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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

everything by the way Of staggering
bargains, 'hurrah discounts, discon-
tinued lines at less" and so forth they
know what not TO GET
They want fresh, live fire. With
good reputation. That's everything it says
it is. With the people behind it who
back it up.
There are 81 u. S. Factory Branches.
Your local u. S. Dealer is drawing
upon them continually to keep his stocks
sized up, complete-to give you service.
Whenever he gets one or a hundred
tires from a u. S. Factory Branch, they
are newly made this seasons tires.
Sold to you at NET price. Full values.
Square dealing. A reputable maker. A
reputable dealer. The whole transaction
as BELTS the leadership of the oldest and
largest rubber Organization in the world.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
BROOKLINE.

Frank Cushman of Hartford, Conn,
was at L. W. Bush's last week.
Marion Howe is spending the week with
her grandparents at Williamsville.
Nelson Smith and children of South
Londonderry were at Oscar Lawrence S
Sunday.
Charles Cushman and family OF Wind
sor, Conn. are spending a, vacation at
the home of L. w. Bush.
The Newfane- Br0okline Farms base
ball team played at Ashuelot Saturday
and was defeated by score of 13 to 3.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

Men admire pretty face, a good fig
ure, but most of all the happy healthy
contented woman, as beauty fades and
troubled with backache, headaches, those
dreadful dragging sensations, and nervous
irritability, cannot hope to be popular,
and advancement in either home, business
or social life is impossible. The cause of
these troubles, however, yields quickly to
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
as it is a natural restorative for such
conditions, and dispels effectuaIIy all
those distressing symptoms.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
NECK BROKEN BY BULL.
Farm Hand in Huntington Attacked
While Driving Cows

BURLINGTON, Aug. 3. - Frank
Fisher of Huntington is dead as the re-
employed as a farmland by NJ w Hins-
dale. After he had finished milking the
cows shortly before o'clock Monday
night he was driving them back to the
pasture when the bull rushed at him,
knocking him down and breaking his
neck.
Fisher was brought to the Fanny AL
len hospital Immediately and lived for
several hours He died without recover
ing consciousness. He was 81 years old
and unmarried.
Reas don't like red headed naopla
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

Dexter's birthday anniversary. Mr.. Dex-
ter received a postcard shower which
came from various parts of the country
and from beyond the seas There were
also numerous messages greetings and
other tokensr Of remembrance. all adding
to the pleasure of the day
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
HINSDALE, n. I'll.

Miss Ethel G. Reed of Wakefield,
Mass. is visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. r. billiard in North Hins-
dale.
Il. G.. Cove of Dorchester, Mass, is
visiting his wife and children at the
home of Mrs. GOve's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w W. King.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

Women have for the first time sat for
the examination of the British Auction
GERS and Estate Agents Institute.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

benefit for new seats for Union hall and
that fer the sale of ice-cream by the L..
Ii. II. for repairs in the basement of the
hall.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

be buried behind the mantelpiece. Oh.
yes, that dear little girl is always with
US even IL she never before lived on
upper Park avenue and smoked like
chimney.
Miss Crothers reveals much of her ac-
customed adroitness in the management
OF difficult scenes. and doubtless when
there Is little bit less of Nice People"
1t will win the customary success. Miss
Larrimore possesses quite an exotic
charm as the heroine. Her beautifully
regular profile and her tawny hair are
not usual In the catalogue of loveliness
Then there is her fearful and wonderful
manner Of speaking. Nobody could con-
vince US that she has the slightest In
tention of reforming. She realizes what
an asset those choked tones are. No
body else has them. SO Miss Larrimore
will continue to balk like recalcitrant
seltzer bottle until somebody else turns
up who does II just az well.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Debut of Spanish
Dancer at Palace
Miss Bilbainita to Appear for
First Time in Broadway
Other Acts.

