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The Monte Vista journal., 1912-11-02

.ary Of STATE tie on Il thu the office o,
gust. A. d. 1911, at 4.2i o!t day Of ~
IN TESTIMONY WIiEyRG clock Lock P. NJ
nereunto set my hand ana | hay.
Great Seal of the State of affixed n.
me me city OF Denver. this FIieoIlorado, A.
"a y. Isiz uay o.!
fsEA1, JAMES b. PEApcr
secretary OF Sta.
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UEEEUtED TO THE PEOPLE or
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Triton OF UtEEitIcNDuM.

Notice Is hereby given. That at the
General Election to be held ON the
Firm day OF November. A. ID. 1919,
there will be submitted to the qualified
sisctor. OF the State OF Colorado, for
their approval or rejection. SENAT r..
BILL, NO. tb0, which senate Bin was
referred TO the People OF the state OF
Colorado by Petition Of Referendum
containing more than the requisite
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verified In accordance win law and
flied In the office OF Secretary OF Stat.
on the Firth day OF June y 1911
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
POPULAR APPEAL
London's "Boy" Manager,
Lewis Meyer, Talks of What
the Public Wants.

London, Oct. l3.-A new star has risen
on the managerial armament, a so-called
boy" wonder, and people here are lust
beginning to realize that fresh force
has entered into the life OF London the.
atredom. 1t was barely four years ago
that this young and enterprislng novice
yentured into the realms OF theatrical
management, but the debut OF Lewis
Meyer was marked by no ostentation on
his own part or fear on the part OF CON-
peting managers. Here many try and
few succeed. Mr.. Meyer is one OF the
select few, and when he produced "Th.
Glad Eye" an adoption from the French
lie Zebre" a year ago, he more than
realized a comparatively new born ambi-
ton. For a whole year-a long time as
modern plays go-"The Glad Eye" has
fourished and 1t is still winking merrily
Three times It has been compelled to
move. but its attractive power still holds
better even now at the Strand Theatre
than when It was staged at the Globe and
the Apollo. And near by, at the AID.
wych, THE Great John Canton" pros
pers under his management. At the Gar.
rick Theatre the name OF Lewis Meyer
appears as managing director and several
companies now tour the provinces under
his control. -,
Before long he may invade the Aneri-
can field, for negotiations for the produc-,
ton Of a popular work in New York
under his management are now pending.
The story Of this unassuming but anbi-
tious young man tells Of diversified taste
in vocation, Of perseverance and OF suc-'
cess. An artist by inclination and by
choice, he dabbled in scene painting as
boy in Birmingham, the great industrial
centre Of the Midlands. He managed a
cycle factory almost before he had start.
ed to shave He tried his hand at the
wholesale hosiery business, without And
ing that palatable to his artistic tempera-
ment or his desire to get rick quickly He
worked for a pipe merchant, but founp
his dreams Of avarice ending in smoke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
THE DRAMA ABROAD
New Plays and Comment from
London and the Continent.

One Of the important theatre events IN
I,opdon recently was the production at
Yvndham's Theatre Of Hubert Henry
Davies's rlav. "Doormats." Perhaps the
iuportarce consisted largely OF anucipa-
tory interest. as the result ala not seer"
TO sweep any one away with enthusiasm
There was curiosity In advance over the
title. "Doormats"-a teasing suggestion.
what did it mean? The first sentence OF
A, Il. Walk'ey's review in THE Times
London. answers this question. MI
Walkloys uluminatiye first sentences by
the way. probably account for the amount
~ quoting that is done from him. In
this case NJ begins:
People are born to be trodden on OF
else to do the treading-are either door
mats or boots. "
Mr.. Davies's play draws pathetic
picture Of a loving husband who Is a
doormat for his booty" wife. Every one
or nearly every one-in the piece Is
either nat or a boot In other words,
"DOormats" Is another theory play.
Little else Is being written just now
The kind Of play which, II 1t were
painting, would NE classed as absolute
art" is very little done now. The trend
OF the times Is toward the idea Per
haps, although II Is not usually saspoken
Of. II is n part OF the impressionist move
ment. As for "Doormats," Mr.. Walkley
gives most Of his recommendation 10 the
actors.
I'm vain" he says Miss Marie Lohr
changes her gown for every act and
losses her pretty head and pouts her
pretty HIPS, though she Is real enough,
you know that her part Is not. Mr.. Daw-
son Mlward Is a fine figure OF man.
and solid; but the captain he has to pre-
sent Is a too transparent fiction. Mr.. du
Maurier acts so superbly that he almost
persuades us to believe In Noel lie gives
wonderfully simple and natural picture
OF a weak, loving, trusting man. con-
sciOus Of his weakness and writing
under It, but unable. except spas
medically, 10 shake II of. And his little
displays of emotion, especially of grief,
are strikingly true-the absolutely right
expression OF emotion In the reticent,
shamefaced English way
Harry Lauder in a Play.
Among the livelier news items comes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

