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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-10-03

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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-10-03

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The Jasper news., 1914-10-08

Harrbsl Smith IS l.stes Nth tie
SICK Tbs week Mrs Harry Eoc
ris called 90 Mrs Henry Graham
Sunday aitsrroon. Mrs n =.
Coo6n-h and Kiss Rena Haze
called a. tie Graham snd Foreman
homes Ssn5ay sftsfsoon Mrs
n. J stsnsberry and sons Hoard
and Lloyd and Floyd called on
Mn Geo WALTZ Fnfay sfiefnoon.
Miss Ia AndreEs VISITED Nie
Nellie Brown q Jasper iss' Of ihe
week --A3gtn Aai1ne zad family
visited Sgaasy a. JOIN NufPays
NB Mar;sa Rex ant Nr and
Nn Ernest Rex spent sunday
.: Nrs Fannie Ray ..
The Jasper news., 1914-10-08

lcailsd on clemsni Hsmrnel last
issnday -siis Ere Leighty spent
lssnday sifefr3on With wu Ls;s
I Virc ea; --Casrley s,itb and fam.
Iuy spent sunday ai.h Mr WiissS
an5 vile. Bee Iasney lsit Jas;
seek frr EedAia. uhcte he all
lspend q few days aftsr which be
sent = visit WITH bis pafenis 10
nofih Missouri W and M's
Fred williamson are saying Nth
Mrs Jsnoey shle he IS away -
O5c4f Fssxn and family VISITED a.
JAKE san 5erland's sunday even.
ing Mrs. Ed Davis and tains.
Chester and Lester visited 10 Car
lhage saturday ard sunday --
George Hay entertained friends
from Carthage last Saturday night
AMI Suntay -Chnsty Hay spent
Sunday siih Cal NcCintock.--
Yrs John McCintock II G3ieen
C.ty yiGtea ifom Monday go Psi.
DAY nth Mrs Patterson and fam
hy -George Mcconnell and wife
and Ernss; Mcconnell and vile
we're guests q Robert Smith and
wife Sunday. Clement Humme
spent sunday evening with the
Philip brothers Mrs Bed-r
allied On Mrs. W. a NcClinto-ks
Friday ait-Snoon Mrs Hgumel
visited Mrs. Scott Wednes5ay
Afternoon -Ai4m Malone and
family spsDt sunday ai,h NJ
Murphy and family
The Jasper news., 1914-10-08
UNION VALLEY.

Mn Frank Bserge and lt:ie son
spent lass Week with her parents.
J l. Bsefge and viie john Carr
aad aiie. f1rmer.y q Jasper bat
n0H of Denver. Clio afs making
an extended visi, Eita the lai,er's
parents. 4 J Smith anI family -
CismeB; Hsmmel happened %
quite ar lccideri las; week ghile
drilling wheat o. the K. T. Lane
farm. when bis team became
frightened and one ofthe horses IN
kicking struck him and knocked
hin away from the drill. before be
could -1re tie lines the team
ran away. Jgt they we're prevented
from fe1cing very far b. be
coming en;an2isd in an Old fence
and knocking down one cf the
kores C.emen, Tas rot hurt,
1gf the team received q ieH
scratches and the 5sili was torn Up
c5nGtsrab.y Mrs J Scot; called
n Hfs y Hgmmel one day Jas,
neck Niss Gladys Paterson had
the misfortune % &c, her hand
caught N a cream separator and
breaking The leaders in her finger
Il j. causing her much pain and
worry Roy Radford and vile
speGt sunday NTH NJ Houseman
and family jacob Scott and wife
spent Sunday witn George Dinte
man and wife II Jasper Allen
Bgefge and wife and Mrs. Hem
drrks and family we're guests Of
" s Pennington and family last
sunday Henry Conkliu and fan
iy called a, Frei isenman Thurs
day Walter Carter aud ~ifc and
Nrs Cafre # Carthage we're the
guests II J y Carter aud wife
Sunday Frank Buerge and wife
and Arlie Hummel were Sunday
visitors at the Henry Conkling
b me Miss Myrtle Lewis Of Los
Angeles. Cal. has been visiting at
Cnari-y Suth's Harrison Waltz
The Jasper news., 1914-10-08
CARYToWN.
Was. clYog WAosg2

