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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-03
RIVER PARK.

Mrs r F. HirsCh entertained the Needle
Craft club Thursday afternoon at her
home on :. Twelfth st. Sewing was a fea-
ture Of the afternoon; music. both vocal
and instrumental, was enjoyed Mrs. A.
w. Sling Of Van Vert. o. w3ls guest.
Ihe hostess served a choice luncheon. The
next meeting will be with Mrs. Charles
canaan. 2SO3 Vine 81
Delayed opening at Judson's Easter
novelties for sale at the houSe.-Adv.
Mrs. Adam HunSberger OF Tenth st.
entertained the members OF the Finch
club Thursday with an an-day meeting.
Dinner was served AT noon and the after
noon was spent at finch. The next regu-
lar meeting will be with Mrs. L. II,
Brooks on y. Eleventh II.
The River Park Independent club was
very oelightfully entertained Thursday
afternoon by Mrs. Charles Ham at her
home on :. Sixteenth 81. In the various
contests the first prizes were won by Mrs.
Schuyler Conrad and Miss Mary Eager.
the second were awarded 10 Mrs. Fred
Slade and Mrs. H. Hoover 4 special fea .
ture OF the entertainment was dark
faced comedy. rendered by Ham and
Blckel, comedians OF great nO-e. Also a
reading, ''The Three Villains by Mrs
Charles Eager. The hostess served an
elegant twO-courSe luncheon. In two
weeks the club will meet with Mrs
Schuyler Conrad, :. Seventeenth st
Eighth st. entertained i'S at dinner yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Mcireag ger OF South
Bend were the guests Of honor
The X. T. f.. club was entertained
Thursday afternoon by Mrs. A Wiser on
MiShaw1aka av. After a brief business SEES
sion, the time was spent socially and
with needle work The hostess served a
choice two-cOurSe luncheon. a color
scheme Of white and yellow being carried
ont. In two weeks the club viii meet
with Mrs. David Sylvester on y Sixth st
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry entertained a num-
Der Of South Bend friends Thursday eve
ming. The guests were entertained with
vocal and instrumental music, and light
refreshments were served.
Mrs. +. W. Evans entertained with a
O'Clock luncheon Friday. Covers were laid
for ten al a table effectively arranged I'm
a color scheme Of yellow aud white, with
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centerpiece Of yellow and white TULIPS.
me decorations and luncheon were sug-
geStive OF Easter
The 1902 club was entertained Thurs
day afternoon by Mrs. A. J. smith :.
sixth St At progressive pedro the first
prize was won 10y Mrs. Webster and the
second by Mrs. Kenyon. At the close OF
me games the hostess served three
course luncheon. The next meeting viii
be with Mrs r Kenyon
number OF relatives and friends sue
ce>Sfuhy surprised Mrs.. Harlo Perry last
night when they gathered N her home 10
remind her Of her birthday anniversary
1ne evening WAS spent with music and
other social diversions. refreShmen were
served and all left wishing Mrs. Perry q
long and happy life
Mrs l.. Snyder and Mrs Egsn mother
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and sister OF Mrs. Fred Graub q S. Eighth
ST. who have been visiting here the past
week. left Thursday FOR their home n
Canton .. They were accompanied hv
Mrs. Graub's two children. Minnie aad
Carl who win spend the summer with
their GRANDMOTHER.
Adam HunSberger Of Tenth S. 4, Wis &
ing relatives at kendallviile. Ind.
Miss Mary Young % Culver. Ind is
guest OF her sister. Mrs Bert Wilson -
Smith 81
Isabelle little daughter OF NJ. and Mr.
Albert Werntz who has been In crit al
condition with pneumonia. Is slightly iu-
proved today
Mrs. LoiSa Zenk has returned % Grlu--
or. Ind after a visit with her daughter.
Mrs. Fred Miller OF y. Eighth ST
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POISONED DOG BITES
YOUNG MASTERS WRIST

\ son OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Eber-
lein of :. Spring St. was bitten by
poisoned dog belonging To the family
Thursday afternoon. 1t was thought
at first that the dog was mad but il
was later discovered that the animal
had been poisoned. The police were
called 10 W. Third ST. by Mr. Eberlein
who wanted the dog shot but after
long search the dog could not be To-
Gated Thursday evening. 10 is thought
hy the police that the dog died. a
physician was called 10 dress the
wounds and stated that he thought
there was little danger unless the dog
bad been mad.
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ENTERTAIN GLIB

Members of the NJ. II. G.. club were
Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. ollie Bidwell and
Mrs. Buzzard. Contests were features
and the favOrs were won by Mrs. Edi-
son. Mrs Young, Mrs. GriSe and Mrs.
MCGOWAN. An enjoyable time was en-
toyed by all present a fine luncheon
was served.
The club will meet next Thursday at
the home of Mrs. Harry Young, Forest
aV.
Order case OF Il. and =. Book Beer
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NOTICE.

