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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-23
Copyright. 1914. by Harper &
Brothers
CHAPTER XXI.

IL wow. the matter is like this"
NI nntinNrh rrlr. AN want
II You to think hard ON it. fer
~ I'm All hu!lr,l nv an hardly
The sun., 1916-08-27

The scenic artist didn't GO; any
sketches. but he had n key Ia the pr,.
waite iceboN in the smoking room and
he said that the fragrance OF our lp.,'s
cigars had new mown hay skinned
mile The only milk We saw WAS i'm N.
punches. but the cream aud hu',cr i,
spite of the fact that they were rrnj-
ucts OF the farm, were just a. good a,
YOU get at the kuickcrhockor and .o
was the food. ] called up my manspc-
the very first night on the phone in nv
apartment and told him that the Ice
Lash Studios could turn ont better al.
mospherc' of way down ca,t than comb
be found on a modern farm in Maine.
And that is why when | long for tile
simple, peaceful surrounding. and tho
lovah.e. homclv country folk Of ,ha,
delightful summer of long ago ! 70 ul.
into Mrs. DCnbU'S flower garden and
sit down on the bench undor the
spreading oak tree FOR n fcw minutes
hat with Helen Lowell in h"r wunlor.
full makeup ~ the dear Old hrd.aly
before the curtain goes w on the Sec
ord act.
The sun., 1916-08-27

ranged said the chauffeur. barely re-
pressing "A smile. You a. We have
more than fifty cows, and they are
MIXED by machinery. None OF them
were ever MIXED by hand. and it
wouldn't be safe
"Just then we turned into the drive
that led To- the lear old house Of years
ago. but now In its place was the i'm
posing home Of a modern gentleman
farmer. Electric lights cleaned from
the windows and on the broad pia2zas.
An excellent orchestra was paying a
familiar air. Men in evening clothes
and women in cowrs that suggested
Bar Harbor We're dancing n fox trot.
AS soon as the car stopped "A gen.
tleman came hurricdly down the steps
to greet IL. II was lite frecklcd bare
foot Billy. or what four years AZ Hir-
ward and several winters In London.
Paris and New York had made of the
awkward. good naturcd hoy who used
to give me rel apples and question me
about the hig city that even then he
WdS determined IT, 50" some day.
we spent a really delightful week.
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THE A THAT LAST.
New season sweIis List Of Plays
That Are SIN Ia ne Seen.

The plays that continue in New
York are 1.-The boomerang at the
Belasco Theatre. seven Chances at
the Conan Theatre, Ills Bridal Night"
at the Republic Theatre. "Fair and
Warmer at the Harris Theatre.
Cheating Cheaters' at the Eltingc
Theatre, "Broadway and Buttermilk"
at the Maxine Elliott Theatre. "The
Happy Ending at the Shubcrt Thea
tire, Turn to the Right" at the Gaiety
Theatre, 1.-THE Silent Witness Mt the
I.ongacre Theatre. "a Little BIT OF
Fluff" at the Thirty-ninth Street The
atrc. THE Guilty Man" at the Aston
| Theatre and "Please Help Emily" at
the Lyceum Theatre.
The musical plays which are still
| on view include THE Follies OF 1915
at the New Amsterdam Theatre. THE
Passing Show Of 1916" at the Winter
Garden and VERY Good Eddie" at the
Casino Theatre.
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H NEW CINEMAS.

Lou-Tellegen, who has appeared
in two plays for the Jesse l..
Lasky Company. is the star of a
third called "The Victory of Con-
SCIENCE" which will be shown this
week at the Strand Theatre.
Other features will include the
Strand Topical Review, travel
ogues and a short comedy, as
we'll as the usual musical pro-
gramme.
June Caprice is the heroine Of
"Little Miss Happiness" which
William Fox will exhibit at his
Academy of Music for the first
half of this week. Sara Alex
ander, Robert Vivian, Eczema
Keefe an. others are seen in her
support.
Screen drama. comedy, educa-
tic-lal films and current events in
motion pictures is the entertain
ment offered this week at the Ri
alto Theatre. The principal pic
ture is "Plain Jane" with Bessie
Barriscale and Charles Ray. The
story is said to be n modern ver-
sion of "The Ugly Duckling."
The weekly change of bill goes
into effect to-day at the Broad
way Theatre. Thomas II. Ince's
film spectacle, "Civilization." con-
tinues at the Criterion Theatre.
d. w. Griffith has arrived in the
city to make final arrangements
The sun., 1916-08-27
THE WEEKS NEW PLAYS =