Miss Fl5r~n-e Miller who has
been dangerously 30 Of typhoid
fever. IS though. y be some b-,
ter Her brother Sam. vh1 IS %.
81 30 Of a fever IS though, o be
ab,u; the same Kenny Mile,
has q fine ne~ Ford csr James
Blaze was d Carthage visitor Sat
urday George Isaac Wagner Is
visiting bis grandp4rents 9 r
Wagner and wife this week wba-
his father Is there sowing wheat.
Mrs c b Mccarthy n O.iaIum q
City, Okla "uo oans much po,p
efty IN and arounI Caryt0wu.
spen, last week here She was
the guest Of Nr 4 Elliott and
Mss Clyde Wagner ahil- hsrr -
Ms McLanshsn, our merchant,
has decided 20 remain ~ CRY.
town.-Miss Augusta Eyte. Who
attends school in Jaaper. spent
Sunday at home. Mrs a. Boyd
and daughter we're 10 Carthage
last Wednesday. Misses Bernica
The Jasper news., 1914-10-08

N1tlc" s hereby given tia' 70 .r-eal
election ~ the qualified ,Jtsfs q tle
CITY ~ I-sr.f, b. jasper f.lurs. HY.
vii %" bed iu said city. na I4H.fsy
the I'm Day q October 1919, .lr ,ae
turIps- - submitting g. tl- .gt TIED
voters u haid ciry, fnr their ra'lran1u
yr TrlertIpn. thr el-ct b. lIgaf lfsrr. Isr
granted 90 S. ~ Perez and r4n
81 ufray thsif sIcr4ssJfa end r..tyrs.
bi En ordinance q :Ar clfy q Ia-l.f
/ AD entitled An nfdiraGc. gf.gfIHg
o. ~ II prfcy and lrsIn A.rrss. tnr.f
slcc~sssfs and a-sisG-, tIs fIgat f. con-.
siruct maintain an 9p-fat4. 90 s.affc
hgbt plaEt in tho city u jasfef. Il Jas.
fer County, SO. % tasssd and apafaged
~ the board - aldermen and mssrr 4
said ciiy On the 18th day - sal-afubef.
1919 Said election vi! b. hsla ia fAe
several wards uf tue city ~ such voting
places a- msy be- provided by o.. .1t,ls
~ the board - aldermen Of said rftg foT
that pufpJse. The gDtiug piara- OF rho
several yards in the city wilt. arsae3
OF 3 clock o m. 0g tho dos s4Il s.Hc.
ton .L4l. be- held. ard shall remain
or"n throughout rho day aal gruI
O'Clock g.. m. q said dog
The ballots us@d 70, slia election 90
bt iA The fJlloaiug form
'Fur -" r.tii.rst.nn n fh- electric
light franchise See
'Fof fh" ratification - ttr electric
Iaht tfaU"sl.H NI.''
III" flmcF - which sbaI b. faHa
ns Is vote assgntirR o. and l''gIGR
such franchise. and the latter az dissaai.
lng h"feirDm and disarfgyGg -ad
irafcht.r. IA UrlDrty ~ tbc .a'..
cast 40 said election BAH b- ll hr1r =
the npprDia al ~ said frapcbire. then thr
franchise grartsd by saiI ordinance 90
sad ". a. Percy and Irwin HIra},
theif successors aud assigns. shaI ba DO
iull force and eject. n, however. the
proposition % raiiiy said franchise shall
fal % receive majority u the votes s9
cast at -aid election, then said franchise
shall fail and shall be- deemed and cOD-
sidefnd and held null and void
Given by order II the board u alder
men Of the city u jasper
A. ~. Laughsad,
Mayor city Of Jasper.
ID. A. Holmes. CRY Clerk.
iFirst Published September q
The Jasper news., 1914-10-08
LEBANON.
Nils ALTnEh AgMsTsoso.

