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? . Long Lire the Tick! , Great is the - tick and tte legislature". Is his j prophet. TW Infested counties retain their holy THB OUEST oailt iuiix ; nrivilesre of beinir fntested. The rest ol tne state ULXGTON Street, 'Zun,rZitT.llZ! Ckca acquiesces m their folly, and a movement. at, once let. vnirtu. xottk ftwlta progressive and essential is frustrated by ignor-i . Tctesasa Editorial Business OfScc ...... BUB8CKUT10JI BATE BY CABRIKJt On Tear Bli Months Three Months Ht Uas Month ....,.-... X'BfCRIFTIO RATES BY JMJI VIOLATIONS OP PROHIBITION" HAW Albany Herald: Evidently there are not -as open and flagrant violations of the prohibition .law in Macon as are reported in other Southern cities. Col. Jesse Mercer, prohibition enforcement officer5 for Georgia, has not had to call attention to condi- ;... ! ",,: wm not destroy the d.oa rtmeot Of Pub- Maa Ne TaS ..... i iiA wa r.ra 3itnnnrn T n o nnnr iiiti 1. 1 acii-tuvcrii- " While we are on the ubjeet of. the local situa- Enter at'the Postoffice at Wilmington. M. C ! ance and prejudice. . as senTciiiss Matter. . , It is a strange legislature with its occasional gleams of, liberal ism and its typical front of reo CJonteiriporary Mews Hie Unpardonable Debs only One Tear .......,.,.. ,...S- 8iz Months Three Months ................. 14 One Month Daily an Sunday 17.00 a.sa 1.7S .10 bscriptlons Net Accepts for Sunday Only eaiwoo MEMBER OF ASSOCIAYBIJ PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the uso for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of re-puh licaOos of special dispatches fierein aiso reserved. , FOREIGN ADVERTISING OFFICES! AtlanU: Candler Building. J. B. KEODOH New York Boston m Chicago 25 Fifth Ave. 21 Devopsfelr Peoples' Ca Bids'. BRYANT, GRIFFITH St BKUWSQJf. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1921. A Valuable Comnilation "Because of the readiness of the State Depart ments and the University of North Carolina to co-operate in the work," there is now available to the people of the State "a handbook of informa tion" which will be prized by every citizen who is interested in our social advancement North Caro Una, by reason of the generous co-operation of the agencies mentioned above, has been favored as the first Southern State treated in I he Red Cross series on "Social Laws and Agencies. " The volume, recently issued through the Southern Division of the Red Cross, should gain a wice circulation among the people of the State.' It i$ a work rep resenting the most painstaking effort, and covers thoroughly the field of social service in North Carolina. A fairly adequate understanding of its purpose and scope may be gained from the follow ing portion of the preface: The return of peace extended the work of tied Cross workers to fields other than war tim service. They have become social work ers.: In this new capacity they have need for a far greater variety of information. To meet this need the Red Cross has decided to issue, so' far as may be found expedient, peace-time handbooks of information covering the social resources f the various states, together with a companion volume on national resources which is now being prepared at National Headquarters. For ease in revising, each hand book will be. on the loose leaf plan. While the work was inspired in the first place by the necessities of Red Cross workers, it is hoped i that "It may prove serviceable to other' social workers, whether representatives of private organizations or public servants, whose needs are -generally so similar. This hope, if realized, will justify the effort put forth. The present volume on North Carolina, is a first fruit of this scheme. It has been possible i to issue it thus early because of the readiness of tViA Rtato flAnarimpnta an! rt fhn' TTtil.' v versity of North Carolina, to co-operate in ' the work. o .... Selecting Immigrants , . - . ..... A -i.H The report which the Public Health Service has. laid before Congress in connection with the ad-' mission of diseased immigrants suggests another excellent argument in favor of largely transfer ring our selection machinery from Ellis Island to Europe1. It is stated in the report that more than t nine thousand out of ten thousand immigrants pronounced, by the Public Health Service as dis eased or physically defective were admitted to the country during the last six months of 1920. Tile apparent laxity of the immigration authorities is a matter to be remedied by proper legislation or administration, but the weakness of a method which would permit ten thousand Europeans to break up their home connections and assume the i . . i . ... ., . . . . . uuiueu oi a irip 10 ine unuea states, only to be excluded upon their -arrival, may not be overcome 1... 