•1, I·t• '..:,".. I: .:��, '1'•�t'1J � .I t.."•,••"• ,at aroonVOL XVI. No. 89 PRICE FIVE CEl'!TSU�IVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918Mr. Abraham Bowers, immigra­tion secretary of the Chicago Y.M.C.A., spoke yesterday at 4 :35 in Har-per assembly �n "Some Aspects of GOVERNOR OF ARKANSASCommunity Growth and Development TO DELIVER LECTURE ONin Chicago." The lecture was the fif- ACHIEVEMENTS OF SOUTHteenth in the series, "Types of SocialWork," and was giv.en under the aus- Governor Charles H. Brough of Ar-pices of the Ppilanthropic Service di- kansas , .... m deliver a lecture on "Thevision of the School of Commerce and Educational and Civic AchievementsAdministration. Mr. Bowers is a of the South" tomorrow at 4:35 P. M.'graduate of the Univer!;ity and is in in �tandel hall.charge of work with the industrialimmigrant population.The different activities of this workAn exhibitions basketball contestarc those of teaching En!;lish to for- ---hetween two Chica�o teams will be. .., t t' . .. , Fair and continut'd cold today;::-taged. Reber will captain one team, el!:�ners: glvmg ms ruc Ion m CIVICS,northwest winds.1 '11 1 ..1 h h "anrl domg welfare work, as well asand Car son WI call t e ot er. .'"\. I .. t t' Th. community recons ruc IOn. e re-novelty event on the program IS to be I k bl It f th k•• 1\ h mar'a e resu S 0 e wor' arca nightshIrt race. The :.laroon coac h . th S th Ch' t 1refused to deYIug-c any of the de- sown m e ou Icag-o s eemills, where many University mentails, hut promised that the sig-ht of ha\'(' volunteered services.his two plung-e men in nightcap and Is :\Ielting Potpajamas would he worth seeing-.The complete list of entries will beMAROON SWIMMERSMEET GRAND RAPIDS"Y" TEAM TOMORROWCoach White's Natators WillCompete in Bartlett Poolwith Michigan Men.WILL FEATCUE ::"\OVELTY RACEMaroon swimming men will get intoaction for the first, and perhaps thelast, time this year tomorrow nightwhen they meet the Grand RapidsY.M.C.A. team in Bartlett gymna­sium. Coach White has, arranged noother dual meets for this year, andthe meet tomorrow will probably bethe only competition his team willhave before the conference in March.The meeting with the Grand Rapidsteam comes at a time when the bas­ketball team is out of town, andpreparations are beirut made for a bigcrowd.The Muroons will not be as strongthis year as they were last, as severalof the best men have left. CoachWhite has developed a new squad,with Capt. Earle us a nucleus and hasa team capable of holding its ownwith most of the conference. Thesenew men will )!et their first chance to­morrow.Captain Early to StarCapt. Earle, national intercollegiatechampion in the -to yd. swim, is easilythe star of the lot. He will be startedin the relay, :!�O, 100, and 40, and isL:':!1v:tr:d ".n win a ll evcr-t s. His greatspeed will make up for any slownesson the part of the other three menon the relay squad.Some of the new men who will swimfor the Maroon for the 'first time areRies, Dougall, White, Apt, and Reber.Ries is a speedy sophomore, and willbe entered in the short events. Hewill be one of the men on the relayteam, and is counted on to score inthe 40 yd. swim. He is one of themost promising of the last year'sfreshman team, and has been doingexceptionally good work in the 40.Reber Entered in PlungeReber, sub-center on the footballteam, will be a new entrant in theplunge. Carlson, conference champ,is also entered, and should take first,although he will have a hard time.with Kraemer, the Grand Rapids en­try, and �Iichigan state champion inthe plungs.White is to swim on the relay team,and will be one of the hopes in thefancy diving. In this event, whichhas been a weak spot on the teamsince Hank Rubinkam went to France,there is a good chance for a :Maroonvictory, as White has been doingfinished work in practice. Breckin­ridge is also a good man, and betweenthese two Coach White is hoping togather in a few points.To Play Water Basketballannounced tomorrow.TO HOLD J)lVI�ITY SUPPERI� HUTCIII�SO� MO::"\OA YThe All-Divinity supper will begiven Monday at 6 in the Hutchinsoncafe. Invitations have been extendedto faculty members, students, wivesand friends. Tickets may be procuredat the Divinity office, at sixty-fivecents. tertainment TuesdayThat the Universitv mav do its The Prelude to "Lohengr in" andshare in the sale of Smilea�e books. I _ "Traume,' a study to "Tristan andplans for a campus campaign were LECTUUE BY BRITISH TROOPER Isolde," by Richard Wagner, will bemade at a meeting held yesterday at played by the Chicago Symphony or- IJA�CE )IARKED BY SIMPLICITYthe home of Mrs. Albert" Michelson. --- chestra at the concert given TuesdayTwelve University women, represen- The Y.:\l.C.A. will give a stag party at -1:15 in Mandel hall. "Lohengrin"tatives of various campus orjraniza- for its members Tuesday night, Feb. was first commenced by the Germantions, are to be in charge of the sale 2G, at 8 in the Reynolds club theater. master in the s.ummer of 1845, theof books which will begin Monday. The meeting will be purely social and work completed m 1847 and first per-Smileage books have been issued by a big program for it h�s been an-I formed on Aug'. 