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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-10-02
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-10-02

The first step in reducing the cost
of living is for the Investigating
committee to have their picture
taken.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-10-02

No it W. 10 to jail the prof
iteers as tie fails provide altogether
too good food for them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-10-02

Looking backward. it now appears
that the high cost of living of three
years ago wasn't high cost Of Jiv-
ing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-10-02

Now how cheering it would be if
everyone would take hold and OBJ
serve a few strikeless days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21
Fate Played Odd Trick
On an Ambitious Actor,
Now .Tle Storms Hero

"What shall it profit an actor if he
becomes 'highbrow' and then is con-
lcmned, by one success, 10 q series OF
'lorhrow' roles ~
Which is the semi-cynical musing Of
'dward Arnold based upon his own
experiences, and in the light Of these
anne experiences seemingly has some
philosophical Foundations
arnold, the stalwart, handsome lead
.ng man in Lahgdon McCormick's
drama. THE Storm is making his first
II Eor.ant appearance on Broadway in
ar important role -that Of the hero, an
uncouth. rough-and -readv but fictona-
y upright Da~h Noo0aman. who eats
with his knife, awcars bit and mas
sacres the kings English on the least
propagation. And thereby hangs Az
nold's plant.
81 was born in New York" he says,
"and | will admit had small early
educational advantages. Then one day
the stage bug bit me and | decided
to become an actor And my first part
with the Ben Greet Playersl Can
you imagine me-a tail, unschooled kid
-mouthing the deathless lines of
Shakespeare? J didn't know what half
Of it meant and | knew ! didn't, but |
started to learn what ! could. Then
| got with another company-this time
with Mantell Shakespeare again, 1t
seemed rs If | were going to play in
Shakespeare all my life. I decided if
this were true would have to have
a better educational foundation.
$50 | began to study in earnest
left Mantel and went into stock. For
six years | worked day and night in
Utica, st. Paul and couple of other
towns. I don't say became a great
actor, but | do say | crammed whole
lot Of good. solid learning into my
hesa between plays
Il felt that some day I would have a
chance to reach Broadway II a good
part, and | was not going to be tripped
up as 'hick.' | learned to speak
and act for classic and society roles.
Then came my chance. M McCor-
mick told me George Broadhurst
wanted NE as leading man for The
Storm | was speechless until | reac
the part. Then | was worse than
speechless. Here was Edward Arnold
the BOY who mad been burning the
midnight oil for years to give himself
an odacAtiorel polish, 10 make his bow
to Broadway in the part of an illiteratt
son of the forest.
But the worst Of it is that l have
been getting so many offers from other
managers for roles after The Storm
ends its run, if it ever does Ano
each part is that of a great, big Eng
lish- killing Westerner. And l want te
play something where can wear a
dress suA!
| "But sS that, don't think my mid
might st4dy WA time wasted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21
How Harriette Managed
To DO Rachel CrotI1ers
And Make q Bulldog
GO
By Harriette UnderhiIl

mother brought us all up to be some
thing And then after she had us al
started she studied medicine herself
and is now one of the best known
physicians in Illinois. Well. | had my
heart set on the stage and / came t.
New York, saying that | would shor-
them all
And you have." we Interrupted
Yes answered the author of a
Little Journey and 80 East" and He
and She" but it wasn't for long
time and not in the way I expected.
wanted to be an actress. but | found
there is no royal road and | snent lone
~ years in New York BOARDING house.
They are responsible for my 80 East.
And how did YOU finally decide not
to be an actress but . playvr!ght2'
II didn't needed monc. - did
what ever one else was DOM rot
a scenario.
And did you really hsss az
cepted ~ We asked, for to v4 thu.
seemed the strangest part Of MISS Gro
theirs 5 tale
q really did The people l sent il tie
sent ne back nice big check and
asked me to write some more Before
sent for me'to SIT in the projection
room and see my first one run off.
Nv ell, | sat down in the small darl
room and watched a reel of perfectly
strange picture and then | rot up and
said, The man has made a mistake.
This is not M picture.
ooh, yes, it is they answered. You
sec, we had female star, 80 we had to
give the sympathy to hey instead Of
the man. and we laid it in Paris instead
of New York, but you wait and see,'
yQ,,+ Il 1I,D'4 60, Il; l,,'A :
to see, and | left the place and never
did another scenario.
That is. didn't DO another one for
years, and then one day Daniel l7rohman
came to me and said: Miss Crothers
we must have the best stories obtain
able for this series Of motion pictures
which the Stage Womens War Relief
has planned, and you've got to give us
(. scenario. VIII you do il?
Miss Crothers has marvellous
power second only to David Belascos,
Of telling Immediately whether people
"have it in them" 1t was she who dis
covered the two little Binney girls
Constance and FRITZ, known on the
screen as Fare.
In her first appearance Constance
scored notable success in "39 East, =
and it was Miss Crothers who picked
her out. Faire appeared on the road
N "Ne and Shs" and she shared the
honors with Miss Crothers and Cyril
keightley. "She never Nad spoken q
line on the stage. and you ought to
see her in her big scene. She is re
markable,"
SO now we are waiting for "He and
She" to open in New York. 1t always
sounds as though you ought to say
waiting for Him and Her to open
in New York." doesn't it?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21