r. r. Nofris ios, a valuable
mich coD one day Jas; week y
u. PHILIPS has fecenLy budt Z
Convenient grsDsry Nr. Pred
Miller and 5sag5ters Edfs snd
Eva are enjoyisg 3 yifi. WITH fela.
.:ges a. La1fence Couaty -Mrs
Henry Graham. who ipf several
weeks has been SICK. is convaleec.
ing-aiB X. p. Lane has been
SICK for sesefai days past. bgt %
reported % be improving Misses
Laura and Al,hea Armstrong cali.
ed a; I1hn N1'psys Wednesday
nlo-n.nZ -Wm WC31fow is sick
with symtoms q pnsamonia -
Ms Roth GG o spsn; Sunday
after1,or aI.H Miss Nae Woot1ow.
Mrs. Ge, Waltz spent sunday
af,erroen uith Nu. y ! S,ans
berry J r. Se.sJr ant wife
borgtt fne ~; q apples tor Eis-
ter gfe fr5u Nr Wallace Of the
Blge -,s- neizst-rao1d Tuesday
"A T. arnstr1ng and T..e called
% h1ms folks Sun tsy Afternoon --
u,r Nary Lfman ant soo Howell
Ljma, 1t les Anse.ss c.. and
IS. q LYm41 and family visited
a. Ale. MGsf Sunday afternoon.
-Ni8es ait.-a and Laura Arm
sirols drs.c D Lamar T-1riay
and delivered seven Barred Ply
mouth K,1k cockerels % Nr. "
T. ssgbeft r. ! Stans berry
and family VISITED a, John Stans
berry S.a5sy--J r. Scissor and
wife frent Thurstay a. the Arm
str,1. home Hrs y s. Lane
asd en- Taeo1ore spent Saturday
and sunday 1ith Nr and Nrs
Ralph CLAYTON oi Webb City
Geo "a.,z and son had Lightning
rods erected On AZ of their build
isZs Iasntay and Fdday.-J q
Selsgs and w.ie took 10 the Old
Settlers pi-ric q; Lamar Saturday
MB n ! stansberry and
children e4lied 40 the John " S..
tn home 81 Jasper Saturday
aitefrsoa -W s Lane took din
Bef uith home folks Sunday.-H
= Coodneh and Ar Hale took in
The Harmon g. Lou,han sale north
ess, q; Carthage Monday Nr
snd Nrs. Alec Keith visited AZ
Nr, Henry Graham's Sunday
The Jasper news., 1914-10-08
BLUE AND BETHEL.

Wesley Cline and vile entertain
ed a number Of young people a, a
party a. their home last Tuesday
nigh. Alb Cline and Coy Arnef
cut corn TOT Harms Coleman last
week. Miss Nellie Miller spent
Tuesday pight with Bunnie and
Rennie Atkinson Charley On.
stoit and Gerald Amer earn sold
a horse % Tom Kunkler las. aeek.
Mrs Dfue Sharp spent Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs {. Cfusa
Mrs. Fred Miller and family visit.
ed Thursday with Mrs Jim Brad.
ford and daughter Blanche --- John
Yates and wtfe and dzueHier
Edna. ate dinner sunday Wit b
John Hagen and family S. X.
Mitchell and wife Of Jasper and
grandson George Sharp, called on
Mrs. J K. Hatcher Tuesday after
noon --Beulah King spent Satur
Day afternoon with Mrs. Vivian
Cost.ey and daughter Mrs Kate
McCarty ot Jasper. spent Wednes.
day night al the Jim Bradford
home Mrs Rose and son Joe and
wife Of near Lamar spent Sunday
with the formers daughter. Mrs
y Prime and family.--Fred Miller
and wife gave a party at their
home last Thursday night IN honor
# their daughter, Mss Nellie. il
being her fifteenth birthday anni-
velsary. A large crOwd q was
present and report a deLghtiul
time Fred Miller and family
leave this week for their new
home which they recently pur-
chased in Arkansas. The best
wishes Of their many friends 20
with them Mrs. George Costley
and Mrs. Charley Faris visited
Mrs Pred Mitchell one day last
week Sunday afternoon callers
at the George Lily home were
Frank Aruct and wife and daugh
ters Garlic ana Frances, George
Qulilen and wife and Ed CULLEN
and family Ab Cline and family
spent Sunday with the former S
brother Luke and family viii
Crockett and family visited the
formers sister, Mrs. White and
family, in Lamar Sunday Rev.
Mr. Faurot Of Nashville. and Mrs.
Cotton were entertained at dinner
Sunday by Earl Ruckel and wife.
Will Wood and wife spent a
couple Of days last week with John
Yates and family.-Calyin Arner
spent Sunday with Charley Cot.
ton. Walter McPeak and family
spent Sunday at the Mrs. W. NJ
Budd home. Rosco and DOYLE
Lilly spent Sunday with Joyce
Arner. Miss Neva Taylor enter.
The Jasper news., 1914-10-08
sIOO Reward. SlnO

