The Washington times., 1914-11-22
SOME LEFT-OVERS FOR THE
.- THEATER IDLERS
By GARDNER MACK.

Recognition of the theater as large
cement in the daily life OF the people
instead Of an academic question 10 We
discussed by so-called intellectual groups
in q detached sort Of way is one ol
the best bits of evidence OF MODERN
progress The business of transferring
the idea that all work and no play
1.akes Jack a duh boy. from the pages
of the copy books to live. working
influence as important as the wage
"a ale or the pure food question, Is a
new development. 1t has at last been
.acognized that the feeding OF the
nnlntal functions has quite as great i'm
portaace in the scheme OF things as the
renewal OF the physical tisSuss and
that one Of the most important forms
of acquiring such food for large ma
Jo"ity of the people has been in the
way Of amusementa. The final estap-
Iishnent of the theater as part OF
':.e life Of the normal human being is
tire result. in 8 great measure. OF the
york OF such organiZst' ons as the
Trama League Of America through its
wSrious branches
And the program that mas Deen laiu
out for the winter activities pr the
Washington center OF this organization
real development of the idea. The an
nua! meeting of the Washington Cente:
was held last evening at the Eu5lic
library. The work that has been done
IN the past was discussed. and the plans
were made for even more acuv2 work
I'm the future. Plays are TO be studied
snd bulietined, and lectures arc to be
riven. The headupa1ters of the leasne
vif be opened at the House or Play, lIZl
Vermont avenue. The annual election
al Ia, ha CltnsnR
following:
President. DR.. George +. Bowerman;
FIST vice president. Gilbert Crosvenor:
second vice president, Mrs. Golson
Gardner: secretary, Miss Dorothy hill
man: treasurer. ]. Lewis Moneywey,
chairman plaYgoing committee, Miss
Ftbcl NJ. Smith, chairman drama study
department. Miss Mary Smiley ENans'
rileiiman junior amateur department.
J.. p. s. Neigh: chairman senior anna
teur department. Miss r. Zeta YOU
mans: chairman OF lecture and press
committee, Mrs. Raymond u. MUrgan.
The board of directors. ia addition 10
f,,e officers already named, consists OF
ing. Edward Clarence Team, Gilsoa
rardner, George T. OdeH. Mrs. Shr!s-
tan TIemmick, Mrs. John Jay White,
Mrs. Glenna Smith Tinnin. Mrs Henry
T. Blount. Miss Sarah Z. Simons, Jrre-
miah O'Connor, Mrs DOROTHY Earle,
"
ming Gasch and Ralph 4. Graves.
In the bright lexicon of friendship
there is no such word as farewell. II
~e might paraphrase the philosopher.
IL is a comparatively simple matter to
make a friend, but 1t 10 exceedingly diff
hcult to bid him good-by gracefully.
that is the way most of the people In
Washington feel who have been in
- 20 es.sr Nf
the Poll Stock Company since its es-
1a52ishment here. The leayetakinss are
tsrer and the members Of the company
N,Flo endeared themselves TO the public
aie now on their way to other sections
or the country twhere they VIII prao-
ioIne and quite as popular as they have
been here For some reason or other
the stage personality that is before US
Tor a very long time becomes very
intimate part of our lives. We live
with it and laugh and cry with 1t and
these other sta age people who only pause
here long enough to.s how as their wares
60 then are gone.
The nature Of the business of actors
rope to all the good-bys that are said
10 them by their triends-there is always
present the possibility that the players
win return at some time and renew the
Ties that have been so carefully knotted
by months of daily association and are
tkcz acknowledgements. Actors and ac-
tixsses have little opportuntty 70 make
real friends OF The great mass cf people
tic work to arnyse and on whom they
detcnd for their living. And the actors
and actresses, therefore, feei q little
more lleenly the breaking OF these
friendships W. lsiaA- ~ 7s'rf.h
II is with a feeling Of deep regret,
therefore that the average patron OF
Polls Theater has Watched the prepara-
tons for the REORGANIZATION OF the COM
Ilany, a regret which is in no way pre-
5udicial to the new company that mas
hS-en formed. Some OF the old company
VINO have been here throughout the time
tie Poll forces have been established IN
this city have grown very dear TO the
pstrons. Others have come from time
TO time TO take the places Of older favor
ties and have received just as warm d
place in the hearts Of the patrons.
Jane Morgan, who has been leading
v omar OF the company but a short time,
is ono of TIE newer members who mas
become most popular. Miss Morgan
left here last night for New Haven,
Conn. where she will assume the lead
inp woman's parts in the stock com
panv at the Hyperion Theater In that
city. Carl Brickert also goes TO New
ENGLAND. Pittsf'eld. Mass, being his
destination He has lived several years
in that section Of the country and is
very popular 49, g.
Some day some brilliant mind will in
vent word that win express perfect
sstisfa action. And when that time comes
the writer's Of dramatic reviews Will
have the kind Of word for which they
have been vainly longing TO be used in
descriptions of such productions as Will
lard Mack presented here last week in
50 Much for So Much" II has been q
u-h
seen the play to Adequately describe il.
u has seemed TO most Of US something
more than play. 1t is feeling-an
cmotion. 1t so carefully typifies life as
many Of US know IL. And this does not
mean that We believe all employers OF
stenographers take unfair advantage OF
their employees or that men Of the type
of the Stedman In this play are even