THE WASHINGTONRERALD SUNDAY MAY 5 1907 ti

THE PASSING OFRAG TIMEINTBRBSTING DISQUISITION ON THE GROWTH

Op POPULAR MELODS AND

THEIR DEATHt

is now keeping toa wan theme more famlllarly known un-

der Its dusky guise ot coon song forstrive how we may to prolong the ofthe moat feverish of all native compost

tona the fact remains that tile catchyuneven tempo must go the path of Ita-

equaUy faeclnatlng predecessors CapJinks of the none Marines wu

once hailed as a lIlfhttui novelty ItwaVe the welcome guest of every healthythroat yet today when ethel Barrymorestrums It on the piano In her play of

Captain Sinks the audience neverto smile at remembrance of the oldtubloned air

The of popular mlodles provesthat there are cycles in their variety justas there are in plays The ballad may be the fad of a few seaons tobe followed by sou thing perversely dif-

ferent But who would have foreseen thepassing of ra time When the call forthia particular type of compoaltionmost enthusiastic a minority of Its bearera made the prediction that It wouldtravel the same road to which the bicyclewas also doomed This Idea wu

repudiated by the advocates ofrag and the finale was left to timeNever In the musical history of thlll

country hu so laughable and yet soreally earnest a war raged about a formof mUBlc as that which hung on therobe of vIctory of the coon compos-itions Musicians of Idtas redolent of theaupremacy of the claseic over all otherIchools haughtily shrugged their shouldera and unreservedly expressed their origInal ctrntempt for the foottapping headwagging airs An insult to the muaicalintelligence of the country said some

othera gave lfleflti exclamationsby the mere lifting of their eyebrowsIndeed In regard to ragtime became so IntpDM that persona have beenknown to leave the room where such

was

And now have of the useof aU such taW for with

the strating ezeePdo ragtime andviriatlons will be placed In an alcoveadjolnIJrC coUOaa of the

LIttle AVflfllS Ramsey and Comradesclass This is In a measure to bertgfttted for music offered Its

benets It might have been caned aniuaical toBie for Us effect on humanitywith a few eeptiofta wasnothing short of cal catchY

oon could set a room full of peGii a lively humos It quiek ned

and certainly aided Conyprsation flowed more and care

the IIlOmeDt completelyThe of baa not tar

Iwoktd a worthy sueeeuor In the way ofa popular type of song WIth the

popularity of rag it moredifficult than ever towhich the public win warm to its heartSongs crop up for a short of approval but they rapidly laid awayThe public Is compelled to take Its chokefrom current musical comedies and ita noticeable fact that ragtime Is lamentably

I cannot deny said Jt41u Whltmai-tf the PUbl of narkSons um coca have

tlMU I attribute this tAt

fact that the Amertealt public theitc tt fickle In the world in tomusical fancy and again to the un-

mistakable conclusion that coon songsdone to death At one time there

was hardly a musical or otherwisethat did not a oon some

here to be at the proper momentit wu 8UIC to delight the audience

It seemed If the people could nevergH rattme The orchestra playInK dun a tragic play enlivened thesaddened audience acts by atie rag That took away the tmpre8llon-If Julius Coesar or whatever the

might be and gave the audiencecheerful thoughts Look over the theater

of a few years backu nd you Ibid proof of I amtelling you Just the other day I bearda weUImn actor or powerful dramaticroles his becauseoft he lose in popularity of coon songsI can now regulate to some extent the

etrrt of my bean Intense tragic In

t audience sits with baited tilecurtain mournfUlly descends to the soundtf the sot of the heroine Boom theuurtai down Reel tears have been

clown the cheeks of the starwho God he not become 11-

0SllIoul as to be able to suUer artisticallywithout doing so In reality

with the emotion of the role andlie remembers how David Garrick at hisheat wu wont to In tremendous

He recovers suciendy tomake a reluctant bow in answer tourtaln then overtOlUe by

moves toward his MOmwhen be comes quite to hllllUltagain What sound is that Oh forwords In Ive for

tongue for plain American is notlfugh It a ragtime melody thatstrikes upon his sensitive ear andnat discordantly In a moment a del-ighted bus penetrates the TheilUlleflC becomes merry Feet keep timeto the uneven air and pernh humit so loudly that one would imagine thetime UftUllft and the place a root gardenAs the actor listens he pours forth male-dictions on fortunate of Uteauthor of My a Jttchbom Lady-If Theten be a Hot Time In the OldTown Tonight

