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Maeterlinck
Will Not Risk
English Again
?Poet Thanks Dr. Wright for
"Rescue of Poor Little
Belgium" in Linguistic
Wreck at Carnegie Hall
Manager Pond Also Cross
Assails Author's Friend for
Trying to Teach Him
Phonetic Speech in Night
for the rest of his lecture tour in
thi* country Maurice Maeterlinck, the
poet of Belgium, will express his
thought* in French. The creator of
"The Bluebird" will start on a three
months' tour of the country within a
few days, and will not be back in New
York until the end of March.
Yesterday he wrote a letter in
?French to the Rev. Dr. Merle St.
Croix Wright, who presided at the
opening lecture when Maeterlinck at
??mpted to deliver a psychological dis
i irse in phonetic English. In his let
r? Maeterlinck wrote :
?'My Dear Doctor?I am deeply sen
a, ble of what I owe you for all you
have done in interpreting my thoughts
for many years. Yesterday evening,
as Carnegie Hall, you added the fin?
ishing touch to your admirable ef?
forts in stretching out a fraternal
hand to me when I was drowning.
"If this first contact with the great
American public, instead of turning
Xo a disaster, proved another occa?
sion for its magnificent manifesta?
tion of patience,?indulgence and cor?
diality, I feel that I owe it entirely to
you.
Belginm Rescued Again
"Once again your great country
has come to the rescue of little Bel?
gium in her distress, and has mirac?
ulously saved her. It is in such
dramatic moments that lasting
friendships are created. You have
mine and I hope I merit yours."
J. B. Pond, of the Pond Lyceum
Bureau, to which the poet is under
contract for a series of leltures, issued
the following statement yesterday:
"I have read the various statements
in to-day's papers with regard to Mr.
Maeterlinck's failure to speak English
at Carnegie Hall last night, and the
statements are so inaccurate that I
offer some corrections which may prove
a? interest in fairly presenting the
case.
"The statement has been made that
Mr. Maeterlinck was persuaded against
his will to lecture in English. It is in-?
teresting to note that when I first took
up the subject of a tour with Mr.
Maeterlinck in 1916 I wrote that it
would be necessary for him to lecture
?n English. When in 1919 Mr. Henry
Russell came to me on behalf of Mr.
Maeterlinck to take up my previous
offers I was told that the lectures
Would be in English.
I "When ' I met Mr. Maeterlinck in
Monte Carlo last summer he agreed
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that the lecture would be in English.
As I was making a contract, written in
English, for a lecture tour in an .Eng?
lish-speaking country and as Mr. Mae?
terlinck has known English ever since
a boy, it was naturally not entered in
the contract what language the lectures
would be in. It was accepted by Mr.
Maeterlinck that the lectures would be
in English. When I left him he was
to improve his English so as to be able
to address a large audience. In writing
to me in November he said that he
could not prepare two lectures in Eng?
lish, as one had been a sufficient task.
Says He Declined Try-out
"All my announcements stated boldly
that the lectures would be in English,
as this was the most often asked ques?
tion in our selling campaign for Maeter?
linck. On his arrival here he never
took exception to these statements, and
when I asked him personally if he
?wished to" try out his lecture at Car
! negie Hall he stated that he did not
need such a try-o?t, as hie voice would
carry. Had he taken th_B trouble
which the greatest of men do before
undertaking such a tour, the trouble
of his language would have been noted
and with the aid of a competent coach
the difficulty could have been over
come, as it has been in the case o?
many other foreign speakers of note.
"I have been absolutely prevente<
from seeing Mr. Maeterlinck either foi
business or for social purposes excep
on two occasions, which together wouh
not exceed half an hour. Mr. Russell
who claims so often that he is Mt
Maeterlinck's friend, has barred th
door to me on every occasion. Am
yet, as manager of the tour, I had t<
! settle all vital points.
I "I had read in the press that Mi
Maeterlinck had a phonetic system, de
vised by Mr. Russell's son for learnin
English, but never have I seen the mar
uscript of this lecture. I was astound
ed when, with the audience, I learne
that Mr. Maeterlinck did not have
normal English version of his mam
script, and that he depended alone o
a language of overnight creation.
Expresses His Regard
"For Mr. Maeterlinck I have tl
highest regard, and personally he
one of the most charming of me
After I had arranged the order of tl
program, Mr. Russell called D
Wright, who was to be one of tl
speakers, aside and instructed him ?
invite the audience to interrupt if tl
lecture was not heard. Dr. Wrig_i
following these instructions, elab<
rated in advance to the audience tl
course, which later was followed. 1*
audience, without invitation, wou
have acted voluntarily so boldly. Tl
strange part to me is that Dr. Wrig
was present on the insistence f
months of Mr. Russell, and acted und
his direction, without consultatii
with me.
