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New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Naval Fight Staged
With Deft Realism
In might Watch"

N4HAT is probably one of the most
~ successful and ingenious foass
of producing an optical illusion
lS performed in "ln the Night Watch"
which tho Shuberts arc presenting at
the Century Theater with an all-star
cast including Robert Warwick, Jeanne
hageis, Maclyn Arbuckle, Cyril Scott,
Margaret Dale, Edmund Lowe and Max
TiXman.
The methods and devices used in
giving life and movement to the French
cruiser Alma, on which the first two
acts of the play take place, as we'll as
tho realistic setting of the unknown
German warship disguised as pas-
senger vessel, which sends the Alma
to the bottom, arc simple in themselves
but most ingenious in their very sim
plicity. A visit backstage disclosed
some of the ways and means employed
by Frederick Stanhope, the stage di-
rector, in giving the play all the life
characteristics Of movie. The scenic
value Of the play is of equal Importance
to the acting and, what is more, the
work backstage must synchronize in
every detail and rhythm with the work
of the actors before the footlights. A
veritable army of employees is utilized
every moment of the first two acts in
making this possible.
While the crew of the Alma is sour
rying all over the ship in her engage
ment with her German assailant moro
than 100 men are engaged back stage
in making the affair seem like a real
naval battle. The illusion in front of
the house is complete. For one thing,
there are no less than twenty telephone
stations located in various parts of the
huge stage, many of them at an alti-
tude of $50 feet. These are all receiv-
ing stations which get their signals
from two telephone switchboards, one
IN charge Of the stage director and
the other in charge of an assistant.
, The operation of this telephone sys-
tenn is closely bound with the speak
ing and acting on the stage, SO much
so that the slightest mistake on the
part of any of the participants, techni-
cal and dramatic, would throw the
whole machinery out of gear. There is
a cue provided for every warning and
for every effect. When line is spoken,
which is warning, the stage director,
or an assistant, presses a button which
gives green electric signal to some
particular station, SUCH for instance,
as that of the men who control the
movements of the enemy warship.
The telephones which connect the
stage manager and the chief electrician
with the various stations of the back
stage forces are in constant use. Ere
quently the alert eyes Of the stage man
ager, or chief electrician, detect ad-
vance signs of trouble with lamp or
a movement Of apparatus. The man in
charge Of the particular station which
his telephone and Immediately after
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
AT the Columbia

Molly Williams, "hc only woman star
in buriesque, will bring her company
to the Columbia this week. The bill IS
made up of extravaganza, vaudeville
and drama, but offers a departure from
the usual in introducing a one-act Sc
rious play, The Unknown Law" In
this Miss Williams will be supported
by Frank flaming and Don Trent. Ted
dy McNamara. Billy Purcella, Louise
Worthington, Jane West, Evelyn RAM
sey and Cy Plunkett are also in the
COMPANY.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Sfuberts to Open
y G " Ambassador
With The Rose Girl

<9sTRFF' Fl Z Ambassador Theatcr, in West
VI Forty ninth Street, between
Broadway and Eighth Avenue.
will be opened on Thursday night, Feb
ruary 10, with the musical comedy "Thc
Rose Girl"
This playhouse, which is the first to
be completed of the six thcaters the
Shuberts arc erecting in Forty-eighth
and Forty-ninth streets, is the costIiest
and best appointed theater they have
yet built, and embodies some novel and
original designs.
1t is the first theater in the city to
be erected upon triangular plan. They
are usually built with the auditorium
and stage parallel with the street on
which the building faces, but tho stage
of the Ambassador IS built in an angle
of the lot, the proscenium thus forming
a triangle. The auditorium extends
from another angle of the lot to third
thereby forming another triangle. Had
the theater been constructed upon the
customary design the orchestra and ball
cony would have accommodated about
900 people. Under the new arrange
ments it will have a seating capacity
of 1900.
Another feature is vestibule between
the lobby and the auditorium. This will
eliminate the drafts from which audi
ences suffer in SO many other theaters
and will undoubtedly be source of
satisfaction and comfort to the patrons.
A promenade will extend completely
around the auditorium, instead of mere
ly from one side Of the house to the
other, and will be separated by a marble
rail from the last row of seats.
The smoking room aud the ladies'
room arc located on the mezzanine floor,
and there arc two coatrooms, one at
either end of the auditorium, which will
expedite, the departure of the patrons.
Gold and red form an effective color
scheme. The ceiling and walls are deco
rated throughout in gold leaf. The
lower part Of the walls are finished in
marble which has been especially i'm
ported from Italy. Red curtains and
draperies lend striking contrast.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Al the Hippodromc

