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New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

true, very true. The scenery, customs
and all Of foreign countries have been
brought right into our theaters. We're
a college to use motion pictures it
could educate in the modes and forms
of life quicker than by any other way
But there is still great educational
work that the movies have left undone.
In the studios, if they would only teach.
show girls who fill in as guests at re-
ceptions, if they would only teach them
the correct use of the knife and fork!
In close-ups Why, the educational
possibilities of the movies are bound-ss
.ess.
~ have watched the movies pretty
closely. So many of my books have
been produced that I'm ever trailing.
the picture theaters in the hope of
CHANGING upon one. l suppose it's a
lind of morbid curiosity, desire toa
see whether murder or merely ASSAULT
and battery has been committed upon
the story Back in 1903 I saw the first
movie version of one of my stories. II
was a short story called 'Rajah's Vaca; J
tion.' Since then l have seen many verI
sions of my stories, although, Of course:
the titles were not always the same, nor
: was l always down as the author, NOT
had l always sold my picture rights|
They tell me they have scenario
/ writer's in California who can swipS
any plot and tinker with it so al
author will not recognize it. Unfor:
tunately for my peace Of mind, seem
to have nose for plagiarism of my
work.
when / went to see production Of
my The Goose Girl got a shock. Il
was wonderful. The photoplay hac
realized everything l had ever dreamed
of in the story. That quickened my
interest in movies. l thought: Il
they can do thing so beautifully once
why can't they do it every timer L
showed me that the movies are capabl,
of conveying to an audience all tn,
romantic charm that comes to tn,
reader of a romantic novel. But as
watched one play after another it EN-
phasized that such good production
were all too infrequent"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11


" room farce" and the same
sort of thing in musical
comedy is still moot question. 1t all
depends on the viewpoint. Now, Leo
Ditrichstein, who has been on the stage
for ever so many years and achieved
just fame as an actor playwright and
man Of parts, says emphatically it is.
And Ernest Truck, who, though of
tender years, played Hamlet and
ingomar and "Romoo and Juliet" a
quarter Of century ago, is equally
sincere in taking the other end of the
argument
but Leo is playing the swashbuckling
royalIst adventurer in "The Purple
Mask" at the Booth, with every inten-
ton Fof putting on Othello next sea-
son and playing the insidious Iago him
sell, and Ernest is playing the inno-
cent but deeply intrigued bridegroom
from Cohoes in "No More Blondes"
with lavender bed and a green plush
dressing gown adorned with sunflow-
ers, at Maxine Elliott's for Al Woods
and has no Immediate idea of returning
TO the melancholy Dane or anything
half SO ingenious as Little Lord
Fauntleroy" next season, nor yet the
season following.
Ergo, cum grano sails! Or words to
that effect.
But let them talk; Leo with his
impenetrable Mansfeldian smile, blase
to the nth degree; Ernest with his
wide-eyed Delft gaze of innocence;
and draw your own conclusions.
Actors" mused Mr.. Ditrich stein,
narrowing his shrewd eyes to mere
sits as ne inhaled an Egyptian cigar
ette Great actors? Certainly, we
nave them. Good actors, who would be
gTeas If they had but the chance.
Everything travels in cycles. The last
generation had more than it's share of
great actors in every country. There
we're Irving and Tree and Wyndham in
England; Duse and Rejane and Bern
hardt and Coauelin in France; many
IN Italy, including that master of them
Oil IN technique, Ermete Novelli, and
'ermany had countless actors with
proper claim to greatness.
But you can't make great actors
*'snout great plays any more than
you can make great writer of child
u all the reading he gets consists of
penny dreadfuls.' We have too many
aivial plays, and the public is tired Of
mem, tired of the everlasting, silly
Sedroom farce and of the equally brain
'eas twaddle of the average musical
comedy.
Inc people want more serious
snings, more thrilling things. Take
-" new play Of mine, The Purple
slssk Il is one Of those old fashioned
impossible ii you like) melodramas,
vss me people seem TO like it, to find
= niezsed relief. We are doing won
asrfni business. expect to make
enough money out of it to follow it
1sHS 2sason with my own production
y ofheilo- shall play fago. OF
s"afse. have long wanted to do it,
lns'ted to dinner, Mr. Ditrichstein
politely declined.
never take more than a bowl OF
'p before going on" he said.
Ars Truex Was quite different. He
a waiting at the Lambs. At the
ss es offending his dignity, which
. Treasures highly. the temptation ii
~ great. 1t must be said: He il
'ss' ~ cute off the stage a. on.
S"'ns on,' he bubbied, "we'ye just
~s 70 have real dinner and al
~ was just before going on for
- 'scond performance With the kit
w xpa The two brides and the
I'sHHsr bed and the sun~Howered
.s.sz ssses1z gpwn, he deycured 4 large
81 nlnsstrone, two rolls. a
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
@pentngs Of tbe Comtng Wefk


