The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 17, 1927, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDA & BOOKS S| | International mem | Y. OCTOBER 17, 1927 VOICES OF REVOLT. SPEECHES OF MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE. Fifty cents. WRITINGS OF cents. ” Opens at the Guild 'Dramatization of Du Bose Heyward’s Novel Is al Realistic Portrayal of Negro Life in So, Carolina “Porgy JEAN PAUL MARAT. International Publishers. Fifty Even to those who have carefully studied the French revolution, | the role of the leaders who arose at various stages is obscured by the ma- jestie pageantry of the historical movement itself. Marat, Danton, Robespierre, the triumvirate of the Jacobin club e ted or reviled according to the cla prejudices of the official historians; limitation that prevents them properly evaluating the n, | ippers of the school of Thomas Carlyle did em- 1 role it was only to distort it in the most grotesque | environment in which the object of the eulogy operated. | RUTH LYONS 1 The Theatre Guild opened its ea | son this week with “Porgy,” a dram- | atization of DuBose Heyward’s novel | jof Negro life in South Carolina.| | Dramatizations of novels usually fall] {short of realizing the full scope and character analysis of the original, | and this is not an exception. The mystic poetry of the crippled beggar, | nen the her phasize the individu manner, ignoring the Obviously the question of the role of the individual revolutionary leader | Porgy, is lost in the dramatized | could not be approachec y from any viewpoint other than that of | vet hie played by Frank Wilson, the Marxist. tunately most Ma s competent to deal scientif- | en, too, the play is disjointed and confusing, with its four acts and nine {scenes of mass action alternating with occasional, for the most part, uni iring, solo parts. ‘As a realistic portrayal of life, however, the play is {all that could be expected. And} may be desirable to sacrifice dramatic | unity for realism, The curtain rises on a summer eve- ning crap game in Catfish Row, in the Negro quarter of Charleston. We see the natural gaiety of the life |there, followed quickly, however, by! a quarrel over the game and the kill- ing of Robbins by Crown, a stevedore, | revolutionists of the past were too busily involved in the| vote the necessary time to an analysis of the} 1 figures of other days. ics ally with t * * before such a task is accom- niliarize the workers, and especially the newer recruits y movement, with the best in the writings and speeches of the revolutionists of yesterday—and the day before. ional Publishers has set for itself by publishing glish a series of attractive booklets containing the all the world-famous leaders in revolutionary nder the general title “Voices of Revolt.” , just off the pr contain excerpts from the| spierre and the flaming exhortations written by | In “The Matrimonial Bed,” the French farce at the Ambassador Theatre, volum f£ Robe WM. GREEN (from up the tree) “Remember—the deader you act, the less he'll bother you.” Marat. FE e exceedin, competent introductions that place) __ ES G Ree PS SS OES AD. Ge _____ | Who escapes into the night as the| ——____ : - the subje. orieal pe tive, showing the class tendencies | ee crowd disappears into the congested|Ularly in the few moments immedi- they repr te ackesuad aoe a aur anding. ef a 44 >> ae bee ee a eres ee oe moe eae speeches ¢ In addition to this, each chapter contains a short in- VEN: u e n the next scene the mourners are | She P 1 troductory r iving the date and condition under which it was delivered assembled in the widow’s room sing-| il until the fall of the curtain, was or written y its social significance, lirfg “Deat’ aint’ yuh gots no shame?” )¢¢ellent. Evelyn Ellis was also good’ Particu today is the introduction to the booklet dealing | > with some of t s of Robespierre, in view of the fact that members | of the opposition in the Communist Party of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics have pillaged the French bourgeois revolution of its terminology in the most thrillingly stirring man- tant section of the New York work-j it is a sad day for the working class,|ner imaginable. The group finally] Karlin also said, “I don’t care|reaches a pitch of frenzied religious workers as-| whether you vote for Panken on the|fervor as night casts the shadows of land Jack Carter carried the role of | Crown very well, except that he might j|have risen to greater heights of