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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
WASHINGTON so. PLAYERS
Semi Amateurs Lease Band
box for Next Season.

The Washington Square Players, an
organization which during the brief
wear of its existence has accomplished
some very creditable work, has leased
the BandboX Theatre for next season
and will expand its work and introduce
a system of repertory. The Players
have just issued this announcement:
AT the termination of their first sea-
son the Washington Square Players
will have presented fourteen plays new
to the American stage, of which four
were the works Of foreign authors, in
GLIDING Maetterlinck, Andreyev and
Tchekov; the remainder plays by native
dramatists. The Washington Square
Players have thus made good for their
first season their intention to produce
the new works of American authors and
interesting plays by we'll known foreign
dramatists ignored by the commercial
managers.
"We believe there is sufficient public
interest In our work to justify our as
Stunning the greater responsibilities
which will come with a wider range of
endeavor. Without any advertising,
save occasional postal notices and the
commentator of our audiences and
the press, we have sold out in advance
and played TO capacity every night of
our present season.
every member of our organization
has devoted his time and efforts UNI
stintingly toward its success. Most
of the members have been dependent
on other pursuits for their living and
have given their services without re-
gard 70 the sacrifices entailed. But
we do not feel we can develop the
possibilities of our theatre without de-
handing the complete absorption in
our work Of those of our members who
have already shown their competency
during the present season. Moreover,
we have found IL necessary, in order
that we may be unhampered in our
experiments, TO have free use and full
control Of the theatre in which we
play.
For these reasons we plan 10 take a
suitcase OF the Bandbox Theatre for
the coming season, and by raising the
price of some of the seats from 90
cents to 81 to pay living wage to a
nucleus of our producing and acting
staff. This will permit us to expand
and develop along the lines we have
planned and TO introduce system OF
repertory. At least five productions
will be made IN season OF thirty
weeks beginning about September
ave are devoting the profits OF our
present season to the initial payments
on the lease, but these will not suffice
TO cover our immediate expenses for
next season; so we are compelled, in
order that we may complete our prepa-
rations In good time, to make a cal!
for your immediate support"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
Lambs Star GambOl

A rare musical number will consist
of medley Of popular airs played by
their composers on the piano. There
will be ten prominent composers and
ten pianos all working at once, and the
result promises TO be both unique and
melodious. Victor Herbert will lead
his orchestra in several number. writ
ten specially for this occasion.
There will be a score of dancers. and
star cartoonists will be there, too, with
their drawing boards and crayons.
There are to be other numbers. the
nature of which will be kept q secret
until the opening performance on Fri
day evening, and a grand finale in
which all of the $50 stars, leading men,
authors, composers and artists will
appear.
This entertainment. has entailed a
tremendous amount of hard work on
the part Of the members Of the Lambs,
and particularly on the part Of
Thomas A. Wise, the general director
OF the gambol, who has kept a general
supervision over all rehearsals and at
tended TO the innumerable details in
cident TO such an elaborate perform
ance. Here are some OF those who will
take part:
Robert B. Mantell. James ONeill, De
Wolf Hopper, William Collier. Victor
Herbert, Wilton Lsckaye, Andrew Mack,
Digby Bell, Jefferson De Angels, Eddie
Foy. Leo Ditrichstein, Ed. Stevens. Bran
don Tvnan. Hap Ward. William Court
leigh, Frank Tinney, Vincent Serrano,
Frank Labor, William Elliott, Ernest
Truck. Henry Kolker, Edward Abeles,
Charles King. Lawrance D'Orssy, Frank
Moulsn, Pat Rooney, Effngham Pinto,
Frank Deshon. Fred Santley, William
J. Kelley, Morgan Conan and Willie
Archie.
George MacFarlane. Willard Lewis,
Gus Weinberg, De Witt Jennings. Hy
Mayer. Cooper Cliff, Walter Lawrence,
Jack Devereaux. Tom Powers, Howard
Estabrook. George McManus. Winsor
McCay. Irving Berlin, r. L. Goldberg
Stanley S. Murphy Jack Hazard. Burt
Green. c. A. Briggs. Alfred Robyn, Gus
taye Kerker, Eugene Cowles, A. Bald
win Sloane, Raymond Hubbell. Max
Hoffman, Hal Forde, John Golden, John
Hendricks. John McClosky, r. Living
ston, Frank Croxton, Frank Hannah
Robert Hosea. Frank Belcher. George
L. Moore, Jack Rafael, George Ander-
son, Sam Colt. Charles Bowers, Billy
Taylor. Craig Campbell Wallace WoTS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
Lexington Theatre.