circus. ! was IA then and the farmers
son was Is, and he used to let me milk
the COWS and feed the chickens and In
fact made desperate love to me In
similar ways. as farmers sons are apt
to do. His name was Billy and he
was freckled and birefootcd then. but
] did a little counting on my fngers
the minute the idea came to me to go
back to the farm and found out that
by this time he must be quite grown
up.
"Just let me take the scene painter
along and In a week we will be back
prepared to make WAY Down East"
and "Shore Acres look like Jokes in
the way Of pictures OF real country
life I said.
THE next day I wrote that I was
because ] thought with satisfaction
that this dear old farm was far away
from all such modern conveniences. I
had planned a busy week. While the
scenic artist was making sketches I
would be refreshing my memory OF
farm life and making notes OF simple
customs and speech such as I thought
would he effective for myself and my
fellow players when Broadway and
Buttermilk' was presented before a lot
OF m~illionaires and their naughty
wives. many Of whom know all about
such things wen IL they do try to for
get the past.
BILLY will be down to meet ,s in
the old farm wagon, but you mustn't
laugh. I cautioned my sister and the
artist. who were looking forward to
the back to nature trip almost as
much as ! was.
when the train stopped and we
a.ighted at n very modern looking sta
ton severa touring cars stood around.
hut there wasn't n horse in sight.
Just as I was wondering what we
were going TO do a chauffeur in smart
livery approached us and touching his
cap respectfully said: Il am from
S%weetbriar Farm. Mr.. Jackson is very
sorry that he couldn't meet you, hut
the F%ortn,ghtly Club is having a din
ner dance at the house Tonight so he
was unable 10 come down in the car
II didnt say n word: | was too
amazed TO speak. But as VIC sped along
over the country Dad and one hv
one. the familiar scenes Of years ago
came back to me 7 began to think
Of those delightful days of lorg ago.
What time do they mix in the morn
ing" ] asked. i am dying to sit on
one of those dear little three legged
stools and hear the milk falling into
the TN pail | want to get right back
20 1t again tomorrow morn!ng.'
"1 am afraid tina, can he ar
The sun., 1916-08-27
The New Plays This Week

~MoNDAY-FORTY EIGHTH STREET THEATREC.James T. Pow.
ers will be seen in a comedy by Mark Swami called Somebody's
Luggage" In this play Mr.. Powers returns to straight farce
after a career in musical comedy.
EMPIRE THEATRE-"Sybi," with Julia Sanderson, Donald Brian
and Joseph Cawthorn, will pay, a return engagement here before
going on the road. It will be the first musical comedy at the En-.
pe since it was opened in 1892.
UEsDAY-LONGACRE THEATRE-H. H. Frazee will present a
new farce entitled "A Pair of Queens" 1t is by Otto Fauebach
and Others, with Kathleen Clifford, Maude Eburne, Edward Abeles
and Joseph Sanuey.
FOURTH STREET THEATRE-The shu.
berts will present 1.-THE Girl From Brazil" which has already been
seen elsewhere in the country and abroad. Edgar Smith, Mat.
thew Woodward, Robert winterberg and Sigmund Romberg are
responsible for the production.
PLAYHOUSE-Wiliam A. Brady will present Jules Eckert Good.
mans play, 1.-THE Man Who Came Back" with Mary Nash.
COMEDY THEATRE-The Washington Square Players will omen
their season with a revival of four plays.
THURSDAY-The largest theatrical event Of the year centres in the
opening of the Hippodrome by Charles Dillingham; on this date.
1.-THE Big Show" is its title, and there will be many interesting
features, the most important of which is Anna Pavlowa and her
ballet.
LYRIC THEATRE-Richard Walton Tully will present "The Flame"
a play by himself, with a company including such well known
players as William Courtleigh, John Cope, Violet Icming, Rober,
Patton Gibbs, Peggy ONel and Richard Gordon.
F~RIDAY-GLOBE THEATRE-"Fast and Grow Fat" a comedy in
which Frank Mcintyre will star. Zelda Sears and Others viii h..
in the cast.
The sun., 1916-08-27
ad was too obvious. The public al
ways resents anything of the kind.