Here IS a chance for the girl who
wants to 80 into moving pictures. The
4oldwyn Company has bought the pic
tire rights of Katherine Newlin Burt's
novel The Branding Iron" but is in a
Quandary for heroine Because they
have been enable 10 think OF a motion
picture actress Of just the right type.
they are going 20 entrust the star role
to a beginner, provided they find the
right person. The Judges in the con
test are Samuel Goldwyn, Rex Beach
and George Mooser The small,
dimpled cute" girl will only be vast
ing postage sending IN her photograph
Joan, the heroine Of the play. is de-
scribed as having "a long, strong body
Her head ana throat had ne massive
LOOK OF marble fragment stained 10
one even tone and dug up from Attic
earth Her face and throat were purely
classle-eyes gray and wide and as Sc
cret in expression as an untamed
beasts" In the early part of the book
her face is described Is rather heavy
because unlit from within, but built on
lines Of perfect animal beauty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21

Al the moment the theaters are
swamped with commonplace stuff
People ere dazzled by elaborate set
tings, The genius Of directors IS used
10 sugar-coat the sordid. But the
theatcrgong public as d whole is too
SOUND and sane 10 stand Tor this for
org Their viii be q reaction. Il
is my ambition to help to bring back
TO the American stage some of the
great dramas. want TO do something
Ter my own country f 7 can
Mr. Hampden believes IN the sim
plifcation Of Shakespeare as much as
possible. He has frequently played al
Stratford- Avon, where the settings
are as like the original a. possible, and
has also acted with no hing but the
Black velvet curtain background
we set the mode for simplifying the
scenery when | appeared in Hamlet
here said Mr. Hampton. 1T leaves
so much more 70 tae imagination, and
the characters stand out d istinctly in a
plain setting. OF course, il has draw
backs Personally. I prefer to play
with enough setting 10 give locality to
the story. Bat We use only such props
IS are mentioned in the text"
1t was through his Hamlet that Mr..
Hampden became notable figure on
the American stage. He says if ne had
not worked under Frank Benson he does
not believe ne could have consummated
the performance, which created sem
sation here. Although born in Brooklyn
and christened Water Dough erty, he
was well known on the English stage
before he appeared in America. He
went to school and college here and
then spent . year in Paris. From there
he went TO London and vas taken up by
frank Benson For three years he
did the provinces IN plays by
Sheridan. Goldsmith, Ben Jonson and
others OF their kind. In all he played
about seventy parts under Benson, be-
ginning ct nothing and gradually work
ing his way up. He opened in Lon
don at the Adelphi Theater with James
B. Fagin in The Play of the Sword"
There also he did "a Midsummer Nights
Dream Measure for Measure" THE
Tanning Of the Shrew" and other plays
by Shakespeare. For some time he ap-
peared in the Shaw matinees and later
IN Hail Caine ; meiodramas.
IN 1905 he appeared for the first tim e
as Hamlet. That was IN the Adelphi
Theator, London when he acted as IN
der tady TO II. B. Irving jr Almost
Immediately atterward he came to
America with The Servant in the
House" in has pocket. Hs did not play
Hamlet again until eighteen month.
ago, when he had an extraordinarily
successful run at the Cort Theater.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21
Lenore Uric Will Keep
Her Own and Her Roles
YuIelide Celebrations