Tho rfta"I NJ fH." U.Iff 800. -
p''isrd ~ ..afa t..f 'If.rr at irIHf uH"
nf AIDED dl1rau tUIt f..Hur. HHH Boon
thIr o. cure lu 700 lfH s'I.."H. ll4 f#". g.
tHfnuh. HaiIH 'uaffl Cure ia tHr only
POSITIVE Cufr bow known ~ rhr Ws...
fraternity. tHfIrrH being re- rDuFfIfutI.l '
gre lfnt require gnn1uiIiluuti trrI. .
Mfnt HtNa Cafafrh Dur. o. fa..u I..
'HrnHIlY. acting directly upon flr blood
una mucous surfaces ~ thH sfru. there.
hF Htrnyiur f.4H found |Hr uf ne I.H
r1.. lrl giving tHH THHHuE sfrfuFfN Nu
lIl'iinE Hu fl, constitution and ASSISTING
ltfuf. in doing IfH work The Proprietor
have Ho much faith in iiF curative pow.
- mat ihfy offer one Hundred Dollars
Tor llHf of frHfimuul1iH
Addrsss D . CHENEY = co. Toledo. u
sold br aIl uruEFiHfa $50
Take hails Family riis f0r constipation
The Jasper news., 1914-10-08

tanned q nlmDer q her gij frien5s
a. dinner Sunday George Budd
and family spent Sunday ui,h the
formers mother. Nr5 ". 8 Budd
Ns George CraHfyrI and
daughter Mildred visited Nn
Dfye sharp sunday Nike Work.
nan sp-at Sunday aith Frsze
brothcfs.
The Jasper news., 1914-10-08

Any one wanting Tulips and
Hyacinths, now is the time for
spring blooming. Also ferns,
Begonias and other plants. see W.
II Hager. #
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09
B Y HA ROLD
M a C G r 4 T H
Copyright, 1914, by
Harold MacGrath).
$4,000 FOR 100 WORDS

The "MiIIion Dollar Mystery" story
will run for twenty-five coasecu-
tive weeks In the Newark Evening
Star. BY an arrangement with the
ThanhOuser Film Company IL has
been made possible not only to read
the story In the Newark Evening Star,
but also to see II each week in the
various moving picture theatres.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE
CONTEST
The prize of S1O,aOO will be won by
the man, woman or child who writes
the most acceptable solution of the
mystery, from which tile last two
reels of motion picture drama will be
made and the last two chapters OF
the story written by Harold Mac
Grath.
Solutions may he sent 10 the Than
houser Film Corporation. at New
! York, amy time up to midnight. De-
cember II. They must pear postofhce
mark not later than that date.
A board OF three judges will deter
mine which of the many solutions
received Is the most acceptable. The
jud gment of this board will be abb
solute and Anal. Nothing Of liter
az nature Will be considered In the
| decision. nor given any preference In
| the selection of the winner OF the
$4,000 prize. The last two reels,
which Will give the most acceptable
sOiutiou 10 tHt u1Ebtcfy. VIII nc pFt-
| scented In the theatres. The story cor
| responding to these motion pictures
VIII appear In this newspaper CO.
| incidentally.
| Solutions to the mystery must not
be more than 100 words long. Here
are some questions to be kept In
mind in connection with tho mystery
rs an aid to solution:
No. 1-What becomes OF tho mill
Iionaire:
No. 2-Whnt becomes OF the ST.
| 900 900?
No. 3--Whom does Florence marry
No. 4-What becomes Of the Rvs
| sian countessf
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09
SYNOPSIS.

