New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-01
At the Theatre.

Liz 0fodb DlVlQe, LlaG mastery
drama which every large city in the
United States had proclaimed the long
awaited great American play, will be
the attraction at the Turner Theatre
next Monday evening, Dec. 9th. Pre-
sented under the direction of Henry
Miller and interpreted by company
especially selected and rehearsed by
that Incompatible producer, this per-
formance undoubtedly will be one of
the entertainments of the season.
The record of the play is little short
of phenomenal. It was performed for
two seasons in New York, and holds
the record for large attendance in
Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia.
"The Great Divide" was written by
William Vaughn Moody, professor of
English in the University of Chicago,
editor of the famous Cambridge edi-
ton of Shakespeare and the foremost
American poet of today.
In ''The Great Dividen Mr.. Moody
forsook poetry for prose and the ideal
for the real, showing a mastery of our
vernacular and knowledge of human
nature no less supreme than his COM
mand OF rhythm and his flights OF ina
glnatlon. In his drama he deals with
men, women and conditions of Ameri-
ca today and it is because he has lrid
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bare the spirit of our land at this mo-
ment that "The Great Divide has
taken the prominent place among
American plays.
'sFhe Great Divide'' is in three acts.
The first represents the interior of a
cabin on a cactus farm in southern
Arizona, the second picturesque
plateau high up in the Cerdillera
mountains the roof of the world''-
and the third the parlor of an old New
England home in Milford Corners,
Mass. From this some idea of the
spirit of the play may be formed. The
heroine is a Massachusetts girl who
goes with her brother to Arizona to
make their fortune in the cactus fibre
industry. There she meets, man Of
the West, one used to a wild care-free
existence and loose philosophy OF
! life. They are strangely met and she
is strangely won, This is in the first
act. The remainder of the play is a
dramatic adjustment of the lives of the
Puritan woman and the son of the
mountains and plains. The man is
regenerated through love for the wo.
man, while she, at6rst all pride and
priggishness through training and
heredity, at last by force Of the same
sovereign power, love, recognizes him
as her lord and master.
i The Fire Department was called out
last Friday afternoon to the residence
of John Hertzog which was supposed
to be on fire. A close investigation,
however, revealed the fact that an
electric light wire had crossed the wire
OF the alarm box which is located in
shc 4ng residence, causing the
alarm.
1t seems they are busy all over the
country stealing chickens. Says the
Comfrey Times:-A lover of poultry
raided John A. Miller's poultry house
Friday night of last week and seems
to have been particularly fond of
roosters as none of the masculine gem
der were left to guard the flock. Mr..
! Miller states that he would be under
obligations to the party if he would
return at least one OF the roosters.
| Persuant to the announcement in
last weeks issue Prof. Helm, physical
| instructor Of the Turnverein. is con-
Quoting this week public class de-
monstrations in gymnastics at Turner
hall. The public is cordially invited
TO attend and view the splendid re-
suits obtained by the rational and
original German Turner Methods.
Thus far these public class instruc.
tions were largely attended by par
ents and friends of the Turne--pupils.