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New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

moonlight. Poets have been singing
this for ages. We all know, too. thai
galety and joyousness are best ex-
pressed in sunlight or the Lrilliaotlv-
Illuminated ballroom or place of fes-
tival.
We also know that the thief and .ba
murderer seek the shadows of nioht.
that the sick chamber has its subdned
hight, and so on. In other words. lights
reject various emotions Scenery. after
all, means very little. It is largely .
matter OF common sense.
The stage is peculiar ;nstitnt;on
Years ago in the old stock company dlys
we had what we called stock scenery"
Like the green baize curtain. there vas
green balze carpet, and this served for
a palace as we'll as a hovel, not to mar-
ton woodland. The scenery was
parted in the middle and showed into
place.
To add to the simplicity Of production
at that time we had only gas footlights
and borders, protected by wiring. Be
fore that when we jumped from oil
lamps to gas, We thought we were rcvo-
iationizlng the theater. Then the kero-
sene lamp with its reflector was replaced
by the locomotive bulls eye. Tn To
that time we had relied upon red FIRE
tor everything from "Jncle Toms
Cabin to the battle scene in "Rlch
The first great change in color came
with Henry lrving's production, which
brings TO my mind rehearsal OF Co
riolanusp | attended al the Lyceum The
ater IN London. IN darkened corner
OF the auditorium sat Aima-radema ana
at one point ne jumped up 20 say:
"A bit dry, there triAe gray-let's
nf
Without word of argument, Irving.
keenly attuned to the spirit Of the mo-
ment, pulled red robe from the shoul-
ders OF super and threw it on the
steps of the Forum. The effect was
wonderful
got my first idea of lighting from
the skies Of California. There among
the hills would sit and watch the
shadows Gradually / began trying to
reproduce those lights and shadows.
couldn't sc wrong. for vas following
nature. How can one be false to art
while being true 10 the beauties of ma
ture DAVID BELASCo.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

:::: i: E.: ::
Of acting is the worst futility
in the world. You will find as much
nourishment in that as in menu
card"
1t was rather pleasant TO find that
the classically imperturbable Mr.. Drew
on c ose view softens to the blur of
everyday human indecsion. 1t was re-
assuring not to find him so overwhelm
lngly adequate to every emergency as
he is in the usual Drew play-rather er
like seeing a human being suddenly
emerging from behind long barricade
Of starched shirtfronts.
isn't there something that Is COM
muncable of acting something that
becomes formulated after SO many gen.
erations of act;ng?"
Mr.. Drew shook his head and smiled.
"Acting as something that you can
Notwithstanding right and some
thing wrong! The best commentary
on that lies in kemble's remark on Ed
mund kean's Hamlet. Hezlitt or Lamb.
it is unimportant which, said that Ed
mund Kean played Hamlet as if he
read the lines by flashes of lightning
The story is that Kembl-, seeing kean
playing the role for the first time,
turned to fellow actor ard sad
'Wky, if this fellow is right then we
have all been wrong And this is what
occurs over and over again in the his
tory of the stare. Each actors triumph
is in sense a reversal of form.
"By personal force he bends the
symbols of acting-the traditional
grace of voice. gesture and manner
to his will. By an inner creative heat
he subordinates and fuses these elaS
ments, and if he is powerful enough
there emerges a new set of values.
They change with each generations
most powerful personalities, and it is
the cooling Of the experience into
something formal and set that makes
the good acting Of one generation the
bad acting Of the next"
"But isn't great acting, like any art,
beyond the touch of fashion" ?"
"Perhaps. But ones pleasure In the
sight of great acting is so personal an
experience that we do not take any
we take SO much for granted and be-
leve so little as the accounts of great
acting Of the past. | have heard my
elders speak Of Macready and Kemble
and Kean, and, while their shades are
TOO august to be doubted, cannot be-
lieve that they we're as great as Booth,
whom | have seen.
at is the limitation and the great
ness of the actors art that he must
spend all he has on his own genera
ton. Any schoolboy may refuse to be-
lieve in the greatness Of Garrick He
has left nothing behind that we can
Judge him by. Of Betterton we only
know that he spent $50 for a wig. They
played Hamlet, you know, in the peri
wig and ruff1es of the period And they
played Othelo in the contemporaneous
military scarlet Which, of course.
seems quaint and ridiculous to US in
the light of q new fashion.
"By an invisible scheme of compen-
sation, however, an actors reward IS
concentrated as no other artists Is.
quote from some one, cannot remem'
Der who: He stands in the suffused
light of emotion kindled by the author.
He speaks the great thoughts Of an i'm
passioned mind, and is rewarded as the
bearer of glad tidings is rewarded
though he has had nothing to do with
the facts he narrates.' True, isn't it7'
"But don't you think that tradition
does justify itself. as in your family r
"My tradition is really that OF all
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