Lawrence Rising hit on an ingon-
ious idea when he thought of the fem
mime variation on the Dromio them
Its possibilities to the playwriIhts 4
the Talais Royal school are obvious
Probably one OF that alert tribe has
employed it long ago. That twins
should hc 50 much alike that even
the husband of one of them nay be
deceived suggests endless possibilities
To the playwright who. like Mr., Rising.
traces his descent directly back to
Bisson. Mars, Hcnequin, Fcydeau
and the rest Of that gifted company
of the late '90s.
Unluckily those happy p'aywrights
are not as much tp the taste Of the
public as our native providers Of tho
same sort Of farce. Now 1t is Avery
Hopwood and Margaret Mayo who,
with the assistance of Mr.. Rising. are
going 4 supply the theatre with the
- '" N.Y. I "
ture it demands. The characteristics
OF this newer school are well under
stood. All the philandering and all the
humor OF extravagant and err!ng hus-
bands must he clothed In n certain
mock decorum which altogether disin-
fects It. The characters must always
be on the point of doing something
perfectly shocking. without of curse
ever doing II. The audience Is ever
alert to learn of or to witness the
wickedness which Is eve committed,
But there must be enough to keep tho
spectators interested in tho impend-
ing revelations.
So every impulse to intrigue must
he exaggerated out of all proportion to
truth. the Sinking and the lcering
must he emphasized, and there must BE-
no diminution of the energetic cffort
to convince the audience that there
may really be something naughty soon,
Listeners should not lose COURAGE but
keep on listening. Perhaps the dirt
will come after Il while.
This Is the formula which the Amer
lean playwr!ghts OF the new school
of piquant farce must keep in mind
OF course. frank attempts at un-
licensed humor are less dcplorablt
than such hypocrisy. without thr
least p%retencc at excessive prudcry
there Is another school of American
farce OF which the theatre might b'
much proudcr. 1t Is possible to re-
call "On the Quiet" "The Earl ri
rawtuckct,'' and from n much earle
day Saratoga" Mr.. Rising cvidcntl!
prefers to ally himself with the more
modern school. although he seems l.
have sufficient ingenuity " lind sue
The sun., 1916-08-27
CHASING ATMOSPHERE"
Hut Miss Ring Finds Rural Life
IL Only . Dream.

IT didn't 20 way down in Maine
early In the summer for country air"
says Blanche Ring. who Ia appearing
in "%Broadway and Buttermilk" a. the
Maxine Elliott Theatre. "but for coun-
try atmosphere which sounds like
the same thing but isn't.
1--WE want to give them the real
rural life and make them smell the
new mown hay of the painted pas
lures waited across Mrs, Denbys front
yard by the electric fan breeze said
Frederic Mckay. my manager. with
all the air Of familiarity with his sub
ject that the Broadway producer al
ways has when speaking of something
he knows nothing about.
81 know Just the place. ex-
claimed enthusiastically. thinking of
an old farmhouse miles and miles
away from a railroad where I had
spent a happy summer Just before I
' became another Ring In the family
The sun., 1916-08-27
WHERE TO DANCE.
Doraldina is still demonstrating