A new leading man will be introduces
in the Lexington Players Stock ZOE.
pany at Hammerstein's Lexington
Theatre, beginning with a matinee 70.
morrow. The gentleman selected
succeed William Corbett, who Wa
specially engaged. ia Carl J. BrieseN
Mr.. Brickert has had several years ea
perience in various stock compsnle,
and has been associated with sewers
successful Broadway attractions Iae
play TO be presented during he eur.
rent wek is the Cohan and narr1ss
Gaiety Theatre success, "stop Ihlel,
with Frances Ferne in the opposite
leading role, supported By the ~,
strength OF the players, at popu'"
pricPs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

Of course. there will be always among
ne q minority OF non-altruists, OF uhIe-
Generate ones. who insist or loohlnG
upon work OF art as WORK OF ART
and VINO believe that such works arose
as the direct products Of ihelI age.
Probably even Mir. Barker mas some OF
this uurcgoucratc virus 10 n-m' tt7S "''
performance Of EuuplCcs might nave
hecn Given with Gordon Craig back
nrourS instead OF under the blue sky
md with the conventional GrccIan tenn
nie setting. Yet. though Mr.. Barker may
he an artist. the most OF The upihleia
viii insist that ne De- primarily an apos-
,le a moraist. a tribune OF the peo-
III. whose only wish ls 90 snow tuat
The ideals and religion Of aristocratlc
Athens are really the ideals and re-
Eoion Of democratic America.
And vet the Dcvile Advocate may
r-nve II use even ~ dealing with me
recent performances of Inc roJan
Women" and Of "lphigcnia IN IaaIla
in our various college stadla. inc
Advocate will admit that at Yale AZ
Harvard. and al our own 'olleSe OF
Tho CITY Of New York. audiences gain
cred Of a size which must have turheu
green with envy the fancy o. The most
successful Broadway manager. ana HeI
he would ask, How much OF the rear
shirt OF the drama entered into the
hearts OF the audience? Did they not
attend prompted largely by curiosity,
and were not the gOrgcously attircd
Taurii the chief centre OF discussion y
Euripides in his drawing OF character
is Internationally modern. yet does ms
employment OF the chorus, his dealing
with legends and with religious be-
Nefs. outmodcd and all but unknown
90 the modern world. come home TO US
quite as we have been told u should
Above all. does the rejection OF The
buskins and the masks allow the vision
srd the words that sense OF heightened
,ower which was the goal o. inc
htbenian actors To The enthusiast
The Devils Advocate is ever "A most
spnoving person. lie is called cynic
. Materials, q qucnchcr Of spiritu "l
Gre-but he is always present aho ne
has been present AZ all OF MI b"fAer
nerformances Of Eunpldes.
Gilbert Murray's TRANSACTIONS o. 'heSe
dramas are beyond all praise. TO we
reader who dips into them within me
walls of his library they cannot IAN 20
hiring from across the ages mucn OF
the spirit Of their originals. The cnor-
uses are worthy Of Swinburne. whom
they often Tonow as a model. and the
dramatic dialogue is teIse yet nneiy
ssstis. But heard in the treat stadium.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

derings and scourged his contemners
with whips Of steel. But Dionysius has
not vet returned and his affairs are
empty and blackened. And until he
docs return performances of those
tragedies which were written for his
worship will be meaningless and IN the
end neglected. For what he has given
us Granville Barker deserves high
praise, but when all is said and done
they are performances which may well
hold high place in the worlds dra-
matte museu'l. bu, which mean little
20 the vital artistic current Of the age.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