1 A if Dr. Rupert' Blue, former Surgeon General, -has reported from Europe that there is urgent need of precaution against the admission of person suffer. ing from typhus aAd. Qthe'r malignant diseases. He is convinced that certain of these diseases will continue for an indefinite period to spread among . Europeans. The need of vigilance on the part of our immigration officials is obvious, but we do not . believe that protection will be afforded most ef fectively or most humanely by detention camps, ' delousing mills and deportation. The whola pro cess would be simplified by the establishment of American Immigration burea lift at finttahla T.. iropean points, with provision for the most ! thorough examination of prospective immigrants, ; not only as to health, but with respect of what ever qualifications may be set up by the American government. This, we believe, has been proposed by j the Public Health Service. It is, in any case, as Reserving of careful consideration at Washings ton as the recent proposal to erect an uncom promising bar against all immigration for a period f two years. ' f lie Welfare, although the principle cf self -govern ment is involved. 1 There is occasion for chagrin in the fact that the death blow in the case of the proposed state wide eradication law was dealt by the representa- ! tives from the infested counties. The "process of j reasoning by which these gentlemen arrived at a position of allegiance to the cattle tick is too de ! vious for out slow-moving faculties to follow. The 1 amendments which they proposed, indicated a glowing hatred, of ail ticks except those which happened. to be resident within the bounds of their respective counties. They were particularly zeal ous, it would appear, for eradicatory legislation for the Western counties in which there are no I ticks at all.- Generally, they admit that even their own native ticks ought to go sometime, somehow; but they are dead set against dipping (that being the only scientifically approved method of destroy ing the cattle pest) and stand ready to fight with all means at hand to make sure that not one cow, not one tick, of their "constituency" shall -be sub jected to the discomforts or indignity of the dip ping vat. - The answer is hard to find. Arguments for or against the cattle tick are no longer in place. It is only to sigh a heigh-ho and wonder if, perhaps, by the time another General Assembly convenes, we shall not have a more progressive representa tion from certain of pur Eastern tick-infested counties. o : The South and the Cabinet Vigorous statements from Senator-elect Harreld of Oklahoma and Representative Slemp, insisting upon Southern representation in the Harding cabi net, tend to confirm the prevalent suspicion that en early inclination on the part of the President elect has of late been submerged. Aside from any larger consideration, the arguments which Messrs. Harreld, Slemp and many other Southern Repub licans have presented in this connection carry a suggestion which should give Mr. Harding pause, as one eminent person would say. The Repub lican party made substantial gains in the South last November. The Republican leaders in the South realize that the basis of these gains was, and is, ephemeral; that it was largely a negative victory. They are now looking to the national ad ministration to lend them a hand in the task of laying a more substantial foundation. They .know that voters, so freshly won, will expect- recogni tion and expect it to come quickly. Their fight, in many respects essentially hopeless, can be given even a faintly hopeful aspect only by the most assidious courting. No one can fail to sympathize with their frantic efforts to enlist Mr. Harding's aid. S"or the Democrats, a policy of hands off appears to be suggested by the situation. - It is a family problem of the Republicans, and nothing is to be gained by intervehtien-rat