Gus Edwards and HIS new song revue
will be the chief attraction at the Palace
this week He will be assisted by the
Misses Alice and Hazel Furness, Chester
Fredericks and new crop OF youthful
finds" Charles (Chic) Sale will do his
Rural Sunday School Benefit" A new
dancing celebrity from Spain VIII De
Miss Nita Bilbainita, making her Broad
way debut, with native Spanish dances.
Others will be Miss Sylvia Clark. girl
clown Toto, male clown; Bronson and
Baldwin in Visions OF 1871 by Jack
Lait: Parish and Peru and Joseffson's
Icelanders
The chief acts at other vaudeville
houses follow:
RIvERSIDE-Pearl Regay.' Homer
Mason and Marguerite Keeler
COLOSIAL-Virgini Pearson and
Sheldon Lewis. Chic Sale
EIGHTY FIRST STREET - Kitty
Doner, Charlie Chaplin in the photoplay
THE Kid"
ALHAMBRA-Biliy B. Van and James
J. corbett, Charlie Chaplin in the pho
toplay THE Kid"
RoYAL-Nat Nasarro. Jr., Yvette
Rurel
BROADWAY - "The Night Boat"
farce comedy Charlie Chaplin In The
Kid"
COLISEUM - Bobby Bernard and
company, Charlie Chaplin In The Kid"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and Garry, Char
lie Chaplin IN THE Kid"
AMERICANA Golem Troupe, Char
lie Chaplin in THE Kid"
FIFTH AvENUE-George M. Roe
sher. Martha Pryor.
TWENTY-THIRD STRBET--Edwin
George, Harry and Emma Sharrock.
FIFTY-E1GHTH STREET-Bernard
Thornton and company. the Max Ford
Revue.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
FIFTH STREET-Edna Bennett, Fur
man and Nash.
The usual Sunday concerts will be
given at the Manhattan Opera House,
the ziegfeld Roof atop the New AM
sterdam Theatre. the Century and Gem
trai Theatres and the Winter Garden.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

ringing CiOlSteT DellS, the murHlUrlnB
sisters over the cradle, the chanting
nuns. the sunlight playing over the
flowers on the convent wall. the lover
whispering through the grill to his
afflanced-these are all of this static
works fiction. The difference In Mr..
Knoblock's play will be obvious to all
who remember its Prussian uhlans
rushing through the narrow doors, the
mother and her vision Of the dashing
and military ST. Michael and the COO
ing girl with the smile at the baby in
her arms.
Not Theatrfc I'm Form.
No. the Spanish drama is not con-
ventionally theatric In form None was
ever more literary than Cradle Song"
Gregario Martinez Sierra Is but 40. SO
the tendency of his writing Is probably
settled. Like so many Spanish play
wrights he seems to be the impresario
OF his own theatre. which may have Its
share In explaining the facility with
which plays that seem really undeserv-
ing of such an honor find production In
Spain. "Cradle Song" Is said to be his
most popular as well as his finest play.
from which those who go to the matinees
this week may draw their own con-
clusions. But there can be but one
opinion as to the elSilfui manner in
which Mr.. Duncan has realized the two
scenes of the play and contrived.
A. A. Milne may never have heard OF
Dion Boucicault, since few dramatists
OF the day ever indicate any knowledge
Of the man who at one time had seven
plays on tho London stage and said he
would be perfectly willing to supply all
the London theatres were he relieved of
certain details OF business. Among the
wise things that the Irish playwright
said was that a farce should rest on a
foundation of granite. Maybe such
tir1n basis is not needed for a comedy,
but surely Mr.. PIN Passes BY" needs
some more plausible point OF departure
than the mention by a stranger Of q
casual passenger on the steamer with
him from Australia. This name. which
fs th" snrne that the first husband OF the
heroine bore, Is all there is to start the
actio' The stranger returns 20 say that
the man died on the boat He returns
for ether purposes. This man, II after
ward appears. bore no relation to the
wife's history.
Whether Miss Crews ls 80 amusingly
debating with her husband a rernarriage
or any possible result OF bigamy. there
IL always In the mind the shallowness
~ play with no stronger motive than
this accidental slip cr name from the
lips OF man whom nobody in the play
had ever seen before. Lightness IL all
very welt n tie way. the irresponsibility
or the characters in comedy must at
iines be taken az matter OF course.
When the course or the action once IL is
snder way may wander far from the
starting point. But there really must
be starting point that human inteIii-
gence can accept The admission of the
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
She Did Her a Favor.