chosen is Graham Moffats "A scrape o
the Pen" and ne IL 10 play Geordie Pow,
We have the play here at Webers
Theatre and know that Geordie Pow Is a
part that will form a sort OF frame for
NJ. Lauder to work up according to his
own inspiration. When the Scotsman
comes here to give America his whirl-
wind tour perhaps he will stop in at
Weber's In passing and Geordie Pow II
there for a performance.
What Harry Lauder says Of the play
Itself IS characteristics:
win ! play GeordIe Pow just az Mr.
Monat has written Il? Well. / won't be
saying that exactly. / don't think Mr.
Moffat will keep me down to his written
words exactly | went to see A Scrape
o. the PEN Just two days before | came
into this nursing home, and IT did me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

TO bring a books characters and a
story's spirit into the theatre. But
Little Women" the play, catches
them all. Besides this fortunate cir
the work Of Miss De Forest
and Miss Bonstelle stands on its own
merits as a play. 1t would succeed
without any popular acquaintance with
Miss Alcott's book. But acquaintance
with the book-say, rather, the friend
ship for it which most of us have-en-
hances the pleasure of witnessing the
play. The performance is first rate.
1t is refreshing To know that George
Giddens is again in New York. He
returned from London this week TO
join the company which Annie Russell
is getting together for the Performance
of old plays. George Giddens is TO act
Tony Lumpkin, Bob Acres, and Dog
berry. And capitally will he act these
characters! How many years IS 1t
since this chrOnicler first saw Gid
denss Tony Lumpkin in London I'M
der Charles Wyndham's management?
A performance that all who saw 1t
love to recall It's a.good many years
since George Giddens first played in
New York. In fact. he acted here be-
fore he appeared in London. 1t was
with Charles Wyndham. He has been so
long associated with Wyndham's COM
pany that one always associates him
with that king Of comedians. But Cid
dens has frequently played in the
United States He knows our country
as well as he knows his own. Two
seasons ago he was here as the Ad-
miral in "Pomander Walk" II is TO
be hoped that having come again he
will remain here. Our stage needs
actors Of his quality.
So much has been written. here and
elsewhere, about THE New Sin" that
further comment on this strong and
excellently performed play seems
scarcely necessary. And yet play and
performance are well worth another
word, although further words are diff
ficult to find. Another visit confirms
the earlier opinion. A more interest
ing modern play has not been seen
here in a long time, and a better per-
Torrance of a modern play has not
been seen here at any time. Some
persons think the incidents of the
piece wildly improbable. They speak,
Of course, out of their knowledge of
life. There is. perhaps. wider knowl-
edge of life. And you will remember
the exclamation Of one Of Ibsen's
characters: People don't do these
thingsw Don't they. though! A. w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
THE PLAYGOER
An interesting Week in the
Theatres of New York.