Doraldina is still demonstrating
every night at the Montmartre
at Midnight how well adapted a
Western dance may be to an Old
World surrounding. She is the
most popular of the professional
dancers, although it is certain
that the spectators who dance all
entertain the belief that they are
about as expert as any of the
others.
Not all the gayety is supplied
at the Hotel Shelburne at Brigh-
ton Beach by the review splash
Me-" although there is expert
dancing to be seen in this. Then
Marie Lavarre and her associates
are entertaining. But there is
also dancing for the visitors.
Will Rogers is chewing his gum
and swinging his lariat, as we'll as
telling his jokes, both up and
down stairs now at the New Am
sterdam Theatre. That is to say
hc is to he seen both in the Fol-
les and the Midnight Frolic.
here are other entertainers, as
well as a place to dance which is
never neglected by the visitors.
The sun., 1916-08-27

The mysterious Micphersons nay
no; have studied the technique of their
art IN a way 10 produce the hos: re-
suits: hut they selected their agent
with the wisdom Of genius. There MAS
some interesting ~delineation OF char7c-
ter in Evidence" and It's scenes in
English society were really divcrtins.
Lou-Teilcgcn found The King of No
whore" a usefu. vehicle for a while.
There was nothing, however. about the
success Of either play to make IL seem
possible that an American manager
would spend as much on the present
piece at the Shubert Theatre as Ar
thur Hopkins has invested, Did the
fact that the play is written by an
English author have anything 10 do with
! such an undertaking In It's hehalt'
Would a play so unusual and so aim
cult to put on the stage II written ny
an American have appealed with equal
force tn an American manager In
other words. are American managers in
4 the least snohhish? This question Is
put merely to find some explanation
for the performance OF THE Happy
Ending"
The sun., 1916-08-27

a modern play. But It is none the less
probable for that matter. Life is not
always az colorless as the contempt
raneous dramatists would have us be-
lieve. There ore brutal parents muir
dcred by rcsentful children. and father,
do confess their guilt for a past sin
even II they do not select a court room
az the scene of IT,. Mrs. Davis could
not very well have used the material ~
Francois Coppee without making what
would have been called an old FASH
ioned play to-day.
II Is true. moreover. that the thesis
of lie Coupah.e' has no eloquencc for
this country. Men do 40, abandon th6.r
mistt.sses al the biiiins Of prou
fathers when the women are alto
gcthcr honest cxCep: for their devotion
To one man. llleGitimacy is no; . seri.
II social problem here as II is ABROAD
The sun., 1916-08-27

Helen Ruth Davis WAS probably SUI.
pr.scd To- hear The Guilty Man" called
old fashioned" because the play has
been IN existence for only "A few ycacs.
Francois Coppee wrote the novel from
which Mrs. Davis made her play in
1896. II is quite true that any play
dealing with the emotions in amy Sc
r.ous manner r likely nowadays 20 be
called old fashioned. for the reason that
modern drama is g o destitute Of any
but the most superficial emotiOis, The
theatre seemed to have freed itself
fairly we'll from all deep feeling when
Arthur pinern came along with "Thc
Second Mrs. T,nqueray." Then Her
II Sudcrmann MAS Teactionary
enough to give "Heimath,' which we
know ;s "Mlsla." to the stage. But
the tendency t. !mpart any OF the IN
tense fcclGG 10 plays Of the day which
| used to lie taken earlier as a matter Of
course seems to have left the contem-
porary ~playwvights long ago. The
drama Of the emotions has all but
followed the Path Of tragedy into OBJ
livion, except when there is some such
intensely modern example of that kind
of drama as Justice"
The sun., 1916-08-27

