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New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

which provide for q joint arbitration
board to hear and settle all disputes
arising between artists and managers.
Now the least important artist IN the
\. Y. a. can take grievance agalnsi
! manager or fellow artist TO this arm
tration board with the whole power o.
both organizations behind HIM. He or
she is now part and parcel. Of boaF
of more than 10000 artists desilns
collectively.
TIE manager with complaint cones
before the board with the same back,
ing. The result has been general
clearing OF the air. the uprootlag OF
many unsatisfac ctory conditions ina,
had grown up rs q part OF tneatrica'
custom" and contentmenT on DOL"
SIDES.
The National Vaudeville Artists went
ahead and built the finest c.uD.Gess .Sss
in New York Of its kind. Here there
are more than q hundred charmlngS
decorated s.eeping rooms and sultes'
u splendid theater ard ballroom, smart
restaurants, pool and billiard rooms
reception rooms and every convenience
required by completely efficient c'uo.
The \. V. A members ship carries
with it all automatic insurance ot 81 WV
upon the life of each member: there
are sick funds and relief funds. An
important department acts as an en-
ployment bureau and another LOOKS
after the mail Of the members who
make the clubhou. , thcir permancAs
address
Through the cooperation p the yau-
deville artists and manage shor::
simple ahd unqualified play or pay
contract, which means just what II
plainly says and is backed up by man
ayers and artists together. has been
procured.
The example of the b. F. Keith thea
ters in making back-stage bright; ciean
and comfortable is being generally fo'-
lowed. In this respect the vaude nliS
theaters are model for playhouse
builders.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Great Actors Hypnotic
Themselves Into Their
Roles, Says Playwright

Self-hypnotism is the secret of good
acting. in the opinion of Paul Dickey,
co-author with Charles ". Goddard Of
The Misleading Lady, "The Ghost
Breaker and the now comedy drama,
"The Broken Wing" which opens at
The Forty-eighth Street Theater to-
morrow night.
I'VE do hear lot about an actor
living bis part" he says. Il think
there is much more to it than the mere
words sgnAy. Many actors who hon
esty believe they are living the part
are no more in character just before
the performance and during the in
termissions than is the audience. They
are Bill Jones or Mary Smith until
they step on the stage, and then they
attempt swift metamorphosis that
is not at all convincing. The moment
they step off the stage they again are
Bill Jones or Mary Smith.
you don't catch any Of our really fine
actors taking any such chances. They
know, rs Sir Henry Irving knew, that
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Once Child Actors, Who
Played Same Role, Are
Now Leads i'm Bah Cast

Donald Gallaher enters the cast Of
"Bab" at the Park Theater tomorrow
night, replacing Tom Powers in the
role opposite Helen Hayes. b.
strange coincidence. both Mr. Gallaler
and Miss Hayes made their profes-
sional debuts on the stage in the came
part, the role Of a juvenile crown
prince in The Royal Family" de-
lightful romantic comcdy in which
Annie Russell appeared many years
ago in the old Lyceum Theater in
Fourth Avenue, a playhouse that now
lives only in the memories Of New
York theatergoers.
Mr.. Gallsher was just five years old
when he made his appearance in this
play, charming little boy with golden
curls. 1t was the first Of long line
Of child roles when ne was TO PLAY
before merging into Young manhood.
Both he and Miss Hayes. il might be
parenthetically added, are the excep-
tions to the general rule that preco-
cious child actors rarely achieve any
measure OF success or the stage ~reA
once they grow up.
Miss Hayes made her stage debut
in the role Of the Prince several years
after the original production of The
Royal Family" She played the par
in d stock production in Washington
and confesses that certain episode IN
the comedy really fired her with ar
ambition to achieve great fame in the
theater.
The little prince" she said. "s
given a piece of cake to eat in the
second act 10 quell his cxuberance.
The stage directions cali for him to
ask FOR and receive second helping. l
distinctly remember that the property
man had bought some delicious cake
with orange frosting for the first night
in Washington and when had had
my second piece recal. that de-
cided that being an actress vas per
fectly gorgeous experience. am sure
that ambition was born then and there
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

