Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-26

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night as much as l did tho first. Thu
whole thing loomts large IN my mem
DRY. and l feel that the witnessing Of
this play was an event, an epoch, q
great white milestone in my Mes
little Journey. ~
The curtain goes up on the first ac'
and instead of revealing an open
stage, shows the dark, olive green
plush curtains, beautiful in moment
GUS tones. : They gently part and the
character Of Nobody slips through the
folds and the man in prlestly robes
stands there before. us. Nobody Il
clad In q flowing garment :of green
from top to toe. d The hood, Of the
cloak 10 thrown over the. head. and
insdnctively you think OF Dante steer
ed in. thought; walking the water
'front.' in Florence Sof old, waiting 70,
Beatrice Ia, pass. The green .liehti
thrown upon Nobody causes tho :llgurt
10 fade Into the curtains. and ~
seems more ike an, apparifon thar
q man" His speech Il not hasty. He
stands there lons3 enough To- make .
superb picture. You have never seer
anything like. this, before. Nobody
speaks, slowly, carefully. clearly. With
IN tenunctation that. makes vow thinlh
that Henry Irving has come hack Il
lfe. HE'S the announcer of. 10 iDla3,
Tho velvet curtains lift and dis
CLOSE Q scene of rare beauty. There
is s""EVerywoman," surrcundedtSalh,1y$a
retnue Of companions-Youth, Beau.
y, Modesty-beautitul, dancing, sing
Ing, natural girls, sweet and unscph9s
ucated. Lite is q. glorious thing ,to
them all. They are all girls, but Nv
erywoman Is easily distinguished. She
10 tho average woman and 4 little
more. In her are all the dreams, the
tho aspirations, the ambitions
with which the LIE "of tho normal
woman 10 freishted. She hay youth,
beauty, modesty. bran and body.
f ~ iSss = : Sssas DssGds
The green plush curtains close and
shut out the stage. and Nobody, still
wearing his invisible green. comes
softly Hoathes front and says:
BE merciful, be just, lbe fair ID
every woman everywhere. Her faults
arc many. Nobody's' the blame!"
It 10 . big man who can p1ay No
body. In order to be Nobody you
have to be a Somebody. n
So tho play il ended and We sit
there with tear-dimmeds eyes. not
knowing whether to 80 oss.5ssttay: The i
play IS done! But life, tho Play Ia
which We are cast, yetNw@ on,
Every,woman Will never df4 heeEuse
every woman lives and nobody ID I'M
mortal.
The company is composed OF splen.
did players, These men and women
have power, poise, and their work rs
veals the noble reserve which marks
the superior actor. Theirs Is the art
that conceals the art. One will trav.
Ell the Wide world over before he ;fnds
their equals in most delicate and e.:
roles.
And the author? Oh, yes-W1alter
hard WORKING, patient,
newspaper m~ant-not eyene.s
tournalist-workine On salary:atH e
play, accepted, rehearsed, and. the an.
thor dead before the otNenikkfS night,
his hands, folded just 80, and In. bis
stinened fingers Z de luxe printer
copy Of his play.. s.t sssS's II
No applause ever reached his ears.
All he knew was the quiet Joy OF
work well done, and the burden 81
those who 70 forth to their rlabors
until the evening. N18nataaseatin
valhalla, does he knoSE@of his gr4ay
achievement? Let ID hope go, and
Il he does. he must smile 4 sad. tronic
smile ct the vanity 81 TIE thing call.
"a success" And s,EyeIy-wonaan y
) sHccess-the greatest In the his.
tory Of American h%istrionics.
CAFE cHANTANT.