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fresh wind of high spirits that stirred
 an Atlantic City first night audience out 1 of its heavy after-dinner torpor.''
 Then, having scientifically demon : strated point to his own satisfaction, [ MT. Tyler put the play on the shelf
 and produced "CIarence"
 .Clarence'' stands in no need of such deception. Here for once in a great
 many seasons, is play that adds mort theatre. Nevertheless, the gift of youth which the young actors bring to the leading parts is a good part of it's charm They are, all three of the Heading | characters" really genuinely young. and their gayety and dash and high spirits come out of an abundance that they have not yet learned to husband. They have not had time to acquire much of that overrated thing called experience. They have not yet learned to substitute technique for intuition"
 So much for the atmosphere of the play-the atmosphere of beautiful, redo lent, inspiring, charming youth-and now let's reason a bit together about the author of all this marvelously young. attractive play, which perpetuates, ideal izes and wonderfully portrays youth. Somebody said when Booth Parking ton entered the field of playwriting that he would never be able to write as good drama as books. But in 'Clarence'' he has refuted every precedent which bears upon such situation, 0or this delight
 full comedy is as delightfully."- Parking
 ton as are any of his wonderful stories, It is a rich expression of the authors personality; 1t glows and chuckles with humor; it has a spontaneity of inspira- tion, and none of the artifices of play making is visible as it frolics through it's four acts.
 The mirth which Clarence evokes ,s the comedy of character rather than plot. First of all there is the hero, a demobil- ized soldier, but not man of glory--a quaint and rather mysterious youth, SO cially awkward and slightly eccentric. He is bizarre and cryptic creature but not a caricature, for the world is full of Clarences, but it takes a Tarkington 10 discover them. In search of job-any kind of job-this inexplicable thing in khaki finds employment in the home of Ia rich man with an obstreperous family, and hourly he expands, spreading the strange and beneficent influences of Clarenceism as he unfolds himself. He is if you choose to take him that way, a burlesque of 'sThe Servant in the House. substituting humor for holy unction. No less important than Clarence are the two children of the certain rich man. who are driving that stern parent into purple fits of parental rage and despair l There is the darling daughter. IS or r years old wildly sentimental and alsa l lmpertinently modern. She is introduced 1 to the audience in the aftermath of a cabaret night with a grass wdower, which has brought her under discipline. resisted bybewitehing hysteria. There is lthe son. who may be 1s, blooming orii- iiantly in the first phase of a man-of- l the-world pose. These two are perfectly drawn Tarkington adoescents, and in them he again proves that as a comic philosopher of youth there is none like lhina. This brother and sister (whosa
 family relationship is that of perpetual
 nagging) equal anything in the way Of
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T--------------------'s- ---------- X-Ray Machine Fits Shoes

