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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-10

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FOR SALE-Two young milch cows
Anton Fischer. r.. f. d. 2. 41t6|
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WANTED-Pupil nurses, male and
female, at the Taunton State Hospital
Training School for nurses. For par
ticulars address Dr. Arthur v. Goss
Supt, Taunton State Hospital. Tnun-
ton. Mass. 29tf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
FOrfy-FOurfh Street Theatre
RemOdeiied for Opening

After designs by Watson Barratt the
Forty-fourth Street Theatre has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

picture the surreptitious lovemaking
carried on in spite of difficulties OF
language, characterization regula-
tons and the interference of the mill
tary police. The third act climax
would come, we suppose, with General
Liggott's announcement that no Ameri-
can could wed a German miss until the
declaration of peace, with the explana-
ton that peace would not exist until
the ratification OF the treaty by the
Senate. And after the lovers had re-
ceived this news in distraction a
climax might be added by the coming
of a courier with the latest news from
America.
The anxious pair approach him and
ask for a word of hope. The messenger
slowly opens the newspaper and reads
he headline, Senator Sherman
Threatens. to Filibuster Against the
Peace Treaty for Week" Quick cur
tain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

Of Verdi, Tschaikowsky, Puccini and
even Debussy.
Others Transpiantcd Melodies
Outside musical comedy the song
field is full of transplanted melodies.
Tosti's Good Bye" is being sung over
the grave Of John Barlcycorn in at
least dozen raetime dirges. "Oh,
Frenchy" emphasizes its Gallo make
up with a refrain from "a Frangesa,'
an old band number written by an
Italian living in England. Beautiful
Ohio" contains a little driftwood from
Musetta's song in LA Bohemc." That
favorite with those who can waltz,
"Illuson." is Rubinstein's Romance in
L fiat. lifted bodily. Caruso's victrola
favorite, Down Her Soft Cheek a
Pearly Tear" from "Ihe Elixir of
Love-" has been cheered up into fox
trot called IF You Ever Feel Lonely"
and another Caruso pet, "Ah. So
Fair" from Martha" was translated
into the scandinavian last year as
"When Sailed Away From Norway"
Adele Rowland has been using Drdla's
famous "Serenade" for the violin as
THAT Soothing Serenadc." George
MacFarlanc is Offering Massenet's
lachrymose "Eiegie" as a song about
a moaning cello. Rachmaninoh's Prel-
ude in sharp minor. known TO every
one who has neighbors, is established
in the jazz choirs as "The Russian
Rag There has been published re-
Gently a song the music of which is
credited frankly to "Grieg hamnade.
ade."
Why make propaganda for good
music ?" You can't get away from it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
BY Haywood Broun

/. was, perhaps, fitting that the new
IA ,atrical season should open with a
mystery melodrama. This is field OF
dramatic endeavor in which American
playwrights can hold their own with
foreign craftsman, and "At 9:45" IS
wcrkmanlike representative OF the
school. If Davis had managed to be as
ingenious throughout as he has in the
first scene Of his new play ne might
well have st mark for rivals to
shoot at. Certainly, nobody can COM
plain that his exposition is dull, for
in the first ten minutes door and a
mother break down and the victim OF
a murderous assault is found under
he most puzzling conditions.
From that point on the craftsman
hip Of Davis is less facile. His tricks
IRE we'll enough, for the most part, but
Usually he is treading on ground al
.eady explored by WELLER and MARGIN
and several others. For all its tricke"y
the play contains one or two scenes
.-ritten with an effect OF sincerity
.b,ch marks a decided advance In the
progress of Owen Davis. In the crea-
ion Of the effect Of really meaning
what he said he was greatly aided by
Miss Marie Golf, who gave telling
performance in the role of a heroine.
She was able to stand and indicate
.sress of emotion without tearing a
handkerchief, clutching her neck or
Employing any Of the other favorite
devices of players beset by circum-
stzntial evidence.
In one respect we think Davis is
quite in error in his conception Of the
roper mood of a mystery play. The
author has evidently labored hard to
keep comic relief always at beck and
call. Every narrowing incident has its
corapanion scene of broad dialect COM
edy A good many laughs were won
from the first night audience, but we
think too great a price was paid Tor
thiy merriment. Il seems TO US that
ar author who writes a detective play
or story should take his subject very
seriously. Once an audience is moved
Z, laugh. il becomes ever so much more
difficult to make IL thrill again. Heaven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Standard Music
As the Basis
For Comic Opera

