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Friday, January 17, 1930
The
"New Morality
Since it is neither comfortable
-nor fashionable to go without
-them, the question of clothes has
lnnp been a pertinent one. In
deed they form one of the foun
dation stones of present-day
society. That wearing apparel
will continue to occupy the spot
liorht of youthful attention
seems quite likely.
"We are moving in a world
of constant sex axcitement."
This quotation affords us the
stimulus for this article. That
we are moving in a world of
sex excitement we admit ; this
has always been true. That we
are living in a world of constant
sex excitement, however, seems
a bit dubious. To quote fur
ther, "Dancing, as it is practiced
in modern dance halls, is the es
sence of a sex orgy."
Resultant of the" attitude un
derlying the above quotations
from a statement made recently
by a prominent member of the
American Social Hygiene Asso
ciation, salacious magazines fea-
turing figures of feminine pul
chritude and physical perfection
- have been removed from the
shelves of news-stands in sev
eral North Carolina cities of
late. Students of : aesthetics
have been caused no. small
amount of worry by the removal
of these so-called "art" maga
zines. Pornographic magazines,
portraying human bodies in
nude and semi-nude fashion
early met with disapproval in
this grand old state of ours.
Such "studies m art are now
, conspicuous by their absence in
Durham, Charlotte, Greensboro,
and other North Carolina cities.
The dearth of lecherous litera
ture is bemoaned by many, even
though it may be cherished by
the majority of those who are
in power in these cities.
But depraved literature is not
the sole means of creating pres
ent-day sex appeal. The pen of
the sex novelist is competing
with vulgarity, banality, and in
decency on stage and screen.
The great, "piercing lamp of
criticism has long shone on the
unwarranted exploitation and
degradation of the stage - by
those who lack respect for de
cency and eek to coin immoral
ity into profit. The same is true
of the screen. The voice of old
er people is continually advising
that the present diet of youth)
contains too great a quantity of
filth. The question of employ
ing a czar to cleanse the stage
is a pertinent one in numerous
arge cities, the city, of New
York being the center of this
agitation.-
Adherents to the so-called
!new morality" : movement,
which is merely a term brazenly
used for the age-old immorality,
claim that people are getting
what they want. If this be the
case, we may well inquire as to
whether they want the right
things, ; or not.- The common
herd of people vmust always be
directed by a few leaders who
can peer into the future of so
ciety: Obviously, the "new
morality" with which we are
familiar stands for the very
practices which formerly, were
classed as immoral. The pres
ent moulders of society's amuse
ments sponsor practices which
those of a few generations ago
warred against.. Is it possible
that morality 'admits of such
flagrant instability?
The . question arises as to
whether the theatre has de
bauched the people, or the peo
ple debauched the theatre. Is
the motion picture debasing the
publicv taste, or is public taste
debasing the motion picture?
Recently a group of Germans
said that they wished to rid
Germany of the "demoralizing
influences from abroad"; and so
the blame shifts from one place
to another. Certainly, such pic
tures as A Most Immoral Lady,
Hot-Stuff, or Getting Gertie s
Garter call attention too strong
ly to the so-called "shady work"
of life. Since pictures bearing
such ? glaring and suggestive
titles" draw the largest crowds,
there is validity in the conten
tion that people are getting what
they want. "
The following quotation seems
to embody the solution of the
much talked of situation: "Light,
decency, and law have ruled the
world thus far and will continue
to rule it Light, representing
the intelligence of men, destroys
the germs of immorality and in-
decencv and cleans up other
v
pest holes, including those estab
lished in the theatres for the
profits of obtuse and conscience
less men. Decency is the power
that prevails in public opinion
in the minds of at least ninety
percent of the people of this
this country. Law is the power
by which men compel those that
lack moral light and decency to
refrain from public display of
xneir unworuuiiesa.
If this be the case, then per
petuate light, . decency, and law
forever! J. C. W. - -
decidedly lower than that for
the first ten years of the thirty-
year period. I made the point
that since the increase in crime
in the state consists in violations
of the prohibition law and since
the average of the liquor law
violator is considerably higher
than that of "offenders against
the law in general, this increase
in crime can hardly be charged
to any recent break-down of
family control of youth. -
ROY M. BROWN.
AND ATHENE WAS THE
GODDESS OF, WISDOM
john mebatie
Euripides' Medea is a power
ful play. - We have attempted
below to re-write one of Medea's
most forceful soliloquies in or
der to give it somewhat of a
modern appeal. (Profuse apolo
gies to Euripides, of course) .
MEDEA:
Readers' Opinions
NOT
AN UNPRECEDENTED
CRIME WAVE
Editor the Daily Taf Heel :
In my talk before the sopho
more cabinet of the Y. M. C. A.
Monday evening I seemed to
have failed to get over with the
Tar Heel reporter what I
was trying to say: I did not
say that we are in the midst of
an unprecedented crime wave.