Mr Wltmark believes that raglisaand coon will never completelyrHt that the great flood of approval whichLrouht forth an overabundance of-

t tlod the masket and stare atfrorfl the windows of every satisic storeall the land is a thing of the

has In reality proved beneficial Inthat a coon must be exceptionallygood nowadays In order to pleas

An excellent illustrntion of this Inthe acceptance ot Bill Simmons one ofthe few surviing coon melodies MaudeRaymond had commissioned the Witmarks to find her a good coon songWeeks passed by and Miss Raymond

to after song without resultuntil one day George the composerof Bill Simmons sang his composition

fr Miss Raymond She accepted it at-

c nee and made it the hit of theseason first she sang It in TheSocial Whirl Mother song whichfair to win the public fancy was given

The Boys of Company D Arnold Dalysang it In the gymnasium scene It thgenuine coon composition and carritl-tht refrain So Long So Long and tellsof when there will be no moresunshine no more IIIln

May Irwin must held responsible forthe rage of the coon song Fay TernTIhton little dreamed she wrote 00

Want You Ma Honey and r1edkatd It

tt Della Fox that another woman woultiuse tt as the medIum for the basis offutvrc tirtune popularity May Iiwin tilii this und while not one person In

tn able tra tell the name ofof I ant You Ala Hone

n knrow that Irwin Introa Ti dud Mantle Come

Ki8 Your were the first to

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nusicaI programmeswill what

expressing thankfulness

performances eaid-lmagine scene which

breath

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L thanks has

His lipe-jtiiver

weepmoments

hiscall feel-

ingsuddenly

ssme potentlytign

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curtain

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the headGals

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over psst-whih

song4

lies

listened songpink

songth time

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the daya

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when I

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Honey BoyS

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attrsct attention Irwin was cleverto that Ute public

clamored for MOre of Ute sort andshe took of her pod judgmentiJltc was at In the start but ItWitS not long before all the omedlallSand Nlmedlenftf18 of bows Incountry were emulating her xampleWith hundreds or rivals however ItunanlllOUIIY decided that Miss Irwin

The demand for coon becameso enormous that the best writers hadmore than they could flu Everysong could not be guaranteed a successand the was that poorer writersalso entered the IteM Persons who hardlyknew one note from another ilso

to show what they could doThe people then took up the matter and later Oft when the erase wellstarted some of the catchiest and mostpopular compositIons were written bynegroes Cole and Johnson furnishedsome which possessed realmelody while William and Walkerformed an excellent rival combinationDunbar the negro pOet turned his pen tosupplying verses for several eomposihonsMatthews and Bulger thought ragtimesutftctentJy profttable to take out a ragtime medley which they advertised

It hlur been some since Hello MaBaby swept the country AU COons

Alike to Me the WarmestGal In Town When the Parson MakesMiss randy Johnson Mine aHighborn Lady I Dont Care If YouNever Come Bade Dont You Go toGettin Gay Now Mr Johnson My Susquehanna Sue I Nobody ButBabe Ma Sugar Coated Honey It IOnly Had a Job and a few others weretitles once to conjure with but now arelittle more than memories Some otwere founded on famous whichwere never tainted a dusky flavoruntil an enterprising composer lookingfor excellent material decided to milkthem useful again I Dont Like NoCheap was certainly merelY a Yarlatine of the Blue Danul

al while May lrwins famousBully song wu a generous slice fromMaid of

Rag must not be confounded withcoon songs for the two are related butnot the me Tbc former was the

of the A proper defini-tion of rag time was one of tilt excitinglneldfntll at the time of its greatest favorOne teecr of time this city feltcalled upon to publish his views on thissubject A from his pamphletreads as follows Rag takes itsInitiative train Spanish music orrather ITem Mexico It is knownunder the of Hara SelUldllla-Ae nothing but musiceither In the treble or followed by

ia one band In commontime the Quarter note of the bass

the melodyAnother wellkaowa declares

that rag time ill a species ofand order to

leniq seed the following from hisdictionary SyneopstionAn

in order ot the regular me8San inversion ol tile order of notes

prolonging of a note Oft the unaccented of the next bar a termused when a note of one part at the beginning of II measure or haltmeasureends in the middle of a note of anotherpart and followed by tc or morelonger notes before another short

of equal length the antto the number even

Padertwski and Rosenthal and theirconfreres are able to decipherwith ease the of syneoptlonbut for the general public