The new aquatic features IN Good
Times" are proving very popular, With
Madeline Berlo. the "Flyiug Fish,
carrying of the henors for fancy. div-
ing from high stations New musical
numbers have been interpoiated for
Belle Story, Nanette Flask and Josepa
Parsons. 'Poodles.' Marceline and
Ferry Convey furnish the fun and ar.
constantly adding fresh comedy 10 ths
general nlerriment.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

TIE new "Ziegfeld Nine O'clock
FrOlic" will be presented next Tuesday
night on the New Amsterdam Roof,
and On Wednesday the new "Ziegfeld
Midnight Frolic" Will open. Both Of
the shows have been staged by Edward
Poyce, the settings done by Joseph
Urban and a new Fragonard tableau
supplied by Ben Ali Haggin. The roster
of principals Is headed by Anne
Wheaton and Oscar Shaw, and includes
Bird Millman, Airline Chase, Princess
White Deer and the Fairbanks twins,
as we'll as the many beautiful girls
who always fgure in the Ziegfeld pro
ductions. A new policy is to be inau-
gurated whereby the 81 table seats are
reduced to SO and the convert charge
removed. The Roof will be thrown
open to dancers at o'clock, and dang
ing until the o'clock performance will
b free. Max Hoffman will direct the
orchestra, and for the first three nights
the Isham Jones Orchestra will furnish
the dance music.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

n " which has not yet achieved its
&uIf fulincss, has already yielded
moro than hundred plays and
in the course of this week will bestow
upon New York the fourth theater of
its large cluster Of new playhouses-
namely, the Ambassador, erected by
the Shuberts in West Forty-ninth
Street. The other stages uncurtained
TINS season are John Cort's Sixty third
Street and the Selwyns' Apollo and
Times Square.
OF the century OF productions that
have entered the theaters in the last
five months fourteen survive and the
majority of these exhibit an undimin-
ishcd wind in the race. 1t is interest
ing to enumerate them. Of the follow
ing, half dozen opened last August,
tho remainder in September. In the
order Of seniority they are: Ladies
Night" which opened August 9; Good
Times" August 9; Enter Madame" !"
August Is; The Bat" August 23; The
Bad Man" August 30; "Greenwich Vii
lage Folles," August so; "Honcydew." )"
September 6; THE Woman Of Bronze"
September z; Little Old New York.
September s; Welcome Stranger"
September 10; Spanish Love" Sep
tember II; Tickle Me-, September II;
"Tho Tavern September 27; "Thc
Mirage" September 80. This census
takes no account OF the hardy peren-
mails, "Lightnin'," "The Gold Diggers," !"
"Irene," nor of the Griffith picture
"Way Down East" now in its fifth
month.
"The Rose Girl' will open the Am
bassador next Thursday evening.
Anselhl Gotzl has written the music
for this latest musical comedy. Will
lam Carey Duncan furnished both book
and lyrics. The cast is headed by
Charles Purcell and Mabel Withee.
Lydia Lopokova, who has not appeared
in this country for four years, will be
seen in special ballet. entitled "The
Ballet of Perfumes" the creation of
Michel Fokine. The little Russian
dancer will be surrounded by numer-
Gus corps de ballet. Out Of town re-
viewers have taken kindly to the piece.
The critic OF The Philadelphia Public
Ledger says: THE entertainment has
two distinct advantages, an excellent
cast and pleasant and, at times, even
distinguished musical score. Mr..
Gotzl has introduced gypsy infection
to his orchestrstion by the use of the
Hungarian instrument, the cymbalom, -
A recital will be given this evening
at the Peoples House, at which, Paul
Hayes. Bina Flynn, Henry J. O'Neili
and Alan McAteer, of the Celtic Play
crs, will give their three one-act plays,
After the Rising" "Workhouse Ward
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
As We W ere Saying 2 2

