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The New York herald., 1922-03-14

sponsor, Lou Henry Hoover" in honor
of the wife Of Herbert Hoover, Secretary
OF Commerce. Mrs. Hoover was ior-
merly national officer OF the Girl
Scouts. and the selection OF this name
cast a reflected glory upon the Girl
Scouts, who are participants In the Tea
Garden proceeds
Fashions, Tea and Dancing.
Fashions. flowers, tea, dancing and
pretty women helped to make this the
popular gathering place of those who,
after inspecting all the gardens and pots
and vases Of flowers. seek little re-
freshment. The tea garden Is on the
mezzarine. and this year is in charge OF
the Girl Scouts, with Mrs. Harold I.
when the Virginia Day Nursery will
receive the benefits accruing from the
fashionable taste for orange pekoe.
cakes end ices.
Assisting Mrs. Pratt In conducting the
affairs OF the tea garden are Mrs. Mich
olas +. Brady. Mrs. Samuel Sloan Colt
Mrs r. Tappen Fa,rchild, Miss Marjorie
Cleveland. Mrs. Charles Lawrence Riker,
Mrs. Louis g. Myers. Mrs Frederick w.
Allen, Mrs. Colin MGR. Ingersoll and
Mrs. +. Suydam Weisse.
The dancing Is In charge OF the
Junior League. which has for its COM
mittee the Misses Anita Damrosch, Cla-
risse de Rham, Marguerite Doubleday.
Jean Fletcher. Lucille Baldwin. Ethel
King. Katherine Knapp. Marie La
Marche, Helen Lee Edith Marshall,
Gertrude Ogden. Adele Ryan. Katharine
Speyers. Clara Workum. Constance Jcn-
nings, Betty Jackson. Janet Brewer,
Dorothy Clemens. Gwendolyn Coombe,
Margaret Henneesey, Katherine Kent,
Harriet Payne. Melissa Yuille and Isa-
bella Wood.
Table decorations OF rare charm, Vivid
coloring and originality were among the
features Judged. The Philipstown Gar
den Club. Garrison on the Hudson. Mrs.
Blodgett, chairman won first prize
Cleveland Garden Club. Cleveland. Ohio,
Mrs. l.. Dan Holden. second. and Gar
den Club of Philadelphia. Mrs Charles
Platt. chairman. third.
Mrs. Frank G. Littleton OF Aide, Va.
won first prize In the Japanese ar
rangement contest In the Gardens Club
OF America class Mrs. Seton Lindsay
OF SO West Fifty-fifth street won second
and Mrs. Robert Mallory, Jr., third.
Charles Willing OF Chestnut Hill, PhIia-
delphia. won first In the miniature gar
den contest. also under the Gardens
Club of America: Mrs. Robert Bacon.
second. and Mrs. Joseph r. Cotton,
third
The Flower Show officials held their
annual dinner at the Commodore.
The show will continue daily until
next Sunday night.
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JAMES j. KELLY.

James j. Kelly OF 212 West Eighty
second street. for the last nine years
credit manager at the Hotel McAlpln,
died yesterday at his home from n COM
plication of diseases. He was SO and
had been In tho hotel business more
than thirty years. He was special
officer at the Waldorf Astoria before be
coming associated with the McApln and
because OF his ability 70 remember faces
he was known In hotel circles as the
man with the camera eye"
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JAMES CLARENCE sPALDING.

James Clarence Spalding. postmaster
al Great Neck, l.. T.. for the last nine
years, died ut his home there sunday
afternoon OF pneumonia. The funeral
Will be held at ST. Aloysiuss Catholic
Church at Great Neck at 10 O'Clock to-
morrow. Mr.. Spalding was born IN
Washington. d. c.. sixty-three years
ago and had lived In Great Neck for
twenty-nine years. He served as clerk
Of the Board OF Education there Tor six
years and was for two years president
OF the Great Neck Democratic Club His
wife died several years ago.
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KOCH a CO.'S e2D BIRTHDAY.

r. c. F.. Koch & Co. yesterday began
the department stores sixty
second birthday with the inauguration OF
a series of special sales. and the dressing
of the store in holiday array. Sixty
two years ago the company's store in
f25th street covered a ground space OF
only ~ square feet. To-day the con-
GERMS business is housed in It's six story
and basement building In 125th street.
an eight story annex in 124th street and
three story garages and st" bles.
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WEDDING NOTES.

