Imagens das páginas
PDF
ePub
[blocks in formation]

American Standard Dimensions of Wrought

Pipe for Water, Gas or Steam

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]
[ocr errors]

The angle of threads 60°. They are slightly rounded off at both top and bottom.
Pipes 1 inch and below are butt-welded and tested to 300 pounds per square inch.
Pipes 14 inch and above are lap-welded and tested to 500 pounds per square inch.

Do Improper Plays Curse Those Who Produce Them?

The distinguished theatrical manager, Mr. William A. Brady, asks this startling question: Do improper plays curse those who produce them? and proceeds to prove from recent and undisputed stage history that the facts give an affirmative answer.

Actresses and plays that make their appeal to the lowest and most vulgar elements in a community are exploited before the public-the big salaries they receive, the crowds they attract, and usually the crowds are authentic and the salary nearly So. Clean-minded people who cling to their ideals in art and literature as well as in the everyday concerns of life wonder regretfully if the stage has been granted a divorce from decency and morality, and if the court of appeals, the critics, are going to make a decree permanent; for indecent plays are multiplying, crowds are flocking to see them, the actresses who regard the clothes of modest women as shackles of an effete civilization on their artistic development still flaunt their flesh and bones from newspapers and bill boards and the envious and unnumbered asteroids in the theatrical firmament believe still more firmly than ever that the only way to the glowing star is by the orbit of indecency, nudity and vulgarity.

So much is evident, written in capital letters for all who wish to read. But what is not seen, what is not read, what is not even imagined by the carrion-seeking public or the unmoral asteroid, is the Nemesis that is always there behind the lure.

[blocks in formation]

watch the chariots go by of finer habitants of the stage.

Mr. Brady's roll call shows Sadie Martinot after a pyrotechnic career in disreputable plays, now penniless and insane, an inmate of the Actors' Fund Charity Home; Mrs. Leslie Carter, a bankrupt, with domestic troubles added to her public misfortune; Mrs. Langtry, whose fame as a beauty was almost world-wide before she passed to a brilliant career on the stageshe essayed the degenerate dramanow her vogue is over. Olga Nethersole, whose play "Sapho" was so indecent that it caused her arrest and trial before judge and jury in New York; then the fickle public turned against her. Pearl Eytinge's play was even worse; she fell a victim to drugs and died a miserable death. Pilar Morin marched to the front with an indecent play and continued the march to a cheap flat, poverty and hard work as an obscure dramatic teacher. Mrs. James Brown Potter is another tragic example of failure after a career in dramatic indecencies. Paul Potter gained fortune with a worth-while play and lost it in a debased one. Michael Leavitt came to the edge of the precipice in offensive burlesque and then tumbled over, his fortune with him, and he had to seek a benefit performance to relieve his most pressing needs.

Mr. Brady goes into the philosophy of this failure, Nemesis if you will. He says: "The crowd, its curiosity sated, becomes disgusted. There is a revulsion of feeling. Those artists have committed a crime against good taste and morality and slowly but surely the crowd that patronized be gins its punishment."

The same crowd will rush to see a new indecent play by a new star, but

it will have no more of the old one, nor will it accept her in a decent play even should she be able to purge herself from the taint of the bad play and reach up for the decent and the fine. This is asking a miracle of life and art; for in viciousness one's own work is the Frankenstein that destroys. This is true of the author, the actor and the playgoer; all are victims of a tainted mind. Their punishment is that the author cannot write a clean play, the actor cannot interpret a clean play, the playgoer cannot enjoy a clean play, the three, aesthetically speaking, perish in the slime together.

The thoughtful student of stagecraft will go further than Mr. Brady and construct for himself a companion scroll of the famous names of the stage, those who have won a great name, a large fortune, an honorable place among the people who count, with degrees, of course, in reward.

Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Joseph Jefferson, Henry Irving, ForbesRobertson, Helena Modjeska, Ellen Terry, Mary Anderson, Ada Rehan, Ethel Barrymore Maude Adams. These are a few of those whose art, so fine and true, will echo down the centuries.

NEW LABOR LAWS IN GEORGIA. Atlanta, Ga.-Before final adjournment of the State Legislature, labor secured these three remedial statutes: Compulsory education, factory inspector and a text book law. After a hard fight the workers were defeated in their effort to secure a law providing for semi-monthly pay. The State Federation of Labor, the Farmers' Union and the railroad brotherhoods acted jointly in these matters and the experience and solidarity that has been developed as a result of this three-cornered movement, will be of inestimable value in the future.

[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed]

SPECIAL NOTICE

This issue of the JOURNAL having gone to press prior to the Convention, it will be necessary to defer all items of interest pertaining to same for publication in the October issue.

THE EDITOR.

"WE ARE PREPARED" to fill orders for the New Emblem Button, which is of solid gold (10 kt).

[ocr errors]

The style and design are the same as the original button, proportionately reduced to one-half inch diameter.

Price 75 cents.

Orders taken by the Local Secretaries.

The

There is nothing about organization that belongs to a particular group of

Elevator Constructor workers, to special kinds of work, or

[blocks in formation]

THE RISING TIDE OF ORGANIZATION.

It's in the air-a vibrant hope that sees leading into tomorrow a road to better things. It's a contagious something, an infectious spirit of courage and inspiration that extends from the toilers of packing-house towns to those actors behind the footlights; from the teachers in the public schools to the yet unorganized workers in the steel plants; from employes and clerks in the Federal Government to miners delving far down in the depths of mines. To highly skilled and unskilled, to those with high standards of living and to those with low, to those of American customs and ideas to those yet unfamiliar with the traditions and language of our land, there comes the vision thrilling with new opportunities, with the assurance of the attainment of rights and justice.

This thing which brings hope to so many, which points out the road to better things, is that intangible, invincible, powerful, revolutionizing force called organization.

Organization is the way whereby the toilers of all ages have found redress from wrongs and have secured greater opportunities. Organization has been tested and found effective.

to any particular degree of skill or kind of preparation for work.

Organization is a universal principle that has a meaning for those who work with their hands, with their brains, or with both.

Workers of all callings must learn that there are principles of human welfare which are of paramount importance. Conditions of daily work and living will not be in accord with these principles of human welfare unless those workers primarily concerned have some conception of their interests and are prepared for sustained efforts to realize their ideals.

Organization is only an intelligent attitude toward everyday problemsthe fundamental things of life. It is a preparedness for the best development, to take advantage of opportunities that constantly arise, as well as preparedness against exploitation, a narrowing of life's horizon, and a cramping of individuality.

Organization of an economic nature has a meaning for all workers, whether they be ditch-diggers or actors, "wops" exploited by the steel corporations or teachers by public school institutions. It is fundamental, protective, and secures for workers things which are the foundation for all betterment and progress.

The primary step is to secure leisure. This must be supplemented by increased wages that make leisure a real avenue to better living and selfdevelopment and freedom necessary for self-respect. Economic contracts dealing with personal services or labor power are a necessary protection. Human nature and the spirit of the business world are of such a character that all concerned in its affairs must have defensive and aggressive agencies.

Those who work for wages (even wages termed salaries) have the same kind of problems to solve, the same kind of opposition to overcome. Economic organization is the only agency

« AnteriorContinuar »