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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Margaret Angin
A Rigid Reaist
Euen Rehearsir,g
How She Trains Her Actors
to Clearness of Speech
in "Elecfru''

Any who were surprised at the per
tormance of electra" in Carnegie
uail on Wednesday afternoon to find
,hst every line in this old Greek play
/, wss Ineligible would have been en-
ightened if they had been privileged
70 attend one OF Margaret Anglin's re
hearssls, for Miss Anglin, besides being
star Of the performance. was director
81 it from the original conception of
L to the final details.
She knew that many Americans feel
Greek drama TO be sort OF oratorical
X contest, in which lusty voices repeat
ssnctiiied phrases OF no particular
significance. And she knew that they
sre to be pardoned in their miscon-
cepton, because too many rcvivals of
Greek drama are made by persons who,
though they are classical scholars, have
no intimate feeling for the theatre. Her
approach TO Sophocles's play was that
If the trained actress, skilled alike in
comedy, tragedy and romantic drama.
She insisted that, whatever else a
Greek drama may be, it must be, first
Of all, an Ineligible play for the
theatre, in which human characters
ulk to one another and reveal their
esshing emotions and wills. After
that, as she well understood, it must be
dramatic poem, but only after that.
Accordingly, she insisted in the
earliest rehearsals Of electra" that
each member Of the cast, even the
humblcst girl of the chorus, must be
, familiar with the whole play from be-
ginning to end. Ut may be men
toned parenthetically, that many an
actor in small part goes through his
stint week after week without having
tho ghost Of an idea what the whole
play is about.) When each young &C
tress Cor actor, for that mattcr) came
to her lines i'll rehearsal Miss Anglin's
trained car instantly detected whether
mot there was behind the delivery
full comprehension of its everyday
Meaning. II not, the actress was
hidden to speak them again in an ordi-
harry tone of voice, as though making
matter Of fact communication to a
friend. If this did not bring the proper
understanding Of the meaning Miss
Anglin would explain carefully the dra-
matte situation and the emotions in
yolyed. After little friendly CONVEX
saiion the meaning always became
clear and the dramatic value of the
lire was assured.
In short, Miss Anglin has found
that the curse which for many has
lowered over the term Greek drama"
has been due chiefly to productions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

PEELED to enter an institution and re-
wolves around gruff old sea captain,
who becomes the pet and also the
storm of an old ladies' home, as he
is beset by squalls of jealousy and
suspicion, and the constant association
with thirty women soon leaves him SO
misogynistic that he makes a desperate
break for freedom, and after one inglo-
1ious and vastly uncomfortable night
out returns to his wife and his igno-
minious but cosey career as Old Lady 81.
In the company in addition to Miss
Dunn are Viva Ogden, Mrs. Felix Nor
ris, May Galyer, Maud Sinclair, Anna
Bates, Lottie Church, Clara Coleman,
Elizabeth Leroy, Mrs. Mary Davis, Ma
RE Pecheur, Irving Mitchell, Louis
Fierce, Thomas Shearcr and John w.
Stokes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

announced, but in addition to new
pieces already secured by Miss Elliott
and Mr.. Faversham there will be some
shakcspearian revivals, notably "Ham-
let" which Mr.. Faversham has long
wanted to act. Though the actor-man-
ager will now, as in the past, surround
Miss Elliott and himself with an excep-
tional company, he believes first, last
and always in the play being the essen
tial thing in any theatre.
After its New York season the COM
pany will make short tour each spring
to the larger cities, presenting roper
TORE of the plays acted in New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

donkey, an elephant that is almost
equally agile, a juggler, an cnterryis
ing and mischievous cobra and, Lastly
and possibly most marvellous Of all {
wildly abandoned Oriental dance. a
Stolen Beauty and the Great Jewel
IS an amazing melange Of Eastern
righteousness intrigue, trcachery anC
passionate love,
Perhaps the most surprising thing
about the puppet plays is that they
create momentary illusion of reality
tingcd by enchantment. "The Three
Wishes" was so real to "a little girl in
the audience the other day that when
the sausages suddenly grew on the
nose Of the woodcutter's wife she
cried out, Doesn't it hurt?" rsy-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
William Fauersha,71
Joins Miss Elliott
In a Nelv Project