There was conductor Of symphony
orchestras who had labored hard
throughout the winter and at the close
Of the season he decided that he needed
n change from The classical and
standard" tunes that had besieged his
ears for months. SO he went to see
ooh. Boy" at one Of the subway
houses. i was a delightful evening
for him until the orchestra started
the introduction to Nesting Time in
Flat5ush." Then he left his seat sud
denly and fed the playhouse.
err never 20 to one Of these musical
comedies again" he told the members
CT the Lotos Club. "IIere | went TO
be amused by the vulgar tinkle-tinkle
and what do I hear?-the first move
ment Of Tschaikowsky's 'Pathetique'
symphony used as the prelude TO a
Somic song went there to escape
good music''
you should have gone TO burlesque
show" suggested a fellow member.
Even worse" interrupted a listener.
II went 20 one OF those things the
other afternoon. and heard n girl
sing the melody Of Chopin's "Fantaisie
lmpromptu," note for note. to some
words about always chasing rainbows.
You can't get away from good music.
The popular song writers have discov-
cred It,"
It's fact.
In the golden days when +. ?. A.
attended variety shows the comic
opera scores and the music hall dit
ties Of native origin were genuine
tinklc-tinkle But to-day you End
Beethoven and Donizctti and Verdi and
Wagner and even moderns like PRccini
hiding in the French horns and the
ccllos. The nation Of borrowing themes
and harmonies from the "classics"-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
New Plays This Week

Lee and j. j.
schubert Gaetics which
in and yegh
Smith, the lyrics by Alfred
Schwartz There additional
been
Shubert The cast which numbers l25
Hasse William Kent
Farrell, Iottic Hornor Julia Bal
Frank Gladys Watson Josie Heather
katherine Hart
Kendall, ma Williams James Fox and Gus Mnon.
"Greenwh Village Nights
the to be The book and
by and music by
Baldwin sosns which includes
Clara T Carol Irene Olson and vii"
The Zalman Olga Zceva
May cG and Virginia Lee Jimmie
X Babctte Mat
and Arjamond will also
Theatre Messrs r. Ray Como and Morris Ges will
of American
Bolton Frank Mande dealing
In q Five Million,
sponded he Of life Ralph
Beatrice MacManamy, Robert McWadc William
Meehsn Charles Able James Gleason. Edward Poland Purne
Heon Helen Barnes Marjorie Por
OnxIey Hbook
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

rcmodeied and retecorated for the
opening of 1.-The Shubert Gaieties Of
1919" Monday evening. AS nearly as
possible the scheme of decorating has
been done with the idea of rcproduc-
ing the interior of the Shubert The
atre. just across the way The dec
orations, too, have included the lobby,
which has been changed from the street
straight through 20 the Times Build
ing Annex. Provision has been made
for dancing in a section of the lobby.
There will also be tea garden ad-
iacent to the lobby.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

Burns and Frabito; Paul Decker and
company; logan and Geneva; Donald
E. Roberts.
ROYAL-Howard and Clark, in "Act-
cd Songs; Nat Navarro, jr.; Atlantic
Fleet Jazz Band; Bert Ftzgibboa;
Lillian Fitzgerald; Arthur Havel and
company; Melette Sisters; Harry ard
Grace Ellsworth; Kartelli.
LOEw'S AMERICAN-Flet Nor
ton and Alice Sher; ]. Morrill, Morri-
son, in "A Friend in Need; Ford and
Coo bridge; Juggling Nelson; Wallace
Red. in you're Fired; THE OWL.
Sullivan, Soft and company; Anita
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

