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The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
By JAMES $. METCALFE.

New York. Feb. 6.-There is no
question that the present Gran
willie Barker bill has caught the
fancy of the public. The qpmbination OF
Bernard Shaw and AnatoIe France was
a bit too high-browed-at least theS
thought so to excite the speculative teha-
encies of the ticket sharks. therefore,
the heavy advance sale, which makes ss II II
dificuit to obtain seats for a long une
ahead. came from the interest OF the pet
ter informed class of theatergoers' ana ana
in these uptown days 1t takes pretty
strong attraction to bring audiences 80
far down Broadway as Wallack
Thosa who 60 to London and those VINO
read about what goes on there are re-
sponsible for the advance curiosity aOouI
Granville Barkers methods OF stage pro,
duction. At Wallack's these were noueu
first in a reduction in the size OF the
nToscenium arch by the use of border
crudely gilded to suggest picture
frame and simple undecorated curtain
Of cheap material. The apron OF the
stage was built out over the space oC-
cupied usually by the orchestra "hch
made room for a very considerable Wld-
ening Of the first entrances on eiIheI
side of the stage. The footlghts were
done away with completely. substituted
for them were tunnels set at regular IN
cony. These were directed at the stage
and when the lights at their small ehos
were diffused through the large openings
II gave the stage a uniform hghtlng- IL
is a canon of the theatrical revolution
lists that the footIights increase the arti-
ficiality of the stage because the strong
est light comes from direction not
usual in nature and that faces must be
distorted by makeup to meet that un-
natural condition
The curtain was pulled aside first on
the scene set for THE Man Who Mar
ried a Dumb Wife" said to have been
suggested to Anatole France by a
sketchy description in Rabelais. Back of
the curtain the stage had been raised a
Soot or two by platform. The scene
represented the front of a house of the
Middle Ages crudely but effectively re-
produced in fat, primitive drawing on
what might have been MANILA paper
The main door of the house opened on
the stage and through a window along
side could be seen a practical staircase
leading to the second story hall and
thence to what was evidently the living
room of the house, which was entirely
exposed to the view of the audience, as
was ten or twelve feet above the level
II the stage and The whole side of the
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kind of baby talk that a loving mother
or nurse employs when extracting loose
tooth from a child's mouth.
This scene II, of course, the sheerest
fooIing. The play has been published in
America, and the followers Of Shaw are
familiar with the subsequent transitions,
showing the Christian captives in the
streets of Rome, in prison, and finally
ready for slaughter in the green room
and arena of the Circus Maximus. These
scenes are not elaborately prepared in
the way of ornamentation, but are made
effective by the ingenious disposal OF
the material accessories and the use OF
the spaces. Something in the nature OF
revolving stage Is used to show hrst the
entrance to the arena from the place
where the gladiators, victims, slaves ana
attaches Of the circus gather, with stairs
to the Emperor's box and then the same
entrance to the arena from the arena
side.
Mr.. Barker has done much for And
rocles and the Lion,Y but 1t is as one
of Mr.. Shaws vagaries that the play at
tracts. In the epistle to the Americans
which he has written for distribution
with the program in this country ne hlhts
at a vague purpose in the play which VIII
be discovered only by "the deeper peo-
ple'' who see or read il. He admits that
his jumping backward and forward De-
tween the fun of the Christmas panto-
mime, discussion of the efficiency OF Chris-
tian faith and apparently historic re-
search into the details of life in Rome
is apt to be confusing. He even lodges
the anticipated criticism that And
rocles" is not a play, this criticism oe-
ing Just il We grant that play should
have connected thought and method. he
also claims for 1t a prophetic vein' the
prophecy-also difficult to discover-haV-
ing been confirmed by the breaking out
of the European war since "Androcles
was written. The modesty Of Mr.. Shaw
will be recognized by the nations who
did not know what they were and are
fighting about until now informed that
il was to confirm a Shavian prophecy.
However. the piece is funny in spots and
interesting in others, so We should De
grateful to Mr.. Shaw for the entertain
ment he gives US whether he knows just
what it is or doesn't know, except in the
certain particular that it is good for roy
alties.
The performing company is an excel
lent one and although entirely English
does not destroy the value OF the lines
with the Picadilly accent. Lillah Nc
Cartby. in private life Mrs. Barker. is
good to look at and enunciates delight
fully The cast was well chosen and its
members have played together so long
that the presentations of both plays are
absolutely smooth ones. The present bill
Is so interesting that there would be no
need to change it for a long time to
come. In spite of that it will be alter
mated, beginning next week. with "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" said to be a
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RevieW of the Past Week
In New York TheaterS