LIE and Pierre Weber, with
and timely Partisan farce "LAngais
Tel e Parle" by Tristan Bernard
Eng
Of the Maquerda by Jacinto
ONc playing the role of Ramunda created
Theatre Princess Madrid five
will be known 1.-The Passion Flower
Underhil. Miss ONe will be
sisted Hrtsl Bruce Mantel Charles
Fisher Mrs Charles G.
Craig Adeah Wise
and made under the direction OF
AifredH
THgsDAYAt the New York Theaer Guild will
English Tostoys the
Power OF Darkness" Russian life The
principal male role will be played by
ohI Helen Wesley Marjorie Vonnegut Ida Rah Fred D.
Moex Bertha Broad
and WIiarN are the
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Burton Holmes Begins

Tonight at Carnegie Hall and again
tomorrow afternoon Burton Holmes
begins his double series of travelogues
on the tourist Europe of the present
day with Belgium" as his first sub
ject He has recently returned from
an extended motor trip through Bel
gium, France and the occupied Rhine
land; his colored views and motion pic
turies will tell the pictorial story ac-
companying his personally delivered
description of his summers expert
ences.
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40O< %1oyo

ter than to talk shop. If l find it
difficult to move along smoothly with
a play after l have considered every
possibility in my mind. know that
the play cannot be worth writing. A
good play writes itself. and you may
be sure that You have a bad play when
the writing is difficult.
another mistake made not only by
playwrights but by other writers as
we'll is to Only half live. A writer is
not fair to himself and to his readers
if he does not live life to the very
full"
thought of Ibsen, whose entire
contact with life, almost, consisted
of walk down the main street
of Christiania and a few hours read
ing of the newspapers in a small cafe.
He rarely spoke to any one. The news
papers seemed to supply all the con-
tact with life he needed. But | did
not remind Mr.. Pollock of this.
We were walking slowly up Broad
way. Mr.. Pollock was talking about
the similarity of plots in a play he
had written and one which had just
been tried out on the road.
NO. Should not say thai writers.
especially men Of standing. lift plots
from one another and put taem forth
as their own" he 5ald IN reply 20 n
question as to whether playwrights
took plots from other plag~l ights.
They have too much to lose he
continued. "The other day Georgc
Horace Lorimer, editor Of The Satur-
day Evening Post told me that he
bought stories from writers whose
names were known. not because he
wanted to FIJI the magazine with
number of popular names. but that he
felt that he was safe in dealing with
these men.
after all, the number Of possible
combinations of human relationships
is limited. and the sources Of all plots
are few in number, perhaps not more
than five or six. Among them are
the 'Decameron' by Doccaccio; Don
Quixote,' by Cervantos, and the Ara
bian Nights. Suppose, then, that two
piaywrights started writing plays, each.
having the same fundamental idea in
mind. Their creations would vary
then only as one writer is more or
less experienced than the other writer
Take this situation, for instance:
You pick for the setting Of the play q
country town, and as one Of the char
acters the sheriff. For contrast yo1
choose as another character a city
chap, perhaps a crook. who promptly
falls in love with the sheriff's daugh-
ter, and for the rest OF the act ard
the next eludes the sheriff, aided By
the daughter, who furnishes him with
hiding place. 1t wouldn't do to have
him caught in the second act or the
play would be over, but he must be
. caught in the third act For the
happy ending, which the American au
dience requires, the sheriff. about &c
conduct him to the county Jail, listens
to the plea OF his daughter and sets
, her lover free.
t 1.-TWO playwrights could START out
. with this situation. and the plays
! would differ only according to the
j, superior ability and greater experience
}, of ono of the authors
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Fokine and Fokina Again

