The evening world. Newspaper, September 3, 1918, Page 12

TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1918 Y ‘American Girls Would Reap | Real Benefit From Marriage Of Our Soldiers to French’ Tr wo Thousand Mermaids to Save Your Life If You Swim Too Far or Wade Too Deep! + New Angle in Discussion Taken by Prof. Johnson of New York University, Who Not Only Favors the International Marriage for the Soldier but, Sees in It Opportunity for the Eounomic Ad-| vancement of the American Young Woman by' Opening Her Way to a “Career.” By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Coprright, 1918. ty The Prom Pobiishing Os, (Ye Now York Beotrg Wate) “T HOUSANDS of American soldters vndvubtedty will marry French | girls and women and settee down in Frac. after the wer. Ana it will be a mighty good thing, from tho rlewpoine ¥oc of Lada @Hology and of wonomics.” ‘Thus tntrapidly does Joseph French Jehnson, soonomirs at New York University and dean of its School of Accounts and Finance, accept the proposal of certain French writers that some of our boys In khaki! sbould give them. rrofessor of history and/ At Inst bow far Founee te fron Seo eres, ond bet 00 ns wi"? woe 8 whol) upon chad understanding.” | “But how xbomt the Mpptness of such marriuges?™ 1 agked Dean Johu- son. “Do you think thee the French woman and the Amertoan man ae temporamentally sulted to each other? Psychologically speukivg, ought tiey to marry?” “1 think an American man would wet along better with a French wo ran than with a woman of any other tara, except, possibly, the Irish," declared | Dean Johnson, “Each will give to the other something new and valu- able. The romantic informality ef the American will be a delight ‘0 the French woman. I mean that condl- tion of mind and soul which makes | selves as husbands to the maida of France and their children as citizens of that depopulated land. T confess that I have not found an American woman to whom this scheme makes any sort of appeal. ‘They do not care at all for the do mestic French-American alliance. “Some of our men must fight and @e in France,” says the American woman, “but there is absolutely no reason why any of them should Marry there.” Dean Johnson, however, is heartily in favor of such marriages, and he has a Nation-wide reputation as en economist and sociologist. “In the first place, we may as well face the fact that there will be many romances between American soldiers and French girls, and that a large | tumber of these romances will result im marriages.” he began. ust con- sider the situation. There are thou- sands of French women who lances or husbands have been killed. Im fact, most of the eligible men about them have been taken away by the. war. Into their towne, villages, homes come our thousands of tall, geod looking, young, light hearted, unmarried men. What will be the ral result? Youth will seek th. The girls will learn English, the men will Jearn French, and both will learn the Ioesons of love, “One of the admirable results of this war is that it is going to give all of us @ new understanding of the greatness of French people. I consider them the! most civilized people in the world Where do we go when we want the best cooking, the best clothes, tie best art, the best literature, the best | of everything that appeals to tbe! senses? To France. In the past we| tes it eufe and delightful for young Americans all over these States! to take a girl bugey-riding, or for a spin in the Ford, with no thuugbt of a chaperon. The loyalty) and the basic chivalry of American men will be @ revelation to the French woman “On the other hand, she will wive to} the boy from the States a certain | colish, a nicety in manners which be ‘a without. It comes hard for bim to, may the little attentions and courte. | clan which are second nature to the Continental. .The American will pick up @ lady's handkerchief—it he enex it end if you give him time enough. The Eurvpean man retrieves tina Aach. It will be good for our young! mes: to be taught @ few of the eur. : fruit oourtesies which make life! cone | “T¥ance needs men tremendously,”; adds Dean Johnson. “And I elisrs| that for some time after the war man) of our men will be better oft! Gnancialy if they stay in Krance than if they returm to this country, There te likely to be an interregnum of business depression here while manufacturers are waiting for the price of material and labor to go down before they shift thelr sbups se “One of the great handicaps on tne| American woman in the past was that Just two careers were open to her--{ marriage dr gschool-teaching. She had to be pitchforked into one or the other, Either one ts all right for tho! voman who wants it; for the wouian who doesn't want it—wall, I pity her! With fewer men to marry, our women ill continue to hold the many new Jobs which they have taken since the beginning of the war, and which are doing them good." from a war to @ peace basis, ‘There will be @ job in France for every man who atays in the land. I'm afraid there will not be a job in America immediately for every man who comes back. “And bow wll American women Meet the possible shortage in hus- bands?" I questioned, “Tt will mean a distinct stop in the'r economic developmen: Dean Johnson, stoutly, to Protect Photo- tave made the mistake of judging France by a small