The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-19
Boston Woman Arranging t
Erect Model Playhouse.
She Aims at Moral Growth-ReadinQ-
Room and Lunch Stand In Rear Of
Stage VIII Aid Comfort Of the
Performers.

boston, MaSS.-MrS. Josephine Gle
ment, probably the best-known woman
theatrical manager in the country, has
a scheme for a model theater which
she hopes to build within a few
months.
She has not yet decided where she
will erect the theater, but she has
abundant financial backing by per-
sons who have been attracted by her
success with the theater of which for
several years she has been the man
ager.
1t Is to be a theater in which e v
cry seat will give an un~obstructed
view Of the stage. The cost Of a seat
will be ten cents and the entertain
ments will be Of a type that will have
the approval Of leaders in the 'uplift
movement throughout the United
States.
1T will be different from anything
there is in the United States" said
Mrs. Clement. Only performances of
the highest class will be given and
the theater will be unique. as it will
have light and air on all four sides.
1T will have dignified entrances,
and everything inside will be arranged
for the comfort Of the patrons and the
actors.
Il believe that actors who have
brains enough to amuse audiences are
entitled to as much as the patrons,
and that is why there will be as good
an entrance in the back for them as
there is for the public in front.
Actors who are satisfied with their
surroundings Will cooperate with the
for the theater."
The BljOu theater, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Clement, has made a fea-
ture Of moving pictures. and 1t is her
intention to give pictures liz her new
theater. but they will be of a type
different from any 10Y in general use.
There will be nothing in them to of
from the weird features which have
brought forth criticisms from clergy
men all e the world.
Mrs. Clements idea is to have pic
lures that will educate and aid in up
lift work.
Il am going to show pictures that
will tend towards moral and intel
lectual development" said Mrs. Gle
ment. Il intend to give one long
film, a short one of a humorous
nature, two musical numbers and two
solos.
My scheme is to have a theater
thai every n will enjoy attending.
and one in which a person will see
and hear for en- cents what now costs
not less than half a, dollar. Moving
pictures so far have been used to
amuse. to startle the imagination and
to reproduce many things which the
public would be better without having
seen. These pictures will have no
place in my theater."
Mrs. Clement will have the coop
Grafton of the Harvard Dramatic So
Bijou, and of many clergymen and
city officials who have been foremost
in the agitation against the moving
picture shows that are given in nan
theaters.
Back of the stage will be a reading
room in which the actors can amuse
themselves between their acts. There
will be a luncheon, where they will be
able to purchase meals at cost.
Young men and women will be Civ
en- an opportunity to begin at the bot
tom and work to the top.
Il have always taken an interest in
young persons" said Mrs. Clement,
and every day am on the lookout for
promising young men and ome |
have a theory that most of us can do
something pretty we'll and have prov
eli it since | vent into the theatrical
business.
"A young m came to me and
said that she was a good dancer. l
gave her a trial and she was an utter
failure. She told me she could play
the piano. / tried her at this and she
was a success.
II had another girl tell me she
coulu sing. She couldn't, but | found
chat she was a splendid stenographer.
can find good actors and singers as