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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

tween Sadie, the aforementioned dove
and the man who had thrown her be-
hind him when wealth doomed ahead Of
him. but who found her fatefully again
when chance could force them to talk il
out. The prospect of escape from
death, or any similar element Of sus-
pense. would have made such scene
impossible. 1t is only the certainty Of
death that allows it.
Briefly, 1.-THE Deluge' quite sub
merges the question of lost lives in
that entirely larger question Of lost
souls. And it is there that the drama
fist falters, becomes lame and walks
haltingly through the rest OF the play
the final act. Once having estao-
lished the value Of spirit salvation as
opposed to body salvation, II is rea-
souable TO expect an ending in accord
ance with that scheme. The play
wright has turned idealist, has risen
and left behind the lower ground Of
pure naturalistic transcription Of hu-
man nature. He has surrendered all
the privileges Of the cynic, the pre-
rogative of a one-sided smile at a
foolish spinning world, Having once
posed the problem of the evolution OF
souls he can only 20 on and make worth
while the vicarious anguish his audi
ence has suffered with his puppets.
And there he fails. Wrung through the
mill of fateful circumstance, his char
acters emerge unchanged, as blunted,
as bland and as tickle as when they
entered Sadie alone, when she gives
up her lover 10 ambition and rich
marriage, has learned something OF the
blessedncss of giving, the egoistic con-
ISOLATION of persona. martyrdom.
ONeill, too, turns from death regret
fully. but without definite promise
of any inward change. The drsmatist
laughs. but his laugh rings hollow.
"The Night Refuge" has something
of the pattern of "The Deluge.' Cork
proposes no progressive drama. The
Night Refuge" is plotless and as nearly
naturalistic description as possible.
The scene is a dive, the characters all
of them sunken in vice. Some are
dying. others are drunk. The wife Of
the keeper loves thief; the thief loves
her sister. The keeper is killed and
the wife, awakened to jealousy, &C
cuses the thief. But the sister, in turn,
to save her lover, accuses the wife,
and both thief and widow go of tc
prison. Yet. even Cork could not re-
frain from a comment on life. A pill
grim enters Third Floor Back" kind
of person-and gives good advice TO the
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pariah. he finds there. When they fol-
low it, they are led always to failure.
Thus. too, the sheer at life OF Aleksei
Maksimovich Pyeshkov.
THERE ar. probably two or three
i kinds OF people that go 70 the
theatre. But the kind which the theatre
in New York seems mostly concerned
with is the large group that finds life
itself so dull, so name and unrevard-
ing Of pleasant adventure that only in
the theatre can it find relief. Lie be
ing more or less logical, in its rels-
tionships. even inevitable and consist
ent, the theatre accepts the burden Of
proving for two and half hours every
evening that life is not logical, BY no
means inevitable, and that consistency
is the last thing 20 seek in It. Out o.
all this therefore comes the trick play,
a play which shuiles life like a pack Of
cards. looks to legerdemain with the
facts of life for its chic interest, and
expects failure unless it succeeds in
misleading its audiences up to five min
utes before the last curtain. The stage,
it is true. is entertainment or 1t is
nothing; but entertainment differs In
kind as people do. And the chief
trouble with the trick play is that 1t
has ceased TO be entertainment. There
are only seven or eight ways OF mis-
leading an audience, just as there are
only nine or ten original methods of
making jokes, and after audiences have
seen the seven or eight ways, suf-
fcient number Of times they know what
is coming next, and the chief reasons
for a trick play fail TO be reasons any
longer. What the trick play is up
against when il completes with real
drama is that real drama has as its
material human nature and the COM
binations Of human nature are as the
fowls Of the air and the fishes in the
sea in number.
The trick play. however. continues
20 be written and receives hearing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26
rHF DRAMA OF LOST SOULS
,.,lrd;ng Dissertation Trick Plays in General
and One in Particular
By RALPH BLOCK