Miss Helen Dwight Church. daughter
oC Mr.. and Mrs. r.. Dwight Church.
'till be married to Mr.. Henry Miller
linton to-day. at the home of her
sister. Mrs. w. John Logan, 90 Jorale-
tEon street. Brooklyn.
The marriage of Miss Mary Brown.
laughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
'rown. to Mr.. Ernest Calvin Cheek of
1hia city win take place to-day in the
t'blirch of -. Mary's of the Assumption,
: crt Richmond. Staten Island.
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RARE FURNITURE on SALE.

At the American Art Galleries a col
lection OF costly furniture and other OBJ
iects of household utility and embellish-
ment was placed on sale yesterday
afternoon. The sale will be continued
to-day and tomorrow. Yesterdays ses-
sion totaled s6.075. Some OF the smaller
objects were sold at yesterdays auc-
tion. and the prices while not high, were
uniformly good Two sterling silver
candelabra by Howard brought the high
est price OF the session, going 10 Leo
ElWyn for S270.
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SERVICES FoR Y. v. BURTON.

Funeral services for Frank Vincent
Burton OF Burton Brothers 4 Co. 267
Fifth avenue. were held yesterday morn
ing at st. Georges Church In Stuy-
Sesant square. They were attended by
personal and business friends ~ Mr..
Burton and by his widow. Mrs. Claire
Isouise Burton. and the hve children ~
Mr.. Burton's ffrst wife. They are Frank
v. Burton. Jr.. Van Duzer Burton. Mrs.
Morgan Wing. Mrs. Walter Eaton and
Mrs. Owen Johnson.
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SERVICES ron LouIs '. Dr FoE.

Funeral services for Louis v. De Foe,
dramatic critic OF the World. who diod
yesterday IN Hahremann Hospital, viii
be held at 10 :45 a. NJ. tomorrow IN St.
Bartholomew Chapel, Park avenue and
Fiftleth street. Burial will be In
Adrian Mich.
Mrs. lie Foe. who was stricken soon
after her husband became III, has re-
covered. Il was learned yesterday.
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MISS BUSHNELL ENGAGED.

Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Stewart Bush
nell of Morrstown. n. j.. announced
yesterday the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Eleanor Ray Bushnell
to Mr. Horace Everett Hooper. Jr.
Miss Bushnell is a debutaute and a
member of the Junior League. Mr..
Hooper is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace f. Hooper Of Bedford Hills, N.
Y, and is In business In London. He
served with the British Expeditionary
Corra
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MRs. noLToN BURIED TODAY.

Funeral services were held last night
for Mrs. Tillie ] Bolton. ~ Macon
street. Brooklyn. a teacher IN the public
schools for thirty-seven years. Mrs
Bolton died Saturday cf anemia. She
leaves a son. Intermcnt VIII take place
to-day IN Greenwood ~erretevv
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NINE. yENIZELOs ILL,

VALPARAISO. Chile, March 13.-Elin-
therios Venizelos. former Greek Pre-.
rnier. has abandoned the remainder Of
his South American tour owing TO the
illness OF Nine. Venizelos at Arcauipa,
Peru, according 10 a message received
here to-day from Antefagasta. The
message said they intended 10 return
10 the United States.
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OPERATE on OCTAVE QUA.

CHICAGO, March i3.---Octave Qua.
tenor OF the Chicago Grand Opera Com
pany. was operated on for tumor OF the
neck here yesterday. He probably will
be we'll In ton days. according to his
physician.
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK.

