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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-04
VERMONT NEWS.

The Vermont Bankers association has
been invited to hold its summer meeting
in Bennington on Aug l6, Bennington
battle day.
The employees of the state house at
Montpelier presented Sergeant-at-Arms
d. j. Dwinell with handsome travel
ing bag Thursday.
Rev George A. Martin, pastor of Grace
Methodist church at st. Johnsbury, has
decided to remain at the church for an
other year Mr. Martin haS received sew
eral calls from larger places, including
one at Bennington, but at meeting Sun
day evening he decided to remain.
. There will be no tennis or track ath-
letics on the University of Vermont
schedule this spring but the annual inter
scholastic track meet will be conducted
Ivy the university management at Centen-
NAL field late in June. To this all the
preparatory schools in Vermont are IN
vited
Miss Katherine B. Viles of Montpelier,
IN memory of her parents, the late Jesse
5. Viles and Florence Bailey Eiles, has
presented the state, through Governor
Clement, Is acres of land adjoining the
State House grounds The gift was ac-
cepted and the thanks of the assembly
expressed in joint resolution.
Edwin L. Foster, who has been acting
IL Dill al A,Ir.
ing Representative Belknap's attendance
at Montpelier as a member of the legls
lature, and who closes his duties Satur
day, has taken the agency for the Equit
able Life Assurance society of New York
for Bellows Falls and surrounding terri
tory.
Can't Charles n Barber has returned
to Barre after several months in France
He was formerly member of the faculty
of Norwich university and went to CAM
Greene as captain of the headquarters
company with which he went to France
Upon the acknowledgment OF the 9th reg
iment Capt Barber was assigned as as
sistant to the adjutant at the port of EN-
barkation at st. Nazaire
The case of state against Fred A. Smitl
of Bellows Falls brought by States At
torney Harrie w. Chase of Brattleboro
in which Smith was charged with own
ing dog which chased and worried
deer one Sunday in February, was trie
Wednesday in the Bellows Falls munic
pal court before Judge T. E. O'Brien TIL
jury was discharged after celebrating fo
an hour and half and failing to agree.
The date for the State Encampmen
G. A. R., which is TO be in Rutland TIL
year, has been set for May 81 and %. Til
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-04

The date for the State Encampment,
G. A. R., which is TO be in Rutland this
year, has been set for May 81 and %. The
annual meeting Of the allied organizations,
the Woman's Relief corps, Ladies of the
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EVELYN GOSNELl
IN "UP IN MABEC'S ROOM"

=. that would be signal for an active
movement in gold.
After about all the characters eX-
Cept the hero and heroine had been
killed off, father would announce the
play for the following night. Then
We would count the receipts. FIRE.
quontly we also gathered up the re-
ceipts on the stage with whisk
broom and shovel.
And So l entered my stage career.
After l had been carried shrieking
from the little cabin Of my poor but
pioneer parents and borne away to
the rendezvous of the outlaw band a
few hundred times. the company,s rep
crto!re was broadened, and at fourteen
! actually had appeared in Macbeth
and Nan, the Good For Nothing,
showing that l had range to my tai
ents. Then. after q time. came
TO New York. Ren Teal put me in
Lost, Strayed or Stolen Then l
got in musical comedy and We been
there ever since. So, you see, Il
simply had to return to the stage
when Mr. Comstock and Mr.. Elliott
wanted me for oh, Ny Dear"
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| try, and with the courage born of
utter ignorance she determined to seek
a theatrical engagement in New York.
Knowing nothing of the big city
Miss King stepped of the train one
glorious morning and took a taxi
straight to the Belasco Theatre, where
she succeeded in getting a hearing
from Mr.. Belasco's stage manager.
Now it just so hapI ened that the cast
ing for Marie -Odile" was we'll under
way. The company had been largely
selected, but there yet remained the
securing Of several players to imper-
senate the nuns. The difficulty lay in
finding actresses who gave Just the
right contrast to Miss Starr in the title
role and who yet had that beautiful,
poise required for the sisters.
The brunette loneliness Of A4ss
King, her gentleness of manner and
the softness of her voice won her a
place in the Marie Odile' company.
where experience might utterly have
failed to do SO. She was instantly
engaged. and this began her stage
career under Mr.. Belasco's direction
where she still remains, although with
several fights to other managerial
! banners.
Following Marketable" Miss King
appeared in Mr.. Belascos production
OF THE Boomerang," after which she
gained Mr.. Belasco's permission TO ac-
cept an offer from Arthur Hopkins for
his Chicago company playing Good
Gracious, Annabelle!" Last season
she was seen only in New York, first
in the Selwyn production of THE
Pipes of Pam in which she essayed
the role of the artists model part
in which she attracted considerable
attention. Miss Kings second ex-
perience of the season of l9l7-1S was
with Lou Tellegen in Blind YOUTH" in
which she played the ingenue lead,
after which she returned gratefully to
Mr.. Belasco for the portrayal of the
lovely young sister Of the hero of
"Daddies"
This fragment Of stage history is
remarkable for two reasons: first that
it began under the direction of David
Belasco without preliminary expert
ence, and second. for Miss Kings free
dom from the average players en-
forced idleness between plays. II her
beginning was spectacular the fact
that she has never since wanted for an
engagement is no less so.
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MARGARET LAWRENCE
IN TEA FOR THREE"