Three Little Lambs" at Miners Fifth
Avenue Theater At the Bijou in 1900
he played with May Irwin in "The Belle
of Bridgeport" while the season of
1901 saw him in "Vienna Life" at the
Broadway. on tour in "The Burgomas-
ter" and later in Miss Bob White"
Then came the famous King Dodo,"
characterized by Hitchcock as his
greatest part "King Dodo" occu-
pied the comedian for two years
phenomenally long run in those days
and then he made his first appear
ance as the sole star of production.
The role w9s Abijah Booze in "The
Yankee Consul" The piece was
produced at the fremont Theater, Bos-
ton, September 2i, 1903. The produc-
ton came to New York in February,
1904. Since then he has appeared as
Ripley Royal Dawson in easy Daw-
SON" Copeland Schuyler in "The
Yankee Tourist" and in "The Merry
Go Round. In April, 1909, he ap-
peared as Maurent XVII in the revival
of LA Mascotte" at the New Amster-
dam Theater. Then came the role of
Cicero Hannibal Butts in "The Red
Widow" Then he was in "The Beauty
was his first production under the
management Of Charles Dillingham;
After Betty" came long engagement
in England, and upon his return the
"Hitchy' series began to be famous
throughout the land
Hitchcock says his greatest pride is
that he was "starred' by the news
papers before he was starred by the
managers. Long before he aspired to
production OF his own or even to
stardom, the newspaper headlines said:
"Raymond Hitchcock Is Here With His
Show" He first saw his name "put
up' as . star in BOSTON when he was
appearing in "rhe Yankee Consul" ="
Slattery 5 store was being remodcled
and was surrounded by Il wooden fence,
about twelve feet high. The manager
Of the company caused Hitchcock's
name to be painted on the fence in let
ters NJ least six feet high.
~ blushcd all over when I saw T."
avs Hitchcock. 'l felt that was un-
worthy of stardom."
At what period in his life did he
have the most fun?
when was working for Mr.. Albee
in vaudeville in Philadelphia and Civ
ing ten or twelve shows day" ne
says without hesitation.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Cooperation Between Players
And Managers l. Organized on
Keith Circuit With Success

One CT the greatest surprises that
comes to the theatergoer in these days
Of social and business unrest is the
discovery that the highly specialized
vaudeville artists are the best org n
lied body of salaried men and women
n the world. 1t Is a part of the en-
tertainment profession for vaudeville
artists to always appear gay, light
hearted and carefree when before the
public, bat with them it is happily a
natural attitude nowadays, when the
men and women of the profession feel
that they are not doing business with
the managers as individuals bat as par,
and parcel Of their great organization
the National Vaudeville Artists
with a S goo O00 clubhouse in West
Forty-siXtn Street.
1t Is source of qualification that
vaudeville artists have been the first
to reach this high economic plane,
with It's consequent benefits, testifyins
to their intelligence ard enterprise.
of the b. f. Keith Circuit of Vaude-
Vile Theaters. began propaganda to
bring about an, era of good will in
vaudeville by organizing the artists on
one side and the managers on the
other into mutually helpful bodies.
treating the interests OF both sides as
identical and providing the machinery
for nrbitrating differences, discussing
Innovations, improvements and re-
forms and putting them III effective
operation when adopted
The vaudeville artists caught the
oontngion of the idea and became en-
thusiastic. Organization appealed to
them rs outlined by Mr.. Albee, and
accordingly the National Vaudeville
Artists came into being. The man
ayers followed the artists lead with
the Vaudeville Managers Protective
Associati{p. The two bodies then en-
tered intss commitments and covenant
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