Stanley Hargreave, millionaire. after a
miraculous escape from the den OF the gang
of brilliant thieves known as the Black
Hundred. lives the life of a recluse for
eighteen years. Hargreave accidentally
meets Braine leader of the Black Hundred
Knowing Braine will try to get him. he
escapes from his own home by balloon.
Before escaping he writes a letter to the
girls school, where eighteen years before
he mysteriously left the doorstep his
baby daughter Florence Gray. That day
Hargreave also draws one million dollars
from the bank. but 1t is reported that this
dropped into the sea when the balloon he
escaped in was punctured.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Countess Olga, Braine's companion, visits
her and claims to be relative. Two bogus
detectives CALL but their plot Is foiled by
Norton, a newspaper man.
Norton lays a trap for Braine and his gang.
Countess Olge also visits the Orient's cap
tain and she easily falls into the reporter s
snare The plan proves abortive through
Braine's good luck. and only hirelings fall
into the hands of the police.
After failing in their first attempt the
Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask
her for money. but she escapes. again foil
ing them.
the next day, once more safe at home. The
visitors having gone, Jones removes sec
tion OF flooring, and from cavity takes
a box. Pursued by members of the Black
Hundred, he rushes to the water front and
succeeds in dropping the box into the sea.
Countess Olga, scheming to break the en-
gagement existing between Florence Har-
greave and Norton, invites them both to
her apartments and pretends to faint In the
reporters arms. Florence appears in the
doorway just at the planned moment, and
as result gives Norton back his ring.
Accomplices Of Braine succeed In kidnap-
ping Florence while she is shopping and
hurry her off to sea. Norton receives wire
less later informing him that the girl had
leaped into the sea and been drowned.
Florence is picked up in dazed condition
by party of fishermen. The. Black Hundred
locate her and Braine disguised as her
father, succeeds in taking her back to sea
with him. Florence sets fire to the boat and
Is rescued by ship which Norton has
been shanghaied.
Norton and Florence safely ashore and
EitA ~ longer any neutrality-suspicious. be.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09

man has money he has troubles;
there Is always someone, who wants
to take 1t away from you His bunk
was on the port side, and there was
plenty of hiding space between the
iron plates and the wooden partition.
He intended to loosen three or four
planks, and then when the time came,
slip the box behind them. Some time
during the morning the forecastle
would be empty, and then would be
his time.
But he suffered the agonies of dam
nation during his four hours watch.
Supposing some fool should go rum
maging about his bunk and discover
the box? Suppose q But he
dared not suppose. There was moth
Ing to do but wait. If he created
any curiosity on the part of his
mates he was lost He would have
to divide with them all, from the
captain down to the cooks boy. 1t
was a heartrending thought. From
being the most open and frank man
aboard, he became the most cunning.
From being a man without enemies,
he saw an enemy even in his shadow.
At o'clock he turned in and slept
like a log.
tiiO '''Ni hihs llr iouiiu MS oppOT-
tunity For half an hour the fore
castle was empty of all save himself
Feverishly he pried back the boards,
found the brace beam, and gently
laid the box there. 1t was a mighty
curious looking box Once he had
stocked up the Chinese coast from the
Philippines, and he judged it to be
Chinese in origin. He tried to Dry
open the cover and feast his eyes
upon the treasurer; but under the
leather and ivory and mother of pearl
was imperyious steel. II would take
an AK or crowbar to stir that lid.
He sighed. He replaced the boards,
and became to all appearances his
stolid self again.
But all the way down to the Ba-
hamas ne was moody. and when he
answered any question it was with
words spoken testify and jerkily.
Il know whut's tn matter saidi
Dunkers. He's in love"
Shut your MOUTH
Didn't | tell yuh?' laughed the
tantalizer, dancing toward the com
panionway "Steve's in love, r he
didn't git drunk enough on shore t
satisfy his whales BELLY"
"A boot thudded spitefully against
the door jamb. 1,ti
You fellahs let me alone. r. I'll
mash in couple o. headsr
Continued in Friday Evening star
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09
Mrs. W. K. Draper to Speak
at Red Cross Fund Dinner
in This City Next Week

A feature of the dinner to be given
at the Nankin Garden next Tuesday
night for the benefit of the American
Red Cross fund will be an address
by Mrs. William K. Draper, of New
York. She is one of the most active
workers of the Red Cross Society
and a member of its national COM
mttee on nursing service. She will
tell of the nature of the work the
nurses of the society are expected to
perform and of the need of more
funds to carry out the relief plans
of the society in connection with the
European war.
The entire proceeds of the dinner
will be turned over to the Red Cross
fund. To stimulate the demand for
the tickets Herbert d. Minor, man
aging proprietor of the Nankin, has
offered prizes for holders of winning
numbers on attached coupons.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09

To write clean play that will
continue as vehicle of populai en-
tertainment throughout the vicissi-
tudes and changing mods of even
ten years, implies that it contains
some particular elements tnat enable
it to make a wide appeal to vast
number of people; though, as a mat
ter of fact, it does not necessarily
follow that such play is a great
play. In the majority of cases it
lives for the simple reason that it
reaches the hearts of the people, that
great mass of individuals that go to
make up the vast army whose ap-
prevail and patronage it is that makes
the modern drama an assured fact.
The play that tells clean story, on
a subject understood and Appreciated
by the man in the street, is the one
that wins out.
1t is questionable whether there are
very many people who are at all in
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09
REJECT BIDS FOR
COUNTY SUPPLIES
treeholders' Committee Decides
Money Can Be Saved by
Buying in Market.