good and all. Miss Game, too, thought
that she was through with profess
sional life. She returned at the height
of her popularity. at the close of the
engagement of adele" at the Longacre
Theatre. Previously she had been
the leading woman in THE Merry
Widow" 1.-The Earl and the Girl"
The Rich Mr.. Hoggenhcimer" and
other successful musical plays of the
day.
But Miss Game has heard the call
of the footlights and has returned TO
Broadway to play one of the leading
roles in "Oh, My Dear" this seasons
musical comedy at the Princess The
atre. The public had not forgotten
Miss Caine during her five years alb
sence. Her first entrance at the
opening performance was the occasion
for an ovation. spontaneous, but genu-
inc and sincere.
1t is not surprising that the actress
has returned to her profession. She
comes of a theatrical family. Nearly
all her life has been spent on the
stage and she is rather proud of her
earlier experiences, had mostly in Ari-
IONA. Nevada and California.
MY father was a versatile man."
she says. BESIDES knowing how to
adapt plays and himself to circum-
stances. he knew how to repair har-
ness and could play the villains in
mining camp melodramas without
being callaax upou-s.o apalaspzo -
members of n box party before, dur
ing or after the performance.
I'VE had a travelling wagon show.
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A STAGE DREAM.

If ever you doubt that dreams do
come true you have but TO meet Bob
cite in "Daddies' in the LyCeum The
atrc to have your faith restored. For
Edith Kings brief history in the thea
tire is very mich like finding the pot OF
gold at the end Of the rainbow. Her
dream of the stage had its inception
i few years ago in the Pennsylvania
Until Miss King was 1G years of age
she had never seen a plsy, never been
inside a theatre. With her first visit to
u playhouse ambition was born. Some
still. Snlstix dice wilbin whisSf"ed ts
the dark eyed girl that she could sue
coed if she could secure the chance to
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/ text which another manner of treat
ment might give finds himself COM
PEELED to depend wholly on his own
work in the drab projection OF it that
is thrown to the public.
The discrepancy between the estate
left by the late Charles Frohman and
his business associate, Al Hayman, is
eloquent of certain conditions that ex-
list in the theatre. They may not be
closely related to its art, but there is
an undeniable light from them on GER
tain conditions, such as the great in
crease in the number of playhouses.
Mr.. Froham, IT must be borne in mind,
was producer. Mr.. Hayman. on the
| other hand, was active chiefly in the
theatre as an owner of theatres.
The man in Mr. Frohman's position
has, of course the task of pleasing
the public. How difficult that is the
| career of every manager has shown.
Once there may come success which
will compensate for a number of fail
ures, both financially and in the amour
propre of the impresario. 1t is the
ever cheering search for these lucky
| turns that SO often comes to resemble
| the triumph of hope over experience.
II has rarely happened that success
| comes often enough to leave the man
: ager at the end Of his career as rich
| as the man who has confined his in
terest In the drama as a business to
the ownership of theatres.
They can always be rented. Just
now there is the same cry from Lon
don that is heard in New York. Man
ayers have prepared so many plays for
production that no stages can be found
! for them. Fortunate owners of the
aires can always find tenants, and US
ually on their own terms. And the
tenant must pay. SO whether the play
is "A success or not the owner of the
| theatre earns his compensation. He
is not dependent on the favor OF the
| public. That the manager is seek
ing. It is only the lucky landlord
who is Independent of the necessity
