The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-13
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HEARS [. I ! STORY By
MARGARET STAHL
Dawn Of Tomorrow tory
of PolIyanna Type---Present-
ed at Normal School.
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One Of the largest audiences to
hear lyceum number at Fairmont
state Normal School was present
last night for the last performance
OF the season, The Dawn OF To-
morrow" story told BY Miss Mar.
garet stah..
Miss Stah1 is a favorite OF Fair
mont audiences, having appeared
here on previous occasions. She
was greeted with warm applause
and she entertained the audience in
a perfectly satisfactory manner.
The Dawn Of Tomorrow is not,
full vehicle. Her interpret alton OF
plays. particularly of"The Square
Dear and Turn to the Right
were more effective BY far than
her present act.
Slight Of Theme. J,
The story itself is slight Of
theme-a sort of Pollyanna affair.
Oliver Holt. a prominent New
Of the idea that he is becoming in
sane and decides to end his life.
He adopts the name of "Antony
Dart" for suicide purposes and goes
out to buy a gun.
Having acquired the weapon, he
becomes lost in a fog, and wanders
into one OF New York's most
wretched slum districts, called in
the story, "Appleblossom Court
though as little Glad, the slum girl,
says: st don't smell like no apple
blossoms"
Near Appleblossom Court, Holt
had two narrow escapes from death
each time drawing back with the
explanation: Il don't want to end
my life like that In agony at the
thought Of his own torture, he cries
out to God for help, though he has
no belief in supreme being.
How Holt meets Glad who "ain'tt
got no relations;" Polly who sis al
little girl with big eyes
straight from the country" jennie
who used to was a chorus CIR.
when she was young and pretty
but, gosh, that's been a long time
a ago; drunken Bet who has 4
baby and doesn't know what to dol
With it, and the Thief, who is a
genius against whom Fate has pre-
sons and how his life is affected byi
theirs is the plot OF the story.
Jennie's religion OF light and
dark-..All you got to do to be hap
py is be in the light and the lights
just where the dark ain't'''---bringsI
to him some hint OF what is lack
ing III his own life. Among half
dozen starving creatures to whom
a single dollar is whole fortune
he finds purpose in life.
To Jennie life is waiting for the
Polly it is going back
to my mother in the country. To |
the Thief it is "workin' out my in
vention." To Glad it is Just look
in hard to see what's gonna hap |
pen the next day Hollis purpose
is to use his millions to make the
wishes OF his humble friends come
true.
.:And will you make this court
Glad asks happily when finally she
understands it all.
81 WILL vows Oliver Holt.
Audience in Tears.
\ Last nights audience was deeply
moved by the pathetic tale. In
more than one part Of the audi
torium, handkerch1efs were In use.
The mixed fun and sadness In "The
Dawn of Tomorrow" found its way
INTO the heart OF the hearers and
ril1ed them with sympathy for the
characters OF the story.
Miss Stah1 stated last evening
hat she was unable to present
John Drinkwater's, great play.
Abraham Lincoln" due to the fact
hat the producers have Just OBJ
tanned an inJunction forbidding
,se at any paid performance. Miss
5tah1 told the history OF the play.
and gave lines from
.ome Of the major Characters.