w HE modern fashion of learning
~ to write plays at a college
~ must secretly amuse Augustus
%< Thomas. 1t is so much in the
tabloid, hurried fashion Of mod
ern specialization. His course on play
writing was much w.uer and dis-
cursive one. In the same school at
which he learned playwriting he also
learned much about railroading, acting,
agriculture, politics. together with a
vast deal about the United States and
longer time but it was worth it.
In q railroad shop as a boy of eigh-
teen he began to write plays to amuse
himself. His first one was produced
BY the railroad brotherhood at a bene-
fit. 1t was called "Alone," and it was so
successful that 1t was given repeatedly
at various benefits. They followed this
up with several other plays by Thomas
and few by other authors. Thomas
took part in these productions and be-
came quite an accomplished homespun
actor and author.
In the mean time. the business OF rail-
roading carried nim far and wide over
the country. lie says there was a time
when he knew every water tower and
switch lever in the country-before
they were so numerous. and before
switching became an affair of auto
matte signals. Later he became an
actor. And then, in 1882, mis- first play
was produced In New York. BY all
sorts of various and shifting fortunes
he has come to know, he says, the
physical and mental contours Of the
country pretty we'll
And after forty-rwo years of expert
! 1L
hopeful about the theater. That is,
perhaps, not strange, since only the
extremely young are thoroughly and
pcssimistically convinced that every
thing Is wrong beyond the pos
sib!ity of repair. Evidently a four
year college course in the drama is Just
long enough for one to learn at a
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
9n prosperitp
An InterU:e1U With Lee Shubert


new Capitol, for instance, they are
charging almost as much for the best
seats on Saturday night as we do in
the regular thesters. Then SO many
stars of the stage have been seen on
the screen that the people who see
them there want to see them in the
flesh and hear them speak.
"Prospertiy in the theater to-day :?
Why. it's tremendousl One Saturday
night about four weeks ago | estimated
the money taken in at the New York
theaters, including the big motion pic
ture houses, and it was more than q
quarter of million dollars The in
creased prices are responsible for a
part of that. For instance, In our
Winter Garden few years ago the
Saturday night capacity was $3'500:
uow it IS S5 800. The Capitol Theater,
| understand, shows is pictures and
revue to 10000 peope a week. Its
seating capacity is $500 and on one
Sunday. with four shows, they played
to nearly $1,000.
"My share in one show in which
am interested, Scandal which played
twenty light weeks in Chicago and has
FIVE companies on the road, will come
to about S250,0O0.
"The makeup Of the New York au
dience? 1t is estimated that we have
more than half million visitors here
all the time. They come here to have
a good time, whether they have bust
ness to attend to or not, and they
naturally turn to the theaters. Shows
like the Winter Garden have about
two-thrds visitors and one third resi-
dents of New York; the other sort of
shows reverse the ratio. The audiences
at the brand new shows are made up
most entirely of New Workers. They
want to see everything right away and
there are many who go to see virtually
everything presented"
Mr. Shubert's associates say he is
responsible for the Standardization of
the ~theatrical business; that he orig
mated the. Sunday concert and that he
started the extra holiday matinee. He
was the first legitimate manager, they
declare, to go Systematically into
vaudeville for talent for his produc-
tions, and he conducts an Intelligence
bureau of scouts all the time TO look
out for the promising players.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
Openings of the Coming Week

MONDAYAt Eits Theater
in by
Reed,A Ma Florence Burdett
will their "The Magic Melody
Arnold Mr.
who headed bv
Charles and Tom McNughton
Ireland,
Scian fishing village the third q
Willy settings
for the America Lennox Robnons
company are Robert
NJ Kerrga
WEDNESDAYAt Theatre the will
Bells Salisbury Field Margaret Wallace
will Glenenn,ne
John Harwood
Andrew Mr. Field will coauhor
of Twin Beds"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
Criffith's ''Scarlet Days.
To Be at the RivOli

D. W. Grifith's newest picture "Scar
let Days" has for the star Richard
Barthelmess, who did such remarkable
work as the "Chink" in Broken Bios
sons"
Scarlet Days" is story of the old
West and the "Forty-niners." The
dominating theme is the self-sacritice
of dance hall woman in order that
her daughter may have the protection
which is denied the mother. This pic
ture is said to surpass in color. story
and photography any of Mr.. Griffith $
recent Pr9duetonsc The scenario is b, BY
be seen opposite Mr.. Barthelmess as a
Mexican girl and Carol Dempster will
play the daughter. who has been reared
in the East. Both OF these clever
Young women were seen with Mr.. Bar
thelmess in 1.-The Girl Who Stayed at
Home"
"Scarlet Days" will be shown to-day
for the first time at the Rivoli Theater.
Hugo Riesenfeld has prepared an
elaborate musical score.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
Raymond Hitchcock Has
Town House so He Can
Go Upstairs to Bed

