Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-22
200 CLUB is
GIVEN GLIMPSE OF
ROYAL FAMILY

bringing to her audience all of
the delightful humor, all Of the UNI
deriving pathoS aud much of the ac-
tual dramatic value of the play.
MrH Ross T. IIickcoX yesterday ap-
peared before the members of the
Woman 5 Ten Thousand club and
read for their entertainment Tho
Royal Family. > The reader was pre-
scented by Mrs. Norman Dcaton.
chairman Of the Arts and Crafts
section, which. with the club and
year book cenmittic had charge of
the program and had every reason
to point with pride, not only to the
excellence of the entertainment
which was offered, but to the handi
work which transformed 4 ptosaic
tea room into a vcritablc art gal
icry.
"The Royal Familv' is the play
which has At a new fashion among
Fashionable writers. that Of dealing
with the lives of the great, of cX-
posing before Il delighted public the
manncriSms, the tempe ramentS and
the cccentricitics Of the figures
that loom behind the footlights. /
Edna Fcrbcr las given US sweep
ing picture Of Elsie Jani, existence ,
in " Mother Knows Best (Which
may. or may not, be taken ut face +
value and now we have "Thc ,
Royal Family glimpse into the
lives COR so We are led to beiicVc) (
of that reigning house Of the Amcri
can stage. the house Of Drew and
Barrymore.
During the course of Mrs. lIick-
cox : reading, one was reminded Of
the popular version of Lionel Barry
more : reaction to the play. + will
be recalled that John Barrymore il
eccentric, not only in mannerisms,
but in his choice OF apparel and
seldom has been known to appear
really well groomcd. And so Lionel
remarked, my fears are relieved.
1t cannot be the family Of Barry
moreS, for no one has ever suspected
John Of taking Il BATH
Mrs. HickcoX, il was easily seen,
needed no introduction 10 an FL
Centre audience and il Immediately
became apparent TO a Stranger in
the audience that i'm past appear.
anccS tAc dramatic interpreter has
equallcd, if not rivalcd, yesterdays :
performances since she was paid
that greatest Of compliments, an
undivided attention from the NOM
! cnt She stepped upon the stag.
This royal family, whether they
be Drrws or Cavcndishcs, ai the
playwright dubs thom. possesses all
Of the weaknesses and all Of the
vanities OF lesser folk, multiplied
and exaggerated hundred. fold,
They 20 through lifr at a pitch Of
( excitement which would tear the
nerves and shattcr the Sytcm OF
any to whom the stage and al OF
its work, rs we'll as its glory, was
not an inheritance from ancestors
to whom troup!ng if the provinces
was the breath cf life and the
thought Of mis- ing single porfor
nance anathcma.
And yet they arc lovcablr and
i laughabl" and uithal!, pathetic, as
Mrs. IiickroX brought them before
her audience: Herbert and Kitty
Dean. stalking through tn scenes
with p'tty but Understandable van
Mariposa county had 2.5o inchc.
Of rain on February 4, total fer
the season to date Of l2.09 inches.
Cotton growers in the Carruthers
section Of Fresno county are srcl,
ing TO have cotton gin built thcrr.
The Stnnislaus county farm
brrau has q membership drive on
and the number now listed is close
FOLDS
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