Public sale Saturday, April 4th. at
$3.50 o'clock at 1913 f. Grove st; steel
range; gas stove; heating stove; oil
stove; two dressers; two iron beds and
springs; commode; two stands; six
chairs; two rockers: morris chair; ;
wood bed and springs; breakfast table;
book case; kitchen cabinet; ice box;
screens; washing machine and wiring
er; cooking utensils in first class shape.
Advt. J. +. GROVE.
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RETURNS HOME.

Mrs. +. l.. Harmon. of Diske, Ind.
has returned to that city after sew
eral days visit in this city with Mrs.
Della Dohner and family.
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The following ministers were enter
tanned by Rev. and Mrs. b. III. BeaIl
of this city at 8 o'clock dinner
Thursday. Revs. TT. w Bennett
Warsaw. Henry l.. Davis. pastor of
the NJ +. church OF South Bend:
Frank Is. pougherty. Grace NJ r.
church. South Bend. 81. H. Appleby.
superintendent South Bend district:
Somerville Light. superintendent Of
the Goshen district. W. e. Freeland
Superln;enGJ at o. me Richmond dis
trict. G.. Claude Travis pastor Wayne
81 church, Fort Wayne, Ina.
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RETURNS TO EDDY IND

Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Fisher, of Eddy,
Ind, have returned to their home after
an extended visit with the formers
sister. Mrs. II Q. Premier and family
of this city.
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Return IRON MOBILE.

Mr. and Mrs. w. \. Eller and son.
Jay H. Eller have returned from Mo-
bile. Ala, where they spent the winter.
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TO CONFIRNICINSS

Il. X :. Book Beer at all first class
harS-AdX.
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NPPFNDIy RENIONED.

Miss Esther Vinson. daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. George Ninson OF W.
Third ST. was operated on for appen-
dicitis at the ST. Joseph hospital
Thursday afternoon. The operation
was successful
Try Il. \ :. Book Beer this year
ADV.
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Thirty young people will be con-
firmed IN the English Lutheran church
sunday.
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MINISTER'S Ar DINNFR

Order case Of Il. x =. Book Beer
today ADV
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Try X. & :. Book Beer this year
Adv.
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ADDITIONAL MISHAWAkA
Continued ON Page IL.
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Try IA. & :. Book Beer this year
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that it has clearly shown that with
little energy all Of these places
may easily become laboratories for the
development of rural interest and the
happiness and social enjoyment Of
farmers, their wives and daughters.
The college has several hundred stu
dents Of both sexes, and all of them are
being poured into the jolly little dra-
matte crucible during the course of the
year, either as actors, authors, stage
hands, producers or choruses. There is
no intent, however, to evolve the Great
American Drama or to uncover poten-
tial Booths and Bernhardts.
The significance of the Little Coun-
try Theatre is entirely sociological. All
that is desired is to have every young
man and woman get the idea" so that
when they scatter at the end of the
term they can carry on the good work
in their own particular communities,
and beyond. To this end every physical
detail is marked by scientific sim
plicty. Seats, stages, scenery and set
tinss arc all planned so that they can
be reproduced by any intelligent per-
son with lumber, hammer, nails and q
pot of paint.
Any one who is at all familiar with
country life is aware that nothing at
tracts so much attention in the coun-
try, proves so popular, plesses so
many, as a "home talent" play. As a
dynamic force in bringing people to-
geiher and building up a community
spirit its Importance cannot be over
estimated. Nothing interests people in
each other SO much as habitually work
ing together A home talent play not
only affords such an opportunity, but il
also unconseiously introduces a friend
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played are really remarkable, and really
creditablc performances have been
given Of "A Fatal Message" by John
Kendrick Bangs; Miss Civilization"
by Richard Harding Davis, and many
ether well known playlets.
While il is true that large cities,
both ut home and abroad. have Little
Theatres, it is doubtful whether an
other Little Country Theatre, having
as great "A mission to fulfil, exists in
this or any other country. Students oil
the drama are familiar with the Little
Theatre in London; Reinhardts Kan
merspiele, in Berlin; the Theatre des
Arts, in Paris; the Chicago Little The
atre; the Little Theatre in New York
City, and Philadelphia's Little Theatre.
al Of these theatres are in the cities,
privately owned, performing a great
but much different function.
The Little Country Theatre is com
plete in every detail. II is large
playhouse put under n reducing glass.
Situated on the second floor of the ad-
ministration building, it presents n
most interesting appearance. IL is Just
the size Of an average country town
hall, having a seating capacity OF two
hundred. The stage is thirty feet in
proscenium opening of ten feet in
height. ard fifteen feet in width. Boxes
and balconies are absent. In the au-
ditorium proper the decorations are
plain and simple. The birch stained
seats arc broad and not crowded to-
eether; the scenery is painted in plain
colors. The doors are of wood, the
windows have real glass in them. Sim.
plicity marks everything both on and
off the stage. II is a model theatre for
the open country or small village.
Even though the Little Country The
atre Is scarcely started as yet, the
idea has caught the farmers wives
and daughters like wildfre. Every
performance is witnessed by rural en-
voys and delegations, from far and
near, eager TO see, to learn, to report,
and il IS only a question Of months
before a score of little country the
aires will be firing away at dulnsss and
monotony.
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3, ELEANOR BOOTH SIMMONS.