William Faversham recently an
nounced in Boston, where he is appear
ing in the all-star production Of "Lord
and Lady Algy" with Maxine Elliott
Irene Fenwick and Maclyn Aa5uckle,
that he and Miss Elliott will continue
their artistic association after the
close Of the tour of "Lord and LADY
Algy" and will next season extend their
| activities with the Maxine Elliott Thea
tire in New York as the producing CEN
ire.
Mr.. Favcrsham has for SOME time
planned to have his own theatre in
New York City, and had it not been for
the war would have had it before this
Miss Elliott has not appeared in her
theatre since it's opening. The results
of the Lord and Lady Algy" produc-
ton have been so gratifying that tho
two stars have decided to undertake
.hS Jol'io management VI lIiC MAXINE
Elliott Theatre next autumn.
They will make several important
new productions as we'll as notable
revivals on the line Of the recent one
Of "Lord and Lady Algy" Their chief
aim will be to present new and worthy
old plays with a resident company
which will be distinguished for ensem-
bic as we'll as brilliant individual act
ing.
The plays to be given are not yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
"The Copperhead,"
BY Augustus Thomas,
ToOpen Neat Week

On Monday, February 1S, John D.
Williams will present at the Shubert
Theatre Augustus Thomas's new play,
"The Copperhcad," with Lionel Barry
more.
This dramatization is suggested by Il
relation of characters in a story called
The Glory of His Country" written
" Frederick Lands, Of Indiana. "The
Coppcrhead" is by Augustus Thomas,
writing Of middle Indiana, just after
Lincoln went East to be President.
Mr. Thomas has divided "Thc Cop
perhead" into two cpochs. The first act
and the second occur at the time Of
the breaking out of the Civil War and
thcreafter-that is, 1861 to 1868, up to
the fall of Vicksburg. Tho second
epoch of "The Copperhead," Acts III
and ", occur forty years later. The
locale Of the scenes is the same
throughout, except for the changes
marked by the passage of different sea-
sons and the inroads of more modern
life.
Doris Rankin plays the chief femi-
nine part in "The Copperhead," acting
q woman Of some thirty years old in
the first epoch and young girl in the
second. Ethelbert Hales. William Nor
ton, Eugene Woodward, Thomas Carri-
gan, Grace Reals, Hayden Stevenson,
Evelyn Archer, Raymond Hackett and
Chester Morris are some of the other
players in the rather large company
that surrounds Mr.. Barrymore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

biologists, no doubt, could supply a
cry plausible explanation of the fact
hat VIC are won't to accept the evil
,cncc Of the senses in spite of the
many things that might serve to warn
the Judgment
There is ground for hope that the
American public will learn to apprc :
ciate puppet plays as they were APP
preciated in England in the eighteenth
century, when the elegant society Of
London, Bath and Oxford flockcd to
see them. The "ratlcr" aud the "Spec-
tator" inimortaIzed the puppct i'm
rresarios of the day. In this period
was evolved the drama of "Punch and
judy" practically as it is played to-
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
The Puppet Renaissance
continued from, Page &

ss"s IN embonpoint before ones eyes,
Me boy who gains seven years
s''"'h IN moment, the dancing skele-
.s' w. inc ghost that energies from a
S.ae' the naturalization of fairies
aid angels.
'ae realm Of the supernatural, in
w s'ea, is fertile field for the puppet
;s"right, and all kinds of mechan-
s"ects go with astonishing Gclat
0ne these several examples are
..s s1o IN the last play--the rich mer.
'' who puffs nargileh. frisky
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

