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variety in method as wen as in his
style OF vocal utterance. of great per-
sonal magnetism. of plastic grace and
other talents to act this long and very
trying scene. 1t is in the first place
entirely too long for the theatre what
ever 1t may be In the reading. There
are few actors capable OF acting this
episode with anything like the effect
the author intended it.
OF course Augustin Duncan did not
show any other capacity for the scene
than intelligence and the will TO do :,
as well as possible. Perhaps It was a
foregone conclusion that he could not
act 1t in a way to make it nearly so
significant as the author planned. But
so long as the Theatre Guild gave him
this important task in the really ar
tistic. Interesting and appreciative
production Of the tragedy. there might
have been some means Of tightening
his burden. Reduced to one half, his in
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1858. His first appearance was at
the Theatorium In New York during
the year of 1857. The money he re-
ceived as a super" however, did not
enable him to live in luxury. For that
reason he also engaged in the book
binding industry, finally becoming q
programme compiler for Joseph MUIR
ply, the actor, in 1872. But even these
two occupations failed to hold his in
terest. His heart was set on the stage,
but not on the super" end, with the
result that before the year of 1872
came to a close Heath formed a part
nership with George Howard. Together
they toured the country, doing a
black face song and dance act, until
in 1874 Heath encountered the in
dividual who was destined to become
his future partner. Howard, as the
story goes, became tree or his new
profession, especially the comedy
branch. Heath, who recognized great
possibilities in that particular field.
was eagerly on the lookout for suit
able partner, one who would share his
own great enthusiasm.
In Mcintyre; whom he met at a
local "beanery," Heath found the very
man he was looking for. Mcintyre
not only had the enthusiasm but ex-
perience and personality. He was
born in Kenosha, Wis. on August g.
1857. From early youth he began
preparing himself to become a min
strel. His first lessons were taken on
trains, on which he labored as a
"ca pdy hvtcher" His leisure TINA he-
tween the rounds 'of the coaches was
spent in dancing in the baggage car
where he entertained the train crew.
In 1888 he began his stage career in
Chicago. After various affiliations
with companies in all parts Of the
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MCINTYRE AND HEATH.

Jew stage partnerships nave been
r as successful as that Of James
Mcintyre and Thomas Heath
the black face comedians who are now
starring in their latest extravaganza,
Hello Alexander" at the Forty fourth
Street Theatre. For a period of over
forty-five years they have played
together in every part of the world.
While other Ministries have come and
gone Mcintyre and Heath. 1t seems,
have remained only to achieve more
and more fame and popularity. The
story of their accidental meeting in
San Antonio. Tex, in 1874 Is as in
teresting as the picturesque life they
have led together.
Heath. who furnishes the vein of
optimism in contrast to Mcintyre
funny pessimism, is a product Of Phila-
delphia, born there on August IL,
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Possibly the sweet Elisabeth may
touch US, but she passes so quickly.
Only Gianetto remains. Indeed, he is
the piece. And how profoundly, how
curiously has this character been
studied by the author. 1t is possibly
for this reason that the character pro-
duces a sort Of uneasiness analogous
to the physical discomfort which the
contact of a venomous beast produces
1t must be remembered in comparing
this painter to HGmlet or Lorenzdccio
that the resemblance Is only external.
We admire in Hamlet the anguish of
a tortured but generous conscience.
and in Lorenzdccto the anxiety of a
heart set upon crime. but susceptible
of remorse, accessible to melancholy
and to adorable returns Of tenderness.
But Gianetto is adamant. He is in
terested only in his cowardice and his
ferocity. He seeks only the gratifca-
ton of his hatred. And this Is pur-
pose neither high nor noble. The last
words he speaks show him incapable
of any Improvement With implaca-
BILE hardness the author has preserved
to the end this nature which demands
the respect of the genuine psycholo-
gist. He did not desire to triumph.
That which makes the beauty OF his
work also makes its harshness, its
sterility, its fierceness. which at GER
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THE WEEKS OFFERINGS.

