The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-19
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Notes On Liberty

..I maintain that there can be
mo such thing as liberty Mus.
soIini.
Ea, ha, hal We comment, mo
/. IiB9fty, eh2 Not, nnayhap, in the
domain Of ravicli and bersaglierl
but on these fair shores well,
thAt'a another story.
Deliberately casting form our
mind Thoughts Of Volsteadism
traffic regulations. ifjunctioI1D,
the Lords Day Alliance. alimony.
taxes and evolution laws. we
clean the following testimony Of
personal freedom from the daily
press:
washington Sinjoro Bopcrnano
s will speak on Esperanto. at
Seventh and Pennsylvania ave
nus this akern0orl.s
Newark six bandits got liquor,
/, iewelry and $40 In cash when
thew raided st. GefardS' Italian
Hospital yesterday.
New York Forty show girls
pieefulfy mobbed and adopt "a
Edward w. Browning, millionaire
foster-papa, at local hotel last
night
obligingiy looking for the missing
ffanee Of Miss Lillian Mariner,
sof New York. ct her written re-
quest.
washington, again = Belgium
eets0 sixtystwo years TO pay war
debt to United States.
SO, you see, In this land or
opportunity, one can get away
with Almost ANYTHING.
No such thing ae liberty
echoed DufAdfa, laying aside the
paper. THAT shows how dumb
: them Eyetalyans are. Libertys
On the news-stands every week
III YOU aaksd me to name the
happiest girI in washington TO
day-you probably won't, but I
win, AryhowI would answer,
confidently: Leneta Lane.
Miss Lane began to rate as the
hgs in WI, on Monday night,
about midway In the first act of
.'KikiD at the National. When the
second curtain fell amid q cascade
Of applause. the little leading lady
was almost too glad to speak;
and az the conclusion o. the play
: her cup Of Joy was filled.
Z = For one whose career Il only
: nearly 2O0A good TO be true.
], rrlfiee seSfso have followed her
work. week after week, with the
National Players. thought her
too repressed, trifle too cold.
for the eDuiiient role OF the Paris
kanii1l.
And there was another obstacle
to conquer. Mention "Kilki" and
the name Of Lef1ore Uric. who
made famous the role, snaps into
your mind. Miss Lane had many
things to conquer before she APP
peafed as Kilti. But she put 1t
over with 81 happiness that bub.
bied and overlooked. because she
knew the audience liked her
work.
From q seat down front; one
could see IL was all she could do
TO keep from laughing Aiotid from
sheer Joy, as, after the weeks OF
study and anxiety, she knew her
dream had come true.
When something ripped-ah,
too, too audibly-in the last act,
the girl had made everybody her
AEtSaos 6HO 8tOOu anu ANa8uSN
with John Warner, on one side
Of the footIlghts. Afnicable laugh.
ter roared forth on the other side,
to be followed BY q tidal wave of
hand.clappine And then, IN the
twinI<ling Of an eye, she had re-
stored the illusion Of the play.
And the audience waited, with
GREATNESS interest, upon each
word. That was the test, and the
actress had won.
The story Of Leneta Lane ID the
greatest individual theAter tale
OF decade-alI11ost as powerful
In the dramatic interest as the
case OF Ben WEIGH, suddenly
stricken blind on l. Washington
stage, several years ago, but
bravely carrying on until the end
Of the play.