least, not by the inter ventionists. No Democratic leader will pre to be recorded as sponsor for a member of Ilr. Hard ing's cabinet. tion, it is only fair to "give the devil his dues, and to say that while the law is not rigidly en forced in Macon, we ace much freer from 'abuses than several of our sister cities here in Georgia, not to mention the larger cities like New York. Public sentiment has definitely indorsed prohibi tion, and wants it enforced, and we are glad to know that this fact is receiving the recognition it deserves. Backed by this sentiment, and the eternal vigilance- of the public, we hope gradually to see the law even, more fully enforced. We have never; b?in . quite sure in our own minds why the cattle tick decided to make Its last stand In Eastern Carolina, ;but we are beginning to realize that it ..displayed remarkable generalship In its choice of abattleground. DEPENDABLE FARMS Atlanta Constitution: In speaking of results from the work which has been done on "the de pendable farms" of that section, The Cordele (Ga.) Dispatch says that farm plans carry "plenty of food for the farms, and some to sell." And the best of it is that Crisp county has "many farmers who have such farming schedules every year, and in hard seasons they make better crops than other fanners because they are there at their posts of duty, turning' everything for its worth." It is pointed out that the farmers of that county "stand together" in this" matter of farming "to live at home" working as one, not only for their own good, but "for the good of those who depend on the farms all around them." That is what helps most on the road to a gen eral -prosperity; and the live-at-home schedule keeps the corncrib and the smokehouse at home. DUNN ANYTHING BUT DUN Greensboro Netcs: Dunn has turned in to rescue a public square that has been used for years as a cotton market, and the women of Dunn Intend to plant green things there and make it a beauty-spot. So much is reported in a short news item from Dunn. We wonder whether that is all there is to report? Dunn is a sprightly, progressive burg; perhaps they have chloroformed the croakers, on run .them out of town. Maybe Dunn is so lucky that the correspondent tould not have reported any uncomplimentary remarks on the subject ,even if he had wished to do so. But If it is like most other towns, he could have made his story three times as lorig by reporting the sneers and Jeers of the moss-backs. We can hear them now, dis cussing the folly of allowing a bunch of senti mental women to use valuable, property for no better use than to make the town pretty. We can hear doleful predictions of the horrors that will follow petticoat rule. We can bear the an gushed howls of some taxpayers about the way the women threaten to crush him under an intolera ble burden of public expense. He heroically for bears to mention that he paid the sheriff last year the outrageous sum of 37 cents. We hope that this isn't true of Dunni but we know that every attempt to make Greensboro a trifle more presentable must head against a flock f of such outbreaks. It is a heart-breaking work. Lhat of making a southern town look decent, but alter an pretty much anything worth while do ing la heart-breaking work. , - . s The Women of Dunn One of the most definite advantages to be de rived from the participation of women in public affairs arises from' their superior knowledge or ap preciation of orderliness and proportion; they -know," in other words, when a warehouse occupies a site which should be converted into a public park. The town commissioners of Dunn appar ently fiaye. been convinced; the Woman's club of that little city has been commissioned to take charge of Lucknow Square, the occupation to fol low the removal of the cotton market. "Mother, It's yourn now, what are you going to do with it?" Thus the Mayor announced to the assembled ladies that their venture had jjbeen approved. We believe he will not repeat his in quiry many times. The' commissioners had not dispersed, it is related, before one of the women citizens "cornered the chairman of the road com mission and made him promise to bring the road forces over and prepare the square for the grass and trees and things the women will plant there." Witnesses, were shown, says the reporter, that the shortest route between