MONDAYCteon THEATRE Tyler will "On the
Hiring Line comedy in which Harvey Oiggn and Harriet
Ford dealt with problem which payrghts have
always important than the Balkan problem Laura
Hope Crews Donald chief among
to keep the home footing
Shubert Theatre: H. Sohern Marowe their
third week of Shaespearn repertoire will add their large
pckings with "The Tanning of the Shrew"
Garden: J. produce
their annual "The Passing Show of 1872 designed
knock off productions always ente
way Harold Auedge scratched out together the book and
LYRICS Jean Schwartz brmmd with the music and Blanche
Ring and Charles Wnnngr readily adapted themselves
ing at the head of the large family of players.
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EDITH SHAYNE, STAGE MOTHER

Back of Edith Shayne's admirable
performance in AT 9:45." the Owen
Davis melodrama at the Vanderbilt
Miss Shayne being the frantic and
fearful mother Of the boy who is
mysteriously shot as the hands Of the
clock point a quarter Of tents long
and highly successful experience in
maternal roles. She was the mother
in that amusing play THE Dummy"
during it's run at the Hudson some
seasons back. and later played another
mother with John Drew in PEN
Dennis" In LAS a Man Thinks" Miss
Shayne was not a mother. but follow
ing her stage Instincts in that direo-
ton played governess.
An alumnus of the Sargent School
of Acting, Miss Shayne graduated a
member of the class which sent forth
to try their fortunes behind the foot
lights Mary Nash, Doris Keane
Grant Mitchell and Lucille Watson
Her first professional experience waG
gained with a company presenting
The Count of Monte Cristo" on tour.
Edmund Breese played the Count, and
one night James O'Neill, who had
witnessed the performance, came back
stage to say among other things that
the woman playing the bag was too
old, too much. so to speak, in the
picture. Miss Shayne happened to be
that bag, and as she also happened
to be still in her teens she felt con-
siderably encouraged.
Following her selection shortly
after for a role in THE Girl With
the Green Eyes" engagements came
one after another, and her experience
does not include the usual period of
trials and fluctuations usually con-
sdered the lot of the young player
striving for recognition. One engage
ment lasted three years, during which
she appeared in THE Lion and thu
Mouse" and played several parts. For
two years she appeared with George
Beban in vaudeville and the English
music halls in the latter's sketch THE
Sign of the Rose"
She has played successful stock en-
gagements in Cleveland and Columbus,
and was a member of the company
which fiourished at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre. Last season Miss Shayne ap-
peared at the Thirty-ninth Street The
atre with William Hodge in "a Cure
for Curables," and now has settled
down for season long Broadway run
in AT 9:45."
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By LAWRENCE REAMER.

interesting
the pubcs enduring interest "The
ignobe character of the drama will Hopknss
to the doors Is John Barrymore who this
Lionel or is the combination of the two? Maybe
his picturesque decorations, Arthur Hopkins
divided of
Duct may be recalled that when she
that when she bad she ho it this
representing the art of the theatre
tide Of ygoe the direction the Plymouth Theatre
persistence that the end still distant?
Various have been received by the
all the Barymores to lead R. JONES' spite
first act third and Manager Hopkins behind
But why has nobody word for Sem Benell?
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HIPPODROME RAYS.

On Thursday next Charles Dill
ingham's pageant, Happy Days."
will reach its hundredth perfor-
nance. and r. H. Burnside will
sigh with relief on that date be-
cause this spectacle will have
drawn a larger public to the
Hippodrome than any of its
predecessors, without causing
any of the box Office staff to
break down, Belle Story,
Poodles Hanneford. Dane Claud-
Jus and Lillian Scarlet, Bert Levy
and Arthur Geary are coming to
feel quite at home in their bril-
liant surroundings. and Roxie,
the elephant is gradually work
ing off her fall tummyache.
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Where the Plays Change.

SHUBERT-RIVIERA-Louis
Mann will make more friends
mere for a second week in
Friendly Enemies"
STANDARD Dark Rosa
ie.n," the Irish comedy produced
by David Belasco, will make its
last appearance in New York for
some time, with Eileen Huban.
Henry Duffey and John DAILY
Murphy still attached to its
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Miss Mary Newcomb Mrs. Robert
Edeson) IN First Is Last" which IS
now on view at the Maxine Elliott
Theatre. was last seen in New York in
"Sick Abed" at the Gaiety Theatre two
seasons ago. Prior to that she was
Robert Blossoms leading woman in
His Brothers Keeper" and with
Chauncey Olcott in The Heart OF
Paddy Whack."
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MISS WllDA BENNETT
and
JOHN CHARLES
THOMAS in
APPLE BLOSSOMS

