The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 19, 1928, Page 4

4 « the Butcher Shop, to move on July 1. | | | | t { Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK ATURDAY, MAY 19, 1928 VITAL ARTICLES IN THE MAY “COMMUNIST” By JOHN L. SHERMAN. American young doctor philosophy for the advanced sections of the working class. In an issue which is probably the outstanding number yet printed there y|is an analysis of existing conditions }and perspectives for our Party, the left wing and the organized labor g right munists 1 some of the f f| movement which ranks among the our mov t theoretical literature written to- for. t day. No one who reads carefully the wing Communist and the better arcticles appearing in The DAILY WORKER, | will fail today to understand that there has been gradually building up is con-| a sound theoretical foundation for the future progress of the left wing which is the necessary condition of its advancement. aaaes “sale assions of} This is called the May Day num- dep |ber. But it is really a whole year How much much mere prop tion ctical arti-| of “The his qi swer to Communi zine of Party. Along wi this question v point for tw 2 ly oppo number. Any one who wants to know tactics and in the labor| what the left wing is about to under- movement, rot take, let him study this issue—and ur enemies will find little comfort there. “The Present * Situation in the or Movement,” by Jay Lovestone, Baste Questions of Our gener- ot studied} munist”| n opinion on!| the persp: ”’ by John Pepper; “Two Collabo e Strategies,” by William class, 5 Foster—each a detailed examin- ideolo, m of that most basic question (i.e. no) er scussed above. Do the Communists gle, ori 10w the labor movement, the Amer- Read the: of the “w: articles, e-cracks” at all hon the typica! we say ‘that Marx American cc te. and Engels, fifty rs ago under- A call to sharpening] stood present conditions in America exposure of s and the| better than our “socialists.” treachery of the bi ts and mi Read the article by A. Landy on d-of-the-roaders, a re definite}“Engels on the American Labor a@&alysis of the role of the state in| Movement,” and prove it to their the battles of th ng class, a| faces! rejection of e y ace A dozen other quite as valuable cepted ot municipal own-| articles feature this—the best num- ership” and nment” control—} ber yet of “The Communist.” 6 YEARS OF MOSCOW CHILDREN'S THEATRE ‘4 the course of the six years of its) performances of the theatre both in existence Yhildren’s Theatre |the theatre itself as well as in the of Mo: eveloped into cas ene the school, in ‘the “Pioneer” institut to education and|department, on the children’s play- art, which cultivating .a| grounds,” ¢te. sound unc and apprecia-|..The theatre collects everything— 4 7 n of future} drawing by the children, reproducing separate scenes of the performances, drawings inspired by the perform- ances, notes referring to the child- 70) ng | rén’s games, and to their general to attract ircle of | behavior, insofar as it was influenced activities c he theatre.| by some performance or other, and Tf uses the for scientific lly the opinions of the children. It gives| This is, all, being. studied, systemat- s which | ized and. considered in the choice of ,|the new productions. | Conferences of the most interested children are -being. held at definite intervals. On these occasions new and the| plays are being read and discus: performances are also be- y)ing discussed, and subjects for the further activities of the theatre are being prop Thus, the forthcom- pedagogi to the c ideologie: To achieve this actors ed. apparatu jing production of the theatre, en- the center « a great| titled, “The Little Communist,” based mumber of ents and/upon the life of the proletarian youth principals of institu-|of the western countries, has been tions, which are theatre. There h: @ group of par children from a Visitors of the t groups have bec are engaged in r tions of the yout ected entirely in response to the of the audience. children who are actively in- ted in the theatre, are publish- ‘ogical| ing a poster paper devoted to prob- which | le s of art relating not only to the mg the reac-| Moscow Children’s Theatre and to audience to the|other children’s theatres, but also to |their school life and to “Pioneer” | activities. -OPERATIVE IN | The following fact which by no ;means represents. a solitary occur- ence, may serve as an example of | | the educational importance of the Childre: Theatre. The teachers in ;charge of one of the most riotous | re ng stations for the homeless children have established the fact t these children behaved much tter after having attended a per- | formance of “Hiawatha” at the Mos- cow Children’s Theatre. The perfor- mance occupied the imagination of the children directing their creative energy towards art. If it is taken into consideration that the activities of the Moscow Chil- dren’s Theatre have no precedents to look back to either in the history of | the theatre or of pedagogy, ‘the cul- tural significance of this undertaking j will not fail to stand out in ail its greatness, Small Silk Bosses Would Disrupt Butcher Shop (By a Worker Correspondent) PATERSON, N.J., (By Mail).