A correspondent of the leading musicaljournal expresses It s his opinion thatthe that time music became so byordinary music being played by ear bythe negro hands down South Hethat bands are usually volunteeratrain and almost entirely fromnatural love of music without evenknowing the notes consequently some ofthe players made which wereat once followed by the rest of thethis of rendition giving the peculiarchoppy effect known time

Miteenough understgad

seineadvantagelugbed

musical the

waswas-

lnimitable

songs soon

orders

result

en-

deavoredcolored

was

beaudful songs

cx-tensively

years

Loot Youre

My Gals

Love Ynu

theseoriginals

with

ManBeautiful

Atheon

Urn

out-growth coos soeg

rag in

paragraphtime

stepswhere

hedsbeing consecutive

imesregular time

pre-cedes

smssicianmerely syn-

copation hi explain his

musical in-

terruptionurea hegun

part

isnote

occurs with notemake

doubtlessmeaning

alas

8rag

saystIese

play a

mistakesbaud

styleas rag

The same writer says that the ununiformed band In the South are called

And the music known lUll

rag music AU of this is a noveltheory and one which has

been heard by the SouthernOf all the ragtime music Merry MillsGeoraIa Camp wu the most

stirring All cake walkit had no rival although it followed avery attractive Rastus onParade Ben composer of

Mr Johuspn Turn Me gave hisattention to lte grew tiredof coon songs He became so Mtthualactic that he plnyed everything tn

ballad hymnseverything W88treated Ja syncopation

Goorge tosey who set tM marching 10 the tune of his lIoneYlllOOnMarch and to the air of

also succuibe tofever and published A Bag Time

Zkee1addle however never be-came very popular

to moit of the eooosong sod ragtime writers came the

The Southern did notto the fever perhaps

for the that always been

aetd to the real melodiesrather more pathetic In their

than are the frivolous products ofother parts of the country One of themoat beAutiful of aU the coon songswas written by an Englishman It wasone of the first also and was suns tnlondon In The Shop Girl which hadsuch a long run at the Gaiety Theaterwhere little known about real COOOllAt any rate Leslie Stuartslou will live In meMory when manyothers are forgotten

The Inspiration for I coon song or ragtime melody often bornlight u all of which the ofReginald Tewlulbury composer ot Seems

I Cant Git Right t an excellentexample

One morning while stopping at a hotelta Washington D C Mr Tewksbury

pouring some water from a pitcherInto a tn when he dropped the pitcherand smashed both of crockery

Being of a supert1tloua nature thislittle Incident cast a shadow over thecompoeers usually blithe spirits and hisfears were realized soon after when Iwreceived a letter canceling the Importantbusiness which had calledhim to the Capital City Several otherannoying fpiocle occurred and in the

he returned to his hotel In a de-

jctLod mood The elevator man who wasa genuine specimen ot his race asked

i Whatli the metier boss You doan actthe same na when you cum

I dont know Alee said the com-poSEr

Youve been lookln Uk that all daysaid the negro It seems to me Ilk YOU

cant rightTInt said TlwklburL and

t he went imm lately his room with thewords repeating themselves in ears

rag bands is

doubtlessnevar peoe

Meetinga accompaniment

predecessorIazney

tooseragtime when

rag-time

world

waltzingPlepalta Waitses

thewhich

Strapge sayteem

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vqsaon they haveaagro

wbh aretenor

isLouisiana

was of triflesexperience

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was

engagement

evening

sympathetically

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He picked up his guitar and In a veryshort time had composed his ownS ItSeems Like I Right

The best evidence that ragtime andcoon songs are being passed 1 lisa In tilefact that May Irwin not now payingmuch attention to them It is wellknown that continued to sing themwhen others decided not to do so The

use them ut seldom and thenthey are usually or a medIOcre qualltLew Dockstader Shovoltn Coalhere season with fair sueeellS but Itwas not received with the oldtlme eft-tbualum Even in vaudeville the coon

unusualMpstc publishers that the ballad is

takIng tile place of the former favoriteand that the approval bestowed thistype or composition Is greaterwith year Love and WorldIs which sung last April InChicago by Frederick In The