EXTRA pOr. NAT. TOMORROW
soc to $3.50 AT ALL 3 THEATRES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Josephine" to Move

Josephine" which is now playing at
the Knickerbocker With Virginia
Harmed in tho title role and Arnold
DAILY as Napoleon, is to be moved soon
to a more intimate theatre in the for
tioc
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
Our Men Now Battling Hun
Will Be Welcomed Home by
Veterans of Previous Wars

1t is certain that some of the Amer
ican soldiers now battling the Hun
will be still living in the year 2000.
What world changes they will have
witnessed, observes Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
James Parton, the historian, says
that in 1888 he talked with two Eng
lishmen who had fought against Gen
eral Jackson at New Orleans 73 years
before.
There are still living about 500 vet
erans, according to the pension rec
ords, who were in the Mexican war,
which ended 10 years ago.
Eleven survivors of Bunker Hill
heard Daniel Webster speak 70 years
after that historic battle.
Since 100000 Union soldiers of our
Civil war were only sixteen years OF
age or younger, it is not surprising
that scores of thousands of Grants
"Boys in Blue" still enjoy vigorous
health 53 years after Appomattox.
The last soldier of Waterloo lived
more than 90 years after the fight.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27

By the addition of little cottonseed
meal with ground yucca q fairly well
balanced ration is made. By using this
feed without waste in dry seasons only
a fair crop will always be available.
If it is used properly and due regard
given to conserving the present sup
ply, thousands of cattle may be saved
during the drought season to add to
the nations meat supply.
There are score or more species OF
yucca. Sotol has been utilized as
stock feed for some years, but only re-
Gently have soapweed and bear grass.
two other forms which grow abundant
ly, been utilized in this way. Both OF
the latter are we'll adapted for feed,
but because the food material is found
mainly in the tree-like trunk it is nec-
essary that they be ground or chop
ped finely before stock can eat them.
The machines used for cutting
yucca have heavy cylinders carrying
teeth or knives that rotate before a
chopping block to which the plants are
fed. One of the larger machines run
by u or 14-horse power engine with
q crew Of 13 men will chop or shred
about two tons of soapweed an hour.
If fed alone this feed may be expect
ed to keep stock from starving; if fed
with concentrates a properly balanced
ration may be worked out. The GUS
tomary practice among users of this
feed is to give young stock six to
twelve pounds per day with one-half
to three-fourths of a pound of cotton
seed cake or meal. Mature stock are
given 20 to 40 pounds and one TO two
pounds of the cottonseed concentrate
daily. Fifteen to twenty-five pounds
per day fed alone will save stock from
dying. Practically the only cost In
using this feed is in its preparation.
and it is estimated that when 20
pounds is fed per day this cost
amounts to only 90 cents per month.
Yucca should be regarded as an
emergency feed only, the specialists
say. 1t makes a very slow growth and
only two species-sOapweed and bear
grass-may be expected to renew
themselves If cut off. The bear grass
of the New Mexico-Texas plains re-
gion will produce lew crop in three
or four years. while soapweed requires
from ten to fifteen years.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
Gameness Is Requisite to
Successful Pitching, Says
This BraWny Right-Hander

The difference between a successful
and an unsuccessful major league
pitcher is oftentimes shown In dis
position to let down in the plnches.
Larry Cheney, the big Highlander Of
the Robins. is the authority for that
statement, and Larry has been under
the big tent long enough to know.
pitchers make their mark in the
big league because they refuse to
waver in the pinches. The man who
lets down is q gone coon, for it only
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
Salaries Paid to Principal
Officers of United States