Because Of the fact that hundreds Of
persons were unable to obtain admis-
sion to the Metropolitan Opera House
last week when Michel Fokine, crea-
tor of the Ballet Russo and composer
of all the dances included in their
repertory, and his wife, Vera Fokina,
appeared there, it has been arranged
that they will make a second and final
appearance at the Hjppodrome next
Sunday evening.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

wv strong defender in Chan
ming Pollock. 1t should
He has written many sue
| cessful melodramas, and now his lat
est one, "The Sign on the Door," at
the Republic Theater, seems likely to
equal the records made by the most
popular Of his dramatic efforts
Life is melodrama," the playwright
emphasized over the luncheon table,
his bright eyes twnkling, "and that
is where the critics fall down when
they hold melodramas up to life and
find them wanting. Basicaly, life is
the strongest kind of melodrama, but
as veneer after veneer of culture, of
artificiality and of civilization are put
on, the further life gets away from the
moved from the melodramatic. Critics
look only at the surface when judg-
ing this form Of play; they do not cut
| through and see the inside"
With a fruit knife Mr.. Pollock was
outlining stage settings and situations
which would be condemned as unreal
if used, and yet, he said, they had
actually occurred
! "The fine mosaic work required
Amakes melodrama the hardest form Of
dramatic writing. The best plays that
have ever been written have all been
! melodramas. We have just passed
aithrough the greatest melodrama the
1sworld has; ever known, the war; and
yet when playwrights have written
!. about the war they have been called
! melodramatic. How could they do
otherwise and be true to the thing
4 they are writing about?" he asked.
4 If it were possible, we should like to
be sent to interview Mr.. Pollock every
!. day in the week. Having run the entire
1 gamut of newspaper and publicity worn
before becoming a playwright, he is
more like good dnatured lecturer con
fiding his IDEAS to an audience of one
rather than like man who cannot say
anything without the aid of leading
questions. His voice is deep and wei
modulated, his eyes bright.and cheerful
~ make it q point never to hate an!
one, no matter what he does or ha'
!, done to me- he said.
IL. Seemingly inconsequential situation
al and occurrences often prove to be thu
inspiration of not only entire acts, bu
r. plays, Mr.. Pollock pointed out, ant
) must be sought after carefully.
"How do you write your plays? D.
you start with the incident from whicl
the play has developed and work back
or do you have another method"
81 have made it habit-and l don
! believe l would be able to write if i
were changed-to start all my play
: with the title, followed by my name
and then to- move along in sequenc
without ever rewriting page. But tn
: writing is not the main thing in play
making.
"Unless a man or woman has live
with his idea for at least a yea
; even two years, has turned it over i
his or her mind, and has matured it,
is very foolish to attempt to write tn
:. play If the idea is properly develope
before writing starts, the actual writin
;ahshould not take more than six weeks
.P do you ever have any difficulty
!. writing your plays?"
!. We asked Mr.. Pollock if he wer
: being bored by these questions, b,
& he shook his head smilingly and said
IL ION the contrary, like nothing be
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Al the Neichborhood

Tonight vthe Neighborhood Players
will give the tenth performance Of
"Mary Broome." modern comedy by
Allan Monkhouse.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
On Writing Plays
By Silas B. Fishkind

AM ELoDRAMA as form of
AA4 dramatic expression finds a
wv strong defender in Chan
ming Pollock. 1t should
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Behind the Scenes
lzzce OLlGxZzz Tie 2>ssxozzx7z5zlez
/c)cno<7e~ooo 1~D<@~ooo S>~9<os
With Philip Mindil.

