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Ochsner-Campbell tells Addams that she thinks dance can serve as a universal language for internatinal peace.

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Short asks Addams to serve as a patron for the Shakespeare Fellowship of America.

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Pietsch tells Addams about his role in the formation of the Hull-House Players.

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Addams asks Pietsch for help with the history of the Hull-House Players.

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Pietsch tells Hull-House that he will not donate as long as the history of the Hull-House Players is incorrect.

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Pietsch tells Addams that it was he, not Laura Dainty Pelham, who founded the Hull House Players.

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A review of Channing Pollock's play The Enemy.

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A review of "The Enemy," a play by Channing Pollock.

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Review of the play The Enemy.

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Gregory tells Addams that she will not be able to meet her in Dublin but recalls her help fondly.

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Moore tells Addams that she is sending her play to the International Congress of Women at Dublin, but cannot afford to attend.

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A program for a performance sponsored by the International Fellowship School.

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De Rohan reviews Channing Pollock's play The Enemy.

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Pollack sends Addams a statement and reviews of The Enemy, his play on peace.

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Peabody tells Addams about his wife's anti-war play In the Vanguard and wishes her success in peace work.

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Wald hopes to see Addams in Washington and to attend the Irish Commission hearings. She also comments on John Galsworthy's Mob.

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Karsten suggests that Nye contact Maurice Browne regarding music for the Trojan Women play.

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Holt had sent Addams a copy of her play, which Addams cannot fund or send on to Ford, as Holt had hoped.

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Hyers updates Addams on a manuscript they feel should be produced as a play.

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Brownell, General Director, of the National Editorial Service writes to Addams about supporting her and the Women's Peace Party movement.

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Haldeman discusses the prospect of creating a municipal theater in her locality.

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The Mirror criticizes Addams for her recent appearance at the Majestic Theatre, questioning whether she was paid and the probity of the appearance.

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The Mirror publishes Addams' letter of May 4 and criticizes Addams support for censoring motion pictures.

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Addams questions the Mirror's coverage of her views on theater, asking to know the source of their reporting.

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Browne tells Addams that because they are paying reduced royalties, they can donate fund to the American Belgian Relief Fund.

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Murray discusses bringing the Trojan Women play to America, and refuses royalties.

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Addams thanks Browne for his letter regarding the production of The Trojan Women.

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Addams recounts a story depicted in a children's play at Hull-House, which she offers as an allegory about the importance of women in society.

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Addams gives a praising review of Lovett's play Cowards.

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In a report on her testimony before the Illinois Senate Judiciary committee, Addams argues that life on the stages poses dangers to child actors.

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Addams speaks to the Chicago Sinai congregation on the value of theater for moral teaching of the young.

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Browne lists the expenses and show dates for the proposed performance of Trojan Women.

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Browne proposes the Chicago Little Theatre Company embark on a tour performing Euripides' play, The Trojan Women, with the profits going to the Woman's Peace Party.

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Breckinridge responds for Addams to Leonard's inquiry about Trojan Women claiming that Addams believed it the "great peace document of all time."

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Leonard asks Addams for a statement on the quality of Trojan Women to be read to the Grand Rapids Womans University Club.

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Addams testifies that the system of child labor destroys genius, and how work on the stage damages children.

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Addams presents reasons to oppose the employment of young children in the theater.

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Addams discusses her impressions of the theater and its influence on the public at a symposium sponsored by the Chicago Woman's Club.

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Browne updates Addams on budgetary changes that have been made in the production of "Trojan Women" because of union workers.

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Browne asks Addams for an article for the Trojan Women program.

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Scott encloses a $5,000 check from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, covering costs of the production of The Trojan Women. Scott notes that because the Endowment was uncertain about the Woman's Peace Party's platform, the award was made to Addams personally.

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Addams discusses Hemmick's offer to join the Woman's Peace Party and help with dramatic and theatrical propaganda.

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Haskell tells Addams she had been granted $5,000 for the performances of The Trojan Women, as long as peace is featured.

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Haskell informs Addams that the Carnegie Endowment grant to the Woman's Peace Party should be spent under her discretion, for the Endowment was not in agreement about some of the Party's goals.

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Keppel withdraws the grant request for the Trojan Women because there won't be any decision taken before Saturday.

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Addams's secretary sends Keppel a letter from Maurice Browne about The Little Theatre.

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Keppel tells Addams that he will support her proposal for the "Trojan Women," but fears that it may not be approved by the Carnegie Endowment.

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Addams asks Keppel whether a decision on "Trojan Women" has been made.

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Lindsey's secretary asks Addams to look over a plan for the protection of stage children.

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A published version of Addams' lecture on March 11 at the National Child Labor Committee Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she presents arguments against an exception to the 1903 Illinois Child Labor Law for child actors and offers some Tolstoyan allegory to buttress her arguments.

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