tain minutes clutches the throat and
becomes almost intolerable.
M. Brisson's just estimate Of the
qualities of the tragedy of Sem Benelli
seems to lay on the author the burden
Of the dramas fate. He must be re-
sponsible for the fate of his work with
the public--not the actors. nor yet the
scene painters nor the impresarios.
Failure to recognize the right rela-
ton between the actor and the play
seems to threaten at least one institu.
ton which has shown its ability to
raise the standard OF dramatic repre-
sensations in this city. In most cases
the playwright alone is responsible.
II he has expressed his meaning
clearly and he means what will be of
interest TO his fellow men gathered
In a theatre to listen to his work, the
actor will not make much difference
one way or another. OF course. there
come along at intervals especially
gifted players who are able to add a
,ustre over and above anything the
playwright has created, to characters,
scenes or separate speeches IN a play.
But as a general rule il is the quality
Of the dramatist's work that deter
mines the quality of any dramatic
performance more than what any OF
the actors may do.
An example OF a scene that depends
in an uncommon degree on the skill of
the player occurs in the second act of
John Masefields 1.-THE Faithful" The
devoted friend of the murdered Asdno,
distressed and out of conceit with a
world that allowed such a crime and
determined to pretend drunkenness as
we'll as amoral decay in order that he
may advance his plans for revenge,
passes through long scene of pseudo
revelrys 1t would take an actor of
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Perhaps It Is interesting to specu-
ate how play Of such a wholly ''un-
sympathetic" character. to use a fa-
miliar stencil. could retain its hold
on the public. "L'Amore de tire Re-"
Tor which Montemezzi wrote the music,
mas never succeeded in gaining the
mold on the public which its musical
beauty deserved. Critics who have
iound only incentive to praise in the
score as we'll as in the rapidly NOV
ing tragedy OF the text have been at
loss to explain the comparative cool
ness OF the public. Only the hopelessly
melancholy mood of the libretto has
seemed plausible reason for this in
Inference. Yet in his operate book
sem Beneli has been no more cruel
than in La Beffa." When II was
acted in Paris, Adolphe Brisson found
mo play equal in horror to the most
sombre tragedies OF the Greeks and
the English. The brutalities of the
action make the piece realistic, while
II Is also poetic through it's occasional
lyrical outbursts. 1t Is romantic
through the coloring OF its pictures
ana especially by means Of the ma
chihlsm OF the climax. such as the
constitution Of personages. the con-
thuous alienation OF love and death
motives, and then go through its
secret doors. mysterious stairways and
Is moonlight playing over the scene
nneheVer there is something espe-
..ahy atrocious to be done. It rasps
une nerves rather than awakens the
sehSinlllties. The emotion of the spec
u.or is born of sympathy. of the keen
est pity.
Tot not one Of the figures in the
tragedy inspires this sentiment. Neri
monster OF bestiality and scottish
Hoss' drunken and debauched until one
S.eS MIN punished without regret.
u"etra is a courtesan, the courtesan
" Tradition. selfish. cold and sensual.
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OF course he is only the author.
But there was none of the distin-
guished Plymouth Theatre galaxy in
Europe to give him a lift when some
nineteen years ago. more or less, La
Beffa" was acted first. None Of the
Americans could possibly have been
held responsible for the sensational
success which sent the work from one
Italian stage to another. 1t was not
thought then to depend so on its
performers, its decorators or its i'm
presarios. Men acted Gianetto and so
did women, among them Tina de
Lorenzo. Sarah Bernhard carried the
play into France, but Sem Benelli was
not ignored in the grateful reception
OF new work by a playwright of an
other country. 1t remained for this
city to wonder who of all those as
ISOLATED with the play here was re-
sponsible for its success-that is
everybody but the author. After all
some Of the credit must be his.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-10
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Knicker-What happens when an
irresistible body meets an inmovable
body?
Bocker-The government raises both
rates and wages-New York Sun.
so you've been married a year,
have you? And how do you find your
husband?"
BY ringing up his club, as a rule
How do you. dear? Passing Show.
What makes you think Baird has
been married? He swears hes a bach
elor'
81 had him out to dinner the other
night, and he folded his napkin. He's
been married, all right."-Life.
She-Before we were married you
brought me much handsomer presents.
| He-My general expenses were light
then. You lived on your father and I
| lived on free lunch.-Kansas City
| Journal.
| Farmer lin department store, ex-
citedly)-Say, Mister, I've lost my
wife!
Floorman (smiling)-Are you down
| hearted?
Farmer-You just bet I be. Why,
press.
What makes Unison look so down.
cast?"
! 1.-THE dry" victory in Ohio
ANY of his money invested in sa-
| ioons?"
mo, but he recently bought the
publishing rights of a new drinking
song. Youngstown Telegram.
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DAVIS THEATRE.

