Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-18
Boston Woman Arranging tc
Erect Model Playhouse.
She Aims at Moral Growth--Reading-
Room and Lunch Stand in Rear Of
STAGE Will 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 mas
abundant financial backing by per-
sons who have been attracted by her
success with the theater of which Tor
several years she has been the man
ager.
1t is to be a theater in which ev-
cry seat will give an unobstructeo
view of the stage. The cost of seat
will be ten cents and the entertain
ments will be of type that will nave
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 ana
the theater will be unique, as 1T will
have light and air on all four sees.
1T will have dignified entT ces,
and everything inside win be arr sed
for the comfort of the patrons q
actors.
Il believe that actpEMAa
brains enough to AN
entitled to as much az
and that is why there viii De as yood
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
management, and that means success
for the theater."
The Biiou theater, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Clement, has made a fea-
ture of moving pictures, and 1t is her
intention to give pictures in ner ne"
theater, but they will be of a type
different from any now in general use
There will be nothing in them to OF
fend, and they will be entirely free
from the weird features which nave
brought forth criticisms from clergy
men all over the world.
Mrs. Clements idea is to have Pic
lures that will educate and aid In up
lift work
81 am going to show pictures tnat
will tend towards moral and inter
lectual development" said Mrs. Gle
ment. II 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
that every one will enjoy attending
and one in which person VIII see
and hear for ten cents what now costs
not less than half dollar. Moving
pictures SO far have been USED 10
amuse. to startle the Imagination ana
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
ciety, as she had in her work at the
Biiou. and of many clergymen and
| citv officials who have been foremost
in the agitation against the moving
picture shows that are given in many
theaters.
Back of the stage will be a reading
room in which the actors can amuse
themselves between their acts. There
will be luncheon, where they VIII De
able to purchase meals at cost.
Young men and women Will be CIV
en- an opportunity to begin at the Dot
tom and work to the top.
81 have always taken an interest IN
Young persons" said Mrs. Clement
land every day am on the lookout for
promising young men and women.
have a theory that most of us can do
something pretty well and have prov
en- It since went into the theatrical
business.
"A young woman came to me ano
said that she was good dancer.
gave her trial and she was an utter
failure. She told me she could play
the piano | tried her at this and she
was a success.
81 had another girl tell me she
could sing She couldn't, but | found
that she was a splendid stenographer
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