Mrs. Wesley Watson has returned
from Palm Beach to the Plaza.
Mrs. David King. of Kingscote, New
port. r. l., is at the Belmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Goadby Loew have
gone to Aiken. S. G.
Mrs. Frederic S. Lee will return to
New York from Arizona. next month
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Oliver Tselin, Jr., OF
Mlddleburg. Va, are at the Chatham.
The Italian Ambassador Senator Wit
torio Roland Ricci is at the Ritz
Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arden NJ. Robbins have
sailed for Europe for stay of several
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. r. Penn Smith. Jr.
have gone to The Plains, Va, for a
fortnight.
Mr. and Mrs Howard c. Brokaw have
returned TO 9Si Fifth avenue after a
month at Palm Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry s Hooker have
returned to Tuxedo Park after passing
several weeks ut the Ritz-Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry White will give
a reception with music this afternoon at
2 West Fifty-third street.
Mr. Robert +. Huntington who has
been passing part of the winter in
Garnett, $. c., has returned to New
York.
The Belgian Ambassador and Baroness
de Cartier de Marchienne, who had been
at the Ritz-Carlton. returned yesterday
to Washington. d. c.
Mrs. Julien ST. Charles Shackno gave
q luncheon yesterday at Pierre's. Among
iner guests were Mrs. Martin 3. Sapor-
tas and Miss Genevieve Clendenin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert c. Pruyn who
have been at Jekyl Island, Ga. for sew
eral weeks. are at the st. Regis before
returning to their home in Albany.
Miss Josephine A. Osborn, daughter
OF Prof and Mrs. II. Fairfield Osborn.
has returned from Europe and is at
her parents home. 1893 Fifth avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Douglas Sloane
will pass the summer at the house they
bought from Mrs. r. w Frowning at
Sands Point, PIT. Washington. l.. I.
Mrs James Henry Darlington, wife Of
Bishop Darlington. OF Harrisburg. Pa.
Is convalescing at the Homestead Hot
Springs, Va. after serious illness.
Miss Kate B. Darlington Is with her
mother.
Mr. and Mrs James Lenox Banks.
Jr.. 116 East Sixty-third street will give
dinner to-nirht for their cousin. Miss
Katherine Livingston Timpson. daugh-
ter of Capt. and Mrs. Lawrence Timp-
son. here on visit from England.
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NEW REVUE AT FLOTILLA.
Two Performances mt Novel ship
Restaurant.

At the s. S. FlotIlia. the naval ship
restaurant at 100 West Fifty-fifth
street there will be an innovation to-
night when revue with a cast OF thirty
is introduced Percy Elkeles is the pro-
ducer. Princess" Flotilla will be fea-
tured In South Sea dances, including the
dream dance. The new revue will be
seen during the captains dinner at half
past seven and also during supper al
seven bells
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Mr. Henry c. Wallace. Secretary Of
Agriculture. has returned to Washing
ton after weeks visit in Des Moines,
Iowa.
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WARRINGTON.