One OF the profitable shops In q side
street is conducted by an actress who
was for several years seen In New York
productions. Her name after figuring
in important but not leading roles In
various plays disappeared from the pro-
grammes. But IL is she who is now at
the head of this prosperous business
establishment.
"All my good luck" she said to the
reporter OF THE NEW York HERALD the
other day, came from the actress who
thought had really ended my career.
AS q matter or fact / realize now that
owe her debt Of gratitude When I
went into one OF her productions il was
because / had been without employ
ment for several months. She said You
are the type l want Not beautiful. but
a lady That, / afterward felt. ought
to have been warning to me. But I'm
glad now it wasn't. She in reality did
me great kindness.
shell make you look like n fright.
Be careful one OF my friends said.
crows around her / was a scarecrow.
all right. She selected the gowns. OF
course. ! had TO wear what she gave
me, which was OF the most pronounced
style and intensely unbecoming. That
was true not only OF the two frocks but
| OF the hat as well. / was always on the
1 stage with her since we were supposed
to be intimate friends. You may be sure
| looked fright. all right. Then to
! cap the climax. she sent me to a Golf
| four, who was told to give me the latest
| style In hair dressing. I submitted be-
cause I was assured by my woman star
that this play was to be the last word
| In modsh dressing.
"The first night arrived. was a
| fright. I knew as we'll as everybody
who saw me that / was. Moreover. !
was so nervous from looking at myself
| that I couldn't act. On that same stage
| had made hit in a small way a year
before. But that night I was power
| less In the last act. az well as In the
| first / was stiff with nerves. My
friends we're as Mortified as ! was, OF
course, / made a complete fizzle. But
Il turned out for the best.
Wen have to do something for dear
Dora, they agreed. since whatever talent
she had seems to have disappeared. So
they put their heads together and be-
fore knew II they had set me up In
this lingerie shop. IL has gone famous
ly And there Is no danger Of any ac-
tress already in the sere and yellow
coming in and making me look so ugly
that can't help but make flzzle. But,
after all. she really did me favor"
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

'sNixon's Big Sensations" will be the
offering az the star
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
PRODUCING PLA VS. IN DAYLIGHT
BRINGS OUT SOME INTERESTING
AND EXOTIC DRAMA SPECIMENS
Miss NARY KANE
Winter G9r067.
Nv LAWRENCE REAMER.


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interesting,
called
at
effectively
resemblance between the altogether
study o the ineradbe
in
and departure
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

matinees at the Harris Theatre, is in
reality Emery Pottlo. we'll known as
writer OF magazine fiction. He has re-
Gently appeared In the movies with suc-
cess. Grant Mitchell Will play the hero.
Georgette Cohan. who has retired
temporarily from the stage, made her
first London appearance as an actress
in Mr. PIN Passes By in London, act
ing the part played by Phyllis Povah
at the Garrick Theatre.
1t Cuts Both Ways.
II went into one of the LEBLANC estab
lishments," writes a correspondent, ito
buy a cut rate ticket FOR certain
theatre. I paid s1.60 each for two IN
the balcony without looking at the price
on the ticket When / got TO the the
atre discovered the box office price for
seats in that section OF the theatre cost
only S1.10. The next time l went to
the cut rate shop complained violently.
but was told that tickets for the Satur-
day matinee were very hard to get and
that l was fortunate in getting them
and not having to pay more than so
cents advance in each case. Perhaps
! was lucky, but at the same time I felt
that the incident showed the hold that
speculation had on all the ticket sellers.
Even the cut rate men cannot resist the
! temptation to raise the rates on Satur-
days"
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

senile Mr. Pin does not seem to comply
with that description OF the hypothesis
on which three acts Of comedy. even II
they do continue for considerably less
than two hours. should rest.
Actors Well Selected.
The Theatre Guild contrives to select
actors exceptionally well fitted for their
roles. The casting" as the theatre
slang has II. OF "Heartbreak House"
was uncommonly appropriate, and II
was not easy to find the actors for the
Shaw play. Miss Crews is OF course a
brilliant comedicnne always. The bit
OF cynical rebellion In the character OF
the present heroine she amusingly pre-
sents Mr.. Digges does not look like an
English country gentleman. IL takes
more than pair Of knickerbockers to
create that Illusion. He even plays his
scenes with a complete lack OF intel
lectual or emotional distinction. The
traits are not within his gamut But
what Is necessary for the plays COM
prehension. he Is quite capable OF doing.
The constant appearance OF Helen
Wesley in these plays Is different from
the participation of Mr.. Digges. for In
stance. even when he is placed well
within his powers. 9sdiss westiey makes
Characterization of all the women
who fall to her so complete that she
Is all but unrecognizable in one play or
another. Otherwise the recurrence OF
actors In, parts which are not suited to
them recalls one OF the evils OF the
old stock system which the habit Of spe-
cial engagements was intended to re-
move. Mr.. Digges Is not necessarily a
fatal weakness however. TO mfr. PIN
Passes By" while the inadequacy OF the
motive seems dangerously the frailest
link In the chain.
Matinees seem TO justify themselves
altogether when they put before the
local pubic so fine specimen of the
Continental drama as "Amoureuse," :"
which Mr.. Baron has renamed "The
Tyranny of Love" II is not conceiv-
able that any theatre manager would
think OF inviting his patrons or pro-
Epective pe'Ons In to witness this
drama e French eroticism at night
It's appeal to the general public would
be slight. Yet II. kept tho audience at
the Bijou Theatre on Tuesday pro-
foundly Interested.
Pretenec of American Life.
or course the pretence OF American
life which the adapter made by trans
ferring the scene and characters TO this
city would not hold water for five
minutes Of the first act. "Amoureuse,
which the Franco-1talian playwright
wrote for Rejane In 1891. is all there 10
Of most Gallo study In the fasc!nat-
ing world of love. II is a study of the
triumphant virtuosity OF the French in
loving. Does n people really think.
talk, act and dream love as tho char
acters in this play are made to do: to
do, moreover, in n highly probable and
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