is a novelist in disguise trying 1t out
or his friends, invited 10 mis- country
home over the weekend.
~ ITS own grounds, however, The
~ Delugc" gives some cause for Sc
rious discussion. In setting the base
ment gin factory OF "The Deluge' sug-
gests THE Queens Enemies right, a
staircase descending to door; left, a.
underground temple into which the door
opens" with the final picture Of the
Nile rushing hungrily into the ban
ouet hall Of princes. The likeness ends
there. but "The Queens Enemies does
suggest test Of "Thc Deiuge" BY
which it may not so free Of criticism.
The Duusanv kind of drama always car
ries a lingering and impending doom.
IL is full of dramatic terror For the
sake Of necessary progressive inter-
est. 1.-The Deluge' ought 70 be, too, but
il may be doubted whether any of the
audiences at the Hudson Theatre have
actually yet felt that gripping fear that
accompanies the successful spectacle of
human beings facing death. Mr.. Ar
thur Hopkins has not failed to perceive
that fact. He works on the nerves o.,
his audiences by wind and storm so
much as is compatible with good taste
and restraint, possibly even a little
more than that standard would best
allow. Blu the fault lies more deeply.
What il comes to, finally, is that The
! Deluge" not only is play, but so much
a play that it is hard to convince the
audience that it is anything else, that
il is in particular an intimate view Of
real life. 1t is fascinating play upon
the emotional reactions of nine men and
a woman; it is a Eucidean problem
worked out in that geometric space
called a stage; the contemplation of
psychologists brought 20 so fine a pitch
that the human drama is lost in the
drama of distractions. Nobody really
cares in THE Deluge" whether these
ten, trapped by the food in the base
ment saloon. are going to die or live.
/ The most arresting moment of the
| whole evening is the love passage be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26
By George S. Kaufman

WITH the new season doing as well
w as could be expected and every
thing going smoothly, along
comes fresh reminder Of the exist
ence of "A Little Bit Of Fluff" For
Margot Kelley, whose hair first famed
hereabouts in the American production
of that masterpiece, has been engaged
for part in the Century revue, which
in turn leads to the discouraging OBJ
servation that "A Little Bit of Fluff"
is still current at the Criterion, Lon
don. At present it is somewhere in
the neigh borhood of its thousandth
performance, and il looks as though
not even the new poisonous gas can
stop il.
Miss Kelley is not the only acquisi-
ton of the Messrs Ziegfeld and Dill
lingham during the last week. The
motion picture manufacturers have
been repulsed with huge losses, for ex-
ample, although the esteemed public
probably will come out about even on
it. Which is TO say that Mrs. Vernon
Castle will also be a part of the Cen
tury entertainment. Her husband, the
lieutenant, is at present teaching avia-
tors how TO dip in Canada, and there
seems to be no reasonable chance that
the stage will know him again until
the end of the war.
In Mrs. Castle and Miss Kelley the
Century has two distinguished addi-
tons to its roster, and two who have
something in common. II is not alone
that they are both beautiful. Their
greatest likeness is contained in TIE
fact that those who heard Mrs. Castle
sing in Watch Your Step" are almost
as unlikely to forget the occasion as
are those who heard Miss Kelley de-
handing her NECKLACE" in "A Little
Bit of Fluff
Another Century performer who will
certainly be voc,ferously welcomed on
the great night of the Century premiere
is Mrs. Richard Harding Davis, who was
Bessie McCoy-and, for theatrical pur-
poses. will be again. Miss McCoy's
greatest fame was won in Three
Twins" and "The Echo" II is matter
of FIVE years since her last appearance
on the stage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26
BROADWAY AND ELSEWHERE

