PACE FOTJUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY AN AMERICAN MONOPOIAT Great Britain, as well as many of the other nations of the world, is wor- Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in rylng about an Americln monopoly Con, rol of Student Publications. iembers of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news dispiatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished therein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate. of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- master General. Subscription by carrier, $3.5o; by mail, $4.00. Offices:eAnn Arbor Press Building, May- rnar(l Strcet. Phones: Editorial, 4925; business, ss124. )DITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR GEORGE W. DAVISf Chairman,tEditorial Board.. .NornanR.s ha City Editor........... Robert S. 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Winter Marguerite Zilske to an even greater extent than Ameri- can rubber consumers are worrying over the British monopoly of rubber. The motion picture industry, domi- nated by American producers since its first small begihning, is, according to many students of international affairs, Americanizing the world.. In an effort to combat the over- whelming proportion of American1 made moving pictures now being shown in the theaters of the British' Isles, the\Federation of British Indus- tries is urging en the government the necessity of adopting a quota scheme, whereby a motion : picture registry board will be created, the duty of which shall be to register all movies to be shown in Britain, requiring that a certain percentage of these, event- ual y three British to every five for- eign, shall be British films. Reports from London indicate that the government, recognizing the fact that 30,000,000 persons attend moving picture shows in Great Britain week- ly, is certain to take some action to cut down the amount of Aierican propaganda that results from the present preponderance of American- made films, but has not yet decided whether the quota scheme will pro- vide the correct solution. Many Brit- ish patriots are alarmed over what they describe as the "Americaniza- tion" of the middle classes by the pic-! ;tuxes from United States studios. Travelers from Great Britain in the colonies, especially Australia, have returned home with stories that the people are rapidly becoming, in many respects, more like those of the United States than those of England, due to the fact that they see AmericanI customs and American habits depicted! daily on their moving picture screens. The value of the movie as an agent for spreading propaganda has longI I been recognized, and England is de- sirous of using it for her own bene- fit, and not for the Americanization of I her subjects. President Coolidge, the New York Times announces, narrowly escaped being run down by an automobile last I Monday. Fresh air has its handicaps. EDITORIAL COMMENT VOICES THAT OUTRIDE THE (The Christian Science Monitor) In parts of New England a few nights ago, as well as in many other sections along the northern Atlantic and eastern lake coasts, a snow-' storm, driven on the fleet wings of a northeast wind, blockaded streets,, TEDROM US IC AN.FACE TO I. I F ACE WIt DRAMA After several futile attempts at arousing a controversy in this col -You know what a medieval farce is umn about such popular things as ;-h ags lyaogi h --the waggish day along in the song titles, new stadiums, Chimes, and eighteenth century when the theatre other lighter and more frivolous sub- I j was descending damnfast to the dogs? jects, along comes some terribly dry In that generation, comedy was bur- nonsense and starts a conflagration lesque and gentleman were often un- which we. cannot seem to extinguish. moral. Along with Shakespesare, We can imagine little of less im-di portance than fossil pearls and. yet diamatists appreciated thath a os kickhinethe as-it-wererwasltheemostn we have befbre us three letters on certain gag of their craft. Laughter tl~r, ~Mont t7(Td ct trlni fho ld 1 NEW AND SECOND HAND raham ook Stores .., the subject. wny stuaeni s ou I see humor in such a field is beyond 1 us. The next time we try to start I something we are going to pick some-' thing 'really side-splitting like Pleis- tocene Glasiation or Thermodynamics then there ought to be enough of a hub-bub in these columns to really fill space. But nevertheless the fact remains that there seems to be a con- troversy on this subject. And we are not interested or in favor of it, butI Z t a C t t 3 t ] f t If Y !. l i i {. I: i ! !' I BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER BYRON W. PARKER fi Advertising.................Joseph J. Finn Advertising..............T. D. Olmsted, Jr. Advertising.............Frank R. Dentz, Jr. Advertising...............Wmn. L. Mull in Circulation..................H. L. Newman Publication...............Rudolph Bostelman Accounts....................Paul W. Arnold Assistants Ingred M. Alvinig F. A. Norquist George 11. Annable, Jr. Loleta G. Parker W. Carl Bauer Julius C. Pliskow oh n H. Bobrink Robert Prentiss W.J. Cox Wmn. C. Pusch Marion A. Daniel Franklin J. Rauner A. Rolland Damm Joseph Ryan James R. DePuy Targaret Smith ary Flinterman Mance Solomon Margaret L. Funk Thomas Sunderland Stan Gilbert Eugene Weinberg T. Kenneth Haven Win. J. Weinman R. Nelson Sidney Wilson TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1926 Night Editor-W. C. PATTERSON B R OT H E R Y FEELlNG? The delay in calling the preliminary i 5 BOOK meeting of the disarmament