NEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS
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News Notes and Comments By BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE AN ADVENTURE OF THE SPIRIT A MOVEMENT to unite different denominations of protestant churches in Canada has very-much interested me as I have...
...John Drew was married to Josephine Baker, an actress, in 1880...
...At the time of the actor's strike, he took their side and gave his aid and lent his prestige to their cause...
...He especially admired JohnDrew...
...Those were the days when Augustin Daly's famous companies delighted the theater-going world—John Drew, Ada Rehan, Mr...
...It was almost his only recreation...
...He has again and again proved his independence, courage and stamina in business...
...and WHEREAS, the United States government has within the last two years invaded, with armed forces, the domains of friendly peoples of Nicaragua, Mexico and China, under the guise of "protecting American interests," but obviously with the intent to force these nations to comply with the demands of sinister corporations of capital for a free hand to exploit the resources and the lives of the people of the nations...
...the artist, his loyalty to standards and ideals that never change, had strong appeal to him...
...He was devoted to his daughter, Louisa Drew—Mrs...
...It was in the eighties, when we were young—and how happy were those first six years in Washington—that we enjoyed to the utmost John Drew's acting...
...It is notable how his friends and neighbors at East Hampton, the old New York village where he made his summer home, felt his loss...
...What would a million or more dollars mean to the world's richest man...
...But could he have played a better part...
...one could better turn a comedy point and turn it with the inevitableness that was his...
...His knowledge of stage technique was unusual—no...
...Both those who have entered the Union and the minority group remaining as the Continuing Presbyterian Church have passed through an extraordinary vitalizing process...
...News Notes and Comments By BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE AN ADVENTURE OF THE SPIRIT A MOVEMENT to unite different denominations of protestant churches in Canada has very-much interested me as I have seen it referred to in the press here and there -without getting a clear idea of what was really being done...
...Differences of creed had already become negligible...
...It is a balm of real healing quality...
...It calls for a generous spirit of give and take...
...The effect is much more wholesome, far more beneficial...
...Jack Devereaux—she to him...
...It was a courtesy that was inherent and arose from kindness of heart and consideration for his fellow-men...
...He makes mistakes...
...FORD'S APOLOGY MR...
...It will become co-educational as it should be, of course, in a State University...
...Chown...
...An honest apology has always an element of greatness...
...Bob and I never missed an opportunity of seeing a good play...
...The rank and file will accept his apology as genuine...
...He was not narrow...
...When a man discovers that he is wrong and is big enough to say so publicly, as Ford did, the public will respond...
...others find accommodations in the student quarter of town...
...But a large majority have entered the Union with enthusiasm...
...A very interesting development this year has been the organization of an alumni body which was wholly the idea of the students themselves...
...True, a section of the Presbyterian church has felt unable to join in the enterprise...
...But not so John Drew...
...Agreement was achieved on essentials, minor controversial points being left to individual interpretation, and matters of church government were settled by selecting and combining the best features of the three organizations...
...The results are visible not only in the large cities but in every town and hamlet throughout the country., "The Union was consummated in June...
...She was with him in San Francisco at the time of his death...
...The attack of the Dearborn Independent on the Jews was irreconcilable with the general interpretation of his character...
...The scholarships are for $100, which covers expenses of one student for six weeks...
...The Methodists were able to enter the Union as a body, and nearly all the Congregational churches have entered...
...He described an ideal school, open day and night, giving to all comers of whatever age or occupation the knowledge, education and training they needed to enhance their usefulness and add to their joy in life...
...The alumni idea is to follow up the students, to keep track of their work, to recruit new students, to help in selecting the course of study and in pushing and developing workers' education...
...John Drew's father, after whom he was named, was a brilliant Irish comedian, and his mother, Louisa Lane Drew, was also a versatile actress...
...Under these circumstances, the otherwise great executive is hopelessly weak and helpless...
...No one could wish him a worse fate than to be placed in the presidential chair...
...In a speech which struck the keynote of devotion to the cause as a whole, he urged the election of his younger colleague, Dr...
...JOHN DREW JOHN DREW—what a name, and what a wonderful personality he had, whether on the stage, on the street, as president of the Players' Club, or anywhere he might be...
...On a trip to the Dells they were entertained at Portage by Zona Gale and they spent the week-end of July 4th at the Y. W. C. A. cottage in the country...
