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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30

A II Sniff of the News is
very anxious to donate one cleo
troller if the Times will follow
suit. We heartily commend Mr..
Shifts public spirit in the mat
ter and agree with him that
one should be placed on each
side of the street at the alley
intersection on Fifth, as there
is no darker spot in town, but
for his benefit will say that the
Times signed for one electrolier
when the paper was first circu.
lated and at the time asked
that if possible an electrolier be
placed at the alley intersection
but we did not make it part Of
| the terms of the gift. Fifth
street should have at least four
electro|iers as our public library
is used a great deal evenings,
but if the funds are not suffi-
Gent to place them, Erie street
will have to come first. A num-
Der of the merchants on Erie
did not donate, so those off the
street will have to help or even
Erie will not get electroliers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30

Earl Edgecomb, formerly of
th.s city, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. q Eugecomb, who has been
the Ues Moines manager of the
PRIEST light company, has been
promoted to manager of the
Omaha branch. This is q de-
served promotion of which all
of E4rl's friends in this city
viii! be glad to hear.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30
Tickridg,, Items

Tickridge Items
A good rain would be very
welcome as everything is pretty
dry.
We are glad to learn thai,
Sleepy Hollowites have net
been asleep all this time.
Walter johnson has left for
the harvest fields of South Da-
Nota.
Mrs. Ashton is visiting with
Z the 7. r. Willmott family.
Mrs. Adam Olsen of E mda1e
was visiting in Tickridge Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Williams
entertained the Jake and Chas:
Wisecup families at dinner
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph johnson
and Gladys Caywood visited at
the Chas. Mickey home, Sunday.
Messrs. Willmott, johnson
and Grandfeld are haying on
the Mcintosh farm.
G. H. Basch and family spent
Sunday at Bennettvllle.
Albert Willmott bad d cousin
visiting him last week.
John Weber and Miss Dray
were visiting in Tickridge Sun
day.
Harvey johnson of Omaha
was at the parental home Sun
day and Monday.
Tickridge will not pave the
streets until the Lincoln High
way is paved. May have to
wait some time. What Do ycu
think about Sleepy Hollow.
Misses Ruth and Florence
Wlllmott were shopping III Mo.
Valley Friday.
MOdale
Clyde Hirst, Geo. Gaver's
right hand meat man of Mo
Valley, rode his bicycle to Mo
dale Sunday to spend the day
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. B. Stokes.
L. B. Stokes has been on the
sick list for a few days
Miss Ethel Caffin of Lincoln
Neb., is here for a few days
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. 3. Stokes
entertained at dinner Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Ray Ross Of Whit.
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. John G1a ham
and daughter Nell, MIR. VIM
Stokes and grandma Stokes.
Logan, Ia, July 20. A com.
mittee meeting Of the different
Farmers Clubs of Harrison
Co. has been called for Friday
morning, July 81, at the cour
house in Logan to arrange {
program, and set the time ane
place for the picnic Of the diff
ferent clubs of Harrison Co.
All of the farmers clubs Of
the county have been invited
and the Biglers Grove, Boye1
Valley and Picavune clubs o.
near Woodbine; Union, River
view and Hawkeye of near No
Valley; West Side of near Mon
DAMN; Harris Grove of neal
Beebeetown; Elkgrov and Pro
pressive of near Logan, hav,
appointed committeeman t
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30

Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Rhoda-
beck have resigned their posi-.
ton with M. Fanger to take eff
feet Aug. lst. MIR. Rhodabeck
has been manager for MIR. Fan
ger for the past three years
and has made a host of friends
who will be sorry not to see him
in the store. MIR. Rhodabeck
has not announced his future
plans but he will remain in the
city.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30

Miss Lucille and Dolores La
May went to Mondamin this af-
ternoon for a few days visit
with their grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Hardy.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30

Dr.. A. Romm of Omaha was
hsre last evening in consulta-
ton with DR.. Heise in regard
to Mrs. Max Moskovitz who is
very sick at her home on Huron
Street.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30

The great trouble with many
Of the colleges in th.a country
is That the recitation balls were
built before the b9!l field and
the stadium.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-30
hlOdale