and chanted to music which possesses
no intrinsic beauty and only obscures
the words and rhythms, much of their
glory vanishes. In short. TO many. at
least, the very spirit the representa-
ton Of these dramas is supposed TO
evoke cvaporates IN the presentation.
Our stadiums are, after all, dedicated
primarily 10 the god of football and
not to Aionys,us, and their proximity
TO elevated railroads and streetcar INES
rs not evocative of the Attic spirit.
Yet for their proper appreciation the
hearer must be saturated with that
spirit. He must approach such a per-
Torrance with reverence and humility.
I'm short, he must in very truth wor-
-hip at the altar Of Dionysius. In the
silence Of the library such spiritual
translation is possible, but in stadium
within a stones throw Of an electric
railroad or an advertising billboard II
becomes difficult, if not impossible.
Mr. Barkcr's revival OF these dramas
hears not a little resemblance TO the at
tennis of the French classic dramatsts
70 re.create the Greek works for the
court Of Louis XIV. Corneille and
Racine adapted them so that their
shirt would express the spirit THAI
was supposed then TO obtain at court.
Nr. Barker. while holding largely TO
the original text, likewise modifies the
presentation so as 70 appeal to the
shirt he, TOO, thinks informs the mod
ern world
Yet despite the protest Of the ideal,
lists. a suspicion refuses 20 be stihed
that the Greek tragcdians will forever
remain 10 the modern world perhaps
n wonder and wild desire, but scarce
lv a food for daily use. Mr. Barker
attempts AZ compromise are well
meant and excellently executed, but
somehow the spirit Of Greece remains
imprisoned In the pages OF the text
and refuses 20 spread it's wings over
the stadiums. II is true that The
Trojan Women" is a work al the pres
ent moment Of peculiar interest, and II
IS equally true tina. "lphigenia in
Tauris" is poignant and human
drama. But read and enacted within
the soul Of the individual reader they
are to-day more telling than when
presented before ten thousand expect
ant eyes. Aft,r all, the altar of Do
nysius meant something 10 the Atheni-
ans. and Dionysius is a suspected char
acter in the modern world. Perhaps
some DAY an American Euripides will
arise who in words of fire will retell the
story Of the Bacchac, and OF how Do
nysius came homo from his long wan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
CURRENT ATTRACTIONS.

Gaiety,"S he's In Again"
Longacre Full House"
Shubert-"Trilby."
The Playhouse Sinners"
Empire Celebrated Case.
Casino-"A Modern Eve"
Maxine Elliott's Experience.
Globe hin-Chin." A.
George NJ. Cohan's -"It Pays 70 Az
vertise."
Republic -"The Natural Law
Princess Nobody Home"
Booth-"The Bubble"
Cort Under Cover"
.Lyric-"The Only Girl
Gambler ION Trial"
Columbia Theatre Burlesque: -,
Danse de Follies-Ziegfeld Midnis''
Frolic .rAs
Forty-eighth Street Thestre-
Sorcercr" and Trial by jury.
Winter Garden THE Passing sn'"
of 1915"
Harris-"Twin Beda.' ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
LAYS q, PLAYERS
Some Thoughts on Mr. Bankers Pro
auctions OF EuriroiGes
Bv CRFNVILLE VERNON.

Mr. Granville possesses inestmabe alive
Bcno alive he will himself the garments OF dead ad
ton nor feed departed truths and likewise because one
thing was done hundred another IN Athens twenty
f hundred Why these things shoua De
done the same New York London OF to-day Inc
old Greeks themselves expressed Mr. Bankers belief IN one hoo
their nboophv All flows they dcared not IN oeihg' oo' "
Incoming brocb which life expressed t movement by the merg
m If one thing into another only the world truly be n'erPu
And is with NJ Barker whether ne deals VII" ' ' " ~
bebar ENGLAND or the barbarians Of Attic drama
Nv, teq modern is excellent thing and SO
love Shakespeare and for classic tragedy f Da'Ne
,ruos and with them will be prophet unto
oeeraon He wishes have as aTdehy "Sheu oie %
penetrate spirit of the modern world WIN '"4 III" Sp % W ~
Cont or rather to all thee between them no very
Great difference short thai as beng mouerh very
os;rale condition IT be well to desert modernty AS nov"
IL believes that ancient Greece EEzabethan England
nose spirit and Of high poetry such as mas Oeen pos
sessed by period he wishes to prove the modern "oa ~
th.se il too possesses and realize II 1t only Will open It's eyes
nd e And SO eyeopener he produces MS gded 1aes ana MS
broom hemeed quarrel with his means we cannot quaffs
nth the motive that produces and the atruists US can but
wish his efforts making Of the ancients good luck and god
speed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

lev. Rudolph Cameron, Tom McGrath,
Thomas McGrane, Dan d. Maley, Ed
win Nordant, Frank Mccormick, Ber-
tram Marburg. Hartz Kirkland. George
Christie. Tony Marino, Alfred KaPpeler,
Robert Schable. Steve 5. Maley, Regain
Houston, Roy Webb, Robert O'Connor,
Kenneth Webb, Thomas A. Wise and
Tom Jackson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
Titta Ruffo's Concert.