the American stage is William Rock.
Mr.. Rock can stand in the lobby of the
Cohan and Harris Theatre. tete-s-tete
with Eddie Dunn, and linger there
until Raymond Hitchcock begins 70
harangue the audience Three minutes
later when the curtain goes up on
"Hitchy-Koo" he is in his place on the
stage, in costume and made up. The
nervous strain on the remainder of
the company, however, must be consid-
cradle.
Probably the most futile thing in
the world, judged by the measure Of
artistic result, is writing lyrics to be
sung by 400 voices in the immensities
Of the Hippodrome. John L. Golden, who
who did the job, is to be congratulated
for troubling TO equip them with
rhymes, metre and sense. That is, in
case he troubled.
George Cohan has definitely prom
ised a revue this season, so undoubt-
eddy one will be written. 1t is already
permissible to worry about it, however,
because one thing is certain. Mr. Conan
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,,rsE DELCGE" probably IS not a
,I,v. Not that Il really makes
Hs.-cnce. because nobody knows
~ he, a play is or ought 20 be.
-.hsless. Henuing Berger's slice OF
:, !. was disclosed by Arthur Hop
=. ~ last Monday night at the Hudson
..,,,e is not a play. To be play
-. psluge" ought 10 have several
80. that it must now do without,
-. n begin with, is the shabby
~. ,;,l Juggling at the coat Of the
elected customer and pleading,
sp,r, please come hOme?" And though
i true that the drsmshop Of The
n.lug,' gives harbor to what in the
..E.ste language Of an earlier time
called "soilcd dove" there is in
/. a. even q hint Of the Salvation
,,,v. not so much "a the ring of a
.,,,olmsn's nightstick. There is no
..sr named "Dopey Dick in this
,,,uSo drama Of the ram palace, and
,,p if the proprietor does not miss
a, assertion that he "never took a
,op Of the stuff; keep it for the Gus
.susrs." he does become perilously
-,udlin before the final curtain, which
s.gainst all tradition of the local bar
nom drama. Possibly it is a forgiv-
die ansrchronism, but az least Henning
Berger overlooked the fact when he set
ss scene in "a city on the Mississippi"
,as. there are probably no longer any
cites on the Mississippi where the con-
Stions necessary 20 the kind of drama
Re introduces still prevail. At pinch
The Deluge' could have been set at a
Basement soda fountain, but the story
ioubtless would suffer thereby.
Il is settled therefore that THE
psluge" is not a play as Broadway has
ONE TO understand that term. IL is eX-
ding, diverting. deals with some IN
:.rstsndng with human nature, is in
aligent in thematic selection, has
n inner logic and manages to get
through three acts without making the
Iadsnee take part in the play or with
"a, finally disclosing that the story OF
twas written by the saloonKeeper, whc
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is not the seduIous first nighter that he
has been during recent seasons, cir
cum stance probably brought about by
the death Of his father. Although Mr..
Conan may feel. and with more or less
justification, that ne now knows the
regular run OF plays well enough 70
satirize them without seeing them.
Albert de Courville and Florenz
Ziegfeld, according to report, have
reached an agreement TO exchange
ideas" Well, Mr.. Ziegfelds idea OF
Raymond Hitchcock ought TO be worth
half dozen average ideas in a good
trade.
A rehearsal, like Edmund Burkes
public calamity, is a great leveller.
Owen Davis's new piece, "A Scrap Of
Paper" went into rehearsal this week,
and Mr. Davis was seen emerging from
an automst lunchroom at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon.
Douglas Fairbanks is seeking scena-
rios, and invites ideas from people
who don't know anything about motion
pictures. Thus he can draw material
from some of the best known scenario
writers.
The ticket spectators say that the
proposed war tax is illegal, but so are
the ticket Spectators
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

A glimpse into the lobby Of the late
IL Urbaned Liberty Theatre discloses
the fact that the artist has done his
work we'll, as was to have been eX-
pected. Gray is the predominating
color, and the house throughout is nm
ished in varying shades of this color.
Impossible. though it appear, Mr.. Urban
has made even the box Office attrae-
tive. It is a bit of a shame, all things
considered, that Mr.. Urbsn's great
talents cannot be loosed in the SUBJ
way, or even in one or two newspaper
Offices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

Percy Burton, who used TO give
command performances Of press agen-
cy before the King and Queen Of Eng
land, has been intrusted with the task
Of heralding the coming Of Nine. Bern
hardt here and throughout the coun-
try. Mr.. Burton has been press agent
extraordinary TO, nearly all the titled
English actors, and expects 20 begin
on the Scandinavian soon after the
Bernhard engagement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

Harland Dixon, rehearsing Fred
Stones old role in "Chin-Chin," broke
all records for the theatrical profess
sion a few days ago, and incidentally
nearly caused the sudden collapse Of
Old Harry Kline, general factotum at
the Globe. Mr. Dixon inquired if it
were not possible to begin rehesrsals
at 9 o'clock in the morning instead Of
at 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

Probably tn. fastest moving actor on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

The ticket spectators say that the
proposed war tax is Illegal, but so are
the ticket speculstors-
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31

the request that they try to get us
better service at once.
Mr.. CASTOR moved that the Presi-
dent Of the Board OF Trade, the Mayor
Of the town and the ministers OF the
town call a meeting and organize a
Red Cross Chapter for Cheraw. This
move was heartily endorsed by the
entire Board OF Trade.
Mr.. Lavine moved that the Board Of
Trade ask that all business Of the
town be closed next Tuesday, June
5th, and that committee be appoin-
ted to circulate a petition asking all
to close and that this committee try
to secure a band and have patriotic
music and speeches for that day.
Mr.. Stricklin made a good talk on
the sanitation of the town. After
this was discussed by the Board, Mr..
CASTOR moved that the Board of Trade
endorse the proposed action Of the
Board of Health in taking up with
the Town Council the removal of un-
sanitary closets and they act imme-
diateiy on this.
Meeting adjourned.
H. P. Duvall, Jr.
Acting ssc'y.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
U. d. C. Offers Free Scholarship.