section of Pur's arranged for American tourists, and moO more representative of a reat people than Coney Lsland is revre- sentative of America. We ui Electric Water | te ut Bathroom ATER may be quickly heated for shaving or other use with for at made electric heater like the lus- trated. A 6-inch piece is cut from an old broom- stick, and, begin- | Ning from a sta- another staple in te end. The two ends ot the oppo: the coi! are connected with the wires Of @ lamp cord attached to a screw To beat # basin of water the is immersed and the cyrrent en. The coil should always water before the curren) is joratand | ple driven into the end, 4 coll of German silver wire is wound tol sar graphic Negatives ING of undeveloped films in | PC IS the photographic dark room by | reason of the careless opening of the door may be largely over- come by the use of @ box with a lid closing auto- matically when the door is dis | turbed. As the films, for exam- ple, are stripped of their protect- ing paper and marked, they are posited in the box. The cover tp uly half open, and is held in this |position by @ hook connected with a | , the end of which is coiled | ja |4round the door knob. When the knob is turned, winding the cord, the withdrawn, and the lid in. loses, As an additional pre- n, the films are locked in the ordinarily, by means of a nail AU ox, \ we Da TENET LTT Te Si @ Ti NN * my hy rt Be GETTING IM SHAPE ARE RARE BUT THE , SPANKING - DIVE "Sg A CONSTANT ‘wef DANGER ARE DISC! By Stella Flores. OnyyAsmt, Vin by The Drow Publishing Co, (The New Yors Evening World.) | OLUNTEERED as a unit, over two thousand strong! Isn't that | V &@ record to be proud of? “The men of the United States | Volunteer Life Saving Corps are mugnificent,” said Miss Ida | Osborne. As the men are being drawn away by the war, many girls | are training to take their places. Miss Maude Osborne bas | classes filled with eager girls. Some are from the colleges. Of course there !s lots of fun in learning to be a life saver, but ft is really a serious task. Beginners must lay aside their fancy bathing costumes and don the business-like one-piece suit. The tests that must be passed are most rigid. It takes a lot of nerve to tackle a piece of frantic humanity three times your size. Yet you must be able to do it, and be able also to release yourself from the dreaded death grip. You must know how to swim to land, carrying a person with you. A knowledge of first aid for injuries as well as drowning is necessary. When a girl has passed the requirements for becoming large Pity t 1T TAKES NERVE TO TACKLE A PIECE OF FRANTIC HUMANITY THREE TIMES YOUR SIZE RDED ONE - PIECE Teels MUST BE PASSED “MOONLIGHT BATHING iat Te MEANS LONESOME WATCHES YOUNG LIFE- SS SAVER FANCY COSTUMES : FOR THE BUSINESS-LIKE ebay @ lite saver she Is well quuiided to take charge of any camp, swim- ming pool or beach. Commissioner Raynor’s daugbter Is as much at home in the water as aduck She has charge of the “Aloha Camp,” for wealthy girls, in Vermont. The life saver must be always on the alert, for accidents come suddenly, Sea monaters are rare, but the dancer of a flat or “spanking” dive ia always present Many a too daring plunger gets the wind slapped ont of ber and must be rescued instantly, Meon- light bathing is romantic. For the young life saver, however, it means anxious vigils. She dares not visit, for in the uncertain light her eyes have to be everywhere. Miss Julia Way and Miss Glass ing others with great success, The members of the corps are not ju it for sport. Their one object is life saving. Dut they are expert swimmers, and wherever they go are the centre of the crowd of pleasure seekers. And though sford are two ladies who are teach- | ever on the watch for accidents, their life is a fascinating one. he Poor Playwright Prohibition Will Pluck the Punch From His Plots, for Without John Barley- corn to Supply His ‘‘Horrible Fxamples’’ His Problem Wil! Be as Puzzling as That of the Men in tie Audience Who Are Asking ‘‘Where Will We Go uring the Intermission By WILL B, JOHNSTONE, day.” acter becoming intoxicated on near} beer, but the hardened first nighter who only enjoys the interiafssions ef Copyright, 18, by The Prese Publinhing Oo, (Toe New York Brening World.) UR cloveeating statesmen who O are prohibition between drinks and pro-highball the rest of the time are going to wake up some morning and find they've legislated the Nation drier than the) Congressional Record. Yes, the cam- els are coming. Prohibition may go {nto effect next year as a war meas: | ure when the war is all over, Democ: racies are slow but eure. “Rum's maniac” will no longer zig- ag bis course homeward, wind the cat by the tall and put the clock out for the night. The producer and consumer have seen this dry spell impending and are prepared, but other groups of worthy people taken unaware will be de}, play will say the plot ls at end prived of a means of livelihood, First, consider the poor playwright anconvincing. ‘The only way around | the problem will be to lay the action | for Hero to commit an frresponsible act, where will there be any plot? After the inevitable misunderstand father has a secret w lawful), and the stealing of the fam. ily champagne, instead of the well nserted through a hole in the end of the box, near the top, and engaging the cover on the