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The herald., 1920-01-22
ORPHEUM.

So high has been. the class and
character OF the vaudeville offered
at the Orpheum theatre this season
that it seems almost impossible to
more than equal its general average,
and not easy to do that. yet Resident
Manager Arthur B. White. announces
a bill for the coming week which
bids fair, from the. number of cele-
brities appearing on it, not only to
equal previous efforts at this popu-
lar theatre, but even to surprise them
in entertainment for the audience.
AS the headliner on this program,
which starts with the matinee next
Monday uafternoon, we shall have
the cheeriest, happiest coincidence
on the American stage, Stella May.
hew, singing her own songs and put
ting across her own original and in.
imitable comedy. Miss Mayhem will
be supported by Billie Taylor, and
real treat is in store for all patrons
of vaudeville when this talented and
beautiful feminine fun-maker ap-
pears at the Orpheum.
An extra feature of the program
will be julius Tanner, who is SO well
known to lovers of the stage through
out the English-speaking world that
it seems words wasted to describe
him. For those who have not had
the good fortune to see and hear Mr..
Tennen. however, it may be said
that he is the greatest of living mono
logists. and that his Speaking the
Public Mind" is one of the most
laugh-provoking single acts in vau-
deville.
Ted Doner, alone and by himself,
has something new in single acts,
originated for him by Charles Nc.
Carron, while Jules LaRue and Jean
Dupro, Partisan sand artists, do
lot of clever modelling in the shifting
stuff of which seashores are made.
In addition to all this. we shall
have Kilograms, visualising the
news of all the world on the motion
picture screen, and Topics of the
Day, giving US the humor of the
American press, selected and edited
by the editorial staff of the Literary
Digest. while. the Orpheum Concert
Orchestra, under direction of Prof.
E. E. Tosso, will provide its usual
excellent musical program through
out the long and entertaining show.
The herald., 1920-01-22
TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY.

On Sunday. January 18th, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Emmer, accompanied by
their neice, Miss Evelyn Dorr, sur.
prised their niece, Miss Doris Reaney,
the occasion being the twelfth ami
versary Of her birth.
Refreshments were served and dane.
ing was INDUCED in until a late hour.
Many recitations were rendered.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Emmer, Mr.. aud Mrs. VIM.
Reaney. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas, Reaney,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Sanchez, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Berger, Messrs. w. SulI
van. Alix Schulz and Rodney Emmer,
Misses Isabel Emmer. Evelyn Dorr,
Alice Dorr. Ruth Reaney, Ethel Lusiz-
nm, Doris Reaney, Annabel Sanchez
and Reaney Burger.
The herald., 1920-01-22
PUT THE PROFITEER OUT OF
BUSINESS,

A decidedly good place to trade.
where the stocks carried are the
best and where the prices are always
the lowest, is at The New Leader
Department Store, 424-426 S. Ram
part st.
Added to this now comes the an
nouncement of the 3rd Serial Sale
OF this large department store. COM
mencing Monday, Jan. 26. and ending
Thursday, Feb. 5, during which time
worth while and interesting bargains
are offered the economical and
thrifty buyer. The New Leader
states: 1--WE have promised the
buying public that we are going to
put the profiteer out of business"
and the large advertisement carry
ing this announcement to the readers
of the Herald forcibly attests this
statement.
The New Leader Department Store,
already known to most everyone in
this section, in this sale certainly
quotes prices that must appeal.
Ladies' coats, coat suits, skirts, dress
goods and cotton goods. and Mems
and Boys wear are offered at aston
ishingly low prices. and the purchas-
ing power of your dollar will be
largely increased if you attend and
take advantage of the 3rd Serial
Sale of the New Leder.
What The New Leader is driving
after is to reduce the high cost of
living, and Herald readers are urged
to take advantage of the opportunity
offered.
The herald., 1920-01-22
TULANE THEATRE.

