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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14

"And right then and there / dis
covered what every other experience
has confirmed for me--that stage di-
rection has got to be painstaking, de-
tailed and exact to the last degree
that it's the authors business TO do 1t,
away from the theatre--and that any
thing short of It waste, the time Of
your actors and hurts the chances Of
your play.
"And if directors can be induced to
believe that, and to follow It, and If
they will have the scenery made be-
fore they commence the rehearsals
there isn't play in the world-unless
It's something requiring an unheard
of amount of special mechanical pro-
duction--that can't be put on in two
weeks Now let every actor rise and
call me blessed!
Work for the director? Why bless
you, stage direction Is the hardest
kind of work. But If you get right
down 20 cases. | don't know that the
slipshod method is so easy
There's another thing to be remem-
bercd-I don't think any director can
get an actor to do what he can't do at
lieve that having been actually on the
stage as an actor is almost an essential
TO being a good director-though for
that matter. think preliminary eX-
perienCe as an actor is necessary to
playwrting and dramatic criticism
and most Of the collateral pursuits of
the stage.
IT remember that when I put on
The Commuters there was a scene in
it where one of the women was sup
posed to set the table, ! thought of
course any well brought up girl would
know how to set a table, so | just
wrote, for business set the table.
Picture my establishment when the
actress / told to do it replied to me,
with some hauteur, L don't know how
to set n table--the servants always
did II at home Well | went on to
the next scene-I always do II in re-
hearsals when n difficulty arises be-
cause, as | say, directors have no
business to worry the actors with
their own uncertainties, That night
I went home and cleared everything
out Of the way in the dining room
and asked the maid to set table for
me- She did it-then she did II again
I did Il then | did II again, And
set that table over and over till
knew to the fraction of a second and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
ILL WORK AND NO PLAY IN STAGING PLAY

i'm my life when put on that scene. |
had watched a few, that was all. The
thing | hadn't calculated on was the
interest the actors themselves would
take in the deals-oh, yes. they were
all poker players. They'd get actually
so excited over the hands they'd get
that they'd ignore my play entirely
Well, put a stop to that finally, and
| got them to dealing on cue, betting
ON cue, and the rest of 1t, and sus-
pending every movement during the
laughs II was a herculean job. |
think II was almost the hardest | ever
tackled-it took hours. And some
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the quarter of an inch just how I
wanted 1t done. Then | went down
to the theatre and taught that actress
what I'd learned!
There, again, It wasn't such an easy
matter, because there were laughs
all through the scene, and | couldn't
have them interfered with by the
rafting of teacups. She placed every
knife, fork and spoon on cue. During
the laughs she was as still as
mouse-and l hope the audience never
suspected It.
"Of course these careful plans for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14

for our dead pauscs. We played The
Chorus Lady from end to end and
the Fall River audience didn't laugh
once-not once. And there were the
pauses,-those faithful chorus girls
didn't skip one | was dismayed, of
course, but | wasn't overly down
hearted. because everywhere else 1t
had been such sure fire comedy-but
| was amused at the pauses.
"They were simply terrible. ! re-
member after the performance l went
back on the stage-and poor Rose
Stahl. on the verge of tears, said: oh
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14

back and say It's no use; we cannot
do it, But at last it was all arranged
and set as we say-and then |
discovered that my chief actor was
sitting on the wrong side Of the stage
with his back to the audience! |
simply didn't know what to do did
not have the courage to tell the actors!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14

and It went in Glasgow 1t had,
too-the Scotchmen HAD roared at it.
"Once in a while in working the
scene out away from the theatre, you
slip mp on it. Every actor in the poker
game scene in The Travelling Sales
man will remember my worst mis-
take-but I'll begin at the beginning,
Il had never played a game of poker
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
James Forbes, Author and Director of
Several Popular Comedies, Re-
veals Some of the Tricks