they must begin to live the part long
before the performance, live t
throughout the play and expect to be
some time resuming their own per
sonaNty. Irving used to make up An
hour and q half before the curtain.
Then he would call cab and drive
alone through nc streets SEQ dinr him
self into the role he was TO portray.
hcn he made his entrance he was not
irving cxcept for inescapable manner
isms. He was definitely the charac-
ter he was interpreting. In other
words, he simply hypnouzcd himsclf
Just as surely as though he were uu-
der the con.iol Of a nesmerist
There IRE numerous instances Of
this method on the American stage. |
know actors who before, durinr and
for some time after a performance
actually do NOT recognize their friends
I'm not cxaGgerating. It's fact.
How is it done? II is deliberate. of
course, but have never heard anv
player explain his method. In fnct
doubt If many really know they
20 hYpnr rt'T" Themselves II ,e moro or
less accomplished by concentration of
all the faculties upon the work th.y
nrc to do. Like everything else. il
becomes easier with practice. . dtir-
cfS Will 1all INTO part IN remark
NY short time and maintain tho idcr-
NY OF the character against all sorts
o1 dlsturbanc"s Thcy ave developed
'hr "Dl'itY ~ rlm NIT rom tbof con-
rciousncSs everything that hns not :,
do with the environment in which thsv
move temporarily.
at may have been done. probably
pas hDf have never run acrona nm
authoritative work on this phase of the
art Of acting. 1t seems totmc that IL
/. worth attention." II
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

should talk to her about. bnt after that
very auspicious opening We decided
not to talk at ALTO let Theresa do it,
And right here we are going to con-
fess Whenever in the coming sea-
son we get stuck for an interview or
some one OF our victims is stupid we
shall steal some of the things that
Miss Conover said in the thirty min
utes We spent with her She shouldn't
mind, for she has enough of them up
her sleeve to last six women six sea
sons.
After due consideration and. calm
deliberation we have decided to start
off by writing what Miss Conover
easel she said, and then we stopped
her.
Before YOU go any further, Miss
Conover." we said, "you ought to know
shat he is from Boston. Now do your
worst"
Yes she answered, smiling bril-
liantly at tho man from Boston. "But
he is FROM .;oston, not IN Boston. He
found it out, you see, and is now i'm
mune. | stayed in Boston all through
the flu scare, for | knew that if | came
70 New York in the middle of the run
/ should break my contract and never
go back.
"ln the first place, I can't live without
fresh air. and you don't get any in
Boston. Fact, you know. The car VIM
dows are Theoretically sealed and the
germs are fifteen years old. Some other
city. Cleveland, | th.nA IL =. had .
car line that failed nd tney sold the
cars TO Boston. All Were guaranteed
alright and all have fiat wheels'
The man from Boston was laughing,
but he looked guilty.
Why don't you go in your own carr"
ne asked You had it with you"
"Oh. yes said Miss Conover, with
animation. Il must tell you about that
All Of the traffic cops read Schiller
Don't they, now?" she said, turning to
the man for confirmation.
But how do you know what the traf-
&c cops read >" we asked, incredulously
Did you start class for them, or en-
dow a cops library or something?"
"Oh, no, one doesn't have to know
them to know what they read. They
read in the road as they direct tn.
traffic: a case of he who runs may
read. The one who stands on the
busiest corner, corresp ponding to Forty
second Street and Fifth Avenue in our
own New York. wear big horn spec
tacles and | know he reads Schiller be
cause he always stopped me by ma
Jestic wave of the hand and there | hat
TO stand TIL ne finished his paragraph
One day he turned over a leaf and
thought it was my signal to 20 and
started across the road when h
pounced on me. Pardon me, madam
he said, your impetuosity is reprehen
slbie- Be more circumspect in tn
y future or | shall find 1t necessary {
discipline you And he passed II
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

comedy has improved and has become
much more subtle. Blackface trimmings
are not demanded by Broadway now
adays, because Broadway is now accus-
toned to the nut comedian. who gets
results with ordinary street clothes and
practically no facial makeup a all.
Il, personally, take advantage Of the
sagacity Of present-day audiences, for I
like to have them think the are SIN
on the joke. | play for an cXtempora-
neous effect and ] pretend make my
jokes up as go along. OF course, /
have a set routine to which l always
come back, but l personally enjoy the
perls of making up gags as l work. /
emphasize this method by my delivery,
for | always affect sort of naive laan-
ner-innocent-like and timid. My facial
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

expressions are also gauged to fl. N.
situation. sne
Il guess am the only comedian wbo
hasn't been longing to do Hamlet Beav
Brummel or DR.. Jekyll and Mr. Nd
Ny one ambition is TO be myself
want to be Frank Tinney himself s,a
not his blacked-up shadow. Will 'I
still cling to blackface in my ten-mir
utes' introduction in the first ART ~
Tickle Me- Arthur Hammerstein VII,
present me next season in a vehicle tba.
will allow me to dump burnt cork FROM,
my makeup box entrels."
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
"COOd Times" Reaches 200