28, 1850, at the Grandthe War department commission on Bounced. Ducal theater in Weimar, Liszt con-Training Camp activities to pay ad- "It will be a 'get-together' affair," 1 ducting.. .missions to the Liberty tents or thea- said Clarence Brown, acting-secretary The Prelude was first. g� v e� III anters which have been erected in each of the .Y.l\I.C.A., "so that the mem- I o�chestral conc�rt at LeIpZIg .m 185�,of the sixty-four cantonments in the bel'S of the organization may become 'I RIetz ccnduct imr. Concerning hIScountry. The money obtained from acquainted with one another and thus Prelude, Wag-ner wrote Liszt in 1853:I I f h b k .f 'I "'1 hi f b' ht ie sa e 0 t ese 00 s IS to payor better work together. I .1 Y c re 0 ject was to ear some-traveling expenses of the entertain-II .. h S. Id' Ski thimr from 'Lohenrrrin,' and especiallyers. Musicians and actors have offer- ntis 0 rer to pea' the orchestral prelude which inter-eel the ir services and the highest class The feature of the evening will be a I ested me uncommonlv. The irnpres-of cntertuinment is to be given. war �a!k by .a. �emb�r Of. the �ritish sion was most powe�ful, and I hadConcerning- this new undertaking, recrurtinz mISSIon. During this pe- to make every effort not to break acter.Sccrcta ry of War Baker says: riod when so many sp�akers .without down. So much is certain, I fully"Plent ..... of hard work and CLEA� real knowledge of their subject are share your predilecation for 'Lohen-1· b h . Wade Bender. chairman of the comFU � make for vigor and manhood- ta kirur a out t � war It will be of grin.' It is the best thing I have done ...the prime requisites for a soldier." real value to the members of the or- so far." nutt ee on decorat ions, sni.l yesterdayeanizution to hear a man who has "Last year the expenses for decoraSm ileuge books have been issued in ..been at the front and who can cive "Traume" Written in 1857 tien at the Prom were $175. Thistwo sizes, one containing- one dollar's t-o I. authent ic information,' said Brown, I' \\'ag-ner's "Traume" was written in I year we are spending $60. The reworth of admissions; the other, five . '- - LAo •"The m is sion has not vet told us the' 1 SG 7. He. had ,recei·;ec.l a poem of that d�,c.. t.ion. by. p�_actical.l.Y two-thirds wildollars' worth. It has been suggested J I ' _11�!!11(.· of the speaker, but it is un- name, written by a f'riend, and almost 11.,."e a difference In the appearancet.hat in some cases several individuals Ior an orrrnnizat ion subscribe for .lcrstood he will be one of those who immediately set it to music. The mu- ?f tt-:e ballroom: but in certain wayshas lectured to Chicago audiences." I sic was later incorporated into "Tris- It WIll be an Improvement. Flags,bo�I�: campaign methods will be simi- The' rest of the program is as fol- tan and Isolde," and before its pub- palms, a�d p�triotic. decorations w�lllows: [Iicat.ion in 18G:! 'Vagner called it a be most m evidence instead of, as Inlar to those used in the recent Lib- .ertv Loan cnmpaign. Srriileage books 1. Dramatic and piano _:ecit'.ltions I ::stud:;" to the dram�. "Anything :�.r��er :��ars, ex�ensive flor.al ?i;l�:s• . - " bv Frank H. Abbott of the F'rencn de-I !".::<::r .. han these S'JJlg::" the composer •. n. ich W.Iltell he�ore the evening w .. swill be on sale daily from 10:10 to oJ I "10:-10 at the information desk in Cobb partment. I. is .quoted as sayi�g, "I h�ve �ever o\'��', .hall. A roll of honor will be placed 2. A number of plano solos by Paul wrrtten, and there IS very Iittle mall' I'icket sale for the event IS pro­on Cobb bulletin board and the names Ranstead played in usual jazzy man- my works worthy of comparison, to gressing rapidly. Charles Cotting­will be printed daily in The Maroon. nero them." When the great love duet in ham, chairman of the committee onBooks may also be obtained from the 3. A new Swedish monologue by the second act of "Tristan and Isolde" arrangements, has requested all stu­following members of the committee: Paul Randall. had been developed from "Traume," dents who intend to purchase tickets3. The Alpha Delt jazz band which Wagner wrote to the woman who had to do so today. The ticket sale isMarian Hicks, Carroll Mason, Kath-erine Clark, Lois Hostetter, Julia will furnish the remaining quota of written the poem: "Heaven knows limited to 175, and of this number 150Ricketts, Florence Fake, Luzia Thom- syncopated music. that this song pleases me more than are already sold.as, Evelyn l\fcNierney, Bess McFalls, To Sene Refreshments the proud scene itself! It' is more Must