room was one big. open gindow. Here
the principal action of the play went on.
Without the novelty of this set and
the other Barker accessories the curtain
raiser told the elementary story Of a
man who had married a deaf wife. After
some discussion with a friend concern
ing this mutual affliction. he is told of
certain famous physician who might
cure her. He is sent for. the wife's
speech is restored and the play ends
with the husband in a worse plight than
before, because the wife is so delighted
with her new gift that she talks inces-
sanity.
The enlarged entrances and fore-stage
are used to represent a street Here
come and go during the play all sorts
of characters reproduced from the time
of Rabelais. including a chimney-sweep,
a blind fiddler, a waterCress man, a can
dIe-man. and others. By it come the
pompous doctor and his suite who, like
the other principal characters. enter and
leave the room where the action goes on
by way of the front door and the stair
case.
Without the Barker methods the little
comedy would have been a very incon-
siderable trif1e. The setting, accessories
and characters introduced to color the
time and place excited the curiosity and
lnt dlleIlllOn lDe point IldI even
this trifle was interesting as a theatrical
novelty.
Bernard shaw Again.
''Androcles and the Lion" by Mr..
George Bernard Shaw, is the main at
traction of the present Barker bill. Here
the Barker methods are somewhat SUBJ
ordinate to the Shaw text. although IN
scene and costuming the piece is rather
pretentious. The curtain draws on a jun
gle represented by suspended strips of
cloth mottled with colors to represent
the effect of light diffused through
tropical forest. Here We have our first
view of the lion. suffering sadly with the
thorn in his foot, the thorn exaggerated
in size for stage purposes. He is the
best stage lion ever, not only marked by
wonderfully modulated growls and saw
age demeanor. but also by gratitude and
a sense of humor.
Along come Androcles and his wife. the
latter after a bit of hen-pecking being
scared off by the lion. But Androcles is
far from being scared. He is a vegeta-
rian and the animals have nothing against
him Therefore, he asks the lion what
is the matter and the latter calls his
attention to the very apparent thorn.
Androcles then proceeds to remove it,
overcoming the lions objections and
soothing him with something the same
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"Lady Luxury"

The attraction at the BeIasco Theater
next week will be the latest musical
comedy success from the Casino, New
York, which is entitled Lady Luxury"
1t comes here with a large company and
elaborate production under the direction
of Frederic Mckay. and has in its sup
PORTING company Florence Webber, JOS
eph Herbert, Donald Macdonald, Forrest
Hun, Arthur Alb-O. Sam J. Burton,
Emilio Lea, Marie Flynn, Emily Fitzroy
and others.
The piece was staged by r. II. Burn
sides. who has to his credit this season
chin Chin and Watch Your Step"
and the dances arranged by Charles S.
Morgan. The elaborate gowns were de-
signed and executed by Lady Dun Cor
don.
The book and lyrics were written by
Rida johnson Young. The music was
composed by William Schroeder, a young
Brooklyn musician.
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isis HODkIns"

Sis Hopkins" the clean story of a
country girl; the play Of honest laughs
and the comedy classic of the. American
stage, with Rose Melville herself in the
title role. will be the attraction at the
Columbia Theater next week In her
character creation that has delighted au-
diences throughout America for the past
fourteen years Miss Melville has made
the Posey County girl a beloved stage
character. With the possible exception
of THE Old Homestead" no pastoral play
OF the past quarter of a century has at
tained such marked success as has Sis
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DIninEhan on for California.