Charles Dillingham's pageant Good
Times reaches its 200th presentation
at the Hippodrome this week, with n
record of attendance which surpasses
that Of all preceding spectaclcs ut the
big playhouse. When the second cen
tury mile post is passed more than
100000 patrons will have seen it nee
the season began. The circus features
this week w II provide the new nov
city, with "Poodles" Hanneford, the
Hanncford family and Powerss Per-
forming Elephants Offering new diver
tissemcnts.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
By Harriette Underhill

"Once upon time man built a
theater and had the dressing rooms
we'll ventilated. He was promptly shot
and nobody ever dared it again-hence
our theaters as you see them! Don't
sit there; you'll be in the draft; sit
here" This was Theresa Maxwell
Conover talking in her dressing room
at the Casino after Honey Dew" was
over and we had wondered what we
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Virginia Lee in New Picture

Virginia Lee is playing the role of
Beatrice Harlon in the Marguerite
Clark production o. "Scramblcd
Wives This screen version Of the
popular play viii come out the first
Of the wear
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-26
Farm Bureau Notes
BY w. A. Hook, County Agent,
Clark County, Mo.

Getting rid of grass, weeds and
underground about the farm during
the fall and early winter is one Of
the best protective measures the
farmer can use against crop-damag-
ing insects the following year, says
A. C. BurTill. of the entomology de-
partment of the University of Mis-
souri, Weeds, matted grass, dead
vegetation and brambles along fences,
roadsides, margins of fields, banks OF
little streams or bitches, especially
in irrigated territories, are the nat
ural alternating and often breeding
places OF many destructive insects.
This vegetation gives grasshoppers,
chinchbugs and other insects most
favorable conditions for temperance
the following spring and summer.
Grasshoppers lay millions of eggs
along the banks of canals, streams
and bitches Chinchbugs hibernate in
punches OF broom sedge, and many
other destructive pests could not en-
dure the winter here were II not
for these natural nurseries.
The entomologist therefore recon-
mend to farmers that they fall plow
sod lands intended for other than
grass crops dHoLneT year, anu SiC.i
up roadsides, fence margins and all
waste lands, ditch banks and similar
placts by burning over. pasturing, OF,
irf case of ditch (and river) banks.
by blowing or disking In the fail
wherever sheep cannot be used TO
like advantage in destroying weeds
and their bug homes This will tear
I'D the roots and expose the eggs OF
grasshoppers to the excessive mois-
ture and cold OF winter, and will also
burn up those insects which hioer-
nate In the ground. Burning vegeta-
ton where possible win destroy many
insects.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-26
eRseoRYs LANDING. MO.

Miss Kashryne Foley liz home after
unite a stay In ksokuk, working al
the Federal bakery
School Is progressing nicely Win
Mrs. John Jesburg as teacher
Quite few attended the spelling
contest, pie supper apd ice cream
social al Lone Star, north of town,
Friday night, October p, given by
the school. A good time was had.
The pics sold high and cream sold
well. Prof Roy Edwards is making
very successful teacher al that
place
Monday night, October IS. being
the fourth wedding anniversary or
Mr.. and Mrs. John Briggs. south OF
town, quite z number OF their friends
surprised them by going in on them
early in the evening with their sup
per, already prepared, in well laden
baskets II Is always double ami
versary Of weddings in that family,
as twenty-one years ago, October IL,
Mr.. and Mrs. e. E. Day were mar
RED at Kahoka The former is an
uncle Of Mr.. Briggs, and ii was this
couple that planned the surprise sup
per. There we're nearly thirty pres
emf, as follows. Mr.. and Mrs z. e.
Day and family, Mrs. Nettie Tall,
Mrs. Lucy Dell, Mr.. and Mrs. All
Tucker and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Ed Raiden and family. Mr. and Mrs.
Earys Breeder and family, George
HUFFMAN and Mr.. and Mrs jacob
Shelter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-26
STRING PRAIRIE.