INDUCEMENTS are being sent
out of what may seem to some,
u at first thought, the most as
finishing alliance Of the season.
Suffrage and meiodrsma are about to
y,j The marriage viii be sOlemnized
q ne moving picture films.
Bu. Jet sny ardent votes-for-womeE
,jyosate who IS inclined to condemn
III, as mesalliance listen TO the
,,unsnts Of Mrs. NediIl Mccormick,
ne mSrag,s, who popped the question
70 the Selig moving picture interests
~ Chicago. Mrs. Mccormick says that
he golden offspring which will come
q this union would win over Susan b..
An,hOny herself Also, she says that
rslodrams viii take suffrage right into
II. Uranium Of the average citizen as
2, other agency could.
Ms Mccormick Originated the Idea.
Nn. Mccormick, as everybody who
reads the suffrage news from Wash
rg.on knows, is chairman Of the Con-
Csssional committee which, under the
xahonal American Woman Suffrage
association, is working for the en-
hsnehisement Of women by an amend
- a.. A. Eu.-4,+,-4so, Of tho United
Sstes. Between times Of running the
headquarters in Washington she goes
70 Chicago, where her home and hus-
tand and baby are. and where she
taxes a hand in woman politics occs-
sonslly, too. 1t may have been on
Ge Of her trips between the two
cites that she conceived, last spring,
The idea of a suffrage photO-Dlsy.
There have been suffrage photo
Jays before, of course. But their
ins have been brief. They never got
izoss." The average audience, wit
isssing them, yawned behind its hand
polite, and. If impOlite laughed and
vent out. The writer's Of the scenarios
administered suffrage straight, and.
naturally, the average audience SHE'D.
Ms hcCormick thought this over, and
'te vent 70 the head Of the Selg in
ier.sis, William \. Sclig.
'Mr. Selig,' she said, 81 believe
ssrs is a good business proposition in
the right kind of suffrage motion pict-
ne play. 1t must be, of course, a
pay in which the arguments are 50
coated with mclodrama that the audi
'aee won't realize what II is swallow
ng At the same time. ,hc arguments
must be so penetrating that they'll
WORK, once they are down. I'm sure,
We can get such a play, therell be a
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/ ly feeling in neighborhood. 1t Is
something everybody wants to make q
success, regardless Of local differences
of opinion.
The object of this theatre is to pro
duce such plays as can be easily staged
in country school, the basement of a
country church, in the sitting room of
a farm home, in the village hall, or any
place where country people assemble
for social betterment.
The character of the productions are
varied. Emphasis has been laid on the
one act play and scenes taken from
dramas depicting the life of various
foreign people. One act plays are not
only easier staged, but they also af-
ford country people better opportu-
nifty TO write original productions.
Many problems in their social life can
be more effectively expressed in q
thirty or forty minute play than by q
two or two and half hour treatment.
Other forms of entertainment have
also been introduced along with the
one act play. In the vaudeville num-
bcrs the large foreign population may
be called upon for its rich store OF
music, dancing and folklore, single
number thus permitting of the tapping
Of this undeveloped vein.
Another form the entertainment has
taken is called Nationality pro-
grammes.' They portray the life, Gus
toms and costumes, work and pleas
ures OF the land from which the i'm
migrant, now a big factor in rural
population, has come. In such fashion
the new Americans secure needed
expression. while the native born gain
in breadth and understanding, all 70
the end of greater unity and friendli-
ness.
The dramatic ability and latent tai
ont some Of the students have dis
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the villains tolls. And most Of all it
is represented by DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw, who was grabbed on her way
West. where she is now campaigning in
the states that will vote upon woman
suffrage November 3, and WAS made to
star in votes-fo r-women rally before
the camera.
DR.. Shaw made quite hit with the
director of the rehearsal, who offered
her a permanent job, Mrs. Mccormick
says. She also became very popular
with the other actors, in spite OF the
fact that she did her level best TO
make sufiragists of them all.
DIR. Shaw's Ability as Movie Actress
"Most moving picture actors" Mrs.
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melodrame. whether in the "legit' or
. in photo plays Fortunately, though
it knocks down the stove, it doesn't
reach the ears of Rosalind, who knocks
three times and then goes away.
In the course of the fight, which
from being merely struggle for the
key becomes a conflict in which all
the pent-up hate between the two
bursts into flame - melodramatists,
please note and admire Kate wounds
Ben fatally with her cutting shears.
which she snatches from him as he is
trying to kill her. Kate shortly after
) ward commits suicide, and disappears
from the film. Ben gets himself home
somehow, and as a parting stab at his
wife makes a will on his deathbed
giving their two little girls to his
father. This part of the plot. is mod
/ elled on the we'll known Tillman case.
Children Are Kidnapped. of Course.
Of course. Rosalind kidnaps the chill
dren, and then comes the thrilling au-
tomobile chase, in which the mother
is overtaken by the Sheriff just one
I yard this side of the state line. Rosa
I lind breaks down, but Aunt Jane re-
assures her, and incidentally brings
down the house, by saying:
"Never fear, my child; | will get
you woman lawyer"
/ The Fine Hand Of the Woman Lawyer.
A court scene follows, with judge
and jurors visibly overcome by the
woman lawyers plea and Rosalind's
grief. It is asserted by spectators that
when this scene was shown in Chicago
sympathetic gulps were heard all over
/ the house. ROsalnd, of course, gets
the children. Could a woman lawyer
do less?
! IL must not be supposed that suffrage
is forgotten all this time. Rosalind,
( shown in one of the first acts indiffcr-
emily turning away from suffragis t
who asks her to sign a petition, Is con
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A MUSEMENT. sunshine, laughter
~ and sOciability- to bring them
INTO the dull. workaday lives OF
.A'aers' wives and daughters is
me purpose OF unique plan re-
"nuy devised and demonstrated to be
PRACTICAL. And this means Of socializ-
ns country life is Little Country
s''atre' II sounds frivolous, but it is
"' result Of serious academic consid-
N'uon and final working out into sue
'@ by the North Dakota Agricultural
''lege, at Fargo.
This Little Theatre seems to offer a
\" remedy for the dulness that drives
's.lg people out of the ural commu-
Wy INTO the big cities eaving farms
~'iled and an even greater social
'snaney for those who must remain
rhome.
acre Is no question about the press
nature for some solution Of this
A'iy life problem. The annual exc
nom the farm TO the town caused
@e revolt Of the young against the
s'aole dulness Of rural life is cost
''s nation many a needed harvest
a.. a9oitlon to the economical cOnsid.
-0n' the monotony Of country exist
~ y has been clearly determined. is
'~ne factor in the alarming increase
a.. ''s and crime, for even when il
H., not poison at the source it sends a
.,s " eager, innocent country girls
urs ''' 70 the dangers Of an unguard.
,i' in the cities.
s,.. 'nestre is intended merely as an
lsss''ss station, to prove the plans
sl.s,a IN connection with district
A"0uses' churches. halls, store
tr '' farmhouse parlors, and
'''ns' everywhere. It is believed
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An Unusual Cast.