Lenore Uric, who gives herself for
her country in The Daughter"
at the Belasco Theater, VIII observe
both the American and the Chinese
Yuletide ceremonies this season. She
has discovered that the Chinese have
celebration which takes the place
Of or Christmas. 81 am having such
a good time with my Oriental self,
Lien Wha, that am going in for both
holidays she explained last night at
the Belasco. As she entered her dress
ing room with both arms full Of boxes
and holly, she rcsembled santa's
youngest daughter.
II can't think Of anything but
Christmas" she ~riled putting the
holly and the packages on a table q
am going to have Chinese as we'll as
q regular Christmas. At about the
time that we celebrate our holiday
the Chinese observe what they call
the change of the year 1t is sort
Of Thanksgiving Day as we'll and in
cludes several religious ceremonies
These consist in part of banquets to
each of several gods in thanksgiving
for the good things granted during
the year The EAST feast falls on
December "a and this is the one am
going to observe.
This is funny custom with even
funnier twists and peculiarities. The
feast is all can give. The Incidents
which follow will have to forcgo as
beyond me. After the feast a large
pot Of rice covered with cypress caves
is put out Of doors. Imitation ingots
of gold and silver also aye placed on
the rice 20 hold down red papers
covered with lettering meaning Long
life, honor. wealth, happiness and
health. This rice cemalns stand ing
on table in the open air until mid
night and is called the rice of the old
year. On the stroke OF IL O'Clock
it is replaced by another pot of rice
arranged in exactly the same way
( This is the rice Of the new year and is
allowed to stand for two or three days
when 4 lucky day IS chosen. on which
day the rice is removed and eaten.
Families visit one another Just as
we do and the children are allowec
much more freedom al this time of the
year. Then there is y book wnich l.
always read. 1t is called An Adleu K
the God Of Wretch edness. The volume
gives excellent advice and teaches the
poor how TO fight against the demon
of poverty. Some read it to learr
how to remain happy and others t.
console themselves in their wretched
ness" a..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21

dream of questioning that there wa
such person as Hook In this conter-
ton we may be acting partially on thu
defensive, for the fact of the matter b.
that We started down to the Office in
tending to write some such sentence a.
John Drnkwater has fashioned faith
fully for us figures which are familia'
to every schoolboy, including not on.l
Lincoln himself. but Grant, and Loc
and Seward, and Stanton, and HOOK
We never doubted for moment tn
there was such man. In fact. W
seemed to remember having once lt
viewcd a rather dull two-volume life g.,
hm written By his sonln- law. Perhaps
it was somebody else. Maybe it was
Hooker. At any rate, we were saved
from error only by reading the au
thor's note in which he says in
part But perhaps it would be bet
ter to print it all, since Drinkwater
brings up several points of interest.
lie writes
In putting dramatic conception Of
Abraham Lincoln before his own Amer
lean people I may. perhaps, be allowed
TO offer one or two observati IONS.
"Of the merits or lack of them IN the
play az drama it is clearly not for IN
TO speak But | should like it to b
tist's business to compete either Wit
the historian or the biographer. The
story Of the American Civil War and
Lincoln's personal career have been
told exclusively and exactly. My
purpose has been to select from these
in such a way as TO give, it may be,
heightened significance to certain
strain in Lincoln's character and to
certain movements and tendencies in
the human mind that he led and di-
rected | have not attempted to state
everything, but to state something with
imaginative lucidity.
so that, for this artistic purpose
(and by the example Of the greatest
dramatists), l have adapted the events
Of history TO my needs; feeling Justi-
fed in shaping literal fact to the serv-
ice Of essential truth as | saw it, or IN
the invention of q fictitious character
such as Burnet Hook Precise records
are preserved in many volumes; my
hope has been to add little to the
spiritual Interpretation Of these.
In the same way, it is clear to me
that writer does most honor to MS
subject in writing as we'll as he car
of it. And he can only write as vel
as he can by using an idiom to which
he has been bred. In the very few in
stances, therefore, where phrase II
the play falls unfamiliarly on American
cars, | should like to suggest that it Is
not charged against Shakespeare. foi
example. that he did not write of Juliu.
Cesar in Roman speech. In the pres
emit instance, however, the difference!
are so trihing that they are hardl.
likely to be noticed For the rest.
can but wish that the play might serve
beyond its chief function Of interestin:
an audience in theater, to hell
American people to realize the funda
mental meaning that their greatest fig
ure has to an English mind"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21
0pentngs Of tbe Coming Week