Charles Dillingham;. at the sugges
tion OF the late Charles De Young, q
San Francisco, has arranged to present
a musical comedy in that city durina
the exposition. The plan developed st
that it was practically settled that the
"Chin-Chin" and Watch Your Step
companies would be combined and all
ternate performances OF the two showi
be given on a scale that would be big
ger than anything ever before attempt,
ed in the musical comedy line. Tht
success of the two plays in New YorI
guarantees that they will run hert
away beyond their time arranged fol
the opening in San Francisco. and Mr.
Dillingham; left yesterday for Califor.
mia to arrange the cancellation and tG
look over the field with a view Il
carrying out the idea with a new COM
pany.
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Next week the Poll Players will be
seen in a revival OF Henry Arthur Jones'
The Lars in which Sir Charles Wynd-
ham scored his greatest London success,
and which was played on this side of the
Atlantic by John Drew. followed by
Henry Miller.
THE Liars" tells the story of Christie
pher Deering, an Englishman. who neg
lects his silly, charming little butterfly
wife. Falconer, who has spent most OF
his life in the wilds of Africa. returns to
London and falls in love with Mrs Deer
ing. Everybody learns about the affair
except Deering and all the friends of
the family lie in a most outrageous man
ner, muddlIng things terribly.
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Rose sydeIrs "London Bellies"

When Rose SydelIs London Bellies"
comes to the Gayety next week it will
have as its principal comedian in the
two-act musical farce Offering, Johnnie
Weber. The Rising Son is the title
of the Offering, which details the expe-
riences OF the mischieyOus son of we'll
tO-do New York family. Weber, of course.
has the title role. Miss Sydell, who Is
burlesque's only woman producer. has
provided for Weber a strong supporting
cast. Other principal roles are assigned
to Miss Nell Lavender, Louis Thiel, Tom
Nolan. George Clayton Frye, Len Wills.
Clara Stinson, Dolly Southern, Pearl Tur-
ner and Eddie Turner
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CnuEht the Crn1e.

Klaw and Erlanger are catching the
revue" habit. and will attempt to as.
tOnish New York February Is with
production along the lines Of Ziegfeld'.
"FOllies." but on a larger scale. They
will call the show Klaw & Erlanger's
"Fads and Follies." The company will
include 100 players. including ten
stars" said to be of national reputa-
tion. Fourteen stage settings will Be
used. The librettO was written by Glen
and the tunes by Ray.
mond HubbeII
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Vaudeville.

The cyclonic comedienne Eva Tanguay,
will headline the bill at Keith's next
week. Around the madcap star will be
grouped Ralph Riggs and Katherine
Witchie from Lew Fields ''All Abroad"
Robert Emmet Keane and Muriel Win
dow, drafted from The Passing Show Of
1914;" Homer Miles and company. in AN
Innocent Bystander;" the Okabe Japs,
Flanagan and Edwards, in "On and
On" Carl De Marest, and the TuscanO
brOthers
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

Cyril Maude. the eminent English
actor. regards the stage as a profession
for women the most magnificent one in
the world IL q woman is successful, and
the most unhappy, miserable one il she
fails. or even II she is only what most
women are. very moderately successful.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

Eleanor Gordon, a member Of Ann Muir
docks company in the new Porter Emer-
son Browne play, "A Girl of Today" at
the Columbia this week, was with Mr..
Otis Skinner for two years when he pre-
sented "Kismet" playing the part of
'Kut-aI-Bulub. and earlier in the pres
sent season had one of the leading parts
with Lydia LOpokova in Just Herself" 4"
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Art and the Masses.