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of giving the public what 1t wants.
So it happens that the Frohmans OF
he theatre are likely to die and leave
only the admiration of their colleagues
behind them while the Haymans are
able to accumulate large estates.
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The wagon was red--but that is not
important. Father was leading man.
Mother was leading woman. My
brother was leading horses. | was but
n child, leading the simple life except
when occasion demanded that the little
daughter of the sturdy but struggling
settler be captured by bloodthlrsty In
dams. Then I would be borne away on
bronco to the fastness of the noun
tains, and in a few weeks the gallant
cowboys would gallop up the face of
the preCipipe and rout the hated Sioux
or Comanches. If the going was good
I'd be rescued just before dusk and
restored to my heartbroken parents in
time 10 help take down the lighter
scenery and enjoy plate of beans.
Sometimes we played in an opera
housc-that was when the town
boosted OF one. In other places, whore
there was less civic pride and moro
saloons. we either built a theatre
suited to our productions or played in
the vacant lots.
Naturally receipts fluctuated. We
depended less on the price OF adms-
SONS tnan on the degree OF popular
enthusiasm Of the audiences. In the
big battle between the gallant cowboys
and the hated redskins. If every red
skin bit a good big slice of dust and
the cowboy victory was spectacular,
mussy and complete. the boys out in
front would let ont a whoop and their
belts and the gold dust would begin
Sitting II. across Tie fOot.!S.t5 and 81
ing the cracks in the stage. Now ana
then regular first nighter would
curve a few loose nuggets AT me, and
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Miss Rambeau, frowsy and garru-
is0s in her spangled black gowns.
ts1is her hocus pocus TO the victims
that wonder, and occasionally there is
the appearance of man in tights or
aswoman in spangles TO indicate that
the background of this scene is cir
cts. Where are the music and the
ballyhoo, the suggestion of specious
gsyety, the vd-et-uient which would
Inevitably be the atmosphere of such
asplace? 1t might be the morgue for
an that inevitable attempt at liveliness
apd animation which would be made
bS the proprietor of such a place.
Isl silence. The other men and women
in the first act of THE Fortune Tel
Il r" stink in and out with no regard
70 the effect of their actions on the
play, which was supposed TO be one
of the old principles of production"
But evidently the modern manner
atms to abolish all such useless con-
ysntions. 1t Is perhaps seen at its
bSst In the gloomy first scene of Bar
hara," with its sense of portent that
LED the audience to believe that a corpse
was under the table or soon would be
there; in the deserted emptiness of
tie second act OF The Gypsy Train
OF in the cold detachment of certain
episodes in Redemption" This way
Of treating a play may be Of the high
est artistic Importance, and it may
tckle TO death the elect who are
capable OF delighting only in the deli
cate suggestion of a scene and are far
above the necessity for any emphasis
OF its meaning. Yet it ignores the
t&ste of the public which seeks the
sense of illusion and beauty in the the
atre. 1t does. moreover, precious little
fer the playwright, who in place of the
enrichment and Improvement TO his
The sun., 1919-03-09
THAT PURPLE LIGHT.

The effect of the mysterious light
that CLOVIS in The Unknown Purple"
overthrow many stage conventions as
TO color and light. For instance. to
neutralize the effect of the purple rays
Richard Bennett is compelled to wear
a green wig in order TO get the APP
pearanco of a white haired man. Helen
Mackellar spent many anxious hours
in studying the proper makeup that
would elude the purple shadows and
The sun., 1919-03-09
PEGGY HOPKINS in
"A SlEEPLESS NIGHT"
By LAWRENCE REAMER.