expressed unwittinsly by correspond
ent who writes in defense OF O'Ncill:
For thirty years VIC must Imagine
that Emma is a victim Of this psyche
sis which breaks out in small ways and
erratic fancies, no doubt, but which
the dramatist has no time to tell US
about" This, of course, is an unfortu-
nate defense. The dramatist must
take time to tell US about everything
which matters, small or large. 1t is
not possible to do 3 good iob merely
by rudely sketching figure and say
ing: There are the general outlines;
now ill in the rest for yourself"
But that is what ONeill has done.
He has spared himself labor by the de-
vice Of setting down thirty years
clapse" and by such break he has
sought TO avoid the responsibility of
making the development Of his charac-
ter logical He has, in effect, written
two plays about two heroines and has
fer that he has unified the acts by al
lowing the two women to bear the
same name.
Our study Of psychoanalysis is not
profound, but at any rate we have read
enough not to be disturbed by the
naive comment Of the came CORE
spondent who seems TO be under the
impression that theorizing on the sub
1ect ended with Freud. "Your theory
Of sublimation," he writes, ais hardly
tenable today and has been rejected, if
am not mistaken, by Freud himself"
But the least disturbing complaint
of al comes from a correspondent who
writes, Eugene O'Neill is an artist of
the first rank and he must be protected
from the attacks Of such unthinking
commentators as yourself"
1t is entirely possible that oNeill is
an artist OF the first rank, but If 20
why should he be in any way disturbed
by criticism, thoughtful or thoughtless {?
An artist OF the first rank, even one Of
the second, goes his way blitheiy I'm
Pervious to criticism. II he amounts
to anything he does his own criticizing.
After all, the critic is not in the least
concerned with the future or the feel
ings OF the man about whom he writes.
He has~his own immortal soul to look
after, poor thing, perhaps, but pre-
cious. Criticism is his own form Of
expression. Even the great with whom
he deals, if there be any such, are no
more than springbosrds In his life. The
idea that he has any share or response
bility in shaping their opinions is the
last notion which ever comes into the
head of-a critic. And, for the purpose
Of the argument, we beg permission to
assume that the last is not necessarily
the first as we'll.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
The New Plays

and "Rising Of the Moon Dorsha will
appear in dances interpreting Cor tae
first time ancient Irish music.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

AS bearing on the discussion of Eu
gene O'Neill's handling of the second
act of iff'rent," wherein the audience
is charged with thinking out the ex~
planation of the heroine's stepping into
reverse gear, here is an interesting
principle of criticism as stated by. the
distinguished critic of The Westmin-
ster Gazette, who is dealing with Ian
Hays new play, "A Safety Match re
Gently revealed at the London Strand;
The trouble in this particular case, is
that there eeems TO be no very logical
connection between tho notherly fapper
who looks after whole family and the
dificile and oyer-sensttiye, wife OF the
next scene The two are not incompatible
In rea! life: almost no TWO characteristics
are Incompatible. But on the stage we
require TO be shown the drawing forth
OF T. hitherto hidden sat OF character
tstfcs il is not enough to present them
after they have come. IT Is no good
showing a woman in one scene and say
ing, She is like this" and then to ex-
hibit her as different person in tho
next without revealing the process Of
Change.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

With the opening OF '-rhe Keeper Of
this Lights" at matinee performance
on Wednesday, February 9, in ths
Sixty third Street Theater, Deborah
Beirne's Irish Players begin their sec
ond season in New York Mary Shaw
has the principal role in this play b.
Frank Hugh O'Donnell, one of the
younger Dublin playwrights. Later,
two plays by Brindsley MacNamara
will be produced by Miss Beirne, who
has leased the Sixty-third Street TIE
ater in pursuance of her plan to show
to the public different Ireland, the
Ireland of art and culture, and estab-
lish art drama in America. For the
present the Irish Players will give
their performances at matinees only, as
MIXED Marriage" is now running at
this theater in the evenings.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

On February "a Laurettc Taylor will
return in "Peg o. My Heart to the
Cort Theater, which she opened Oh
December 20 1912, with this same
comedy of youth" by J. Hartley Man
ners. At that time 1t ran for GOA PER
formsnces.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

serve as the upper windows OF Custauce'a
a"e!Ilng. a few simple properties, as a
garden seat, come shrubs and a. chair at
the side for the prologue. and ali is
mentioned, excepting a most Ingenious
and effective scheme OF lighting from
the sides. The actora are 4 companv Of
amateurs, recruited hy Alisg Kitty Ash
ton and containing a strong sprinklins
or or. men1begs M M r. Of the Oxford University
to be "patcI,y." In the nature Of things
ouG somehow an unsophisticated play Of
mis- Kind generally goes better when
ecteo ny amateurs than by professionals.
According to all accounts, London is
giving cordial reception to "The
Knight OF the Burning Pestle," al
though, unlike "The Beggar's OPERA
its appeal is supposed to lie in a spe-
clal public interested in the drama, lit
erature or history Of the Elizabsthan
period. AS John Gays rollicking piece
travestied the Italian opera Of the early
eighteenth century, so Beaumont. and
Fletcher's knight burlesqued the chival-
ric romances of the time, and particu-
larly the "Don Quixote" of Cervantes,
then recently done into English. 1t
contains some rich humor, pleasant
passages of romance and spirited songs.
Mr.. Playfair has used the Eliza
bethan stage with the minstreis' gal
lery above, and has introduced num-
Der of quaint devices in aid of the he
roic travesty, such, for example, as toy
box trees to symbolic Taltham Forest.
Noel Coward plays in the role of fRalph,
the mock hero. The music Is supplied
by Frederick Austin, whose work for
"The Beggar's Opera" was SO success
fully unappreciated when offered to
New Workers.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
London Sees Revival of
Earliest English Comedy

