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The Glenwood post., 1916-10-21

Chris Miller, of Antlers spent Sunday
in Glenwood.
Oscar Shehorn was up from Grand
Valley Monday.
Miss Ella Chellew was a week end
visitor from Aspen.
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Kirk Smith of New Castle was a
visitor in the city Monday.
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Edythe Bailey of Basalt was a week.
end visitor Of Lillian Lowe.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Tom King arrived home
Saturday from visit to Aspen.
Just two weeks and two days left
before the big day, November 7th
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Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Brennan have
into the Heisler home on Cooper ave.
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A. +. Dawson, special agent for the
Colorado Midland was in town this
week.
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Some one should give Mr.. Wilson an
other kick, or has he run out of mote ,
paper?
Hugh Moore, of the Glenwood Post
force went to Eagle Monday afternoon
returning the next day.
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Mrs. Richard Wright has entered the
newspaper game and is now reporter
for the Daily Avalanche. III
Mr.. Charles Evans Hughes is really
unfriendly to the present administra-
tion. Another note please.
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Miss Iris Major of Cattle creek was
weekend guest of Mrs. Pottinger at
the home of Mrs. E. NJ. Tully.
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Senator B. T. Napier took in the Elks
dance at Aspen last Friday night, re.
turning home Saturday evening.
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Firm dealing in Mexico9 The Will
son, Carranza and Co. firm has done
nothing but dcal-in American lives.
Marriage licenses issued to Jason r.
Murphy and Ethel Owens both of Grand
Junction, on October Il. John Baker
of Cardiff and Gertrude Mitchell of
Ieadville on October 13.
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Grant Hartman won first prize, Ar
thur Darrow and Geogre Hubbard tied
for second and Paul Lacy won third
in the candy guessing contest at R. f,
Bryant's confectionery store last week.
The Glenwood post., 1916-10-21
w. H. TRUMBOR
COUNTY SURVEYOR
and United States Deputy Mineral
Surveyor. A General Engineering
Practice. P. o. Box "a
aI.ENwooD sPR1Naa COLORADO
COUNTY SURVEYOR

Mrs. Joe Banta returned Sunday from
visit of three weeks with relatives
in Boston. Mrs. Banta also had the
pleasure of meeting the Rev. E. E.
Tuck while there.
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Potato digging began in real earnest
last Tuesday at the big Sweet ranch
near Carbondale. 1t will take nearly
immense crop produced on this ranch.
which is the best in the history of the
ranch.
Mrs. Sadie Weyand left over the Mid
land last Sunday evening for Denver
where she is this week in attendance
at the Rebekah state assembly. MIS-
Weyand is past president of the as
sembly and greatly enjoys these annual
sessions.
E. M. Curtis. is. now doing business
in his new quarters and intends enlarg-
ing his stock. He is in the storeroom,
formerly occupied by the Mirror saloon.
the owner, Mr.. Wulfsohn having trans
formed the property into fine, modern
display room.
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The potato raisers of the Roaring
Fork valley are surely busy getting out
their product. Threatening weather has
kept them more or less nervous, but In
dications that thousands Of carloads will
be garnered in without the loss by the
much feared freeze.
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Mr.. Wilson goes on the theory that
the pen is mightier than the sword.
Quite right if you wish to leave black
escutcheon. We believe in the cleaning
sword, the mailed fist and the floating
banner, backed by a brave heart and
cool, clear head. Then we will have
both peace and honor.
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Mrs. Walter 8. Bergner, president Of
the Women % club at Grand Junction
entertained delightfully."- at q six O'Clock
dinner on Friday Of last week, st her
pleasant suburban home on Second
Fruit ridge. Mrs. w. W. Frank Of this
city, president Of the northwest dis
trict of Women's clubs was the hon-
or guest Of the occasion.
The Glenwood post., 1916-10-21