Art will not fiirt with the masses
and il is OF no avail hopelessly to eX.
hort the masses to flirt with art. The
public insists on value for its money
and when the public says value" 10
means almost anything else.-NeN
York Dramatic News
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remarkable production in the Barkerian
manner. -... ...
Marie CahiII and Richard Garlic.
Ninety Degrees in the Shade" is the
title Of the new girl-and-music show in
which Marie Cahin and Richard Carrie
are artistic partners. The title refers
to the fact that the scene is laid in the
Philippines and perhaps in a way to the
amatOry propensities of some OF Its char
acters, The principals have lots Of good
material in songs and dances, the book
being by Guy Bolton and the score by
Jerome Kern. A little effort has been
made at originality which is a refresh
ing novelty In entertainments Of the
class. The cast is big one without the
producers having made the usual mis-
take of sacrificing quality to quantity.
Therefore, 80 Degrees in the Shade"
may be recommended as agreeable light
entertainment for those who are looking
to be amused without mourning any dan
ger of brain fag.
PavIowa Dancing.
Mile. Pavlowa makes a mistake in
thinking that a ballet even when ampli-
fled by added dances Is sufficient for an
CNGIuuS Al the
opening performance OF her season at
the Century the curtain was advertised
to rise at Sis. 1t went up at s:45. Then
a not long act of "Raymonda" and an
entr'acte Of thirty minutes. Then the
second act and another wait, and then
every member OF the company in special
dancing numbers to fill out the bill. The
audience went away thoroughly tired.
'Raymonda' found approval in Russia,
k..G Al
ing scale instead of as here, with Anna
Pavlowa and a meager support both in
numbers and ability. The music by
GlaZownoff is not by any means of the
best ballet quality, although musician
ally and abounding in melody. one waltz
in particular being likely to attain gen.
eral popularity in this era of dancing.
Pavlowa herself seems to be losing some
thing of the indescribable quality that
made her the vogue of two continents. II
is not age nor a deterioration in her
dancing, which is unchanged in grace
and eNpertness. 1t may be that she
lacks a partner with the inspirati tiOn OF
MOrdkin. Or 1t may be that the weari-
ness caused by the waits projected itself
over the fOotlights and that her audi
ence instead OF inspiring depressed her.
In any case. IL is difficult to believe that
for a season Of four weeks she can any
where near fill the big Century Opera
House unless she improves and adds
something more and different in the way
Of entertainment.
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Nine Marguerite Beriza, formerly Of
the Boston Opera Company. has beer
engaged to sing in the New York Winter
Garden show to be produced February Is
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Four years ago. according to the list
of routes in the Dramatic Mirror. six
ty-four stars were roaming the coun-
try. Now there are only thirty-one.
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How We Hate our.eIve.,

81 rank only one act above myself
says Eva TanEUay. That is Nine
Sarah Bernhardt."
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GEThe Liars"

Hopkins" as presented by Miss Melville
and her company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-28

> AOAANa
the head closely. and they have a
make a bird OF curves quite pleasing
TO the eye.
Excellent Layers.
Second-They are excellent layers. In
the laying contests conducted in the
United States in 1914 the White Wyan-
dottes led all other breeds in the aver
age number OF eggs produced per hen
entered in the contest In the national
egg laying contest at Mountain Grove,
No, which ended Dec 1, all White
Wyandottes averaged per hen 40 eggs
The next highest average was made by
White LeEhorns and was 172 eggs per
hen In the third North American con-
test which closed Nov. 1. the White
Wyandottes averaged 194-7 eggs per
hen and all White Leghorns rs.
Winter Well.
In the contest at StOrrs. Conn. for
1914, I could not obtain the general
average for all hens but in the 10
leading pens White Wyandottes
averaged 1858 eggs per hen. while the
Leghorns averaged 1S2. The WAN
which are rarely frosted. and their
loose feathering. stand cold weather
well and are therefore excellent winter
layers, producing eggs at the season
that they bring the highest prices.
Fine Table Fowls.
Third-They make excellent table
fowls at any age. The round body with
broad. fun breast. short yellow legs and
yellow skin. give them an appearance
when dressed that is unexcelled BY any
other breed They make fine broilers at
eight to 10 weeks old and excellent
roasters at any age. being very easily
fattened- They carry a weight of from
five to eight pounds. the ideal demand
ed for poultry by the buying public.
Good Rustiers-
FOurth-They are very docile and
easily confined, and yet, are not lazy.
but are good rustlers IL given free
range. They are comparatively small
eaters. requiring very little more per
bird than the LeghOrns.
Fifth-The females make excellent
sitters and mothers. They are just the
right size, are not too large and are
very gentle This is a good feature in
q general purpose fowl. as farmers de
sire breed that will hatch their own
eggs If it is so desired, however, they
can easily be broken from sitting.
All of these good qualities justify
us in claiming the White Wyandotte to
be one Of the best all purpose breeds
in existence and one sure not TO dis
appoint the most sanEuine If they are
given the same care that would be
given any other breed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-28
THREE MORE ARRESTS IN
KANSAS MURDER CASE

Dodge City. Kas. Oct 2S.-Three
more arrests were made today IN con-
nection with the investigation OF the
murder OF Miss Nellie Byers. the young
school teacher in Grant county, Friday.
The authorities maintain consider
able secrecy about the latest arrests
The three men arrested today are Jared
Hensen. employer OF Archie Sweet. the
farm hand arrested Saturday. Alva
Hensen. his son, and a third young
man reported TO be Clint Hensen. an
other son.
It is the belief OF the officers that
they may be able to tell something
more about the movements OF Sweet
and the murder OF the school teacher
than they have.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-28

