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The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Annie Nathan Meyer
Answers Play Critics

To THE NEW YORK HERALD-!Str ::
II has Aust come to my notice that
Brooklyn Life considers that am
somewhat peeved" over criticism aimed
at ny play. The Advertising Of Kate.
Sine the interview upon which they
base their conjecture appeared IN THE
NEW YORK HERALD. perhaps you will be
goo1 enough 10 give publicity to my
expls nation?
did quote Gordon Craig to An ex-
ceptionally able woman who interviewed
me. but unfortunately at the close or
the interview she gave the quotation
twist which not only | did not intend
TO imply. but which was indeed farthest
from my thoughts. Gordon Craig in de-
claring that many find fault with
worA OF art ,cho h1vent even the 'fOht
10 praise has said something wonder
fully stirring and iliuminative, FOR 20
many do condemn without anv real
knowledge OF a subject and few con-
slider that Il needs knowledge even TO
be able TO praise Surely condemnation
should connote deeper knowledge. but
apparently most critics continue on
their. way bllthely giving little 4 any
thought 10 their own obligations. Yet
I
Ing that the critic should take into con-
side-atlon the amount OF pains an
author had taken or the vitality tina
had gone into the creation OF any work
Of art. What a play cost its author need
not concern the critic--but he sh )uld be
conversant with the authors medium
its limitations as well as its possibili
ties. That Is all meant-indeed all !
said
Far from giving evidence Of ravins
been "peeved." ] fondly imagined that
In rofraining from answering my
critics I had shown magnificent self
control For won't say wasn't
tempted How could / fail 10 be when
one critic tells me had written two
excellent acts and had spoiled it all by
n poor third act and the very next
critic complains that the first twD acts
We're very bad. but that they were re-
deemed by the splendid third act one
critic says had ineXpertly givcr away
my whole plot in the first words nv
heroine spoke In the first act. and tho
next critic walls that he could not tell
anything at all about the plot until the
beginning Of tho third act. ! should
have liked TO have learned from my
critics. but under the circumstances it
was not a little difficult to decide from,
which one
Even the majestic George j. whose
sole test OF play seems 10 be It's power
TO keep him from seeking a downv
couch. for which he seems 20 long al
the most unheard of hours. even h.
makes the mistake of accepting the
shrewd. worldly wisdom Of one of my
characters as the essence Of my play
my meaning and purpose being ap-
parenty merely TO make my audience
share her highly reactlonary, even n de-
lightful point Of view, Moreover. one IS
tempted TO suggest that such an obvious
error might not have been committed
had he witnessed more than one-fourth
OF the play. | hope the gentleman IN
question will not give me the retort
courteous anent the eye. For. after ALI.
an egg is rather more Homogeneous
than four act play
AZ least no one could accuse me OF
being 'peeved" by the kindly review
given THE Advertising OF Kate by the
reviewer ~ THE NEW YORK HERALD, so
| may subscribe myself
ANNIE NATHAN MEYER.
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

the subway circuit" in the neighbor-
hood Of New York next season with
THE French Doll" she contemplates
giving several special matinees down.
town on Broadway "a la Yvette Gull
bert
Louis Mann, in a reminiscent mood
the other day, was telling how the old
Weber and Fields skits in which he
participated at the famous Music Hall
were evolved out OF practically moth
ing. on the spur of the moment. A
scenario or general outline OF the ac-
tlon and the character they would as
sumo would be given to the players,
and they were to fill in the dialogues
and the details themselves. In one of
Mann's earliest scenes, for instance,
he was told that he was to play a
waiter in restaurant that had the
sheriff camping on the door The
manner Of his addressing patrons. his
dialogue and all other business were
left to his own devices
As he discovered what points in his
impromptu speeches went over and
what we're cold he elaborated on the
good is and dropped the fiat until
finally they became almost set
speeches. But never quite--they were
always elastic; there was always the
touch of the unexpected that gave the
dialogue of these performers a never
ending air Of spontaneity. It was a
hard test OF an artist, but also
splendid means of developing his
artistry.
Mann said that the first time he
made his entrance at the Music Hall
he was so scared he didn't know what
to do or say. In the last moment
before going on he happened to e~py
a hammer in the wings. He picked
this up in desperation and stepped on
the stage, trembling. He went about
the set. pretending to be hammering
invisible nails into the walls. until
finally ideas and words came to him.
Then he felt better.
The impromptu methods at this
house sometimes had almost disastrous
results. Weber and Fields engaged a
fairly noted comedian once to appear
with them. 1t was expected he would
make a great hit. Conscious Of this,
he came on the stage beaming and
smiling, tipping his hat to the audience
and exposing a wealth of badness.
The irrepressible Pete Daley. famed
for his extemporaneous shafts, saw his
chance and made use of 1t.
Put on your hat" he exclaimed.
You're half naked"
The comedian went as soggy as wet
dough. He was no good after that
just fiattened. They let him go after
a couple Of weeks.
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

