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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-05-21

lie SUCH COuUl.
lions. Its tonic ingredients tone up
the system, and thus i~nvigorate h
stomach's functions to normal activ-
ity.
Mr.. Rifles experience is especially
interesting at this time Of the year be-
cause it shows the close relationship
there is between a nervous breakdown
and a neglected cold.
Pe-ru-na should be kept in the home
at all times, that a cold upon it's first
appearance may be treated promptly
and successfully. This often saves
money and time, and what Is more
important, a great deal of vitality.
Mr.. Rifle, Of 75s Gautenbein Ave,
Portland, Ore, writes: T .! have found
Pe-ru-na a most remarkable medi-
cine for building up the system and
for curing coughs and colds.
IT took 1t for four weeks a few
months ago when / was all run down,
and debilitated, and it quickly
restored my health.
81 always keep 1t on hand, as a few
doses will cure a cold IL taken in time"
People who object to liquid medi-
cines can now obtain Pe-ru-na
Tablets.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-05-21
MIR. LEWIS A. RIFLE tells hi.
experience with coughs and colds
that lead to nervousness and de-
bility.

Colds are often
aggravated dur
ing the Summer
because inactive
bowels and q
stomach out of
order are prime
causes in keep
ing a cold from
getting well.
Pe-ru-na has
very beneficial
laxative quail
ties that neutral
ivo cpoh Cnpdi.
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old devices. some freshening up OF the
old language and the omission OF some
speeches in their entirety-and some Of
the incidental byplay. such as the cpl
sode OF the shawl about Prosper's neck
in the last act-would pain less those
whose sensitive souls are harassed ~
the solloquy and the speech aside, and
even make the drama more vital to
those who do not care a rap about tech
nieal means Of any kind. There seems
some ground for the belief that the
public is profoundly Indifferent to these
evidences OF an older manner in the
London success OF the old version OF
Dora" made for the Bancrofts and
called Diplomacy" The author called
II travesty Of his play. Yet 1t has
been played for more than 400 nights In
London. There ought to be a new yer.
sion Of the play.
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which so eliminates the stage with
electricity that the faces Of the actors
are everywhere visible, was supposed to
be the substitute for this explanatory
speech 1t Ia entirely true that the stage
is lighter now than 1t used to be, but
that flash OF the eloquent facial express
sion, the wonderful look from the actor
which tells the hidden meaning Of his
mind--how many actors are capable Of
such an achievement? The author who
would nowadays trust to the skill OF his
actors so much would be better of II
he relied on such vanished conventions
as the aside.
It Ia only In the unessentials OF his
art that victorien Sardou has dated in
his methods. No means OF 1860 could
he transferred to our arts to-day with
out change. The novelist as we'll as
the essayist of the day employs means
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New Attractions in the 'N1ove' Theatres

patra" as II appealed to the imagina-
ton Of an Italian designer OF moving
picture scenarios is still TO be seen at
the beautiful Gambler Theatre The pic
lures are wonderful in their pageantry
and In the thrills which some OF them
provide. The execution Of the slave
girl by throwing her to the crocodiles
is a picture of wonderful effectiveness.
Nothing could be more horrifying than
the intent greediness Of the beasts
when they dash into the water after
the victim
Annette Kellermann never appeared
In the flesh before more enthusiastic
and fashionable audiences than those
which greet her In "Neptune's Daugh-
ter" at the Globe Theatre. The scenes
in which she figures are most POLITICALLY
and gracefully beautiful.
Sarah Bernhard is 10 be seen at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre this week in
Camille" as she acted 1t in Paris be-
fore the camera with her company
from the Sarah Bernhard Theatre. The
precious Lou Tellegen Is her leading
actor Other camera dramas at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre this week arc
Love, Luck and Gasoline" and The
Countess Veschis Jewels"
THE Good Little Devil" as staged by
David Belasco will be shown here dur
ing the second half of the week.
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The performances OF old dramas such
as "A Scrap OF Paper" remind the
public that the methods OF actors have
changed just as the methods Of play
wrlghts. Rose Coghlan sat In the En-
plre Theatre on Monday night. It would
have been interesting to hear her opln-
ion OF the acting Of at least one part
IN the play Barring his disposition 10
pull mugs. which usually exhibits itself
when he is nervous. there could be
nothing but praise for the acting OF
John Drew. Here is a comedian who
equals IN his control Of the medium o.
his art the most skilful OF the foreign
actors There are indeed few OF the
present generation on our own stage
TO be compared to him. And there are
precious few TO be expected from the
younger generation.