Nor did I intend to endorse the
idea that the crime of the pres
ent day is in large measure at
tributable to a break-down in the
family. What I tried to say in
this connection is, that as indi
cated by indictments in our
superior courts over a period of
thirty years there has been a
decided increase in crime since
the-World War; but that ifwe
omit liquor law violations for
the whole thirty-year period,
there is no appreciable increase
in the crime rate per 1,000 popu
lation for the period following
the war as compared with the
neriod of the same x lensrth nre-
ceding. it, and that the rate for
the period since the war is
Editor the Daily Tar Heel:
It is interesting to note that
the gentle John Mebane has suc
cumbed to the temptation al
ways besetting the philosophical
and thus airs for us the short
comings of the "unquiet sex."
In quoting from Rousseau s
epistle and the popular little es
say by Schopenhauer, Mr. Meb
ane thinks to add a touch of au
thority and thus clinch his case,
but women are not so easily con
vinced of their inanity. Even
had his dissertation bristled
with the diatribes of Juvenal,
Tertulhan, Solomon, the elder
Cato, Valerius and Jean de
Meung, I doubt if the gentleman
could produce a single ripple in
the placid surface of the female
mind. Somehow she holds vague
memories of the doings of Sap
pho, Aspasia, Theodora, Heloise,
Marie de France, Christine de
Pison, Elizabeth, Catherine the
Great, Madame de Maintenon,
Jane Austen, Madame de Stael,
George Eliot, the Bronte sisters,
George Sand, annd Sonia Kova-
esky, to say nothing of a host
of other sisters whose fame de
pends on something other than
intellect. Of course those who
make a cult of apotheosizing
male mind will - observe that the
above list represents the bril
liant exceptions. Quite true, but
at the same time would we not
be stretching a point to classify
Plato, Aristotle, Virgil. Dante,
Beethoven, Goethe and Shakes
peare as representative of their
sex? Obviously no women have
equalled these men but that does
not prove women are capable of
nothing but love and deceit.
Most of us wilL agree that the
female mind is not a philosophi
cal mind. It does not attain to
great depths of abstract think
ing, but it surely is less phleg
matic in those mental patterns
which it does master. The "vigor
and depth we ordinarily associ
ate with genius is undeniably a
male attribute, but in the finest
order of genius this vigor is al
ways refined by a sensitiveness
to nuances that is essentially
feminine. This is what Elbert
Hubbard meant when he said
that "Schuman was feminine in
many ways as"he best men al
ways are." This is one of the
things that distinguish the He
brew Jahveh from Jesus of Naz
areth. ;
Even if women have never be
come the greatest of philoso
phers and artists, they have
been the inspiration of some of
the best things that man has
ever done. It is almost plati
tudinous to recall in this respect
Beatrice Portinari, Laura de
Noves, Caroline Esterhazy, be
loved of Franz Schubert and
Clara Wreck, wife of Robert
Schumann. To George Sand we
are indebted for some of Mus-
set's purest lyrics and Chopin's
most passionate music. Had not
Catullus been enamored of Clo
dia we would not have the Les
bia poems. - Beethoven probably
did not have an abiding passion
for, one woman but women, were
constantly on his mind. So much
so, in fact, that he is said to have
cried out, "O God, let me find
her who is destined to be mine
and who shall strengthen me in
virtue."
My sons, here in this house may you
reside . ..
While me, your mama, unkind fate
deride. '
For I to other realms an exile go -
Uovr can your papa shame to treat
- me so?
I shall be gone ere you nae lasea
wives . . '
And settled for remainder ot your
lives.':-"-: ' - ' ' - "
For you, my sons, I then- m vain have
toiled.
In vain have washed your necks . and
ears, and oiled
Your locks and made you clean your
fingernails
And told you wondrous stories and
weird tales.
Why fasten on roe such a steadfast
.' gaze " '
Of tenderness ? Or wherefore smile ?
My days "
Are destined to be spent in misery
For I cannot evade the dread decree.
Ah, wretched, wretched me. what shall
I do?
For Jason has declared that he was
through.
Mv resolution fails now I have seen
The faces of my children so serene.
With me I'll take my children, for
why bring
A double portion of distress to sting
My heart .that I may grieve the un
kind sire ,
By murdering his sons ? I'll send a
'wire
For reservations in some foreign state
And he shall grieve that he gave me
the gate.
And yet, in my intent what means
this change ?
Why I'd a hundred times prefer the
mange
Than mock'ry and derision from that
man! '
I needs must" rouse my courage. To
Japan v
I'll fly when now the dreadful deed
And if he overtakes me on the run, '
111 draw my dagger and cut short my
. ..:life::..:',-; V-r' ," '
I'd rather be a corpse than, be his
wife!
Enter the regal mansion, , ormy suns.
, (exit sons).
But such a moment is no time 'for
-. puns. . ..-
ATsit! alss! I cannot do the deed.
I tell you frankly "'it's "against my
creed -
To;do such things as. this. Unhappy
r:. -me!
With ashes and with sack-cloth cap
- a-pie
Myself I ought to cover. No! I swear
Although I storm about and tear my
r shaU commit the deed, nor ever let
My., sons abide here near that foul
coquette! . r ' . -
They certainly must die; since then
they must -Tis
I shall do the deed. In God I trust.