The salaries of the principal officers
Of the United States government are as
follows: The president, $4,000 year /;
vice president. $4,000: members of the
cabinet, $4,000; representatives in
congress, $500; speaker of the house,
$4,000; United States senators, ST.
500; chief justice of supreme court,
$4,000; each associate justice, $14,500.
In the diplomatic service twelve am
bassadors are each paid $17, 800 year !;
five ministers are each paid $4,000,
and % ministers are each paid $4,000.
An authority says: ut is matter of
common knowledge that certain posts,
especially in the diplomatic service. en-
tail expenses so much in excess of the
salary paid that they can be accepted
only by men of wealth. A recent sec
retary of state who did not maintain
an elaborate establishment, said that
his four years in office cost him $4,000
in excess of the salary which he re-
ceived."
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
Every Citizen Should Help Fight Sabotage
Policing War Work Is Patriotic Service Open to Men,
Women and Children Everywhere

policeman
sabotage
material. utilities
unaded
blacksmith
shpyad munion
the Of
indicated penaes
o
Wfuly
wa oil utilities
wffuly % a
to
making, producing repairing material
To of
of utilities"
o
conduct Of the
"war premises ncudes All buildings grounds mnes other
repaired stored mined
together with all
all
military naval stations
utilities includes: All railways, of
DOCKS bridges
machines
vehicles all
buildings
with and all electric light and
buildings connected with them
United the council of
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
Hh l y III / - ington. Il. G. Books free. High
j - y 6uv ~ est references Best resultA
Pershinq Paid for Pig.

The French papers delight in an
ecdotes of the good relations between
the American soldiers and the peas
ants. One of these stories, with which
General Pershing's name is coupled.
is printed this week.
"a big American automobile tore
through French village on Its way
to an American camp" says a Lyons
paper. Unfortunately a pig belong
ing to an old peasant woman strayed
into the path of the car and was killed.
The old lady was heartbroken. But a
few days later letter came for her.
inclosing a check for 100 francs, and
saying how sorry the writer was for
the death Of her pig.
''The signature was that OF General
Pershing."
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
What Inspired Student to
Compose the Hymn "America"

The well-known hymn beginning
MY country. tbs of thee" and known
by the name of America" was writ
ten by the Rev. Samuel Francis Smith.
He was born in Boston, October 81.
1906; was, oIucated at Harvard and
studied THEOLOGY at Andoyer; was for
many years Baptist minister and la
ter did other church work. In let
ter concerning the poem the author
said: ut was written at Andover dur
ing my student HE there and was first
sung publicly at Sunday school cel-
ebration. July 4. at Park Street church,
Boston. l had in my possession a
number of song books from which 1
was selecting such music as pleased
me. and finding God Save the King l
proceeded 10 give 1t the ring Of Amer
lean patriotism"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27

with the brush. All leaf sheaths, or
boots, should be removed as the heads
are cut. The knife should be held
firmly with the cutting edge pointing
at an angle from the body. If the
head is then grasped with the other
hand and the stalk pulled against the
knife, instead of forcing the knife
against the stalk, the stem Of the
brush will usually slip out of the boot
as ii is being cut from the stalk. AS
the heads are cut they are laid in hand
fuls on the table. The brush should
be hauled to the curing shed and
threshed the same day it is harvested
or at any rate not later than the fol
lowing day.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
FOR The POULTRY
GROWER

Fowls, like pigs, do the best and
make the most rapid growth all
through the summer season, If plenty
of tender green feed is provided, says
a writer. Even in towns and villages
where there is plenty of space, this
green feed can be provided in abun-
dance for the poultry. 1t is, however,
on the farms, both large and small,
and where large flOcks of fowls are
kept, that this green feed should be
provided.
AS the fowls are, or should be, ex-
cluded from the gardens and truck
patches at all seasons, some other spot
must be used for providing the green
feed. The two crops to sow period
ically are rape and oats. Many poul-
try breeders provide these, but make
only one sowing and that about April
and May. Repeated sowings for a
regular succession of fresh, tender
stuff is recommended.
AS the early sowing of both oats
and rape is now growing scarce and
getting tough replow the ground and
resow again in August. The larger
the young chickens get, the more they
will eat of such tender green feed and
as it Is both cheap and healthful, the
more expensive feeds are saved.
The idea is to produce mature poul-
try and an abundance of eggs at the
minimum of expense, and the work
of providing green feed must be be-
gun early and continued all through
the growing season.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
Decorative Wall Paper
First Appeared in Europe
During Seventeenth Century

