Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

New York City. Nov le. l927-It iust happened that last Friday Arnis,ice Day. we were ia Fifth Ave rue when the whistles and the sirens in the harbour announced that if was eleven o'clock. the moment of anniversary Of the end ling of the war and the moment of ap= preach ef the ego minutes Of silence land rraver Of course, f is impossi- b.e for New York fa be silent hut there ssas something stflkineHF im- Ira55f fea r those two i4ng minutes. Pedestrians topped 'n their tracks. motors ceased Co nage and oHE tne e1rrsas af the ene=ues could bs heard.
 #Fz If ali fhe Ai53es Hed the sIde- Hf tHa great street As we stood .tere Hr shat euriaa hait in the acti- Ef5.v # the wdrld's greatest city shara could not bat come back e az I those Hasa when thousands and thous- and If khaki-clad boys were march ng down a eheerinE sohhing avenue. -e much af ruth never Co return again. And here Ten Eears after wards mHdfai world @as hating =1 tt- meFeiless march to honour those 2hase trsmpi1g feet arn now but an erha. The two minutes over. New York instantly became herself again. ! Trsfa zWIrleI and sereeehed. poison #aas Ra arase h clouds. people hurl- #ea themselves against each other te est where they were gong much fast sr man they knew was possible. Ana : .fen. as =art af post climax. pr pos s-bl. t mas have been contrast Mis- Ra.k Elder. sgrreHsded with flowers l Hea ur from behind squadron ot Hss rcv ed police.
 A Good Play
 Wher v4a come ta ta0H He heartily feeaHH@sH tIat sea FH f5 The Empire TheaH=H HnH =5# eosktng good mefe= druH5 fHaf GfIbea Miller has hfnueht #arnr fr5r London r lnterfer= 4ffll. 5 .4retq theatr#re5 affair which i Sir Gerald du Nau5Ier has been nlaX= fne ra4q faH aHer g Aesr h SeW ] york =fHe eat heH8ed hE that ex eallent aetor. F. Matthews and Athur NaetHar EH9 anaR %fa s. braagEf aeef plAE |tae role If the hasH i es tHa sen- drf .a#y vba never afHeazs Ia lHe G4HtfFa sIHfsff# H9aaa ats e.as ar really +hr.iHae p1af Hars at fae ia9fadieH are aid If bJt fIE sH well Hat together sHst aa a
 eamufafn BlaesMai. T hszat .s1# i murder. 4 rea b8gded fillHHe letter and aa those old friends are present. Nf Miller has given .se play superb production and the aas. could not be- bettered. Mr MHHtusE .s quite as eminent as any ga asHa daetor is trouble needs t9 b. 4E Matthew getz sioraasiE anal ali .e5 5xeHv drunk for the purposes el tho play. Mis- Kathlene Macdonald $ T serjtahle heifcaf Of viilainess aad Nf#s Phoebe Foster ls good n took upoq and convineinely hleatin0 as q wife nos decidedly in terrible hN. ,'Interference'' is excellent theatre.
 Cur second play ef tbe week was EsFaur Walls" at tho Golden Theatre. nsnarfing from h.s usual profitable routine of producing nice l1tile piaEs .f6at everyone likes, John Golden fnls fIme has turned down into the 9ne'= #ta and brought to life pathete story af Jewish lad freed from Jaii only to be confronted with walls ot GIT, Hr0p,stanees that send him after three narrowing acts. back inta the confines If the law araiu The play will be notable for q long tlme because of a superb performance given by one Mnni Weisenfcld. q young man taken by Mir Golden directly from the Jewish Ar Theatre There isn't a afare talented juvenile n.the Ameri. can. theatre .today
 Our f6f5 play Wss flop. ft. W8s .Jahn work on tne 5iie ei HJ6hd fha Baptist by Philip Barry and produced hy. .the Actors Ih5atee# Na plae 4a lar thiz season l5s been more mi treated Mir Guthrie MeNltnilt Vhase. abli4e- as T producer ~e afs haginniur ta louh' after seelue .Jehn" and "rhe Letter probably is responsible for ea-tlue an Jae 2 Hen Ana iH th6 f3H5 ne rate Ne 0ene could have trfstr1 NJ Barry efforts worse than dla Ben Amt un. less | was the imported Mss con. stance Collier who as Her9dias' was something terrible.
 And Music Too
 Hear ye. who prate of the musical delights of Europe and cease your chatter for who can deny that New York is today, without the breath Of A doubt, the musical center of the eivi- lized world. The concert season IS m fun swing and already the critics fresh from their vacations, have ceas- ed being kind to debutanses. Up at Carnegie. Mengelherg Is conducting th Philharmonic superbly through n series of bad programs Tn the smal- lier halls plenty of artists are being heard daily. One ef the concerts of Hast week was the metropolitan debut nf Nessrs William Heyl and Charles Anthony. who, earlier m the season .,ay, a t,s,.niane concert al the Rcam