knew them by name, and then I sat
there till | had worked out!
"Of course now. with long experience,
rye got so that | can carry the char
acters in my head without such print
tive a>sistanCe-but that's how |
staged The Chorus Lady
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laughs have one danger-the danger
that the audience may not laugh. To
my dying day won't forget the night
we played The Chorus Lady in Fall
River. 1t had been played as "A sketch
in vaudeville, you remember, for four
years, and in the second act we knew
by heart the spots where the laughs
came. So in those spots We arranged
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
Tells of Struggle He Had to Master
Details Connected With Present
ing a Piece to New Workers

| jumped the scene and went on to
the others. Then, after the rehearsal,
| called them all together and took
them out to get drink. After they'd
had the drink | pulled myself together
and said Now, boys, brace yourselves
and | told them. For minute l
Evening star., 1915-03-26
Leave Your Little Wants
AT
THE STAR BRANCH
One in Your Neighborhood
NORTHWEST.

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ANACOSTIA.
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1882 connectieut svenue.
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Evening star., 1915-03-26

BARGAINs-IArgest ''movie'' park south Of New
York: nrst-class equipment: two machines. two
booths. piano booth: Offices. Don't compare this
with giveaway parks Price right. Exclusively
for sale at Marshall's.
Poolroom and bowling alleys; receipts last
gear $500; rent $50: gold mine for right
man. Asking $500. Marshalrs.
Evening star., 1915-03-26
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Help. situations. Lost and Found, Rent
Rooms, Country Board. ETC., one cent
word each time for IS words or more.
MIsceuaneous Sales and Wants, BusI-
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cent a word each time for three or more
times, with a 15-word minimum.
Business announcements, Real Estate,
Apartments, ETC., four lines or more three
times, 10 cents a line each time. with q
decreasing rate for a longer period.
Evening star., 1915-03-26

YOUNG single white man who has worked IN q
greenhouse to care for a private greenhouse,
furnace. etc. Address Box 20. Star office,
giving references, wages. etc.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-08-27

Notice: All parties who have shipped peaches with me ano those who have picked peaches for me who have not gotten theil money, meet me at the First National Bank Saturday after noon at 1 o'clock,
 |. L. S. Shibley.
 Good rail cook wood delivered on short notice. B. M. Young blood 1 short 2 long rings on 50.
 Furniture and groceries-we keep a full house. We have a delivery wagon on now. Any thing you need just phone us, No. 45, and we will bring it at once. Cox and Standlee. It
 Watkins remedies now dis tributed from the Crockett hotel. s. R. Banks. I'm
 The Canning Co. wants several head of good thrifty shoats 50 pounds and over, also several good heifer or steers, at market price.
 No delay in making loans on improved farm land. GarVln & Fitton, Harrison. Ark. 2m
 Henry Donaldson and family are over from Berryville this week, Mrs. Donaldson and little Miss Mary Margaret are visiting while the sold man. is chief cook at the Home Bakery, Mir. Megown and family are taking a much needed vacation He and family are spending the week at Eureka Springs.
 For Fire, Lightning and Tornado insurance, see M' M. Lavender.
 Burton George, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank has been called to his home at Berryville on account of the serl- ous illness of luis father, Dr. w. P. George, who has been stricken
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-08-27
HAD NOT SEEN EACH OTHER FOR
 THIRTY YEARS

MT. Thomas Youngblood, wife and two daughters, of Vernon, Texas, came in last week on a visit.
 Mr. Youngblood is brother of Mrs. M. E. Trantham, Mrs. Eliza bfaSWell and Mrs. Margret Loon- ey, whom he had not seen for thirty years.
 On Saturday afternoon Mr. YoQngblood and family, Mrs. Irantham, Mrs. Braswell and some other relatives, went down on Dry creek to the Looney home ana had a most enjoyable time visiting there and elsewhere among relatives and old time friends. They also visited his old home place, and on Monday morning, they, together with Eddie Swor and wife and other relatives, returned to Mr. M. E. lrantham's at 11:30 o'clock, just in time to partake of a sumptuous dinner that had been prepared for the occasion by Mrs. Tranth- am s daughter and daughter-in- law, There were fourteen who partook of the many good things that were set before them. All enjoyed a good time and that night Mr. Youngblood and fami- ly took the train to Eureka Springs, where they will remain for few days for the benefit of Mrs. Youngblood's health before they return to Texas, where he will resume his duties as a pro- fessional undertaken and en- palmer.
 Nr. Youngblood is a jolly fel- low and certainly did enjoy shaking hands and talking with old time friends.
 One Who Was Present.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-08-27
NOTICE