Clyde Hirst, Geo. Gaver's
right hand meat man of Mo.
Valley, rode his bicycle to Mo
dale Sunday to spend the day
with his grandparents, NIr. and
Mrs. L. B. Stokes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
AN ACTIVE WEEK
IN THE PLAYHOUSES
to Be
Seen

MONDAY-Empire Theatre, Msude
Adams in a new play by J. M.
Barrie. 1.-The Legend Of Leonors."
Criterion Theatre. the Talliafcrro
Sisters in Rachel Crothcrs's Young
Wisdom
Jardin de Dsnsc. Lydia LopoukoWa
in ballet and other dances.
Manhattan Opera House, Forbes
Robertson in repertoire.
Liberty Theatre, General John
Regain"
Casino. Harry Lauder and . variety
company.
TUESDAY-Shubert Theatre, "A
Thousand Years Ago." by Percy
Msckaye.
Elinge Theatre. THE Yellow Tick
Ct" by Michael Morton.
Hudson Theatre. William Collier
in "A Little Water on the Side"
WEDNESDAY - Garrick Theatre,
Charles Frohman produces Eliza
Comes TO Stay" with Eva Moore
and H. v Esmond.
Comedy Theatre. William Elliott
presents Kitty Mackay." by Cath
crime Gushing.
SATURDAY-Winter Garden, the reg
eulsr winter production OF the
Winter Garden, THE Whirl Of the
World"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
PLAYS THAT ABIDE.

The attractions to be seen at New
York theatres are: Seven Keys to
Baldpate.' at the Aston; High Jinks,"
at the Lyric; "Prunella." at the Booth .
al Bay" AT the Thirty ninth Street
Theatre I.aurette Taylor in Peg o My
Heart" al the Ccrt: five one act plays
at the Princess, To-day" a; the Forty
eighth street Theatre, Potash 4 Perl
mu'ter,' at George NJ Cchsn's Theatre,
Adele" ct the Harris; The Secret NJ
tho Belasco: THE Things That Count"
at the PLAY house, Elsie ferguson in
The Strange Woman. al the Gaiety
Forbes Robertson at the Manhattan
opera House; The Misleading Lady"
at the Fulton; THE New Henrietta. i"
at the knickerbocker Theatre; Billie
Burke, AT the Lyceu'n; we Are
Seven At the Maxine Elliott Theatre
Cyril Maude in Grumpy" az Wal
lacks, Gen. John Regain" at the Lib
erty; The Girl on the Film" AZ the
Forty-fourth street Theatre, and "lole,"
at the Longacre.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

the playhouse. It had been scared off
by the crime storm.
""The Things That Count hung fire
for a few days, and then the fact be-
gan to circulate that it was not alone
an attractive and timely play but one
in which criminals and outcastS did not
figure. The Rev. DIR. Hills came to
see II. DR.. Parkhurst spent All evening
at the Playhouse. Several members Of
the priesthood came down from the
Cathedral. Two Of the most prominent
rabbis in town saw the performance
Division heads of the Department OF
Education viewed the play and wrote
me letters OF strong approval The word
was going around, gaining in momentum
every minute. You should see our audi
encea now, not alone for their numerical
volume but their quality. There are
no Wild eyed. frow.y haired eccentrics
among them. They are just regular,
healthy, clean minded men and women.
u good many with growing sons and
daughters whom they do not desire to
submit to amy moral clinics.
mo, | cannot say l produced The
Things That Count for the sole purpose
of correcting the public attitude toward
the theatre. ] am not reformer by
profession. and am quite content to
mind my own business. ] produce plays
which l think are entitled to succeed
though not all Of them do il. BY sue
coed l do not mean mere passing sue
cess. but the kind that lasts year after
year. And believe me. the great. big,
permanent audience. the one that sticks
ond cannot be swerved by amy passing
gusts. In the audience that supports
clean plays"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

undertaking could never be expected
from their. support. But there Is the
ground for sufficient support for lin
tied number OF representations Of in
teresting French dramas we'll inter-
pretcd. That seems to be the object
OF the French Drama Society and II
ought not to be difficult for IL to ac-
complish this purpose. Then it's min
istrations this year ought to prepare
the way for the French theatre, which
seems to have been temporarily aban-
doned. It's ultimate arrival will be made
easier by the performances OF the
French Drama Society this winter
Either scheme would seem to have
little chance Of great financial success
when attempted as the ordinary the
atrical enterprise. As a scheme apart,
however. from this kind OF traffic IL
ought to find audiences among those
interested in the French theatre, and
MOST Of all interested in It as a French
and not a denatured. translated and
adapted institution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

