The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-11
sho had triumphed-

Sho had riumphed-
Tho moon was small and high
now. and unhecding.
III
Tho they had all been certain
that they ionged for the privilege
Of attending COMMITTEES meetings
and rehcarsnis. tho dramatic asso-
citation ms definitely formed con.
sisted only of Kennieott. Carol. Guy
Pollock. Vida Sherwin. Ella Stow.
body. the Harry HaydockA. the
Dave Dyers. Raymie wutherspoon.
DIR. Terry Gould. and four new can.
didatcs: f1irtatious Rita Simons. Dr..
and Mrs. Harvey Dillon and Myrtle
cass. an unoomely but intense girl
of nineteen. OF these fifteen only
seven came to tho first meeting
The rest teiephoncd their unparai
lelcd regrets and engagements and
illnesses. and announced that they
would be present at all other meet
ings thru eternity.
Carol was made prcsiden, and a.
rector.
She had added the Dfiions De
spite kcnnlcott's apprehension the
dentlst and his wife had not bren
taken up by the westlakes but had
remained az definitely outside really
smart society as Willis woodford.
who was teller. bookkecpcr. and
janltor in Stowbody's bank. Carol
had noted Mrs Dillon dragging pas,
tho house during n bridge OF the
L.. ~.aAf -
pathetic lips nj the xplerdor Of the
accepted She impuisivciy invited
tho Diiions 20 the dramatic asso.
cation meeting. and when kennicott
was brusquo to them she was un
usually cordial. and felt virtuous.
That sclfapproval balanced her
disappointment at the smaiinesH Of
during Raymic wuthcrxpoon's repe-
titions Of The stage needs uplift.
ing and Il believe that there are
great lessons In come plays"
Ella stowbody. who was q pro
fesxicnai. having studied eiocution
In Milwaukee. disapproved Of Carols
enthusiasm for recent plays. Miss
s,owbody expressed the fundamental
principle of tho American drama:
the only way 10 be artistic Is 10
present Shakespeare. AZ no one
listened TO her she sat back and
looked Ike Lady Macbeth
III
The Iistle Theatres. which were
TO give plquancy TO American drama
three or four years later. were only
In embryo. But OF this fast coming
revolt Carol had prcmonitions. She
knew from some lost magazine arti-
Gle that in Dublin were lnnovntors
called The Irish PiayerA She knew
confusedly that n man named Cor
don Craig had painted scenery--or
had he written pIays7 She felt that
In the turbulence OF the drama she
was discovering n history more inn
portant than the commonplace
chronicles which dealt with sena-
tors and their pompous puerilItles-
She had n sensation OF familiarity:
n dream of sitting in a Brussels
cafe and going afterward to a tiny
gay theatre under a cathedral wall.
The advertisement In the Mime
apolls paper ieapcd from the page
to her eyes:
The Cosmos School of Music. ]
Oratory, and Dramatic Art an
nounces program Of four one
act plays by Schnitzier. Shaw,
Yeats. and Lord Dunsany.
She had to be there, She begged
Kcnnicoft to run down to the
cities with her.
well. I don't know. BE fun 60
take In n show, but why the deuce
do you want 10 see those darn for
cign plays. given by a lot OF anna
teurs7 Why don't you walt for
regular play, later ONT There's go
ing 10 be some corkers coming:
Lottie OF Two-Gun Rancho and
Cops and Crooks'--reai broadway
stuff, with the New York casts.
What's this junk you want to seer
How He Lied TO Her Husband
Him. That doesn't listen no bad.
Sounds racy. And, uh. well. could
20 TO the motor show. ] suppose.
I'd like 10 see this new Hup road
ster. Well"
She never knew which attraction
made him decide.
She had four days OF delightful
worry--over the hole In her one
good silk pettlcoat, the loss OF a
string Of beads from her chiffon
and brown velvet frock, the catsup1
stain on her best georgette crepe
blouse. She walled, II haven't a
single solitary thing that's ut to be-
seen In" and enjoyed herself very
much indeed.
Kennlcott went about casually let
ting people know that he was "go-
ing to run down to the cities and
see some shows"
As the train plodded thru the
gray prairie. on a MINDLESS day with
the smoke from the engine clinging
to the fields in giant cotton-rolls,
In low and writing wall which
shut off the snowy fields. she did
not look out Of the window. she
closed her eyes and hummed. and
did not know that she was hum