r. P. Coulter was here from Divide
creek, in his new Ford. Mr.. Coulter i:
running for commissioner on the repub
lican ticket.
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terials as cheerily as II they were
baking v~s or running sewing ma
chimes
The North Sea Meet flms are re-
markable both for what they reveal Of
the mysterious power without which
the fate OF the Allies might have been
decided in a few short weeks and for
their wonderful charm as works Of art,
as seascapes that would render any
marine painter present or past envl-
ous OF the magic OF the Urban camera.
After seeing a private view OF How
Britain Prepared" a few days ago in
Washington. Secretary Of War Baker
wrote to Mr.. Urban:
IL take this occasion TO express my
very keen interest In the pictures and
10 say that both in subject and IN IKE
cution they CAV me valuable infor-
nation and great pleasure
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
Franklin d. Roosevelt wrote; These
pictures must he OF tremendous inter
est all over the country and will un-
doubleday carry the lesson thar while
an enormous amount OF work has been
done by England since the var hc-
gan. all this would nave been more
simplihed had there been adequate
preparation for II before hos,il!tics
commenced"
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TEMPEST MAKES A
PLEA FOR THE IMPROBABLE

the stage. and In order to get copy
was permitted behind the scenes an
entire season by a well known theatre
cal manager. Then take Mrs. Mary
Roberts Rinehart. Mrs. Rinehart was "A
hospital nurse before her marriage and
returned to the hospitals to get ma
terial after she became a writer. She
married a doctor and OF course learned
much OF hospital work from him.
Mre. Rinehart lately went into the
trenches on the firing line in France
in search OF copy for n lately published
book. This much for the feminine
contingent of copy seekers The
doings Of all these ladies were not
more highly improbable than Mabel
Nere's exploits. Now lete have a dash
at the mel folks. You are aware Of
course that Joshua Flint went on a
tramp for ten years in search OF copy
Frank Packard visited several of the
Canadian pe%nitentiaries in order to get
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THE SPRING

Of the Allies. SO Mr.. Urban had about
concluded that the pictures would not
be exhibited here when by chance "a
wideawake, broad minded business
man down town who had heard about
them asked for a private showing. lie
brought a dozen men Of his W stamp
with him to the seance. When the last
reel of the film had been run off there
was only one opinion.
What will It cost to show this les
son in preparedness to America" he
asked.
zone hundred thousand dollars said
Mr.. Urban.
Done was the reply. We'll take
II over, And II even we lose all
which. II we Judge the intelligence and
sentiment Of the American public
| rightly. we can't do-wc'll have the
consciousness Of having performed a
| patriotic duty"
The arrangement which these gen.
tlemen have made with the Lyceum
Theatre will tell the tale and decide
| which judgment Il best-theirs or that
OF the "wise ones Of the trade"
From the title an idea nay be had
on the subject matter OF h British
preparedness picture. Every detail in
soldier making and e%quipping is pre-
scented. We follow Tommy Atkins
from the day he enlists until we see
him 40. 900 strong being reviewed nv
the King and bid him God speed as
we see him leaning out Of the win
dows OF the train which takes him to
the front. ito somewhere in France
All the details OF his preparation are
phed-gun drills, sword
drills. athletic exercises, trench dig.
ging. trench charging. bayonet attack
cavalry practice. machine gun work
field telegraph laying. barbed wire
enlargement construction. %aeroplan,
training. bomb throwing. The picture
also shows England's intensive mun!-
ton activities. One reel was made In
the great Vickers ordnance works
Specially notable ~ the picture show.
ing tens OF thousands OF ONE doini
! mems work, making death dealing ma
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Dorothy Silvi. .n"VERH GOOD EDDIE