A week which has seen the produc-
ton of The Affairs of Anatoi," THE
New Sin" and Little Women is, in
the concerns Of the theatres, week of
no small Importance. "AnatoI' was
enjoyable, but it would have been far
more enjoyable had the principal char
acter been able to suggest, however
family. some likeness TO the gay world
ling of Vienna VINO described himself
as "a toy philosopher John Barry
more made of Anatol a rather dali,
heavy young man who talked out OF a
book. or like one. He was merely a
melancholy young American, monot-
onous in voice and manner Never fer
a moment did he give a Continental
touch to anything he said or did. You
wondered why he said and did these
things. He seemed to be saying and
doing them all as proxy for some
friend. and saddened by his talk. He
was scarcely the Anatol Of Arthur
schnitzler And yet the play bore up
his carelessuess Of speech.
The best acting in THE Affairs Of
Anatol" was that Of Miss Doris Keane,
whose Mimi was quite as clever a
piece Of work as her Adrienne Morel in
Decorating Clementine," two years
ago. The hopeless vulgarity of Mimi
was quite a revelation to spectators
who have been accustomed to think of
Miss Keane only in parts in which
dainty beauty is seen under conditions
Of distress Here was a pert chorus
girl, with no manners to speak Of, CIV
ing Anatol "the mitten" because she
had fallen in love with a player in the
orchestra. Did he play the trombone
or the drum and cymbals? Mimi was
hungry, and she made the most of her
last champagne supper. She was en-
tirely frank with Anatol. who for once
in his life was amazed that any woman
could resist him. The third act in this
play depends neither upon Anatol nor
Max. but upon Mimi. And Miss Keane
carried the load with remarkable skill
She received and earned the best APP
plause of the evening. In the following
act Katherine Emmet was very good
indeed in a part which demanded fine
feeling and restraint.
1.-The Affairs of Anatol" gives a
pleasant evening in the delightful
Little Theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

finest bit Of character work | have ever
seen. | know Mattha Inglis personally
He is a farmer I'm the West OF Scotland,
and any one who has ever seen the origi-
nal would recognize his counterpart on
the stage. And I can tell you a story
about him, too. and that chapter OF the
Bible reading that, | think, must have
been in Mr. Mofrat's mind when he wrote
the Bible reading scene in his play.
This old farmer never allowed his
work, even In harvest time, TO interfere
with the daily reading to his family and
his helpers 40 one day they were sum
mOned from their, heavy days work In
the fields to sit and listen TO the Word
al the usual hour. The chapter that was
set down for tine day was the very same
chapter which Mattha reads at the Com
edy, so the old farmer began at the first
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

IS always interesting to read an English
mans impressions of anything American,
the following from THE London Giope
is reprinted:
ut is always interesting to read What
dramatist has to say concerning MS art
particularly II ne has practised II WIN
the success OF David Belasco. who writes
in this months Century Magazine Oh
The Playwright and the Box once AZ
might be expected, the American authot-
manager regards the box office as the
one tangible and specific talisman that
enables the manager to Judge OF play
manuscript and the most important al
vice that can be given the playwright Is
70 study the box office point OF view WITH
ont fear, even though bugaboo has
been made Of it by some self-constituted
high priests of art To. this 1t may be saio
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
COMEDY AND DRAMA.

Belasco Theatre.-Frances Starr, in
THE Case of Becky" Well worked out
play, with an idea based on topic OF cur
rent interest.
Century Theatre.-"The Daughter of
Heaven" the Chinese spectacular drama
by Pierre Lott and Judith Gautier. The
English adaptation has been made by
George Egerton.
Conan Theatre.-Mr. Cohan's latest play,
" Broadway Jones'" reflects the spirit Of
the street after which It n named.
Comedy Theatre. - George Bernard
shaw's "Fannys First Play" satirical
comedy. Full OF Shaw wit and comment
on current thought
Eltinge Theatre.-"Withln the Law" by
Bayard WELLER. A clever melodrama, with
Jane Cowl displaying genuine artistry in
the role OF lawbreaker.
Empire Theatre.-John Drew, in Alfred
Sutro's comedy THE Perplexed Hus-
band" Equips the evening with pleas
antry.
Forty eighth Street Theatre. - Philip
Bartholomae's Little Miss Brown" a
comedy.
On Friday afternoon William A. Brady
will produce The Point Of View" by
Jules Eckert Goodman, for series Of
four matinee performances preparatory
to making IL the regular evening pro-
gramme at another New York theatre
These performances, after the coming
Friday, will be given on the following
Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
THE COMING WEEK.
NEW PRODUCTIONS.