F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest
announce the dazzling Dolly Sisters,
the twin twinkling stars, in the spir-
tied musical comedy, 80, Look"
These fascinating young ladies will
begin an engagement at the Tulane
theatre next Sunday night, where
they will appear for one week with
the usual matinees. They come here
direct from engagements of a sta
son In New York, 6 months in Chi
cago, months in Philadelphia and
4 months in Boston. The seat sale
opens Thursday.
The story Of ".Oh, Look" is said
TO be new, fresh, and full of fun
and love interest, and is punctuated
by dancing of the superior kind,
such as the public has learned to
expect from the dashing Dolly Sis
tiers, who are the idols of Broadway
and the youngest stars in musical
comedy. Their dancing is exqui-
sitely graceful and original in fig
ures and movements. The producers
have surrounded the Dolly Sisters by
company Of 81 associate artists,
with an ensemble of young and ex-
ceptionally comely girls.
The action of "Oh Look" takes
place in the home of Mr.. Sam WEIGH,
at South Hampton, Long Island. The
plot has to do with the value of
ready cash, even tho it be counter
felt. A young mine promoter,
Stephen Baird, who is very much
down and out-figuratively speaking
gains new courage, success, and the
emoluments of the world goods by
the mere possession of counterfeit
money. People crowd about him
when they see his wad, to invest
their savings in his mine. His part
ner discovers gold in the mine and
everybody is happy. The delight
full book is by James Montgomery,
and the music contributed by Harry
Carroll is very tuneful and has a
sentiment appeal. The beautiful
lyrics are from the pen of Joseph
Mccarthy.
Some of the captivating song hits
are: Beautiful Girls" I'm Al
ways Chasing Rainbows," 81 Want
to Marry" II Think You're Abso-
lutely Wonderful" "Sweethearts, E"
The Dolly Twinkle" Typical Topi-
cal Tunes"
The herald., 1920-01-22

On Thursday morning at o'clock
mass, at the Church of the Holy
Name OF Mary, Miss Velda Leblanc
was quietly married to Mr. Oscar
Narcour, of our town. Rev. J. a.
Petit officiated. The attendants were
Mr.. Harold Marcour and Miss Vivian
Leblanc.
The young couple are both very
popular among the young set in our
town. They are at home to their
friends in Belleville street.
The herald., 1920-01-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

A pretty wedding OF the season
was that of Miss Meredith McClus-
key. the attractive young daughter
of Mr.. Richard McCluskey to Mr..
Chas. McCloskey, both of Algiers.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. McGrath of the Church Of the
Holy Name of Mary in the presence
of the relatives of the young couple.
The bride was attended by Mrs. Rich.
ard McCluskey, as matron of honor
After brief honeymoon spent at the
Grunewald hotel, the young couple
have taken up their residence in the
city.
The herald., 1920-01-22
SUNSHINE SEWING CIRCLE.

The Sunshine Sewing Circle met
Monday night at the home of Miss
Carmen Vanderlinden. The MEM
bers busted themselves sewing and
afterwards refreshments were served.
Those present were Misses Flor
ence Lusk, Lillian Knowles, Irma
Schroeder, Genevieve Hauer, Ether
Foster, Leah Schroeder, Ethel Holtou,
Nirma and Glare Keenan,, and Car
men Vanderlinden, Mr.. and Mrs. Hy
Senner. Messrs. Gus Knowles. Henri,
Alexander and Bruce Barrett.
The herald., 1920-01-22
KODAK PARTY.

On Sunday, January 10Th, jolly
crowd of boys and girls gathered at
the home of Mrs. John Nolan, 610
Belleville St., to participate in an
evenings kodaking.
Among those present were: Misses
Emma Grimes, Carmelite Lecourt,
Elnora Mitchell, Irene Nolan, Leona
Nolan, Phyllis Coyne, Katie Chest
nut; Masters Alvin Robichaux, Dud-
ley Ollaman, Mack Whitterington.
Herbert Menge, John Pope, Warren
Boyer, Eddie Terrio, Abel Trahan
and others. All spent a most en-
joyable evening, returning home
about $3.50 p. M. The crowd was
chaperoned by Mrs. John Nolan.
The herald., 1920-01-22
McDONOGH NO. 5.

Good English Week was observed
in the school last week. Stories,
plays and games were used to i'm
press the correct forms and to elimi-
nate the incorrect.
Messrs. Bowling and Oaks of the
Department of Physical Training
Training visited the school last
week.
Mr.. l.. Block Of the Department
of Attendance also visited the school
during the week.
The herald., 1920-01-22
INJURIES KNEE.

Mr.. E. N. Graham while going to
work Friday morning, fell on the
Canal st. ferry ramp and injured his
right knee. Nelson had to be as
sisted home by Mike O'Donnell, who
was with him at the time. Medical
attention was quickly summoned on
his arrival home. The physician,
after examining the knee, said it was
an old injury, which he had hurt,
but it was not serious.
The herald., 1920-01-22
WHITE SHRINE ORGANIZED.