two points is a straight lfne. It was Dunn's first experience "with women taking, the . lead in municipal affairs." We may venture , the-helief that it will not be anywhere' near the last. The statement of Judge C. A. Swing of Louisi ana, on lynching is worthy of more serious atten tion than that which may be suggested by a facetious linking of his name-with the subject un der discussion. "When you put the stamp of your approval on mob action" he told his grand Jury, "vou ipvite the kind of government, that has pre- vaile'd In Russia and Mexico." There Is no . more direct invitation to anarchy than that whichj is ex tended by, ordinarily law-abiding citizens when;, they, take a suspected 'person out of the Jurisdix tion of the, courts and apply punishment of their own fashioning. ' " w " The. Senate Naval Committee has reported in advocacy of ''an American Navy at least equal , to that of, any other power." That is to say, follow ing out the principle of v the i well known "vicious circle," a Navy, eventually; equal to the combined resources of all American tax-payers. ' THE SENATE ON ITS TOES The New Republic? .Sgn&tep go on perfunc torily beating their breasts ad trying , to work themselves up to a mfldJ fever of excitement against the . time of thJrepseible conflict be tween the legislative am fixe executive oranches. .They are reaching out, and testing, at least some of them are, Mr. Harding's strength and his weak ness. " " The perilous and devices' .'maneuvers and twist ings that mark the projection oX Elihu Root and Charles E. Hughes as possibilities for the 4ost of secretary of state are present xistble outcroppings of these under-surface actlVitiSJl. I do not know which of them will be In the cabinet. Maybe neither of them. That would please the Senate. I take, the word of thatguardia'n "Of the inner por tals who not long ago said to me. "If either of them is 'selected h is. friends ought to- present him with a pair of brass knuckles. He will need them." My own guess is that Mr. Root would get along with the Senate better than Mr. Hughes after the initial flurry of opposition. Either one of them if nominated will be confirmed. Any secretary of state will find the banister of his life in office full of splinters and the pedestal on which he is.ele- vated sprinkled with broken glass. The dominant group in the Senate, if there is such a thing, has quite made up its mind to conduct the foreign af fairs of this country for the next four years. Also they are going to show Mr. Harding how to take a joke, if their present attitude mea.ns any. thing. Having tasted what they conceive to have been blood arid finding it palatable they now talk about making it a regular part of their dietary. But as one of the Joy-killers remarked the other day, "Breaking a backbone is one thing, but break ing a rubber tube is another." But I have only to point out here in ther index, as a reporter, that the Senate is now in a state of mind to have a bout of catch-as-catch-can with Mr. Harding as soon as he comes on the mat. r ;;; i r 'l .'i .Hi-- :s" President Wilson's enrt "denied"' wrJtjen across the jreeonfmendstion f or pardon of Eujfeue V, Deb has received the "okeh" of the majority of the American press. Clemency would have made "a jnocJcery of th .law" -the New York Mail (Ihd.) believes, thus reflecting a sentiment that seems to be typical. On the other hand. how ever, there j an. emphatic minority which disagrees w jth the President and In ther-words ': of5 the Springfield Republican -(Ind.), !flnLs Mr. "Wilson's action "inexplicable.' The Republican says: "The reasons stated by Sir, Palmer in behalf , of executive clemency for Mr. Debs cannot 'fall. to command the approval of a larare majority of people and Jlr. -WirsonS view must be. tre garded as - both ill-considered and de- plorable. Mr. Hardinjc, It may be ex pected, will reverse Mr. Wilson's course in this matter."