Pee Dee District U. D. c. offers a
scholarship worth 500 and free tu-
ition, at Winthrop College, for Sept.
1st, 1917, to lineal descendants Of
Confederate Veterans Of honorable
record, who are otherwise unable to
obtain an education. In applying, be-
sides giving information on these sub
jects, state age. school preparation
for the college, physical condition,
and send a letter of recommendation
from the President of a Chapter Of U.
D. c. Preference will be given those
desiring a one year business course.
The counties in which this schol-
arship is available are Dillon, Lee,
Marion, Marlboro, Florence, Chester
field, Sumter, williamsburg, Darling
ton, and Georgetown.
Send applications before July 1st to
Armida Moses, Chairman OF Educa-
ton. s. c. Division U. D. c., Sumter,
s. C.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION IN
CHEKAW TOWNSHIP fOK
MEMBER OF BOARD OF
PUBLIC MUKkS.

Notice is hereby given that on
Tuesday, the 9th day Of June next,
an election will be held in Cheraw
Township, Chesterfield County. South
,Carolina, for a member OF the Board
Of Public Works for said Township,
the term for which Mr.. J. w. Coving-
ton was elected having expired.
Polls will open at o'clock am.
and close at 4 o'clock pm, and the
following have been appointed man.
ayers to conduct said election:
Chsraw-R. N. Stricklin, G. w.
Guni, c. F. Tillman.
Brooks Mill-Calvin Brock, J. w.
Brock, 8. w. Brock.
The law governing General Elec-
tions will be followed in every partic-
ular.
Managers will please designate one
OF their number to call at the Court
House for boxes and instructions on
or before Monday, June 4th.
Managers will select their own
clerk.
]. N. Stricklin,
r. NJ. Myers,
j. o. Taylor,
Commissioners OF State and County
Elections for Chesterfield County.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
Local O. Personal
News

Mrs. Henry Duvall is visiting re-
latives in Columbia.
Mrs. G. X. W'addill and little daugh-
ter spent Wednesday in Rockingham.
Messrs. M. L. Johnson and J. D.
Morrison. Of Middendorf, spent Sun
day In the city.
Miss Doris Hartzell, who has been
teaching at Summerville, S. c., is at
home for the summer holidays.
Miss Hattie Godfrey, who has been
teaching In the Hartsville high school,
is at home, her school having closed.
Mrs. SHenry McIver and little son
will leave tonight for Rochester, N. Y,
to spend several weeks with relatives.
Miss Rosalie Stricklin, who has
been attending Flora Mcdonald Col
lege. at Red Springs, N. c.. is at
home for the summer holidays.
Misses Matte Lou Smith and Ora
Sheriff., who have been attending
Converse College, at Spartanburg,
are at home for the summer holidays
Farm Wanted-Wanted to rent Now
for the coming year, small farm
conveniently near Cheraw. If you have
such, and want to rent, address Farm,
Drawer 20, Cheraw. S. c.
The editor had very pleasant Wis
itor yesterday in the person of his
old friend, Mr.. E. H. Aull, editor Of
the Newberry Herald & News. Mr..
Aull came over to spend the day with
his son, Mr.. Humbert Aull, who is a
sergeant in Company X, now sta
toned in Cheraw.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31

|and search for the negro began as
soon as the dogs arrived. The negro
was chased through the swamps be-
tween Cheraw and Chesterfield Satur-
day and Sunday. At times the pur-
'sueTs were upon him, and several
times he was sighted. Finally the
trail was lost In a negro settlement
a few miles from Cheraw. where he
was probably aided. Monday morn
ing he was located by Mr. Dan Boan,
in barn near town. He was cap
turcd and taken back to Chesterfield
and lodged in the Jail from which he
had recently escaped. This negro
had made hole nearly through the
brick wall Of the Jail before his es-
cape and he would probably have es-
capped in this way in short time
anyway. He had secured a window
weight in some way and had chiseled
a hole large enough for his body
through all the layers of the wall ex-
cept the outside one. This negro was
lin Jail on charge of breaking into
the express office at Cheraw. Sheriff
Douglass offered a reward of $50 for
the capture of this escaped negro
watch no doubt will be paid to Mr.
Poan.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
To Marry June IL.