Turn in NamesElizabeth Chamberlain, Dorothy Heiss "The crowning feature of the even- beautiful than anything else I haveand Helen Thompson. in� will be that real food will be created. I tremble to the very depthsof my being when I listen to it."served in the Hutchinson Cafe," saidBrown. "The 'eats' will not conflict Play Tschaikowsky Symphonywith Hoover's rules, so there need beno conscientious scruples."The Program Committee promisesthe best of entertainment for its mem­bers and urges all of them to corne.The Y.M.C.A. should �et together ifthe members wish to accomplish theirpurpose of making' the most of the or­ganization."Y.M.CA. PLANS STAGPARTY FOR MEMBERSIN REYNOLDS THEATERCAMPUS CAMPAIGN FORhSMILEAGE BOOKS" SOONArrange to sell Tickets EntitlingSoldiers to Admission to Enter-tainments in Camp-University Campus Association to Give In-Women Will Be in Charge formal Get-Together En-U�IVERSITY GRADUATE ISSPEAKER I'S HARPER ONCHICAGO'S DEVELOPMENTAbraham Bowers. Y.M.C.A. Immigra­tion Secretary, Lectures On "As­pects of Community Growth"-------------------------------.--WEATHER FORECAST--------------------------------- -THE n.\ILY �L\ROO�nULLETI�Today(,hap('l. ('oJJt'ge of Commerce andAdministration and Coll('g'(' of Educa­tion. 10:1;;. !'Iandel.Chapel, Divinity school. 10 :15. Has­kell.Exhihition of Modt'rn Paintings. 10-:>. Classics museum.eniycrsity Puhlic Lecture. "TheFAucational and Civic :\chic'\"emt'ntsflt the South." 4 :35, Mandel.'Sociology club. 7:15. Classics 21."The stockyard district is just be­)!inning to go throug-h a new migra­tion," said :,\Ir. Bowers. "The districtis a mecca for foreigners. In a peri­od of about twenty-one years thesepeople arc Americanized. The firstfive years they 1earn English and thenext five they perfect their knowledge,sometimes having a vocabulary ofthree hundred words at the end ofthe tenth year. The garment work­ers have been the last to ask the helpof the Y.M.C.A. in learning to speak ORCHESTRA PLAYS TWOSELECTIONS BY WAGNER 23RD ANNUAL FORMALPROMENADE WILL BEPrelude to "Lohengrin" and Dreams, GIVEN TONIGHT AT 9a Study to "Tristan and Isolde" I _Will Be Given at Orchestral Asso- Bartlett Gymnasium Is Agaiciation Concert nthe Scene of Washing-ton Prom.The twenty-third Washington Promwill be held tonight in Bartlett Gymnasium, The grand march will startpromptly at nine o'clock. Dancingwill continue until two o'clock, withan intermission between 12 and 12:45There will be twenty dances, incIudill� eight one-steps, seven fox-trotsfour waltzes, and a jazz fox-trot, thelatter having' been composed especially for the occasion.Decorations at the affair tonight.... vill be in key with the general planof retrenchment. The decorations usedwill be military and patriotic in charSave dn DecorationsThe list of those who have pur­chased tickets will be turned in to theDaily Maroon at noon today, for pub­lication in the special Prom edition,The symphony which the orchestra which will be distributed to the danc-.will play Tuesday is the fourth one ers at midnight.' Tickets up to theof Tschaikowsky which was per- maximum number will be on sale atformed for the first time in 1878 at a Bartlett, but those who intend to havec?ncert of the Imperial Musical SO-I' their names appear in the. Prom listciety of Moscow. The work made a must buy their tickets today frommild success, but the effect upon the Charles Cottingham, Wade Bender,public and upon his friends was not I or any member of the finance commit-'that which Tschaikowsky had looked tee.for with eager anticipation. But when The members of the finance com­the symphony was later played in Pe- mittee are Carleton Adams and Rose­trogmd, it met with brilliant success. mary Carr, joint chairmen; ShermanThe first number in the concert will Cooper, Lois Hostetter, Julia Ricketts,be the overture to Shumann's "Geno- Pauline Callen, Margaret Bowers,"eva." The other numbers will be Harold Fishbein. Carl Helgeson Jud­Liadlow's "Legende," "Se Lac En- Ison TYley and Philip Planalp. 'chante," Opius 62 and the Rhapsody, .,A number of tickets have been sold'Espana," by Chabrier. The program without the names of both dwill be concluded by the "Star Span- man anwoman appearing on them. �ren whoha'·e such tickets should give thenames of their partners to CarletonW.:\.A. WILL TAKE HIKE TO 'Adams, chairman of the finance com-C01.7�TRY CL1.7B SATURDA Y mittee, before noon today, for publica­tion in the Prom special l\laroon.glc(1 Banner."Th0se women desiring- additionalpoints for initiation into the W.A.A.may ohtain thcn1 by g-oing- on the hike llECOlU TIO� CO:,\DlITTEEg-in"n by the association on Saturday. OF WASJlI�GTO� PHO:\I TOAI) women within twenty g-rade points i HOLD nIPORT,\�T �IEETI�Gof the numher re(}uired for member- ---�hip will he taken into- the association The Decoration committee of thejf thcy take this five mile walk, for Prom will meet this morninj! in Cobbwhich only ten grarle points are or- lOB at 10:10. Wade Bender, chair­rlinarily awarded. Those who desire man of the committee, asks that eachto take this hike will meet at 8 in the mcmhcrs be present. The.mot imsport­foyer of Ida :\'oyes hall and walk out If ant work in regard to the decorationsto the South Shore Country club. will be done today. The members ofthe committe� arc: Marjorie 1\Ia­hurin. Helena Stevens, Mary LoisBrown, Beatrice Weil, Ethel Bishop,Walter Earle. Clifford Barborka. Clar­ence �eff and Arthur Turman.Read the Daily Maroon for campusnE'Ws.Sociolo�y Cluh )feet.