The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-06
VIM. STERLING BATHS
GREAT DICKENS MAN
WILL BE ONE OF GREAT At
FRACTIONS AT THE
MUSIC FESTIVAL
FIRST TIME HERE.
He Is One Of the Foremost Ly-
ceun and Chautauqua At
fractions. of Today
FIRST TIME HERE

Among the principal drawing cards
| at the Music Festival, which is to be
held at The Anderson theatre March
l7-19 will be Mr.. William Sterling
BATHS. universally recognized as one
OF the worlds leading interpreters of
Dickens:
Mr. BATHS is an actor who thinks
he is student who reads, and he
Is thinker who acts-a rare COM
bination. He will be one of the main
attractions al Anderson's first Must
cal Festival, at Anderson Theatre,
March 1913 next.
The Importance of self-.ducation
has not been fully realized. Schools
are but reception rooms to the great
Academy of Life. In school we are
shown-or ought to below to use
the tools in that greater school-thc
world. Books are these tools It is
but natural we should have life; 1t
is our inherent right and province;
but to obtain 1t we must reach out
and take it, and draw from our sur
roundings the true meaning of life.
Boons are the tools enabling us to do
this. Tools are OF hut little value II
kept in glass case. Books are OF no
value II selected that their bindings
may match the library carpet.
As man is estimated by the friends
he associates with. so does the selec-
ton OF books reveal q mans char
acter-his mental and moral attitude.
Books are ever ready to hold con-
verse with us; ever ready to instruct
and entertain us, and are of value in
proportion as the knowledge ga. eed
in the association.
10 t0 ha H.
or amused, sometimes both, but al
ways interested. To hold an audience
one must interest them. Many years
experience on he platform IN has enabled
Mr. BATHS to develop a repertoire from
the works of Charles Dickens, replete
with interest and amusement, likewise
instruction. Anderson people will for
the first time have an opportunity to
catch real glimpse OF what the real
Dickens is when Mr.. BATHS comes
here during the Muiscai Festival, no
one should fail to see and slear him.
He Is generally If not universally rec
ognized as the worlds leading. inter-
prefer OF Dickens.
Mr.. BATHS knew the stage S.'om an
earlier experience. He made his de-
but at the old McVicker's theatre
In Chicago, on the back OF Joseph JEFF
ferson In RIP Van Winkle," later
playing with Clara Morris and James
O'Neill in Article A. His Stage ex-
perience covered wide field. He re-
ceived his first inspiration for dram
attic reading from Alfred p Burbank,
who was. in his day. one of the most
popular readers in the country.
His early training and strenuous
experiences have developed a master
ful stage presence and a very remark
able voice; Of great range, perfect
In its fiexibility, carrying power and
quality. He Is In absolute control of
this power of express his every emo
ton; every shade of thought is in'
perfect sympathetic obedience to his
will. ~,
Mr. BATHS is ono OF the foremost
lyeeum and chautauqua attractions In
this country. having appeared on most
OF the noted course and assembly
programs. - e
10 be an imperaonator one must
possess ali the talent OF siwell-Sonnd-
ed character actor. Mr. BATHS has
the talent, and the stronger the char
acter the better suited It ID 60 his
ability. He intauaifles without ear-
notwithstanding the dealers ir,
strong characterization do not always
make note OF. This makes eirs bat
tbs particularly successful In the de.
lineation of Dickens characters. The
contrast in his perspRages is so mark
ed, and yet the yoieN face, action ana
mannerisnis are all so IN keeping with
each character that the story Is,
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