- Some feel that holding Debs is mak ing a martyr of him, and urging this point the Rock Island Argus (Dem.) states that Debs stoned no worse .than most of those who, similarly convicted, have since .been pardoned;" and the paper asserts that "if a, referendum were taken in the nation Debs would win his freedom by a large margin." Both the New York Evening World (Dem.) and the Cnattanooga News (Ind. Dem.)' call for "an abatement of war, spirit" as the latter puts it. "It seems evident," it adds, "that in the commission of the offense. Debs believed himself within his constitu tional rights." The World remarks: "The President misreads public sen timent if he thinks the majority of the people of the United States are not now for magnanimity rather than repression in the attitude of this power ful government toward a handful of irreconcilables." It seems to the New Tork Morning World (Dem ) "that Mr. Debs has been in jail Ions enough to serve as an example" and agreeing with its even ing contemporary, the paper states that "the President might better have com muted his sentence and ended the pre tense of martyrdom.' In not follow ing this course, the St. Louis Post Dis patch (Ind.) thinks that Mr. WJlson has "forfeited a gracious opportunity" for. while Debs was "justly sentenced" it was "a war-time offense, a war-time conviction and a. war-time expression of public opinion." Now that the war is over and other offenders have been released, Mhe time for lenience has come." Naturally in the papers of radical leanings comment. is most bitter. The Minneapolis Star (Ind.) for instance, declares that President " Wilson has "assassinated -democracy at home" by denying pardon 6T a man "who has been persecuted for his political faith" and the New Tork Call (Soc) refers to the Administration as "a collection of agents of the imperialistic dynasties of the United States" who like the "dealers and exploiters of slaves"' will "merit the execration of posterity," More tempered is the language of the Baltimore Evening Sun (Ind. Dem.) which pleads that "what America needs most now is .to forget the war . and bring about a. co-operation on the part of all elements in the country" and it doubts if "the denial of clemency f of Debs and a continued agitation, of the movement to effect his release" will I serve this end. The Indianapolis News (Ind.) declares that denial came as "a surprise to some" for "it was as sumed that Debs had a chance" but it hastens to add that "his offense was serious and there was a strong ele ment of willfulness in it." The Toledo Blade (Ind.) points out that there can be no discrimination: "The President cannot let Debs go. Freedom will come some day shortly, but it must come in company with that handed out to all the draft dodgers, to all the deserters, to all the men who fell foul of the army and navy discipline and were punished for It." A typical sentiment is expressed by the New York Tribune (Rep.) which represents the opposte view of that held by the radical writers. To the Tribun Debs is the "true fanatic" type and "unmeasured and extravagant speech is his second nature." His punishment "must be administered" under" a law vitally concerning' the very, existence of the nation" as a .warning for all time "to inflamatory tongues tempted to imperil the nation id its hour of crisis," .To this the Lynchburg News (Dem.) agrees: "Debs' crime was one that deserved a heavier sentence than he received and Debs not only does not repent of his crime but glories in it," This feature of Debs "unrepentance" is stressed by the Boston Transcript (Ind, Rep.), and to yield to a drive for such a prisoner's pardon would, it believes, "have important and hurtful consequences Jn the enforcement of law in the future." The Washington Star (Ind.) feels that the President's act has the "approval of the country" and the Buffalo .Commercial (Ind.) thinks "he is to be commended" for it. Witn these sentiments the Port Huron Times Herald (Ind.) is in accord, as it be lieves is "every hundred per cent Ameri can citizen regardless of party affilia tion." Answering the "waris-over" ple.i for Debs, the Newark News (Ind-) grants the fact but adds that it is altogether another thins to say that so early in the train of the cessation of armed conflict there should be bland forgiveness all round" and the Cleve land Plain Dealer (Ind. Dem.) things that Debs "has yet paid his debt to the nation" and "Americans will generally agree' that he is still "where lie belongs." The other argument, that the offen der ' a political prisoner, is scoffed at by the EJmia Star Gazette (Ind;) which declares "there are no political prisoners in the United States" and conviction Of Debs "was pot made be cause of any Debs' political opinions but