Now, hurried on by fate, I tread a
path -Of
utter wretchedness, nor would a
bath ' ' -
Relieve me of this dreadful burning
pain
Which fails upon my heart like drops
of rain. -.-"...-' :
To mv dear sons o how I long to say:
"QvofVh forth ' vour risrht nanas,
' babies, that I may
Embrace them. O, those lips to me
so dear
Will silenced be forevermore, I fear;
Enffacnnff- features and ingenuous
looks
T.iVi ancrels pictured in the story
books.
Ah', you shall be deprived of all life
holds
An A inin the rherubims in blessed
AAUU mm-m.-mr
- folds."
Farewell, sweet kisses, tender limbs,
farewell! -
For you cannot be saved now by the
bell.
Now, my distress has conquered, and
I know
What crimes I venture on and what a
" show .
Ill have at Judgment. -But my bitter
rage ,
Has got the best of me and. of my
age.
"KNOW ALL WELL" IS
BUDDY ROGERS' SLOGAN
Even to enumerate the classic
examples of a woman's inspira
tionand' influence would 'be an
almost hopeless task; the proces
sion is too great. There are
Li via, who directed Augustus ;
Theodora, to whom a sober his
torian refers as "a woman of
dauntless courage possessed of
remarkable foresight in political
affairs, and in a very real sense
joint ruler with her husband" ;
Aspasia, the wife of Pericles .was
almost as influential and even
the sainted Jerome had his
Paula. Everybody knows what
Catherine did for Peter the
Great, and many know how
Madame de Caillavet had to be
continually urging Anatole
France on to greater and great
er achievements. .
' But suppose we grant for
the sake of .. argument that
"women are good for nothing
but love and deceit." What of
it? That is all the average man
wants in a woman and she ob
ligingly enough gives it to him.
But in doing so she does not
necessarily become his chattel.
On the contrary, if she uses her
native equipment with the least
bit of finesse she can make him
forget all the philosophy he ever
knew and she is aware of it.
Who thinks of the precepts of
Solomon when a woman's half
parted lips are waiting to be
kissed. Why, even the old king
himself became rather frisky on
such occasions. Whatever
be their shortcomings women
usually know what tlW
when it is a question of handling
men particularly men whom
they, love ; and that is one way
of getting what thev want.. Rnva
James Hunckner : "These long
haired, soft-eved animnls .
w ' y . tj
Guy de Maupassant described
them, are our .true critics,
weigning us ever in thn
scales that are mortifyingly can-
am, excusing us if they love us,
allowing the lords nf prpnt inn rw
kneeLin humble attitudes at the
snrme ana rewarded at the end
uy tuierauon.
Even in this age of specializa
tion there is one class of work
ers who have to be jack-of-all
trades and masters of all of
them. They are the screen play
ers who are boxers' today, suave
men - about - town tomorrow ;
stenographers in one scene, and
ladies of fashion in the next.
The screen players must be able
and ready to turn boxer, cow
boy, acrobat, stenographer and
what not at short notice. V
This almost daily uncertainty
as to the nature of the work re
quired tends to keep screen a.
tors continually on the alert
physically and mentally. Often
the important matter of safety
may hinge on adequate prepar
ation for a role.
Charles (Buddy) Rogers, one
of. the youngest of the motion
picture stars, has had to do many
things for the screen beside
make love. He has piloted air
planes, steered speeding ice.
boats and captained a tug
through-the Golden Gate at San
Francisco. - For his first picture,
"'''. "i
earn an aoout lceooats, and
earn quickly for the film called
for iceboat races on Lake Placid
with Rogers excelling at the
tiller. ' -
When he undertook the lead-
mg roie in vv mgs," Koger?
faced a much greater test. He
had to learn to fly an airplane.
n "More Pay Less Work" he
mastered the art of high diving,
one of the scenes requiring him
to dive from a height of 35 feet.
In "Abie's Irish Rose" and
"Close Harmony," he had to
'demonstrate proficiency with
many different musical instru
ments. In ''River of Romance,"
he turned fighting man to stage
rough-and-tumble battle with
Fred Kohler, and, while these
fights are not meant to maim or
injure the screen players, they
act in "Illusion," he learned the
intricate art of magic.
For his latest Paramount all-
talking picture, "Half Way to
Heaven," which will show at the
Carolina theatre today, Rogers
had to become adept at still an
other specialized business. He
became an acrobat. His role
requires him to do all kinds of
difficult and hazardous feats on
the "trapeze. That has meant
learning another trade.
Not a single voice was raised
against putting fossils on the
free list. . It seems strange some
of those senators should be so
indifferent to foreign competi
tion, Philadelphia Inquirer.
It is characteristic of Ameri
ca that nobody wanted the stock
exchange investigated while its
craziness paid a profit. Atlan
tic City Union.
AffQ
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Dream of My Heart) (from Motion Picture BIuC Gra68
The Vagabond Lover")
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(With You) Where you Are Fox Trots
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