Write for Nep Booklet on Women's
Spring and Summer Sporting Clothes
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

chance OF success. So the experienced
manager anxiously awaits the decision
OF his second Tuesday.
Lay On, Macduff.
There already has grown UP legend
about the production of a Shakespearean
play which has caused more discussion
than any similar artistic enterprise In
years. There is, of course. the Joke OF
the actor who calls the piece What
Happened to Jones" Mr.. Jones being
the designer OF the decorations But
there also is the report OF the ticket
speculator who had been sent UP to look
over the show In the hope that the
agencies might be persuaded to enter
into "a buy for few weeks at least.
But the spectators were unconvinced.
1t was during one OF the scenes that an
agent expressed his opinion by calling
out
That's all right, lay on Macduff (!
But Il will be lay off, Mcbride all right"
In an interview published twelve
years ago with Ethel barrymore the
actress says that her brother Lionel
when he contemplated retirement from
the stage to study art had taken away
the best Macbeth that the American
theatre ever had.
But mas ne ever hClou nUVOotPI S'ao
reporter at that time asked "Oh, no."
was the answer Of Miss Barrymore Hes
never played It. But II ever he had he
would be the greatest Macbeth the stage
ever knew"
Perhaps Miss Barrymore did not refer
to a Macbeth done on the Jones-Hop-
kins plan.
But the most characteristic OF all tho
stories about this performance concerns
an actress In II who has made repu-
tation by her skill and by the beauty OF
her voice She was about TO make her
entrance on the first night Of the play.
NOW. please remember" said the pre-
siding genius OF the evening. Don't
act and don't use your voice."
Evidently that was the advice given
to all the players Judging by the de-
tachment with which they approached
their tasks.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

chance of success. So the experienced
manager anxiously awaits the decision
OF his second Tuesday.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Did You Hear
How Nine Kurz Is Reaping the Harvest of Her Own
Kindness, How the Manager Approaches the
Second Tuesday With Msgiving.

T HE addition Of Nine. Selma Kurz
to the forces OF the Metropoli-
tan Opera House might never
have taken place but for the gracious
ness OF the famous viennese prirna
donna on a certain important occasion
some years ago. Nine. Kurz was Sc
lected about twelve years ago to take
the place Of Nine. Sembrich when she
retired from the operate stage. Helm
rich Conreid, then impresario Of the
Metropolitan Opera House. engaged
the soprano, who then was the first
coloratura singer at the Imperial Opera
House In Vienna, for a term OF years.
1t happened that he so valued her SER
vices from his knowledge OF her sue
cess In Vienna that he engaged aer
for larger number Of appearances
than any other prima donna nad ever
received and at a rate OF compensa-
ton then unprecedented.
Mr.. Conreid was already Ill. His re-
tirement was impending. The man.
agement Of the company which sup
plies the performances at the Opera
House wondered what IN the world was
TO. be done with such q contract. IN
case the stranger made n great sue
cess 1t might be possible to come
through with II. Even then the num-
Der OF appearances exceeded what the
season could offer. The engagement.
In spite of the eminence OF the artist,
was problem TO the management.
It was decided 10 approach the prima
donna with view to obtaining some
modification Of the terms of the ar
rangement. An ambassador went to
Vienna
Nine. Kurz was most gracious. Then
az the height Of her popularity in Vienna
she was. moreover, on the point OF get
ting married. So she was not at all
Keen about long voyage to the United
States. She had travelling enough 70 fill
her engagements in London, Russia, Ger
many and France. SO the contract was
indefinitely suspended. Nine Kurz mar
ried. her husband is one OF the foremost
lawyers OF Vienna and she is now the
happy mother OF two children. But she
felt that returning next year to this
country X would be agreeable 10 her to
appear in opera In which her success has
always been made. So the Metropolitan
Opera Company. remembering her gra-
cfousness In the past. happily added her
famous name TO Its roster
what They Believe.
/, There is no day in the week to which
the producer OF the new play looks with
the same interest that he does the sec
ond Tuesday after tho first night. The
receipts then are supposed TO tell the tale
of success or failure as they do at no
other time. Saturday night Is almost
sure to be sellout whatever happens.
Monday Is such poor night at the thea
tres In comparison with Saturday that
IL is scarcely fair TO draw any conclu-
slons from what may happen then. But
the second Tuesday ie supposed to be
tho magic time. Then there ought to be
q purely normal demand. II the public
comes running that nlnht there "a every
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
IN BROOKLYN THEATRES.
"Love Birds" TO Have Metropolitan
Premiere nj the Majestic.

