Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-09-29

creamery in Minnesota $ dairying in
dustry and will show to farmers, the
things they should do to make their To-
cal creameries outstanding successes.
The show also will be used to show
the merit of cooperative creamery
made butter to visitors from the larg-
er cities of the state. The Twin Cities
and Duluth is q marketing field that
as yet has not been entered extensive
ly by farmer-owned companies.
MISS FORTIER'S AIMS AT
CHARLESTON
The Charleston wv. Va.,) Daily
Mail publishes an interview with Miss
Rosebud Fortier Of this city, who is
director of the Kanawha players at
Charleston.
The interview in part is as follows:
"The stage brings us the greatest
thoughts, the most beautiful phan-
tastes and dreams from many OF the
biggest thinkers, poets, and artists OF
the world,'' said Miss Rose A. Fortier,
director of the Kanawha Players, the
community dramatic club which has
lust recently been organized, in an in
terview with the Daily Mail reporter.
"The theatre of the future must be-
come the culture carrier of its nation,
the altar to which the best and great
est of a nation may offer their energy
and beauty, strength and knowledge;
the shrine Of beauty so democratic that
every new cultural element coming
finds cooperation. With heart and
mind T pledge my allegiance to this
holy theatre.''
Light aud Color
Miss Fortier spoke Of how the thea
tire is going through an artistic trans-
formation, and said students OF the
drama should become familiar with 1t
through the understanding of light and
color. She spoke Of Gordon Craig
land Max Reinhardt, two men OF Eu-
rope. who stand out as reformers. me
! American disciples of these men, she
said. are Robert Edmond Jones, who
IS a. member of the "perfect unity, - ,
Jones. Barrymore and Hopkins, and
Lice Simonson, the artist whose WORK
with the theatre guild of New YORK
City has stamped him as a scenic ar
fist of originality and br1lhant prom
Use. Lawrence Browne is another men'
Der Of these reformers. MI. Browne IS
the father of the Little theatre move
ment. o., o,
| Craig that the art of the theatre IS not
, acting, not setting, not the dance' ou'
all these properly harmonized through
the personality Of the director. one
believes that the whole productlon-,
J play, acting, lighting, setting, must DE
dominated by mood.
WThere is no place in the KanaWha
| theatre for the old-fashioned painted
, scenery which can be used for every
: plav and which lacks distinction and
r individuality, but instead soft cur
7 tains, draperies or screens which sym,
+ bolize the emotions of the actors Will
( be used.'
The director Of the Kanawha Play
. ers explained that it is of vital i'm
portance that color must represent
the color and mood Of the play, "We
have always thought Of green denot
ing jealousy; red, anger; amber, love;
grays and blues, representing the spir
itual.' Miss Fortier said that the
new movement is doing away with
footlights and borders and in it's place
softer and truer light is taking its
:: place in order to gain naturalness and
truth.
"Detail has been the boon of the
American theatre,' she said, "detest-
ing, irritating detail, designed for peo'
pie with no imagination, people who
will not believe they are in a parlor
unless they see the family album.
Stages crowded with furniture, grand
fathers old clock, that is crying, Look
at me, am two hundred years old. To
hell with the play!' Simplicity is the
thing now Settings that will melt in
to the play. Beautiful voices and love
ly diction are finding a big place on
our professional and amateur stages.
In brief, Miss Fortier defines this
thesis, rhythm, unity Of production.
Miss Fortier is seeing the passing
away of the old type of theatrical
manager who is "guilty of the gross
misdemeanor Of smoking large black
cigars in their side teeth at tilted
angle Of IS Degrees" the old manager
who thinks that D'Annunzio is the
name of an Italian bootblack. His
place is being taken by the new man
ager, a college bred fellow of taste
and ideals who is never shoddy, never
cheap or illiterate. The foremost ar
tistic producing manager in America
. today is Arthur Hopkins. We younger
directors hold him as our ideal, ou1
guiding star.
Charleston has organized the Kan
awha Players. The ideals of these
players are the ideals Of the Drama
} League of America, of which they are
J members. These ideals are to repre-
sent the fine drama, intelligently play
ed and beautifully staged. We art
against all that is pompously cheap II
our showshop. We have an abhorrence
of all that is generally termed thea
trio. - s' 55s ts..1s..e II
Though definite plans have not yet
been made for the 40-Week season 81
1.-The Players, the first bill which vii
J kbe presented to the Charleston public
|, in October has been announced. The
first production will be three one-act
plays, iona Gale IS "Neighbors.'
) Glory Of the Morning, q play taken
from the repertoire Of the Wisconsin
players, and s Overtone e which wa.
originally produced BY the . Washing
ton Square players Of New York 3 City
The members 81 the board of educa
Etion and their wives an husbanis en
t tertaineds the me- off teachinll
81 Y schools s is B 4!