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Walter Kingsley answered the qles-
ton Of THE SUN reporter as TO the ef-
feet of dancing on the theatres In the
manner recited below. Mr.. Kingsley has
the advantage OF knowing the effect
from the viewpoint OF the theatre as
well as the vaudeville manager and his
opinion has the value OF expert test-
mony.
Many times to every Snowman comes
the moment to decide how TO answer
the question. Does the dancing craze
hurt the show business?
The man who sidewheels UP the
Cumberland in d floating theatre, the
Indian medicine fakir. ballyhooing In
dusty village squares under the blaze
Of gasolene, the tent Snowman, the hall
Snowman and the masters OF big and
little vaudeville are asked many times
day what effect the opposition Of the
dance hall for modern dances has upon
the age old amusements purveyed on
sawdust and pine.
Dancing coming on top OF motion
pictures has sidewiped the legitimate
theatre into a condition approA.matlng
derailment The balcony and the gal
lery Of the two dollar house is shot TO
pieces from coast to coast, and II haa
better be a good show to command any
attention In the orchestra A legiti-
mate show to-day goes big or 1t doesn't
| 10 at all Outside OF few famous
| hits that are household words every
thing else Is a fivver. Every wise pro-
Queer to-day operates on angel food as
outside money Is euphoniously termed
by legitimate showmen. The opposi-
ton of the flicker drama and the pool
parlor is fast killing on the mediocre
mummers no for several generations
peddled carbon copies of New York pro-
auctions to the provincial populace. In
New York a few theatres get all the
money because they house hits. The
others can't get them In with passes OF
spangled posters.
Now, as to big time vaudeville, for
which ] speak officially The dancing
mania has helped US. It has created
new stars and new style OF act. Jus,
as soon as a pair Of hooters develop
stellar class in a dance hall we graf
them at a limousine salary and spell
their names In electric lights. One
crack dancing team on big time spells
big business for the week We know
for every time we played great dancers
this sea son the gate receipts went up t.
capacity. The Castles packed the Pal
ace, so did Sawyer and Jarrett, Mae
Murray and Clifton Webb, Maurice and
Walton. Alexander and Logan, Sebas
tian and Bentley. They packed tn,
Colonial, too, and the Orpheum. the Al
hambra, the Bronx and the Bushwick
ON the road the story has been thu
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BY LAWRENCE REAMER.

TINE antiquities OF style In such a
play as "A Scrap OF Paper" by
Victorien Sardou. which assur-
eddy delighted the audience at
the Empire Theatre on Monday night,
have little effect on the general public.
Even the sight Of the traditional maid
with her buster and the butler prepar-
ing the way for the beginning OF the
story do not linger in the mind of the
unsophistlcated playgoer long. Nor do
the speeches made aside and the sol!lo-
quies necessarily seem artificial to the
public when the whole theme Of a play
Is so utterly fantastic as that of Les
Pattes des Mouches." II IL to the crit.
teal that these devices OF an old style
are most irritating. Y., 1t is doubtful
II they really affect the enjoyment OF
the public.
Indeed It 10 doubtful II the aside or the
soliloquy contribute to-day to anything
but technical smoothness. Francisque
Sarcey compared the independence OF an
author OF the soliloquy and the aside 10
the skill OF an author who could com
pose a sonnet and avoid using a certain
letter, This may he tour de force OF
facility, but 1t is by no means certain
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Effect of the Present Rage for Dancing

stituted critics who. on their way out
register their report at the box office.
one letter proves fifty more pleased
patrons who do not take the trouble TO
write. and about one in twenty who ike
a show go 10 the manager and tell him
so. These are the omen7 that govern
the showmans calculations as TO what
gets the money.