ever forgets them. On the other hand.
how many Of the names of salacious or
crime plays produced in the same in
terval can you give offhand?
"In all the years during which / have
been engaged IN stage producing ! have
made II n practice to survey tho pub
lie tendency in these matters. and it
may have been noticed that during the
early part of the present season |
was comparatively inactive. ordinarily
in the same space of time I should have
put on at least half dozen offerings
this year only one prior to the month
of December. | was merely waiting for
the spasm OF sensation to pass. know
ing very we'll that 1t was useless to
while the ccnvulsion was in full opera
ton. The time arrived when could see
the change coming on and ! produced
THE Things That Count
ut would have amused almost any
body to see just what happened during
the first few days. a good many per-
sons appeared to be actually startled
at my temerity in breaking In with an
absolutely inoffensive piece. One man,
regular after the opening perform
ance took me aside In genuine solicit
tude and whispered, This play Is per-
fecuy fine; made me laugh and bawl
too. but II won't do. II is too clean for
New York.
What he overlooked was the fact
that since the opening Of the season
most of the theatres had been attended
by only one section at New York. The
much greater portion of the populace
had been staying at homo or looking
for its amusements elsewhere than In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

/ dedicated TO vaudeville. Eva Tanguay
will bring her COMPANY there and will OF
course deliver her popular songs in her
fortunately inimitable manner.
Priscilla Knowles Is to be Mary when
What Happened to Mary" is given to-
morrow by the stock company at the
Academy of Music. Theodore Friebus
vii! also bc in the cast.
The actors Of the German Theatre
are not likely to become monotonous
for lack of variety. This week Faust,
"kasern. nluft." "Kyritz Pyritz" and
Alt Heidelberg" will he among the
plays to be acted.
The West End Theatre will be the
first to house within the Law when
that popular melodrama starts on its
travels. The play Will be seen there
during the present week with Jane Cowl
and the rest of the actors in the roles
they played during the long run at the
Eltinge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
~ LAWRENCE REAMER.

n Jew YORk'S theatrical supply Is
avowedly sufficient and its pur-
veyors see that II is varied.
Nowadays a new note Of differ
ence is observable. II is possible for
theatregoers to find theatrical diversion
IN other languages than the yernacular.
1t IL 4 pleasure to observe the perform
ances In the German theatre restored
once moro to the eNceilencies of its ear
lier days. Germany does not TO be sure,
send to the Irving Place Theatre the
distinguished individual players that
were once a feature Of the year In the
German playhouses. 1t IL doubtful
moreover II they are 10 be found In the
theatres Of the fatherland. 1t IL not IN
this country alone a period OF no great
brilliancy on the stage. Tile geniuses
Of q previous generation have left no
SUCCESSORS here or abroad When ia
NOUS actor comes from Germany to
these shores now II Is the venerable
Possart. He still controls the interest
OF large public which found Rudolph
6childkraut. so eminent among his
countrymen. too modern In the classics.
To Josef kainz Ludwig Barnay. Agnes
Sorma, not to mention Marie Geistinger.
Marie Seebach. Madge Irschick, Bogu-
mil Dawson, there are no successors In
tho companies on the German stage Of
the day. There, as in other countries,
individual brilliancy has yielded to a
wider competence and care in acting,
with none of the brilliant flashes Of the
geniuses TO add lustre to the scene. So
it Is not TO be expected that the public
formerly attracted to the German thea
tres by these stars may be brought
back by any successors to them.
But good plays well acted are sure to
bring a satisfactory support to a Ger
man theatre in New York. Good plays
are as scarce In the fatherland as they
are In France and every other country
asking. But there is other drama In
Berlin and Vienna than 'salacious farce.
which for several years provided the
greater part Of the repertoire at the
a Irving Place. Rudolf Christians, with
the experience of some years in the
court theatres of his country, has shown
how to place this playhouse once more
on q niveau which German Americans
mot notably generous in their support
OF such an artistic enterprise--need not
be ashamed Of. Tho present director
Knows how to make up repertoire
which combines the worthy and the
popular Tie event Of the present
season therefore seems destined to be
, something more substantial than the
hollow artistic success which might
mean IA return to the recent standards
Of the establishment. 1t is possible to
make the German theatre a profitable
enterprise. There Heinrich Conried laid
the foundations Of his fortune. II Is
true that its director must struggle
against the disadvantage Of con-
stantly diminishing public Ut his own
countrymen. It's patrons are composed
largely of the young who have not yet
lea ued English and those who arrived
here too late in life ever to acquire 1t.
This II not of course growing clientele
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
MIR. W. A. Brady Discusses Clean Plays