Blanche Ring Is n spontaneous M
charming comedienne who does not
find 1t in the least Indispensable to
sing, however the public may enjoy
that phase OF her talents. She is so
rarely presented in New York in just
the way that her unique talents de-
serge. OF course 'Hroadway and But
termilk" is a much more impressive
return than that she made several
years ago at the Thirty-ninth street
Theatre in when Claudia smiles"
with a little troupe of players that
might well have been recruited Tor
Just the "op'ry" house that figures in
the present play.
Miss Ring is by nature so gen.
erous and open hearted that it is not
within her power 70 refuse "A kindly
word To every commodity which she
thinks may he of use to her friends.
So she is to be found in broadway
dIld Duly laAN h'c $3.50
| kindness In her old impartial way. In
| the first act OF the play at the Maxine
| Elliott she advertises a brand Of smok
ing tobacco, a make OF cigarettes ant
an automobile tire. the latter mutely
but el%oquently. Later a firm Of tailors
a hotel and one oil W other com
modities received a kind word.
OF course this sort OF thing Is ter
ribly good hearted and all that sort OF
thing, you know. in Miss Ring. bu'
they used to do that old trick bet
ter in some OF the Continental our
tries when they want to innict ad'
vertisements on an audience. They
used to paint them on the curtain
One can look away from the bedIzenet
hanging or go out of the theatre. Blu
to have the quiet little pun suddenl,
inserted in the dialogue leaves M
chance OF escape. Miss Ring. who 81
generously recommends whatever SHE
thinks the audience might like. take!
no such chances as the curtain nigh
entail. She speaks right out In tn
play.
After all, the effect OF this sort o
thing Is chilling to the public. On
example Of its influence was notice,
in "A burlcsune seen several years age
one Of the characters made during tn
early nights Of the plays run one q
the most striking hits in it by sayinI
that he was all dressed up to get in
toxicatcd but had only "A Temperance
drink "a do II on. After a few night
he mentioned the name of "A popula
brand Of this temperance drink. TIL
result may have been profitable I
the manager. but the joke was killed
The audience who heard It after IN
, first night bsrsr cracked - smil& Tb
The sun., 1916-08-27

So there would he the inevitable dis
position to call the piece at the Aston
Theatre old fashioned merely for the
reason that 1t does deal with deeper
feelings than the usual drama that is
put forward to-day. Its feverish
progress from abandonment to murder
covers a gamut Of emotions rare In
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all figures that possess the freshness
and vitality that MIR. Mack imparts
I his plays. That is one particular In
which his dramatic work Is always
interesting. Whether it is the NOR
phinated younger brother OF KICK
In the life loving heroine Of 5
Much for So Much or the clustering
young lover OF "Broajway and But
tcrmilk," the figures in Mr.. Macks
plays are always vital and clear.
The sun., 1916-08-27

NE TWO DuCoiiC pays WHiCH thS
premature opening of the sea-
son has brought forth provide
excellent fun for the public. Turn to
the Right" seems destined to long
popularity. Both act. OF course. in
that No Mans Land Of the stage which
is the historic locality for every play
Of country life. whether it happens to
be 1.-THE Green Lanes - England" or
1.-THE Old Homestead" Whatever
would happen II a playwright did for
the country what Emil lola did in La
Tcrre' In fiction 1t is impossible to
say. In the meantime no such
calamity is near and its horrors need
not be contemplated. The pastoral cx-
istence which the public Is invited to
contemplate in Turn to the Right"
and broadway and Buttermilk" Is
moreover much more agreeable than
n realistic view OF this sort OF life.
Most of the altogether hearty and
Irresistible humor in the clever play
1t the Gaiety Theatre is the result Of
the unanimity with which every char
hcter tries to come to the assistance
Of the two dyed in the wool crooks
course a striking and customary proof
Of the proverb that there Is honor
among thieves. They are standing BY
their old time pal. They are doing il
moreover. with a conscientiousncss
which wins them the cooperation OF
all the v~irtuous jewellers in the viii
iage. All unite against the villainous
deacon. who Is perhaps OF all the fig
ures in the play the most conven-
tional. But the conspiracy Is rich In
fun. Nothing could be more dlverting
than the sudden appearance Of the
sum OF sl2S from three different quar-
ters when 1t Is learned hat the hero
needs 1t to avoid the appearance OF
having hlched it from the deacon.
Willard Mack relies for the run %
broadway and Buttermilk" on thu
projection OF a sophisticated New York
milliner against background OF
country simplicity. The yokels in this
play are Of an Incompatible simplicity
Miss Ring has only the character o
her old lover to assist her in supplyine
the metropolitan favor. Mr.. Mack
characterization Of the well know
types Is strong in outline. The DO!
who has become property man" a
the opera house, the boarding hous'
keeper so a%musingly and %touchingl!
played by Helen Lowell. and the edito
pursuing her through the play as l
intent on matrimony. although In re
atty only desiring to ask her whethe
or not she believes the German Kaise
was right to invade Belgium-these ar
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-04-17
ALASKA'S ENORMOUS COPPER PRODUCTION
MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THAN THAT OF 1914; OUTLOOK
 IS STILL BETTER.