inside, The naii, being almost invisible, prevents the opening of the box by persons un- familiar with the met! Dopites, ie ing with the heroine, how ts the hero] worn “family pearls,” can be used going. to “drown his sorrows” or “go| as the hinge for complications Im: What is be going to do without! of g piece before the war or place “drink” when it comes to evolving! the scenes in the moonshine districts | plots? If be can’t give bis hero a) of Kentucky, or clse develop a new “black bottle” when it is necessary! erook play" wherein the he tne DIN making every day a “wet-less|from jail, |breath after this swell sacrifice, de- An author of great, GRHAT im-| nounces him aud—but way give the agination might concetve of a char. | plot away? + in lo lo v the pace of riotous living"? Although | agine the “strong scene” where the stage decanters are filled with harm-| hero, less téa to-day, that “prop” will only| has to drink the family treasure in gai “tated” ater Congress chaste Forder Wo wave nis sweetneart’s fath: temperance lecturers est by prohibition. Along will ctarve to death act cafe scene agers will acanery t# eo dear now, an the tenor eing a drinking song anywa but it's not going to make sense to gether a set of nut sundae cups to an stumped, too. ing on chase picture, |ing to be vamped to ruin by “The | Woman" without the old brimming up? to lobby at once down in Washing- ton againrt Prohibition or the sertv- eners will have to give up their » torn between love and duty,|lmousines and go back to garreta, thrown out of employment? Think of ft. Here is an enormous body of good people who have devoted their lives to @ noble work and soon their occupations will be gone, the very Sen-Sen taken out of their mouths, Is that @ just reward? Is it right? I ask you. Finally, think of the army of skilled bartenders whose fancy drink mix- tures have been handed down from father to son for generations, Their valuable secrets will be worthless, and and she, smelling hts The musica) ssowe will be bit bard- Bibulovus come- That last- used by all the man- utterly useless, And too, How be “th a full chorus when nobody can get full? They'll have to rewrite “It's ‘Mways Pair Weather.” “The stein, Proud Inventors of such concoctions on the table” is pro-German stuft|®* the “Bronx,” “Pousse Cafe,” “Ma- mie Taylor,” &c, will no longer bask and never would be missed, in the worshipping gaze of the brass. rail birds, ‘Their names will vanish musty ave the chorus boys clinking to- Into tradition along with mitation gurgle from the orchestra. Movie scenario writers will be There 1s more of drink: screen than there is of How ts “The Boy” go- the Of course she could use knock ut drops, but that is so Inartistically ulgar, The Authors’ League ought to start their cult and the next generation know them no more. And bas any one thought of the}. But in the meanwhile cheer up! _TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1 918 ., ole they raised gales of jaughter. THE NEW PLAYS “Penrod” A Juvenile Delight BY CHARLES DARNTON. HOSE young micohief makers, Penrod and Sam, not to mention Her- Man and Vernian, proved to be such genuine funmakers when they were turned loose on the stage of the Globe Theatre last night that This time Booth Tarkington, who knows boys almost as well as Mark Twain did, left the job of making a play out of “Penrod” to Edward E. Rose, It 18 really @ four-boy play, for it is carried Who shaped it into four acts. along by the young scamps whose wild adventures are both amusing and exciting. There was very little in the first act to enliven the audience, although the Pageant of the Table Round took 4a amusing turn when the disgusted Penrod was rigged out as Launcelot in a costume made for the most part from his father’s red underwear. The fun began in earnost——dead eairuest— with the industrious activities of the backyard sleuths, and from the moment the two little darkeys emerged trom their alley and joined the force, men, women and children were shaking with laughter al! over the house, By this time the four youngsters who had the play pretty much to themselves dashei off witb it at full speed. Not in the least self-con- sctous, they acted astonishingly Well and covered themselves with {dust and glory. The tongue-tied Verman was irresistibly comic as he ! yalped anintelligible things and raced around Uke mad, ‘The cries and signals of the band who trailed fler- Ibert Hamilton Dade were enough to shake even the nerve of that nervy young Man, As soon as he began saying sweet nothings to Penrod’s pretty sister, strange, weird sounds would come down about his ears, and equally mysterious forms would be ron diving through the hedge, At one particularly trying moment, in fact, Verman darted right between his legs and scurried off like a rab- bit Herbert Hamilton Dade could make love to Margaret only by fits and starts. As the great detective directing his men, Penrod kept up an offensive allaiong the Line of the Schofield yard that gave every promise of a decisive ‘victory, But ho was hard-pressed | when both Hernan and Verman tore their pants—the only pants they had in the world—and more in sorrow than In anger deserted their leador. Still Penrod was destined to achieve |= great triumph. U all catne about thy his Gring off a revolver that Sam had lugged to the barn