The Ambassador Of France and
Nine. Jusserand were the guests for
whom the Minister OF China and Nine.
Sze entertained at dinner last night.
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Representative Nicholas Longworth,
who was at the Traymore Hotel. Allan
tic City. for several days. has returned
to Washington.
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Mrs. Beale r. Howard. who was at
the Chatham Hotel. New York, for sew
eral days, returned to Washington yes
rerday.
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PURDY.- Bertha Gillet daughter OF the .lats
Joseph and Mary Gllet. on Sunday, March
II, 1869. in her 74th year. at her residences.
10 Fast aeth St. Funeral services az
the Chantry OF St. Thomass Church,
Tuesday morning. March IA. at 10 o'clock.
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QUALEY. On March IL. 1922. Capt William
NJ. Qualey, in his sist year. Funeral ser
vices az his late residence, ~ Reid ay..
Brooklyn. ~. Y. Wednesday, March 3D.
nt 8 r. M Members OF B. r. Q. E. No.
-, and ~. Y. Sandy Hook Pilots Associa-
ton and Congress Club Of Brooklyn are
invited 10 attend. InterTnent at conyen1
fence. OF fan Ny.
REAM. Robert Bruce Reani, beloved son ~
Robert C. and Priscilla M. Rean, AT Put
nam. Conn, Sunday. March IL. Services
at Grace Church. Wednesday rnorrings
March 10. 10 o'clock. Interment private
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McCoNKEY. Isaac s., born in New YORK
city February 2. 1854. died at Beach. G
". %, March 8, 1922. Mount Vernon pa
papers please copy.
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MACKIE.--James Sieuart, Saturday. March
II. at his residence. Panther Ledge Farm.
Hackettstown, ~. j.. In his 81th year
Funeral services "wednesday. March Is. at
the Church OF the RedeeTner, Morristown.
y. J., at ii A. M. Train leaves Hoboksi,a
Gas A. M, d, T.. e. w Train returning
leaves Morristown 10 80. -
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Mr.. and Mrs James Lenox Banks.
Jr.. 116 East Sixty-third street, will give
dinner to-nirht for their cousin. Miss
Katherine Livingston Timpson. daugh-
ter OF Capt. and Mrs. Lawrence Timp-
son, here on a visit from England.
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rWo Dronios.

''The Great Divide" by William Vaughn
HaDelton and Benrimo.
For production this year the Pasaden-
ans have scheduled "Polly With Past"
Middleton and Bolton; "Arms and the
Man." G. B. Shaw; "Sherlock Holmes"
Gillette and Doyle; "The Cricket on the
Hearth" Dickens; wedding Bclls,"
Field; my Lady's Dress" Knoblock;
Come Seven" Cohen; David Harum,"
Westcott; "The Copperhcad," Thomas,
and "Seven Days." Rinehaft.
There is no reason why any city in the
United States of 5000 and over should
not have a group Of community players.
The plan Of organization in Pasadena is
elastic enough to he adapted to any local
ity. And wherever people arc found,
there Is also dramatic ability to be found;
for it is natural to act--tO pretend. 1t is
not necessary to have what is generally
known as professional finish or stage man
nrrisms, to be able to put on play salts
factorily. The principal asset Is enthu-
Siasm and q capable director.
In both Of these departments, the Pasa-
dena Community Playhouse has been ex
ceptionally fortunate. Its membership OF
1900 last year will be tripled this season.
And much Of the organizations success
has been due to the capabilities Of its
play director, Gilmor Brown, who left the
professional stage because Of his belief
in the community ideal. In the course Of
q year Pasadena gets tourists from all
parts of the world, who have seen the
best that Is done everywhere. Many OF
them have commended Mr. Browns pro
ductions in the Community Playhouse as
being on a par with the most interesting
things to be seen in Moscow, Berlin, Man
chester and Provincetown. This is all the
more remarkable when the limited facili-
ties are considered that he has to work
with. Effects are obtained in the moth
eaten little temple that cannot but excite
admiration And even greater wonders
are achieved with inexperienced people.
under his leadership
The rapid increase with which com
munity piayhouses are springing up all
over the land has given rise to new vo-
cation-that Of the community play direc-
tor He must be more than one who
knows how merely to put on plays.
background Of social welfare work is es
sential, and - must know how to get
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And
Even
the
Children
of the
Neigh
borhood
Are
Cast for