Amorg many other and useful beau
tifuI things for which we are indebted
10 the Chinese. wall paper is not the
least, notes a writer in the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. This decorative paper for
walls seems TO have first appeared in
Europe toward the end of the seven
teenth century. 1t was brought to
France by overseas traders, and the
French Immediately perceived the pos
sibilities thus offered. The paper did
not come in rolls, as we have Ii today,
but In sheets about three and one-half
feet wide by ten feet in length. Some
Of the finest grades were printed by
hand and the cheaper grades from
wooden blocks. The patterns represent
ed animals, temples, warriors and all
the other familiar figures of Chinese
art. The French called these new wall
coverings 'pagoda papers," and it soon
became the fashion to have at least
one or two rooms in every home Of any
pretensions finished with "pagoda pa
pers.'
y
the custom gradually spread. Both in
France and England there were adap-
tations of the Chinese idea. There is
q record IF wall paper In England as
far back as the time of Henry VIII,
when the inventory OF a monastery in
cluded chamber hangings of painted
papers" There are now in existence
examples of English wall paper from
the reign of Charles III.
Some of the early attempts in the
manufacture of wall paper are highly
interesting. Tapestries were the ele-
CANT wall coverings through the renais-
sance, as they have been during the
middle ages. But tapestries were ex-
pensiye and beyond the reach of ordi-
nary persons. So a good citizen of
Rouen named LIE Francois hit upon the
idea of initiating tapestries. He had
fanciful drawings made in the tapestry
style on large pieces of paper pasted
together in about the size of q tapes.
try. Upon these drawings lie Fran
co.'s spread a kind of mucilage and
then sprinkled the mucilage with pow.
dered wool in different colors. "Pa.
pier vOlute," as it was called, then
came into general usage.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27

takes the boys about two games to get
on TO some of your little weak points.
If they know that you'll let down,
they'll stand in there and wait for
your soft one, and goodnight.
"Some pitchers are unlucky. Wheel
er Dell was one of those fellows. He
had lot of stuff with us, but 1t never
got him anything. He'd pitch the
wrong sort of ball sometimes-just do
it-and so IL went. Being in a hole
doesn't bother me. Il 1 had five wild
pitches In a row I'd take the sixth
rather than send a naked floater up
TO the plate"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27

Native Shrubs win Bring Cattle
Through Drought Season.
Scapweed, While Low In Nutrtlve
Value, Can Be Used in Cases Of
Emergency-Score or More
Species Of Yucca.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
The desert plant locally known as
soapweed. the feeding value of which
has previously been overlooked, can be
utilized as an emergency drought-time
feed for Southwestern stockmen.
Its scientific name is yucca. While
this plant is not high In nutritive value
nor suitable for feed until ii has been
properly ground. the specialists of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture have found that in seasons OF
drought, when range grasses and other
sources of feed fail, 1t can be used to
save cattle and sheep from starving.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
WeII-KnoWn Landmark.

One OF the best-known landmarks on
the Mississippi river Is gone. a tall
sycamore tree that stood on the Ar
kansas shore near Memphis. and which
for more than fifty years served as a
mark for river pilots. has been under
mined by the action of the water and
fallen into the river. Mark Twain
was one OF the famed pilots who held
the packstad OF his boat on the tree.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-09-27
Opening His Eyes.

"There will be a greater percentage
Of contented men in proportion TO the
worlds population after the war than
there was before Ii started"
"Why do you think so?"
well, II living for weeks and
months In muddy trenches and being
bombed. gassed, shelled and otherwise
shot at, not TO mention the coolies.
won't make man rate the comforts OF
home at their true value. don't know
what will. ll."-BirmIngham Age-Herald.