the modern
r. by Mr. Hopkins does Of aid the
wright What he has done must be itself capable of the
suggestion that easily profoundly the
OF the drama They VIGOROUSLY impatient the bana
bana is in their Interpretation of practice be theatrical
pncf usory and highly colored There could
of this habit
the latest specimen of what Mr. Hopkins
TO come before the public
This division
- part of small show the sdeshow
d In the plying her fraudulent About
vts walls and her head which light
h the her. This is admired principle
circle OF light of
when they important the action
when their participation finished
however, the engmaca half
dark during of the play But there
modern old prejudice
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neutralize the violet rays. And for
her costumes. 1t was necessary to in
stall a miniature lighting apparatus
under whose purple lights all material
might be tested before 1t was made
into a costume to DO worn in the play.
First samples of materials and even
bolts of velvet and satin were assem-
bled at the costumer's who had the
making of costumes for Miss MacKel-
lar. IT was found that blue lost its
identity under the purple light and
since the first act, the home of the
Dawsons, has for its setting a draw.
ing room with blue portieres and blue
upholstered chairs, blue velvet gown
would have been completely SUBJ
merged in the purple blue shadows.
That the blue background should fade
under the battery of light was de-
sirable, but 1t was necessary that Miss
MacKellar stand out. Gray also be-
came dim and insignificant under this
light and was eliminated for the color
scheme.
Eventually Miss Mackollar found
that a vivid emerald green held Its
color, no matter how strong the violet
rays. Also black was SO dense that 1t
threw Off the purple light and stood
forth unshsdowed by the illumina-
ton. And in the last act, Miss Mac
kellar uses the third color that blends
but does not lose its identity when
bathed in the purple glow-an anne
thyst velvet
After colors had been tested and
satisfactorily decided upon the next
problem was that of makeup. Miss
Mackellar had to unlearn all she knew
of the -. and begin afresh.
The first thing / did" said Miss
MacKellar, was to have purple lights
| Installed in my dressing room Both
Mr.. Bennett and myself have to mako
up under light as near to the purple
glow as we can get i'll single light
For the unknown purple has a dlsts-
trous effect on the pink and white
makeup we generally use"
First of all it was found that flesh
colored powder could not be used il
was necessary to use mauvc powder,
which. by the way, had to be made
expressly for Miss MacKellar. yell
low powder had to be substituted also.
Instead of blue pencil for the eyes
purple crayon is used Her hand
kerchicf is lavender tinted in fact,
everything that IL scheduled to como
/ in contact with the purple rays must
be of some shade of purple or of some
color that when tested shows itself
proof against the insidious power OF
The unknown purple.
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able to accumulate large estates.
In mentioning the invariable Meme
sis which makes the morality of the
best French farce sometimes percepti-
BILE IT was not intended to imply that
the sin OF commission need be impor-
tant. Arthur Pinero initiated very
skilfully the drama of this school in
The Magistrate" which is just now
on view in its musical form as Good
Morning. Judge" But here the ini-
guilty of the fair sinner is not serious.
Indeed Mrs. Posket has done no more
than lie about the age of her son. 1t
seems white enough as lies go. but
what a trail of disaster follows behind
it. What a tangled web the wife OF
the Magistrate begins to weave when
she first practise TO deceive.
There Is the raiding Of the supper
club and then come the scene in the
police court and the humiliation be
fore her husband. Surely that is
string enough of evils to start in a
little lie about a boys age. But II Is
inevitably in the mood OF that Gallo
farce which seeks to punish the evil
doer. Even the Nemesis Of Mrs. Pos
ket stalks behind here and for the
white lie she suffers-and pays.
LOYAL admirers of the American
theatre need not lose heart. Tho fol-
lowing description was written by q
London critic, although there is not in
its dependency a note which might
not readily be transferred to our own
theatre:
Never in the history of the theatre
has there been so little interest in the
drama or so much in entertainment.
The cause cannot be that the theatre
has become n commercial enterprise
MS 1t has against an enterprise IN a
form of art 1t must be that the pup
lie in seeking relaxation does not very
much care how 1t Is relaxed.
Some new school of drama must be
forming. because these new, vast audi
ences who have acquired the theatre
habit cannot for long live entirely on
confectionery. They must in time tire
of the silk stocking school and demand
sterner stuff, not necessarily OF the
highbrow order, but possibly OF the
romantic, the adventurous, the brave.
"In much the same way the kinema
theatres are full. Nobody seems to
mind what films are being shown
nobody seems to care II they are good
or bad, they just go TO the pictures.
And vet underlying it all the kinema
world is awake to the idea that n de-
mand Will arise for better work, more
careful production. more artistic SYM
pathy'
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AFTER FIVE YEARS.