the moment of her own difficulty and dis
Illusion.
The dialogue is of a nervous tensity
that recalls many passage from
Strindberg II has lost little IL any,
thing in translation and the French
greatly admire the classic restraint
which the American playwright has
brought to the service OF the most mod
ern realism. The part of daughter is
admirably taken by Nine. Marie Kalff.
young actress for whom a great fu-
ture Is predicted. NJ. Finally. as the
father. displays an ironic finesse which
could scarcely be surpassed
Miss Lounsbery's Play Poem.
The dramatic poem Of Miss Louns-
berry Is quite another matter. Its scenic
object is decoration. it's literary inten-
tion poetico-philosophi Tone shep-
herd tends the broken altar In the ruined
temple Of the Love Goddess TO the neg
lect of his childhood companion and
sweetheart, Eunice, who protests that
the divinity is dead and his care of her
shrine madness.
But the gods, who are ideal creations,
have life by the faith of mortals. and
phrodite, revived and reclothed In her
pristine beauty by the prayers OF lone,
revisits her temple and bids him choose
between herself ad Eunfce, between
the ordinary and safe reality and the
beautiful and perilous ideal. warning That
death waits in the shadow OF her arms.
The shepherd Is poet and has no real
freedom of choice. His life goes ous
as the lips of the goddess touch his own.
In this imaginative little tale. written
IN conventional French rhymed couplets,
the American poetess has wished to con-
trast two opposing conceptions of life
and to reveal the tragedy which lies In
wait for those who aspire to high and
forbidden Joys. lie Baiser dAphro-
dte." while favorably received, did not
create n sensation similar to that caused
by "Circles." since the form has no ele-
ment of novelty for the Partisan. there
being an abundance of similar poetic
and allegoricsl one act pieces In French
dramatic literature.
"Peg o. My Heart" while II has never
exactly created furor in Paris. re-
mains one OF the favorite pieces among
transiations from the English. II had
fairly long run at the Vaudeville about
eighteen months ago and shorter one
at the Marigny. Now II is being put
on az NJ. Gemier's old theater, the An
toine. Germaine Rsse, whom many con-
slider the prettest actress in Paris. has
left the Marigny. where she has starred
In two farce comedies. "My Love-Mon
Amour" and "Peche de Jeunesse." dur
ing the winter. to take the title role.
Farce on American vsgarics.
The Theater des Arts has just
mounted a new farce dealing with
American vagaries In France, la Perle
de Chicago" by M. Maurice Dekobra.
the we'll known newspaper correspond
ent. NJ Dekobra does not seem to have
allowed himself to be influenced by his
own observations in the United States,
but has clung TO the conventions OF
French farce comedy in creating Amer
lean characters who are rich boisterous
and large hearted.
An element OF novelty is furnished ny
Protestant clergyman. who flees the
desert which he has helped to make and
passes his time very joyously In the
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
MISS rHIEDE's NEW PLACE.

Elsa Thiede. formerly with shuberts =
Blossom Time" and before that with
tho Dunbar English Opera Company
and IN concert work in the East has
succeeded Sophie Brandt as prima
donna OF the St Louis Municipal opera
while Miss Brandt has resigned to res;
in preparation for concert and grand
opera work next season Miss Thiede
is graduate OF the Philadelphia Con-
scrvatory of Music and was coached for
four years by Audisio ~ the Metropoli-
tan She il an accomplished pianist as
well as singer
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Two American
Plays in One
Paris Theater
George Middleton and Miss
Lounsbery Represented
at the Grevin.