"Now the dancers do draw. The
crowds at the public bathrooms fall In
love with rhythm and It's perfect phys
zeal expression. They become expert
judges of the art terpsichorean, and
consequently when fiery. graceful
pair. backed by a band with an eX-
quisite sense OF modern dancing tempos,
glide out OF the wings upon the care
fully swept stage there is a spectator
in every seat. Gone are the grotesque
dancers, the clown steppers. the zany
prancers. the mad erratic posture mas
Iers who formerly pleased public UNI
educated in the refinements Of a beautl-
full art Mr., Cohan's jorky steps are in
the same limbo as the soft shoe dance
and the pedestal clog. We want mo
dish men and women in faultless even
ing clothes who, approaching dlscreet,y
weave the def delirium OF the dance
After moderatlng his rhapsodics 10y
cold fact so far Mr.. Kingsley began &c
think of Joan Sawyer and running his
hand through his hair went on
zone thinks Of Orinoco orchids, Grim
son tulips by a Dutch canal, Chopin
playing in the mood OF passion, Nal
.arme intonlng perfect sonnet, the
,l,nA ..YttI l...ns
and the mystical nupt!als OF saints
dreaming in their lonely cells, Also
one remembers the sting Of lawlesi
pleasure on the Barbary Coast, klsse'
In Tangier, a batting rally at the PolC
Grounds, a clean knoCkdown. Yankee
shell bursting in a Mexican camp, th'
thrill Of midnight fire bells and the fly
Ing wedge at Jacks. or such Divers
elements are the tango. the turkey trot
the pony trot the gavotte. the one steI
and the various dips and glides.
Let them open bathrooms unit
Broadway Is lined from Union Square
to lf5th street. They educate a public
for big time" vaudeville. As fast al
the dancing mobs evolve Venus anC
Apollo at close grips in swaying bend
ing, sliding, stepping, gliding to tn,
SenePambian drum tap we shall en-
gage these deltles of the dance. anC
thereafter champagne and roses To-
them and sophisticated delight for GU
patrons.
The hooters get the money Ia yaude
vile; they make the drama slow an'
4ns!p!d. This IL indeed the life. Tn,
cry Is still for madder music and 70
stronger wtne."
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IN THE STOCK THEATRES.

Robert Carter. who wrote THE Mas
ter Mind" did not live long 10 enjoy the
success OF the play which developed un-
usual vitality and which not only con-
tinued at the Harris Theatre In this
city but was not exhausted by three
companies on the road. This week Ed
mund Breese is acting II at the Acad-
omy Of Music, assisted by Priscilla
Knowles and the stock company. 1t
was Mr.. Breese who lmcarted the devil
" the buffers pantry at the Harris
Theatre for so long.
Lowell Sherman. one OF the most
popular of the stock actors that ever
set Harlem fluttering, Is at the Royal
Theatre, whore the new company will
open It's season tomorrow night with
paid in Full" Edwin Emery IL the
director of this new company and the
actors are Frances Nelson, Isabelle
.OMadigan, Wright Kramer, John Beck
and others.
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News and Gossip of the Theatre

Henry Bergman has taken the place
"Panthea" at the Booth Theatre. Mr..
Bergman is an experienced and efficien;
actor OF the kind to which It Is neces-
sary to attach the explanation "charac-
ter" Perhaps one OF his best imper-
sonations She makes them all imper-
sonations in spite OF certain external
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the relentless chief
Of the embassy in THE Typhoon." But
Mr.. Bergman has played long line OF
characters altogether different In char.
acter. lie has often been a Jealous and
!mpetuous husband, generally Of foreign
extraction and extremely demonstrative
temperament, He has also been an ar
dent and explosive lover. He is best
however. in such parts as he acts In
"Panthea," and his performance Of the
iecherous director OF the opera house in
Paris Is intense and supple.
Ernest Truck, who plays the title role
n '"The Dummy" Possesses the unusual
fortune OF looking like a boy and yet
being trained actor. He is thus able
to recognize values In acting q role
which would be impossible TO the actor
really as young as Mr.. Truck looks. H.
"a admirably suited 10 the part of the
ambitious messenger boy who wants 10
be a detective that Is the hero OF the
present amusing play at tho Hudson
Theatre.
Ernest Stallard as the unhappy Sandy
in he last act Of Kitty Mackay' at the
Comedy Theatre has some fun at the
expense Of the Bible which Is almost as
amusing, although much briefer. than
hat which makes up the famous scent
IN the second act between the two girls
lie admits TO his wife that the Bible IL
comforting TN spots" In proof of his
exceptions he refers to the separation o!
the sheep and the goats, And who'd
want 10 be a smelly goat7" re concludes
as final evidence that tho promises o.
Holy Writ might offer to the repentan
sinner much freer salvation. Eugene
y bTen gives a dashlng ana charmini
performance OF the young army officer
Which 10 in the spirit of some OF tn
best Of the performances Of the olde
comedies.