Graces has swept the countrybut good ballads are dUflcult to write

they cannot depend upon a raggedJaRed all to carry them through It Willbe a long time before the public findsrivals of Annie Laurie Alice WhereArt Thou Last Night In the Gleanslag and many other old favorites ot Uteballad It has been some time since0 Promise Me entranced all who heard

it In the meantime the field Is wallingmelody and soulful sentiment

There one thIng which theis convinced which so far seems not tohave been thought ot by publishers Insearch for a reason of the decadence otragtime and that Is that the FlorodoraSextet was for the deathblow of rag music With the popularityof Tell Pretty Malden all Whforgotten If the music of this composiLken be analyzed It will be tot to bemore rag than anything

ILIum H SC1IILIitult

STUDIES FOR THE STAGE

Miss Rosetta D Brice whorecently as David Garrick in the wellknown play of that name is a Washing

Cant Git

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minstrels

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song issay

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each Me theMine was

HelenaThree

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cause

class

for trueis of writer

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ton girl who has made a close ofthe drama with the intention ofthe stage as a profession She has takena long course of elocution under severalmasters of that art besides makingclose of the technical constructionof a play It tile Intention of herparents to alloW her to take a thoroughdraipatic course In New York during thecoming yr In order that no ekorts maybe spared In wing to natural advantages a year of study thepacts tAt he prepared to begin hercaret and add another to the ts ofWashington dramatic Herperformance of the dUlieult male role ofDavid Garrick last Thursday elicited tuebfavorable comment

Daughter ot Janice A Hern-eXa Cbrystai Hera who will appear

studychoosing

astudy

is

herAfter ez

stageet

eelsbrkiea

the leading woman of Edwincompany at the eaaco Theater MayIn The Importance ofIs the eldest of the

Herne one of the most lovable andloved figures the American has

known in the put thirty years IllHerne went upon the stage against Uadvice ot her father flat gavean early ap such striking prosslee et tM

of talent that Mr Ilernefinally PovaIed upon her to letChryelal jOin Mr Hernes IRcompany her ynusgey JulieChrystal Herne made her ant appearance In Rev Davenport a

written by Mr Herne which hehad the rote The DIaT wu afailure and the next season the twoHerne appeared with their LatherIn the production ot Sag Harbor Hertalents had their first opportunity topeed under the wise and genial directionor Mr Iime Both sisters scored individ-ual hits though their methods widely and though netappeared together since then except fora special performance one afternoon each

forged rapidly to the front and hasattained prominence in the profession

Chrystal flame had her first big part InClyde Fitchs play Andre The

was a failure but Miss Home gavea beautiful and sympathetic renderingthe of Barbara Allenthen became leading with NatGoodwln and has since then been leadingwoman Arnold Daly She appearedwith Mr Arden last summer in ChicagoIn Told In the Itills a play which ranfor eleven In the metropolie

Next season Miss Herne La to statred by Dtlliiigbam in a newplay called Comm ment Days byCharles Klein Miss Hernes engagementIn Washington t limited to only a fewweeks as she will soob be activepreparations for her own starring tourMr Arden believes that Miss Herne willspeedily its great a favorite iRWashington she hat become In NewYork

Tomb of Mrs Shhlou8A letter published In one the Lon-

don dailies attention to thecondItion of the tomb of Sarah

Siddons All that Is mortal of tide thegreatest of English tragic actresses liesIn Churchyard LondonMany years liP the Inscription upon hertombstone was and the whole placeput In order Since then nothing hasdone i1nrl the grave haa fallen into sucha condition dirt anl neglect thatsoit Is reportednot one word of Ute Inscription can be deciphered and nothingremains to reveal Identity of thedust below It is n rather striking lUststration of the d scent of oblivion uponthe well graced actor who has left thestage

a SAW rOfR AD IN THE HERALD

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Being Earnestdaughter lets James

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COMING ATTRACTIONS

Challe galaxy of gleeful rUsticIfeatures next week will be of

Harry aueoll the former star In

his latest and pewest mimetic characterIcreation entitled WeUand 8troQ Miss

Nlta Allen and own company Ln WillCreuys new sketch hit Car TwoStateroom One a travel comicality

INichols Slatess famous as The Kentucky Belles Beilclatr Brothers

Kelly and Annie M Kept Fields andWoole Henry cud Francis and the

pictures of The Adventures ofDaniel Boone The advance sale ot re-

served seats opens tomorrow

Edwin Arden his first appearauce at the head of his summer companyat the Delaaco Theater Monday nightMay IS when he will be seen In

brilliant comedy The Importassee of Being Irnttlt It Is evidentfrom the list of names ot the playersIn AIr Ardens company that he has sutlOU ed himself with unusually capablesupport leading woman is MissChryatal lIerfle tbe daughter or the lateJames A Herne In addition to MissIjerne the company Includes Desmend Kelly Miss Alice Butler