Special Correspondence to THE New YosK
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. June -.
+" wO American playwrishts, Mr..
George Middleton and Miss G..
Constant Lounsbery. are now
sharing the boards OF the Louveau
Theater, NJ. Irenee Mauget's neat lit
tie playhouse in the celebrated old
Grevin museum Of waxwork on the
Boulevard de Montmartre.
Mr.. Middleton is represented by a
very accurate French version OF his
one act drama of the contemporary
American divorce question, Circles"
which was produced in New York;
Miss Lounsbery by lie Baiser d'Aphro-
dite" (''Thc Kiss of Aphrodite"), a
short dramatic poem which was given
by M. de Max or the Comedie Fran
caise at the open air theater OF the
Catalan in the Bois re Boulogne
just before the war.
Mr.. Middleton's direct, vigorous.
Strindbergian methods have made a
profound impression upon the French
critics. The audiences of the "repeti-
ton generate" and premiere were en-
rnusiastic, and the press has been
practically unanimous in its praise.
1t will be remembered that Circles"
deals with the experience of young
woman who. having decided to leave
her husband because she does not wish
her infant daughter to repeat the ex-
periences OF her childhood In a home
outwardly united but inwardly divided,
returns to that same home to face the
reproaches of the father and mother.
They are overwhelmed to learn that
In their daughters eyes their mutual pa
tience has been worse than vain. but
she In turn has moment OF con-
fusion and poignant doubt when he asks
how she will answer her own daughter.
grown TO womanhood. IL she some day
biames her for leaving her husband.
And as her assurance slips from her the
father remarks dryly that after all u
Is to the home Of her infancy, divided
though IL has been. that she returns in
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Morn TO Midnight
Moves to the Frazee

From Morn to Midnight" the eN-
pressionlst drama by Georg Kaiser.
which started as special production
for Theater Guild subscribers alone
has gathered momentum and will roll
into the Frazec Theater tomorrow
night for Broadway run. Frank
Rcicher. who directed the play. will
continue IN the leading role. The rest
OF the cast slightly changed to permit
the important members of "Ha Who
Gets Slapped" to continue in that play
at the Garrick includes Miss Maude
Gilbert. Albert Carol. Miss Ernita Las
celles Harold West Miss Helen Sheri-
dan Harry's Ashford. Miss Lcll May
Aultman. Julia Cobb Camille Pastor
field and Kathryn Wilson. Lee Simon
sons settings have been transferred to
the Frazee stage
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

French oasis absorbing innumerable
cocktails. 1t is a piece which an Ameri-
can can enjoy perhaps even more than
a Frenchman, for its absurdities-the
cocktail loving minister is not one Of
them-are OF such a merry, well inten-
toned sort that one cannot hold a
grudge against the author for his exag-
gerated burlesque of American charac-
ter, even though he has not the usual
French dramatist's excuse of not know
ing better.
One of the. events of the spring. as
well as of the winter, season is the short
series OF performances of seventeenth
and eighteenth century plays. given by
La Petite Scene, an amateur organiza-
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
MISS BELLE BENNETT
in a" LAWFUL LARCEN>..
REPUBLIC.

ton Of society folk. many Of them OF
title, headed by NJ. Xavier de Courville,
son OF Comte de Courville and one OF
the editors of the Revue Critique.' In
the winter La Petite Scene occupied the
Theater Femina for week or ten days
This time It has taken the little Theater
Albert Premier. in the Rue du Rocher
8 neat but somewhat out-of-the-way
playhouse.
Last winters bill OF Marivauxs little
known three act comedy. "Le Prince
Travesti ou rIllustre Aventurier" (Tbe
Disguised Prince of the Illustrious Ad-
venturer) and Lancourt's one act "di-
yertlssement Ia Foire ST. Germain,"
is being repeated. while 'TIvrogne Cor
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

Russian Invasion to Continue With
the Arrival Of the Composer Of
Nikita BaEeffs 'Chauve-
Souris Brady Luck.

=
IN Roof
- than Mr. Ges
He has just received cable from Moscow stating that the Soviet
s Bf and Gest have been trying to bring him here for the last nve
e is o
Mr. Archar@cky reputation Of religious music for
Kainka" the
Baliems
haso
more sasm o
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Varied Attractions
At Suburban Parks

Music lovers will he attracted 20
George c. Tilyou's steeplechase Park.
Couey Island this week through the
announcement that Jascha Gurewich.
former saxophore soloist Of John phiiir
Sousa's band. will play some Of his own
compositions every afternoon and even-
ing during the week at the ballroom.
Luna continues TO attract pleasure
seekers with its chutes. its exciting ridas.
and It's various interesting shows, In
Guiding "A Trip 20 Chinatown
Starlight Amusement Park in The
Bronx will have its fourth birthday In
this coming week. and also extends its
list of free attractions by the addition
Of q radio outht in the bathing pool
Palisades Amusement Park keeps e.
patrons cool either In the big rnkaaA
sea" or by its various ri<sS
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
ATTRACTIONS ~ pRooKLyN.