II Is not every play that lives TO hav,
book printed about II. but Leande
Richardson has published one abou
The Things That Count" which Is stil
- the Playhouse. II recounts tn
charms OF this play 70 such varie'
celebrities as clergymen. dramatists an,
persons OF varied importance. They al
have only favorable things to say of tn
play
George Conan has engaged Gail Kan
to act the leading role in his play mad
from The Miracle Man" She acts
spurious adventures In seven Key
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same. How do we know what acts
bring In the business, you may ask.
by the persistent inquiry as 10 the time
OF appearance on the programme and by
the number of men ana women who
visit n theatre to see one act only.
There's a law to all this. one aristocrat
who drives up in a motor just in time to
see a turn and who departs thereafter
Indicates a hundred citizens who, de-
string to see one act in particular, sit
through the whole show from opening
10 closing. Again vaudeville embraces
many letter writer's and many self-con-
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to Baldpate." which Is still to be seen
at the Gaiety Theare. but in the new
play she will be a real bad woman. She
lives In the Sums, is the mistress Of q
confidence man and ultimately becomes
purified by the faith and innocence OF
the old man they try to exploit. Miss
Kane has made rapid progress as an
actress and will have as good a part In
"T'ae Miracle Man" as any actress could
desire. 1t was her present role In
Seven Keys TO Baldpate" that carried
her further than any Of the others.
Sidney Greenstreet, who plays so well
with Margaret Anglin at the Liberty
Theatre, Is not only the latest man
in Lady Windermere's Fan" but In any
Of the plays on the local stage. Yet
he is such an admirable dellneator OF
varied character that he gives an i'm
preston Of variety that actors Of less
striking physical means cannot impart.
He was amusing several years ago as
a young sport in Speed" and with Miss
Anglin he has acted both jacques and
Touchstone In "As You Like IT," Str
Toby Belch, a mellow and amusing
figure. and Catban among his other
characters.
Katherine Harris now plays the role
OF the English lady In the first act OF
THE Yellow Ticket" at the Eltinge
Theatre. II Is a part suited to the dis
play Of her best qualities and her pres
ence Is an advantage to the play, as II
would be difficult to find distinction and
youthful prettiness more attractively
combined. Miss Harris is In real life
the wife Of John Barrymore, who plays
| the leading role in the play.
Sydney Booth, who plays the young
husband In The Truth" at the Little
| Theatre. is especially successful in por-
! traying young American husbands rather
absorbed in business than otherwise.
Twice this year he has had just this
same character to play-once In Her
own Money" and In tho present play.
1t happens that there are more actors
on the American stage capable of acting
these roles than Of playing the ardent
lovers, which are also occasionally
necessary. Milton stills Is another ex.
cellent actor of the good young man
who could not possibly go wrong. Some
times Mr.. stills tries to, but never in
the least looks as II he could.
The Ideas In Two Farces.
"a Pair Of Skies" at the Longacre
Theatre shows one partner In q position
NJ subordination to another and acting
as his servant because OF a bet to settle
their business Disbursements From the
subservience OF one partner the fur
, OF the play arises.
TOO Many Cooks depends for its
humor on the interference OF younl
girls family with the nan she Is coins
to marry. Their name Is Cook, so Mr.
Craven has a little pun In the title d
the play at the Thirty-ninth Stree
Theatre.
Potash & Perlmutter" will be abl'
to celebrate It's birthday before any %
the current plays. 1t was produced OF
last August 10.
Peg O. My Heart" will turn towsr'
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that the poem IL any better for the effort
that the writer has made to keep It free
from this vowel or consonant. 1t might
have been richer In fancy or freer In
rhythm had he been unconhned in his
use OF the alphabet. There seems no
particularly good reason why the solilo-
guy TO express a state OF mind should
not be occasionally useful to-day. and it
is not reasonable that the playwright
who takes advantage Of this means has
violated any rule OF the drama. To use
these means so frequently as Sardou did
in 1860 would not be excusable to-day.
nor would the speech spoken aside be
as frequently admissible. In modera-
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WHERE TO DANCE.

Mae Murray's dancing Of the barca-
role from Les Contcs d'Hoffmann"
has inspired James Clarence Hyde to
compose a poem on the subject Of the
Impressions which her grace create In
his mind II Il n nice poem and con-
tains a great many beautiful words
too many In fact to he reproduced here.