large crowd attended Mrs. Daisy
shephard's sale Wednesday. The
ladies' of st. Mary's Catholic church
served lunch
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reid and
daughter Maxine, of Burlington, and
Mrs. l. W. Sargent and daughter.
Mrs. Leo Rodgerson, of Keokuk, were
| p,1ests at supper Monday evening OIL
! last week at the Louis Felt home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Snedden and
lanes Farrell were Donnellson call
ers Saturday afternoon. !.
| Mr.. and Mrs. P. c. Doyle and
daughter Margaret and Mr.. and Mrs.
| I,ouis Fett and daughter Hazel were
SUNDAY afternoon visitors at the v. j.
/ Burke home.
A large number attended William
Sbephard's sale Thursday. The ladies
| Of the Croton Baptist church served
dinner.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Downey and
/ family took dinner Sunday at the
! walter Swinderman home near Bos-
! ton.
Mrs. G. r. Moody visited several
| davs Last week at the l.. Brodsky
and T. r. Bannon home in Argyle
! few people from this vicinity at
tended the ball game in Keokuk Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ola Rider OF near
| Harrington; Dan Gabel, Hazel and
/ Nellie Fett, Andrew, Lucille and
| Koren Hayes, John, Thomas and Mar.
| garet Doyle and Francis Driscoli
spent Sunday evening at the V. j.
| Burke home.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Downey and
family visited Sunday at the Cal
Shark home in Argyle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Snedden
spent Sunday evening at the M. j.
Doyle home.
L. Brodsky, Frank Price. Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Brodsky and daughters,
of Argyle, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Burke. Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Moody and
! daughter Elouise visited Sunday
afternoon at the George Brodsky
home
Mrs. Frank Boley. of near Kahoka,
Nc. returned home Monday morn
ling after visiting several days with
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-26
For Itching Eczema.
Old Sores and Piles

ri guarantee my ointment" says
Peterson of Buffalo, "to cure eczema;
to stop the itching at once and any
reliable druggist VIII cheerfuny re-
fund your money If PETERSON'S
doesn't do everything /
say ii will do"
william A. Carley of Franklin, n
Y. is surely wise man. He writes
81 used PETERSON'S OINTMEIl.i'
on little boy suffering terribly with
eczema. 1t did the work
Then there is Alex. Louttel, brave
fireman of Buffalo, who is glad to
write as follows: 81 had an old sore
on my leg for many years. The best
doctors failed PETERSON'S ONT
MENT entirely healed the sore
quickly And from over in Canada
comes letter from A. Blockeby
stating: rFhe best thing I ever hit
for itching piles is pETERSON'S
OINTMENT" A big box for so cents
Mail orders filled by Peterson OinI-
ment Co, Inc, Buffalo. N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-26

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-26
MARTIAL LAW
IN TABASCO
Two Depties Killed BY Soldiers Fos-
lowing Murder OF Army Captain
by Deputy Las
Czno,

JTpited Press Leased Wire Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 2e.-Martial
law was declared In the capitol OF
the state of Tabasco today following
the killing OF two deputies by sol.
diers.
The shooting followed the murder Of
an array captain by State Deputy
Manual Lascano. VINO sought refuge
in the state house Soldiers followed
him. opening fire on the assembly.
Two deputies, one OF them L4ascano.
we're killed. The president OF the
chamber and a woman spectator were
wounded. Several deputies returned
the fire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-26

her sister, Mrs. vess Surrena and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs Oliver Reitz and
daughter Garnet, of near Granger,
Mo-, were entertained at dinner last
Sunday at the Henry Felt home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Downey and
family spent Sunday evening at the
James Pickering home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Burke and
Margaret motored to Keokuk Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs John Monks. Chris
Morrisey and Mrs. Louis Fett and
daughter Nellie were Argyle callers
Saturday afternoon.
A few people from this neighbor-
hood attended the dance at Bailey's
barn near Primrose Wednesday even
ing.