Dr. Wright further stated that tl
subject of the lecture was not th
which Mr. Maeterlinck would give, a,
this morning's papers state Mr. Mae te
linck forbade my using the subje
"The Unknown Shore." No word h
ever come to me forbidding the u
of a title I chose when at Monte Car
Mr. Maeterlinck said he would spe
on spiritualism, but as he gave me
definite subject, I had to chose the o
used. He wished to give me a differ .
one, but he never sent it to New Yo
as promised. On October 15, I wrc
him asking for the belated subje
and in November he wrote that
would speak on "Some New Intimatic
of Immortality." It was then too li
to change my printing and the n
subject was run as an underline eve:
where it was possible to include it
"The statements in this mornin
papers that Mr. McDonald has b(
appointed to handle any business
tween myself and Mr. Maeterlinck
the best proof of the existe:
of the barrier erected by ]
Russell to prevent my dealing
rect with the great poet it has b
my privilege to represent. Mr. Mo
Donald admitted to me he was acting
for Mr. Russell, and that his chief
duty would be to carry Mr. Maeter?
linck's bags. It is the first time in the
history of an organization which has
satisfactorily managed tours for such
men as Stanley, Bewcher, Mark Twain,
Conan Doyle, John Masefield, Rabin
dranath Tagore, etc., that a bag carrier
has been appointed as the arbiter be?
tween a great poet and myself.
"What pressure Mr. Russell brought
to bear on Mr. Maeterlinck not to
speak English is unknown to me. I
would have undertaaen a tour in
French, but on different lines, if the
arrangements had been so made. Eng?
lish, however, was agreed upon at the
time the contract was signed, and Mr.
Russell's son undertook to develop the
?oet's English and failed miserably in
is amateurish attempt. It would seem
that Mr. Russell knew this and now
tries to escape the blame by now
giving out repeated reports that Mae?
terlinck did not know English. The
lecture was followed by similar state?
ments to the press which could only
have emanated from Mr. Russell's of?
fice, and which, because of duplica?
tions in phrasing, must have been is?
sued in quantity to all papers.
"It has been a matter of great regret
to me that Mr. Maeterlinck's pronun?
ciation of English at the Carnegie Hall
lecture was not such as was expected
by many, but I am quite confident that
with the intense application of which
Mr. Maeterlinck is capable, the diffi?
cult of accent can be overcome, and
his lecture at the same place next
Wednesday evening will be satisfac?
tory."
Hays Departs for Chicago
Will Attend Conference? .of
Women Republicans To-morrow
Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re?
publican National Committee, departed
yesterday for Chicago, where to-mor?
row he will take part in the first of
a series of conferences conducted by
the women's division of the National
Committee, of which Mrs. John G.
South, of Louisville, is chairman. Miss
Mary Garrett Hay, of New York, chair?
man of the executive committee of the
women's division, also went to Chi?
cago yesterday to take part in the
conference.
It is expected that representatives
of about fifteen states will attend the
Chicago conference, which will last
two days. Chairman Hays will be in
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday at a state?
wide women's conference, and in Den?
ver January 8. Miss Hay and Mrs.
South will attend and direct these con?
ferences. Mrs. Medill McCormick will
speak at the Chicago conference.
Teachers Said To Be Cheaper
Than One-Arm-ed Paper Hanger
TRENTON* N. J, Jan. 3.?While
many teachers in the rural schools of
New Jersey are getting only $70 a
month, "a one-armed paper hanger
can't be hired for $600 a year," the
State Board of Education was told at
?. session here to-day by Melvin A.
Rice, its president.
The meeting was called to consider
the imperative necessity of paying
teachers a living wage, and it was de?
cided to learn the sentiment of the
people of the state on the subject.
?
Moore Resigns From Congress
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 3.?Gov?
ernor Sproul to-day announced that he
had received the resignation of Mayor
; elnct J. Hampton Moore, of Phila
? delphia, as Congressman from the 3d
1 Pennsylvania District.
Appeals for Roosevelt
Memorial Playground
Rabbi Lyons Says We Are Deny?
ing Children Chance for
Good Health
New York is rapidly but surely
pushing its children to the wall and
grinding out the opportunity for child'3
play, which alone offers them the
greatest incentive to become good
Americans and healthy human beings,
declares Rabbi Alexander Lyons, of the
Eighth Avenue Temple, Brooklyn. The
statement was made at a conference in
the Pennsylvania Hotel of leaders in
the movement to establish a model
playground in the city as a permanent
memorial tto the late Colonel Roose?
velt.
Representatives of a dozen civic or?
ganizations, such as the Playground
and Recreation Assocaition of America
Bureau of Municipal Research, and
several patriotic and welfare societies
met with members of the committe?
on playgrounds of the City Federatio'
of Women's Clubs to discuss plans foi
the establishment of the memorial
Miss Mabel Macomber presided.
"This is a beautifullv constructive
1 enterprise," Dr. Lyons said in refer
! ence to the proposed memorial." W<
show our visitors skyscrapers an
Broadway?the ponderous things?bu
it is the things of the spirit such a
the child's desire for . self-expressio
and play that we should take prtd
in. The memorial playground is
fine ideal and should be carr.e
through in spite of all obstacles."