The Messrs. Shubert announce that
the following programme has been ar
ranged for the first concert which will
be given by Titta Ruffo, at the Manhat-
tan Opera House en- Tuesday after
noon:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
THE WEEKS OPENINGS

MONDAY-Standard Van den Berg Conger opera
Company Ermnie with Dorothy Morton Frederick Solomon
Carrie REYNOLDS and Arthur Cunningham.
City College Stadium, 43o Granville Barker Company
"Iphigenia in Tauris.
Observation-Disclosures Theatre S5 bill OF one-act plays BY the
Irish Theatre Of America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

The programme for the second con-
cert, which will be given on Thursday
afternoon, June 8, will be announced
later. Thu recital. on Thursday after
noon will take place at 2:l5 o'clock.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29
Visiting Auto Factories.

II. G. Bills of the firm of E. & G.
Bills Auto Co., is in the East visiting
the large auto factories to learn how
cars are made. While away he will
visit the Ford, Overland, Dodge, Buick.
Studebaker and several other factories.
He has written his brother here stating
that in the East it has rained steady
most every day for three months, and
according to that we are better off than
the Eastern farmers regarding weather
conditions. He also visited the scene
of the Chicago excursion disaster in
which about 1900 picnicers were sud
denly thrown into watery graves, and
says it was a sad sight.
His main object in visiting the auto
factories. is to learn more about the
Ford, how they are turned out, and to
become better acquainted with the Ford
firm personally. He wired his brother
that the Ford manufacturers had treat
in store for the prospective Ford buy
ers, both in prices and improvements.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29
Congressman Addison T. Smith Here

Congressman Addison T. Smith was
in Blackfoot yesterday and favored us
with brief visit, in fact too brief for
us to get his opinion on some Of the
leading issues now before the people
OF the United States. When asked if
he thought the United States would
break into the European war on account
of the submarine warfare of Germany,
he replied that he thought not, yet he
was of the opinion that Germany had
done wrong, but believed she would
make reparation for the loss of Ameri-
can life and property she had caused.
He expressed faith in the ability and
sincerity of President Wilson to avert
war if possible, and yet maintain Amer
lea g right on the high seas without in
terfering with Germany's war Of self
preservation with her enemies.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29
A Long Felt Want.

The beautiful new brick front veter-
mary infirmary of Doctors White and
Williams has just been completed, and
lis credit to Blackfoot as it is the most
modern institution Of it's kind in South
eastern Idaho.
The operating table is up-to-the min
ute for the care and comfort of dumb
animals, and is worth while seeing. The
infirmary is equipped with founder and
collie stalls, five box and three single
stalls for the treatment of horses or
other animals that can now have the
benefit of modern, sanitary infirmary
in addition to the medical skill Of two
and graduate veterinarians
who have expended $500 to give Black
foot this valuable commercial addition
which is already being appreciated, as
the institution performed six operations
this week with success and skill that
cannot be excelled in metropolitan
cities. Our citizens who have not seen
a modern sanitary veterinary hospital,
with its almost magical operating table,
will enjoy visit to Blackfoot's new
and novel institution.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29
BODY RECOVERED

The body Of William Klineschmidt
who was drowned in the Snake rivel
near Firth, on the Goth inst, was foun6
last Friday about 2 P. m. by his
brother, Fred Klineschmidt who was
dragging the river with lar fish
hooks. The body was found about
half mile from where the drowned
man plunged into the river. Funeral
services were held Sunday at the home
Of the deceased on the Gushwa ranch
near Porterville, after which the re-
mains were shipped to his former home
in Nebraska, for interment.
We are informed by Mr.. A. A. Zieg-
Ter, for whom Mr.. Klineschmidt' was
working at the time of his death, that
there was no occasion for the fatal ac-
cident, as the rock boat, that he and
seven other men were riding was Sc
cured by cable, and if they had re-
mained on it none of them would have
had their feet wet The wife Of the
deceased is almost distracted. She ar
rived on the scene Of the accident with
her husbands dinner ten minutes after
he had jumped into the river.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29
D. w. Standrod & Co.
Bankers