professionally speaking, classic" is
anything you can't dance-originated
naively enough, in the amusing conceit
Of Raging Memberships Spring
Song" or the "Ridi. Pagliaccio' arioso
Irving Berlin used to hand out inter
views telling how his musical ignor-
ance was the basis Of his popular sue
cess, but his scores indicate that he
has a hearing. if not speaking. ac-
uuaintance with "Rigoletto," LA Bo-
heme," "Madama Butterfly" and Men
delssohn's two best bets, for he has
ragged all Of them delightfully."- in his
productions. It's difficult to deter
mine how profound a pundit in mat
ters musical Mr.. Berlin really is.
THAT Syncopated Walk" from Watch
Your Step" quoted a phrase from Bee
thoven's Sonata Pathetiquc' most eff
fectively. We wonder whether the
writer Of "You Cannot Shake Your
Shimmie on Tea hasn't a suppressed
desire to compose a number for the
Boston Symphony.
When the Usage Started
The use of standard music as the
foundation Of popular chansons dcvel-
oped from a merely obvious syncopated
paraphrase of Rubinstein's MELODY in
f" or the sextet from Lucia" Sig
mund Romberg, a trained musician,
frequently has utilized a strain from
an opera rs the germ Of popular
hit. The song, Mother from Her
Soldier Boy" was built on the big
barytcne aria from Gounod's Faust
and Romeo n Winter Garden fox
trot Of few years a1o, was fashioned
from the finale Of the garden scene
Of the same opera. Poor Butterfly
was a highly skilful imitation of PUG
cini's harmonic coloring. the verse Sec
ton in parallel ffths being especially
adroit. Mr.. Ilubbell carefully avoided
the direct quotation in writing the Hip
podromc success. Wagner's Evening
Star" from "Tannhauser," has been useC
many times. particularly clever en-.
ployment OF it having been made by
Louis a. Hirsch in 1.-THE Rainbow Girl
Mr.. Hirsch. by the way. has outdon'
all his fellows in his application Of
sound musical principles to light opera
The verse Of 81 Wonder Whether
from ooh, Iy Dear" is positively
Bachian, in its bass sequences.
Jerome Kern ia another thorough
musician who is helping to put musi'
in musical comedy. In "The First Ros'
OF Summer" from "Shcs a Good Eel
low" we find in addition to the patent
quotation Of the celebrated solo from
Martha" few lines that might hav'
been (should it be may have been :?
written By Mozart. Kingdom Come.
originally adapted from negro spir
itual by Henry &. Work. has received
new coat of many harmonic color
in the show at the Globe Theatre. MI
Kern's work represents the highes
development in the application Of goo'
music to popular shows, for he rarel,
contents himself with the obvious ex
ploitation OF well-known theme. II
his scores enc may find little touche
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
In Vaudeville

PALACE-Marie Dressler; kiss Me-"
q new musical farce; Lightner Girls
and Newton Alexander; Bernard and
Duffy; Ota Gygi and Marion Vadie;
Eddie Foyer, "The Man of Thousand
Poems; Joe E. Bernard, in who's
She >" by Willard Mack; Zip Zip Yap-
bankers; Four Harmony Kings.
RIVERSIDE Charles King and COM
rany, in Dream Stars; Ben Welch.
Ivan Bankoff and company; Sybil Vane;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

II American playwrights are alive o
the dramas occasionally suggested by
the daily newspapers they will not
neglect the story Of the 40 American
soldiers and officers who have applied
TO General Liggett for permission to
marry German girls. In the early acts
there would be an opportunity TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
In Brooklyn

BUSHWICK - Rigolletto Brothers;
Andrew Mack; Stan Stanley and COM
pGny; Williams and Wolfus; Indoor
SDorts"; Una Clayton and company:
Jennie Middleton; Curzon Sisters;
Johnny Clark and company.
OPPHEUM-Fo Marx Brothers;
Emma Carus; Larry Reilly and COM
pany; Yam and Healy; Officer Vokes
and Don; Harry and Emma sharrock;
William Eds; the Musical Johnstons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

In our haste to catch the good train
for Harlem we wrote rather hurried
first night review Of AT 9:45" and
neglected to comment on the excellen.
performance of John Cromwell as the
police captain in the Davis melo-
drama.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

Some day a playwright will fool a
first night audience completely by
pointing a finger of suspicion at a
character in the first act and then
proving in the last act that the man
around whom the thread of circum-
stantial evidence was woven was the
murderer, just as everybody was in
vited to think at the beginning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