Radiography, the science to which the most opaque Of substance reveal their in most secrets, has scored another triumph; this time not in the field of pathology, but in that of the very common every day service of selecting and correctly fit ting proper shoes. according to an H. lust4jated article i'll the Popular Me-
 chanics An X-ray apparatus has been brought out for use in shoe stores, by means of which the purchaser and the saleSperson can see whether or not the bones Of the foot are distorted or re- stricted by the shoe being tried on. The device will not ofly settle any contro- VerSy which may arise as to proper size, it will also show without leaving chance
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LARENCE,'' the charming SSN Booth Tarkington play which
 N, Birmingham will have the op-
 portunity to enjoy here for the frs time tomorrow evening at the Jef- ferson, is peculiarly apropos to the Christmas season, as it is primarily a drama of-youth.
 Youth-golden- winged, fleet-footed, dar- ing, insouciant-flashes into the lines and the characters of the Tarkington play like firefles on a June night-and with all the charm and debonnair fascination of needless, irresponsible, "youngness," the spirit of youth dashes through this interesting drama with an alluring grace which catches the 'grouchy'' old Scrooge of the Christmas season, and makes us love Tiny Tim even more-as we see and enjoy-and wish for our owl golden childhood days-which are no more!
 Let me tell you a bit about this won derful Clarence. Twice during re- cent visit to New York have sat down front"-to be exact-on the "bald-head- eF' row Chats where I always sit when can get a seat)-and reveled in the charm of MT. Tarkingtons knowledge of youth-and again youth-and again youth and friends O mine, at this blessed yule- tide seasonif you have a care--if you are not in touch and sympathy with the spirit of Christmas and you do not share the delight of this festival occasion just drop in to see "Clarence," and I'll
 t> <A.k enated-youth renewed-joy and happi- ness and love of girls and boys and things young and irresponsibe-to a greater extent than anything else in the world could make you do.
 Please understand first of all that ~Caarence' is rot Christmas play; 1 am merely linking up its youthful at mosp&ere with the Christmas season, because youth and Santa Claus-young people and Christmas go together like ~Damon and Pythias." New mown hay and love-making," Sugar and Cream" and all the other nice things that con vention and habit have linked together.
 Let me tell you something that Re- becca Drucker, who writes so charm ingly for "The New York Tribune" has passed on about Clarence" in the fol- lowing lines, when the play was first produced in New York town:
 Not long ago." said the clever news paper writer Mr. George c. Tyler, the big manager-producer ndulged himself in an experiment. He was in posses sion of a play so dishonest in substance, so abject in it's bid for favor that it scrupled at no trick of the theatre. t was economically compounded of all the shavings that had dropped off in the building of "PollyannaD and Seven teen" and Turn to the Right It was flimsily glued together with the cheapest sentiment. There was not a line or figure in it to command respect. The traditional way to make such play succeed would be to cast it with d company resourceful and experienced erough to guard it at all its weak points. But MT. Tyler had a deeper guile than this. He cast it with actors toe young to know the strategy of de- ference. these young actors Investigating it with the glow of their youth, sud denly made it invulnerable by their charm. Its gush became eagerness, it's ineptness a wistful inarticula teness, its mawkishness something at least forgiv- ablA They carried the play over on a
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, full-fledged humanity that MT. Tarkins
 ton has put into print; they are, in fact an improvement upon the character ir his comedy of Seventeen" They have a mother. or rather, stepmother, who is jealous Of the pretty governess. and wio thus creates another point of irritation in the domestic friction which Clarence confronts.
 Booth Tarkington, from the Hoo sier'' State, which has produced such notable authors. playwrights and newspaper folk as George Ade, Whit comb Riley, Harry Leon Wilson and the rest, entered the realm of fiction when he was very, very young himself,
 write of it's endless and beautiful pos abilities
 It has been said of MT. Tarkington that he began dictating stories to a long suffering sister before he could write himself. Two enthusiasms seized him at about the same time, one for Jesse James, the outlaw, and the other for C. P. M. James, the nov elist. Perhaps the two were blended into one in the boys eager mind. At any rate, there were desperate robber plays in the Tarkington barn. and the first pages of many tales of blood were written. They always began: Ut was dark, and four horsemen were seen riding over the hiII.'
 From early boyhood Harrington en-
 joyed close friendship with James
 Whitcomb Riley. They would take long walks together, the junior listen
 ing with rapt attention to the wise sayings of the senior. These ram bles
 sometimes terminated with midnight
 lunches of pie, watermelon, strong cof-
 fee and Welch rarebit
 He was sent to Phillips Exeter acad-
 emy for his preparatory course and
 eventually entered Princeton. Young
 Tarkington wrote, drew, sang, acted
 and composed music, and filled place
 in many lines of student activity.
 that he tried to avoid getting an edu- cation as much as possible
 After graduating at Princeton. Tar
 kington returned to Indianapolis to en-
 gage in his real avocation-that of
 writer: Fussin with literachoor," as
 he termed it. Then I wanted to be- come an Illustrator he says, Tor I thought l did. In 1895 I got a pen drawing printed in Life and thought
 my real start had come. Then Life
 rejected 31 subsequent drawings, so l went back to writing and quit draw ing. Writing is trade, and like any other trade 1t must be learned. We must serve our apprenticeship; but We must work it ,out alone. There are no
 teachers. We must learn by failure and repeated efforts how the thing
 should be done"
 MT. Tarkington kept on writing ant rewriting his storics,s which were re- jected every time for eight years. Int struggling young author confessed that
 years of work was exactly $22.50 Olt Tom Martin, a well known Indian; character. speaking of those days ot
 trial, said: T had faith in Tark, rol he had sand in his craw.'" He had certainly a strong determination t'
 succeed, for on him rested no neces-
 sity of earning means of livelihood
 Ar. Harrington showed himself {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19

about the incest, best est" Christmas fun in the world.
 It is the best Tight comedy" which have ever seen written by an American; it is excrutiatingly funny and those who are Interested in bug -ology" will adore oh, but then I mustn't tell you all about the play, for if l did there wouldn't be anything for you to find out for your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19

And now about the actors who will portray the charming Booth Tarking- ton characters in "Clarence:I
 Robert Adams, who plays the title role, was seen here q season or two ago t" charming advantage in Little Wom- en- He is a native son of California, and as a mere lad he entered the emy5foy of the Acazar theatre in San Francisco that honored institution of the stage from which so many noted actors have come It was here that, as a beginner in the mimic art, he got the bearings and Fundamentals for his chosen career.
 Byron Beasley, who is we'll and favor ably known here through having played Legs" will play MT. Wheeler; Thomas Kelly, for some time identified with Mir. Tarkingtons other great success. Seven teen" will play Bobby Wheeler, and Florence Fair. remembered from having played with John Drew and Margaret Ellington in The Gay Lord Quex," will play the governess.
 In commenting you to see Clarence" please let me say frankly that ] have the unusual privilege of telling my fel- low theatre-goers that they ought to do scmething which is going to be just
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new disturbo ces, but eventually calms the complications
 To be sure, he leaves heartbreak be- hind him. Cora, who is about the age of Lola Pratt and the most fascinating stage creation of Tarkington, feels sure that her life is blighted, but, then, it has been, blighted before. It is upon one of her most active tantrums concerning q pre- vious blight that there descends one of those God-given moments in the theatre which make a spectator willing to throw away all the rest of the plays in towr in exchange for single situation "Go wash your face' seems to me such a line, as spoken by the distracted and irate father to his daughter, and echoed back by her
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for argument whether a snoe is correct design and shape.
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LARENCE," the charming 66NN V Booth Tarkington play which N Birmingham will have the op-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-11
.kTlE CRANK SAYS HE SM0THERED CAuGEIL
Bowers and The West Virginian
(An Edilorial)

