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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02
INDUCED TO WITHDRAW
IN FAVOR OF UUy<-

Nt INC start OF the campaign there
! were q number OF candidates for Gov
crnor. But, ono after another. tho
Eryans induced them TO withdraw i'm
| favor Of =. w. Bryan c. ". Eervc
opposition candidate. withdrew and be-
came candidate for Attorney -GeneraI
| The Bryans VIII support him. Gov
"rnoi Norchcad became 81 candidate
for Vice-Prcsident The Bryans Will
support MIN Governor Morchcad is
wet"
Keith Neville is tho only Dem ocra,ic
( Candidate for Governor whom Tho
bryans have been unable 10 run off
! tn" track. lie is putting up a .,iH
eight. ana his chances OF election are
iuilN as good, If not better. than those
. of {. w. Bryan.
Democratic State leaders were very
much opposed To injecting prohibition
} INTO the campaign this wear Ncbru SIX:
/ has an initiative and referendum law
ana Democratic leaders thought Tho
I Pr"hhhition question should lie brought
\ 'lp under the referendum But Bryan
I refused TO heed their advice and in
sisted on raising the prohibition issue.
/ AS result, thc party is si,nulv snlit
! INTO TWO parts. with every Indication
| that the strife has now become On
/ bitter that Democracy will lose al tho
'ai election, whether c. w. BRYAN gets
the nomination or Neville Is chosen
frEan has not only split Ncbra 81, :.
. Democrats In twain, but he h,s also
smashed the prohibitionists themselves
NJ recent meeting OF the Ncbra.l :,
Dry Federation, V. T.. Wilson ono of
me most prominent prohibitionists in
IN" state. said, in his speech 81 venture
/" say that more patcn! attcmpt 10
plumber public Offices under cover of
"a righteous cause has never befor,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02
GREEN RKE\Dt.RS 10
tKIIfSH PATROL. nOtTS

.
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passing a, tb,. i'm. nf N. snrr.pd.r
oS Tie Zepuelir which cauo down IN
Tho Thames estuary. saws tina, the air
ship was surrounded bv nri,ish na,rn,
ho.t- Tho cr.w ,,,rn ,or., ono H..
one. said The pilot, holding up ,heir
hands as token Of surrender
: pilo, yyro. returned ,o.1a,. f,o,,
steamship 49,. No auilod n,, Go
he SAW cu..bic,j I.nncItr II.
Sorts tho a-rship vas broken IN ba,f
and had a largo dom, IN III. st.rp 81.
estimated us length n, NOR. ,,,r -oa
fee,
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tween "a Iepv.., .ptI Er,,iaI ,.,,,,r,,g
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''-"'' "''' 'H" h"Ii dozen
poW"fful S"arcAil@his which were
turned 10 IA" StN presented "a enc sight.
presently IN" booming Of guns
brought huudr,I. OF p.rsors INTO tbc
streets Just before 10 o.riorl, I cav.
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seemed TO be discharged from the Icp-
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02
USING PNoHiBITIoNIsTs
FOR HIS OWN ENDS

The manner in which w. j. Bryan
is using prohibitionists and the pro-
h!bitton sentiment and vote for his own
ends may he OF interest In the south
where the politicians. in many cases,
have also gotten control OF that senti-
ment In Nebraska Mr.. Bryan has
made or is trying to make. "prohibi
tion" the test OF Democracy II a
voter "a not Cor prohibition. he is not
Democrat. according to the Bryan
doctrine.
Bryan has DRY" slate w. J.
Bryan. candidate for delegate az large,
is on that slate. The three other can
didates for delegate on the Bryan slate
are J. ]. Thomas, w. H. Thompson and
l." j. Fiatti. Thompson and Piatti are
both wel!-known wet men Thomas
was once a wet" Thomson and
Patti are expected 20 pull some wet
votes to Mr.. Bryan
/ Bryans slate for United States Sen
ator contains J. j. Dunn. Dunn never
F! was dr. and is not now. He is
attorney for local brewery. His name
is expected to pal! some wet" votes
to Bryan
Edgar Howard is Bryan's candida te
tor iicutenant-G He has been
vet all his life. But he can bring
some votes 10 Bryan
RrTan's prize dry" candidate for
national committeeman is COWBOY
Mayor linn Dahlmnn, of Omaha. the
"ettest man IN the state jim Dahl
man IS very popular, and can bring a
3 lot OF wet yo,ns n tive p-,,,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02