<; TonightThe Sociology" club will meet to­nig-ht from i:1:; to 8:15 in Classics 21.Tomorrow 1:\11' . .Torcian Cavan will lead a discus-Washington"s Birthday-University sion on "R�cent Social Changes inholiday. Eng-land."Enghsh.l' ,I J, :J',I" THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1918.,.I whr lllui 1 u :!Nurn u 1t, .,.The executive committee of the Wo-during the evening? men's Administrative council willThese seem like very inconsequen- meet next Wednesday at 4 :30 in Idatial things to consider, but they count Noyes hall instead of today.up when 175 couples do them. They __ .. _.__ .. _.Thr ::'ludrntPublished rno rrururs, except Sunday and !d�:)D.day. durin� the Autumn. Winter and Spr1Di:QUl\I·tt'l� t,y th� Paily :'I1:tn'On compn ny ,ElljTut:I,\L DEPAHT:'IIE-"\TTHE STAFFAn!,ul' BII .. r : Mnnu�in� EditorC'larl .. s (; � tle News F..ditorl:ol"n,1 Holloway _ _.. Night EditorJui:n Jo,t'l'h _ _ Pay Editor"':nit'" )�uth _ At hlet ics Edit or\\:illiam :'I!on:enstt'rn Asst. Athletics Ed.iwrItuth Fn lkenuu '''omen·.11 Ed!torl:lI!h Gell7:hen:er Assistant Wom�n II Editor!i�:;:.Jr�' At:�'���C���:·.::::��:::�.::::·.::��:�::1���:� ��!��BUSINESS nEPAI:TME�TC Ia re n cc x-rr•EIl!ea'tl w' second ("las" nl"il at t he Chi("H�nl·u�t()l'i('e. Chicasro, Hli nois, March 13. 1906.ur.de r the ltd of March 3. 1873.--- - - �-�-�-�--- ------ --gv Ca rrier, $3.00 It year; S1.:!5 a Quarteri:y l\tail. $:;.50 a Yell!'; $1.50 a QuarterE,litOl'iul Rooms..... _._ ....... _._._ .. _ ........ Ellis 12Telephone Midway 800. Local 16:!.Hours ; 10 :11;-10 :4:;: 1:30-6: 7·9 :301!1I"i!1(,"l' Office _ _ .. Ellis 14Telephone Midway 800. Local IS:!.Hou rs : IO:15-10:4G; 1:30-0= =-:-- _c:c_-=- - ===-__ -_-__ -_.-------"::'�472 or come on the street car, elevated,and train if we live too far away, orare we going to show our old com­placency by hiring a taxi? Are weg-oing- to respect the wishes of theleaders and buy no flowers, or are we�oin� to be independent and purchasesome for our partners to wear beforeand after and leave in the check roomwill determine whether or not to­night's affair is worth while. Theywill possibly decide whether or notthere will bc a Prom next winter, andthey will surely point out to us thatwe are not getting over our bad habitof being complacently inconsistent.R. F. H..A THOUGHTIf you trip the light fantastic toe,The Washington Prom's where youwant to go.Coleman Counselor of GreenMr. Algernon Coleman was electedhouse counselor of Green House for-. - - the year 1918 at the annual meeting.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918 Mrs. Coleman is a house member.ARE WE COl\lPLACENTL Y ---INCONSISTENT! The French club picture for the CapWe like to think that we are doing and Gown will be taken today at 10:15in front of the Classics building.without luxuries that our nation maydo her utmost for the successful pros-.j Take French Club PictureWashington House Pledgesecuti0!1 of the war. We like to feel _that we are making sacrifices so that Washington House announces theour Allies may remain in the fighting. pledging of Ralph N.· Magor of LaGrange, Ill.But how much of our economy andsacrifice is genuine and how much isthe offspring of a complacent imag­ination?,i Classified Ads.We at the University decide to F'ive cents per line. No advert ise-forego Blackfriars and then purchase ments for less than �5 cents. _·\11classified advortiscments must beparquet seats at the Ziegfeld Follies. paid in advance.We submit grudgingly to the small_sistent.If we were not so complacent andso inconsistent, we would not allowour extravagances to offset the gooddone by our sacrifices. We would notmake useless the loss of our tradi­tional pleasures. Perhaps, if we werenot so inconsistent, we would not haveto make those sacrifices and put asidethose traditions.Tonight we are going to pass onemore milestone in the path of collegetradition. On the eve of our firstPresident's birthday anniversary weare going to hold our twenty-thirdannual promenade. And this time weare going to hold it in a different way,with a different spirit, than we everhave done before. We have had sim­plicity engendered by wartime econ­omy, thrust upon us by the Under­graduate council. And we are gladthat this is so. We shouldn't havedone it by ourselves, but since othershave taken the first steps we are will­ing to follow.