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sort Of th;nr In ,.us;aal
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
One Reason For Failing

An artist was showing young
woman over his studio. After
she had critically examined all the
pictures, she remarked:
Il notice several sunsets a.
mong your works. but not a
single sunrise. How's that?'
The artist, who was rather
noted for his Bohemian habits.
blushed a little at the question.
and then stammered:
You see. it's this way. To
tell the truth, che reason I've
never painted a sunrise is because
I'm never up at that time. -
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Lee GraySon and sister, Miss Hal
lie Grayson, and cousins, Marie Con.
dra and Martha Holloway, of Whit
well, were here Wednesday, return
ing from visit In Jasper.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
MarionviIIe.

.Sbeeial TO lie MraOs.
Rainy weather is the order of the
day.
Miss Lizzie Davis spent Sunday
with Misses Della, Emma and Mae
Campbell.
Wonder if Luther Chambers got
wet Sunday.
Misses Pearlia, Estella and Ten.
ME kilgore, of Oak Grove, spent
from Monday until Thursday with
relatives here.
Marvin Tate called at the store
| Saturday.
Wonder what Misses Pearlie Kill
gore and Della Campbell were doing
at the spring with the dipper We'd
nesday night. Just ask Pearlie if
she loves buttermilk.
Come on, "E, g." of Oak Grove,
how is our uncle?
Ask Misses Della Campbell and
Lizzie Davis, how they got across
the creek Sunday.
Robert Owens spentMonday night
with Hardy Campbell.
Luther Chambers called on Miss
Della Campbell Monday night.
Fred Campbell and daughter, Miss
Della, were in Jasper Monday.
Miss Emma Campbell said she
would love to see certain one at
Tatesvile
Clarence Barker was at Sequa-
chez last week.
Come on "Windy" of Curtisvllle
Also 81. g." of Eastland.
Nelvia Tate was bit by chicken
snake last week. S. Soda Pop.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
Big Lick. Tenn.

Special 10 the NfDs.
Rainy weather is the order OF the
day.
Mrs. Vance Burgess was the
guest of Mrs. }, c. CobbIe Saturday
afternoon.
If you want to see Miss Lillian
WYATT smile, just ask her who took
her to Linary Sunday.
Mrs. Wayman Turner, who has
been visiting her father, Mr.. } b.
Cobble, of Biglick, has returned to
her home at Jasper now.
Wed Hassler has been going to-
ward jim Norris most every Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs, George Lowe have
recently moved to the Big Spring
Gap.
Miss Dora Bradley, of Big Lick,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Steve Bur.
CESS, Of Big Spring Gap.
Born to Mrs. Lizzie Brown, big
girl.
There were eleven wagons went
from Big Lick Sunday to the Child
ren's day exercises at Linary. Ev-
cry reported nice time.
Mrs. Clay Kerley is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Blaylock.
Mrs. M. E. Hale is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Burgess, at
Pikeville.
Mrs. Violet Burgess is on the sick
list this week. Hope she will soon
recover.
Come on, all you writers, as we
like to read your pieces.
Two Pumpkins.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
Jasper Items

| Special Ia the NezOs.
Mrs. Bas Brown was real sick
last week.
C. H. Vann spent Monday and
Tuesday in Chattanooga.
Mrs. C. A Vann and children
are visiting her mother, Mrs.
Katherine Little, Hooker, Ga.
Mrs. Harry Simpson and child
rem of Akron, Ohio, are the guests
Mrs. j. w. Simpson and family.
John w. Simpson, better known
as Buster" left Tuesday for
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. to visit his
sister, Mrs. ALT. T.. Smith.
Sam D. Kennedy of Chicago,
Ill.,, and mother Mrs. Margaret
Kennedy of Atlanta Ca, came to
spend the summer months in our
midst. They have rooms with
DR.. and Mrs. w. r. Irish.
Mr.. Bow man left Saturday for
his home in Jacksboro after a two
week visit to his daughters, Mrs.
w. r. Irish and Miss Ruth
Bowman. He was accompanied
by Miss Ruth who will spend her
vacation visiting relatives in and
around Jacksboro.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
MARION WILL GIVE
HIM A H0ME.c0M