Pilgrim. Texas,
November 18th, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
WHERE PLAYS CONTINUE

CRITERION 1.-THE Melody Of Youth, -
romantic Irish comedy Of the days
of long ago.
HARR1S-George NJ. Cohan's snappy
farce, "Hit-the-Trail Holiday" A
dramati,ation of Billy Sunday.
CORT-"The Blue Envelope" an old
style farce that will bring a number
of laughs.
COMEDY-"The Fear Market" an un-
dramatic play with a sensational
theme.
F0RTY-EIGHTH STREET THEATRE
Just a Woman" q courtroom play
with a number OF highly dramatic
moments.
REPUBLIC - Common Clay" which
also goes into n courtroom for its
big scene.
ASTOR-"The Cohan Revue 1e1s,y a
brilliant musical show.
LIBERTY-"Sybil," with Julia Sander
son, Joseph Cawthorne and Donald
Brian. Still popular.
PRINCESS VERY Good Eddie an
enjoyable musical play OF the init
mate variety.
LYRIC-"Katinka." tuneful, popular
and conventional.
CONAN Pom-Pom," with the snappy
Mitzi laios.
WINTER GARDEN Robinson Cru
soc. Jr.," with the humorous Jolson
- Friday.
CASGNO-"The Blue Paradise" with
Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayheld.
IIIPPODROME 1t is now planned 10
continue Hip, Hip! Ioorayl" un-
I'll the end of June.
ATOP THE NEW AMSTERDAM Mr..
Ziegfeld's Frolic, n show that be-
gins whore others leave or from
point Of timcl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

self" he continued. "The gutter is his
school and his playground. Reared on
gin in Drury Lane, father unknown
mother single was Kipling's definition
Of him. His principal characteristic
are his extreme curiosity and his In
tense humanity. His civility Is always
a cloak TO hide some mischief. lie
glories in petty things-like stealing a
handkerchief. Then he goes and gloats
over his cleverness TO his companions
AZ heart he isn't bad. What is most
remarkable TO me is his great courage
The Cockney's curiosity makes him
afraid Of nothing. That's why he makes
the best soldier"
Mr.. Edgard said that there was one
typical example of Cockneyism in cap
tain Brassbound's Conversion" that
showed Shaw knows the species thor
oughly. 1t is the incident of Drink
waters first meeting with Sir Howard
Tallam. the English judge:
81 have seen YOU somewhere be-
fore" says Sir Howard.
"You ev, Sir ktrd But aw do
assure yer il were hall mistake"
answers the sniyelling Cockney.
Sir Howard: "As usual. Wrong
fully convicted, 81 course"
Drinkwater "Naow. favner' ,half
whispering. with an ineifable grim.
"Wrongfully hacQuittid,"
Sir Howard: Indeed That's the
first case of the kind | have ever
met"
Drinkwater. Lawd. Sir Ahrd. wot
iagginses them jurymen was, You
an me knaowed il too, didn't we2"
There couldn't be more typical
incident" said MIR. Edgard That's
exactly the Cockney way. He'd admit
participation in murder il he could
make himself out as smart by so
doing"
~ ilARlNG interest with the perform.
- ance Of John barrymore in Gals
worthy's Justice" is that of o. T.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