We will mail statements to all our creditors on Septpember 1st, and trust they will all respond promptly, as we expect to start east on the 18th of the month to buy goods, and it is absolutely necessary for us to collect all outstanding debts at once, as it takes money to buy goods.
 Trusting you will give this your prompt and immediate at tention, we beg to remain,
 Respectfully,
 -r--s 7.zs,, as.e- sss.--
 Coxsey < Son. Advertisement
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-08-27

Mrs. Hallie shaffer entertain ed a few of her friends with a dance at her beautiful home on East Main street Wednesday evening. Dainty refreshments were served at 9 late hour and the guests departed, expressing themselves as having enjoyed the evening very much.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-08-27
NOTICE

All who owe me accounts con tracted before January 1, 1915, are requested to come in and settle at once. If you cannot pay cash. you can settle by note. l want to get these accounts of my books. Please see to this matter at once and save me the trouble and expense of writing you, or calling to see you.
 Very truly,
 F. R. MORROW.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-08-27
LoeaIs,M0StIy about People

'.C. Plnkerton Notary Public.
 Little Miss Francis Neal is reported quite sick.
 q Tor 17 a service, fine Jersey male. Y IL 0rebaugh, Route 1. If
 Aaster Earl Dean We'll has peen quite i'll for several days. 2, Nine bars D. C. laundry soap sfcehts, Douglas & Villines.
 Lyle, son of W. P. Coxsey, who has been seriously i'll for :'ile tune, is reported slightly Improved.
 Bee Supplies for sale.
 M. M. Lavender. !, Mls' Jennie McCarroll left M nplVaoay night for her home at La DanTlle, Ark, after a visit at [ " r nome Of her brother, Rev. J. I,oodha1ea Wheat bran $l.2o per hundred. Douglas 6 Villines.
 ,.a @[s' 5 Alvin Looney and little ie s'u' Rex, who have been visit Is las. her sister, Mrs. Olin Keener, bna, Monday night for t h ei r -'pe at Lowell, Ark.
 '0f Sale;-A good organ,
 W, E. Lamb 2t. Kaa aOfil to Rev, and Mrs. J. L. lns ref On Wednesday morning, tSa Hqspst , 20, a fine grandson, at Ns, s nome of their son, Mir. and sont, ti ohn Keener, two miles ''athvest of town. lIilEnmn NWanted:-The Y O c u m bu8baI C 10. will pay 85 cents per Ibis p' is :, Listen! Look here! gef t,,' ,@ the only place you can 5 oout TWO bars laundry soap for r n'S' Cox and Standlee. 1t for rss ss ad a Hot-Point, 6 pound iron pleassp''ruoo and make ironing day a
 'ufe' C. F. Light Co.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-08-27
TO THEE FARMERS

On Saturday, September 18th, l will give away, in cash, the following premiums, with the un- derstanding that l am to keep the articles, as 1 want them fer display at my Real Estate Office: FOR THE REST
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-08-27