believe II would he possible 10 give eleven
consecutive performances Of "ThP Tenn
pest" and that this run was probably
worlds record To prove themselves
abreast Of the times, in regard to the best
that in being done IN the realm OF the
theatre abroad, the Pasadenans made the
first eVpressionist production OF King
Lear" in America last Winter.
Other notable productions made by the
Pasadena Community Players include
Moliere's "I,e Bourgeois Gentilhomme"
and "Tartuffe," Sheridan's The Rivals"
and "The School for Scandal" Goldsmith's
"She Stoops to Conquer" Ibsen's :"
Enemy of the People" Pinero's Tire
lawney of the Wells" and "His House in
Order" Wilde's "The Importance of Be
ing Earnest" and Lady Windermere's
Fan" Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion"
and "You Never Can Tell" Jeromc's The
Passing Of the Third Floor Back" Bur.
nctt's "A Little Princess" The Palace Of
Many Cooks" by Frank Craven; Little
Women" by Louisa NJ. Alcott; "Strife,"
by Galsworthy; Potash and Perlmutter,"
by Montague Glass, and lot Of others.
As practically none Of the foregoing
plays are on the road any longer and
stock companies do very few Of them, for
business reasons, the people OF Pasadena
would not have had a chance to see them
but for the existence Of such an organiEa-
ton as the Community Players. To their
further credit Is the fact that last season
they put on three Of the Sin greatest
American plays Of the paa decade: BE
yOnd the Horizon" by Eugene o'Neill; ;
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tire departments seeking to interest the
amateur producers in plays whose dra-
matte rights they control. Until recently,
few on-profcssional groups ever thought
Of using play for which they had to pay
royalties. But the PaSadenanS early
found them good investments. Since they
set the pace the play brokers have found
the amateurs well worth cultivating and
encouraging The trade journals of the
theatre all have their little theatre de-
partmcnts" now, devoted to the news of
the amateur producers.
Further evidence of the non-profes-
sional play activity having caught on is
seen in the fact that one of the rcigning
Broadway successes right now, "Thc
TOrChbCarUrs," Is all about q group Of
amateurs. AS George AIDE once remarked: 4:
"ThCy never jump on dead one" To
b" sure, this farce is exaggerated, though
it does take off the old-fashioned amateur
dramatic club rather neatly. However,
there is no occasion to sneer at the anna
teur for David Garrick the greatest Eng
liSh speaking actor Of all times, was one
before he espOused the stage as a career,
and 80 was Sir Beerbohm Tree.
The modern community playhouse, ac-
cording to the Pasadena standard, is moth
ing like THE Torchbearers." On the con-
trary, it is an efficient organization with
business manager, publicity director,
stage manager and all. It has governing
board, elected by the membership, which
outlines policies and sits regularly like the
directors Of a bank. And in It's various
departments there is something for each
and every member Of the community to
do, besides acting. There are costumes
to be made, scenery to be showed, pro-
grams to he passed and so on al fnitum.
A junior director is even provided for the
children to put on their own plays, and
music is an integral part of all programs
AS stated in the beginning, the primary
purpose of the Pasadena Community
Playhouse is to bring people together in
joyful cooperation. The play that is put
on is really Of secondary importance,
though it is the direct means Of holding
the people together And, taken all in
all, It Is good fun, rs $4,000 Of Pasadena
will testify, who paid anywhere from Is
cents to 81 last year to see the score Of
different plays that we're given.
They are all better supporters Of the
theatre for IL.
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not usually catch the fancy Of t,c general
public. They are too often Of the odd
type tagged high brow"
While the Pasadena Community Play
house is a little theatre, by reason Of the
fact that II seats leas than 500 persons, it
Is not little theatre in the sense that the
plays which II offers have a limited ap-
peal Neither ~ 1t an art theatre, as such,
for the dilettante, although II aims to put
on all Of its plays In an artistic manner.
In the course Of the season the Com
munity Players seek to offer something
that will appeal to all the varied elements
that go to make up the population ( Pasa-
dena, which Ia just like that Of any other
average American city, in spite Of its
reputation for being the home of retired
millionaires. The bulk of the inhabitants
are just folks.
In fVe years the Community Playhouse
has put on nine Shakespearcan plays, a
record which few dramatic organizations,
professional or otherwise, can surpass.
They are "Twplfth Night" The Tenn
pest" "The Merry Wives Of Windsor"
''The Tanning of the Shrew," Much Ado
About Nothing" "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" "The Comedy Of Errors" king
Lear and "As You Like It." For this
season Loves Labors Lost" is scheduled.
None Of these famous dramas was given
less than seven times and some ran even
twice that long, to capacity audiences,
which indicates that the Pasadena anna
teurs are able to do the classics at least to
the satisfaction Of their patrons One
writer Of dramatic topics said that no
where in America but in Pasadena did he
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results from volunteers. That
is different than producing
plays with salaried people
whom YOU can order about.
To help meet this demand
the Pasadena Community
Playhouse Association con-
ducts Summer art colony
each year, in which aspirants
are taught the fundamentals
of this new work. They must
know how to design and build
sets, make and dye costumes,
outline campaigns for getting
cooperation, besides coaching
the players. And another
highly important thing is Ito
sell" the community play
house to the people. They ar"
not self-starters, and it takes
time to get them interested.
To this end, it is necessary to
line up the local newspapers
and make boosters" of them.
So nightly has the COM
munity playhouse idea spread
that the play brokers in New
York now all have little thea
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Mrs. A. n. Palmer,
Grand Old Lady
and Premier
Character Woman
Of the Pasadena
Community
Players.