pat Rooney and Miss Marion Bent
viii make their metropolitan debut as
stars OF musical comedy tomorrow night
at the Majestic Theatre in the musical
comedy. Love Birds" produced by VII
ner e. Romberg. The supporting cast
includes Misses Elizabeth Murray. Eva
Davenport. Elizabeth Hines and Emile
Lea Edgar Allan Woolf wrote the
book. The music Is by Sigmund Rom
berg and iyrlcs by Ballard Macdonald
Charles Dillingham; will present at the
Montauk Theatre Apple Blossoms"
operctta by Fritz KreIsler. Victor Jacohi
and william lie Baron. John Charles
Thomas still heads the original cast.
The selwyns VIII offer at the Shubert-
Crescent "Buddies," George v. Hobart's
play OF France. with music. The tri-
stars, Miss Peggy Wood. Donald Brian
and Ralph Morgan. will head the cast
as dou1hboys, as they did during the
successful run. at the sclwyn Theatre.
The n F. Keith Sunday evening en-
tertainment at the Academy OF Music
tonight will have a six reel motion pic
ture, preceded by six act vaudeville, in
which Miss Marie Nordstrom and Miss
Emma Haig VIII share the honors.
Miss Ethel Levey Will be the headliner
at the orpheum. Donald Kerr and His
Lady Friends Sydney Grant. and
F'ranklyn Charles and company will be
others.
Ciccolini, opera tenor, will be the chief
performer at the Bushwick.
''Nixon's Big Sensations" will be tho
offering az the star
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

Where the blazed trail
crosses the boulevard, all the
signs OF Spring have ap-
peared.
Town and country tweeds
are coquetting with the
March winds-polo coats are
smiling their adieu to Winter
furs.
Sport is showing the way to
fashion-the all around utility
of these shapely outdoor gar
ments.
Tweed suits are at the
height of popularity and
women never before have had
such a selection or moro
reasonable prices.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Bramhall Theatre
Has Only New Play

THE Bramhall Players will pro-
duce "The Tie That Liber-
ates," by Butler Davenport, at
tie Bramhall Playhouse to-mor-
row evening. 1t is described as
"a tangle in five knots" by it's
author, who will play a leading
part in it.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
what's I'm q Manner

The success of "Irene," and II con-
tinues to be az much of a success as
ever, has led James Montgomery, the
author to christen his next musical play
Flora" with the success OF Mary"
and sally" as their example, Il Is hoped
that at last an end has come TO the
"Glrl' titles which have held tho imag-
nation OF playwrights for so long.
Ever since the success of A Gaiety
GIRL acted at the DAILY Theatre in
London" said producer yesterday
"and then brought here by Augustin
'Daly 20 his New York house. the word
girl has been thought indispensable 20
every title of a musical play. II has
been worked In most laboriously and in
The Girl from Rector's' as we'll as In
The Girl from Mnxim's' the farces also
had the aid and comfort OF this over
worked name IL IS as powerful to-day
In its hold on managers as II ever was.
although their traditions arc a little bit
shattered by the fact that there can be
such great successes without that sacred
word IN the name Sally and Mary and
Irene must have taught them a lesson.
II Flora turns out TO be az popular as
It's predecessor II is possible that there
may be a permanent crifnp put into the
girl titles"
Notes OF some Famous Players.
George Emery. who Is named as the
author Of the new play, The Hero"
which Sam H. Harris will produce at
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

Ciccolini, opera tenor, will be the chief
performer at the Bushwick.