<WHtH HE BEGGAR'S OPERA"
y Al which vainly sought aims in
w. Greenwich Village, appeared
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

A recital will be given this evening
at the Peoples House, at which Paul
Hayes. Bina Flynn, Henry j. O'Neili
and Alan McAteer, of the Celtic Play
ers, will give their three one-act plays,
After the Rising" "Workhouse Ward
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

~HAF is probably one of tho most
~ successful and ingenious foass
OF producing an nnticul illnsinn
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

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New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
By tleywood Broun

~ OMETHlNG Of q poiEt has beer
So made, here and there, that Zona
s Gale considered with the box Of
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-04-07
CLOSING EXERCISES OF
PHELAN HIGH SCHOOL

The closing exercises Of the Phelan
High School will take place next
week, beginning Monday night with
musical entertainment by the pupils
of Miss Shoaf.
Tuesday afternoon win be devoted to
oral examinations Of classes, inter-
spersed with music and recitations
by pupils.
At IL o'clock an old-fashion dinner
battle-ground will be spread. In the
afternoon presentation Of grammar
school diplomas and high school GER
tificates and medals for highest
marks in the various departments
will be made; also an address by
Hor. A. G. Mathews, of Memphis.
Wednesday Night Entertainment
by grammar school department,
Cabbage Hill School,"
Thursday Night-"Mr. Merchant Of
VenicA"
Friday night-"The Average Man"
These plays are just off the press
and are being PLAYED for their first
performance, the last one of which is
from the pen of Mr.. o. P. Parker, Of
Memphis, and promises to be even
mbre ponular than his famous "Claim
Allowed" The public is cordially
invited to attend anyone or all Of
these programs.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-04-07
SUPPLY COMPANY ROBBED

Herbert Caldwell and All Aston,
two colored boys, were arrested at
Rialto Tuesday morning by Deputy
Sheriff W. H. Evans and brought
here to answer a charge Of theft,
The boys entered the Covington Sup
ply Co. Monday night about mid
night, gaining entrance to the build
ing by rear window in the ladies'
department on the mezzanine floor
by means of rope. When arrested
their suit cases were searched by
Mr.. Evans, who found that they
contained six suits of clothing, 10
pairs of trousers three shirts, one
cap, one pair of Crossett shoes, and
he identified them at once as be-
longing to the Covington Supply Co.
Upon making inquiry over the phone,
Mr.. Evans learned that the above
articles were missing. He brought
the culprits from Rialto and turned
them over to- Sheriff Volz, who
placed them in the county Jail to
await their trial, which occurs this
afternoon at 2 o'clock before Esq.
James E. Walker.
Caldwell is Is years old and Aston
claims to be Ia, but the authorities
seem to doubt his statement as to his
age. They claim Memphis as their
home.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-04-07
FIND MASH WAITING
FOR STILL ON FARM

II don't know thing about it,
e. e. Moore, justice Of the peace
told Memphis prohibition officers
Sunday, when they found $500 gal
Ions Of mash and 45 fermenters in
the rear of his home, five miles north
of Wilkinsville Prohibition Officers
r. NJ Vannatta, r. /. Keller, Milton
Bryant and Bert Bates, of that city,
who made the raid, did not arrest
Moore, but declared Monday that a
warrant would be issued for him.
According to the officers, the only
thing lacking to produce corn liquor
was stills. They said that the bitches
had been dug for The water, and that
the mash and fermenters were in a
ravine. About a ton Of sugar was
also found.
Prohibition Officer Bates said that
Moore, despite his statement that he
did not know that the mash was on
his place, must have known Of it's
existepce, for it is only a short dis
lance from the Moore residence.
The bitches gave the appearance
of having been dug recently, and the
officers believe that the still was on
the way to the place.
sMs. Moore is a big property
owner in the vicinity, and was elected
to his office short time ago" Of
ficer Bates said. ''It has become
custom here Of late for those who
conduct stills to first prepare the
mash and then have the stills brough
to them BY wagon or truck. This !
am sure was what was to happen
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-04-07
auto YOUTH RUNS
DOWN MEMPHIS CHILD