For many years Raymond Hitchcock
has lived IN Great Neck, about twenty
miles from Broadway and Forty-second
street. Last summer, however. he pur-
chased an old house in West Twenty
fourth Street near Tenth Avenue. in
what is known as the Chelsea district.
DO yoa know why wanted house
IN New York - the comedian asked the
other day. 1T is because | like 10 90
upstairs 70 bed. | have had apart-
ments in town, dozens Of them. buc
when 1t came time to retire there was
nothing TO do but walk from one roor,
bed.
One Of my friends asked me why
bought house.
Il tod him it just occurred to ma
that ! didn't own house in Twenty.
tourth l street and that was Why
bought 1t, but the real truth about e.
IS. l wanted TO be able TO go upstairs
to bed" upstairs
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

ERHAPS no ore is in better
position TO discuss the Prog
ress Of the Theater in Amer
ica-in Prosperity to-day than
Lee Shuhert The 6 I'm of
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

Charlotte Cushman.
~ RT in the theater as elsewhere
NE has always meant truth and
simplicity to me. That the civ
NV ing beings" Of the grand,
divine, eternal drama" are
nearer to truth and simplicity at this
moment than they have ever been is q
source of infinite pleasure to those who
have followed the gradual development
Of the American theater.
Never have the actor and the producer
had more intelligent sympathy and CO.
operation from the public than they
have to-day. Under such conditions it
rests with the actor and the producer TO
direct wisely and truthfully the imagi-
nation of the audience in creating and
preserving the illusion which is the very
cornerstone of the theater.
My one aim in staging plays is to
stimulate the Imagination. The demand
is always upon the imagination The
real genius is the poet, the dreamer Of
life, who appeals to your Imagination
with life as he sees it.
with me, lighting first Along fantastic
lines, to be sure, producer can go to
any extreme But the play that depends
upon its appeal to the essentially human
element in the audience is quite another
matter.
Nature itself tells US that love of the
romantic sort suggests twilight or
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

DAL TVNE, 1NOVemDe 8.
God conceived the world, that tcas
poetry;
He formed it, that was sculpture,
He coiored it, that aoos painting;
He peopled 1t aoith living beings;
that acGs
The grand, divine, eternal drama.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-02
ONANCOCK

ONANCoCk. VA. Nov. Mrs. ]. p.
l., Hopkins. Misses Virginia and Doro-
thy Hopkins and little Van r. HOPKINS
are pack from visit 10 Mr.. and Mrs.
Spencer ID. Hopkins. OF Cincinnati.
hnes MADE the trip by automobile.
Douglas Wilkins has returned from a
trip to Baltimore and washington.
Mrs. w. c. West and Mrs. Harold
West are guests of Mrs. Ray Shield of
washington. Before returning To- Oman.
cock they Will go to the Enfscono,
Boys Sclool at Lynchburg, to see viii
nam &. West. who IS a pupil there
Miss Sarah Z. NAPLES is visiting roll
atives In Baltimore.
Miss SabTa Polk NAPLES Is with
friends in Philadelphia. Before return
ing she Will visit friends in Lynchburr
and Richmond
Rev. Frank a. Ridout is home from
visit to his brother, James Ridout.
OF Roanoke Mrs. Ridout Is back from
trip to Leesburs and Washington.
MISS anna p Hopkins is visiting
J. Randolph Finney and little M,s,
Catherine Finney arc guests Of Mrs Mrs.
Carson. OF Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. George II. Powell arc
in Philadelphia.
The freshman class OF the Onancock
High School entertained the seniors
Friday evening by a ma rshma How roast
Wilkins.
The meeting OF the Community
League Monday evening was in the
form OF community sing, led by
Major a. 70. Tanner. principal of the
Onancock High School. The league
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BON AIR