GAMBLER An excellent production
OF Galsworthy's fine prison drama
Justice" Cast headed by John
BARRYMORE and O. p. Heggie.
EMPIRE-"Rio Grande," an army post
melodrama by Augustus Thomas.
A play that is thrilling, although a
bit artificial.
PLAYHOUsE1Captain Brassbound's
Conversion" by Bernard Shaw.
Grace George and others give a
capital performance Of comedy
full Of charm and humor.
NEW AMSTERDAM - Sir Herbert
Trees production of "King Henry
VIII" A magnificent production
and cast headed by Sir Herbert,
Lyn Harding and Edith Wynne
Matthison.
LYCEUM-"The Heart Of Wetona," an
Indian melodrama OF considerable
power. Staged with all the Belasco
ar,
SHUBERT- "The Great Pursuit" an
awkward play well acted by Marie
Tcmnest. Bruce McRae and others.
BANDBOX- interesting one-aet
plays-"The Magical City" "Ihe
Age of Reason" pierre Patelin"
and children
GAIETY- Mrs. Fiske in "Erstwhile
SUSAN" a laughable play about the
ways of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Fine acting By Mrs. Fiske and John
Cope.
KELASCO - "The Boomerang" the
sensation of the year. a dramatic
trine made into miracle by good
acting and intelligent stage manage
mcnt.
ELTINGE Fair and Warmer" an up
roarious farce that viii keep on I'M
til fall.
PUNCH AND JUDY-A good dramati-
cation Of Robert Louis Steyenson's
novel, Treasure Island"
LONGACRE- Leo Ditrichstein in a de-
llghtful play Of grand opera life,
"The Great Lover
HUDSON -"The Cinderella Man." II
charming retelling Of nm old story.
THIRTY-NINTH STREET THEATRE
Lou-Tcllegcn in "A King Of No.
where" an unimportant play in
which the star and others are seen
10 advantage.
MAXINE ELLIOTT Louis Mann in
THE Bubble" The return OF an
old favorito.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

siderable merit, far above the regula-
ton feature film"-but it is Just a
picture. It does not, as its sponsors
limited, mark the advance of the films
from one world Of art to another.
Since II is a picture above the aver
age, however, il Is certain to do its
share to make film lovers dissatisfied
with the average. In this respect il
will continue the work begun by "The
Birth of n Nation" and in that work
we cannot but wish II success. Ger
tainlv Il Is reasonable 10 believe that q
public which is shown that there are
better things to be had will not easily
return to the inferior brand. Carry
ing this line of reasoning further, 1t
is evident that all that is necessary to
eliminate the average picture is more
Of the better pictures.
More are coming. Robert Grau,
writing in "The Billboard" lists Ince's
"Civilizatiop," Griffith's "The Mother
and The Law" and "The Holy Grail
Trees Macbeth Annette Kellerman's
aquatic spectacle and others. What is
in store for the motion picture industry
Is not merely a general raising OF the
artistic average, but, as Mr.. Grau states,
better films from fewer producers.
The Biograph Company, once monarch
Of all that the camera eye surveyed, Is
among the first to announce It's with
drawal from the field.
Mr. Grau also points out that il will
probably take Atty years for the proper
development Of the motion picture.
Predicting is a thankless occupation,
but the chances are that we will not be
here Afty years from now, so we are
about to risk It. II is our belief that
the motion picture industry, long be-
FORE half a century has elapsed. will be
run on the same principle as is the
legitimate stage. Just as much care
will have 70 be expended on film as is
now customary with a stage produc-
ton. They will be produced and will
succeed or fail, as do plays.
There will be no change-of-pro-
gramme-every-day picture theatres. FOR
the manufacturers will not be making
enough pictures to serve them. Us II
necessary TO add that the lack OF pop
ular demand, and not reluctance on
the part Of the manufacturers, will be
responsible for the passing Of the
everyday theatre?) There will be In
New York six or eight or twenty or
ffty motion picture theatres, and some
films will stay in town for season
and others will pass out in a week. And
there you are.
Any one at all is at liberty 70 clip
this out and file It away, and TO dig II
up fifty years from now for n fine rat
Ting the-skelston paragraph.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
By GEORGE S. KAUFMAN.