material FOR his novel Greater Love
Hath No Man He spent a week on
Ellis Island picking up data in order
70 write the chapter IN his The Re-
loved Traitor where Mary and lean
come face to face in the presence of
an immigration officer. Louis Joseph
Vance. ! read not long ago. deliher-
i.tcly developed Acquaintance with two
adroit criminals in order TO get atmos-
phere for The Brass Bowl and 'Th,
Wolf Your greatest Of all short story
writer's. q. Henry, sat IN park benches
in order to pick up at least n hum
bred good plots from the devils night
nets
cot course. o. Henry would not
think Of Mabel We're as being a highly
Neville Buck. In an account of his
career II is narrated that he went to
the Kentucky Mountains and lived
among the moonshiners to get the
material for his Battle Cry and The
Call of the Cumberlands.' l suppose
the reviewers would call Jack Lon
don's searchings for copy, II placed
in a play. as being highly improbable:
and yet Jack London lived in the
slums of London as a copy scarcher.
and built his schooner. the Shark, to
visit the South Sea Islands for Il like
purpose. And what about Kipling?
He vent TO sea with the cod fishers. and
came back with Captains Courageous
Kipling. too. lately went down in a
submarine. lived on 1t for some con
.,yo r,h Io ttvna anI haS nrnItycnI nNn
Of the most thrilling tales of modern
times, Any number of writer's have
gone into the radio offices and in flying
machines. to get wireless and aero
copy. Sir Conan Doyle haunted Scot
land Yard before writing his 'Sher-
lock Holmes stories. 1t is narrated of
Rex Beach that he 'mushed ~ from
Seward to Fairbanks in the winter In
search OF material and actual facts.
Charles Reade. before writing The
I Cloister and the Hearth made long
and exhaustive study OF medieval lore.
or course, very many writers lived
the copy irrespective OF its possible
use. This is particularly true OF Capt,
Marryat and Joseph Conrad. These
two first class able seamen discovered
afterward hat they could write. tn.
reviewers seem to consider that only
as being highly improbable which
an author purposely seeks. SO | am
giving you the exceptions of the case
Balzac, of course. Vas an exception
lie led the cleanest life Of any ma
in France. When Balzac wanted t.
90 on a debauch he took an inkwel
into a closed room and gave birth Il
his ideas. De Quincy did no talk,
opium ss a means for copy Dickens
however. not only had copy in him
but he went in search OF IT. just n
Mabel We're did.
When Dickens. the most 'beneh
cent good genie that ever wicldeC
a PEN came TO America on hi
lecture tour 1t was for n doubl,
purpose, to garner American dollar'
and to secure copy for a novel
Thus it was that Martin Chuzzlewit
was born. This book Is remarkable
not only for the attention II directed
to the system OF hospitals and t,
the %workhouse nurses. whose proto
type Is Sarah Camp. but to the condi
tions Of American life as 1t existed
seventy odd years ago. Were II tina
Dickens had not visited the swami
city on the Ohio River In Illinois. nov
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THE A THAT LAST.

The plays that continue In New
York are "A Lady's Name" at
the Maxine Elliott Theatre, "The
Boomerang" at the Belasco The
atre, Common Clay" at the Re-
-. public Theatre, "a Woman of No
Importance" at the Fulton The
atre, "Hit the Trail Holli-
day" at the Harris Theatre,
The Cinderella Man" at the
Hudson Theatre, Justice" at
the Gambler, 1.-THE Great Lover"
at the Longacre Theatre, "Erst-
while Susan" at the Gaiety Thea
tire, Fair and Warmer" at the
Eltinge Theatre, 1.-THE Merry
Wives of Windsor" Mt the New
Amsterdam Theatre.
The musical plays are Every
Good Eddie" at the Casino
Theatre, "Pom-Pom" at the
Cohan Theatre, "Katinka" at the
! Lyric Theatre, "Sybil" at the
Liberty Theatre, "The Conan Re-
yue 1915" at the Aston Theatre,
Molly o." at the Cort Theatre
and Robinson Crusoe, Jr.," at
the Winter Garden.
The Hippodrome is open with
Sousa's Band. "Hip Hip Hooray"
aud Flirting at st. Moritz." a
big spectacular offering.
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HOW ENGLAND GOT READY.
Remarkable Pictures to show This
Process at the Lyc-nm Theatre.