GlfndlnnlnlC HammondCharles Arthur Edward Ellis andSeymour Subscription sale of seats for

Arden has already openedand Intending patrons may secure thesame seats for each performanceapplYing at the box orftce of the BelascoTheater and registering their names Theregular of ilMtil will open nextThursday morning During Mr Ardensseason regular summer prices willprevail sad there wilt be matinees onWednesdays and Saturday

The Columbia Theater Company willnext Monday evening May 11 Inauguratethe second week of Ita supplementalspring season with one or the strong atrevivals of Vlctorien Sardous great play

Diplomacy that has been Inyears have what be cor

termed a three casthaving been chosen for the roh

which Charles Coplan used to playRose Coghlnn for the strong part

or the Russian Count Zlcka andCharlotte Walker for the equally strongcharacter of Dora Exactly six agothe last notable revivAl of Diplomacywas itt the Empire Theater In NewYork by Frohman This will bethe carefully planned revival SinNthen sad rertasnly the strongest prodtsc i

tion of Diplomacy thatseen within an entire deciuh The

pla ont of the greatest standarddramas ot thf modern stage but is seldomattempted bause players of the requis-ite are not always availablea thoroughly adequate reVIval

The Rinit h a nd de Itoen comic operaRobin Hood more Quaint

than any opera of thepresent da Tile opera Itself la ofcourse based on wellknown legendsof earlY English history and In the mainhas to do with tM life and ofthat famous chief Robin HoodOther characters almost equally asknown are Sir Tristram sheriff ofNottingham AlanaDale the romanticlover of the maid Anabel Will ScarletMariAn of Lord Fltzwaittr

the fair Maid Marian DamDurden keeper the Inn On the bordersor famous forest the hornof the utlaw thicftatn Robin flOod andhis merry band Little John Friar Tuckand Guy of Glabome These ten

will hf Interpreted here by wellknown comic opera artists and comedianswho widely known in the operaticSaid and who made reputations In RobinHood when with the Bostonians formany years Gears II Frothtnghamfor years identified with the old Bos-tonian company at the NewNational Theater here RobinHood Is presented at the opening ofthe sommer opera season May Xl

will appear In hill originalrole t the jolly Friar

Music and MusiciansThere will be a piano and song recital

by the pupils Of the department of musicducted by Adele Freebey-of the Martha Seminary onFriday May It at 1130 Someof tile pupils of this are highly

and there Is aqua to be an evenlug of mWlica1 entertainment

MaelaU wq the soloistboth morning and evening at the

Baptist Church last Sunday andshe wm be heard these again today IR

dusts with Mr Frank aknown Both laeJlaU-ad T Ships have YOice of unusualwme and their Is a delightto all who hear them

The organ t St Luke EpiscopalChurch rebtilit waderspeclflcadoua prepared by Mr II HFreeman organist or litwho will give the opening recital on JJMinstrument tonight at oclock Theprincipal Mr Freemans propamme will First sonata in Dmajor Dr Peace and Fugue InD minor Bach Andantino in D flat Le

Capriccio LemaISe PrayerIn A flat Ca Greed Chorus

and Shuberts March MUImile arranged for the organ by W T-at

The Metropolitan Churchis to be congratulated on being ablesecure as precentor Mr B Allen Terroll New York Since coming toWashington about a year ago Mr Teerell has been the popular teoert atSt Episcopal Church lIe tu arare tenor and aU woo have hadthe pleasure of listening to him countIt a privilege Before coming tocity he had been soloist and director Insome of the leading ot NewYork and Phlladelhia Mr Terrell en

upon new duties at the Metropoli-tan Persebyterlan Church today The

Is looking forward withpleasure to his coming as he Is II manot sterling qualities well as fluesinger and director

Katherine Faftbe a prominentBaltimore oratorio singer made item

debut Thursday evening atan organ rlcital at Grace English Lutheran Church Harry Wheaton How-

ard presiding at the organMiss Fapthfl voice t II clear prano

of rare quality and was displayed togood advantage In the aria from

Elijah the second number of theprogrnmme which follows

Carpal atW-lr lEonard

tria from Elijah Bar Ye

CPa nf the

Yr0 Divine

This Jlaethe

b IieftIata 00 Ifc Tranmetei Sobtll

Ir HowardAve D1Mit

Ill ItTidllnnls LohensmWagner-Mr ilowast

The last meeUn of he Unsehuld Clubwu perhaps one of the best of

following programme was ren-

dered Nocturne Liszt and gavotteSambl1til Miss An ChopinsStudy and Scherzo ScarlatU Miss MarUsa Beethovens Sonata AlPis-