...Those of us of his generation followed with sympathy and sorrow the account of his illness and death as we would that of an old-time intimate friend...
...He was familiar with all the old English comedies...
...Two very fine negro girls attended the school this year...
...Evidently Mr...
...Ford to his old place in the affections of the public, which was a personal matter, not at all dependent on his rating as a rich man...
...They have shown splendid initiative, partaking in the song-fests, ushering at the University theater, attending concerts, going on historical expeditions and other journeys about the state...
...The spirit of the school is to go back to their jobs better equipped to understand and to work out their problems...
...In the generous space accorded the work and life of John Drew throughout the press of the country, I note a disposition to undervalue the fame of the veteran actor because he played a certain type of character so exclusively...
...When his imagination has been touched and he ventures to launch a peace ship or a newspaper, he is like a person in a trance, under the influence and suggestion of another mind than his own...
...I remember when, on a trip to the Evangeline country, Jefferson was on the train en route to his Southern home, Bob's saying that others than his "dog Snyder" must always recognize and express joy at sight of him...
...Already all denominational lines within the Union have practically vanished...
...Of his family, he is quoted as saying, "You see, we have been on the stage for over a hundred years, and we have been brought up in the atmosphere of it...
...he added luster to the name of Drew...
...Otis Skinner, his close friend and great admirer, says, "He was sometimes criticised for playing himself...
...But I am glad he recanted and thankful that the unfortunate matter has been settled with an apology instead of a big sum in damages...
...He has the limitations of his special genius...
...Many of the groups who did not know how to swim before coming to summer school have become experts in the art...
...I am indebted to Julia Grace Wales of the University of Wisconsin for this inspiring statement of the progress that has been made...
...And yet though he had been behind the footlights for fifty-four years, his interests were not limited to his profession...
...Summer school classes at the University begin at 7:30 and everybody is kept busy all the morning...
...Stress was laid in the basis of Union on the combined tradition—on the positive, contribution and the rich heritage brought in by each of the three uniting bodies...
...Augustus Thomas says of him that he was "perhaps the best-informed and all-around well-educated man of his profession...
...Whenever you saw him, he seemed at his best...
...It is our family metier...
...The purpose of the six weeks' course for girls in industry was defined by Irma Hochstein in a fine article in August, 1925, LA FOLLETTE'S to be: "to extend the horizons of the individual girls, their social, economic and personal horizons, that the light from this wider field may give them new understanding and with understanding, ability to meet their problems...
...The Columbia Conserve of Indianapolis sent two men and two women to the summer school this year...
...A large gathering of lay and clerical commissioners met in Toronto...
...The group attitude was fine, putting into practice their "interracial ideals...
...FORD'S assault on the Jews in his newspaper was most deplorable and hard to understand...
...She died in 1918...
...The group has a house center which affords rooms for some of them...
...The matter has been settled by individual congregations by a local vote, which has also determined the disposition of local property...
...The teaching of the industrial group is financed from the budget of the University Extension Division...
...among them were a pastry cook, a buttonhole maker and one was an inspector of veneer...
...One of the colored students, who is a married woman, led one of the most interesting discussions of the session on the subject of married women in industry...
...It did not detract from Joe Jefferson's genius that he acted for so many years the one part of Rip Van Winkle...
...There was an old school courtesy which he possessed that shone through his impersonations and made them warm and appealing...
...And we rejoice to learn what a deep hold on the public this fine, old-school actor had and how universally appreciated he was, in these changing days of movies and Hollywood's sensationalism...
...In contrast to Bryn Mawr, the working girl's group at Wisconsin is expected to join in the general social activity of the University instead of confining it to their own circle...
...Pidgeon...
...Otis Skinner, in highest praise of his life-long associate, says it is sometimes a handcap to be "born to the purple" and that it is an unwanted task to live up to the expectancy of a great name...
...Thousands of communicants were present at the first Communion, which was celebrated in a vast Arena...
...he does harm where he intended to do good...
...Education for health and physical training is emphasized...
...Ford has none of the qualities of statesmanship...
...They will congratulate him on his courage and wisdom in making it and extend to him the hand of good fellowship...
...therefore be it RESOLVED, in conformity with the long established policy of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, to promote peaceable relations and good will, that we protest the intensified imperialistic attitude assumed by the United States Government toward certain foreign nations, notwithstanding our professed doctrine of self-determination of nations, in interfering with internal affairs and exerting its powers in behalf of sinister private interests, in whose favor the peace of the world is thus being risked...
