Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-23
A Stranger in New York
BY A. SWAN.

the Sea- n Moliere's Learned Wom-
en- The more important members of
this organization are Donald Robert
son, director; Herbert Kelley, Hedwig
Reicller and Effie Shannon.
l went to see the first performance,
new play by George Broadhurst. /
found it h best constructed drama
that that this prolific playwright has
Wrltten; 1T shows a great advance over
THE Man of the Hour" This latest
piece has its technical shortcomings. to
be sure; but as it is played at the Hud-
son theater is proves an intensely inter-
esting story.
The star Of the presentation is Helen
Ware, one of the leading of our young
serious actresses. Her success as the
heroine of THE Price" was immediate
and unequivocal. She is an emotional
actress who, as the phrase is, lets her
self co. and of this kind she is an
effective performer. But the higher art
of e~motionalism, I think, is that exem-
plified by Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Fiske
now to name but two of it's most i'm
portant opponents. BY suppression, by
holding In" by leaving some of the
thus giving the spectators room to feel
of themselves, these artists move an
audience, as a rule, more generally and
more deeply than the actresses who,
like Mrs. Carter n Miss Ellington, for
illustration, tear the passions to tatters.
TO TINS latter class Miss Ware belongs,
and she is today, no doubt, the first of
that school of acting on our stage, h
contemporary Clara Morris.
Last Friday evening Nine. Simone
presented to New York her second play,
NJ. Bernstein's The Whirlwind." The
praise her work in 1.-The Thief on this
occasion awoke to the knowledge that
the Frenchwoman really is a great
actress.
In the f~1rs~play, the critics said that
she was cold n reserved; which sig
overemphatic. Nine. Simone is a most
obliging lady. In 1.-The Whirlwind" I
found her anything but cold. At times
she overacted f~actitiously; her person.
alton was not the we'll balanced work of
art we expect from her. New York the
atrical reporters are so in the habit of
s~uperlatively lauding noisy acting that
when a quiet, subtle artist comes to
town they are wholly at q loss. It max
be we'll for the box Office that this
awakening has taken place. but I re-
greet that Nine. Simone didn't let her
~detractors sleep on.
To Miss Sophrina Whortleberry.
MY dear young lady: In replying to
your query of last week, I fear I must.
disappoint you. New York is already
overlooking with girls. In my daily
walks and in my weekly visits to church
and theater, I have observed that the
women Tar outnumber the men. Often
have I seen two and three females with
one male. but never. I believe, the re-
verse.
So I think the better thing for you to
do is to remain in Dakota City. If
Silas is as strong and honest and good
and well fixed" as o say he is, marry
him tomorrow-and try to forget that
there is any such place as New York.
wicked New York. There are certain
unfortunate beings, devoted to sociol-
ogy and the arts, for example, who
must live here, but they are to be pitt
that keeps their brains bright and
hearts warm. But you. Sophrina, are
not Of this classEfor which blessing
you should be deeply grateful.
Aucassin.