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Show I I HUGE DBADV HERE TOMORROW f - -AT AUHMBM Though only twenty-four, Miss i Brady is something of a thinker and philosopher on her own account bc- i sides being tho daughter of one of tho i( keenest men in the theatrical world, I , and the daughter-in-law of Dr. , . Frank Crane, whose philosophical i , writings are known from end to end , of the country- But Mistress Alice f 1 has ideas. of her own, and her theory ! v is that most of the unlovely traits of ' mankind aro due to fear, not. original h; am. "Fear is the least noble, but tho . -moat universal, and the strongest of all human motives,' delcarcs Miss h Brady. "Dreadful things are done m, every day which at first seem to be Iwa tho result of greed, of envy, of mal- fif ice' of lust Bl,t Ee'l'at the facts, and Ltcs In ninety-nine cases out of every hun- m II?"-- Lii re d you find lnat fear ls the con' M I trolling motive. i&M M "This applies to nations as well as Wm jm Individuals of course. ff "Why did Germany start tho war "why had she been preparing for moro wSM than a generation to wage that war? WfM V?B.a It personal hate of tho rulers of Mm? Franco and England and Russia? No. IwHff was ear that they would surpass Ulff her In power; not so much jealousy, mind you, as plain fear. Ilf "Why does a jealous lover kill the HfiK" ono ho loves? Can love thus turn to hate? No, but the fear of losing the III beloved can easily turn to the insanity lilt that prompts murder. Il Greed Only u Kind of Fear SWU "Why do people strive and cheat lj and Btcal to got money? Is- it Just greed, selfishness? No, again no; it ill I Is because they fear poverty and the l helplessness that only the poor can Kir's know, the utter Impotence of standing W hopelessly and saying, 'I know what 'jj-' ' want to do, but I cannot do.lt I B have not the money.' To many per- fi 50n3 moncy means power, and the H Cear of not always having enough f tey mncy it the dominating force of their H Xtvcs' Oothors think them cruel and H yr prasping and hard, when -in reality R i they aro just pitifully fearful,, and B concelvo the accumulation of money A ;j 18 lne ne means by which they can ff ;f control their destinies. They are so j fearful that they actually don't djiro I ' ' 'o be generous and light-hearted and friendly they are afraid it will uso ! , UP some of the precious money which ' J they arc getting together to fight their, 1 fears. I "From the highest to tho lowest in, J j.j tho land, fear Is a dominating motive.' E! , The proud poor often spend their- I I Hves ln a-n agony of fear lest thev i have to accept charity.' The crlmf- ; J ' ial class of course, live lives of fear nd they aro the only ones who de- j lerve the worry and torture they cu- j lure in their efforts to escapo justice." |