The Manetho Shrine, Order White
Shrine Of Jerusalem, a Masonic or.
ganization new in the State of Louis
lana, was instituted Saturday night in
the Masonic Temple by DR.. John d
Carroll, supreme Waterman of shep.
herds, OF Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. Florence Amuedo was elected
noble prophecies. Among the other
officers appointed were Misses Corinne
Hughes and Lorena Stecklin.
The mirror., 1920-09-16

kean belonged to Byron'S day, and
the actor of Dickens time was
Macready. The great American actor
was Edwin Booth, who made us fa-
miliar with the whole line of Shakes
pearean tragic characters during near
ly the whole of the last half of the
nineteenth century. Who that has
seen him slip on to the stage as the
hunchback Richard III, or walk in
the calm dignity of Hamlet, Prince
of Denmark, attired all in black vel
vet, can ever imagine those characters
in any other personation!
The great tragedies seem to be the
plays in which great actors have be-
come most famous; but no play of
Shakespeare's, not even the Merchant
of Venice, has been more popular
than Romeo and Juliet. In the time
of Garrick a certain Barry Spanger
was said to be the ideal Romeo.
Charles Kemble, son of Philip, played
it with great success. And his daugh-
ter Fanny Kemble was brought out
as Juliet, much against her wish, to
save her fathers fortunes. She had
no training for the stage; but the play
ran for one hundred and twenty
nights with the greatest success.
There have been other great actors
and actresses, all of whom (if Eng
lish) have been famous in Shakes
pearean roles - Adelaide Nelson,
Charlotte Cushman, and the Ameri-
can Edwin Forrest even many
foreigners have tried Shakespeare.
Salvini was the greatest of Othellos,
and Adelaide Ristori was famous as
Lady Macbeth. Even Bernhardt
has taken the part of Hamlet. In our
own time Henry Irving and Ellen
Terry have been the best known per-
formers of Shakespeare's characters;
but it would seem that all talented
actors and actresses sooner or later
test their greatness by attempting
these roles.
The true way to study Shakespeare
is by becoming fond of his characters;
and this can be done most successfully
only by seeing them on the stage. But
we can learn to picture in our minds
the parts they played in the great hu-
man drama, fashioning from magma
tion the scenes and personalities.
The first thing is to get the stories
and the great characters, and the poe
tic antique language of Shakespeare
himself may make this little difficult
at first.
Then we may read book as Mrs.
Jameson's "Heroines of Shakespeare"
in which we find the women of
Shakespeare's plays described in sim
pie modern language.
Then let us read the plays them
selves, without thought of notes or
comments, for the mere human in
terest of the story and the characters.
Probably the best play to begin
with is the Merchant of Venice.
Read it rapidly, passing lightly over
the more commonplace portions. First
you will come to the scene at Portals
house, when the wooers are opening
The mirror., 1920-09-16
: HE best way to study Shakes
peare is to 60 to see his plays at
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the theatre, especially when they
are presented as Edwin Booth or
Henry Irving have played them.
What a change from the way in which
they were presented in Shakespeare's
own time Then the scenery was so
crude that they had to put out sign
on the stage saying, "This is a
Forest" etc. And all the women's
parts were played by boys or young
men. There were no Mrs. Siddouses
or Ellen Terrys in those days. 1t is
said that Beethoven himself was not
a very good piano player, and probab-
ly never heard some of his most beau
tiful sonatas played as Paderwiski
plays them today. Shakespeare
probably never saw his plays acted so
well as they have been acted many
times since his day.
The first great actor to make
Shakespeare classic was David Gar
rick, friend of Sam Johnson. He
was graceful, light, airy, and gay, yet
made an instant success by the ma
turalness with which he played
Richard III, and then Lear, and then
Macbeth. Garrick was not an ideal
Hamlet, but he gave good support to
the famous Peg Hofington, who made
her fame in Ophelia on the same stage
with Garrick. The most seductive of
Hohngton's characters was Rosalind
in "As You Like it" and she played
Portia in "The Merchant of Venice"
with only less charm.
The stage mantle of Garrick fell
on John Philip Kemble, who brought
to Shakespeare's plays accurate and
truthful scenery and costumes. Ham
let was his favorite part-and as he
was meditative and scholarly rather
than fiery actor he made a deep
impression with it. Sarah Sid
dons was his sister. She was
called the Queen of Tragedy, and
was indeed an ideal Roman matron
in her impassioned acting of great
parts, coupled with a dignifed, al
most commonplace everyday life. In
a famous picture Sir Joshua Reynolds
painted her as the tragic muse. She
played Lady Macbeth as probably no
one else has ever played it, indeed it
is said when she was studying the part
she became so frightened at her own
impersonation that she rushed up
stairs and jumped into bed with her
clothes on. In Queen Katharine
(Henry VIT, she played the part SO
realistically that the Surveyor, to
whom she had said, "You were the
Dukes Surveyor, and lost your office
on complaint of the tenants" came
off the stage perspiring with emotion
and said, "That woman plays as if the
thing were in earnest. She looked
me so through and through with her
black eyes that would not for the
world meet her on the stage again!"
Edmund Kean was a little man,
but he played Skylock in The Mer-
chant of Venice and Richard III as
they had never been played before.
Iago, too, was famous character of
his. He was admired by the aged
widow of David Garrick, who called
him David's successor, and he was
praised by Byron.
Each age seems to have had its
actor. Garrick was Johnson's friend.
The mirror., 1920-09-16
water, Minnesota Thursday, September 10, 1920.
HOW AND WHAT TO READ
Chapter VII: How to Study Shakespeare
By Mr.. II. p.