_
Friends to Give Exhibition
Of E. ?. Kramer's Painting
An unusual episode in scheduled i
the Anderson Galleries. There will ope
at that place to-morrow evening, wit
a private view and reception, an exh
bition of more than one hundred oil
pastels and drawings by Edward Ada
Kramer. The exhibition is organize
by a group of his friends, who, in thi
presenting him to the public, testify
their faith in his work. There will 1
music at the reception and C. Lew
Hind will speak.
The view lasts until January 16. Tl
persons under whoso auspices it is he
are Robert Ament, George Bellows,
O'H. Coserave, Arthur Crisp, Hamilt?
Easter Field, Robert Henri, C. Lew
Hind, Mitchell Kennerley, George Lui
Jerome Myers, John Sloan and Edwa
H. Smith.
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IN. Y. Death Rate
For 1919 Lowest
In Last 53 Years
| Dr. Copeland's Report Shows
j Mortality to Have Been
12.39 a Thousand, With
Big Drop in Tuberculosis
Dr. Royal 0. Copeland announced
' yesterday that the death rate of 12.39
; a thousand in 1919 was the lowest re
| corded in this city since th eorganiza
I tion of the Health Department, fifty
three years ago. At that time the death
rate was a trifle more than 28 a thou
i sand. In 1918 it was 16.71, and for
1 the five-year period, ended with 1917,
The decrease last year in deaths
I from pulmonary tuberculosis was un
j precedented. The infant mortality rate
| reached its lowest figure, .82 a thou
sand. Sixty-two persona died from
wood alcohol poisoning in 1919, com?
pared to nine in 1918. One hundred
and thirty-three died from alcoholism
in the first six months of 1919 and
forty-three in the last six months. The
birth rate was the lowest for twenty
years, as a restRt of the war, in Com?
missioner Copeland's opinion. There
were 130,377 births reported, less by
9,454 than in 1918. In his report Com?
missioner Copeland says:
"A decrease in prevalence and mor?
tality is shown in typhoid fever, typhus
fever, malarial fever, smallpox, measles,
scarlet fever, whooping cough, diphthe?
ria, tuberculosis and the diarrhosal
diseases of children. During the year
just ended there were 74,433 deaths, as
against 98,119 deaths in the year 1918
and an average of 83.760 deaths for the
five years 1913 to 1917. These figures
are corrected to correspond with the
incraese in the population of the city.
"Excluding the deaths from influenza
in 1918, in order to arrive at figures
for comparison, the year just ended
shows a decrease of 9,327 deaths, dis?
tributed os follows: Typhoid fever,
203; measles, 413; scarlet fever, 186;
whooping cough, 264; diphtheria and
croup, 142; tuberculosis of the lungs,
2,178; other forms of tuberculosis,386;
organic heart diseases, 971; acute
bronchitis, 245; lobar pneumonia, 862 {
broncho-pneumonia, 140; diarrhceal dis?
eases, 1,401; cirrhosis of the liver, 430;
Bright's disease, 1,596; ?congenital dis?
eases, 969; violent deaths, .546."
$7-a-WeekMaidComingBack
Employment Agents Predict Re?
lief From Servant Problem
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.?The day of the
$7-a-week servant girl, who would cook,
sweep, mind the baby, wash dishes, run
the laundry and do odd jobs of calci
mining in her spare time, is coming
again, according to Miss Elizabeth
Moynihan, of the Travelers' Aid So?
ciety.
Every boat from Europe is bringing
hundreds of Scandinavian, Irish, Eng?
lish and Italian girls eager to do house?
work. Miss Moynihan says. The Trav?
elers Aid Society is assisting scores en
route west from New York.
"I expect that in three or four
months," one employment agent head
said, "we will have almost the old con?
ditions back?girls willing to work for
$7 or $8 a week, instead of 'highty
tighty' dusters willing to assist in
housework for $15 a week."
Workingwomeii Aid H. C. J
Factory Girls Canse High Prices
by Extravagance, It Is Said
That factory girls 'and other working
women are spending money with reck?
less abandon for luxuries and expen?
sive clothing and shoes is one of the
discoveries of Federal agents investi?
gating the high cost of living in the
western district of Wisconsin, accof<*
ing to the United States District At
torney, A. C. Wolfe, who is conducting
the grand jury probe.
"Working ?irls are wearing more ex?
pensive clothing and shoes than women
of wealth in some cities," said Mr.
Wolfe. "Many women of means are do?
ing little shopping these days, but in?
stead are getting along with what they
have, while factory girls continue Jt?
buy expensive clothing and fashionable
frills, and thus encourage manufactur?
ers' to cater to this class of trade.
"Women and men must cease buyiag
except such articles as are necessary
if this campaign to lower the cost o'
living is to be successful. When people
cesse buying prices will soon reach a
normal level."?Milwaukee Journal.
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