Monday night, October q, at tho
Moulin Rouge, 1.-THE FoIIies Of 1872"
a new Zieefeld musical revue.
Friday afternoon, October 25, at
the Forty eighth Street Theatre,
Jules Eckert Goodman's "The Point
Of View"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

and a venture in the furniture trade was
all too prosaic and lacking in congenlah'y'
Nineteen years ago little speculation
at an exhibition in Sheffield changed tne
course OF his life and led 10 his invasion
OF the wider field of DOndon's commerciau
activities. and after years OF hard ana
moderately prosperous work as an aruse
ne became proprietor Of an art gallery,
OF an antique store in fashionable Bona
street. of studio in Old Burlington
street, part proprietor Of a prosperous
weekly periodical. an owner OK racenorses
for he is passionately fond OF sport
and a successful theatrical manager.
His experience as a stakeholder az tnS
Sheffield exhibition is worth reeoununsN
With a partner ne engaged a Japa'sss
artist TO paint floral designs ana names
on ash trays, and the Idea causht % "
such an extent that the Jap coulu hos
keep pace with the demand. suddenN
there was a gradual fall in the recapesr
and one day II was discovered tha' 'ne
Jap was mixing the sugar with the SAM
and an undignified exit from the eAn'o-
ton marked the end of the Eastern af'-
lists tenure Then II was that MI. heys'
exercised his artistic abilities al his"s'
pressure than ne had ever thought POsA1
BILE. While his partner was uncerenioll'
ously ejecting the Jap he jumped oYei 'As
counter and set about the task OF olap
dashing violets and roses on the uA's'
with such success that in two weeks h''
saA
With this capital he came 10 Lon'ss
and when ne had a drawing accepteo ~
about So cents the world took on ofisH'
er hue. He succeeded the late Fhh '..
on one periodical. but then. to use ms Wv"
words. he was a moderate performer
he saw there were limits TO ms eH'"A'
capacity as a sketch artist. 49,,
80 / started black-and-white sIi.',
and sold original drawings, ne ws ,.,
Tribune representative. 1T was 'u ",
year. and my gallery was In Piecsa..
My luck was dead In. and clearea 80
500 by letting my windows FOR t1
cession. Later l moved to Bona So -
and exhibited a series OF spofsihs
ures by Cecil Adm. There were p''
that had been rejected by half q w.. w.
publishers. Suffice TO say that they 20 ~,
well. The first was called Every
Has His Day and the second 'brishsS
Both are we'll known In America oeN
they were taken 20 the states py
who sold over $4,000 worth on nus pu,
trip and $500 worth on his secoho. a..
the third time he went he could ~,
pose OF a copy, as the whole OF a
works had been copied over there anu
already on the market The c'p'1
laws were no safeguard, and the .,s.,
can dealers had cut our marker '
away from us. / do not blame 'he'" n
fact. rather liked their enterpr's
was something after my own hear. Srsor
that time started art work lot .m.
Opinion From 1t l eventuany I'M
half proprietor, and. inciden'aI', ,sasses
paper Is now one Of the great sue
among London weekly publications
How did | come to dabble In tnss .s'iu
business? Curiously enoush. l .oss
debted to America for that, IN vsi
My friend. Herbert sleath' tue .,ghti
known actor, recorded the Ensisn .Sar
OF A White Man, and | TOOK =, hi
in It. George Fawcett played o"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

Winthrop Ames announces for pro-
duction at The Little Theatre during
he holiday season, Snow White, and
the Seven Dwarfs," a fairy play for
children and grown-ups. The piece is
dramatized by Jessie Braham White
from a story by the Brothers Grimm.
Seldom" says the announcement,
"have the youngsters had a play Of
their very own. Even The Blue Bird
(first presented In America under Mr..
Ames's direction) has written prima-
rily for adults. But Snow White is
intended solely as a glimpse Of the
fairy land of once upon a time to
which children may take their parents
(when these parents have been partlc-
ularly good), or their favorite aunts
and uncles, without fear of offending
the taste of those curiously sensitive
persons.
THE characters of the famous fairy
tale--the little princess who goes
housekeeping for the Seven Dwarfs,
the wicked Queen with her magic mir
ror the old Witch, Prince Charming,
etc.-are all in the play, and, of course,
live happily ever after at the end.
Played in wholesome surroundings,
and within the two hours after school
and before supper time. it is hoped that
Snow white may prove just the after
noon of imaginative delight that dis
eliminating lovers Of children have
been looking for"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

Little Women" the Jplay, has won
New York's heart. just as Louise AL
colts book has won the hearts Of
countless thousands Of Americans dur
ing the past forty-odd years. Little
Women" makes an admirable play. 1t
is the best dramatization OF a book
that the present writer has ever seen.
The impression upon everybody is the
same. so far as evidence goes up TO this
morning. There are the real people"
os the book and there is the favor Of
the story. Dramatizations usually fail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
AURlOL Lee or GERTRUDE RAeAD s.
NAoYr Mason. es tM,lx ACT 2--,lee5
m Niue STONES 0TM tie LIBERTY

good. I know every character and every
type in Mr.. Moffat's play at the Comedy
we'll in real life. I could put name to
each one OF them. and It seems to me that
Mr.. Moffat's playing that old man Is the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
JOE COLLINS ny
IA MERRY COUNTESS
!. ~ no CASINO. l..