T Yesterday, meeting Of the Monongahea Valley Trades
"A and abor assembly attack made upon George w.
Bowers who is Republican candidate TOR state
he stockhoder in the company that he West Vrnan.
which newspaper the language of resolution put through at
the meeting has been attacking Mr. c. F. Keney and Mr. Fred
Mooney
In Justice to Mr. Bowers ought to be said that his holdings
IN the Faimon Printing and Publishing company amount to but
one r cent of the capital stock He has had any part
the management of the corporation and has been consulted
with regard the conduct of the newspaper time the
half dozen or more years that he has owned the stock In short
uoauon which The West Vrgnian and not at all
nected with The West Virginian itself.
Mr. Bowers has always been employer of union labor and
for wears he has been regarded sincere friend OF the labor
movement 1t was because of this that he given the endorse
ent of the Political party at its state convention
This endorsement still stands and the action taken by few poll
ian at Yesterdays session of the local central labor body does
not in the least impair he endorsement of Nh Bowers opPo-
ent here simply the action of few active spirits who trying
to manipulate the labor organizations for their political ends
and self respecting of the trades unions ignore
without the least mpang their standing the labor move
men.
As for The West Virgnan, has always stood for
lied labor 1t fought abors battles the days before this district
was Organized when such decidedly unpopular
support to the when The other the city sup
pressed all mention Of ourag committed against labor and IN
every possible way discouraged the OF the labor move
ment >.
The West Vgnian is JUS as much in favor OF organized
The West Vrgnian just alteraby opposed to 50 called
That is why The West Vrgnian has been vigorously opposing the
political activities Of Keeney and Mooney We arc tor them as
long as they stick to their Job of being officers of the Mine Work
m union and we are decidedly opposed them their effort
to put cIeatuer of their the office OF governor OF West
Virginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-11
JURORS DRAW
FOR NOV. COURT
Fifty Petit Jurymen Will
Report For Circuit
Court Nov. Is

The following list Of so petit
Jurors has been drawn TO serve at
The next term Of the Circuit court
beginning November 10:
Fairm0nt district-U. N. Arnetl'
L. C. Arnett, Frank Berry, v. F.
Cornwell, Z. S. Carpenter, W. z.
Davis, Murray Dickerson, B. +.
Evans, S. L. Fuller, ]. H. Grimes,
Jesse Hale, S. B. Iseman, Richard
T. Manley, Lawrence F. McCray,
Z, r, Satterfield.
MannIngton district-R. 70. Ar
nett, Ernest Campbell, Ira Moore,
A. OrndofH, C. L. Prichard, Fred F.
Rex, H. A. Sturm, Roy Stewart
Sam E. Taggart, J. R. Timms.
Paw Paw district. D. Arnett,
C, II. Baker, Joseph l.. FluhartY
]. Calvin Haught. S. A. Shuman.
Winfield district - William Ar
thur, w. S. Fartney, F. c. McEl-
fresh, ]. C.. Wilson.
Union dlstrict-G. W. Brown. D.
], Crouser, A. L. Reed, Bernard
Satterfleld, c. H. Shaffer, +. l..
Vincent, Frank Yeager.
Lincoln district-Charles S; Da-
Wis, John w. Fetty. L. r. Goodwin,
Joe E. Hill, John e. Knight.
Grant district-M. L. Hail, H. H..
Murray, F. o. Manley, Albert Ro-
bey.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-11
SOLDIER
IS BURIED HERE
ZeIlan Haught Is Laid At
Rest In the Ammons
Cemetery

The body Of Zellan Haught,
which was brought to Fairmont
from France yesterday. was laid to
rest with full military honors in
the Ammons cemetery not far from
the home OF his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Calvin Haught, near Fair
view. Post Commander Rollo P.
Conley. OF Fred Heintzelman Post
No. IT, American Legion, left on
the two O'Clock car in command Of
a firing squad. The post had charge
Of the funeral.
Zellan Haught died in q hospital
in France on January 8, 1919. He
had been in active service at the
front and had contracted influenza,
from which he had apparently re-
covered, but was afterward taken
i'll with typohid fever, from which
he died. His brother Clyde, who
was on the firing line not far from
him did not learn of the death OF
hise brother until he received the
sad news from their parents here
Mt home. The deceased was about
"a years of age.
Services were held from the fam
fly residence at 2:30. Rev. r. d.
Hall, OF Clarksburg, officiating.
Undertaken ]. Y. Hamilton. OF
FaIrview, was in charge Of the in
terment.