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THE KALEIDOSCOPE

1t is reported that a substitute for
hemp, the Hibiscus Cannabinus, is to
be grown on a commercial scale in the
Transvaal, South Africa.
A will of only Is words, probated
at Edwardsville. Mo, reads: Il here
by bequeath all my belonging, both
real and personal, to my wife, Lydia
A Fiegenbaum. A Will probated in
the same county in 1910 had only II
words, including the designation of
both deviscr and devisee: Il, John D.
Ryan, will leave to my wife, Marga-
ret, all my property"
An iceboat, propelled like an air
plane, has been launched on Lake
Lashway by Carleton S. Bartlett. 1t
skins over the surface at rate of
80 miles an hour. 1t is equipped with
Ford engine and by an ingenious
application of the power over j leath-
er belt and 12inch pulley as pro-
pellor rugged forward is caused to
turn at 1000 revolutions a minute.
Branches of foreign banks recently
opened in Vladivostok, Siberia, in
clude the Hongkong and Shanghai
the Industrial Bank Of China (French)
Corporation, the Bank of Indo-China,
the Yokohama Specie Bank and the
National City Bank of New York.
The Matsuda Bank has had a branch
here for several years for
| Japanese clients exclusively. The
Yokohama Specie Bank also is pur-
suing a restricted policy.
Tobacco growing az So degrees
north latitude would seem an I'M
| possibility in America, but in the
| 0dnece district, Denmark, which lies
! between SIS and Sc degrees, the cult
/ toll
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-10

Once in a while, and only once in a
while, there comes a photodrama OF
such stupondous magnitude and Of
such intensely dramatic situations that
II grips us holds us, and will not let
MS 20 until the final scenes have faded
from the screen. leaving US bewildered
by what we have seen. Just such u
prctodrama is The Still Alarm, which
comes 90 the Auditorium theatre for
three DAYS commencing TO-DAY.
The story of the picture is taken
from the me,odarama OF the same
name which WAS written by Joseph
Arthur and which made its appearance
as o stage play back in the eighties.
IFS success was instant. and since that
time The Still Alarm has been pack
ing theatres throughout the country
as has no other production OF the
American theatre.
As g screen Offering the story lends
itself much more admirably than il
did as a stage Way The action is so
wide I'm its scope that it required the
largest stages in the country to pre-
sent the story in its entirety and even
then tho limitations of the theatre
made it impossible to present the
great fire scenes which in the film
Interpretation lend much to making il
one Of the most awe-inspiring speCta
ules of the day
The Still Alarm Is a picture that
promises 10 marx the beginning of a
new era in the realm of the silent
drama II is a thrilling story that
uulsates with big dramatic situations,
romantic moments, and smashing eli
makes of breathless intensity.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-10
POETRY
tFTEEN ARDS.

1t was Ho, for the set of the khaki;~
Hurrahi for the marching feet;
Three cheers again Is the hShtnB men
Went tramping down the street,
0, we thrilled as We stood ans watched
them.
The Solder. out of the. trenches.
The sailor. over the foam.
1t was Ho. for the CLINT of a rife,
With smiles and tears and burst OF
And now they are coming back!
They have been where the phantoms
gather.
Where Death and his, cohorts Turk
They're coming back from the
Now who will give them work?
who will cancel his debt to a soldier?
(You have not forgotten tAat
We cheered and sang till the echoes
At sight CO campaign hat?)
They have battled and bled and suf-
Now give them helping hand
They're coming hack from the shadows
And smoke OF No Mans Land.
1t was Ho: for the boys when they left
tThey fought through the mud and
A tear filled eye as the flag went by;
fThey marched on weary feeD.
For they didn't lag or shirk;
They're coming back t. the home
Now who viii give them work?
Beatrice Barry in the New York
Times.
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EREED THEATRE,

