior class of the University high school will present two plays, "Two Crooks and a Lady" by Eugene Pillot and a mystery play "Travel- lers" by Booth Tarkington in the University High School auditorium at '~c- ~r,,- Consultgs I RS is time no Cards for GRAHAM'S BOOK STORES AT BOTH ENDS OF THE DIAGONAL 4utttueneeneeseueamuueteestxenuteeretaI We ind Lending library MAYNARD STREET c The latest V ooks for Rent: "CHIMES" by Robert Herrick EW i MANNS c !tIi For Your Inspection- A wonderful line of Yeddo Straws and Panamas at prices that are RIGHT. Panamas and Straws Cleaned and Blocked with all new trimmings. ltillill;" - - - - - -- - - Always a Good Meal at LANE HALL TAVERN -Also Special Chicken Dinner Every Sunday Variety of foods to satisfy all appetites. Salads for warm weather. WE WILL REMAIN OPEN ALL SUMMER 6 .. TODAY'S PHOTO CLICK!--A campus politician valiently smoking up cigars. s on Fine Engraving. It w to order your calling Commencement. i'1 Tables for Ladies Private Party Rooms d I BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER BYRON W. PARKER Advertising............---Joseph J. Finn Advertising............Rudol h B ittlman Advertising.................Wm. L. Mullin Advertising ......... Thomas D. Olmsted, Jr. Circulation......... ...James R. DePuy Publication.............rank R. Dentz, Jr. Accounts...................Paul W. Arnold Assistants George H. Annable, Jr. Frank Mosher W. Carl Bauer F., A. Norquist f John H. Bobrink Loleta G. Parker Stanley S. Coddington David Perrot W. J. Cox Robert Prentiss Marion: A. PDniel Wm. C. Pusch Ma ry Flinteran '~Nanlce Solomon Saarn Gilbert Thomas Sunderland T. Kenneth Have Wm. J. Weinman harold Holmes Margaret Smith Oscar A. Jose Sidney Wilson SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1926 Night Editor-LEONARD C. HALL "I have rcognized that those connected with the Spanish War * * * BUY A TIMESNOOZE TODAYI This is something we will never get; a chance to do again, as long as we have a conscience, but today we can heartily urge you to buy a copy of the Times News. Not that you should necessarily read the sheet, but buy it from a Kiwanis club member, as- that club is raising money in this way for the recreational department of the University hospital. ODE TO A POT Goodbye, farewell, thou faithful pot, That on my head hast lain. Tis near the end, Cap Night has come, Now we must part with pain. Thou squeal'st not when I stepped on thee, Or ground thee in the dirt. And when my foot would fain kick thee, Thou sailed and fell unhurt. Inside and out thou hast been worn, But ne'er to aidl one's sight. Green paint upon thee has been spilt, And rain has shrunk thee tight.. I f a a J w a a; I 'Y. V". have always held a position of THE SETTLEMENT IN BRITAIN inequality, so far as GovernmentI bounty is concerned, compared (The Boston Transcript), with those connected with other In spite of the official statement wars. It cannot be denied that that the termination of the British they are entitled to be placed on strike is unconditional, the means by a higher rate of pensions than which the general strike have been they are now receiving, if others brought to a close cannot be regarded are entitled to what the Govern- = as being other than those of compro- ment is doing for them."-Presi- mise, if the cable reports of the na- dent Coolidge on signing the bill ture of the understanding reached are increasing pensions of veterans true. In the first place, as the result of the Spanish War, Boxer Re- of a full conference between the mem- bellion and the Philippine Insur- bers of the Government and the lead- rection approximately $19,000,000 ers of the unions, the general st'ike a year, but at the same time is called off. That complies with the warning Congress that this was Government's ultimatum that nothing, the last measure carrying a con- .1should be or could be conceded until tinning appropriation he will sign 1 the general strike-not necessarily at this session. I the coal miners' strike or any other Iparticular strike-was called off. It DAD'S DAY ends the revolutionary features of the This week-end has been officially I situation, and to this extent it is a sur- set aside as an occasion for observ- render on the part of the unions and ing Fathers' Day. It is entirely ap- a triumph of law and order and the propriate, therefore, that we extend i constitution. to these visiting fathers a cordial But when the settlement comes welcome to Ann Arbor, and do our down to the hard-pan of material ad- utmost to entertain them while they 'vantage. it is apparent that the unions are here. !are to get something out of the set- I tlement. The crux of the difficulty It is not so far back to the class of j that caused the miners' strike out. of "naughty-naught" when Dad was in I which the general strike grew was the college himself, living about as we discontinuance of the Government live now-if you substitute certain subsidy to the industry, which com-. remarkable advancements of the jazz pelled a rearrangement of wages or Age-apdenjq),ug te sme ichesshours on the part of the owners. The and tradition of college experience discontinuance of the subsidy was the that belongs to us for our own four drsulttofuan c ioe shortyearsresult of a decision of the Govern- sortpers.e rh nment. But now, we are informed by Or perhaps he never had a chance the Associated Press, the subsidy is to secure the benefits of the educa- to be resumed. The bargain reached tion he. is giving you. At any rate, says it is to be resumed "temporarily," he will be glad to come to Ann Arbor but the step is accompanied by an to see "what it's all about," and it is agreement to establish a board to re- up to you to make him enjoy his stay. vise the miners' wages, "with the un- Show him as much as you can, take derstanding that there shall be no re- him to as many of the activities