the caskets in the hope that they may
be lucky enough to win the wealthy
lady. But Portia really loves Bas-
sanio and wants him to choose Alright,
as he does, and she is charmingly
happy because he is successful.
But the great scene of the play is
in the fourth act,when Shylock brings
Antonio before the court, demanding
his pound of flesh. Portia, disguised
as lawyer, appears to save his life.
How graciously she does it! How
much man and woman too she is !!
How beautiful her speech about
mercy, dropping as the rain from
heaven!'
Once having read the play through
like this, for the story and the char
acters, lay it aside and at some future
time read it again more thoroughly,
stopping to enjoy Launcelot Gobbo,
the clown, and the talkative Gratiano.
So with each rereading the interest
in the play will grow, like mush-
rooms over night, till you have be-
come very fond not only of Portia
and her friends, but of Shakespeare,
too.
Next to the Merchant of Venice
the most popular of Shakespeare's
plays is Romeo and Juliet. In this
the balcony scene is the most famous,
in which Romeo comes to WOO Juliet;
but among the characters the most in
teresting will perhaps be Mercutio,
Romeo's talkative and jolly friend,
and .Juliet's queer old nurse.
OF the tragedies, Hamlet is un-
doubtedly the greatest, but it is the
hardest to read, and must be read
many times to be fully appreciated.
We are struck in the very first scene
by the personality of the ghost, and
of Hamlet's friend, Horatio, that
quiet, calm gentleman who looks
sympathetically on throughout the
play, and lives to, tell the story of
Hamlet's infrm will. Poloinus is
conventional old fool, but full of
worldly wisdom, and the father of
the brave Laertes and the sweet and
pathetic Ophelia. How unhappy a
girl she is! She is not very strong,
not very brave; but we are sorry in
deed for her, and in mere reading
really shed tears when she sings her
sweetly crazy songs. How strange
and interesting too, is Hamlet's
mother, and his scene with her to-
ward the end of the play! And who
can forget the conversation with the
grave-diggers! Throughout we feel
the atmosphere of philosophy and
thought. Hamlet is indeed a very
great and interesting play, but one
requiring much time and leisurely
thought. 1t is impossible to hurry in
reading Hamlet.
Next in greatness to Hamlet is, per-
haps, Lear. In the very first act we
are struck with the beautiful nature
of Cordelia, though she utters very
few words. She does not appear
again until the end; yet the poor in
teresting fool is always talking about
her to Lear. We detest the two un-
The mirror., 1920-09-16
Vol. XXXIV: No. 7