...An interesting phenomenon which may prove to have far-reaching results in human history is the step recently taken by three Canadian churches— Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational—in forming themselves into The United Church of Canada...
...Henry Ford is a genius...
...But an apology— that is something fine...
...By the General Executive Board, Wisconsin State Federation of Labor...
...Not only did his rich inheritance fail to deteriorate...
...Henry Ohl, Jr., President...
...1925...
...In the two years which have followed the Union, a really organic group life has resulted, reminding one, in its harmonious energy and the fervor of its devotion to the cause of religion and humanity, of the early decades of the Christian era...
...Ford's apology...
...EDUCATIONAL HORIZONS THE summer school course at the University of Wisconsin for girls in industry, which has just ended, had two men in attendance...
...and be it further RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the Secretary of State and to our United States Senators and Congressmen...
...On the following day a momentary fear of embarrassment was perhaps felt when it came to the election of the first chairman of the whole body, the natural candidates being the ex-chairman of the Methodist General Conference, Dr...
...The newspapers appear to feel cheated and disposed to doubt the sincerity of Mr...
...he was father, uncle, counsellor, friend and guide to them...
...It was she who is said to have educated and trained her son for the stage career which he began at the age of twenty...
...Forty-six girls from Wisconsin and neighboring Middle-West states took the course this year...
...and be it further RESOLVED, that we urge upon the President of the United States the termination of the present policy of armed invasion of foreign countries, and to cause our government to function in the spirit of democracy, and thus serve the people of this nation in their aspirations for a brotherhood among men and peace on earth...
...John Drew's sister, Georgia Drew, the mother of John, Ethel and Lionel Barry-more, was likewise a great favorite...
...The problem was instantly solved by Dr...
...Hereafter it may quite naturally follow that both men and women will avail themselves of the privileges of the summer school for industrial workers at the University...
...The girls' expenses are met by scholarships given by interested individuals and organizations —women's clubs, trade unions, and so on...
...They represented many occupations...
...He played it with absolute mastery...
...One tribute to Drew says, "He helped his nieces and nephews to the high places they attained in the stage family in which they represent the ninth generation...
...In my judgment, the apology goes far to restore Mr...
...but it would be hard to believe that Henry Ford is intentionally mean or dishonest...
...The working girl students have special instruction in Economics and in English both oral and written...
...and Mrs...
...Here he was looked upon "as a fellow citizen, one who was always ready to take part in every public-spirited movement, and who gave freely of his effort, his time and his money...
...He knew stage history, the family geneol-ogy and relationship of actors...
...For each hour of lectures there is an hour of tutoring...
...This was done...
...They say unkind things about him...
...SHOULD TERMINATE ARMED INVASION AT THE thirty-fifth annual convention of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, 1927, the following resolutions were adopted: WHEREAS, the workers of Wisconsin, in local groups and in representative conventions, have repeatedly expressed themselves against wars of aggression and conquest, and have voiced their opposition to governmental employment of the resources of our country, the welfare and the lives of our people, in pursuance of a policy of armed aggression against other nations in behalf of privileges of profits and in disregard to human rights...
...Some employers take an active interest in the experiment...
...This brings to mind a thought left by a distinguished Jewish educator I listened to long ago...
...He has transformed the social and business world of the country with his cheap cars and tractors and his idea of selling more and charging less...
...Another very interesting discussion in the field of economics was "Child Labor...
...Chown, and the Ex-Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, Dr...
...John Drew was "a gentleman" whether on or off the stage, but he was ever the superb creative artist, never degenerating, never courting cheap applause...
...J. J. Handley, Sec'y-Treas...
...Gilbert and other incomparable artists, in "Taming of the Shrew," "School for Scandal," and many less lasting, but always clean and brillant comedies...
...Each student had specialized on the child labor laws of her own state and together they worked out a standard child labor law...
...Pidgeon, and moved that the secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot...
...This initiative was especially encouraging to the committee of supporters who found it very helpful to call upon the representatives of the group attending committee meetings for suggestions based on study and experience...
...We know nothing else...
...This courtesy was essentially the courtesy of John Drew, but in his acting it became the courtesy and the appealing quality of the stage character that lived in the eyes of the audience...
...Ford is not much given to reading or even to thinking outside his own particular realm...
Vol. 19 • August 1927 • No. 8