their own ahnusc ment in almost as many
different cities, where there would be no
spoken drama-onl" pictures-fOr the
public, but for these citizen players.
As result Of these activities, a rit-
able dramatic Renaissance is in progress,
which is bound to exert a healthful in' l.
ence on the American stage, as an institu-
tion. Our schools are more than bust
ness, despite the fact that teachers and
others legitimately depend on them for a
livelihood. The same applies to the thea
tire, as has long been recognized in Eu-
rope. But over here we still think OF it
chiefly as a place where anusemer' Is
bought.
The more people who take an active In
terest In the drama and get an intimate
view Of il, such az all community players
do, the better for It. For to know the
inside workings Of the theatre-mPaning
not necessarily Broadway--but the me-
dunn OF expression built up around the
stage, is 10 have a higher respect for its
aims, ideals and possibilities.
To make actors Is farthest from the
purpose Of the Pasadena Community
Playhouse. In place Of that II seeks TO
provide opportunity for seh-expression in
the allied arts Of the theatre, to all who
are qualified, under the leadership Of tech
nically trained directors. In five years
time, several thousand PasadenanS have
taken part In community plays and, Of
that entire number, only three are known
to have cherished stage ambition. The re-
maindcr regard their participation as q
pastime and they enter into II like they
would a game Of golf or tennis.
Community players are all amateurs in
the best sense Of the word, In that they
play for the love Of II rather than ~ a
business. They all volunteer their services,
the only ones receiving pay being the DE-
rector and business staff, who give their
entire time TO the work. Unfortunately,
In the past, amateur theatricals have sug-
gested q sort Of modern chamber Of hor-
rors, where vainglorious persons disportcd
themselves to the applause of blind par
ents and indulEsnt friends
The term little theatre" a. it is used
nowadays, connotss dramatic activities Of
various sorts Having q small seating ca
pacity, the appeal Il usually limited be-
cause the sort Of plays produced there do
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So practical is the
community play
house idea that the
plan Of organization
worked out in Pasa-
dena first spre a y
through Southern
California, W h er e
there are now more
than a dozen active
play pro d u c ing
groups. But it did
not stop here. In
stead, it has crossed
the country from
the Pacific to the
Atlantic, and from
the Canadian bound
ary to t he Rio
Grande. Hardly a
day passes but that
so me community
writes to Pasadena
for information on
how to form a civic
playhouse associa-
ton. According to
information gath
cred by the Drama
League Of America,
there are now up
ward Of 500 non
professional groups
putting on plays for