grateful daughters, Goneril and Re-
gan, and sympathize with Edgar, the
outcast son of Gloster. How strange
it seems that this fool, this insane old
man, this homeless son pretending to
be crazy and this absent daughter,
should hold our interest so perfectly! |!
More romantic, more polished,
more correct in stagecraft, so that
many call it Shakespeare's greatest
play, is Othello. Yet we have no
such love for the beautiful Desdemo-
ma as we had for Cordelia, or Juliet,
or Portia. Iago is a masterpiece of
scheming treachery, and we are some
what sorry for the handsome and
abused Moor Othello; but we can
never like him quite as we'll as some
of the others.
Macbeth is another great tragedy,
and Lady Macbeth is a marvellous
portrayal of bad woman. We are
interested in the witches and their
prophecies, and we know how true is
Macbeth's ambition, and the greater
ambition of his wife who drives him
on. But in Macbeth there is no one
to love, as there is in others of the
plays.
In Julius Caesar it is the patriotic
fevour of Brutus, mistaken though
it may be, that interests us most,
though we like to declaim the speech
of Anthony at Caesars funeral.
Anthony and Cleopatra makes an
excellent play to read, for Cleopatra
is so well known as character that
we already have point of familiarity
to start with. We feel that we are
reading history, and these great Ro-
man plays of Shakespeare's are probab-
ly the best history we shall ever get.
With Julius Caesar and Anthony
and Cleopatra we should also include
Coriolanus, to be studied third in the
series.
If we do not care for tragedy we
shall have passed from Romeo and
Juliet or the Merchant of Venice to
As You Like 1t, one of the best of
Shakespeare's lighter comedies. 1t is
less deep, but not less charming than
the heavier plays. The delightful
Rosalind, disguised as a young man
in the woods, the melancholy Jaques,
and the amusing clown Touchstone,
create an atmosphere of refinement
which we will find nowhere else.
l myself like Much Ado About
Nothing as well as any of the come
dies. 1t tells the story of Benedict
and Beatrice, who were never going
to marry, they were such wits both
of them! Yet they were tricked into
it, and apparently enjoyed it after
all. Where else will you find a
woman joker?
The Tanning of the Shrew is an in
teresting play if you admire wilful,
pretty woman such as Kate
was, and would like to know how her
husband brought her into charming
subjection. 1t is very pretty play,
and not less interesting for being
out of date among our
modern ideas of women.
But of all Shakespeare's comic
none is more original or
famous than Falstaf. We meet him
first in Henry V, perhaps the best of
Shakespeare's historical plays. He is
a wit, a coward, and blow-hard,
,ut Shakespeare never (Psgs 5, Oel -
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-10-27
DOW CITY NAN
DIES | | SUDDENLY
f.. ID. BARNES. Of Dow City, Dies Sud
,lcnly During Noon Hour Saturday
Last ut His Home
his DEATH WAS 4 GREAT SHOCK
Had lfeen HelpiasS in Hrsnser Store
During Foreno0n and Death Came
While at the Dinner Table

DOW CITY. Oct. 2G--( ESPECIAL to the
Revicwp-A deep gloom was cast over
the community Saturday when the
news was circulated that u. d. Barnes
had sliddcnly been called into eternity.
During the forenoon Saturday the de.
ceased was employed at the y. r..
Bremser store and seemed TO be IN his
usual health. AT the noon hour while
at the dinner table at his home he com.
|plained of ylpt feel ss:sesa BIS wiff
suggested that he lie Down. AS siae
went to assist him from sthe table into
another room she found ythat he was
helpless and called in one of the neigh.
bor women. A physician was summon.
cd, who reported his condition as being
beyond all medical aid. death following
shortly after. His passing came as =
great shock to everyone in Dow City
and vicinity and he will be sadly miss,
ed by all.
Elias Downing Barnes was born Aug.
8, 1S49. in Dane county, Wis. and died
in Dow City, Iowa Oct. %, 1920. at the
age OF II years, 3 months and IA days.
Mr.. Barnes was united in marriage to
Nancy Carey in 1880. To this union
were born three children. all of whom
died before reaching maturity. In the
immediate family he leaves to mourn
his departure. the wife, Nancy Carey.
Barnes, three brothers. Joseph Barnes,
of California; Eugene and VIM. Barnes,
of Webster City; one sister. Mrs. Jennie
Shaw, of Minnesota. Mr.. Barnes has
been long time resident of Iowa, hav.
ing moved to this state in early man
hood. Until seven years ago he was
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-10-27
EULOGY TO E. S. PLIMPTON

building was on Main street, on lots
where the Commercial bank and Lam.
bOrn's drug store are now built. What
n remarkable man he seemed to my
youthful mind. Methods OF making q
successful school which are now claim.
ed as very modern were in fiourishins
effect in his school. There was novel.
ty from Sunday to Sunday in methods
and twent. or more plans to hold the
interest of the scholars. young and old.
He taught the young folks bible class
and there his signal abilities sbossG
forth. He was 4 Intlll OF high culture.
was well versel in astronomy, natural
philosophy. geology. an enthusiastic
reader OF books and current literature
From this st0rehOuse he Illustrated his
lesson talks SO tliat those hearing him
from Sunday to Sunday progressed not
alone in bible truths. but in intellectual.
fity as well.
In the absence OF the pastor he was
asked to give the sermons. and with
what conscientious work he occupied
the pulpit. His sermons, like his les.
of bible truths based on nature. on the
ground at our feet and in the sky
above There was no repeating either,
but progress, new thousilt each time Of
speaking. Eest Of all, one had no
thought that his. spoken religion was
not the one he practiced from day to
ilaN
How the young folks did love and ad.
mire him. He eslOved music and had tho
power to inspire pthcrsfto love 1t also
The singing from Sunday to Sunday
was inspiring and wllenS it came to spe,
cial programs never did children sing