Stewart, in "Mary Regain" and other
attractions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
LAUGHTER and Its Place
In q Murder Mystery

knows that most detective stories are
ridiculous enough if subjected to close
analysis. and the trick in making them
seem real should logically lie in never
suggesting for a moment the POSSIBLE
iry of laughter. Poe's best mystery
tales studiously avoid any attempt at
humor. and Sherlock Holmes never
permitted himself a quip except at the
beginning or the very end of an ad-
venture.
"The Thirteenth Chair" had not more
than three or four funny lines and
never a whole scene aimed at comic
effect. We saw Rejane play the role Of
the medium when the play was taken
to Paris and she absolutely threw away
its values by seeking comic points
that we're never intended by the play
wright. Relief of any sort is the lest
commodity which the mystery man
should afford to his audience. HIS
business consists Of bringing his hear
ers to a high degree Of tension. which
never lessons until the guilty man or
woman stands revealed, precisely thirty
seconds before the final curtain falls.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-11
Continued from First Two Columns)

cent ice cents lie rather distinctly wit the citizens themselves citizenship that the intell will raise public servants faithful to themI must expect o receive injustice and i'll treatment.
 The people Bridgeport when they pay 80 cents for g pounds of ice getting what they prefer They ard getting voted for The Bridgeport mayod by virtue the citizens, way The remedies
 citizens must wake They must appreciate therj executed When they elect theyI who is to them and the city. To bel
 people be fooled by and will noq be their fau but if they fooled by the twcey lit is their fault
 sale of ice monopoly will comparatve statute by which prices byj public authority. would always keep the price down, even though the plant might operated would necessary only have W ready to operate
 plant would always be able to sell platform ice a| S2 The ice trust could not compete it out of did the Centerreeze in New Haven by sel ing at $15O on The municipal plant in such easel would merely suspend operations temporarily.
 The interest the investment would be $OOOO annually take of the plant would be $3OOO Other e penses for the idle plant might rise to $15OOO. #I
 price trust to the household under such co dions would exceed $1O on Assuming that the Bridgeport would of ice this which they would $1O instead of SIS the saving wou be- to the citizens, $24OOOO in a single year. 3
 is well within that the of hu dred artificial plant owned by the city, and al ready would the people of $i00004 year, by moral suason. Sss8Ass IN
 No remedy any kind is available until the people & o interest," by eectine servlnfe will be devoted to them as Harry Nslksr i1 t ness. @ M x ssIss; ;<4B fS <53zsz
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-11
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS
From The Farmer, Wednesday, June H. 1s6e)

From The Farmer Wednesday, June Il, 1s69)
 The masonry work of the bridge is being street announce that they agents for superi description of family flour and also very fine article of ale The phiharmoqie 2 society will meet S. this evening"
 
 There was lively time at the police station night arge number of drunken characters stranger in the ciy ing provided with lodgings
 large amount of dirt and gravel is continually s bs a n e res he m o b prde at 9 have little effect in raj Newtown-The theme of conversation here for the Pa of the girl in question felt the truth of Shakespeare
 How sharper than a serPents tooth its,
 But love is a mighty power, and laughs at all human aee by f the pare of for
 To forgive, divne".
 The runaways married at Porchester, have reurn and been forgiven Nov the battle of ife and to we'll requires virtue and merit than generally given dence l., have allow the use of the park Horse owners propose to make % hm rot 1T possible hour as cruel Advisable Legal Point-A rural lawyer once had n1 case in the he country court and the he dePsnd pc lady He lost the case becas the fair witness wore pos
 
 of several rods although there were several persons who oo lawyer looked blue when the jury brought the vel of lady he knew who sighted but avayI declared here eyesght to be perfect Accordingly day neghbor stuck needle in the side of barn. and placing the other side of the road asked her if she could Ot yes replied the lady the needle easy but whars t barn?" remarkable state of quieence at the police cou the last few days. The juvenile fire department of this city consisting of fir Young America, turned strong th afternoon the full department being represented by mna ated with flowers The foreman of each company carried the general of th creditabe to the youngsters who devised it. WI acknowledge the honors awarded to this office
 the employees of this office closing he afternoon. wearied mind and body supply of ice from the well known establish ment George Mead Co.,. Main street. appeared in the of flee The order All hands deck' promptly obeyed when office force for slowing away the d cious thoroughly tested Strange the dev who is popuarly supposed to del light the productions of the climate, evidently enoy ed it. finished his last with much gusto h} of all hereby rendered to Messrs. Read and Go. their kindness and orehought.
 Potatoes selling Northern New York for 20 and sd cents bushe starch works only 10 )us shela and oeta theyW at that price,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-11
Calling On Neighbors