because of definite, overt acts against the government of the United States." The Burlington News (Ind. Rep.) ap pears to be more interested In the recommendation of the Department of Justic than in the President's re fusal to accept it. . "The very fact that the Department of Jusitice should ever think of mak ing such a recommendation," says the News, "much less put forward the recommendation itself, lays the depart ment open to suspicion and gives ground for belief that perhaps the agitation of eminent lawyers all over the country for an investigation inio the activities of the Department of Justice is not entirely without foundation." na thin, -r, :t:b. at r fBriand. however, ha. ucuiko -nan nfik t,. ; u. wno wisely declined t0 rtl .1Ti niiicui at inis critic,- "- r r a watfthlnw i ; 1 " PT - nccniy lor i rt to point out that M , tvk ioe wool nnni . , "as artful Welshman. 'y Can It be repeated t0.) is the lack of rinv a Washington that is ca ,, . me uncertainty in th g0 Europe? Nobody can c?;. . : ' the loss to the world haV"'? ruii m uur custom whi.-h President and o t- four months alter ,hfr .o!fM Thr ma v 1 reasons for ovAhrr French cabinet, but th nV. f Question that '' . .... ..vsuiu v.ji that nobody else in hi ' . r i . " " "' e inswerea. a n a. cleverer might have dodged it and pcii '4 on "on; asked fori was a clear ,t,t!rri, policy, taf.M. Lygue8 had r. ,i ' c&ccpi. a policy or torn ho v el, iatratlnn in inatallal " "r!t If you see a crowd n' : fxi tnu as on or mem wh-rh,.,. Jin.ciy io answer mat u rv. in nnv . w tiA . . n i. . v ui ' " me Uti.. T,.. th international citn,;. . 1 shell. Is America going t :at- down? There cannot "be to much' Ar,zhi jv going to play the good o'h game or some game with foreign ir minsa or. 10 put it ftnoth-r whether or not we will insist cn n'? ss v was nviuc b f u UUh On a thinsr ft" robi... .-. iinrucuumny giave is ine lac; tr.&tur. aer tne V rsaiiles treatv the rfw,,.!.. figure must be arrived Rt hv Ms-, 1 mis year unai is only eight week a'. ler iir. tiara ms s inauguration. No doubt Mr. Harding has no: be It may b assurfted that wnen he Me -s into the White House he wiil Vr.c pretty definitely what he is g jir.g ; do. Probably Senator McCornur. ' have told him a good many twines need to be done, and promptly. One of - the most interes-.ir.z n SM nrkS A 1 . about the loans to the Alli-s. N0 g,,. eminent excent Enclund has n-.sn viivh even iwr ute puyment ot inter- est ojj them. iven ltnonn.- o.:t loanR leaves Euronoan mnlir.-Ts unbalanced. v What will happen if ssk tor payment. GRAY AND TANGERINE FEATURE MILADY'S HAT Mrs. Leighton's Opening Shows . Chic and Saucy Styles A WISE DECISION VWhlte Asked to Call Democrats Together." if fce should sudcBd in doing B0, we shall hare In disputable proof of hfs claim to hold his present 1ob just as longvasrjnclination may dictate. . It-is reported that King Alfonso of Spain Is desirous of entering 'into closer relationship with the smaller powers ; of - Europe.. It wasn't so very long ago that he put up a-game effort to convince these same S. P.'s that his country wasn't even.in Kufope and had nothing whatever to do withJECu- , "Tick eradication is all' rights said one of the Eastern Carolina toloriB, fit l I done in a nice . way." Now, that's the rlgt : spirit. The thing should be accomplished as hucianely and decently as possible. What would , the gentleman say to chloroform .or electrocution T'i-4.. - - - , - f ' f . . 1 .i i 1 ' At a joint session of the Senate and House Wednesday''8olenirt pronouncement" was made to' thr effwt tUatWarwaiOJJarding isjthe Presl-, dent-elect. If that doesn't convince himwe'll just haTW watt1 until the sergeant-at-arms sends a detail to fetch him ' In. , h The' Republicans are 'making .a mighty flourish with the pruning knife, but they will, bear watch I ing-wlien-tiey. Arr4vrat the plum tree -f - K Philadelphia Publtc Ledgex'.U Pf B8idint Wilson'a refusal to interrene; in the .dispuleT-twtween the railroad executives and the - -employe's over r- the abrogation 'qL the 'wartime labor agreements' was wise and timely: The law has created the ma chinery for the determination of all such ques tions, and. to Invite the interference of congress with 'matters already under consideration by the Railroad: Labor Board or the Interstate Commerce Commission, would be a