AT the New Brighton this week Fran
els X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne
will appear In person In comedy by
Edwin Burke entitled Poor Rich Man"
Gus Van and Joe Schenck will continue
for a third week Others will be Ruth
Budd and Billy Glason
Billy r Van and James J Corbett
will be the headlners at the Orpheum
Others will he George, Lo Marie and
Val and Ernie stanton.
The New York herald., 1922-06-25
Andreyev Play for Russian Relief
and Hindu Dramas at the Cloisters


EARL CARROLL THEATERsavva by Leond Andreyev will be
rection of
of
of
NJ Cleland the title Others who will
Huchins,
Spegeberg. William Bumer. Edward
Gould, Stilman
CBOTSTERS-The OF S
cia Hindu
p. M. n
is
The Mahabharata'; Maharanl
Rabndrannath Should
permit the latter will he
of costers includes Hindu American
artists
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

The 50 Louis Municipal Opera Houss
presented Victor Herberts Sweet
hearts" last week. and the boz office re-
ceir,s were more than 5000 for the
week The nine years intervening since
- vas first produced. with Christie
Macdonald az star. had no; IN the
slightest dulled tho charm ~ Herbe~t's
relodice. and Americas only municipal
opera did the biggest weeks business
In rs four wears history. This weeks
cpera will he Gilbert and. suiiivan's
"yeor1an ~ the Guard"
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

The Happy Six Dance Orchestra ons
of tho first organizations to give con-
certs over the radio al the Westinghouse
station fer outgoing steamships. viii be
the first 20 give a similar concert in tbs
South. The orchestra Is now giving
series of concerts AZ Edrewood Park.
birmingham. and at the end OF It's cons
tract will be the guests OF the WSY
station. the only radio in the State. fc-
series of such concerts. W. l.. Baldwin
o, the Alabama Power Company. who Is
much intere sied In the radio stations.
believes $4,000 people will hear ths
music
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

Special Correspondence to THE New YosK
HERALD.
vi. n~-.is nu->-u
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

George Barrere. solo flute OF the New
York symphony Orchestra, has gone to
his summer place at Norwalk. Conn
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

Incidentally. the Tyler Kaufman
Connolly presentation of a sort of
American "Chauve Souris" destined for
the Punch and Judy Theater for next
fall started as joke. 1t grew up out of
In the Forty ninth Street Theater a
few Sundays ago. The contract for the
Punch and Judy calls for four weeks,
but the promoters of the venture have
hopes OF keeping it going longer.
The New York herald., 1922-06-25

Arthur Rublnstein. Polish pianist,
now playing in South America. has been
engaged TO appear as soloist with the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, No.
vember "a and 2s under Josef Stransky.
Putnam patriot., 1922-04-28
PROPOSE SELLING
 CHURCH PROPERTY
Adventists to Meet and Decide Question.-Some Oppose
 Idea
Society Thrived For Years.-Had Saiaried Pastor For Long Period

Members of the Putnam Advent Christian church will consider a pro pesal that Che land and house of wor- ship on Chapel street be sold. al the meeting that has been called for next Thursday evening. May l. at 7.3O e. clock at the home of E. B. Kent. 9th CT business wiu come before the meet ing. but this proposition will be the ali-important one.
 The opinion of the present members of the church. who number 80, some of whom are nonresident. is divided on the suggestion of selling the church property Since the church building has been closed. it has deteri- orated considerably But there are those church members who would like to see the property brought to a state of good repair. and regular services again held therein. On the other hand there are those who look with favor on the erection of a new structure. And there are those who would vote to sell the property. which is said to be valued at S2,500.
Putnam patriot., 1922-04-28
PUPILS COMPETE IN
 DISTRICT CONTEST
Jane Haines. Pomfret, and Elsie LaFantasie, Sterling, Are
 the Winners
School Children From Rural Towns
 Afford Entertainment

Spelling and speaking contests, such as the fathers and rrandfathers of vesteryear took part ia durins thea sehool days and tell their children and grandchildren about today, were the "old fashioned" events that proved highlv entertaining to a large assem- blaze of peop from various sections of this end of tine county who gather ed yesterday tThuriayi afternoon ih Putnam High school hall The event was district speaking and speilin contest held under the direction of District School Supervisor r. ?. Rupn of Putnam.
 In the speaking contest the first prize was awarded to Jane r. Hainea of the Pomfret Center school, and see ond honors went to Alice Nygren of the Phoenixville school Honorable mention was given Kenneth Pike of East Woodstock.
 First honors in the spelling contest went to Elsie IaFantasie of Sterling.
 Those who participated in yester- days contests were privileged to de so because they were winners in the contests held in their own schools Having won in their schools they met in contest representatives from other schools in n district" contest, and the district contest winners will take part soon in state contest in spelling and speaking. to be held soon at Hartford.
 One of the features of the after noon was talk by Mss Clara Hall, who spoke of her European irip' RiV- ing graphic word pictures Of the countries she visited, their gpographi- cal features. the customs and dress ot the natives. and other facts of inter est.
 The judges for the contest were Superintendent of Schools E. C With am. Principal F. H Snow of Putnam Hieh. and Director H II Ellis of Pu-= nam Trade school
Putnam patriot., 1922-04-28
FIREmEN CALLED OUT SIX
 TIMES SINCE SATURDAY