Special TO The Times Dispatch. ]
Mrs. Glover Cook. Of Pittsburgh have
been the guests during tho past week
OF Miss l." T.. Cook.
Mrs. Edwin Pinkcrton. o. Baltimore,
Is visiting. her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. b McCiuer.
Misses Clara and Ann Ball sadlcr
were the week end guests OF Mrs.
Robert Bridgeforth.
Mrs. Judson Hunt. Miss Leila Hunt
and Master Richard Hunt. who have
been visiting Mrs. j. B. Nassar. have
returned TO their home in Baltimore.
Miss Olive Moulton is spending a
short time with Mrs. A. j. Chewing
in Richmond.
Miss Frances withers has rcturned
from LcesburE where she has been
visiting Mrs. Tazcwell Perrow.
Miss Gillian, OF Richmond was the
week. end guest OF Miss Bertha Jahnke.
A halloween party was held on Fri
day night by the ladies of the Meth
oqdist Church. at the home of Mrs. j.
Mrs. Douglas whcrry has returned
from visit TO her sister, Mrs. Fred
Marshall. in Pittsburgh.
Miss Carrie Moore will spend the
winter in Richmond with Miss Lucy
Mason.
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WINCHESTER

w snseial e The Times
i Nsh r ., Ths.e S. s%I,n~ SSs s:
Protestant Episcopal Church. "'N
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Robinson Riley. of
Nice. France, have been visiting re-
latiyes and friends here and in Clarke
and was decorated by the French gov
Major b. f. Rittenhouse,, United
States Marine Corps. and Mrs. Kitten
house. OF LeesburE. have been the
at their county place S near r Eer RI SSiEa
Mrs j. Wilton Hope, OF Hampton,
is M Xis';ing rsia q, and friends here;
&c Harrisburg. Pa, after visiting Miss
Lillian Sheetz.
Miss Elsie Ramshurg Is visiting
United States District Attorney Rich
ard Evelyn Byrd is here from Rich
niond for the Weekend.
Miss Annie Briggs Is visiting friends
III Baltimore.
Misses Ellen and Margaret Jett have
Mr.. and Mrs. y. j. Tavenner
Mrs: Annie T.. Warner. who has been
Wishing her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
c. l. Hawkins. has returned TO Pitts
Mrs, Blair Locker, of Hagerstow n.
Nd, has been visiting her mother
Miss Martha E. Clark, OF Washing
ten. is visiting MIR. and Mrs. C. G.
Mrs /. W, Hicks and daughter are
visiting, relatives in Norfolk. and
Miss Mamie Smith is visiting friends
Mrs. Rachel Kindle. of Baltimore. is
visiting Mrs: Lucy Brown.
Misses Mollie and Clara Wood have
returned by motor from Il visit to rcla-
tivcs AZ GAINESVILLE. Ohio.
Miss Lohr Purcell has been visiting
Miss Lena Shanholtz OF Shenandoah
Rev, and Mrs. Clarence Woods and
son have been spending the week at
Miss Vida woolford. of Loudoun
County. is visiting her sister, Mrs. j,
Mrs W @. linn and Mrs. Irwin linn
have returned from visit to rcla-
tives at York. Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Finnegan. Mr..
and Mrs. c: 4. Runion and Mrs. Matte
McDonal have returned from a visit
to relatives in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Janchcr are
visiting relatives in Indiana.
Mrs. Walter r. Talbot has been visit
ing friends in Washington.
Miss India Mason has returned from
visit 10 friends at Frederick Md
Miss Mamie Stonesifer is, visiting
relatives in Lancaster. Pa.
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Miss Virginia Gilner. Miss Linda Con-
dun. Miss Mabel Dalton. Miss Blanche
Vaughan and Miss Margaret Bane.
Tho Pulaski Post OF tho American
Legion has taken tho initiative in the
development Of plans for the celebra
ton Of Armistice Day. program.
prominent speaker, is being arranged.
The Civic League has named several
committees 10 cooperate with tie post
In making the occasion success.
Mrs Bryce a. Martin entertained as
her week guests Miss Lcta Chris
tian. of Augusta County. who teaches
In Konnoke; and Miss Mary Kent. OF
In East Radford.
wnel; for Roanoke where she will
s Nss IT. the * Winter T1ts with her daughter.
Tie Round Dozen Club held it's meet
ing Wednesday afternoon with Mrs
Howard G. Gilmer. continuing its course
to roll call ,, by reference TO the
centered in Religious Faith as Ex-
empiified in the Life of Abraham Lin
coin Mrs. WoolinE leading in a
thoroughly convcrsant manner. At the
conclusion OF the study course Mrs. Gill
mer invited her guests into the dining
scene of tie halloween season, with
falls floral favorites.
The family of Mrs. NJ. e. Seagle
held surprise reunion for their mother
and grandmother on Tuesday night.
Mrs. Seagle is preparing to discontinue
housekeeping to spend the evening of
her life with her children. and on the
eve OF this the surprise was ar
ranged. The family participant ts num-
bered twenty, which included her chill
dren and their families. while Rev and
Mrs. W. T.. Balderson, Mrs. Katie Bow
yer. sister of Mrs. Seagle, and a. II.
Shores, Of Wytheville, a nephew by
marriage. were especially invited
guests
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Symptoms of
Meurasthenia
No Other Disease Pre-
sents Such Host Of
Manifestations.
BY nRICE BELDEN. NJ. ID.