— The Purity Co-operative Association of this city has sent a notice of dis- possession to its sister co-operative, be This is the beginning of a fight in which the latter organization is de- termined to mobilize all its forces to prevent its own disruption by the Purity directors, all of whom are sither small manufacturers or tions now require as a tactic and a} | | { | } | ‘Damrosch_ to Conduct SHIRLEY VERNON [NEERIOE acting on the part of Robert Whittier, who is presenting August Strindberg’s “The Father” at the Belmont Theatre prevents this ad- mirable play from demonstrating all of its potential qualities. With a theme of major importance the play fails of its purpose due to a lack of proper treat- ment by"#hé8é"Who are responsible for its presentation, The plot tells of how 4 unscrupu- lous religious wife frames up»her hus- band, who is a free- |thinker, for fear | that their daughter may: learn to be- lieve in liberal ideas, “ | The wife, portrayed satisfactorily Symphony Concert lby Florence Johns, hires an alienist ¢ ople |to stay in the house and watch her | for Young Pe Iu | husband’s behavior, and then pushes Details of the Symphony Concerts him off the thin ledge of mental bal- | r oe ave b jance by planting in his mind the idea oor OURE Peo ee hd weal that perhaps he is not the father of musical life for. the| the little girl atter all, past thirty years,|. That thought slowly addles his i announced by| brain. He is crushed by the doubts | the. Philharmonic|She has raised, so crushed, indeed, Symphony Society. One of the principals in the musical show, “Good News,” which just cele- brated its 800th performance at Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre. Florence Johns | [August Strindberg’s “Father” Admirable, But Poorly Done ® (“A Daughter of Israel” Opens at the Cameo Today Based on the French novel “Jacob’s Well,” by Pierre Benoit, under which name the film feature has been shown in France, England and Germany with success, “A Daughter of Israel,” starring Betty Blythe which comes to the Cameo today, is in its theme a modern version of the historic story |of Judith and Holofernes. Produced in most lavish fashion in the original locale of Paris and the Near East, “A Daughter of Israel” | required nearly a year and almost a quarter of a million dollars to make, The work of the Jewish colon- ists in Palestine also is shown. The cast of foreign players is headed by Andre Nox and includes Leon Mathot, who plays the heavy, Annette Ben- son, Ernest Maupin, Malcolm Tod, and Henriette Delannoy. =—Screen Note=== “Husbands Or Lovers?” an Ufa film based on the Russian play, that her very assurance that she did Divacted: as alvs not mean it, convinces him that she by Walter D. did. rosch, the customary . The household, with the exception | of the husband, consists exclusively | six Saturday after-|o¢ women, In addition to the wife| ater Dame 3 |mother-in-law and his old nurse. How | ior October 18 and |the women, with the able assistance 27, November 10 lof the doctor drive him insane, step December 1, 15 and 29. Present sub-| py step, is a wonderful revelation. scribers have until June 1 to renew.| Mr. Damrosch, discussing the se-| ries before he sailed, co: ented on the changed audience which it had de- veloped in the past few years. “Like the English horn which isn’t English and isn’t a horn,” he explain-) ed, “the Symphony Concerts for Young People aren’t really for ‘young people’ at all, any more. Technically speaking, the series is planned to bridge the hiatus between the Chil- dren’s Concerts and the regular sub- scription concerts. “However, unlike the Children’s Concerts which have an audience al-} most exclusively of. youngsters, the Young People’s subscribers include many adults. In a day when no one is too old to learn to enjoy an art which may ‘have been missed in a crowded youth, the general education- al movement has no'limit. It is al- ways a satisfaction to me to feel that thousands of older listeners, as well as adolescents, have, through these He is at last forced into a straight | jacket and in the last act lies dead upon the parlor sofa, the conspiracy | of the female brigade being success- ful, The daughter will be brought up as a fine christian lady even though one man had to die