MONDAY-At
Fobess "The
include Mrgalo Gilmore Kathleen Comegys.
Tyler, Virginia Hammond Marian Lord Betty
Williams Devereaux Robert
condition existing American
famlie
AT the Plymouth Theater Hopkins present
Wednesdays and Fridays "Night Lodging by
English
Theater Nine Mimi Agua will make her
THE Whirwind,
life
Brown by MI Brown collaboration
Hazton Rose CoEhan Orrn John
Andrew Oswald York Helen Tracy John
King jacob Kgberry. Jessie
Harrington, Joseph Chief
sIanabozho
Russell
WEDNESDAYAt Thaer Godfrey Tearle will
make his York "Carnva,'
drama by c. Maheson Lang. "Carnva' is
Of the In the A E.
Oliver, Schuyler Ladd Basil West Laura
Alberta rdanm Oderin Horace Barfoot
Whrl will The lyrics of the by
Bud with by George Gershwn
The Bernard Granville James Watts
Rath Brothers, and Richards Annette Babe
Leslie Nald Gladys zeian and Grace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21

.fEWqW HERE is no place IN the world
IN like a sanatorum-for making
~ good resolutions. 1t is much
better than New Years Eve be-
cause one has more time.
During our recent sojourn in one of
these institutions We made so many
resolutions that we have forgotten all
save two-not TO say I'VE wnen we
mean 81" and not to be Aippant. This
asst was indclibly fixed in our mind be-
cause the last thing we did before 60
ing into that sanatorium was TO have
luncheon with Sam Shipman. and he
old US that we used to be Il real nice
nj before We became SO fiippant
Miss Minnie Nichols, tho white linen
nurse whose duty it was TO pat an ice
bag on our head every time we reg
istered 10i, reminded us Of lot OF
our good resolutions as soon as we be
came rational. She finished up by say
ing. Glow do you do Rachel Crothers
and how do you make bulldog?"
1t seems that that had occupied our
mind most Of the timc-that we had
20 do Rachel Crothers and that we
had to make the bulldog We explained
that Rachel Crothers was lady who
wrote clever plays and that the bull
We probably shnn't be able 90 make
the bulldog just yet, but think VIC
are strong enough 10 do" Rachel
Grothers.
The first and only time we met Miss
Crothers was at a luncheon given in
her honor by the Universal people,
who are putting out the pictures made
by the Stage Women's War Relief, of
which Miss Crothers is president. It
was strange we never had met before
fro every one we know knows Rachel
Crothcrs, but it just happened.
AS soon as she came in, however, We
because she wore a moeskin coat
and no one can possibly be austere in
Nor, all through the luncheon, could
we discover bit of intellectual snob-
bishness about Miss Crothers, al
though, of course, having luncheon
with one is quite different from getting
out on a stage and attempting to repro
,iucc satisfactorily an authors brain
children for hlm.
How did you ever come to write
a play in the first place ?" we asked
as soon as we We're seated al the table.
for when any one has done something
big We always wonder how he got the
idea or ever thought that he could do
it.
Il didn't-in the first place re-
piled Miss Crothers. Il came to New
York to be an actress and | went to
the Sargent School of Acting"
Game to New York from where ?"
we said, insisting on all the details.
From Bloomington"
Eyes -
illinois. There we're nine of US. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21
In the Bvways, Find Them

That managers are overlooking fer
tile field Of dramatic talent when they
neglect to investigate the young Thes-
piars in the dramatic clubs OF city high
schools il the opinion of William
David. one Of the principals appearing
IN scandal" at the Thirty ninth Street
Tneater. He advocates the setting
aside of fund to be used in develop
ing the talent Of those youngsters who
possess dramatic ability to a marked
degree, but who find it impossible to
pursue such study on their own re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21
Is " G " ere SAVING
By Haywood Broun

