The Washington herald., 1922-04-30

dramatists. including Mary Adds,
Reginald Arkell, Maurice Barring,
Alice Brown, Gilbert Cannan, Oil
phant Down, Dunsany. Mrs. Have
lock Ellis, Florence Kiper Frank,
wilfred Wilson Gibson. Stanley
Houghton, Martyr Johnson. Leon
ard Merrick, Ellen van Volkenburg
and Oscar wilde. A number of
these are first productions in
America and some first production
on any stage.
Repertory of plays with puppets:
Shak espeare. "A Midsummer's
Night Dream"
Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonder
land" dramatized by Ellen van
Valkenburg.
BeryI and Arthur Hight. The
Hindu Gods"
Reginald Arkel, "Colombine."
Fairy tales. The Deluded
Dragon" dramatized by Ellen van
Volkenburg and Harriet Edgerton:
Jack and the Beanstalk." drama
tized by Harriet Edgerton; The
Little Mermaid" dramatized by
Kathleen Wheeler; The Frog
Prince" dramatized by Hettie Lou
ise Mick; Little Red Ridinghood.
dramatized by Hettie Louise Mick.
Isn't that an interesting roper
tory! l will surely go there the
next time 1 go to New York. I hear
that the majority of the theaters
In New York will be closed thi.
summer; 1t has been a very poor
theator season, you know. saw
He Who Gets Slapped" the last
time ! was in New York and never
enjoyed anything more, but / did
notl see II by this company.
1t was an extraordinary play ex-
traordinarily done.
ALL CHURCHES ARE
PACKED NOWADAYS.
Speaking of its being poor
theater season, l want to say j
certainly don't think 1t is a poor
church season. / hear and read so
much about the wickedness of the
world and the worldliness of the
people, etc, but ] have never seen
in my life time-of course I'm not
so very aged-so many people go
ing to church as are going now
adays. At IL o'clock these days you
will find practically every church
in Washington. I don't care what
the denomination. packed to the
doors and frequently many people
turned away. l have had to fight
almost to get inside of several diff
ferent Episcopal churches lately and
every one relates a similar expert
ence. A friend of mine, a Meth
odist, tried to get into three
churches the other day and finally
went home in despair.
Which brings to my mind-have
you read Painted Windows" by
the Gentleman with the Duster.
The more 1 read of that Duster
Gentleman's writings. the more 1
admire the man. 1 liked his Mir
rors of Washington" and then even
better did I like his Glass of
Fashion" which showed the writer
to be undoubtedly not only a serious
minded, deep thinker. but man of
the highest ideals. His latest pub
Iication. Painted Windows" just
strengthens that impression. 1t
deals with the clergy. you know;
1t is vivid. searching pen pictures
and daring ones that seem to lay
bare almost the inner souls of the
great leaders of the Christian re-
iigion in England.
In a way. the book is misnamed,
for the student has only to read the
frst sketch of Bishop Gore to- be
convinced that 1t is not through a
painted. rose-c6lored window that
we view these notable men of God.
but as If the author had pried
away a few of the diamond panes
and allowed US to view the inner
cathedral of their brains under a
merciless whiteNlight. In doing so,
he does not, however, restrict ones
vision SO as to exclude the rose
tint of charity.
BOOK IMPETUS
FOR GOOD.
Painted Windows" contains a
tremendous impetus for good and
only seeks, through the medium of
these vignettes, to ask this ques-
tion: Despite all the boundless ac-
tivity of the modern church, why is
1t a confessed failure-that the
churches have failed to convince
humanity with what its documents
call the will of God?"
merciless white light. In doing so
reason why tHc eCSiesidSeiSoi AAS
In England is failing to convince
the young.
As the author Sits the logic. spir-
itual power and character Of such
men as the paradoxical Bishop
Gore, the mystic Dean Inge and
rapidly paints Father Knox. a not
able convert to the Church of Rome;
DR.. l.. p. Jacks, Bishop Hensley
Henson, Miss Maude Royden and
men of the spiritual stature of
Bramwell Booth. the reader is hard
ly left in doubt that this is the
finest literary offering of this mys-
terious Gentleman With a Duster.'
Whether he solves the problem,
one leaves to the varying view
point OF host of readers. Certain
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