to make it pos- sible! The play is ruthless in exposing tHe plotting of the women, who in the name of religion and _ christianity | calmly drive the man slowly to his, grave. The play has sardonic power that displays itself during the entire | production whenever Mr. Whittier stops his ynusually extreme tragic acting. If he could be persuaded to put more sincerity into his part and less shouting, the play would be im- proved a hundredfold, The other members of the cast are passable, and include Albert Reed, Robert le Suer, and Kate Mayhew. —S. A. P. “THE END OF ST. PETERS- concerts, learned to ‘understand and appreciate ‘the great masters.” BURG” NEXT MONDAY MOISSI TO BE SEEN HERE! Arthur Hammerstein announces that “The End of St. Petersburg” will have its American premiere at Ham- merstein’s Theatre, Monday night, May 28. The picture was produced by the Russian Soviet government and was directed by Padowkin. Alexis Davor plays tha leading role. Mr. Hammerstein purchased the American rights to the film in the course of his recent visit to Europe. ture was scheduled to open this Mon- day but the United States Depart- ment of State insisted that the pic- ure be viewed by a reviewing com- mittee from Washington before its re- lease was sanctioned. IN TOLSTOI PLAY Negotiations are now. going on be-| tween Edgar Selwyn and Alexander Moissi for the appearance of the noted German actor in this country next fall in an- English version of Tol- stoi’s “The Living Corpse.” “The Living Corpse” was the final play given in New York by the Rein- hardt players in their repertory sea- son at the Cosmopolitan Theatre. | Moissi, in the title role, scored a great | personal triumph. The cast, with the | exception of Herr Moissi, will be American although no other part has yet been filled. It is almost ten years since Arthur } Hopkins, in the fall of 1918, first presented this Tolstoi drama in Eng- | lish at the Plymouth Theatre under | the title, “Redemption,” and starring John Barrymore, It is Mr, Selwyn’s plan to send “The Living Corpse” on tour upon the completion of its New Owen Davis’ newest play is billed for the Cort Jamaica Theatre Monday night. This new one is called “A Shotgun Wedding” and is being pro- duced by William Harris, Jr. Tom Douglas will have one of the leading roles along with Helen Flint. York run. George M. Cohan has three new Seer een plays on the way. In Boston he is MRS, FISKE IN SHAKESPER-| putting the finishing touches to “Fast IAN COMEDY Company,” at the Tremont there. Casting is now going on for “By Re- quest,” the J. C. and Elliott Nugent comedy. A new musical comedy is slated to follow, although Mr. Cohan has not decided on a definite date. Mrs. Fiske, who with Otis Skinner and Henrietta Crosman, has been ap- pearing this season in a revival of “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” will be seen next season in another Shakespearean comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing.” This will be pro- duced by Harrison Grey Fiske, who sponsored “The Merry Wives,” and will-open on Nov. 12, playing most of the larger cities east of the Mis- sissippi. Besides Mrs. Fiske, it is announced that a “cast of noted stars” will appear. EXCITEMENT “Dorian Gray,” a play based on Oscar Wilde’s novel, “The Picture of Dorian Grey,” is scheduled to open at the Biltmore Theater, Monday. May 21. 10 A. M, Sports: Elaborate athletic contest, open their labor lacke | At the mass meeting to be held on| | 3 p.m., at Helvetia Hall, 56 St., the Butcher Shop di- a plan of ac the opening of on a genuine work-| | rectors will p w y night at the Bijou Theatre. Theatre. served the P; not only NEW PLAYS “SKIDDING,” a comedy by Aurania Rowverol, will open Monday Churchill, Louis Carter, Clara Blandick and Charles Eaton. | | “DORIAN GRAY,” a dramatization of Oscar Wilde’s “The Story of Dorian Gray,” will be presented Monday night at the Biltmore “GET ME IN THE MOVIES,” a comedy by Charlton Andrews and 5g to all members of the co-opera- tive organizations, Program’ in- cludes: a) Relay race for men, women, and children; b) 200 and 1,500 meters run- ning; ¢) ‘Shotput; a) Discus; e) Broad jump. Valuable prizes given on all events, 3 P, M. Greetings: Neal Kruth, chairman, Singing: Associated men's and women’s choruses of New York and Brooklyn; United Workers’ Co-operative Singing Soc., Bronx; Workers of Consumers Co-oper- ative Services, Irving Pl, Branch, The cast includes: Marguerite by selling th Obi Philip Dunning, is scheduled to open at the Earl Carroll Theatre Able but al ipporting | ¢¥ | Monday night. Sterling Holloway heads the cast. workers’ u both morally} Zon + ——+ and financially. | Tn contrast to this, the Purity Bak-| ery directo > constituted them-| sélves an organization of