II

andacomposed

Hoyt

her

Jamea-F

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wtihmak

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MissMIss

Jessie CharlesWaiter

Mr season

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sale

the

seen re-

cent It will mayrectiy Wilto-

Lackaye

MlMiss

years

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most

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the

adventuresoutlaw

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will appearwhen

Mr-lFrothlngham

Miss GraceWashington

eveningchase ad-

vanceddelightful

Miss MartenTm-

mannel

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singing

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Mr

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AMUSEMENTS

Twoioliar Star knrr WII-

1M YxtrnapDzalaS

IUhtlC

OPERETTA

Primary No 23iAhtll 11101 ttF IIUT-

IIhIlIfIIIf ls I

Ulnrtiuc Orolire

Hongt nw AkUl

RICE ELMERUorliWDtI lIar lilwt

Laugahk xCVelt

JACK WILSON COt Iwil 01 111 lIarkIIH

Hennings Lewis Henningsto TUH t

dj at ItCeo H WI c

DIAMOND AND SMITH

lrtaH in InhmF-

ROSINIWizard of rhl-

II IMISS NORTON and

PAUL NICHOLSONI T l llr

IHloI1-1IV

Tilt AMERICAN VITACRAP-HTKLL MtRKItIl55

iTtIUX nl1-

fHCLK Ie litT01OWIt

The Colonial Belles

With i

A Stage Full of Pretty Girlsi

EXTRA ATTRACTIONThe Great and Only

John l SullivanThe champion of ill champions will

every performance in hiInimitable monologue specIalty

TTUE THOROUGHBREDS

I

slonata Mlu Katherine Seal Chantundos Plerreta Marie Wheel

er Heilers Warrior Song Miss BrightSeveral songs given by MrsK Hiller In an artistic manner sceompanted from memory by Mrs FranklinOn FrIdaY May 10 will be the last meetlag of the Unsehuld Club for this

During the lot week of MayMartha UrDHII And Alice TerrellreDder graduating recitals lit theparlors Of the unIversity

AUDIENCE SHOULD PLAY PART

Pa Itetitr iflielpoil the Front

far Lnr FieNtDId you ever stop to thInk

pass the man at the theater door walkInto the playhouse and settle comfort

down in the chairthat there Is more In your part of theforthcoming performance than the merepleasure you may derive front the performanee

The curtain rises the actors go throughtheir ziarts act after act and yoU leavethe In a justly critical humor forhave you not paid your In andtherefore have you not the right to crltelse the quality ot cUDS and the question of value received And yet howmuch you have contributed toward thesuccess of the evening or aided In the dforts players has probably neverentered Into your calculations

are but actors and the partsthat play are but good bad or

attempts to produce for yourpleasure what may occur in real Ufethepicture varying from to burleeque but always taking on the sem-

blance ot Ute The Player Is invariablyambitious and an appreciative audience islike a tonleone good dose or sUmulatlug inspires him to paywith his best for that his eyes see

friends acres the bright line of thefootlights and his heart and soul goforth In ready rElllpon to your applause

Hay you ever told Il story to a partyof How much better you cantoil that story when your auditors respond1teD you feel that you have theirundivided attention and that the pointsyou try to out are understood andappreciated It is just the with theactor He feels his audience frommoment he CORMS before the footlightsHe knows that you are wIth him or hefeels Intuitively that his efforts are notbeing understood and the quality of hlaacting is made correspondingly baits or

evEn aJ11inst the strongest willLet an audience show appreciation or

the points of humor pathos or tragedyand nerve of the actor Is exertedto make the best of the part On theother hand If the audience be cold andundemonstrative a chill stttles on theheart of the player that no amount ofeffort can shake off

Dont be afraid to laugh or applaud Ityou find a point that pleases you Donthold bark fear of attracting attention to yourself You have paid to beAmused and you not only have the rllthtbut It is also only fair that you signifyyour pleasure in the fashionof applause You need not join the classof bores who hawbaw stamp their feet

Ai

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