WASHINGTON, April 1T. = The mining of copper began in Alaska in 1901 and the total output of the metal to the close of 1915 is 219,913.375 pounds, valued at S34, 919,5s1. Of this amount, according to the statistics recently completed by Alfred H. Brooks, of the United States Geological Survey, 86,509,312 pounds, valued at S15,139,129, was produced in 1915. This is more than four times the output of 1914 and by far the greatest in the history of the Alaska industry. Thirteen Alaska mines were oper- ated in 1915 compared with seven in 1913. A total of 369,600 tons of ore was mined in 1915 which in addition to the copper, carried gold to the value of $153,121 and s455,- 204 worth of silver.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-04-17
ANYBODY KNOW WHERE
 FRED W. WARD IS?

Won't somebody find Fred W. Ward and take him by the nape of the neck, kick his pants and send him home to his little girl. She writes.
 Postmaster. Ketehikan Alaska.
 Dear Sir: I am going to ask a favor of you. Will you please give this letter to newspaper reporter. I want to find my papa Ny papa's name is Fred ". Ward. I heard he went to Alaska, but where, I do not know. Will you please help me find him. I am only little girl. I shall be 50 thankful if I can get my papa pack
 He is man five feet eight and a half. Did weigh 1s5 to 1s0 pounds He has broad shoulders and dark hair that was turning gray. Light bug eyes and darx red nustache. I stalI be very muc1 obIige to you
 Yours truly,
 JAUNITA E. WARD,
 AIS E. 3Gth St. Tacoma, Wash. ?. S.-Please let me know if you find him
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-04-17
PRESIDENT MUST
 HAVE PROOF
MERE MEXICAN ASSERTION WILL NOT SUFFICE TO WITH
 DRAW OUR TROOPS.
MUST BE IDENTIFIED
Men Who Knew Villa Win be Sent to Complete Ills
 Identification

WASHINGTON, April 17--whsn President Wilson was informed of the death and disinterment of the body of General vllla, he was ask cd if the United States troops would he withdrawn The president said that he will require positive proof and Identification of the dead band Ii before he would decide the next step. However. should the report prove to be correct, the troops would be immediately recalled.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-04-17
ALL ABOUT THE BOATS

The steamer Princess Sophia is due here this evening southbound.
 The Prince John will be here this evening.
 The Spokane with the following passengers arrived in port this morning: J. Lindgreen, A. Johnson. L. J. Howard, s. Moss and wife T. J. Martell and five third class cabin passengers. She had about 100 tons of freight for Ketchikan.
 The steamer Admiral Farragut from the south is due here tomor- row morning and also the steamer Humboldt.
 The Dolphin is scheduled to sail from Seattle today.
 From the north southbound are the Watson and the Al-Ki about which nothing definite has been re- ceived as to their arrival.
 Agent Taylor received a wire rom ms company tndI the steamer Alaska due to sail from Seattle on the 20th had been sold out for the north, to sell no tickets from here.
 The Jefferson came in yesterday morning with the following pass engers for this port: L. A. Gary, M. Tyron, c. L. Fenling, W. Gertanner. R. F. Stanchfeld, Wm. Lewis, L. Wallace, E. F. Moore and M. E. Robinson.