fTl pt Ni y oio' The doctors has many friends throughout the length an d breadth of the state who hope tor him a speedy recover.
 Mason fruit jars, quarts 60 cents, half gallons so cents. Douglas & Villines.
 Mrs. Clyde E. Walker was over from Berryyille Monday visiting relatives and friends.
 For sale: New Empire disc drill. Mrs. Mahala Davis. 1tpd
 Dallas York and wife spent Wednesday in Green Forest visit Ing his sister, Miss Florence.
 For careful and accurate watch repairing go to F. B. Rowland, graduate watch maker, east side square. If
 Master Rammel Coxsey, son of Mrs. Ona CoXsey, is visiting relatives on Osage this week.
 For trade:- Mule 1G 1-2 hands high, eleven years old, for good COW or young mule. c. Ore baugh. If.
 Read the ads of the Green For est Merchants. They always have something good to offer you.
 At the Conway Restaurant near depot, light bread, Is ounce loaf } cents. Guaranteed pies and cakes. Meals 25 cents, lunches 15 cents, beds 25 cents.
 Chester Reeves left fer Berry vile Wednesday evening, where he has a position in the canning factory,
 Miss Bertha Duty, who has spent the past two weeks visiting her parents at Boxley, returned here Sunday.
 The many commercial travellers who make this town are gradu- ally beginning to come in after having been marooned at various places for the past week.
 D. ], West, of BerryviIIe, is here looking after the interests of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, while its cashier, Burton George, is at the bedside of his father, who is dangerously i'll.
 All parties expecting to pay i | zas-aS5te ,difeshi2g must as so by September 1, After that date l will expect grain tole.
 s. s. BuelI, 2t
 Lonnie Gibson. the Eureks Springs telephone trouble" mar was over this week looking after his companies wires, which were somewhat put out of commission by the heavy rains of last week
 The Tribune acknowledges witt thanks some yard beans, brought to the office by Bruce Phillips They measured tWenty-ejghj inches in length. Mir. Phillips has one bean pod on his vines that measures forty inches.
 Miss Frankie Norris, who has been visiting in New Mexico fol some time returned home Sun day. She was accompanied by two of Jarrett Norris children, who came for a visit with theil grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas Norris, near Denver.
 The tent meetings continue with large crowds and a great deal of interest is being manifest ed. Several conversions and many have signified their desire to have the christian people pray for them. Rev. Neal is doing g great deal of good in these meet ings.
 F. 0. Butt, son John, and fath- CT, ". A. Butt, of Green Forest, left on the morning train fof Decatur, H., where they go .tC to attend the Vaughn-Butt re union. For twenty years these reunions have been held, but this
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-08-27
so by September 1, After that date l will expect grain tole.
 s. s. BuelI. 2t.

Lonnie Gibson. the Eureka Springs telephone trouble" man was over this week looking after his companies wires, which were somewhat put out of commission by the heavy rains of last week.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
RETRENCHMENT THE SLOGAN.

There is every indication that in the
pending campaign, as concerns the legisla-
tive part OF it at least, the spread-eagle ora
tor, with his rampantpartisanism his cloud
spun theories and his string of new tangled
laws will find little sympathy, says Wins
tons Weekly, published at Pontotoc.
The folks want relief from excessive
taxation, and they do not want any more
laws: Several laws need killing, and then
a definite and determined effort to cut
governmental expenses and appropriation
bills.
The abolition or reform of the fee sys-
tenn, putting state and county officials on a
just and equitable salary basis, is a crying
demand, and it comes from every part Of
the State.
To bring about these things is going to
require the solid backing of public senti-
ment, and our faith is strong that this spon-
tanelty OF feeling and certainty of purpose
will be the handspring behind the next leg
islature with the same degree Of inspiration
that caused the last legislature to shudder
at the thought of 'ssecret caucus.
The only difference is that a few aspir-
ing legislators are going to make the ante
election mistake Of thinking thatthe @tsecret
caucus" is still a political issue, and 90
daWdling thro' the campaign dragging its
limp and lifeless carcass.
But the folks want to get down to bust
ness now They've had enough politics to
last them a whet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
QUIN MAKING GOOD IMPRESSION.

The Record has never decided as yet
who it will support for governor, but it must
say, with no thought of minimizing any
other candidate, that Hon. H. M. Quin made
a most favorable impression here the other
night, when he spoke, and that his address
was such as to greatly raise him in the esti-
nation Of this writer. It was the first op-
portunity that had been presented to the
Record editor to hear him in a political
speech, and his logical and sensible conclu-
sions, his broad and unbiased way Of going
at the bottom of things and the ability
shown from his utterances stamp him as a
man who would bring dignity, honor and
efficiency to the office should he be chosen
for the place. He is free and outspoken on
all matters at issue and he makes no dema-
gogic appeals to catch votes. His upright
character has always been recognized and
his experience as legislator adds to his quail
fications. Should Hillrie Quin be placed in
the executive chair, it is safe to say that the
old ship Of state would steer clear of shoals
and his administration would be a creditable
one Newton Record.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
LIQUOR IN CLUBS IS OUTLAWED.