Invitations are out to the marriage
of Miss Marion Virginia Hurt to j.
Henry Wannamaker at the First Bap-
tist church on the evening of June IL,
at s o'clock. Miss HSirtA Ais thu daugh-
ter Of Rev. and Mrs. w. e. Hurt, a
graduate of Greenville Woman's col
lege, and was the past year teacher
In the Cheraw high school. Mr.. Wan
namaker has been cashier of the Mer-
chants & Farmers bank of Cheraw
for several years. Both are popular
in the community. No invitations
in town or on the local rural routes
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that q meet
ing OF the stockholders OF CheraW
Motor Car Co., will be hold In the
office Of said Company in Cheraw, s..
c.. on the End day Of June, 1917, for
the purpose OF considering q rsso-
luton that the said company liquidats
all Of its assets, wind up its affairs.
surrender it's charter and dissolve.
4. B. NAY. President
HELEN B. NAY Hss. 4 TYeas.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
PROGRAM
High School Commencement May 20
School Auditorium

l. Piano Quartette
Iiarret Godfrey Helen Ann Hckson
rage Godfrey Elizabeth Evans
9. Song.
My Own United States Edwards
Chorus
3. Piano Duet
Jolly Little Players- Mav,.th
Ruth and Lou Esther Maynard
T. Piano Solo,
Evening Calm-- - nob,,
$. Talk by Prof B. G. Mc1ver.
6. Piano Solo.
Lou Esther Maynard
7. Piano Duet.
Stand by the eFag- St,lts
Page and Harriet Godfrey
8. Piano Solo.
D"ii"oe-------- ,-,---c- ..--- ----Chopjn
Evelyn Smith
9. Talk by Mr. r. II. Caston
10. Chorus
Come Where the Lilies Bloom THOMPSON
Music Glass
II. Piano Quartette.
Tampa Overture - Horold
susan ~ Smith Evelyn Snith
Caro- E. Smith Queen Godfrey
IL. Song. Star Spangled Banner
Page A in School Song Book
(Audience is requested to sing)
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31

Sloan's Liniment quickly takes the
pain out Of strains, sprains. bruises
and all muscle soreness. A clean,
clear liquid easily applied. it quickly
pelstratss without rubbing. Gloan's
Linimsnt does not stain the skin or
clog the pores like mussy plasters or
ointmsnts. For chronic rheumatic
aches and pains, neuralgia, gout and
lumbago have this well-known rom
ely handy. For the pains Of grippe
and following strenuous work. it gives
quick relief. At all druggists. 26e.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
Wrona Guess.

Wrong Guess.
A teacher was giving to her class IN
exercise in spelling and defining
words: Thomas" she said to q
eurly-haired little boy. spell ibex.'"
'1-b-e-1." Correct. Define It," "Lu
ibex." answered Thomas. after a pro-
longed mental struggle. rs where you
look In the back part of the book
when you want to find anything that's
printed In the front Of the book
Christian Register.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
Ladies House Dresses 98c
Kimonas from 1Oc up
Double BrOilerS CSC
J. G.. Patrick's Busy Corner
NOTICE

I will be In Cheraw from May "a
to Saturday June the End. to buy all
kinds of scraps. Will pay for scrap
Iron Gao. per hundred, Bones soc, Brass
and all kinds Of metal best cash
price. Turn your trash in to cash.
J. B. Gillian.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
NOTICE..

| want to contract with someone
20 clean away the rubbish from and
around my building on Green street.
Opposite graded school building.
]. N. Stricklin
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31

Farm Wanted-Wanted to rent Now
for the coming year, small farm
conveniently near Cheraw. If you have
such, and want to rent, address Farm,
Drawer 29, Cheraw, S. c.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31

New Briton, Conn, May 26.--A
submarine detector has been invented
by Spencer Nj. Wood, a veteran o.
the civil war, and the United States
naval auxiliary consulting board,
which has looked over the model has
instructed the inventor to have plans
and specifications ready within a
week.
The location of a sbmarine is de-
tected by a dial which floats on top
Of the water and it is said that the
device will find" a submarine boat
at distance Of from 20 to 80 miles.
The cost of manufacture will be
small and the detectors can be turned
OF in a short time. The members
of the naval board who met Mr..
Wood told him the invention Is alon
new lines.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-31
Banks VIII Be Closed June 5th

Notice Is given that the under
signed banks of Cheraw will be closed
on Tuesday, June 9Th. National En-
rollment Day.
Merchants & Farmers Bank
First National Bank.
Bank OF Cheraw.