Marion. Ohio, is printing for
Warren's home coming. That
! town of $4,000 inhabitants is so
proud of having its boy"
Senator Warren G. Harding,
nominated for President that it IS
still bubbling over with enthusi-
asm and waiting impatiently for
Warren" to get back. They ex-
pect him to visit the home
town soon.
Mayor Andrews said he would
declare a holiday. The Marion
Commercial Club, of which
Harding is a member, is planning
to extend him super greeting"
as one of the officers phrased it.
There will be bands, oratory and
the time honored procession of
school children clad in white and
bearing American flags; parades
of grown ups; banners. bunting
and banquets.
Way back in the old days when
Harding had just reached the
dignity of long paats. he joined
the village cornet band and per-
formed on the alto horn. And
now what's left of the old band
will greet him at the station. -
National Republican.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
Paris, Texas.

| Specialize tie Mr7US.
have been attending Chauta'
qua afternoons and evenings this
week. We have had several fine
lectures, good music and one OF
two good comedies. 1t has been
a week of fine entertainment.
have enjoyed the whole week S
entertainment.
Sunday. the Goth, E. c. Brack-
en-, wife and daughter will leave
for Sulphur. Okla, for a vaca-
ton and to drink mineral water
and improve their health. | wish
them success in all their antlci-
pations. E. C. has been a very
busy man during the last two or
three years. His wife is not a
stout lady. hope they will have
a nice time drinking mineral wa
ter and come home much i'm
proved and gain anywhere from
one to fifty lbs. in weight, Mr..
Bracken weighs about 200. Mrs.
Bracken IS or 80 and Doris 125
at this time. If they are sue
cessful and put on so lbs. each
they will be good large family
when they get home. | would
like to spend the summer in the
mountains of East Tennessee.
but that is too far away to go by
myself, not able to see any better
than can. | will go to Dallas.
Dallas has 165, 900 inside of its
corporate limits and about ten
thousand in its suburbs, accord
ing to United States census re-
ports. | will leave Sunday at
$50 a. m. for a month or six
weeks to feast on watermelon
and fried chicken. | will have a
time.
The crop prospect is better
than it was month ago. Corn
looks fine and wheat a little bet
ter than expected. Oats are toll
erably light. Cotton is looking
pretty well, but is late. If we
have season from now on we
will make fine crop.
Well, | think the republicans
put out a strong ticket which
| think will be a winner.
will miss being at the big
wedding here the 23rd Of June,
but will be on the ground to well
come the home coming of the
newly-weds. Lone Star.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
Lodge

SPECIAL 10 the .fe7oS.
Rainy weather seems to be the
order of the day.
Mrs. Essie Adams made a call
on Mrs. Minnie Reed Friday.
Miss Roxie Adams made a call
on Mrs. Blunt billiard Saturday
night.
Everybody is busy working in
their crops.
Mrs. Martha Hopkins is on the
i'll order this week. Blue Bird.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
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A-Year Old Hen.

Wick, England, holds a unique
claim to fame. 1t boasts the possession
of q q year-old hen, which has laid
an egg weighing three and one.half
ounces The hen is common barn
yard fowl, owned by James Shipton
the town shoemakes. The egg is on
exhibition.
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
As Usual.

"Oh, Mr.. Mark, please buy a
ticket to our entertainment! 1t is
for a most worthy cause, | assure
you.
Certainly Mrs Chatter!
And what is that cause?"
Paying the expenses of the
entertainment we gave last week
for a worthy cause. )" Kansas
City Star.