To-morrow eyentne nj the Iyceum
rLoa,r. tho nub,lc viii learn from tho
aims uado under the direction Of
rbarles I.rhan one q. the mos, timely
.ss,rs ;uarin,hl. How Britain pre-.
noreI how she wen, aho,,, /, N trens.
.1rp : noo ooo civ,,ioCs into a vas, and
amr,or, army IN a vear and q hal,
Ava ,hey aIso viii learn WHY tho Rr,t.
Ish r,ara .hle sa,e,y "a ,er,orm thts
,ir,r,,c ,ask on the,r u.,le island
uhiIa EN-. continent, ~ E,urone was no.
tn, in hIood when ,hey see
,ho mn,inn nict,ras ,ol,en on hoard
,ha nr,nc,nai ha-tleshjps OF Admiral
,oui,oa,s cre,, ne., of dreadrough,s
os ,bo,, na,roI tho North Sea ho,t,,ng
-, ,beir enemy I'm ,ba harhor ~ Kie,
rb.y arc no, ..war nictures, az
c,I,od Dur,rg tho two hours and
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news NoTEs.

Teddy Webb OF The Blue Paradise"
Company Is now playing his part while
being wheeled around In an invalid
hair. Webb IL as nimble as ever.
Harold Crane has played his part for
so many years that he is beginning to
get confused in his lines and has his
valet In the ntranc at each perfor-
nance prompting him. A great many
old patrons enjoy his confusion when
ever he misses IA point, as they know the
part better than he does.
Ted Lorraine. who used TO he the
dancer of THE Blue Paradise" does
not dance any more, but now indicates
the old steps with his fingers,
A couch has been placed In the or
chestra pit for Herbert Kerr and he
often directs the numbers while re-
cllnlng.
Cleo Mayheld is known as the Grand
old Lady of THE BLU Paradise" as
she has not missed a performance In
"A grea. many years. A great many
Of the newer generation enjoy her old
fashioned slang. as It is a relic OF the
fly talk INDUCED in "A great many years
ago. Miss MayfelL recently sold all her
property in Times Square.
Otto Schrader. h plays the old
waiter. never uses any makeup for the
part. He planes to the stage door, goes
on, and planes home again. His great
grandson is an expert driver OF aero
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s.