on @ night when all the other members of the family had gone to a party. Well, just by luck, there was a burglar in the house and he let out such a yall that Penrod was sure he bad shot hin, So Penrod took bis dog and decided that he would go out in the “Penrod” ts livelier than “Seventeen,” and once the urchins get well started on their career as “detectitives” it becomes a juvenile delight, world #nd not come back until both he and the dog were at least sixty- five years old. The questioning of the elusive Sam by Penrod's father added immensely to the joy of the last act. Finally the fugitive was led back by a fellow who did odd jobs around the place. The culprit had been discovered in the freight yards, and he didn't seem at all happy to find himself at home again, especially when he heard that the chief of police was on his way to the house. But, bless you, this formidable arm of the law went right up to Penrod, shook him by the hand, Proclaimed him a great detective, and pinned a medal on his shirt. Penrod blinked, but didn’t ask any questions. He waited until honors had been thrust upon him and then listened calmly as the chile? announced that Mister Dade was a regular out-and- out crook after all, and that, thanks to Penrod, this menace to society had deen safely locked up in jail. Pon rod's father swelled with pride, Mar- Jorie’s dad gave the dazed hero a brand new five-dollar bill, and sweet little Marjorie coyly slipped him a note reading: “I'm your"—— and he found himself holding a blue satin bow! Why should a little girl bother about spelling a word when she can sive the language of love a pretty twist of that sort? Andrew Lawlor acted Penrod with the utmost seriousness—that is, with Just the right sense of boyisb respon- siblitty when a great undertaking ts on foot. He was never “fresh” and always likeable. As his companion ta crime-hunting Richard Ross did an exceedingly good bit of work whe as Sam, be squirmed under the (ues- tions of Penrod’s father and always managed to wriggle out of a tight place, He made this scene one of the real delights of the performance. The two little darkeys acted as thougk they had just run in from the alley. Charles Whitfield, with his shrill cries and wild antics, was an tnimit- able Verman, while Thomas McCann, ‘n his double capacity of interpreter and sleuth, seo Little Helen Chandler was a charm F and others helped to a refreshing, bighly- amusin® uovelty. Y STAGE CAREER may be satd M to have actually begun with the production of “The Eastest Way,” in which I was cast for a “Voice Off Stage.” In addition to this, 'T varied my histrionic effort by play- ‘ing the plano in the wings ducing tho | progress of one or two of the scenes. ‘The audiences did not see me at all from the rising to the falling of the curtain in “The Easicst Way,” but Mr, Belasco later assured me that my differentiation of the voices off stage gave him & hint that I might really become an actress some day It was about this time, too, that he assured me that | was to have a good part in one of his companies at the very first opportunity, and the follow- ing season T was made leading woman n “Is Matrimony a Failure?” Up to that time I bad really played no party of any length, although Mr. Belasco had intrusted me with one or two tiny ‘bits.’ My comparative inexper- {leace, and the fact that It was a typical Broadway first night, com- bined to make the opening night of “{y Matrimony @ Failure" one of tor- ture for me. To add to my discom- fiture, on my fifst entrance I had to put on a big lace hat and, in my ner- vousness, jabbed the hat pin through [my sleeve as well as the hat. My ef- Iforts to improve the situation only made It worse, and the result was that I had to play the entire first act with my sleeve firmly pinned to my hat. It would have been a most trying situation for the most experi- enced actress in the world—for a novice it was indescribable. How- ever, I am convinced that the time I spent in Mr, Belasco's companies, | playing ‘bits,’ laid the foundation for whatever success I may have since achieved. I never left the theatre at any time during rehearsals, and from watching Mr. Belasco rehearse How | Began My Stage Career JANE COWL. Once Only ‘A Voice Of Stage” She Spoke Herself Into Sight Behind the Footlights other people I absorbed a vast amount of the most valuable information. Mr. Belasco’s consideration during this formative period wae wmfniing ong Bia patient and persistent effort in perfecting details during rehearsal Was an inspiration. My first success as an emotional actross on the New York stage was made in the part of Catherine Darwin in Charles Klein's play, “The Game blers," and my engagement f@ that bart was the result of having played 4 bit in Mr. Klein's play, “The Music Master,” with David Warfield, It was then that I first became acquainted with Mr. Klein. In “The Music Mas- ter,” I played one of two girls who come to talk to von Barwig about taking music lessons, ‘The other girl was played by Jane Murfin, who ree ured from the stage almost immediate. ly. We often talked about writing plays together and “Daybreak,” “Lj. fac Time" and “Information Pleage,” the new comedy in which pear this season, that association, 1am to ap. are the results of” eiiweewenaiais! 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