The Archive · 1935

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elmer" sce The Soviet theatre is known to be one of the mest remarkable cultural achievements of the Bolsheviks and these "Six Soviet Plays" will be of great interest to those who want to know the "dramatic material with which the Russians work. They Will for be disappointed. "Tt would be aifficult' to find six' modern English plays of such vitality and" dramatic Dessibilties, and only in two or three of the plays. does the" propagandist element intrude itself' 100 obviously a legion of those whose names" Alt the record of the great and near-lon. "His argument is that it is far Not the least important, and simpler to pay a large compensation the inspiration of Cartheartto owners' for their plants and Jones's subsequent flying successes, factories, rather than risk almost Jcertain insurrection and. violence, was Lieut-Commander Glen Kidston, with consequent stoppage of work, M, with whom he made the record unemployment and the loss of huge Aight from London to Capetown, Glen sums of money.

Kidston was Killed a few days later when his machine crashed into a He would like all manual workers mountain side but his enthusiasm to have an equal basic salary and lived to inspire CatheartJones. then give special allowances 40 those who contribute to the good of The book is very timely, for during society andthe advancing of} his service the author served with felvilization and industry by mental M, S. Hermes on the China station work. But it has already been found and participated in operations against necessary in Russia to abandon the pirates in Bias Bay. Unfortunateinciple of equal pay and we should 1y, his China chapters are too sketchy arn by their ces and. evolve be of any great importance and 1 fair system of graded wages for contain inaccuracies probably caused America and Europe, without depart= by the haste in which the book was ing from Mr, Sinclalr's basic ideas. written. For a man who could "The Book of Love" will disappoint and navigate an aeroplane from Lon those who are seeking a rationalizadon to Melbourne his Peking geo: lon of promiscuity and self-indul-Eraphy is a little confused, "He has gence. Mr." Sinclair is a stern ly served, too, in the matter, moralist and disapproves even of our of photographs. While the' photo: modern sensual dances and half-naked graphs illustrating life on board alr. fashions. But he is a moralist in the craft carriers and various phases. new sense and believes. in early hhis fying career are excellent, his marriage, "an equal standard China" photo are ridiculous, urity for men and women, the One of them captioned "Chinese For Jabolltion of prostitution—which he ture of Communists at Cantor rather optimistically thinks would which Chinese are seen being put to cour automatically with the aboli-death in cares, is a picture which has tion of capitalism—and divorce for been sold to tourists for years and has anyone who wishes it, after six months nothing to do with Communists. The to think it over. He would. how:

option on the original picture reads: ever, limit the number of divorces "Death by Strangulation: Canton." which anyone could have to two, pictures and some of which is one of the simplest and the incidents he describes in. his Dest solutions T have ever seen of book, too, suffer from eredulousthe dificult problem of the. poly-hess and indicate that during his famously-minded leecher who has no youthful service on the China Station fnesitation in marrying and probably ruining the life of one woman after Someone indulged in the gentle art of "kidding him." Nevertheless, these another. "He also believes that the discovery of contraception is one of detract little from an excellent book. the great discoveries that man has made, on a par with the discovery of fre and the invention of printing,

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