recognized as the city of Cairo. he
would not have been able. doubtless.
to have supplied Of the most ex-
traordinary chapters in Martin Chuz-
dewitt To raise tho cry that the In
cidents in any play are highly I'm
probable Is TO stigmatize unjustly. in
n~inety-nine cases out Of a hundred.
Furthermore. what is to become OF the
drama II the dramatist Is to clip the
wings Of his imagination in order 10
avoid the stigma of presenting the
highly improbable? Who is to Judge
OF what IN life is improbable? Surely.
when n dramatist puts on the stage an
incident from actual life. and then has
It dinged into his ears that the theme
of his play is highly improbable we
have come to a pretty pass After a
while fairy tales will be called i'm
probable ] have come to have ar
i%nord!nate dislike for that word i'm
probable In order to get away from,
this workaday world of our | would
demand that all plays should be highly
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IT was amazed" said Miss Marie
Tempest, who is at present appearing
in Cyril Harcourt's comedy. "a Lady's
Name" at the Maxine Elliott Theatre,
ito discover thai one or more OF the
reviewers considered Mr.. Harcourt's
comedy as being highly improbable
81 know that art has It's limitations:
TO draw attention TO the fact is TO incur
the stigma of being 'bromidic.' To say
that the story OF a Lady's Name was
taken from an incident in actual lif.
does not OF course settle the question
of notwithstanding can occur
In, real life. What we have to consider
ie If Mabel Vere's action in advertising
for a husband Is so wildly eccentric as
to cease to be interesting.
Now, as a matter OF fact, I have
! often regarded the agony column as
II is called in England, with intense
curiosity. and have frequently been on
the point Of replying to some OF the
odd advertisements. Had I had any
motive or a desire for copy I should
certainly have done So. As for going
to tea in n kitchen. why, that would
he a natural and most amusing Sc
ouence. Now, while one instance
doesn't justify an author In adopting a
situation and claiming probability FOR
il. a number Of well known ones may
be accepted as sufficient grounds. and
| am coins to give you a few names
OF authors Who have sought for COPS
in WAYS as devious and odd as those OF
Mabel We're.
"Our reviewers seem to be unaware
OF the fact that novelists have In the
past and the present gone to great
lengths to secure copy Permit me to
let YOU into a secret. At III present
moment I happen to know that a wei
known lady novelist In this town IL al
the present moment employed In Fff'h
avenue as a maid OF all work SHE
is there in search OF copy It is moi
tina, she is interested In finding out
how the rich live, out IN how the poor
live In the homes OF the rich. Now Il
This fact vas placed In n comedy ~
Mr.. Harcourt II Is more than likely tho
case that certain Of our reviewer
would state that the story vas highly
im~probable.' AS reviewers go 10 tn
plays in search for copy, II Is NOR
than likely the case that they are II
ware of the doings of ictioneers.
81 have another case In point, a cas'
which would he called highly I'm
probable IL made the theme OF &
comedy. very likely. | am told tina
Fanny Hurst. the short story writer
"A couple of years ago went to work II
"a Childs restaurant and heavcd bis
cults In order to get the prattle OF. a
she stated It. the hash singers Mis-
Hurst has written several storteH O
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The determination OF the Drama
League TO produce American plays as
. part Of the celebrations Of the year
"a be devoted to encouragement OF the
American theatre is doubtless the re-
suit OF the example Of the Drama So
cie;y, which revived The Tempest"
with such success at the Century
Theatre. The production OF Shake
spesre's comedy was not OF course
faultless. But II was a notable
achievement In view OF the difficulties
surrounding an enterprise altogether
outside the influences of the CONNER
clal theatre. As It was, the representa-
ton ave much cause for pleasure and
aroused respect for an organization
which was willing to assume a con-
s,ruct!ve attitude.
For the purpose OF most OF the or
CARNATIONS which fix their eyes on the
poor old theatre as the object Of being
done good is rarely 8 obvious. To
tell the other fellow that his taste is
hopelessly poor and that his artistic
Standards are irreclaimably low seems
10 be the general purpose Of these
clubs, ~ course, there Is always
redemption for even the most forsaken
sinner. Like the same sort Of play
v. DO" Is the rope thrown to him. land
You may stili be saved"
This gospel chan,ed with SUFFICIENT
persistence and in the terms Of disap-
pointmcnt and bitterness on the part
o. It's advocates possessed a certain
utility. Then it was profitable in more
than an artistic sense to many OF
lis high priests. But that old game
has lost its appeal to the outside
fringe Of believers. II was from them
that the most enthusiastic support was
to be expected. They burned with
the Are Of a young convert. Slowly
the suspicion Of faulty has been en-
tending from one circle OF members OF
Me's organizations to another. Even
the high priests l~ecturing at so much
Per could no longer catch the interest
" the w~aver1ng faithful for their
Nrs ministrations. II was really all
90 nat n improbable over the vista
~ years. What had II done? What
convert had II made to reason or art
What was the whole thing, anyhow
but hubdub?
so the need Of action was impera.
tive, The example Of the Drama So.
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An kATINKA