plan- vision without sufficient assurances ned for the week-end as possible, and that the measures recommended for give him a thoroughly enjoyable visit. reorganization of the mining industry IHe -will appreciate it. by the Royal Coal Commission shall -be put into effect." These recommen- "UNEASY PAYMENTS" ( dations have already been made. They In recent years, the credit business look to decided changes in the rela-1 of the United States has been growing tion between miners and owners. ; by leaps and bounds. The installment Under this understanding the min- system of buying has invaded fields ers have at least a chance to obtain' never entered before. One can now important advantages. The element purchase anything, useful or useless, of compromise decidedly thereforeI Thy crown has turned from gray to! hue That ne'er an artist could paint. Thy peak is bent, twisted and torn, They button was but ain't. Now from my hand I fling thee far, The red flames make thee hot. Till thou to cinders are consumed, Goodbye, thou damned old pot! 1 -Olaf the Small. '0* * YIFNIF STAYS WITH ROLLS!1 Dear Timmie: Let us congratulate you on your monumental achievement and also condole with you. I've written ROLLS myself. We prophesy that within a week you'll be calling for help. You know the fact that we had the column for a couple of days led to the impression that we would be the{ next editor, God forbid. In fact, some of the freshman have been congratu- lating. us. Now that they are diabused of the notion, let us give our reasons.' First, as an unbiased critic of our own work we are awarde of our great limitations as a comedian. Second, we weren't offered the job. Thirdly, we, figuring that we'd probably have to be Summer Daily humorist, realized that eight weeks of being funny (?) were enough. Of course, that's not settled yet. Finally, and most important, The Daily is going to have to struggle along without us pretty soon. The unusual is happening-a lump rises in our throat as we tell of it-we are going to graduate. (Get the simple pathos of it.) Column conductors will shed tears, but to no avail. At the end of summer school we will have to bid ROLLS farewell. Ylfnif. * * 0 We see by the papers that John Paul Jones has been elected to the Hall of Fame as a "hero of the seas." * * , . The Sea Beast ought to get in next time. -Timothy Hay. difference, has invariably left the strategic position of labor better than it was before . The adoption of the Royal Coal Commission's report is not# 18:15 ocock on Saturday and Monday I (No Acids Use nights. The cast includes Janet HIGH CLASS WOR Adams, Barbara Lorch, Robert Mac- Kenzie, Stuart Davidson, Barbara Sinker, Marion Finch, Eleanor Ray- FACTOUH mond, and Guy Miller. 617 Packard Street. "THE CHINESE LANTERN" A review, by Vincent Wall. It was all a beautiful little fairy story, white magic and all that sort P LE A S of whamdoodle; and more, it was ex- ceptional-in a way, and for a reason. For instance, imagine if you will the® Lawrence Housman fantasia done in gin rickey time with all three of the little maids from school in magenta pajamas and looking like Madame M AK Butterfly incarnate...... But it was exceptional . There was,I to begin with, scarcely a hitch in the works; the grouping was something truly rare for an amateur production; the lighting was quite gasping for ON T H Pattengill auditorium, and Miss Simp- son the director has created a silk purse out of a sow's ear. The parts AL themselves were as a rule well done, in that breathy heady way of ama- teurs, with a rush of lines, but with here and there touches that showed true grasp of the situation-another lily for Miss Simpson. For instance Blossom Bacon' as Mee Mee, the Korean slave-girl was breathtaking in that fluttering butterfly grace and sticky talk of the native; and Vernon Dick as Tikipu, the slavey-drudge with his high love of the Art as taught by the master, gave an interesting, if conventional interpretation of the character. The play itself was most flattering4 to the audience, for it was at once of a type seldom attempted by ama- teurs; and it assumed that the audi- ence was composed of a minimum if Imorons and would appreciate the of- fering of a drama of an exceptional if enigmatical character. It was a delicate farce with a touch of satire and poetry and comedy that might have been missed-but wasn't. And it was highly fortunate that the play was in kind hands; for Lawrence' Houseman vrote it with one eye on the trade and the other on high coin- edy, and much was left to the imagi- nation . Still with unusual acumen,; with superb lighting effects, and costumes and properties that were Wool Camp an Ishades of "Tickled To Death," the Ilih Du! play walked off with the house.hLight oubl * I *Barracks "SAINT JOAN"- A review, by W. Flummery. Shaw, playing with Englishmen, is superb. The Earl of Warwick, with his "political necessities," is the same aloof Briton that is today finessing the' labor revolt of which the front pages' now contain a plenitude. Who but a Briton would describe a traitor as one who sought not the best interests of England? Who but a Briton would correct a foreign clergyman in the pronunciation of "prosecutor?" War- Fie wick, in Saint Joan, is a part worth seeking, and Lynn Pratt cooly takes Sadvantage of his casting to carry off the first honors. Be that said with no diminution of Miss Arthur's playing, for she shone as Joan, with the further advantage of being perfectly suited to the part. In love with religion, in love with war she was, and truly so. She ledJ the charges with unstained sword, the Co while trembling in mortal fear. Shaw's Joan is heroic and pitiful, intensely absorbing. Then there was the fool Dauphin, so homely that any one could dis- tinguish him in a crowd, the fool who was wise. 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