After many successes on the vaude-
vile stage, Evelyn Nespit comes TO
the screen in the compelling William
Fox photoRlay, TIE Woman Who
Cave which viii he rhe feature at
traction at the Breed theatre today
and Tuesday. Miss Nesbit unques-
tionably has great dramatic ability and
she brings a wealth Of valuable expert
ence and great personal magnetism to
the screen. Her first production, an
orisinal story ny Tsiia Forester deals
with an artists model who grew to
hate her own beauty. Miss Nesbit's
own beauty is world famous and this
remarkable story gives her unlimited
opportunities to show her capabilities
as a dramatic star. Local photoplay
lovers will welcome the announcement
that Pearl White, the peerless fearless
princess Of thrills and daring stunts
will ne seen in new serial photoplay
of amazing adventures entitled The
Lightning Raider at the Breed COM
mencing today and Tuesday. There is
no mystery character in The Lightning
Raider This will be, a welcor a
change to serial fans Pearl White
PLAYS the part of a daring girl who,
while not being an actual criminal ap-
pears to h the associate Of thieves OF
the underworld. The Pathe news,
'chock full' of up-to- the minute news
items, and a Harold Lloyd comedy will
complete the bill.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-10

FOR sALE-Must be sold at once,
shelving, counters, oil pump. steel
paper press and coffee mill J. P. Hol-
loWay S15 Main St. jan31d.
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COMING TO TIE DAVIS,

Iu The Wauderer which will come
10 Davis theatre Wednesday, Feb. 18th,
Maurice Y. Samuels is said to have
made a remarkable stage version of the
old but appealing parable of the
Frodigs% son, Transforming its simple
narrative into dramatic action and dia-
loEue Of tremendous interest. Com
bi1ed with the sumptuous production
given the play with true prodigality
by these enterterprising young pro-
ducers, Messrs. Elliott, Comstock and
Gest there is d cast of players of
great fame, such as Frederick Lewis.
Florence AIer. Henry Puggan. Olga
Newton, Richard Thornton, Louise
Ortiz, Georse StIlwen, Mabel Mont
Comery, Dwight Dams and scores Of
others. Even an enormous flock Of
sheep with many goats and dogs are
carried along to lend the typical
BelasCo effect, for none other than this
great master Of stagecraft directed the
reiearsals Of The Wande-er. A ballet
OF %. LED by Mile FRANCESCA Karmero-
Va Of Perograd is a feature of the
second act, which reveals the Baby
lonian idolators feasting and celebrat-
ing before the shrine Of Tartar, the
goddess Of love.
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MONDAY, FEB. II, 1919,


NJ u CCiDth H. lns4
described as follows: s head of
cows and 6eifers as slick as a
mole, good square built ones and
beautifully marked. I am going
to call your attention to No. l
in this sale, which is a valuable
two year old Ayrshire heifer
with calf by side. the registry
number of this heffer is 470l9,
Lassie McBeth.- he calf was
sired by Colin of Plainfteld; No.
2 is a two year old Ayrshire heif-
vidual, reg. No. 450a0, Beildame,
with calf by Colin of Plainfield;
No. 3, an Ayrshire heifer 13
months old, she was sired by
and is bred to q thoroughbred
Ayrshire bull; No. +, an Ayrshire
haifer about / months old; No.
), a high grade Ayrshire heifer
about 81. months old; No. c, an
extra good Ayrshire COW years
old due March LIST: No. Z, an ex-
Cellent brindle COW suitable for
family use and due April 1st;
No. s. a Jersey COW of good size
due My 18th; / good sized fam
lily and farm horse, / express
wagon, ! new express harness,
second hand harness, 1 grind
stone. 2 cultivators, l wheelbar
row, ! !. tons SheIled corn, some
hay, and other smaller articles.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
consisting of an up-to-dat col
lection in fine condition, includ-
ing a dining room suite with 5
leather seat chairs, ! extension
table and a buffet l mission
frame davenport. pieces of
leather upholstered mahogany
parior furniture, / mahogany
book case with glass doors, / ma
hogany framed mirror, / Circas-
sian walnut bed with box spring,
- ash dressers and wash stands,
several iron ard wooden beds,
springs and mattresses, 6 bed
room chairs and a rocker, 6 oak
dining chairs. / bath tub, I fold
ing bed, kitchen t. BILE and chairs,
l new 9x12 Administer art square,
and other useful articles.
Terms of sale spot cash; all
goods 10 be removed at once, as
Mr.. Koch will leave for the west
Immediately after the sale, which
if stormy will occur the first fair
day after at the same hour. A
caterer will attend
DAVE KOCH.
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TR TES.

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against +he earths sweet flowing
breast;
\ tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her lofty arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
a nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain,
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me.
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce <ilmer.