THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL' 18, 1920.
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High School Students Will
.Present Old English Dramas
Under Direction of Briton
z:yfho Revised. Them
i For Production
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In Omaha.
IThe, Vicar of Wakefield", by
-. Oliver, Goldsmith, has been chosen
for the" play to be presented by the
Central High graduating class the
, week of June 4.
' TheJplay will be under the direction-of
Herbert Rogerson, an
Englishman, who recently came to
this country. This is the first time
thatlThe Vicar of Wakefield" has
'. been presented in Omaha. It will
be Mr. Rogerson's own version of
the story, the play being adapted
by him from Goldsmith's book and
Ton Taylor's play.
.... Sbttjc characters will take part in
the t production. The cast has not
been finally chqsen. More than 175
students tried out for places last
week. .
... "Thje;,Lady of Lyons," by Lord
Lytton, an old English comedy, will
-be '. presented by the South High
graduating class. Mr. Rogerson has
also undertaken to coach the South
High students.
.The comedies will display quaint
costumes of history. The pompa
dour; styles of white wigs and ro
mantic costumes of the men, and the
richly appointed silk and satin pan-
nier dresses of the women, will
bring the old English atmosphere
into great prominence. The scenes
re laid in Wakefield and Yorkshire
and suitable scenery depicting na-
tore -will-comprise the setting of the
Central-High production.
' "Therjdea of teaching dramatic
art in public schools is a good one,"
said. Mr Rogerson. V"Its inception
come "none too early. Literature
generally 5 more or less to the un
imaginative mind a very dry sub
ject, 'The drama, if taught in the
schools'-will help the scholar to
visualize the subject Drama is the
bridge; between learning and the
fruits of learning. By reviving old
plays live in those times, and
get "tb.Jt "delights of color and the
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actual portrayal in life of-sterling-
characters in history.
It is impossible to be both mer
cenary and artistic, according to Mr.
Rogerson. He believes that the two
are diametrically, opposite, and one
must strike the haoDv medium.
There is more in this world than
the acquisition of material wealth,
Amateur Company Proposed.
"Playhouses are houses of educa
tion," he said. "While coaching the
students they will be taught the
value ot enunciation, self-possession
memory work, delivery and general
stage cratt, all of which are neces
sary in the making of successful
actors.
lt. Rogerson hopes soon to pro
duce "Saint Patricks Day," an old
English comedy by Sheridan, which
he has revised. A number of the
high school actors will be asked to
join in forming an amateur com
pany, to be .directed by Mr. Roger
son, later in the season.
"Ivanhoe," "Wild Oats," and sev
eral other old English comedies
nave been rewritten by Mr. Roger
son.
:Bu;ssian Soviets Sanitation
FWork Very Efficient Savs
-Professor William T. Goode
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iMIMedical Services of Every Kind Unified Into One
' HrYast Department Question of Medicaments
Serious Since Blockade Against Country Makes
;; .;;:Jt Almost Impossible to Bring in Any From Out
side, People Proving Sufficient; Unto Themselves
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. - (Note The subjoined article
i by. the correspondent of the
- Manchester Guardian was
among the property taken from
-' him when he was arrested last
s - fall and detained on a British
f 'wafship after hisltour of Soviet
. Rssta. The manuscript has just
- been recovered by him and is
. herewith published for the first
-time in this country.)
By PROP. WILLIAM T. GOODE.
:Y By Universal Service.
London, April 17. May interview
' ith.; Mr., Semashko, the head of the
sanitary department," provided not
i only "deeply interesting information,
i but confirmed an ' opinion formed
from investigation in other quarters
that the blockade, so far from
quenching the spirit of the Russians,
' has roused their combative energy
and itimuated them to discover ways
of sufficing to themselves. .
. Proudly Dr. Semashko Declared
that their chief .triumph was the un
ifying of all the medical services, of
... whatever kind, into one vast depart
ment. This gave them advantages
- n economy of working, in the utili
sation of service, in the distribution
of medicaments, and, last, in fighting
epidemics.
"Medicaments Serious Question,
u. The question of medicaments is
a serious one for Russia. Formerly
they-were nearly all bought abroad,
and the blockade;- by closing the
.ports, and the war by preventing
.them from buying in their usual mar
ket, Germany had brought about a
condition which threatened to be
serious for the public health. Some
had been bought in Ukrainia these
were, German medicines and much,
some millions of roubles' worth, Dr.
Samashko said, had been secured by
, contraband. But they had been
stimulated to manufacture for them
i selves, and had been successful, es
pecially in salicylates.