confession that this labor! ously created machinery is unfit tor. Jts purpose before it? has even been given a trial. Representatives of the railway executives wel come the' President's decision as tending "to pro mote thfi cause of orderly procedure,' but their own position would be more secure were they to adopt the fame method in the conduct of their own casebefore the labor, board. ; By their re fusal .to confer with the representatives of the em-' ployes, wWare vitally affected by the proposals of t?efvlradinanagementE -te latter have repudi ated the fundamental principle on which the board itself waireated. if after full and frank con JESS lilPreS that no aeement can be K VI,Jhrexecutives win be In a Position fa:t?ih4lglir authority, but not until then. Theirstefusal is akin to the mistaken policy of the faiyrP?ratIon in "fusing to deal with the' labor leaders, a policy which cost: the corporation radS-sTs T Vi! i th the corporation-as against, the SspSlThL .fro.tbebpr end of the aS52 :$l5! ra"road- executives would be well - : i l 1 1 ' 1 J M ' ' mrm 1 ' I 1 , j European News and Views - c By WILLIAM li'V largely undeveloped. The American (E"J!P'"". 1'??" 9LTh Sl"J film- y reason of it, greater techni- i haps, tliink of the movies as an inter national question. Nevertheless, as I undertook to point out In a recent dis patch, the film is proving- to be one of the most powerful agents for the ex change of ideas throughout the world and the fact that America enjoys practically a monopoly In this indus try is giving us an unigue opportunity for the dissemination of our stand ards of taste and culture with all the responsibility that is thereby implied. And so It is-of importance for us to consider what reactions are produced by the American film board. In the English press, for instance, there .ts a most violent campaign being waged against it. Why? No doubt a large part of the movie Is nationalistic the papers are endeavoring to create a preference for the domestic product, quite regardless of merit. But on the other -hand some of the criticisms are just, as when it is complained that American film producers require the exhibitors to make long-term con tracts for a. definite number of films per year, without giving an opportu nity for th exhibitor to assure him self of the' quality. Too often the product Is of' uneven merit, yet being obliged to accept what is sent him, or at least to pay for it, the exhibitor cannot afford to purchase the films, however "better they may be, of other producers. There Is yet another criticism of the American film, not touched on so .Inf slstently In England, that is heard in France. The most frequent French reproach is thai our movies are -manufactured with the sole abject of be ing suitable for children, it is true, no doubt, that young people are the most enthusiastic , film fans in the wo'rld, and ' the' American ; public has demanded that the cinema should be ke-Dt free of immoral and" Vnorbid sug gestions. Yet a French writer asks pointedly 'whether It is.- not "time to consider the production of pictures "fit for a grown person! to see." In-other words, why should there be a differ ent standard for the movies than ex ists for the theater i for. literature? Even in America, where the Puritan tradition is strong, we permit things on the stage or in books that would not be. allowed in the movies. Our movies, It seems, have, boiled down to a mere series of variations 6 the Cin derella story. A poor " girl Is the vie tlm of tyrannous parent or guardian or employer. , She attracts the atten tion of Prince Charming (rich, of course), whose family at -first object to the match, but are finally persuaded that kind hearts are more than coro nets, especially when they discovte that; their sons , approved , fiance If only a fake countess after all. NoW such stories are ' undoubtedly appeal Ing, because they art 10 refreshingjy untrue to all human experience, and they are demanded by a public that seeks distraction seeks to be taken out of the real world of .care and fiin- appointment Into a realm where every thing is Just as It ought to be, Bui nefbody pretends that literature has no other end than this on of ;! amuse- 'inent and-i, distraction, ..and it is not quite obvious -why - the motion picture, sureliy- a form of literature, should' be devoted exclusively -to this limttdd branch.