pas- sion in the scene with Bess on the By SYLVAN A. POLLACK. The socialist party is conducting © When thousands of in order to cast aspersions upon the Central Committee of the Party. We refer to the charge of “thermidorianism.” It was on the 9th Thermidor| (July 27, 4) that Robespierre was guillotined.. That act signified the be-| ginning of counter-revolution. | Most valuable also is the short historical sketch dealing with the Jacobin} Club, showing that it was the real government of France during the most} tempestuous months of the revolution. The Committee of Public Safety and} an extensive campaign in the east side of New York to reelect Judge} Jacob Panken, New York’s only so-, cialist judge. In their campaign to return Pan- r ken to office the socialist party lead- ers are using all of the methods of} the republican and democratic sembled in Union Square in a Sacco-| grounds of nationality or class cons- Vanzetti protest meeting it was|ciousness, but vote for him.” Here Weinberg of the socialist party who| we have a classic example of the kicked Ben Gold, leader of the fur-| low depths ito which the socialist because the assembled workers| leaders go in their scramble to ob- wanted to hear him speak. | tain votes. Appealing for votes for *. s . | Panken in a Jewish neighborhood be- Delivering the keynote speech at/ cause he is of the same nationality the gesticulating mourners on the wall, adding to the weird creepy feel- ing created by the whole moving scene. This and the other crowd scenes reveal the skilful sympathetic | direction of Rouben Mamoulian in all its glory. island. A word should be said in conclusion about the beautiful way in which the street cries of the Negro vendors in the South are woven into the play. The sing-song chants of the “honey |man” and the “crab man” approach the: spirituals in poignant beauty. ppear in their proper perspectives, as imperative necessities of| ties. They are distributing tho’ Crown’s Bess, who has gone to live 7 : : 3 : S| the ratification meeting for Panken| is undoubtedly one of the lowest and|.. 5 Many of us who live in New York instead of the creatures of disordered minds of fanatics drunk of leaflets hearalding Panken held at the Second Avenue Theatre,} most disgusting acts in the long with eee upon as 8 escape, €N-| - ould appreciate it if the hawkers of are incapable of exercising, as the prostituted historians of | “people’s candidate,” likewise at-| on September 29, William Karlin told| history of socialist party betrayal |C°Unters Crown after a community |, etables, fruit, coal, et cetera, ¥ p y iy g | tempting to line up as many respect- |able republican and democratic poli- ersity chairs would have us believe. pienic a month later on a nearby island. the modern uni plainly on what grounds the cam-|and misconduct. would create some similar folk ex- Pe eee bl and dem paign will be conducted. One more thing. The Second Ave-| 8 Ble dues not rebum (ta iGal~ |e seeconaiul Decunge oun tear ean: i 3 : ry: |Helans as possible in his support. | “{ know many republicans and|nue Theatre meeting had all the| {ish Row for two days and when she |Poaee Vi he able to make many such Marat, who signed himself “the friend of the people” is shown as the! ‘The socialists recently formed an democrats who prefer to have Pan-| does she acts demented for some time, other earmarks of a Tammany Hall rally. Instead of the usual brass band playing the “Sidewalks of New York” we found a Jewish actor en-| tertaining the audience. In fact, most of those present were more interest- ‘ i 4 colorful contributions to the blossom- until Maria, the keeper of the board-|;_ of Wises ‘proletarian enteaiton nil REESE Hh he which we expect will accompany the ik some POnOe: i get the “cunjur” transformation from capitalism to woman to drive out the devil, and a Socialism in America. uae most powerful, far-seeing and politically intelligent figure of his time. In-| organization they call the Lawyers stead of the diseased and warped paralytic, the maniacal monster, depicted! Non-Partisan Committee for the Re- by the sychophants of the bourgeoisie, Marat was the creative genius of the| election of Justice Panken. The com- revolu “It was Marat who recognized at the very outset, with his in- | mittee is composed of lawyé¥s, all of ical acumen, the quality of the ‘constitutent national as-|them members of the republican and ken try their cases, because he al-| im administers justice,” stated | Karlin. Here in simple language