w THEN Georgia Caine quit the
A/ stage five years ago her
many friends and admirers
believed that musical comedy had
lost one of its brightest lights for
The sun., 1919-03-09

So successful has been the produc-
ton at the Theatre du Nieux Colombier
of La Ne!ne," by Alfred Capus, that
Director Copeau has decided to con-
tinue the play for a second week. Pa
irons Of the French theatre are
eager to hear the modern comedies,
and this play so delightfully."- acted has
been a great success.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-05
Tri- Centennial Anniversary Of the First
Legislative Assembly in America

Three hundred years ago a colonial legislative assembly, the first ever
held in the western continent, met in the church at Jamestown, Va, and
drew ND a code Of laws for the colony. The event was a portentous one.
The old world had passed away and the new one was born. Popular right
in America had entered on life and the long struggle to hold its own. 1t
misht be stranged in the cradle, or done to death before 1t reached full
manhood; but the fact remained, it had been born.
Two burgesses were sent from the plantations, towns and hames,
and as two were sent from each the assembly consisted of twenty-five.
They sat with their hats on, as in the English commons, the members occu-
pying the "chohr," with the governor and council in the front seats, the
speaker, with clerk and sergeant, faced them, and the session was opened
with a prayer, after which the burgeSes took the oath of supremacy.
The era of talk having not yet arrived the proceedings were business
like. The charter, brought by George Yeardly, was read and referred to
a committee, which was to report whether it contained anything "not per-
fectly square with the state of the colony, or any law pressing or binding
too hard because this great charter is to bind us and our heirs
forever" Laws were enacted regulating intercourse with the Indians, on
matters of agriculture and on religious affairs. Divine services were to
be according to the ritual of the English church, and all persons were to
attend church on Sunday. Every male above sixteen was to pay one pound
O. the best tobacco to discharge the salaries of the burgesses, and lewd and
lecherous servants should be whipped and nailed in the pilory.
The spirit inspiring the assembly may be seen from that petition to
the company to grant them authority ito allow or disallow of their orders
of court, as his majesty hath given them power to allow or disalow Of
our laws" This was the great original American claim Of right-the
authority to govern themselves; and Henrys protest against the stamp
act a century and a half afterward was simply its repetition.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-05
PRESERVING EGGS
FOR WINTER USE

Preserving eggs in waterglass, or
silicate Of sodium, has proved very
satisfactory. The process is very sim
pie and easy, the cost of material and
container very moderate, the quality
of the eggs is maintained, and they
may be put down at any time when
they are abundant or cheapest.
One part of waterglass to nine parts
Of water is a standard mixture. Boil
the water and add the waterglass be-
fore it coOls, stirring thoroughly. A
popular amount is m quart Of water
glass to nine quarts of water, making
enough mixture for 10 dozen eggs.
Any cOntainer, excepting tin or iron
may be used, but a t~ive-gallon earthen
jar is the favOrite one. This will hold
10 dozen eggs, or half Il case, and
when filled may be easily handled.
Only fresh, clean, hard-shelled eggs
should be put down. Care must be
taken that none are checked or
cracked. Dirty eggs may be washed,
but should be rolled in the thin white
of an egg and dried before putting
down.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-05
Arizona NatrOns Taught
to Make Their Clothing
in Demonstration School

Arizona women are huStlers, if those
that state are typical examples. These
clothing schools are conducted by the
home demonstration agents under the
direction of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture and the state col
lege. The women who attend them are
taught various phases of d~ressmaking
and millinery. Such q school was re-
Gently held at Salmarita, Ariz. The
waiting room at the railway station
was the only available place to meet.
Before it could be used, the walls and
floors needed a through %scrubbing and
they were given it by the committee in
charge. Three machines and two work
tables were installed and u women
came for instruction the first after.
noon. The amount of work accom-
plished during the entire week by
those in attendance was Il surprise to
the home demonstration agent and the
committee in charge. One woman, in
the three days she attended, made a
wolfe dress, a Bingham dress, a skirt
(frOm old materially, a hat and q baby
cap. While doing this, she also minded
the baby she brought with her. WheiH
the %yOungster grew restless, she ran
her sewing machine with. one foot and
rolled the baby carriage back and forth
with the other. All during her work,
she sang a Dutch lullaby to the baby.