X The sanitary condition of the
" Country is not bad at present In
' 1918 -there had been a serious epi
" derate of typhus. (I had previously
heard of this during a visit I paid,
, far. into the country, to a huge tex
tfle,. factory, where, as one of the
managers, an Englishman, said the
people died like flies.) The depart-
ment had called on everyone, . and
" brought in aid the workmen's com
; .mittees, teachers and others to
preach, and teach cleanliness. Now
j the average number of cases in Mos
cow .waa 25, a small number of cases
- in a city of 1,500,000 inhabitants. I
" had been warned of cholera and
, asked him about it He said that
'. there were some score or so of cases
Cia Petrograd and in Kursk. In
Voronezh there were sporadic cases
which proved on investigation to
have been brought from Denikin's
,army, where it was widely spread,
as also among the population of the
- territory he occupied. , In Russia it
exists, -"Dr. Semashko said, only
among soldiers, not among the
i country people. . K
Asiatic Cholera in Moscow.
.J Lv.Moscow at the present time
there are fourteen cases of Asiatic
. cholera lacteriologically proved. I
" jiaye'jnentioned already the great
.-care--which is taken at the Moscow
water works with the water supply,
and that Moscow has been singular
ly", tree, from epidemics. In my
.Opittionr it is a healthy city just
sow. Again;"' the department has
, Organized the workmen's commit-;-tees
against disease, so that what
i 'mighi-Tiave turned to their dis
tdvaaUgt it prompting concerted
action by all to spread enlighten
ment and fidht infection.
"The department has stimulated
research also," said Dr. Semashko.
"In the, typhus epidemic we isolated
the bacillus and got good results by
the use of ai serum, though I do not
yet consideit its action as demon
strated. . 1
Unified Medical Service. ,
The participation of the people in
all departments really , helps the
movement toward national health
set on foot by this department. 'Dr.
Semashko has helpers from these
committees, who work daily in his
department, and on all the commit
tees on veneral diseases, tuber
culosis, prostitution, etc.. there are
representatives from the profes
sional alliances (trade unions). He
spoke quite warmly in favor of the
new system and of the benefit that
comes from participation by the
people.
"But," he said, "don't take mv
opinion; take that of a neutral doc
tor, Dr. Freiberg, who has been
working here for years. He was
asked by Petlura to go to Ukraine
and organize a medical service. He
refused, being enamored .of, the
soviet service, and besides because
the dream or his "life had at last
come true one unified, compr ten
sive medical service for the whole
country."
As he had spoken of a committee
on prostitution, I told him of my
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Candidata for SecrtUry of Sute, ea the
Democratic Ticket
MISS LILLIAN U. STONER,
, Qtceola, Nab. :
Ha icrved Nebraska -aa pablic achool
teacher; County Sup't. of Publie Instroe
tion. three termi; Head of Political and
Social Science Dep't of the State Normal
chool, Peru, Neb., fourteen yean; Sec'y.
of State Teachers' association, three terms;
Organizer for Suffrage and Prohibition
worker; War' worker. Food demonstrator
and County Chairman of the Woman's
Committee of the Council of Defense;
Legislative Chairman ot. the Nebraska
Women'! cluba; Sec'y. of Nebraska
Woman' Council, and solicits the support
of the voter on April 10. at the Primary
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impression ' of Moscow - as '' town
from which the open plague had dis
appeared, ad begged him to ex
plain. '
"It has gone largely," he said,
"because we have treated the eco
nomic question of women properly,
and so removed one of the great in
ducements to prostitution. We
have introduced some repressive
measures, taking the worst, cases
and segrsgatfng them where thev
can be taught, to work. But one
thing from which nothing but good
has come is the inclusion in the
committee dealing wit.h the special
subject of representatives from the
Domestic Servants' Professional
union." ;-
The principle of gratuity is carried
out pretty thoroughly in this service.
Medical education is gratuitous, so
is medical service, whether in hos
pital, dispensary, or at home. The
medical service has been national
ized, the most difficult part to or
ganize being the medical service; at
home. But at last it has been done,
at a cost of 2,000,000 rabies, and 68
doctors, with 120 assistants, are at
the service of the population of Mos
cow. v '-. -
Effective Medical Service.
How effective this service is I
know from personal experience, for
I fell ill on my arrival, and axloctor
had to be summoned at a late hour,
past midnight. He" was promptly
in attendance and treated me suc
cessfully. " V i t
The department maintains clinics
of all kinds at various points in the
city, and has raised the number of
beds in hospitals from 3,000 before
the Soviets came into power to 25,
000 all being for civilians, the mili
tary forming a branch apart
Again, I had to come to the con
clusion, as in other commissariats
dealing with the personal life of the
people, that the soviet republic is
well served by its department o(
health, while the directors' frankness
about the effect of the new form
of government is a direct proof that,
so far from meaning anarchy, . in
this, ,perpahs the most sensitive of
all government organizations to in
terference, it makes for efficiency
and tor the spread of enlightenment
Tries to Solder Gasoline ;
Tank That's Full Hospital
Norman, Okl., April, 17. Oscar
Frock, a blacksmith, made the mis
take of attempting to solder a gaso y
line tank here the otber day before
having made sure that it was empt
Prock is now in a hospital recov
ering from severe injuries he: sus
tained when the "joy , fluid",: con
tainer let so. ' ' T
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