hate and venom to the workers’ cause. This was the main reason in the rift in the Pelations between the two co-opera- tives, and it is: generally believed mg the workers that the bakery is playing a suicidal game. 100 COPIES $1. _M. 119. East. 14th STREET THE BIBLE IN THE BALANCE By CHARLES SMITH, president, AMERICAN ASS’N FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ATHEISM, INC. This new 8,000-word, 4-page 4A folder discredits the Bible. Most powerful anti-Christian tract ever written. SAMPLE FREE. FREEMAN HOPWOOD, General Secretary & triends at the DANCING EATS & NEW YORK CITY. The pic- |, FUN ATTEND CO-OPERATORS FESTIVAL SUNDAY, MAY 20th, 1928 BEGINNING AT 10 A. M. ULMER PARK, foot of 25th Avenue, BROOKLYN Program: “Nju” by Ossip Dymovy, and featur- ing Emil Jannings, and Conrad Veidt, will be seen at the 55th St. Playhouse beginning today. In conjunction with this, the Playhouse will also present Harry Langdon in “His Marriage Wow.” “The Younger Generation,” adapt- ed from a play and magazine story, “Tt Is To Laugh,” by Fannie Hurst, will be one of Columbia’s productions planned for early release. It is a story of ghetto life. Norman Kerry has been engaged to play a leading role in support of Pola Negri in a modernized version of Sardon’s “Fedora.” The picture has been renamed, “The Lady From Moscow.” Lawrence Grant, Paul Lukas and Jack Luden also have parts. “Dawn,” the much-discussed war film which tells the story of Edith Cavell, has been definitely announced as coming into the Times Square Theatre on May 29, under the aus- pices of the Film Bureau. IN WILLARD MACK THRILLER Beatrice Banyard, who plays the leading feminine role in “The Scarlet Fox,” Willard Mack’s drama at the Royale Theatre. EDUCATION Muste: Brooklyn Finnish Work- ers’ Club Band; United Workers’ - Co-operative Mandolin Orches- tra. Festival. Imprexsions, In Cartoons: Henry Askeli. Pictures & Views: Co-operative Organ- izations in Greater New York, Classical Novelty: Brooklyn Junior Co-operators, Dancing: New York Yourg Progressives. Calisthenies: Associated sport and athletic clubs of Brooklyn, Bronx, New York, Jamaica, Ma- riners Harbor and Jersey City. 6 P. M. Dancing, Refreshments: service all day. and drinks, Complete food Plenty of eats This festival, while being the season's first out-door event, is also Greater New York's most unique entertainment. co-operative forces in Greater New York and vicinity, It is a review of the Meet your A ‘THEATRE GUILD PRODUCTIONS EUGENE O’NEILL’S PLAY STRANGE INTERLUDE JOHN GOLDEN THEA., 58th St, B. of B'way. ‘ Evenings only at 5:30 sharp. Dinner Intermission at 7:30. BEGINNING MONDAY, MAY 21 A SARDONIC FARCE, BASED ON BEN JOHNSON’S FAMOUS COMEDY oy BY STEPHEN ZWEIG “VOLPONE” GUILD THEATRE WEST 52nd ST. Evenings 8:38. Mats. Thurs. and Sat. 2:30. Week of May 28: “MARCO MILLIONS”, Week of June 4: “VOLPONE.” H “T have at last found something that touches the heart and inflames the spirit.” —Leonard Hall in Telegram. LEONID ANDREYEV’S MASTERPIECE “The Waltz of the Dogs” 48th Street Theatre—Mats. Wed. & Sat, i Car Evs. 8:30, Mats. (Winter Garden PTS Se'sat. | Greenwich Villace Follies GREATEST OF ALL REVUES. 35th WEEK RACU B'way, 46 St. Pwes. 8.30. Mats. Wed. & FULTON &3°. 3 42d. W. of SAM Thea,, um. HARRIS fway. Yves. é:s0. at, 2.30 Mats, Wed. & Sat. omsonte'S ramrvesiniyecs ems 7444 LOVELY LADY CHANIN'S46th St.W: of Broad with Wilda Bennett & Guy Robertson Evenings at Mats. Wed. & Sat. The Heart of Coney Island LUN. Battle of Chatequ-Thierry MILE SKY CHASER TILT-A- | Free Circus, Con- WHIRL | certs and Dancing Luna’s Great Swimming Pool Helen Mack has succeeded Netta Harrigan in “Dracula,” which recent- ly passed its 250th performance at the Fulton Theater. with GEO. OLSEN and HIS MUSIO Samuel Shipman and John B. Hy- mer, authors of “Crime,” have written a new melodrama. The title is “Fast A. H. Woods will produce it. Life.” GREATEST Classical Concert of the Season GRAND 66 | ae O R 99 Concert For Jewish Colonization in Soviet Russia Tonight at 8:30 CARNEGIE HALL 57th Street and 7th Avenue Viola Philo Dramatic Soprano” Metropolitan Opera House MICHIO ITO - ma Classical Program Herold Kravitt Great Opera Basso Japanese Dancer N. Y. Philharmonic Orchestra Sex- tette in a Classical Program. Soviet Moving Picture Showing the Life of the Jewish Colonists in Soviet Russia. Tickets at the Box Office. 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 Speakers: Co-operators’ Festival HOW TO GET THERE: Frum Times Sq. or Union Sq. take BMT sub- way, West End Line to 25th Ave, Station. minutes walk to Ulmer Park, CO-OPERATORS’ ANNUAL FESTIVAL From there it’s only two Note sign at the gate: DRINKS SINGING M. J. OLGIN, MANACHEM (BORAISHO) RUEBEN BRAININ, Chairman, ame ce i tect UE