--But -how far are we �oing to fol­low? Are we going to let our incon­sistency step in as in the past andspoil what the council and the Prommanag-cment have done to make thedance in keeping with the spirit of thetime? Are we going to feel that wemust be extravaznnt where they havebeen economical? Or are we goingto the dance and have a very goodtime, just as good as we had last yearor the year before, and be contentwith simplicity, nearly bare aimplic­it.y, which we really know is enough?Are we going to follow the wishesof the leaders and walk to the dance, UDA HOUSER WARNER,VIOLINIST.Musicales, Recitals, Etc.Will Accept Pupils.5456 University Ave.Slip it under yourarm this evening.It will help!([ t has the CollegeColors and Scat)$1 the pound at:\lcANANY & FINIGAN.1201 E. 55th St.Phone Midway 708.H. J. SCHULTE,1501 E. 55th St.Phone Hyde Park 206.DREXEL PHARMACY,901 E. 55th St.Phone Midway 1410.VAN De BOGERT & ROSS,1000 E 63d St.Phone Hyde Park 254.1518 Hyde Park Blvd.Phone Oakland 6800.1465 E. 63d St.·Phone Blackstone 3272.800 E 63d St.Phone Midway 3200. � Are Yon Going to HARPER Fridayor Saturday Evening?Regular $1.50 Tickets may be obtained_., for $1. 10 by calling at iiI!!' Daily ffiarl1l1ltBusiness Office. or by mail through theFaculty Exchange. Call today. Takeadvantage of the opportunity beforeFriday noon:THE place to dance on the South SideProduces printing thatconveys a pleasing irn­pression a nd impels'�close consideration ofU niveraity Dames to l\leetThe University Dames club willmeet Saturday at 3 in the theater ofIda Noyes hall. Prof. Sargent willspeak on "Landscape Paintings at theArt Institute."Postpone W.A.C. MeetingDelicious on bread,excellent for cookingand baking. Packedin sanitary, one poundcartons.Swift & Companyu. s. A. SPECI.AL FOR STUDENTSOur SOc Manicure for 2Sc. and ReducedPrices on Other Work: Chiropody I ncluded-General ReductionSaleA Suit with Extra Trousers-for the price of the Suit alone-Suitand Extra Trousers. $35 to $65.1; eaturing Oxford Gray Cheviots andUnfinished Worsteds-at $45.Suit and Extra Trousers.We make this offer in order to flood ourworkrooms during the Between­Season Period.Tailor for Young Men{ 1 N. LA SALLE STREETThree Stores 314 S. MICHIGAN AVENUE11 E. MONROE STREET'LOC:K'VVOODPhone Hyde Puk 6112P.AR.LOR.1438 East 51th StreetI II I---------E------------------------·------------------e----its contents. . ...portions of bread and sugar at the AD\'AXCED Violin and Viola playersCommons and then make up for our for Chamber music. Practice only. Engravers. Printers. Linotypersloss at class teas. We do these things Phor.e �ormal 6:W3. Binders. Die Stampersand any number of other equally in- LOST--Black leather note book, 6x9, • •consistent deeds and fail to realize containing geology and historythat we are defeating our own de- notes, and Swan fountain pen-taken The In i\ leside Presssigns for aiding the nation. That is from Ida Noyes hall on February 13. 0because we are complacently incon- Reward. Edna Eisendrath, 4340Grand Blvd. Phone Drexel 824.6233 Cottage Grove Avenue• •College and Society Work a'SpecialtyPrinters of The Daily Maroon"Here You AreThree or four live menwanted. A good op­portunity to clean upsome money.Inquire at theMaroon Business Office•• MARCUSRUBEN625 S. State StreetChicago_._----Headquarters for---------a------------�.-----------------------------a�---_-----LaboratoryCoats,I· Khaki & ClothUniforms SENIORSJUNIORSSOPHOMORESFRESHMENA complete record of your collegi ..ate year. The daily activety ofevery branch of the University forthe current year.wlyt lIaily .arnnnBOUND IN ctornOne Complete Volume-Year '17-'18Price, $3.50$1.00 Deposit Required; Remainder in JuneOnly 30 Copies May Be Yet Contracted forDO IT NOWONLY 30 DAYS MOREOrders received throu�h the Faculty Ex. U. of c.BUSINESS OFFICE ofTHE DAILY MAROONEllis 14 Phone Midway 800; L. 162 .,. (j:dpfl1Etlpt4tl�rcId/.�I, 01trifSirBh,t.1(' ccqlIiaimttT.... , wclai1'1n.Ii.detilh(y(til•'''.t,.. wb�wp�pIfrfaafcrvi:af.haroTlouiugethcu�osicpl:"rstimerminuner�wtoftreItwi:Peset.....,f ofdel' .. �I, ,t.aI \i.;',........• \.,'.",t.•\ 4 �,. .t floI.. ( .•.. 1-� 4 ..I ....\f 1 4 LTHE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1918l .-PHI1\1Schspe:Polil\IoMr.spicwhimenosoScieItheversMarfor!!a.theGraRnewpDWitP""VWhPopWitATllUG"ETRSinwit0TC,,•1JBi-Trto. Repairing you can buy a suit from us thatis made for YOU .. from a selec­tion of over 500 patterns .. notwo alike .. for about the SAMEprice that you MUST PAYfor ready-made clothes?Ask the boys: they will tell youwhat kind of clothes we make."I!I,jillIii:�.��: NCE HOPKINS SPEAKS ONFUTUUE OF WAR PRISONERSWhyNjfty CrooksOur r. Prince Hopkins, of the Boyland001 at Santa Barbara, Cal., willak on "What Shall We Do Withtical Prisoners After the War?"nday at 4 :30 in Harper assembly.Hopkins will speak under the au­es of the Social' SCience club,ch is composed of the six depart­ts of History, Psycholozy, Phil­phy, Political Economy, Politicalnce and Sociology. i!