opportunity TO show some day what
he a accomplish in a medium that is
not directly hostile to the spirit Of tho
plays with which he was workinr.
closing the scenes OF the inner stag
turned out 20 he only a pair of sub-
limated folding doors.
There is no end OF mediums hope
lessly confused in the production OF
this spectacle. As a gigantic show
"Caliban by the Yellow" may be no.
table. AS n contribution to the art
OF the theatre IT is no, important
Even in its most superficial features
II is disappointing. Nothing could
have been more awkward than the
grotesque series Of buildings which
contained the stages. Any architect
could have attained the same utility
without the complete sacrifice Of
beauty. But Mr.. Urban's art is totally
German. modern German at that.
Is IL possible 10 suggest that in
honor OF Shakespeare or itself there
might have been arranged in place Of
this massive conglomerate Of unas-
simulated arts "A performance of one
Of Shakespeare's plays? What could
have been done. for instance. with this
money expended on n revival of Julius
Cesar? The time and tro,inle de-
voted 10 this festival on the tadium
circle would have resulted in a genuine
tribute TO Shakespeare which would
have beer Of vastly greater dramatic
importance thar the thickly populated
scenes which are witnessed with
some difficulty 10 be sure in the semi
darkness-by the gatherings at the
stadium. There would have been in
the ideal representation Of such Il
play by Shakespeare, at a rate of
prices within the reach OF all, some
more tangible exhibition OF the great
poets genius and some more compre
hens!hle tribute from a public which
delights in his work.
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the grandchildren Of the original prin-

ClDdiS
NOTE
The original version contained n pro
logue which. according to the story or
the play, happened twenty-four years
previous to the other acts. The man
agemeft has seen fit to eliminate this
portion of the play on account OF the
advanced age Of the surviving artists.
who do not look the parts. The pro
logue. however. will be given in Its
original form by the grandchildren on
Wednesday and Saturday matinces.
All drivers OF airships are requested
TO arrive on the east side OF the Casino
roof and leave from the west side.
This will conform to the recently
enacted air traffic laws.
The management q respectfully
suggest that theatre parties from Dub
lin, Constantinople and Ruenos Ayres
and all other points not adjacent to the
theatre make their bookings In advance,
as the air currents over the Gulf stream
may cause delay OF at least fifteen min
! u,es and no seats will be held after 1880.
All patrons from San francisco. Seattle
and Panama are advised to take the
fourth underground subway tubes, as
express-pneumatic trains make the "Trip
in eighteen minutes TO and from these
points.
one Of the advertisements In the pro-
promme reads: TT Metropolitan
| Cru,ch Company. All the members OF
The Blue Paradise Company use our
clutches"
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H WEEKS NEW L

On Monday Lew Fields will
make his appearance in step
This Way" which is Il modern
version of Mr.. ficlds's great sue
cess, THE Girl Behind the Coun-
ter" which was produced at the
Herald Square Theatre in 1907.
The book of the new version IL
by Edgar Smith,. while the music
and lyrics have been brought up
to date by +. Ray Goetz and Bert
Grant. The production has boon
staged by Frank Mccormack and
the dances arranged by Jack Ma
son. The orchestra will be under
the direction of Frank f. Tours.
The piece is in two acts, the
first taking place, as described in
the programme, in the interior Of
the Universal" department store
in London, OF the American plan,
with unlimited scope and ability
to furnish everything from a
spool of thread to a select society
function. The second act is in
the garden Of the "Jardin de
Paris at Hammersmith, devoted
to the first class entertainment
of second class people," MI.
Fields will be seen in his original
role of Henry Schnif. described
as a soldier of misfortune, daz-
zled by the sudden transition
from life IT, a boarding house on
Cover street to a butterfly ex-
istence in Easy street.
Prominent in the large cast
supporting Mr.. Fields are John
Charles Thomas. Laura Hamilton,
Alice Fisher, Beth Lydy, Lew
Brice, Fannie Hasbrouck, Louise
Clark. Virginia Richardson,
Martha Ehrlich, Charles Judels,
Nan j.. Brennon, Gladys Clark,
Henr" 'crgman, Margaret Far
rell and Charles Mitchell.