Olive Wyndham forsook the "legiti-
mate" stage for the time in order to
pose before the camera as the heroine
Of the suffrage photO-play. Katherine
Kaelred, leading lady in the Tyler pro-
duction Of Joseph and His Brethren
gave up her role as a temptress to take
the part Of a woman lawyer battling
for the right. Sydney Booth, Of the
yellow Ticket" company, who played
with Grace George last winter in Win
throp Ames's all-star production Of
"The Truth" at the New Theatre, in
New York, agreed to pose as the hero
Of the experiment. John Charles and
Katherine Henry, well known to motion
picture fans, came in for the parts of
the villain and the "honest working
girl" who is never absent from a mel
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good thing in it Tor managers. as well
as for the cause 1t will enable us
TO get at large numbers of people who
would never come to suffrage meetings
or stop to listen to a suffrage street
corner speech.
Suffragists Reach Only Suffragists?
ave suffragists spend too much
breath talking to one another. We make
too large a part OF our own audience.
We want to reach the crowds to whom
you cater. The managers, on the other
hand. would reap the benefit OF the new
element introduced into melodrsma'
which might prove novelty for the
average audience and which certainly
would draw the support of sufragists,
who are not inconsderable in number
now"
Mr.. Selig listened, and, hard-headed
business man that he is, gave Mrs. Me-
Cormick his hand on it.
.T'm not a suffragist." he said. never
was interested in it; but I'm with you
here"
The pair went straight 20 Gibson
Willets, whose latest photo-play, The
Adventures of Kathlyn," marked the
high water Of melodrama in the mo-
ton picture world. Mr.. Willets caught
the enthusiasm. and set to work on a
seven-reel production. Mr.. Selig wired
to New York for his best director, and
offered free the use of his Chicago
studio for rehearsals, which, seeing
that the use of the studio is worth
500 a day and that rehearsals went on
continuously from June until the mid
die of September, was quite gift to
"the cause"
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WINGED by her troubles that she needs
the vote. 1t is she who introduces DR..
Shaw at the suffrage rally. AT an out
door meeting where she speaks she
first meets the handsome Richard Bur
bank, who rescues her from some row.
dies.
The Suffrage Bill Signed.
When the Governor of the state
signs the suffrage bill Rosalind has
lobbied through the Legislature Bur
bank is on hand to present ner with
the pen. In a subsequent scene he is
discovered kissing Rosalind's children.
and when she impulsively picks up the
Governors pen and exclaims: "Let this
pen sign our marriage certihcate!" the
spectator heaves a sigh and feels that
all is we'll with love and suffrage.
The next performance of "Your Gin
and Mine" will be given at Nashville,
Tenn, during the national suffrage
convention there next month. Shortly
after that, suffragists expect. it will
appear as a commercial production all
over the country. The arrangements
which are being made will give sp-
proximately half the proceeds to "the
cause the other half going to the
managers who present it.
Thrills Inevitable.
81 look for large sums OF money
from this" Mrs. Mccormick said the
other day. during flying visit to New
York. But more important than the
money are the converts it will un-
doubtedly make. What audience can
fail to be moved by play which shows
a mother robbed of her children by the
laws of the state--compelled to steal
them away by night"
Mrs. Mccormick was asked il the fact
that Rosalind gets her children by the
award Of the very masculine court.
women are not yet voting, doesn't
weaken the point of the play.
"Of course not" she said. Doesn't
a woman lawyer achieve it,"
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The Fight an Epic.