TIME persistent theatregoer met
with an interesting experience
during the past week. On sue
cessive evenings he was enabled 20
witness dramas representative Of the
two extremes in playwritmg. He saw
In Justice" a simple, sincere and nat
ural tragedy-an intense and superbly
dramatic work that achieves its effects
by an utter disregard Of theatrical ex-
Incidents. And he saw in "Rio Grande'
a work that is Of, by and fo- the the
atre-a play that depends for its ef-
fectiveness upon the skilful and purely
arbitrary handling Of its purely the
atrical characters and situations
It would be possible, Of course, 10
imagine a less theatrical piece than
Justice" Galsworthy has conformed
70 the elementary rules Of the theatre;
he has divided his play into acts ana
has so written Il that Il can be shown
upon a stage in three hours or less.
II il. consequently, a play. But hav-
ing made that concession, Galswor'ny
has devoted himself to his theme and
let the chips fall where they may lie
bss made no deliberate attempt TO be
untheatrical; his theme was his ALL
and he did not care whether he was
theatrical or not.
II Galsworthy had been practical
PLAYWRIGHT, telling story and not de-
veloning a theme. he would have had
M Mace for his second and third acts
rslder Is guilty, and so it is draman-
collv unnecessary 20 show his trial and
conviction. The man writing for the
theatre would have shown this scene
only in case he expected TO bring II 10
an unforeshadowed conclusion. SINH
larlv. it is quite apparent that man
convicted Of a crime will 90 70 jail. Inc
theatrical dramatist would pass by his
nrison DAYS and continue the story
upon his release.
The first and last acts Of Justice"
embody both story and themes the
second and third acts are theme alone
And. although every moment OF the
play will hold the spectator In us
tbran. it is the storyless second ana
third acts that are the most powerful.
Fine a. were the scenes within the
prison. they did not entrance us as did
the simple trial in the second act.
Never. in a reasonably active career OF
playgoing, have we been so gripped in
a theatre as during Act II Of John Gals
worthys Justice
Ono Of the criticisms directed against
this act was that 1t was too long The
Judges charge to the jury, it was said
might have been probably cut On the
contrary, there is not line In the act
that could be cut The scene finds its
strength end its sincerity in the fact
that II Is not a trial tailored to 1T
a stage. but trial as it would be in
life. Certainly it was long. lden Payne,
who staged the play, knew that it vas
long. He knew that it was both long
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

TRANSLATING English into Eng
Il ush is the nightly duty of Louis Ed
gard. expert Cockney dialectician, who
plays Felix Drinkwater in Captain
Brassbound's Conversion"
Edgard came to this country four
years ago to play the Cockney tramp
in "Passers-By." 81 never dreamed that
an American audience would under
stand it," he said. 81 told Mr.. Froh-
man my fears and suggested that /
moderate the dialect somewhat. Bat
he said: NO. let us have the exact
dialect as you give it to Londoners.'
Well, | did, and 1t went just as well
"a in England.
Later / played the Artful Dodger in
oliver Twist and | was worried again
as to whether the audience would get
the lingo. But they hadn't the slight
est trouble.
81 was almost positive that Drink
water wouldn't go over, for there were
parts that | could hardly get myself
When I was studying the part had to
rewrite Shaw into English and then
transfer it back into Cockney. But my
former experience was repeated. APP
parently the audiences of New Yorl
are so cosmopolitan that dialect has nc
terrors Tor them. They understand Il
perfectly"
Here are some Of Drinkwater's lines
as conceived and spelled by Bernard
Shaw, which puzzled even so expert
enced Cockney actor as Edgard:
"Thet's im-enginest iedge in
Hingland," ("Thats him-hang-
INCEST Judge in England")
rs bed, Idly? Weoll, e ynt per-
; ticker. Idly. Z ez a chawce OF
/ benny hegstown agin tibet wall"
+ ("His bed. lady? Well. he amt par
/ ticular. lady lie has a choice of any
/ hagstone against that wall.")
"She's took ybed from handler yr
+ for bloomin penny hawcemen.
/ ("She's taken your bed from under
/ you for a blooming penny ice-man.')
THE owl dezzit is lawk bloomln
AVID Pawk demonstration" C'The
whole desert is like blooming Hyde
Park demonstration.D
"I'm a great admirer of American
humor," continued Mr.. Edgard. cts
quick and hashy. The Cockney has the
same quality, and that's the reason
why it takes and is so readily under
stood here"
The lowly origin Of the Cockney anC
his absolute dependence on himself fol
his livelihood are what make him Sc
sharp, says Mr.. Edgard.
"The Cockney is in a class by him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
The Weeks Premiere.

THE CORRESPONDENTS night This play the
of Pollock and Rita Wman will mark Irene
Fenweks first appearance Miss Fenwks
has the play for instance 1.-THE Song OF
Songs with oooth, "Pay-Day with Irene Fem
wick Now however for least it will be Irene
Fenwick in Correspondence
plac in a and laid
in newspaper the management denies
a play.
Supporting principal male role will be Nor
Schiller Others in the cast
are Harrison Hunter W. Gibson, H. H. Sleight
Suzanne VILLA Harris and Harry Hadhed The play has
been staged the direction of J. C. Huffman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
FRENCH THEATRE.