we have the socialist conception of par- liamentary action. Justice! For whom embly’, as ¢ ‘emaker for the respectable bourgeoisie, and simultaneously | democratic parties. One of the lead-|and under. what conditions? If one|ed in hearing the jokes than in the|few friends say prayers for Bess’! == 3 . an oppressor of the great masses of the people. He was the first to em-| ing spirits is Congressman F. H. La-| understands Karlin correctly Panken| socialist spellbinders. soul, Bess, apparently miraculously, | Broadway Briefs e the class contradictions of the ‘third estate’, the first to become a| Guardia, republican, who during the | decides each case in “his” court from be > * recovers, but the messenger comes! ( _)) onate proclaimer of the hardships and needs of the wage laborers, petty| war fought in the Italian army. Al-| the point of view of the “people” not artisans, petty traders, and poor peasants,” declares the introduction. |tho he claims to be an enemy of fas- | from the point of view of the work- i ; : 4 hie |cism he uses methods very similar|/ing class. When re} ublicans and As a true revolutionist Marat was merciless in his criticism of and at-|@1S™ (eater ang, 58, pI Sa tacks upon all those who stood in the path of the revolution. His invectives| 0 inst of we duce argainst his pee | ieee " pag enn against the the. voluptuary, Mirabeau; and the low) janes Pasta an ee face pene, poltroon, N 5 r Hugo’s monument of shame that he} : : 2b 2 Ses erected to Louis Bonaparte in his “Louis the Little.” a Ng hight Bea When trifling fools and cowards were lamenting the cruelty practiced | 7 Be taken GREE Paracel upon the former ruling class and demanding leniency for them, Marat kept | trom him: ‘However, lebuse byietle before the masses the horrors that would confront them with the triumph of | analyze the significance’ Of dis cian reaction. He told them that they must not let a “mistaken humanity” hold If Panken is the “people’s A back drunk and Maria upbraids him | ee? for leaving poor Bess to the mercy |. The Palace program of the week of Christian prayers. jincludes: Blossom Seeley with Benny Crown later returns to Catfish Row | Fields, Isa Kremer, concert star, Joe to claim his Bess, but is killed by | Frisco, Georgie Wood, “As We Were, Porgy as he tries stealthily to enter # tabloid revue With Almira Sessions, ..|Porgy’s doorway. The way.the peo-| Del Chain and Low’ Archer, Bert Shep- \ple lie consistently to protect their/hard and Company, Billy Reed and |fellows against the questions of the} Lew Duthers and Bury’s Deg Stars. | white police and sheriff may have yee PRR ke ee parallels in the relation of the} Moss’ Broadway bills of vaudeville entire proletariat to the agents of the | 'S headed by Flo Meyers and the Bort In spite of the fact that Panken is not a real representative of the work- ers, the Workers’ (Communist) Party supports him in the coming election in preference to his repub- licean and democratic opponents. * * * WHAT THE DAILY WORKER MEANS TO THE WORKERS Mere Encouraging Contributions To Our Emergency Fund. back their blows and declared that it is far better to sacrifice a few thou-| that means he is above classes, rep-)| @@=@"="=""™ Ba = 7 | John Girls, Tudy Strawbridge, Little i i ; s S ses, rep-| italist class, And in this play the E ¥ sand traitors and conspirators than to yield to them and permit them to| resenting both the workers and the| Jim Jamnis, Argo, Il. ......... 1.00} Joseph A. Ueker, St. Louis, Mo. 5.00 face. sever ev Jeanie, The Seebacks, Kraft and La- murder millions. At a critical moment of the revloution he thundered to the| posses. It means that as a judge,|Harry Damos, Argo, Ill. .. -1.00 | Oscar Moilanen, Bruce Crossing, Gas would think bon weed now | mont and Kemper and Bayard. populace: | Panken is “fair,” viewing each ques-|M. E. Nuigari, Argo, Ill. 1.00 | Miohy 3). o.. ‘ saga ‘a oes eae Ce Ret d x : P : l4s * . a 00 | Nest > have no fear of the alienation of his| Pickwick,” the Frank C. Reilly an “Your enemies need only triumph for a moment and blood will jtion from the point of view of the H. Fettin, Argo, Ill, ... 1.00 | Nester Alto, Ewen, Mich. ..... Bess’ affection, but a young vendor|Cosmo Hamilton. dramatization of flow in torrents. 