A Report by the Connecticut Department of Labor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-11

The masonry work of the new bridge is being proc
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-11

The young and enterprsing merchants, Lyon of Water street, announce that they agents for description of family flour and also very fine arc
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-29
PROHIBITION IS MOST
DOMESTIC OF ISSUES

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 20, (Spl)--
Carried by a vote of As to 3-15 to /
in the state legislatures, after it had
been submitted by congress more than
TO |, national constitutional prohibi-
ton is the most democratic and Amer
lean thing in democratic America" was
the statement made by DR.. Ira Lam
drith, formerly Of Nashville, now ma
tlcnal secretary OF the Antisaloon league
OF America. in reply to charges by the
brewers that national prohibition vio-
lates the constitution OF the United
States.
III self determination is a thing worth
our lighting to give to Europeans, then
self determinaticn Is good for the Unit
cd States" said DR. Landrith. In the
states whose legislatures, elected on
this issue, voted for prohibition live
l00,000,00o of the 105, 900, 900 people OF
the country--20 to /. Is 1t not about
time for the wet tail to quit trying to
wag the dry dog?
Geographically, the wet states,
Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jer-
sey, have only one acre to every 800 IN
the rest of the continent, and yet these
tiny spots on our map arc proposing to
compel the return OF the deadly bar
room TO this elf-emancipated democ-
racy. And who are these Rhode Is
lsnders who have gone into court to re-
verse our overwhe Ginning majority?
Sixty-seven per cent Of the Rhode Is
landers are OF foreign birth or parent
age, All honor to the foreigners who
come to America to conform to our
ideals and laws; but no room nor well
come to those foreigners who
make our free nation a continental Eu-
rope"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-29
ia EGGS A DAY NOW
INSTEAD OF 25ADAY
That Means About sos Extra income
Per Month for Mrs. Ropp.

II have 200 hens, including late pull
let's not old enough to lay, and had
been getting Is to 80 eggs a day. Then
7 tried Don Sung in the feed, and am
row getting 1o7 to ia eggs a day
Mrs. Essie B. Ropp, R. r, 2, Littles,
Ind
Mrs Ropp got this increase Of dozen
n day in the middle of winter. At so
cents dozen. 80 days a month, this
makes SOS extra income a month. The
Don Sung for her 200 hens cost her
about $3.50 per month. You can see
how well Il paid her and well guar
antee 1t will pay you. Here's our offer:
Give your hens Don Sung and watch
results for one month. IF you don't
find that it pays for itself and paws
YOU a good profit besides. simply tell
"a and your money viii be promptly
refunded
Don sung tChinese for egg -laying)
works directly on the egg laying organs.
and is also a splendid tonic 1t is easily
given in the feed, improves the hens
health, makes her stronger and more
active in any weather, and starts her
layings
Try Don Sung for 80 days and IL It
doesn't get you the eggs, no matter
how cold or wet the weather, your
money will be refunded by return mail.
Get Don Sung from your druggist or
poultry remedy dealer or send so cents
for a package by mail prepaid. Bur
rell-Dugger Co, 1888 Columbia Bldg.
Indianapolis, Ind adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-29
PROBING RED ATTEMPT TO
BREAK UP RESERVE UNIT

CHICAGO, Dec 29--An alleged at
tempt Of radical leaders OF the stocH
yards labor council, stock yards
workers union, to disrupt company of
the Third Illinois reserve militia by in
tlmidation of its members was under
investiga ton today by army, state and
police officials. A formal complaint
charging that radicals had threatened
him and that as a result Of their actlv-
ties his company had been reduced from
So men to Is In a month was made to
the commander of>the regiment by Capt.
John w. Rebel, of the SD company, it
became known
The complaint was forwarded to
Adjt Gen, Dicllrpan, Of Illinois, who or
dered the investigation.