Odell Rast, the 1S-year-old son Of
Mr.. F. S. Rast, Of Quito, while driv-
ing a motor truck loaded with sup.
plies, ran over and killed a little
nine-year-old girl, Frances Davis, al
Bethel and Seventh streets in Mem
phis Monday afternoon.
Young Rast had been in the city
to get supplies for his fathers store
and was returning to Quito when
the deplorable accident occurred. He
was completely unnerved by the
tragedy, but declared that he did
not see the child until she stepped
from in front of an auto parked in
the middle Of Seventh street. Rast
was arrested and charged with
manslaughter.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-04-07
ITEMS OF NEWS GATHERED
FROM TOWN AND COUNTY

Mr.. G. B. Townsend is quite i'll
at his home on Liberty avenue.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mas
sengill, of South Covington, Monday,
a daughter
Rev. w. A. Freeman is now local
representative for Morriss Brothers,
marble and stone monument manu-
factors Of Memphis.
Russell Maxwell, son of Mr.. jeff
Maxwell, Of the Garland vicinity,
who has had pneumonia, is now inn
proving slowly.
Mr.. Ashley Downing, who for
the past few months has been in the
employ of the /. c. railroad, accepted
position on April 1-under Mr. +. n.
Rogers, construction engineer Of the
Jeff Davis highway.
Mr.. Edgar O'Bryan and Miss Car
well Crawford were married Sunday
afternoon at the parsonage OF the
Second Methodist church, Rev. j. w.
Joyner officiating. They have the
good wishes of host of friends.
Milton Paine Barrett entertained
20 friends Monday afternoon with a
garden party at the home Of his
grandmother, Mrs Edwin Paine, the
occasion being his eighth birthday,
During the afternoon fruit and ices
were served to the little folks.
The play, "A School Ma'am,"
which was given bv the Mt. Carmel
Christian Endeaver Society last FRI
day night, was a decided success,
playing to large crowd. The sum
Of $50 was realized for the society.
The play will be given in the Brigh-
ton High School Friday night.
Among those from out Of town
who attended the funeral Of Mr.. A.
B. Cobb Thursday were Mr.. and Mrs.
James /. Wheeler, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Discard and two children, Mrs. ]. L.
Lawrence, Mrs. Wyatt, DR.. Jones and
Mr.. Thompson, Of Memphis; Mrs.
John 7. Jacocks and Miss Ruth Ja-
cocks, Of Dyersburg, and Mr.. Joe
Hill, Of Kerrville.
Mrs. Walter Crofford delight
fully entertained with 6 o'clock din
ner Thursday in special compliment
to her house guest, Mrs. Antoinette
Crofford, of Memphis. An elegant
menu was faultlessly served to the
following guests: Mesdames Eliza
Keathley, w. T. Mccormick, w. @.
Sullivan, r. B. Shelton, ]. ]. Green,
w. S. Mayes.
The Ladies' Missionary Society
Of the First Methodist church held
their regular monthly meeting Mon
day About 80 were present, 1t was
decided at the meeting that the
ladies will have an auction sale and
pie supper in the dining room Of the
church Friday, April 15- A program
Of music and readings will be given.
Everybody is invited to come.
Robert w. Lennon, Jr., son of
Mr.. R. w. Lennon, formerly Of Cow
ington, now of Hollywood, Miss, has
been honored by the University Of
Arkansas at Little Rock, where he Is
student, recently. This bright
young fellow Of 20 years has been
chosen, with five others, to represent
his school in a debating contest in
which number of southern colleges
compete. This is quite an honor, as
the debating team is chosen from the
best material the college affords.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-04-07
SHERIFF GETS A HAM

John Albert Beard and Curtis
Hays, colored, were arrested Friday
and charged with stealing meat from
Henry Mccain, also colored, near Mt.
Carmel. They had hidden the hams
and shoulders in the house Of lisa
Cosby, where the meat was found
later by Sheriff Volz and Deputy
Chumley, after hard work. The men
finally confessed after they had been
arrested, and Cosby was arrested
for concealing stolen property. They
were tried before Esq. j. E. Walker
Monday afternoon at o'clock and
were bound over to the circuit court
under bonds Of $500. Cosby was
able to make bond, but HAYS and
Beard were returned to Jail. Mccain
presented Sheriff Volz with nice
ham for his quick action in the case.