Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-08


Florence Nash. the star of Charles
Emerson Cooks Broadway comedy hit.
Remnant" which comes direct from
four months crowded engagement
at the Morosco Theater. New York, to
the Orpheum next wednesday for
matinee and evening performances, is
IA staurch exponent of prohibition, and
she has some interesting views on
the subject. Miss Nash will be re-
membered for her remarkable por-
trayal of "Aggie Lynch in Within
The Law" She is one OF the youngest
ana most popular comediennes on the
American stage. and her performance
IN remnant romantic comedy OF
l4Se has proven her To be star of
he nrst magnitude. And since it
takes brains, as we'll as beauty to be-
come star, Miss Nash's ideas on any
subject that interests her are worth
while.
L have heard men say" says Miss
Nash. that they take drink every
now and then to get that happy feel
ing, but If they only knew how much
easier it is to get that same feeling
without resorting to alcoholics. there
would be no more protestations
AGAINST prohibition. The blue bird
was not born in bottle of booze.
coming through some of the dry sec
tIons. on my way to Pennsylvania, 1
have noticed that people there seem
TO be just as cheerful as ever and a
great deal more prosperous.
When l learned that Remnant
was going to appear in Harrisburg,
| was glad, and. when, day or two
later, l learned that Pennsylvania
had voted dry 1 was gladder still.
Not taking into account the many
thousands of homes throughout the
country that will be saved from ca
lamity, when the heads of the family
cease to leave half of their pay en-
vclopes Saturday night at the saloon
around the corner, l believe that even
the average man who has been used
to a little liquor several times a day
will be much happier and many times
more prosperous. When his mind is
entirely free from the influence of al
cohol. it will be clearer to think OF
big business projects.
And what substitutes will we use
TO get that happy feeling" you ask
/ Young men and women, and even
those who are not so young, will take
: to athletics. l can see the era of the
return of beautiful bodies and healthy
! | think, also, that the home life oil
! American families will benefit by pro-
/ nibition. Folks will entertain at home
! Father and big brother will stay
| dc.
! And then, there are the theaters
/ The bright lights and the entertain
/ men of the stage will become more
and mere a substitute for getting that
| happy feeling. The men and womer
cf the stage, who have always beer
| most happy to serve an appreciattve
| public, will bend their efforts fol
| better and happier results. for they
will know that the public will depend
| q great deal on them for the right
! kind OF diversion.
| Altogether. 1 think we are on the
| road to capture the blue-bi now
! that the booze-bird is flying out OF
! the window"
Reports from New York confirm
| Miss Nash's announcement that Rem
nant" is a happy play. with more
laughs to the minute than any other
that has visited Harrisburg in long
| time.
| Miss Nash is playing the part of 3
little Partisan street waif (who in the
| end marries a brilliant, young engi-
ueer), who was nicknamed Remnant
| by a Judge because there was "toc
much OF her for a child and not
| enough for a woman"