1ey will murder you without compassion, they {people and on that basis arrives at| Edw. Schmid Summit, Ill. ..1.00) Chas. Unsinran, Bruce Crossings f “h md iukue Kaseaang with Weel il! vo tem: the Mrsniee- to IL vi > » bel f your wives in order i rever |a decision. Stephen Zitt, Argo, Ill. 1.00 | Mich. of “happy dust” lures her away with | Dickens wil! move from the Emp will rip open the bellies of your wives, and in order to stifle forever | Pp : g | nN hectneste d fi high ihe ide @ ign Chasiva 4anleut k . iiherty ie * + ot : ; A : se{J. Flatt, Ar; 1,00|0. Raatikka, Bruce C. the magic drug, for which s as a|/the Selwyn Theatre tonight. the love of liberty their bloody hands will tear out the entrails of |. It is well that Panken and his att, a . e Cr weniiecetadd i rammen ora reealie) peti your children in order to crush their hearts.” | backers so frankly state the kind of | H. V. Ha Mich. “2 in New York, and the play ends with} Two new plays are scheduled for i i J Leib, field, L. Y. 2.00|Hiski Smith, Ewen, } : ; soar Ge} ” 5 Every line, every syllable breathed the deepest hatred of the oppreascna: | ewan Wak weston eee ett yee Tate: wane he i . 1.00|E. Peterson, Sighs = ia “Yoo Porgy getting into his goat cart to| this evening, ee ge aaa deed To read the writings of Marat is sufficient to understand why the defunct| a. well as those throughout the rest|J. Bychek, Pas » ++ 8:00 | Leo. P. Lemely, Philadelphia “| drive to New York and get her. the reed es ee ig! nobility selected one of their low sluts, Charlotte Corday, to murder him| o¢ the country an opportunity to see| Joseph Barry, Jersey City, N. J. 1.00! 1) RE es eels thas 2 dase 3.25 Rose MacClendon’s acting, partic-!at the Lyric Theatre. ~ ee ee ee ee ee Panken and his colleagues in their | Geo. P. Poropat, Union City, N. J. 2.00) Am. Lith. Workers Local 30, a Se Ser es hee OS true light. | Chester, Pa. . {Katherine Poropat, Union City, | | ca .1,00 | Geo. Vital, Beioit, W 1,00 | Shop Nucleus No. * One gets a A ee 7 rstanding of the French revolution by reading them than in any|, Another thing. Panken as a mem-| Mary Poropat, Hoboken, N. J. Every worker should have these booklets in his collection, better unde: eS oak Ebner ber of the socialist party is closely|John Poropat, Hoboken, N. J...1.00} # Minn heey ve oes wey 1 Know about, : 7 connected with the same reactionary | M.Zangromoho, Hoboken, N. J. 1.00 S. J. K . Chicago, Il. eae x - _ We do not advise the study of the revolutions of the past in order to| forces who are today wrecking the|F. Guijiv, Hoboken, N. J. ...... 1.00; A. Waite & J. Pincus, New AMBASSADOR BN 4 mimic them today, or in order to aarp the terminology to cover our own| needle trades unions of New York.|Lizzul, Hoboken, N. J. ........ 100] , zo City Mats. Wed. & Sat. 2:30. fy 105 W. 14. CHELsea 0054 theoretical immaturity, but only in order to profit by the mistakes and to! A large part of his campaign funds) Jack.Feurer, New York City 1.00} Bakers Local Ne or apis Presents better understand the class forces that created this society. We realize with| will be put up by the Jewish Daily |J. Pellegrini; New York City ..1.00! New York y 4 MATRIMONIAL BED & “TH enor Au Marx that the revolution of today “cannot draw its poetry from the past.’! | 1.00 | Petro Stepaniuk, Mont: ; : pene: <0! Forward, that at the same time is|B. Reichandt, Brooklyn, N. Y.... tonducting a struggle against the | Chas. Benscher, Brooklyn, N. Y. cloakmakers, dressmakers and fur-}M. Reitter, Brooklyn, N. Y. .... riers. Fred Scheer, Ridgewood, L. 1 jDella Otta Even his campaign manager, A. N.Y. ... ++-1,00}_ coe, Ohio . ae |N. Weinberg, is closely aligned with|G. J. Petrovits, n, N. Y, 1.00/K. Kolowka, Worcester | the group that is fighting the mil | Jos Manchor, West View, Pa. ..1.00 J. Stanley, Worcester We know that “it cannot start upon its work before it has stricken off all Superstition concerning the past.” And in order to strike off all supersti- tion concerning the past we must understand it. 1.00 | Canada 1.00|A. Kahrmo: EN in Ibsen’s comedy : “AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE” 5 lly "way at 62: Hampden Ss hea, B'way at 62d The Theatre Guild Presents —H. M. WICKS. t FREETHOUGHT IN A HICK TOWN ATS wie 2. WwW oni t 8:80. aca oR SET 0 or ci er a a Fa AN Eee Matinees Wednesday and Saturday 2:20 LITTLE | HELEN MacKELLAR FANCY LADY, by Homer Croy. Harper. $2. | Masa. oe Se : Ta i rane eR ae as St. | ¢ RALPH MORGAD ’ This is the story of a woman who was converted from sawdust—trailed | Vv. Lazareft, Worcester, Ma The Desert Song x ‘in ‘Romancing ’Rount gy relinn es eared final reatey bine the sels sed nee ean nen she sent "mY e ty iG Dudko, Subs ster, with Robt. 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