Visitors at the Fol!es Mnriuny may try
to see II the hoofng of Miss Murray
and Clifton Webb win have the same
effect on them Jack Mason and Lois
Whitney are also dancing on this roof.
The united Dollys are to he observed
with pleasure on the roof Of the New
York Theatre, called now the Jardin
de Danse. 1.-THE Rickshaw Rumble" IS
the name OF the dance they are to try
this week. The Dollys will he assisted
In their rumbllng by Carlos Sebastian,
With the same aid they vii! take part
In the Havana Rumba" and the High
School Galop."
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are an Improvement. who would not
just as soon listen to the conversation
OF two servants as to the message that
is transmitted over the telephone? 1t Is
the telephone which does now the work
OF explanation that fell in former years
to the sncilary wing Of the play. And
the expressions OF the actors In the
theory OF the mandarins has made I'M
necessary the speech delivered aside.
The increased efficiency of mechanics
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ton and used with reason both devices
are permissible enough. 1t Is the abuse
OF them that makes the absurdlty Of
their former popularity 80 marked.
Why should playwrights desire to
limit the conventions OF their art? The
craft is difficult enough in Itself to ac-
qulre. Then It Is by no means sure
that the substitutes for the older forms
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SHOWS OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY-Vitagraph Theatre, COM
plete change OF bill by the Vita
graph Company.
Opening OF the Brighton Beach
Music Hall.
neutrality-suspicious. Opera House,
Cambol OF the Lambs Club, with
many popular actors in the bill.
SATuRDAY-Lyric Theatre, Ma
dame Moselle."
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The Vitagraph Theatre will show two
new feature pictures beginning to-mor-
row. The drama will be six reel YER
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The Webb Electric Pictures are stIll
TO be seen at the Fulton Theatre, and
this week viii he rendered the quartet
from "Rigoletto," with the incompar-
able records of Marcella Sembrich and
Enrico Caruso In the leading voices.
The love story Of Antony and Cleo
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sion OF Paul Gilmore's success, capt
Alvarez" adapted for the screen by
Marguerite Bertsch. The story was
originally written by II. S. Sheldon. 1t
was taken by the Western vitagraph
Company at Santa Monica, Cal. under
he direction Of Rollin 5. Sturgeon.
The comedy picture will be a two part
Wanted" This picture is considered
the funniest the Vitagrsph Company has
prepared for their pretty little Broad
way theatre. The cast includes Albert
Roccardi. Ralph Ince, Billy Quirk, Anita
Stewart Lucille Lee. James Lackaye and
other well known Vitagraph players,
wife Wanted" was produced by Ralph
Ince.
The silent comedy 1.-THE New Stenog.
rapher" will be retained with the same
cast that originally presented this de-
lightful sketch, movies In the making"
and includes Lillian Walker, Flora Finch,
Wally Van. Hughle Mack. Etienne Girar-
dot and Albert Roccardi.
this week will be ID. w. Grifiiths Home,
sweet Home" which is designated as a
life drama series OF plays within a
play-showing the birth Of the famous
song. Home, Sweet Home" par, Of
the life Of its author, John Howard
Payne, and the effect of the song on the
life, action and morals OF many people,
embracing in It's cast personnel OF the
foremost artists in the motion picture
world, including Blanche Sweet, Henry
Walthall Mae Marsh, Robert Harron,
Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Ralph Lewis,
Earle Fox and many others.
In the picture Payne leaves home and
goes upon the stage. Failing OF sue
cess, he goes abroad The he!ght OF
his success. his love affair with the
Widow Shelley and his flight to France
are shown. He then writes his famous
song Home. Sweet Home" after which
he returns 10 America. The close OF
Payne's life comes with his death in
Tunis unbefrlended. Then the theme
Of the picture shifts TO series Of slices
Of life Of other people ID. w, Griffith
the producer Of the photo play, Home
Sweet Home" Is recognized as the tore
most artist IN his line The Strand
topical review and comics concludes the
pictorial part Of the programme, The
Strand Concert Orchestra will render
classical and popular selections and play
Incidental music to the photo plays. An
extra added feature this week is a male
quartet.
The Webb Electric Pictures are stlll
TO be seen at the Fulton Theatre. and
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Boston after the close OF the engage
ment at the Cort Theatre, two weeks
from last Saturday night.