\raby-:!Iabr OHntqrsWhenA Review of "Among Those Present" at the BlackstoneBy LEE. ETTELSO�I'� If you expect to find "Among teur play, which apparently a detee­Those Present' as absorbing as your; tive can do as well as anything else.old friend, "Alias, Jimmy Valentine," i He also sends the jewels by Holloranyou are foredoomed to bitter disap- i and his partner. The detectives laypointment. But H. B. Warner you I a great plan for catching Jimmy, butwill find the same, suave, low and 1 "English" overhears it and tells ourmelodious of speech, pleasant to lOOk! crook. By means of some absurd 10-upon and graceful of action. You will cal police, the thieves foil the plansfind an almost entirely wasted first of the sleuths and Jimmy gets hisact, and many sadly devitiated min- hands on the necklace long enoughutes in the third and fourth. to put the real one in a portrait caseThe play unfortunately is motivated I of Mcllv's and the fake one in his•I �about the production of an amateur: pocket. When the local police arrestcrook play, which is rehearsed often him, Glendenning confesses the wholeduring the evening. The rehearsals robbery had been planned for public­are humorous, and the actors evi- ity, not knowing, of course, that thedently take a great relish in imitating actot Jimmy is fairly well at hometheir amateur brethren, but for all in the part. Jimmy gives the por­that, the movement of the play is de- trait box to Molly, after he has causedlayed horribly and you wish it were her almost to declare her love forover, so that Mr. Warner might come him in trying to free him, and thenback on the stage and delight you. suddenly he has gone. Halloran,In spite of the delays, howeverv tbere finally freed by the "locals," finds thatare many of the thrills which you nat- the necklace is a fake and tells Glen­urally expect as a concomitant of H. I denning and the others who their vis­B. Warner. He invariably does the. itor really was. Molly drops the por­unexpected, and if you have any sor-j trait case, and it opens, revealing therow as you leave the theater it is be- real necklace. Everyone is astonishedcause he did not run off with Miss' that the "Dancer" should do such aRita Stanwood. thing-e-that is, all but Molly, who atJ. Percival Glendenning, who is one time nearly caused him to godone enthusiastically by Mr. Hassard "straight," and her lieutenant lover,Short, is a "rich society nut," who has who has seen much, and is only toojust written a play which he is pro- glad that Jimmy left him his fiancee.ducirur amateurishly for a war fund, . . . As you can readily see, thepartly, and for advertising, wholly. plot is very complicated; there isA gentleman whom he had met in much more that I have no room toLondon two years previously, Jimmy tell. Also there are many other ac­Burke, alias Mr. Warner, is taking tors who do little to further the story,the leading role, a crook, playing op- and who are rather boring in them­posite Molly Brant, an heiress, known selves.to you as Miss Stanwood. The au- TWQ of the rooms of the Glenden­thor deftly informs you at the very I ninz home at Westchester (Time, theoutset that Miss Stanwood is engaged I Present ) are very well planned andto Robert Hargreaves, a lieutenant I painted, especially that in which thein the army, played stiffly by Henry: third and fourth acts occur. TheStanford. The lieutenant, though still I "Deacon's" room, also, is a real thing,in this country, is wearing a Sam and you can readily understand how,Browne belt, which seems to woo rry I in such a place, Jimmy could easilyhim considerably, but happily he evade the detectives.comes .on the stage only at infre- I I have often seen better plays thanquent intervals. Molly takes a great I "Among Those Present," but I haveliking to the blond, handsome Jimmy, I rarely been so delighted' as duringand they manage to keep the lieuten- i the moments when Mr. \Varner isant and the audience in suspense 1 speaking in his calm droll fashion.th-roughout the entire performance. \;'h-:n, and it, the rehearsals of theTo help advertise the play, Miss Stan- amateur play are cut down to a min­wood is to wear her family jewels, in- imum (saving, of course, the wonder­eluding a half million dollar necklace, I fully effective opening of the thirdand you learn early in the play that act) the play will go much moreMr. Warner is going to steal the I quickly and there will be fewer breaksnecklace, in spite of the fact that the I in the continuity of the story. But,lieutenant "would give a thousand: for all that, if you like H. B. War­dollars to remember where he had segn i ncr, he is as wonderful as ever, andthat face before." Everyone else, I his supporting cast, excepting