1.-THE main difference between sensa-
tional sociological plays and plays that
are clean" said William 4. Brady, lis
that clean plays, when they are success
full. last longer than those of the
other kind and make more money In
the end. Almost everybody is deceived
by the zip and hnrrnh with which
sensational play starts of. In fact. as
we have seen recently. there seems
TO be u sort OF periodical craze for this
sort Of thing. and while il lasts there
appears to nc no chance on earth
for the drama of decency. But there
always comes an end to the craze
when We all go back to plays which
draw OH their merits without appeal
ing to morbid curiosity or evil appetite
OF. any kind.
"a sensational play, no matter how
successful for the time being. never goes
round more than once. 1t may turn
away droyes OF applicants for seats
and be the talk Of the entire country.
hut 1t cannot repeat This goes for
farce ~ we'll as serious drama. Give
me one Seven Keys to Baldpate' and
anybody may have all the Girl In the
Taxi and Girl From Rector's' between
here and Jericho. SO far as l am con-
cerned. When all these white slave
plays and moving picture films have
been forgotten you will find Way Down
East still being played. along with Peg
O. My Heart and The Little Minister. :
The Old Homestead and In Old Ken
tucky.' in none Of which IL there the
slightest call upon any but the best
sentiments Of the public. Most Of these
As~ovS hoVA hAnn hApnro thu n.
try for twenty years or 30 and nobody
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

in Hamlet" with the rest of his roper
toire To follow.
Rose Stahi. who has often acted al
the Grand Opera House, will introduce
Maggie Pepper to her admirers. 1914
model, this week. She Was "A prime fayo-
rite in Harlem last week.
The Royal Theatre will this week. bc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

Leonora." the original title
which j. NJ Barrie attached TO the first
full evenings play he has written since
What Every Woman Knows" The
piece is a fantastic comedy in four
acts. II is comedy written only for
those who have ever had a mother
Much lies between its lines as well as
in their obvious surface meanings.
AS with all the longer Barrie plays,
The Legend OF Leonora" springs from
definite thesis. Last summer Mr.
Barrie confessed to ali American ac-
quaintance his love Of plays built upon
Ideas or single idea of timely social
importance. The Barrie method of
playwriting is to begin with an abstract
idea and generaiiZe II into concrete ac-
ton. There Is "A tradition that MIR. Bar
RTE wrote the entire first three acts of
one Of his best pieces, The Admirable
Crichton," in order. rs he once said.
that he might persuade the public TO
accept the ideas offered in the fourth"
In short, Mr.. Barrie never begins the
writing Of a play with an arbitrarily
chosen dramatic situation out Of which
interesting ideas OF human Importance
may or may not develop nr that sim
ply accumulate to further action. He
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
THE WEEKLY CHANGES.



Harrison Ford is this week to take
his place at the head OF the company
at the Harlem Opera House. Mr. Ford
has been the leading man at various
large stock company theatres In the
West. lie was seen for a While as the
actor of the chief role In Excuse Me"
at the Gsiety Theatre. Mr.. Ford will
play in THE Girl and the Pennant" the
part acted by William Courteney.
Florence Malone will have the role that
fell to Florence Reed at the Lyric.
Forbes Robertson will begin to-mor-
row night an ensa gement at the Man
haitian Opera House to continue until
January "a. He will appear tomorrow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
Six New Plays to Be Seen in Two
Nights. German Theatre
in New York

