La Junta tribune., 1913-05-31
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PLAYS. PLAYERS AND .
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/: BY Reg Gzrvin. :
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else, and as with everything else
lhc cIange has been brought about
by popular demand, and popular d..
mand always means caange for
the better.
The day OF the old melodrama with
MS half baked actors playing half.
baked plays. such as Net,ie. the
Sewing Girl, Why Girls Leave
Home, - "The Lost VIII" 9TH. Fore
closed Mortgage on the Old Farm, &c
all with more or less shady social.
ed specialtits between the acts is
gone. and gone for good. In the
cities all the old mclodrama houses
are out OF business. and ever body
knows what took their placc-the
movies. | presume | should moi say
that there are no more OF thee so
called actors forcing their supposed
histriunic art upon the public. be-
cause there are a few left. bur tley
are playing the tank towns on The
Kerosene circuit from which cir.
cult La Junta graduated several years
before the opera house burned
With tie passing OF the msI0fra-
ma We have left three classes OF pub
DE ihgater amusement. the Legitimate.
fhc vaudeville and the movies La
Juutas nov playhouse will uutaahr
ediy b" open only to the I'm Of
tl'se. presume calling con OPP
"a legitimate Is stretching tn aard
s7meauat bui tle evolution of -lls
popular class of play would certain.
By brIuE joy 90 the near, OF moral.
.st should hc go into the matter
ear fully
A romir opera troupe was former.
Iy composed Of n band OF females
aiJa grand piano legs. corn arrd
iron faces aud VITA voices thai re
sHmbl'd THE filing Of a saw. uaosr
principal occupation was carry.rr a
spear and assisting couple OF near
.omodians in cracking smutty fars
ni'r the new order OF thin the
chorus rirls as rule are smaller.
pfctficr and are chosen for Their abil-
',y as singers and dancers NOR Than
Tor their physical architecture
The costumiug has und.rgon, rath.
er a radical change also. and the
ic"a Of the playwright IN makl.x the
Pay harmonize with the music. is
further carried out in tae costumes
%. tle girls. aud while t1a said cos
tunes are still abbreviated one must
remember that II would be rather
llnicnit 10 execute an intrieat. dance,
u one were compelled to soar rid
ing habit.
While nothing can b. aid for
the comic opera tnat would lead us
TO believe II instructive. or even ele-
'a'ins. It i- highly amusing with all
It's pretty music. dancing. Electrical
and scenic effects and it, oomedy-
Tor most OF the shows of this charse-
ter that La Junta would g.t are real.
iy funny. II does everybody good to
see one OF these shows. makes one
forget their troubles. and have q good
laugh and go home whistllug the
catchy melodies. And this lass Of
attraction is really clean. and mere
"a never anything said or done that
could cause any clean minded person
amy embarrassment whatever. /
have perhaps elaborated some what ON
this phns. OF IN. show business. but
IL Is a fact that about tvo.fhirds Of
the good road shows are comic
operas
tn" other classes of atirA,i ion that
Ia iunia would probably have would
be straight comedies. which are few
and far between. that is good ones.
comedy dramas which ar. NOR, mum.
"rous. the problem play which II
supposed To carry a heavy moral
'hh which v too deep for ne to an.
awe. and the emotional play which
has th" good Characteristic OF Al
ways showing that the way II the
transgressor is hard.
With proper management and rood
booking connections iher. il no re-.
son Why La Jun'a should no, hay.
III" cream Of the shows that com.
West We had them here b.so,-
and La Junta Is certainly n. GOOD n
sh" was when w.. did hay. an opse.
house.
La Junsa IL N. best show town
between Wichita and Denver" This
Was the saying of n. booking as,sts
when we did have = play nous. Ard
that II vas true was shova
by the fact that all tho good ,hovs
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