the sol­however, likes Warner as I did and' dier, is one par excellence. I cannotyou undoubtedly will, and they laugh I truthfully say, however, that the au­the army man down. diences at the Blackstone are over-en-But then, in the second act, the thusiastic.whole plot is laid before you in theback room of "The Deacons," than Rl7SSIA:\ SITUATION SUBJECTwhom no one else can make finer OF ROSS TALK ON SUNDAYpaste jewels. This clever old fence isplayed startlingly well by your old Prof. Edward A. Ross of the Un i­friend, Mr. W. B. Mack. One great I versity of Wisconsin, is to lecture onfault in the play is that he disappears t "The Social Revolution in Russia,'after the second act. "English," a i Sunday, at 3, in Central Music hallcrook '::'of druggy habits, done con-164 East Van Buren street. This isvineingly by William Eville, comes the first lecture of its kind to be de­and tells the "Deacon" that the cops jlivered in the United States, and of­have been inspecting the "Dancer's",' fers an opportunity to hear the storyrooms and that they are on the trail. of the great upheaval in the RussianThe "Dancer," being none other than· government.our hero Warner, the audience grips I ._its comfortable chairs. Just then the Speaks on Meaning of Y.W.C.L.gentleman himself stealthily creeps inthe back door, and after laying a Miss Louise Paterson, of the De-curse on the head of "English" for partment of Physical Education, wilgoing to his rooms without perm is- I speak at a meeting held under thesion, he lays before the "Deacon" the i auspices of the League today at 10:10plan for getting the necklace. The: in Cobb 12A. Miss Patterson was"Deacon" is to make a perfect sub-l zruduated from the University ofstitutc. Just then Halloran, the fa- Wisconsin last spring and during themous detective, done by Sidney Toler whole of her university life she tookmuch as all detectives are done, comes an active part in the Y.W.C.A. workin just too late to capture the and was for a time a member of the"Dancer," who hides behind seen- cabinet. She will speak on her intercry. There is an absorbing moment pretation of the meaning of the fourwhen Halloran goes upstairs in search lcttcrs-Y.W.C.L. All women of theof our Jimmy, and you hear him University have been urged to attendtreading the floor of the room above. this meeting.It is extremely effective if you arewilling to forgive the shaking scenery.Personally, I was afraid the wholesetting would collapse.Molly's father, being much afraidof crooks, carefully sends Mr. Glen­denning a- detective to direct the ama- Special Alumnae Club Receives /nvitations have been sent out byChicag-o Alumnae club of the Uni­ity for a recept ion to be givench :2 f'rcm :3 to 5 at Ida Xoyes hallthe purpose of meeting- :'I1rs.ry Pratt J�J.jl;ll, tile women oi IFaculty and the women of. theduate School of the University.Tuxedos andCutawaysead the Daily Maroon for campuss.AMUSEMENTSRINCESS ToniteArthur Hammerstein PresentsTHE MYSTERY DRAMAe Luxe Annieh Violet Heming & Vincent Serano F 0 S T E Rop. 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CO"WHEY Phone Randolph 50581001-1003 E.st 55th StreetCorner Ellis Avenue Dress SuitRental Co.Cigars Cigarettest1iardsPhone Midway 302Standard 1224-Masonic Templeunk and Leather Goods Co.We RentFull Dress.Tea for Women Today1028 E. 63rd StreetA tea for college women who cameto Chicago from other schools will begiven today at 5 in the League roomof Ida Noyes. Brief Cases, Bags and Trunks.Attention".,/' I ,THE DAILY MAROON, THU RSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918, .�----I·WO)IE�'S WAR WORK 'Collegia women and others especially Itrained wishing to do war work willbe mobilized by the Department ofLabor as a reserve to fill positions inthe War Department and other gov­ernment branches, that men of ex­ceptional ability and training may bereleased for military service, accord­ing- to an announcement made todayby :\Irs. Milda Muhlhauser Richards,chief of the women's division of thefreshman gets the measles on the eve reorganized United States Employ-of the Prom. ment Service.The Women's Committee took up.:\0. my dear Watson. that line of with Mrs. Richards yesterday morn­people wa itiug outside the Maroon of- ing' a request from the Bureau of,fice is not a line of subscribers wait- Ordnance of the United States army iinz to pay up their debts. Those are for !)O women, fifty of whom arethe people who are waiting to cancel needed immediately .and forty later, Itheir publicity contracts with the I to tal�e .the place of men, i�cl�ding iWhistle.. commissioned and non-commissioned I; iTHE CAMPUS WHISTLEMotto: You toot the line.i �. 'B Stands for Bratfish,The Reynolds club Doc.He can give you a shaveIn the tick of a clock.