that the box office point OF view is not,
and never can be, the only point OF view
for the dramatist who regards the art OF
play writing as something more than a
mere business Otherwise some OF the
finest works which have helped to raise
the standard OF the drama and the public
taste would never have been produced"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

of both light and heavy laughter in the |
halls, is TO try his hand at being a regu- |
lar actor in a regular play during the |
first part Of November. The play |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
~ - LILA
$500 BARCLAY
~ a CtRApr O THE PEN
81 ZOE WsBeRS THEATRE \

Verse. and read two or three more, then
he said hastily, looking over his specta-
Giles at the assembled circle, and they
begat each other down to the eightleth
vairse, which Is where the chapter ends
Now you know what It is all ABBOTT, so
we will gang ava to the fields and get
on with our work."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
q. q. s. "2oth Century MoIiere."

At least, so he Ia called by his latest
French critic. NJ. Augustin Hamon, who
has written book about him. Both Shaw
and Moliere. points out NJ. Hamon, play
with the solemn fooleries OF their times
and have won the envy. fear and scorn
OF their contemporaries for their lack OF
sympathy with human weakness. How
ever inevitable the naming OF one person
for another is, 1t is never agreeable It
loads the personality of one on the other
and confuses both. And is anything
gained by II?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
English Critic of BeIasco.

An English critic OF Mr.. Belasco's re-
cent article, ION the Playwright and The
Box Office" in The Century Magazine"
says ut is always interesting to read
what a dramatist has to say concerning
his art" And as It Is equally true that 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
"The Fools Dance"

A young Russian dramatist, Leo Birin-
ski awakened so much interest in Vienna
a season or two ago with a grim play
called 1.-THE Moloch" that the announce
ment Of his dance Of the Fools stirred
all piaygoers there to expectancy
The play was given 10 the public a
short time ago and caused general sur
prise. The piece was a comedy. or rather.
a satire, and more Unexpectedly still. a
satire OF the former play over which SYM
pathetic audiences had shed many emo
tional and sometimes passionate tears.
The Fools Dance" caricatures every
note of sympathy that THE Moloch"
struck. Its whole mood Of horror Is made
a joke Of. The reviewer for the "Neue
F'reie Presse" OF Vienna admitted him
self to have been tantalized, fooled-and
interested
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
The Latest from Hungary.

At the Comedy Theatre. in Vienna, the
latest play by MelcEior Lengyel. author
OF THE Typhoon," was produced few
days ago. 1t is called THE Czarina,"
and was written in collaboration with
Ludwig BRO. another Hungarian author
1t Is a play based on the story of Kath-
arine OF Russia, whom a Viennese writer
refers TO as 'the murder woman" A
varied character the Empress Is shown TO
he in her love affairs, as we'll as in her
affairs OF state--nard, tender, cruel. kind,
imperial. submissive, and so what history
we have OF her describes her, too.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

Continued on third pag'.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

Belasco Theatre.-Frances Starr, in
"The Case of Becky" Well worked out
play, with an idea based on topic Of cur
rent interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

Among the llvelier news items comes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
IreIand'S Choice

Ireland has pronounced upon As. quith's home rule bill, and the yer dict is one of qualified approval. The main principle of the measure. the foundation upon which the scheme of autonomy is laid, has been indorsed by the national convention, leaving to MT. Redmond and his colleagues in parliament tine work and duty and responsibility of seeing that details of the measure are carefully considered, that the interests of the country are protected in even the slightest par ticular and that, in word, the su- perstructure of the nations twin leg- islature will be without flaw.
 Since the days of the epoch-making Dungannan convention, when the Protestant Irisih Volunteers declared that .tthe king, lords and commons of Ireland were subject to no legisla- tive assembly upon earth, and were alone competent to make the laws of the country" no more representative body of Irishmen has met in conclave than that which gathered in the Dub- lin Mansion House, the official resi- dence of the lord mayor. on Tuesday