Hours: .. m. to p. m. We pay per cent interest,"
compounded quarterly in eur Savings Department or
Certificates Of Deposit)
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29

lby a party of cowboys. He was
brought to Idaho Falls Saturday morn
ing and late in the day issued his state
ment.
The KIDNAPPING sheepherder who is
thought by many to be more fool than
knave, was brought to the Bingham
county Jail last Saturday by Sheriff
Simmons. Monday he was taken to the
district court and waived preliminary
hearing to plead guilty to the charge
OF KIDNAPPING. From there he was i'm
'mediately taken to the district court
where he voluntarily pleaded guilty, and
when asked by Judge Cowen if he had
anything to say before sentence was
passed on him he replied that he would
like to have short time to indite His
Honor letter, but when informed by
the Judge that he had no discretion in
the matter as the statute provided a
punishment of from one to ten years in
penitentiary for the crime he commit
ted, the foolish kidnaper said he was
ready to receive his sentence, when the
judge imposed the statutory sentence of
from one to ten years and it was ac-
cepted without apparent emotion of any
kind upon its recipient who will live
properly without work for at least
year or more.
The erring sheepherder was caught
last Saturday by Bert Coumerilh of
Blackfoot, and taken to the peniten-
tiary the following Tuesday by John
Danielson, travelling guard of the pen
itentiary, formerly of Blackfoot.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29
City Tax Levy is IL Mills,

The City Council held regular ad-
Journed meeting last Monday night for
the purpose of fixing the city tax levy
for the fiscal year 1856, and passing
ordinances governing the building of
cement sidewalks and regulating the
speed Of automobiles in the city limits
The question of more sewerage for
the city was discussed, and it was the
opinion of the council that the present
main sewer should be extended to ac-
every tax -pawer in the city
that desired sewer connection.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29
IMPORTANT MEET
ING ATS TONIGHT

DR.. D'Orr Poynter, R. N. West, E. A.
Doud, w. A. Lee, E. M. Kennedy, w. G.
Sollenberger, s. L. Reece, and others
interested in the fair and impartial dis
tribution of irrigation water, met at the
First National bank last night to de-
wise some means whereby the threaten
ed shortage of water may be handled
that no one will suffer, regardless of
old standing water DEGREES. A meeting
of the assistant state engineer and the
president and secretaries of the various
canal companies and water masters will
be held this afternoon at the city hall.
when all interested in irrigation should
be present, as the water question at this
time is very serious one, and will re-
suit in unlimited injury if it is not
judiciously handled Immediately. The
meeting will be held at p. M, and is
the most important meeting ever held
in Blackfoot, as the prosperity of our
city and county largely depends on how
the present limited supply of water is
to be handled.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29
PIONEER DAY WAS
ENJOYABLE EVENT
Good Pioneer Day Celebration

The Christ Dustin Pioneer Day cele-
bration last Saturday seems to have
been success in every particular. The
weather was good and the crowd Of
participants seemed both numerous and
jolly. The attendance at the Fair
grounds was larger than was expected.
and the attractions and sports seemed
to please everybody. The main at
traction of the day was the disposinr
of an automobile by Messrs Dustin and
Christ, in which considerable interest
was manifested. The drawing was done
by two little blindfolded girls, and
Messrs Charles Hillard, Henry McDon-
aid and Gus Powell, a farmer acted as
Judges. There was two drawings, the
first number drawn being 35474 which
was owned by one Of the Hales Of
Groveland, but as he did not present
it within an hour after the drawing ae-
cording to the rules of the contest,
another drawing was had. The second
number drawn was 08111 which was
held and properly presented by Phillip
Thorstenberg, of Blackfoot, who was
presented with the handsome auto. The
drawing was strictly on the square, AZ
the regulations Of the judges are ~
far from question as are those Of the
little blindfolded girls who done the
DRAWING
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-29
kidnapping Shepherd
Sent to Penitentiary

IDAHO FALLS, Ida.-A desire to
live in right and proper way, per.
chance to have a family and fill d
man IS proper sphere, which is impos.
sible to the wage Garner under present
conditions" was the reason assigned
for the kidnapping Of E. A. Empey
and the demand for $4,000 ransom by
Leonidas M. Dean in a statement is
sued Saturday.
THE desire for these necessities Of
an enjoyable existence compelled my
actions,'' said Dean, who is held in
Jail charged with the kidnapping. The
statement concludes:
II appeal to Mr.. Empey to inform
the public that I treated him with as
much consideration as was possible
to accomplish my object and realize
that alone foiled my plans"
Dean denied any connection with
the Yellowstone park holdup of July
y or with the reported plot to kidnap
President Smith of the Mormon
church. @
Empey, at home Saturday with his
family and friends said he was feel
ing fine. He was we'll fed during his
captivity. He was chained up at
night but shared the bed with his
captor. He was at liberty during the
day but constantly under guard.
Dean fell asleep Friday and Empey
made his escape. The bandit seeking
his prisoner approached ranch house
on Crane Flat and was there arrested