1) N Y, J N I A P)22 THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE StAll XV, IANtARtY 22, 1522 THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE dolelitss turn giveii iiore saice, for 1Ithose wcho run the Little Theaters, New York critics that Broadway twiceF hie is aic isnstc interestiiit chaiai-iiclh grouips as the Washington Square intended to stage "The Hand of the; tser. tie appeairs in a siubtly pathetic.,iplayers, soil the P'rovincetown Play- Potter" and then, wits a wary eye to tight, figliting for a recognition which c s, go to workc with faithifol rendi- hox-office receipts, turnsed it downo, not ir c or et arhieves. Yet, op to the, lions.cwitlh all dtie tribute suit cour- on the grounds of niorality, hut on the last,. le sings his warrioi song as he tesy to the play creators, they are he- groiinils that it wouldn't tie profitabile. cites of tublerculiosis. set tiy the tnaves who have forced I recall to these critics also that Ii tie earlier tart of the novel, one themint o their revcili,liy ainiiquiiry ltce placy isa heen praised bsy Arthur slight suggestimn is givein that Glinuten ,aliioist itnparalleled, Hopkins-at least iii days gone hy- pwc sitly attended the Uiiscisity of tcir the venality of the press, it aiid to sense extent, biy such critics as Mlichilgaic. Thc' authoir says somnettingig too wiide and too welt knowno even Nathan and Menuketi, ftir more hy ahiiiut the foottiall biteachieis tilossoni in discuss. Act honest newspaper is BurtioItasceeatnd T. Rt. Siiith, biy tng wsitts2itsize suit Itue."tRegaisd-,i's rare as an hoiieot political utfice Lecisonlun by Ralph Holmes, biy it- less iifsshat iiistitiitioin it wis, Fieli- holder. There aren't teii of either in gar Lee Masters. ?Moreover, at the ing Ctinctecidn'tit reimaiin at college tie country, tine it was first putbiishied it was; long. The ileanciniformied itm that But hack to "'The Hand of the Pot- ,latieit in "The D~ial." And, tee lie! tie lit dnut scirked in one of the ccir'amid the critics whse accused, it I imid that the Nesv York Amnericacn courses whtichti Ie, ltheidean, had con- ofieiiig itomoral and dehasing.I said at that time, that without "The dclect. hasve ofteni hiarid it said of this play Hasil of the Potter," 'American titers- "Youi didn't di o y wscm,"aii the bytc Dreiser that it is pessimistic, lure would he "the poorer biy wvhat is lean. c goy, cecii cisagreeatile. Well, so certalinly iine of the strongest plays' "ts that sii? W'ell, neither cit you," i'Ocedipiis IRex," no is "tamliet,"cii it ias sit facr kiown." Praise (and scnh~e answercc d hos nfic fticidenis "Ghoccsts." I retily to the New York censure too, I freely aidmsit) was bh-i-1 qiictecl thce inicersicy. riitiioewht in kuct, especially, ed out biy papers froni coast tol "C(stit Stiid-lis, bthe ti cc usF'nsste's ito Nellie' Dawsoni oitthe (Globie wcovtocsast. Tic Detrocit New's, inione re- sec ond nov el. Ini1t19i .the tFlail"ccwas in Iicket duty on M'auDicugalt dccc'., saict, "It has an artistic aicoscis-j a:ppear- ut cclit enjcyect a 'sma ll popu-i strieet wherie the tplay was fist given, itisticient, tii cadditionc toictlb MOIIAI tairityv comptaredt with '"totltSthod." isten Nellie, what have you to sayj sincerity." The capitals are tme. The latter is not sic svell kicowsi iSiit of"Oeipucsitex," cit"Htamnlet,", of Later, icc the same pcaper, "ai study of! itesercesicti e Itt iiaydfalil iii the co~hsts'?" WHeren't.tiey, dear girl, cisc of tie most recotting typies of l seccint racis , hut it is far superior to +cterribily icinioral? Why docn't you read imentalt degeneracy." A medticsag-1 nicisi cit the "tiest sielec:s." ccc u nit tell youir little play-feluws aucie of high repte praised the play; _-atbcuithIlemi. Thiinkc what ai ceat cclI frco ethical, pathcological, and artistic I'II't HA N I) OF 'T.111T godyu andote ord'yhain viecwpoiints. godoucndthwolbyhin.) c(~i 10 1 l ill colder of themtIccurnedt. If"The; I tinuk Iliact Iiiay suifety say thutd iCintinuedi fromncPag e It cacl of 1cthcPtter" is icmoral, "Oeiti-a the extremce derogaticin was dice tic lug the ,actors---thioughi I thick thait1tics Itex" is ten tines worse. Puritanismi. Icideecd, t think that even most of theim are nothinge but hiti I also call to the attention of thet (Continued ocn Page 8) L. coii' polytis-liut raithier they execci- - tic'', tie oswners, unit many of the pltay. rigts. They gzo fitrther than this hog- cc ltc,,ics ci carinality, hiisvc'vec. They hasve destroyed art icn whcatever form, they have found it. No mcasterpiece; liar bieeci sacred to them; they loire )en;t ltce finest things tirouced tol their, scuritid coccoc-y-snaking mcachine;j thley harjve cccrictiect tivicig artists coi l then nice tirocecitei tic breatk their hea rts by wvartilog their wourkus. In-I deed, it is the favorite pcccatiitity of the cheat dea