After n successful tour of Boston
Montreal and Chicago. the Theatre
Francais will begin return engage
ment of three weeks tomorrow. The
play Of the first week will be "L'Amour
Neille." by G.. A. de Caiiavet and Rob
crt de Flers. with Nvonnc Garrick in
the leading role. The same comedy was
played in this city two seasons ago by
Billie Burke. under the title Of Love
Watches Jules Bots will make nm adj
dress the opening night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
"JUSTICE' EFT AL.
The Theatrical and the Untheatrical-A Dramatic
Miscellany.

and tiresome-tiresome 70 the specta
tor at the trial, the supernumerary OF
the stage. Nearly all trials are tire
some. He showed his knowledge Of this
fact by having several Of the stage
spectators get up and walk out of the
room while the trial was going on-a
masterful touch. In Common Clay
or Just Woman" the judges charge
would have been hopelessly long, but
in Justice" It is not 10 be measured
1t Is the judges charge.
New York will wait many long year
Before seeing another production with
the simple power Of Justice" But it is
not Galsworthy's disregard Of dramatic
form that gives the play its power. 1t
is the fact that he had a message TO
deliycr-a message that he believed in.
There are few things so dangerous in
the theatre as a disregard Of the rules
of the theatre A Galsworthy may do
II, but the method Is not recommended
to amateurs.
Just as the theatregoer who does not
know Justice" will find himself unable
to anticipate it, so the playgoer at "Rio
Grande," If he has been at all OBJ
servant i'm the past, will find himself
anticipating Augustus Thomas on nu-
merous occasions. This does not mean
that the action of Mr.. Thomas's play is
slow; indeed, It is decidedly rapid. 1t
means that Mr. Thomas has con-
structed his play according to the
theatrical standards, according TO the
acknowledged technique. When Nan
turns out the lights and Is about to
leave the stage, in the second act, there
probably were not ten people in the
house who did not know that the viii
famous orderly would be the next per
son 10 come upon the scene. Mr.
Thomas being q good play builder, It
was inevitable, Also, Mr.. Thomas's
four curtains can be anticipated one
20 three minutes each.
And yet Mr.. Thomas is right and Mr..
Galsworthy is right. Each has written
according to the standard that was
natural to him. It is given to no one
70 state badly that all plays should
be constructed in such and such man
ner, but one thing is certain; it is
safer 20 write in accordance with the
rules OF the game The edition of
Galsworthys is limited.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

Where actors congregate in these
days there Is only one subject Of con
versation. For night and a day the
willard Moran fight displaced il. but
now 1t has returned to its supremacy.
The burning question is this: Shall or
shall not the actors join the union ?
Countless cases are cited 10 prove
that the actor Is always trod upon;
everybody believes it, and still the
argument continues.
"The musicians have got union
and they make the managers toe the
mark" runs the customary argument.
"You know how IL works n you've ever
been out with musical show. Sup
pose the advance In the next town is
good and the manager decides 10 put
on special matinee. What docs he
dol He shys 20 somebody. Go through
the train and ask the musicians what
! they'll want TO play matinee to-
! morrow. And. oh. yesl Don't forget
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

Some day. when managers cease to
produce plays and Sunday pages can
be written in ten minutes, we hope TO
be able TO withdraw to corner and de-
eide for ourself what there Is about
the theatrical business that makes most
Of its people so forgetful. There are
managers and actors and playwrights
dozens Of them, literally who can be-
introduced 10 the same person every
night for week. get his name wrong
every time, and then be reintroduced on
the first five days of the succeeding
week and be unacquantcd on the sixth.
We know. for We are the person.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

~ HARlNG interest with the perform
- ance Of John barrymore in Gals
worthy's Justice" Is that of q. L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
managers

In the first place. do not submit
play unless you are quite sure
that you have an original, novel
plot, with characters cleverly de-
fined. a story that abounds with
sympathetic romance, which stimu-
lates the Imagination and is full
Of logical and rapid action From
Mary Pickford's advice to scenario
writer's.
You have noticed, Of course. tina,
that Is the only kind OF scenario that
reaches production.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

Ramona" probably the most highly
touted film to date, has come and been
seen, but IL cannot be stated that IT
has achieved more than fifty per
cent connuest. Il Is q picture Of con-