The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-10

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MI just the same; just exactly the
Il same; the same artist; and why |
not, pray?
So many perfectly, good "bromides'
| think they have put up argument
when they mention that some actor-Mr.
John Drew for instance-is the same;
exactly the same in every part they play;
but why should an artist achieve an in
dividual pinnacle if you please, and then
completely and deliberately turn his back
upon it and try to climb to somebody
else's pinnacle, when he has perfectly
good pinnacle Of his own?
| Change is only needed when improve
ment is needed, and sameness only car
| ries penalty when the public has been
surfeited with thing.
| Mr. Walthall, in his own particular
line, cannot be improved upon it is his
| own individual, sensitively artistic line, !
and he carry it no further.
! Of course, If an actor has a number
| of strings to his bow, by all means, |
| let him stretch them and be continually
new! But-the bow of many strings gets
tangled sometimes; no single string seems
to be able to carry many of them to a |
| pinnacle; L rememb er once rantng and
| carrying on" about this in connection |
| with one Mr.. Louis Mann, and while !
naturally nobody else remembers it, there
| is no necessity to repeat it; besides-it is i
said in a world
| Equally, of course, if a person dislikes |
an artist that is one thing; mention that
you do not care for PERSONS stage /
personality and you say something; an
nounce as an overwhelming criticism that |
someone they all like is the same and |
you get a phalanx of brick-bats that |
would break up the cat orchestration on
| q 1n1~fc ,frrt,f
your palatial abode; they don't wait for
you to finish.
Mr.. Walthall is just the same-the same
great artist in THE Sting of Victory
as he was in THE Birth of a Nation"
IT is marvellous to see this slender,
unassumtng manner, walking right
through scene after scene-scoring great
big plus marks in every instance.
Mr.. Walthall does what he aims at,
as well as it can be dQpe, and many
times far better than it was ever in
tended to be done; that's the reason why
they call him the Mansfield of the
Screen" he's never gone out for heights
he's just been there all the time, and
he's never gone in for drama, for the
point is, he has drama; but he's gone in
for the real thing, and he has done 1t
their schoolmates at the Judson college
in Marion.
Miss Mona Moore is the guest of Miss
Opal Hall in Gadsden.
Miss Bessie Pettus of Huntsville spent
the day in the city en- route to Pelham
where she will attend the Baptist en-
campment.
Capt, and Mrs. j. B. Wiley, who have
spent the past few days in the city, have
returned to their home in Troy They
came over in their car.
Mrs. w. H. Irwin and Miss Lille May
Irwin left yesterday for Atlanta, where
they will spend sometime.
Mrs. F. w. Herman has been called
to Tuscaloosa on account of the illness
of her aunt, Mrs. Ellen Kehoe.
Miss Annelou Burn, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George johnson,
has returned to her home in Selma
Miss Myrtle Collins, Miss Minnie Hoop
er, Mrs. Maude Hooper, Miss Elizabeth
Wilson and Miss Ada Stanton have re
turned from the gulf coast.
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+ Miss Leila Nails is the guest of Miss
Gussie Nails and will remain for the
Nalls-White wedding next week.
Miss Edith Smith, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs Joe H. Stanfiel for
the past few days. left yesterday morning
for her home inChattancoga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fowlkes and Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Brown left yesterday
morning, motoring to Chattanooga, where
they will join Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford
Johnson and go to Warm Springs, Va,
to spend several weeks. +
Miss Catherine Jones will return from
ST. Clair Springs the last of the week
and spend a few days in Birmingham
before attending a house party in Geor-
gia
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Holzborn of Mobile /
are spending a week in Birmingham as
guests of Mrs. Holzborn's aunt and uncle.
Judge and Mrs. John C. Carmichael, at /
their home on Twelfth street, south
The executive meeting of the city mis-
sion board will be held this morning at
10 o'clock in the basement of the First L
Methodist church II