confer- highways and in some cases railroads- ence may be ascribed to the reluc- The whole transportation scheme on Lanceof European or some European land and sea was, for the time being, natincecompletely upset. Men and women, tations to cut their armies severely marooned by the elements, sought until they have reasonable strong as- shelter, wherever they could find it, surance of safety when slightly pro-° thousands counting themselves for- tected. It is beginning to look as tunate to escape from wind and sleet though the conference planned for and drifting snows. Feb. 15, and postponed until May, will But in those broader upper avenues require another advance in the date. which the storm crossed and recross- The nations of Europe are not ready ed, and where there was no shelter to disarm, perhaps as a result of I from the searching "northeaster," natural suspicions coming from com- traffic was moving us usual. From far plicated pre-war relationships. off Rio de Janeiro came a message This does not mean that these announcing the arrival there of the nations are strengthening their intrepid Spanish airmen. From radio armies every day, for the converse is stations far and near came, to those true, their armies are continually be- who listened, the almost perfect ren- ing reduced,-but not beyond a point j dition of the spoken word, harmonies that they deem safe. France, for ex- blared forth by bands and orchestras, ample, has cut her army in half since and the elusive cadences of stringed 1918, and with a shorter term of 4en-! instruments. In Greater Boston, dur- listment, she hopes to make another ing the day, telephone exchanges fifty per cent reduction,-but is afraid transmitted more than a million more of the consequences when other im- messages than customarily are han- portant nations tell her what reduc- dIed in twenty-four hours. tions she shall make. How strikingly utilitarian proved Further French reasons were that this newest plaything of the millions, Cerirany is not a member of the the radio, in the emergency. With League, as yet, and the new Japanese the suspension of all suburban trans- government has not had time to send portation lines on the evening of that instructions to her delegates at Ge- day, possibly 100,000 persons sought nevi. Then, too, the French are hav- accommodations in the city's hotels. ing troubles of their own in Morocco When it became apparent that they and. Syria, so that they must keep up had all been cared for, there was sent a fairly good fighting force until these out from a central radio station a re- difficulties are permanently settled. assuring message to those in the Poland, with the next largest army, homes who had been anxiously hop- also fears too great a reduction, for ing for a word from absent ones. It she has Germany on the one side and was a welcome and almost a personal Russia on the other, between whom "all's well" to waiting wives, mothers she has always been a bone for con- and children. I tention. Before she cuts her defenses, In its almost unlimited reach the Roumania wants to know what will radio has done more than supplement! happen if Russia tries to get back both the telegraph and the telephone. Bessarabia. And Czech-Slovakia is It is immune to "wire" trouble, and thinking about her safety if Germany to most of those purely physical han- ever tries to bring about a re-union dicaps to which cables and loops *with Austria. sometimes succumb. But the tele- Every national leader in Europe graph, the telephone and the radio can point out a number of reasons combined bring the world to one's why this country is in a peculiar po- very door. Their vibrant voices out- sition that will not warrant imme- ride the storm, cross the seas and diate and unthinking reduction Yl penetrate the prairies and mountains. vrmaments. Each perhaps is right. Mankind, though isolated and shut off They merely want suitable guarantees from the world, is not alone in the .i '1 ;, tI 1 'J 3 t, _ t S r t" , r , a . i .I , I , . ;I what can we do? So here is another come back by the verbose Aristo- phanes, who will have the last word:t THOSE FOSSIL PEARLS , Dear Sir Toby: It is perfectly evident from Sun- day's paper that you have not seen those fossil pearls. They are the size1 of shriveled peas. Now 20,000,000' years ago only mastodons and mega- theria 'roamed the earth. As you know (or will learn if you investigate the subject), these animals are as big as houses. These pearls are sot small that animals so large could' not possibly have seen them without the use of a microscope. Now whot ever heard of men, much less ani- mals, playing marbles or golf with microscope?I ARISTOPIIANES CRUEL FATE orI The Sad Tale of Country Innocence Amid The Vile Intrigues Of , A City I was only a poor chorus man. How could I know what to do? I was dumb but happy. Ah, how happy 1 was! Alt, 'how dumb! Everything went well with me until that day, that fateful day when I met Her. How beautiful she looked that first day I saw her. She sent me down a note by the usher, saying she wanted to take me to supper. after the show. I agreed little realizing what my ulti- mate fate would be. I met her that night at the place she appointed. How beautiful she was! She was dressed not in restrain- ed colors as a less original and en- terprising woman would, but in startling green and mauve. Her dress was of that slinky, snaky sort that Nita Naldi always wears But I must pause and recollect,-this is no fash- ion magazine. When I found out how beautiful she was I also found out her