"a is rather easier to find fault with
@e a play which you like than with
~ one watch makes no appeal at all
10 your own tastes Almost every
re who sees John Drinkwater's Lin
ON is apt to have wish that he
ilmself had written it. and therefore
lie viii be- fertile i'm offering correc-
Hons and amendments. That is our
ceiling Here 1t seems to Us, is
play which is Intelligent and interest
ng, though hardly Great; d dramatic
7isce vh.lr r1ary always & beaGti-
iul picture AVID which IS profoundly
'tirrins e*er 300 o.ten And so we
would like TO change it in hundred
places In tne pubhshel version of the
play there a-e Two eAlo1iclers who speak
before the beginning Of each scene. In
he acted vers ion his chroniciine force
has been cut in half The cut should
20 deeper. The appearance Of the
chronc.er before the curtain tends to
break the thread Of the story. for there
IS very definite current of narrative
in "Abrabar Iircol, - avn +bo,,,h ,,o
,o..o1 w."
S's"eS are sDpeFAe'aiiy episodlc. Not
only is the device ot the chgouiclers in
different BAT thc verso which Mr..
prnhwaicr hA written 80. them is
dull
A.. .........
o''. 'ie'ers'
y, ~ou.N al anc' 1Ias % the last act.
~ ~ - "o' 4-''e ~ iaa splnt OF the rest
~, '1e i.@l aus act. with Booth shd-
rm W., ~ ana out IS more in the key OF
,,s.ou anna ana inc very hrlng OF the
w. seemed 10 US Jarrlng note.
1o not IL NIX Tor minute that the
N oo" OF knowledge about Lincoln
assessed assessed oy the average American is
~ a',ouno. but the one TACT which needs
+. .e'e..lng is that Lincoln was shot
seems To rs that mere sudden
- os''.ns oi ,ne stage or some such
,'1s "olse be more effective than
sSno H.'u@l "frG o. the shot We must
~ ''i,s 'n@t the lact Of the shooting
ano1 seems too crude to US. And it
10 1alsl-y values The line given
scoa 49," on Now ne belongs to the
80 Is Inc thing which the play
- ent oeslres the audience to carry
-, 10y from the theatre, but the sound
.a., we shot Just before IS too devas-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21

.Hxnw, HERE is no place in the world
IN like a sanatorium-for making
&/ good resolutions 1t is much
better than New Years Eve. be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-21
Walter Hann1p6leln, Actor,
Champions Shakespeare
By lshbel Ross

<sw HE WAYFARER" marks
- a B distinct development Of
u the big spectacle in this
country. in tho oplnlon Of
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-28

", 80. T. G. chown and daughter,
' Nell' of Center. passed through
''ay' enroute to La Junta.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-28
nAsoRATE FIXTURES
FOR NEW BANK

Odeers and directors Of the
|lev Monte Vista bank and
|fnss company are In session
Ah afternoon with C. Q.
COMBS Of the American FIX
tres company Of Denver.
hsking over his plans for furn-
thing the interior of their
luiAing. The selection of ma
lseany. marble. grill work
I'd ornamental posts has been
pnetically decided upon. and
PICTURES showing the materials
b place assure q handsome in
eior for the institution.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-28
MASONIC CELEBRATION

Masonic Day was observed by the
Masons and Eastern Star members
at their picnic grounds on the Rio
0rande river. and the usual good
time was enjoyed.
Failing to get . special train did
not materially affect the size Of the
crowd as q greater number OF autos
we're employed to take the picnick-
ers to the grounds.
The picnic dinners were served on
the porches Of the club houses and
In the grove. Brief business sess-
ions Of the associations wore held
and In the afternoon . splendid pro-
gram was givcn. The numbers fol-
low:
Address, Masonry" DR.. Flagler.
Of Pueblo.
Satisfactorily Nine. STAINS
field.
Address, war Experiences" DR..
Harden Of Kentucky.
SONG, Masonic Park" Mr.. Bohan-
uan-written by himself for the &C.
casion.
Address, Rev. Stansfeld.
The Alamosa band vas present and
rave several ans selections.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-28
GERMAN GUNS AND TROPHIES

O~ses' ~ -sS AesNe~ A1VA&b 1uo19kDs
Csagress has recently passed . bill
vAeA provides that all Of the Ger
IA gsns and other trophies OF war
~ 70 b distributed among the
'shoss states. according to their
nt'o OF representation In the army.
IN State Fairs Of the United States
N working to have all Of these
esnan guns and trophies exhibited
~ 1t the respective State Fairs in
- hrse group. Undoubtedly the
visitors at the Colorado State Fair
sul have an opportunity to SEQ all
!" 'ae war trophies together at the
'sH Sept. 22-27. before they are
.spoftioned out to the various coun-
q" Of the state.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-28
SCHOOL NOTES

Perfected plans for the new
junior high school build
ing will come the first of next
week from the Denver archi-
tects and construction work
may then be started immedi-
ately.