With the expectation that prices
VIII take a drop in a few months. the
purchasing committee of the Board of
freeholders yesterday rejected all
olos ON meats, lard and flour for the
county institutions. Needed supplies
Oh these commodities will be purchased
IN the open market by Purchasing
agent George Bergen, until prices
drop and new bids are advertised for.
freeholder Malta proposed the re-
lection of the bids. He said that meat
prices quoted the county now were
TOUR cents a pound higher than those
quoted year ago. He found, he de-
clared, that dealers felt that prices
mad reached the top mark and would
begin to drop soon, in which event, If
contract was awarded at present by
the county, money would be lost. Mr..
Malta pointed out that by buying in
open market for a month or two the
county may lose money, but eventu-
ally the saving when prices drop will
greatly offset this loss. The rest of
the committee concurred with him,
and the bids were thrown out. The
low bid on flour was $5.97, which was
considered too high, and rejected.
Bids on Italian macaroni and spag-
hetti were also thrown out, on Free
holder Matthias motion. The bids
We're ON domestic brands, while the
specifications call for imported. The
purchase of mixed good suits for in
mates of the Overlook Hospital was
left to Freebooter Ryman, chairman
of the committee. and the superin-
tendent of the hospital. A number of
tie bids were settled by the committee
deciding to award the contract to one
or the other contestant. Several
minor bids were rejected because of
Irregularities.
The awards will be made by the
Board of Freeholders tomorrow.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09
ELK PARADE TO Be
FILMED FOR LYRIC
Today's March on Broad Street
Will Be Shown at Theatre
Tomorrow.

The motion pictures OF the EIks
parade which were taken on BrosJ
and Market streets this morning w
be shown at the Lyric the last three
days of this week. The entire aefivi-
ties of the Newark Elks here and
their doings in Asbury Park have
been been caught by the camera man.
and, through special arrangements.
Proetor's Lyric secured the exclusive
rights to exhibit these pictures.
All the beautiful floats in the
parade. the baseball games between
the Newark Ellss and other visiting
lodges, the panorama scenes at the
corner of Broad and Market streets
n which you may see your own self
all have been caught by the unfailing
eye of the motion picture camera
and will be transmitted in motion
pictures to the Lyric screens the last
three days OF this week. The first
three days OF the following week they
will be shown at Proctors Park Place
Theatre
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09

touch with the events of the day,
who have not heard at least once, of
1.-THE Old Homestead" which, this
week, is being played at the Newark.
Yet here is play dealing witch the
most homely and unpretenllous of
subjects. 1t is today, after twenty
nine years on the stage, still one of
the anchors to windward in contem-
porary American theatricals. There
must be some good reason for this.
To begin with, THE Old Home
stead" is full of genuine heart in
terest-that elusive but essential a
quality which the dramatist so often
omits, or more likely, does not have
the genius to include in his play.
1.-THE Old Homestead" is one of the
really remarkable things in the way
of dramatic writing. 1t is above all
else clean in idea, clean In the tell
ing and beautiful in sentiment. You
must in the long run give the public
the sort of plays it wants. Prob
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09

ably the idea has come into your
mind as to why more plays of this
type are not written. This is best
answered by pointing out that while
plays like 1.-THE Old Homestead" are
simplicity themselves, it is rather the
simplicity. that is displayed by gen.
ius in producing natural and artistic
results-by all odds the most battling
and evasive sort of simplicity.
The public soon tires of the violet
hued emanations that so often pa
rade as drama. They want the genu-
inc, thing, in the long run. The
best proof that this is so, and that
the genuine lasting thing in the way
Of dramatic productions is the natu-
raj play, the play of the SOIL lies in
the fact that such plays as these
live through many years, while all
the passing fancies of the theatre, all
the vogue in the drama, all the fada
for particular kinds of plays, soon
die of their own accord. -