The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-07
1t Runs Through
My Mind
BY POLLY J. HANST


We've been hearing for years
that what this county needs is.
-" One need was something to
attract tourists Some one thing
that would make them drive out of
their way to see. We believe the
summer playhouse will do it, But
the incest thing about the play
house is that it will satisfy some
aesthetic desires of our own.
1t is sure thing that there is
no better way to attract attention
than to show that we are having en-
joymcnt
So let's enjoy the playhouse
for the sheer Joy Of it, and let our
enthusiasm overflow to others
ART Too
Had a sneak previeW of Elizabeth
Patton's pictures for the Art EX-
hibit. Her pictures have always
warmed my soul Couldn't give you
one rule of Art but do feel that she
makes her pictures seem so alive
Her sunshine is warm sunshine;
her shade cool; her trees are
gorgeous,
The exhibit has given her the
push she needed to finish some
Garrett County scenes she has
started Can hardly wait to see how
she handles Swallow Falls which
she's at work on now.
Since Mrs. Patton logged her pic
lures from Florida via New Or
leans giving them space along
with college grads wardrobe |
hope she will feel that it has been
worthwhile.
But our people always have
turned out for cultural things.
The Man Behind the Snack Bar
When you step up to the snack
shop at Harrington to buy your
hot dog, the man who serves you
is also an artist of fame.
Lewis Stemple does outstanding
skctching, so I'm told, winning
prizes here and there mostly
there He had pictures on exhibit
in Paris and one was sold recently
while hanging in the Cincinnati
Art Museum.
This" he said, referring to the
snack bar, supplements. Art is
not always a paying thing"
And we could also add-nor
music, nor drama, nor writing. Cul-
ture isn't big business-just refine
ment
Through the Barn Door
| was filled with curiosity about
the Barn and the goings on in con-
nection with summer playhouse
The last time | saw drama in barn
was when we kids decided to tame
a colt and he decided he wasn't go
ing to be tanned.
Since the barn had been my
childhood recreation center | was
curious to know if thered be the
smell of hay and saddles. But this
was refined barn, sealed in chest
nut and strips of carpet on the
floor, even though the carpet was
rug pads covered with muslin
1t was like a new adventure. Who
would be there? What would they
wear? What kind of a guy is Yell?
1t was fun watching the people
arrive As Sybil Sharps said, Il
wish someone would announce the
guests as they arrive. They all look
SO important
Where would like to know
did Booty Jones dig up those cos
tunes for Madame Arcati? The
madame not only dressed like the
girls of my college days but she
even laughed like them-even put
her makeup on the same way
The red nail polish on the toe of
the spirit was the only give-away
that she was of this world.
| was so wrapped up in the dia-
logue of one of the players when
she was calling back Goodbye, =
that l almost answered her Broth
er, | bet that would have shocked
them And me alsol
That Bonnie Barton who was a
rather stupid maid is far from that.
Not only can she act but she can
make slip covers. She did the sofa