Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-18
What
Women Are
Doing in the World

Education OF its imaginative faculty
is what the American public requires,
according to Granville Barker, distin-
guished English playwright, actor and
producer, who will be in our midst to-
morrow. Mr.. Barker gives lecture
on Ideas in the Thcater" at the
Fontenelle at o'clock under the joint
auspices of the Drama league and
Society OF Fine Arts, in the member
ship roster of which are found Oma-
has most conscientious patronesses
of art, drama. music and literature.
Anything that happens in real
life, anything that might happen
under circumstances of real life, is
my definition of the material for the
stage, and even that | think may be
too narrow. Facts we must have; facts
concerning the things that are hap
pening i'll our midst or society and
government are in danger Where
can we get these facts? We ought to
get them from the newspapers, but
we don't. | think the stage comes
nearest to making us all see what is
happening. predict that IN fifty
years America will have developed a
great national DRAMA" he says.
1t is as an advanced producer that
Barker has won great distinction, al
though his plays, "The Voysey In
heritance," 1.-THE Madras House"
Waste" and others have had con-
siderable vogue, His last play, The
Morris Dance" however, which had
its premier last week at Winthrop
Ames' Little Theater in New York,
met with a decided frost at the hands
of metropolitan critics week ago
Saturday when the play was pro-
duced before an invited audience pre-
paratory to the first public appear
ance.
"Thc most outragcously tedious,
prolix, perplcxing and provoking
piece yet written by dramatist with
reputation to sustain. says the
World, and the, Times is equally as
disheartening. Something to the ct
feet that Granville Barker cssaying
such a farce had somewhat of the
same ring as if William Dean How
ellis would write scenario for Char
lie Chaplin, or Forbes-R obertson
should essay the buck and wing
What the distinguished Englishman
himself will have to say about this
when he comes tomorrow It Will be
interesting to note.
Washington's birthday is the day OF
all DAYS in the year which the Daugh-
tiers OF the American Revolution celc-
bratc. The two local chapters have
elaborate plans to observe Thursday.
Major Isaac Sadler chapter members,
headed by their regent, Mrs, William
Archibald Smith, will have a patriotic
costume party at the South Side home
of Mrs. Hugh McCulloch. Many
colonial danes with powdered hair
will attend; they will dance the stately
minuet and sing colonial songs. Oma-
ha chapter, of which Mrs, F. r.
Straight is regent, will have some
thing of the same sort at tea at
the home of Mrs. A. c. Stokes.
Politics again begin to sizzle in ma
tional Daughters of the American
circles in advance of the
national congress to be held i'll WASH
ington in April The Office Of presi-
dent general is always a holly con-
tested one. Already four candidates
have appeared in the field, one Of
them. Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis,
wife Of Senator Lewis of Illinois, who
is said to be the Story administration
candidate The appearance of Mrs.
Lewis, it is said, will weaken the
chance of Mrs. George Squires OF
who relied on the ad-
for support. Mrs. George |
I'hacher Guernsey of Independence,
Kan, sister of Mrs. Charles H. Aull
Nebraska state regent, is the anti-or-
yanization candidate, and the fourth
S Mrs. John Miller Horton of Buf-
alo, widely named as an independent
The state Daughters conference
will be held in Fremont the middle of
March, delegates having already been
FAMED.
College Women's Civics Work.
A new civics department from
shich big things are expected was OF
icialy launched at the general meet
ng Of the Association of Collegiate
Alumnac. Saturday. Mrs. Harvey Z.
Newbranch, the association president,
vas named to head the department.