But even as Rosslind knocks at the
door and Ben turns to unlock it, Kate
filings herself upon him and wrests the
key from his hand. The fight which
ensues is pronounced by critics who
saw the performance in Chicago one
Of the finest fights in the history of
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villain and Poor. but Honest Work
ing Girl"

Well. Kate is in her shanty and
Ben comes to see her. He has eX-
hausted every means to wiring money
from Rosalind. his wife. The creditors
who came to cloud Rosalind's bliss on
her very marriage morn have pursued
him till he is nearly mad. Ben, By tie
way. is not a stereotyped villain. Mrs
Mccormick wouldn't let Mr. Willets
nut in a stereotyped villain. She con-
WINGED him that it would be more et-
fective to have Ben an attractive,
rather lovable fellow when he weds
Rosalind in the first act, and have HIM
degenerate gradually as the conse-
ouences of his treachery to the poor
but honest working girl and of his
various excuses come to head.
Lovable. however, Ben is not when
he appears in Hates shanty. He tells
her with what the playwrights term
brutal frankness that having exhausted
every other means to get money from
his wife he is about to disclose to
her his past relations with Kate, and
bid her "shell out" or have the scan
dal revealed to the world. He has sent
Rosalind note telling her to meet
him there, and, indeed, through win
dow her automobile is perceived tear
ing down the road.