- ' t The movie field In Europe Is as yet ; cal merit, has an immense initial ad vantage. The question is whether this advantage can be maintained on the present standard. If not, then European producers will begin to supply the de mand for films of greater seriousness and profoundity, breaking with tfseir present practice of weakly Imitating the American product. And as soon as European producers are strong enough to set their own standards It is likely that they- will drive tfie American pro ducers out of the market. From an American point of view this result would not only.be regretta ble fsr commercial reasons. It would destroy also our opportunity to- influ ence the thought of the world through this powerful organ of literary expres sion. In all history there probably never has been such- an opoprtunity offered to a single nation to spread Its artistic" and cultural Ideals. Lloyd George and Briand have a lan guage in common the language of 'practical politics." It would be worth a good deal to see them in conference together. There is not much chance that either would be able to influence the other with high-flown rhetoric, and prCbably neither will try it 'A smart business man once remark ed that it's no use. trying to drive a bargain with a man who is just as smart as you are, and perhaps some what the same thought occurred . to Lloyd George when he learned that M. Briand had been picked to head the rench government. we may iook xorwara to a series or compromises between Greatt Britain and France, In whfch both premiers will seek o demonstrate to their . re- wnen Airs, Jiarumg bc?an rryr.: out Tier wararoDe in wmcii s.ie vi, grace the spacious rooms of the whit? house, fashion feheets and dai y pr;w said that " the reigning color of in spring season would be blue, f r Js Mrs. Hardinv's favorite. I'.ut t - throngs who crowded Mrs. I..Ml i( cnarming store yenteraay. taKing t;e prerogative of American Wi.tn-n. !is agreed with the future first tody the land. There they saw large l.a'i small hats, -drooping brims and mm? unexpected oies, but the prfdoinji.n Ing colors of these bonnets wr soft. soothing gray and vtvio, tangerine, ir one window the grays held cnirt. i:; various shapes and sizes. In the n;l: the tangerines flaunted themseivf against the fresh background of ban boo, and in their midt a deep brimnm! hat of white and coolest ereen showed that cashes to match w ere a :eaiure ci th oneniner. XIIB Ulterior vrij nun1.""!.1 decorated, here a basket of field flow- ktAJI 1 V, ...n Vv . . 1 n i-i If inr oh. so natural:), and on me cuit showcase a vase of queerly Fhai" reddish blooms, that could have how made in no other place but China, v was it Japan? A delight to the eye was the ent:r showcase of flowers and fruits, Amer ican made and a credit to the cow try, and a llftle farther along bolti of unDronounfcable cloth, rtstmblin; straw and most adaptable to citu Angers, made a brilliant blotch o. color. Nearer the conveniently pla" 1 v. : i.n,. f .. .hiiiv miliStitnC' to just try the effect. This they (M and many went away carefully carry insr satisfactory, answers to the o'1 quDLivti T llj ... spring hats in February?" NEGROES HOLD UP AND ROB WHITE MAN HERE Hold up at the Point of a pietol l5 two unidentified negro men and rob1" of a gold wach chain and a f IJ piece, attached as a charm, was the ev periencs-of T. H. Grews. of 2112 Oibson avenue, early yesterday mornmB. Crews was going to his work, accorfl ing to the police, when accosted by n? negroes and forced to surrend. " property. ., The robbed men reported the t.ifi at the store of Schutt brothers. Mn.i and Bladen streets, and the police y summoned to the scene, 'hen tn-. arrived the highwaymen had flown, clue is had as to their identity ; OF : : The Wilmington Savings & Trust Co. WHEN YOU CHOOSE A BANK Because of Its Large and growing resources . . Ample capital and surplus ' T: Extreme willingness ito serve ; Spirit of personal contact with its, patrons Friendly banking atniosphepd;,vV:-V--- Jklodem-and absolutely mt.ttrprooi 'fcuiUiing. Leadership in furtherwgjnUit 4 Per Cent Interest, mpbnndied jQuarterly . Allowed on Peposita r-. nt 3d. ... -At '. :r';-.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 11, 1921, edition 1
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