Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-08
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fame; that the primrose path of pleas
ure." Here is the parting of the woyS.
He falls and Ambition. Disguised. turns
away, exclaiming "Oh, the fool! He
dallies there with Pleasure and lets
| Opportunity leave him"
And so he starts down the primrose
Path of dalliance to SOW his wild
oats" and to wake up with the em-
bittered knowledge OF Solomon-"that
it is all vanity" and that the pleasures
he chased were more fleetng than
! his money-tho he found, as they all
find, that both disappear along with
! friends, about the same time. AS Ella
Wheeler Wilcox said.
There are none to decline
| Your nectared wine;
! But alone you must drink llte's gall
In Three Acts. Ten Episodes.
The allegory is in three acts and ten
episodes. 1t begins with Youth leaV-
! ing Love and his sister Hope ION tho
hilltop" and Ambition, in the garb
of soldier, waiting to accompany
him.
In the second episode Youth has
reached the big World" and the back
curtain shows the skyline of tire great
| CITY of New York. Here he meets an
elderly gentleman, who becomes in
terested in him. who becomes In
without an Introduction.
"I don't know you sir!' says Youth.
But you are going to-you are 60
ing to know me very well-we're 60
ing to be great pals, my boy!" is the
sententious answer he receives from
the stranger who has announced that
he is Experience, "the champion
school teacher of the world"
Then they meet beautiful Miss
Pleasure. Youth falls-and IL / might
indulge in bit of levity I'd say |
really didn't blame him-and |
blamed him still less when he met
Miss IntoXication!
Brightlights I'm Third.
The third episode brings the action
into the bright lights-perhaps at
"Sherry's?" where Youth has the
l-gayest time of his young life. Here
he meets them-FSshio Blueblood,
Friyolty, Conceit, Snob, Beauty, De
ceit. Slander, Pride, Wealth and Pas
sion and all the rest of the evils that
are strewn along the forbidden path.
Each is represented by young wom-
ian upon all of whom Youth showers
his generous attentions, tho he ap-
peared to give much of them to MISS
| Excitement-and we admired MS
judgment there, too!
Now, he has gotten away with
flying start and Is burning up the
Great White Way" This celebrated
,horofare. however, is like John Bar
,leycorn-it gentrally get the best or
tits devotees before they know 1t. It's
within easy walking distance always
from a dance hall to a gambling hall
and vice versa, and that's the next
place we find Youth. Here he has
the usual beginners luck" but as
usual, manages TO leave all his money
with the proprietor.
Now he is down and out" He has
sduandered his money and OF course
his friends desert him. All the pretty
temptresses he met 'at Sherry's" turn
nm their noses at him-which Is hard
luck, indeed SO in desperation ne
lands in the "house OF last resort,
where he gets a job as walter. The
chief customers of the place are
sneaks and illiterates and unfortunate
women, but there was a bit OF sun
shine in the hause name Frailty-
we pause to remark that the "house
of the last resort wouldn't have been
so desolate to us with Miss Frailty
about. Miss Leona Hogarth, who took
this character, was the most appeal
ing young woman in the whole cast
and gave wonderfully realistic and
sympathetic portrayal.
In br&f Youth goes to the very
bottom, the ensuing episodes taking
. him to the "House of lost souls.
! where he becomes a dopefiend, but
as he is about to succumb to the temp
tation to become a criminal, he turns
and goes back. Thus he keeps his
soul clean and proves himself worthy
to wear the ring Love gave him when
he started on his journey.
A well balanced, finely selected and
most capable company present the al
legory Leonard Doyle, as youth,
and Duncan Penwarden, as 'EXpe-
rience," being excellent all the way
giving finished interpretations of the
| impotent roles they carry.
| Experience" Is at Convention hall
again tonight Don't miss seeing 1t
It's an epochal attraction.
The audience last night was large
but tonight the big hall should be
| crowded.
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