name. She was Mrs. --, the dashing society matron who lived with but always was fighting her hus-~ band. Of course, she fell in love with me, although of that I had no idea until long afterward. But at that, how could she help, with my slender fig- ure with its graceful strength, and my not too masculine features, hand- some, yet not girlish ,striking, yet I not too brutish. "We must become good friends," she said, her oriental eyes fastening themselves upon me like some Greek basiliak. To this I assented. Why not? I was young and innocent, hav- ing come to New York from the cou- try only a few weeks before. Besides, friends are always good things to have, and when they can afford to pay, the dinner checks they are doubly worth while. So, as I have said be- fore, I assented. Then she suggested that she give me a party to introduce me to her so- ciety friends. It was here that I found myself in a predicament. How was I to refrain from using the Wrong Fork? I, who hod never han- died more than one such implement at the same meal in all my life? It, was then that this vile hearted wo- man's fell purpose manifested itself. (End of Part One) -YIFNIF * . * . FULFILLMENTj Below, kind sirs, we have the first pencil and charcoal (coke will do as well) sketch of Mr. E. Hamilton Mipp, noted crew coach and political light.I This is the work of Mr. Remingtonl P. Fairlamb, R. A. N. of London, M . MIPP in those hearty years was largely musclebound, and to be the leading man demanded sheer athletic endur- ance. There were fistfights in their plays, custard pies were flung two centuries ahead of this cinematogra- phic age, and the humor occasionally made the ladies blush through the carmine of their cheeks. Even today their rowdy farces can give no offense, so board and frank are the gestures; and even today their whacking good spirits, the whole robust good nature of the lines are making the revival of these comedies amazingly successful entertainment. After all, it is the old hokum which makes the box-office plod on, and Shakespeare, Moliere, Jonson, Hol- berg are reproving their triumphant sense of unholy farce. The Mimes' production of Holberg's "Beggarman"-its accurate title is "Jeppe of the Hill," save that no one would patronize such a name-is at- tempting to capture such a bouncing atmosphere, even at the risk of a few matrons leaving in shocked indigna- tion as was the case with "Great Catherine." There is to, be a cow- bell jazz orchestra-at least the spirit, if not the letter, of the fifteenth century-settings of colors that jangle, and costumes as grotesque as their characters. The entire undertaking-the first performances in America-is another experiment: remember "Great Cah- erine" and "Engaged." * * S " WHY 3ARRY I" The following cast, under the direc- tion of Phyllis Loughton and the supervision of the author, has been selected for the Masques' production of Jesse Lynch Williams' "Why Marry?", to be presented March 17 and 18 in the Mimes theatre: Jean ...............Margaret Geddes Rex Baker ..............Carl Purcell Lucy ..............Margaret Effinger Uncle Everett.....Robert Henderson John ...................Dale Shafer Cousin Theodore ......Kenneth King Helen ...............Lillian Bronson Ernest .............John Hassberger Butler ..............William Bishop Footman............Valentine Davies * * S THE FACULTY CONCERT A review, by Alan HathwayT The School of Music string quartet opened the Faculty Concert program with a group of numbers by Schu- mann, starting with rather a of co- ordination, but with a striking mel- ody. After the second number the I technicalities were better mastered and the whole was made pleasing by the continuity of melody. Mr. Samuel; Lockwood's success with the technical work supplimented by Miss Pauline Kaiser's vigor and heartfulness were perhaps the outstanding points. The vocal solos rendered by Miss Nora Crane Hunt, a rich contralto voice stirred the greatest enthusiasm of the audience during the program, bringing her back for an encore, Homer's 'Dearest' after four well bal- anced numbers. Her voice was full toned and her numbers rich in expres- sion. The accompanist, Miss Grace Richards added materially to the vocal renditions of the singer by her impressive touch. The appearance of Mr. Albert Lock- wood and Mrs. Marion Struble-Free- man, who with the string quartet gave a concert ensemble visibly lifted the instrumental numbers from possible mediocrity. These two carried the main burden of Chausson's 'Concerto, D major' throughout twenty minutes of expressive art. THE ORGAN RECITAL The following program will be pre- sented by Mr. Christian tomorrow afternoon at four-fiteen o'clock in Hill auditorium for the weekly Organ Recital: Prelude and Fugue in D major..Bach En Bateau .................. Debussy Beatitude ..................... Bossi Pierre a Notre Dame.....Boellman Toccata .................. Boellman Rondo Capriccio ..............emare Ave Maria .................Schubert Finale (Symphony 1) .........Vierne "The Drawn Shade" also "Portrait of a White Sheet." This is one of his few human studies. s * s QUICK SERVICE Pr'" L E A SE DON'T PATHS ON THE CMS I t .' i I i All Wool Pre-Shrunk In Beautiful Fabrics That Will Not Fade. Manufactured by A. NASH & CO. The Famous Golden Rule Tailors of CincinnatL i I I I Paths on snow form lee and kill all grass roots- beneath. Please don't make or use stich paths. And ask that a representative of the NASh CO. call upon you to show samples and styles. 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