The keeping of liquors in clubs within
the State of Mississippi was declared by the
supreme court Of the State, in an opinion
handed down last Monday, to be in violation
of the May-Mott-Lewis law enacted by the
last Legislature, the constitutionality of
which was sustained by the court.
The supreme court declares that the
statute is within the police power of the
State, and quotes with approval the follow
ing words of an unknown writer:
.Whiskey is a good thing in it's place.
There is nothing like it for preserving aman
when he is dead. If you want to keep him
dead, put him in whiskey. If you want to
kill a live man, put whiskey in him."
The ultimate purpose of prohibition,
says the court, is to prevent the use of
liquor as a beverage, and since Mississinni
is a prohibition State the courts will not
play any favortes.
The supreme court of the State of Miss
has consistently sustained for years
past all laws restricting or prohibiting the
sale Of intoxicating liquors within the Sta.eI
and the decisions have been in line with the
legal opinions of courts in other states as
well as in eonosance with the expressed
public sentiment IN ississippi.
Il is no longer fashionable 10 drink
whiskey, While-lhe dTunkard has LOST hisl
place in the business world, and hence thel
coming Of nation wide prohibition, BY law,
not 50 9 inlhe.fuare, says-the Green-l
ME
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.

The crop reporting board of the Federal
Department Of Agriculture recently made
public its estimate Of the 1914 farm crops of
the United States. Fourteen crops, cover
ing BOO, 782, 600 acres or 90 per cent. of the
nations cultivated area are included in the
report and the combined farm value of all
products is estimated at 81, GAG, 600, 900.
Although the 1914 production of crops
is 10 per cent. greater than the previous
year the aggregate farm value is $40, OOO,-
900 less.
Both the wheat and the cotton crops of
the nation in 1914 were the largest on rec
ord. The cotton crop was nearly Is, OOO.-
600 bales and the wheat production was ap-
proximately 891, 600, 900 bushels. While the
1914 cotton crop was approximately 1,8OO,-
600 bales more than the one Of 1913 the val
ue was 1906, 000, 900 less. Cotton in 1913
averaged $22. 20 per acre against $14.A in
1914. The yield per acre in 1914 was Is
pounds more than in 1913, but the price per
pound in 1914 was 6.8 cents and 1872 cents
in 1913.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
SWAT THE FLY NOW.

Uncle Sam is waging a relentless war
on the deadly housef1y and in a late bulletin
prepared by the Department of Agriculture,
valuable information is given on the best
means of combating this deadly pest. The
most effective way of exterminating the fy,
according to the bulletin, is to eradicate his
breeding places. The breed season of the
fly begins early in March and continues
throughout the spring and summer months.
All dirt should be removed from the prem
tahiles stables dhlfSov cleaned d. and nd dec2ying yege.
called the undertaker's travelling salesman,
and in addition to his regular line OF
typhoid bugs" he carries a side line OF
tuberculosis, Asiatic Cholera and other dis.
ease germs. Now is the time to "swat the
hy."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
YAZOO CITY ALSO MENTIONED,

The Economic Power & Products Co.
has chosen Greenwood, Miss, as the loca-
ton Of tsplant and purchased a 15-acre site.
It is preparing plans for the buildings and
has contracted for the boilers, digesters and
other machinery, the daily capacity to be at
least 50 tons Of pulp. Cotton stalks will be
organized with a capitalization of $40, OO0,-
600, and was mentioned some months ago
as considering the erection of it's plant at
Yazoo City. It's secretary is VIM. D. Miller,
with offices in the Lafayette Building, Phila-
delphia, Pa. -Manufacturers Record, Feb
ruary 18th.