DOULTRY raisers, whether they are
such for pleasure alone or for
= both pleasure and profit. should
select that particular breed which best
suits their taste, for they will give
them the best attention and thus get
the best returns. Nearly all breeds are
satisfactory II given the proper care
and attention. but most all of US pre-
fer some particular breed and have
good reasons for doing so. For a num-
Der OF years the White Wyandotte has
been my faYorite and am glad OF an
opportunity to tell why.
Beauty and Utility.
To begin with I may say that to me
the ideal fowl is the one which com
bines beauty and utility 10 the highest
degree. and by utility is meant the pro-
Wyandotte is one Of the American
breeds. that is. il originated in America.
The Silver Laced was the first variety,
and II first began TO be known about
1880 The breed was said 10 be produced
by a careful mingling Of Dark Brahmas.
Silver Spangled Hamburgs and a small
amount OF Cochin blood. a mixture
which one would expect TO produce a
splendid bird from a commercial stand
point
How Got Names.
In 1888 they were admitted to the
American standard Of perfection, their
name being given to them by F. A
HOadette Of Massachusetts. who named
the breed after a favorite ship Of his
father named 'Wyandotte." These Sill
yer WyandOttes produced occasional
sports that were pure white in color.
These were generally males. and to get
good females to mate with them, White
Hamburgs. White LeghOrns. and in
some cases White Cochin females were
used. and 10 was a mixture Of the Off
spring from these matings which pro-
duced the White WyandOttes of today,
one of the most popular breeds in exist
ence-
Popularity OF Wwnndottes.
The popularity Of White WyandOttes
comes because OF the following vir-
tues
\First-They are beautiful. and there
ara few OF us to whom beauty in fowls
dOes\pot appeal. whether we are breed
ing foc pleasure OF profit They are
round bodied. with fairly short yellow
legs and beak. pure white plumage.
rose combs which follow the curve OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-28
MIDLAND SALES
SHOW INCREASE
Marked Activity is Shown
in Cattle Market During
the Past Week.

Midland. Texas, Oct 2S-The past
week has Witnessed a revival Of activity
in cattle sales in the Midland district
one Of the notable sales Of the week
was made by ". 5. Eikin, who sold TO
Syfers & Downs, of Indiana, 500 calves
at s31 around TheO Ray has sold 100
two year old heifers TO Dock Coats at
S55 around
g. W. Wolcott shipped five cars OF
COWS to Fort Worth Sunday
Sell YearIinEs ut 500.
The larest cattle sale Of the past 10
DAYS. from a financial standpoint, in the
Midland district was made by the
Scharbauer Cattle company to Miller
& Lux for their ranch at Winnebuca,
Nevada The sale was 355 pure bred
yearling bulls of the Hereford type at
500 around
Buys 1000 Calves.
". T Scarborough has bought from
various stockmen during the past u
days about 1000 calves at prices rang
ing from $3.50 10 $50. They will all
be put on his Lamesa ranch
J NJ Prothro has sold to Houston
Bros. Of Stanton. 80 yearling heifers at
$3.50 around. for November delivery
Kelly Phillips. Of FL Paso. has bought
a carload of bulls of G. H Butler and
l. J. Creek.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-28
PASTURE LAMBS
ON ALFALFA LAND
Plainview Farmers Trying
An Experiment Which
Promises Well.

Plainview, Texas, Oct. zS.-Seven
hundred lambs are being pastured on
alfalfa BY the Texas Land and Develop
ment company, on the Pearson farms
near Plainview- The lambs were pur-
chased from SAMSON & son and II is
believed the increased price OF alfalfa
fattened mutton will make the venture
profitable.
Buys Calves at $3.50.
One hundred calves bought for May
delivery brought $3.50 in the Plain
view market They were bought by j.
P. Crawford from ]. A. Taylor, OF Quin-
taque-
J. y Jordan is pasturing 1928 sheep
on kafir and milo maize on his ranch
near here. He bought the sheep recent
ly in Lampasas.
To Feed 1850 Lamb Ewes.
SAMSON & son have sold 1889 lamb
ewes to a. L White. who viii feed them
during the winter
T. W. Byers has added another reg
istered Berkshire boar TO his drove Of
fine hogs. making the sixth registered
boar to be added this year The last
one was bought in Honey Grove, Of W
T Pickerin.