The sun., 1919-08-24

a central operator, and the whole Scent
is vivid. palpitating picture of spring
Before this effect dies down another
mass OF red fire hidden In hundred foot
trenches ten inches deep bursts into
flame, and the forest seems ablaze with
the element of raging destruction.
Brighter and brighter grows the green
more and more fiery and red. until the
climax, an eruption Of new red and
green mingled with gold, far I'D the
hillside from u hidden source an
nounces that Care is conquered In the
Grove and the spirit of Bohemia il
triumphant
For twenty years one man-Edward
j. Duny-has been the Light Wizard"
OF the plays. At first the suggestion
that red lights be burned among the
trees was scoffed at as a violation of
the beauty of nature, but in 1902 in
Joseph Redding's play THE Man in
the Forest" there was a climax In
which one of the characters spoke the
line, Behold the dawn of a new dayl"
Better Scenic Effects.
Duffy utilized this and demonstrated
that If artistically handled, a marvel
lous scenic effect could be secured by
ournings lights at distance from the
stage. For a decade he has studied the
situation and has brought this lighting
10 perfection so that now every play
concludes with an illumination so
stately and impressive that the picture
remains always in the memory Of the
beholder.
Walter Damrosch. from his place in
the audience at the 1915 Grove play,
exclaimed, This is perfectioni What
a sight for a man who for a lifetime
has lived on painted perspectives.
Here in reality Is that of which 1 have
dreamed"
Under whatever name or form II
appears Care is always the forbidding
monster that bars mortals from the
ways or Happiness. Bohemia (brotherly
love) is the champion that DESTROYS the
monster. This is the creed of the club.
the sentiment for which It stands. and
1t is for the glorification Of this idea
that the midsummer Grove play is
written and performed every year.
Attempts have been made to induce
the club to produce the play else
where, but its members realize full
well that such an attempt would be a
mistake, for the play. the actors, and
the audience are Indigenous to the
Grove. The midsummer play is a child
OF the Bohemian Club, which II has
tathered and mothered. 1t was born
where 1t still lives. The members have
watched 1t broaden, strengthen and
develop into something more signifi-
cant than a mere evenings entertain
ment. 1t is rather the fulfilment of
the dream OF the year. the grand
climax of the clubs aspirations, the
epitome Of Bohemia's strivings, and
longing for the growth and preserva-
ton of good fellowship. Among the
thousands of men of diverse tastes and
temperaments and occupations who
make up the audience, a spirit of toll
erance and charity prevails, and
among them in active operation. un-
der the spell of the play may be
definitely seen that for which so many
preachers of the gospel are constantly |
pleading and praying-"harmon and |
brotherly love-"
Forest stage Tor Many Plays.
1t is a long and splendid sequence |
OF plays that have already been given |
on this forest stage of the Bohemian
Grove. After the first performance, TO |
be designated as a grove play symbolic |
OF a new type OF drama, that of the |
Man In the Torest," by Charles X. |
Field (editor of Sunset), with music by
Joseph ID. Redding (cocomposer with |
Victor Herbert of the opera ma
toma), there came in 1903 Monte
zuma," an Aztec play by Louis Rob-
ertson, with music by DR.. Humphrey
Stewart (who endeared himself to |
thousands Of people from all parts of
the world as the organist OF the mag
nifcent Outdoor organ" during the
Exposition at San Diego in 1879.
In 1904 was given the Hama.
dryads," by VIII Irwin (the journalist)
music by w. J. Mccoy; in 1905 The
Quest OF the Gorson." by Newton