for any theatre. Yet with sufficiently
slbe to induce lovers of the theatre and
the German language to attend the per-
formances in SUFFICIENT numbers to
make the playhouse as popular as It Is
now and used to be under the artistic
illustrations of Heinrich Conried. Mr..
Christians has been fortunate this year
in acquiring one popular play One play
could not. however, make his season.
which seems the result Of q policy that
Is destined to restore the German thea
tire to its former eminence.
The Italian theatre In spite of the
occasional visits OF the energetic Agug-
liza remains a negligible quantity In this
city. 1t is the humblest Of all the allen
muses.. Intended. only for the immi-
grants able or willing to pay the small
est sums. 1t has not yet exercised any
influence on the theatres here. Pre-
sumably the italian Government has
altogether abandoned the plan once
vaguely SSuScCu III All uhuS ltoA
ian theatre of the first rank here. One
opponent Of the scheme met the pro-
posal with the answer that the Metro
politan Opera House was the finest
conceivable theatre by which the glories
OF Latin art might be placed before the
world. That its prominence may lie
shared by artists and composers Of
other nations does not seem to have
suggested itself to the enthusiastic COM
patriot of Enrico Caruso Local ex-
patriots have SO feebly patronized the
visits Of their famous actors. however.
that any dignified theatre would prob
ably appeal but little to them. So the
Italian theatre seems unlikely to be
realized at present.
The French Drama Society has not
yet had an opportunity to show what II
may accomplish In presenting modern
plays to the local public, but there ought
to be an opportunity to serve an cx-
cellent artistic purpose. The French
drama OF the day seems irreconcilalble
with the taste Of our audiences. Occa-
sionally one Of the boulevard farces
about az eNhilarating as fiat champagne
enjoys apparent vogue. but such serious
fruits OF the cuntemporaneOus play
wrights works as La Verge Folle,"
primrose LA Femme Nue." or any
Of the contemporaneous dramas Of So
cial life are unable to awaken the least
interest In the American theatregoer.
who represents the man In the street.
with the difference that lie happens to
be for two hours indoors. II these
plays were given in French they would
reach a larger public than could pos
sibly be induced to attend them when
they are acted In English. French resi-
dents Of New York are notoriousiy in
different to every manifestation. of their
national art. Whether II he In song or
drama, they refuse to support any UNI
dertaking that may have as Its chief
ground Of appeal the fact that it rep
resents French art.
But there are many Americans who
speak and understand French and are
interested In the Gallo stage. They
form OF course a limited public. WIDE
spread or general prosperity for any
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

Percy Nackaye's oriental ria -
Thousand Years Ago" will have 'fg first
metropolitan presentation at III, Shu-
bert Theatre on Tuesday evening.
"A Thousand Years Ago is - ro-
nance recitlng the story oi the in,, If
Cdhf. the gallant Prince Of AstrakAau.
for TurandOf. the beautiful Princess Of
fchin. II IL set IN the midst of tn"
spendor of Oriental environment with
all the fascination of the Oriental at
mosphere. and for the basis &C his ro-
nance Mr.. Machaye - indebted - one
of the original Persian tales Included ia
THE Thousand and one Dnys,"
1t is said that from this same sour"
Shakespeare drew his insprat'ou for
the casket scene IN The Merchant of
Venice" and that from the same ruuin-
rial came the "Turandot" produ,' JOINS.
old and new, of Italy and Germany IN
"A Thousand Years Ago" 7urDHdut sot~
her lovers the difficult task of answer
ing three riddles which she propuuuds.
If they fail their lives pay the forfeit.
At this point, however, Mr., Mackuyo
departs from the Oriental tale, supply
ing TurdndOt with u romantic muti1 e.
for her apparent cruelty
She had seen . year hofOrC a htC gear
youth with whom she l"ll m love.
Pressed 10y the Emperor, her father. to
marry she consents only upon the CON,
diuon that the successful Sultor 10
whom she plights her roth must reply
correctly to her tire" riddles. Many
submit to the ordeal only to fail None
among them resembles the bcgsar when
her eyes fell upon him AT the rivers
brink and she tossed into his out
l.
at her breast.
TO Pekin eventually comes Copocom
ico and his company of Italian ma skers
From Venice they have been driven
forth Ivy the sneers nf the critics and
populaCc alike, who have suddenly ro-
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