The fire department was called this tFriday1 morning for the third time m less than week to eStinguish d brush fire next Co Carl Hopkins place on South Main street. Sparks from passing railroad engines arc believed to have started the fires, which were extinguished with no danuee being done.
 There were three calls for the ap. paratas last Saturday. A 20 D m Box s5 was sounded for 9 fire m q woodshed on Smith street Then al 9 so the iremen put out brush fire at the rear of the Putnam Woeien Cez and at $40 D. m. they eNtingnished ] chimney fire in the house at E Battey street
 On Monday and "Wednesday of th. week the apparatus WAS called to th5 Hopkins place.
Putnam patriot., 1922-04-28
REPUTATION OF LEG
 MAY BE NECESSARY
Blood Poisoning Given as Rea- son For Operation on Al.
 Lundstrom

Because of the grave condition re- sulting from blood poisoning, it is feared that the right leg of Al I.und strom of North Grosvenordale will have to be amputated at the knee. This dishearteniug news was imparted yesterday to a Patriot representative by Lundstrom's attending physician. Dr. William Lynch, who has cared for Al ever since he was taken to St. Vim cents Hospital, Worcester, following the accident at Perryville, when he was knocked from his bicycle by passing automobile and thrown over a fence into field neSt to the state highway.
 The doctor stated that Lundstrom sustained, among other serious in- iuries. a compound fracture of the right leg The bone tore through the flesh and left a jagged hele in the leg. Blood poisoning set in and Al's oondi- ton continues SO grave that it seemed yesterday that the only course left, in a further endeayor to save his life, would be the amputatioH of the leg.
 Friends cf Lundstrom in North Grosvenordale are taking the initia- tive in the move to raise as large a cheering" fund as possible Co help out on AIS hospital expenses and to give him concrete demonstration that all his friends are with him in bis awful trouble. ]"
Putnam patriot., 1922-04-28
HORSES DROWN BUT
 DRIVER IS RESCUED
Frank Hart Has Narrow Escape When Team Drops Into
 Quinebaug
He Is Reseued By Rope Thrown By
 Putnam Mfg. Go. Employes

In attempting to turn around his team of horses. in the short space be- tween the Putnam Manufacturing Company and the river running along side. Frank Hart, the driver. his tip cart and a pair of horses were preeipi- tated into the frigid waters of the Quinebaug Monday forenoon. MT. Hart was rescued from death by em- pleyes of the mill who threw him q rope to which he clung while he was pulled 10 safety. But the team WAS so heavy and the water so .deep that the horses were pulled entirely beneath the water and were drowned.
 When hauled out of the water Mr. Hart fell unconscious from hs efforts to save himself and from the shock of his experiences. He was rendered first aid treatment by mill employees and later attended by Dr. Edward F. Perry. Today Mr Hart seems none the worse for his trying experience.
 Teams of horses have been turned around many a time in the spot where the accident occurred, but even 90 Il is regarded as quite a feat when Il Is successfully done. Monday Che back wheels cf the cart slippea over the wall and the horses were dragged into lhe water.
Putnam patriot., 1922-04-28
CHILD INJURED BY
 WEBSTER MANS CAR.

Henry Cabana. six year old son of Mir and Mrs Edward Cabana of Prov idence street. received a severe lacer- alton on the back of the head Wednes- day afternoon when he was struck by the mudguard on the machine owned and driven by William ] Haggerty of Webster The accident happened on Providence street opposite Miller's pool room. Mr Haggerty took the child in his ear to the office of Dr. Tetreault. who closed the wound on the boys head with three stitches.
 According to the police, who invea- tigated the accident, Mir. Haggerty. accompanied by Charles A. Haggerty and William Mannon, both of Web ster, was driving his ear along Provi- dence street at slow rate of speed, and observing two boys playing in the street, practically stopped his ma- chine Then, seeing that the boys, apparently, were leaving the highway. Mir, Haggerty started up his ear again and as he did SO the Cahana child is said to have ran right into the machine the mudguard hitting him in the back of the head