(To be continued.)BEG YOUR PARDONThe Whistle yesterday stated thatthe second act of the play which wasrun yesterday would be given today.Unfortunately ( ?) the Whistler could­n't stand the strain and so has beenforced to put off the second act untilsome later date.The \Vhistle yesterday stated thatthe Whistler wrote the "A stands for"poem, dedicated to Clarence F. G.Brown. This was necessary, becauseof the unity of time, place and action,which must be preserved in tragediesof this sort. The real perpetrator ofthis crime was th€ w.k. and h.r.y.m.,Larrv Goodyear.TODA Y IN HISTORYFeb. 21, 1776: Man named GeorgeWashington invents taxicab to go tohis prom with. .Feb. 21, 1863: Undergraduatecouncil chooses leaders for right \ .. ingof Sherman's Grand March to the sea.Feb. 21, 1!)18: PHI BETA KAPPA WO:,\IE2"\'S WAR WORK�OBODY seems to want to bet iwith us that there arc g-oing to be notaxis at the Prom.-I LENTJane Delancy is giving up meat onTuesdays.The Kappa Sigs are giving upwheat on Wednesdays.The Sigma Nus are giving up soapon Februarys.The Whistle has given up wit onweek days.The Phi Gams have given up study­ing on Sunday, r Monday , Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday andSaturday.WHICH reminds us, that on ac­count of the scarcity of dyes due tothe war, the Phi Gams have decidednot to have a scarlet fever case forthis year's Prom.DRAlUAB WE advise all who have walked tothe Prom to order taxis to get homewith because after they have read thePROM SPECIAL edition of the Whis­tle they will be unable to walk.WE haven't writen it yet, but wehave an idea it is going- to be good,because Charley says:IT was good lust year.Oh, for T.E.H.Anon.Late news dispatch: Doris Martinand Kathryn Llewellyn visited theMaroon office today. The staff issteadily improving and Charley sayshe hopes they will come back againsome day next spring._8'IAURARRussian Tea RoomLuncheon andDinners, 60cAfternoon TessTry Our R T. R. Special 30e BoxPostage Prepaid. A True RussianCiJ.:arcttc.Entitled: How StrangeScene: Radiator between period i- 116 Sou th Michigan Aven u ecal room and Harper reading room.Act. 1. Couple sits on radiator,looking out of window.Act. II. (Thirty minutes later.)Couple sits on radiator, looking outof the \ .... indow.Act III. (One hour later.)sits on radiator, looking outwindow. 1204- EAST SIXTY-THIRD STREET.Act IV. (Two hours later).Couple sits on radiator, loking out ofthe window.Etc. ad naseum et infinitum. Reservation by Phone Randolph 1928Woodla.'V,'-1l TrustCoupleof the !Jc: S a. ,,- i� J1 9 s B a� n kmention The University of Chicago[3Resources $3.000.000An Old. Strong BankHE: Why don't you everEdith West in the Wilistle?Us: Why should we?He: Oh, didn't you knov ....a. Quad? she wasTHE fur coat is the criterion or(well, now, what is it the criterionof?) in the winter. What will it be inthe spring?RFBBER hoots?IF it wcrori't our policy to keeppolitics out of the Whistle we wouldtell you some secrets about some ofthe Reynolds club candidates. But itis and we won't.GOD helps those \ v ho helps them­selves. The sun has melted the snowotT the A.T.O.'s walk.HE: It must be a pipe to write theWhistle.Us: :\0, it's a Camel.(N ote: But anyway, we have tohump ourselves to �ct out one a day.) NEAREST BANKtosAcoounts of Faculty andStudents InvitedFALCON�RROVV[orm-fit:COLLAR ! ... �.)�,�J! •••.",�v;11:�sFittda.e"ca> Fn..t '."officers, who have been called to active daughter of Abraham Lincoln, Cubaservice. correspondent for the Division ofThe positions open are:· schedule Woman's War Work, Committee onclerks, indexing catalogue clerks, bal- Public Information, writes: "The useance of stores clerks, punch card of white bread is prohibited by law inclerks, statistical machine operators, vUba. So far the only bread I ha v-,accountants, draftsmen, controller of: seen is corn bread. Cake and pastrystore balance, and assistants to of-! are served ut the hotels and can befleers in charg-e. The women who fill ; bought in the shops. Butter is verythese jobs must have a degree of lib- I scarce and is not served in the hotels."eral arts from a college or universrty 1 1\1 iss Beckwith is a volunteer in warof good, academic standing, and must service.have been g-raduated within the last ifive years. They will receive the same:salaries as are paid men for the same·work. The pay for beginners is $1,100 IThe meeting of the Freshman Com- Ia year ; this is increased $100 after a : mission, announced for today, hasthree months' trial. Promotion is de- been postponed until a week from to­terrnined by an efficiency board on day. The meeting- will be held atmerit only. 3:30 in the sun parlors of Ida NoyesMrs. 1'1. L. Beckwith, great grand- :l:dI. German War Practices. (96 pp.)TODAY IN HARPER W 31Pamphlets issued by the Com­mittee on Public' Information.lIow the War Came to America.(48 pp.)::\ a tional Service Handbook. (246pp.)Postpone Commission �leetinK Presldent's }o'lag Day Addresswith Evidence of Germany'sPlans. 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