III Nj, ID,
The symptoms OF neurasthenia know
nc end. No other disease presents such
host Of manifestations. This is be-
Gause every function OF the body is
The functions are merely deficient.
never completely lost There are also
sort or stimulus.
The OUTSTANDING, symptom is ia
truc;urSs of The body ii tbn .he as Sar9us
for all the manifestations OF the dis
The affected individual becomes I'M
patient; apprehensivc and irritable
sations,, He feels his incapacity. be-
incomplete is the functional response
TO III MS efforts mental anu physical
retarded. Fatigue prevents mental
application: The patient feels men
develops. There is inability TO reach
conclusions. INDIGESTION being a prom
insnt symptom.
the form of thinking tina, some organ
Is incapable, OF performing its func-
ems se ,hai IL hns bs
becomes preoccupied with his heart
action d3,. or pulse. or lungs. or spine:
make him believe that locomo.or
ataXia is impending:
:, All sorts Of sleep disturbances,
headache or backache common.
Frequently there is feeling as though
the mead n were , cons ri or pressed
small for the brain.
Dizziness, tremor, rushing OF blood
TO the head or elsewhere, cold eXtremi-
ties. throbbine sensations. loss OF APP
petite and all sorts of digestive dis
turbances and premature graying Of
the hair are all met with.
general tired feeling is, OF course,
an outstanding symptom.
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SOUTH BOSTON

LSpssial e The Times Dispatch.l
SOUTH BOSTON. VA. Nov. l-Mr
and Mrs. Thomas Paisley are visiting
their son. DR.. II. Q. Easley, at Iron
Gate.
Invitations have been issued to the
marriage Of Miss Ollie Mccormick to
Thomas Hill EppeS, which will take
place ON November II. The ceremony
will be performed at Bethel Baptist
Church. near Scottsburg, Va.
William Neal OF Wake Forest Col
lcee:. \. c.. spent last week end with
relatives here.
Miss Mildred Williams. of Sutherlin,
was the guest OF Miss Geraldine Wat
Cecil. Reaves. Of statesville. NJ c..
spent last weekend with relatives
here.
Miss Margaret Tuggle has returned
from AZ visit with friends in Danville.
Va
Mrs. Q. w Collier is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Baxter Allen. in Roxboro.
Tom Lester, OF Sutherlin. was a Wis
itor here Monday.
G. w. Roller. OF Glover. was here
Miss Mary Hardy, of Republican
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been carried in closed chair to tho
home OF her future husband. and to-
Eether they would have done honor to
admission to his family. A feast woi,id
follow, but In accordance with Chenese
Guided from this. Nowadays, even In
Chinese families where Christianity has
not been accepted. tho wedding cere-
with best man. a relative to give awav
the birdie. bridesmaids. and the utmost
pomD and publicity. 'oo'
Several weddings OF recent war.
nave been celebrated on these lines
the brides wearing Western gown:
or orange blossoms S"e"o
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Grows, is spending some time with he,
brother hero.
DIR. r. r. Moffett is hero In the inter.
est Oh the county Y. NJ. c. A. -zn-
Mrs: Mattio Walden spent ruesda,
Miss Ivy Chandler and John II
Clarke We're married in Danville on
Saturday. The bride is well-knowr
City.
A conference OF the Baptist churchc.
IN the Dan River Association will
meet on November at Catawbu Bap.
list list Church: The object of the meet.
i wgrh Is &c 70 v, make plans for the final
the s75,0oo,000 campaign will be sue
cessful In Halifax County.
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PULASKI

Especial 10 The Times Dispatchl
PULASKI VA, Nov. Mrs. T. NJ.
Zane gave party Saturday niglt in
honor of her niece. Miss Wilma Eroyles.
of Roanoke. who spent the week end
with her. The decorations and enter
tanning features reflected the approach
ing halloween season. The participants
We'd with one another in telling un-
canny ghost stories. while Mrs. Annie
Carper told each member OF tie party
her fortune. Those participating were
Miss Broylcs. Miss Frances Painter.
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voted to become responsible for tho
Salary OF the domestic science teacher
at the Onancock High SCHOOL. Mrs.
Tanner. who Is n graduate In homo
economies. will havo charge of the
course.
has recently added many valuable
books to tie splendid library he gage
the Onancock High School several