tAQX FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY SVN AY,
new life and hope to socal and relig- Houghton and " 'Op-'o-My-Thumb" by
ions workers." The audience with somebody else. The casts, I under-
few exceptions was composed entire- stand, will include Phylis Turnbull,
ly of delinquents, mental, moral, and Mattie Proudfoot, Christine Addison,
physical, and of course they fervent- Donald Snyder, Rhea Schlaak, Vera
P ly grasped "with hope and faith the Katz, O. L. Palmiter et cetera, et
ass.J thepreachment for good, for health, for cetera.
better people, and for a better
-Gworld." gE1ILS
But why should I grow cynical over (Continued from Page Three)
the stuff? I might attempt to be bitter Once matured that flower cannot be
- j ROBER T . . and satirical, but it speaks so much crushed, but in the bu theyare-de-
BARTRON ,0-~ better for itself. This sort of thing, crusedin thudteyaede-
after all, is only a single case of the Istroyed i great umher. Genius
HENDERSO N appaling decadence of our present seeks erudition as a means, not as an
IN A SHANTY The plot obviously is much more theatre, and worse yet, barely a tenth end. He is wary of absorbing vast
As I have said so often hefore, a conventional than the average reper- as bad as the majority. "The Passing erudition, lest his views be narrowed.
Show"'thrivesawhile "ThenGodfofeVen-cHenisncautioushof accepterggthe oa"-
production by the Ypsilanti Players is tory on the prograris of the organiza- Show thrives while "The God of Ven-
always much more interesting and tion. It rather ranks with "Nettie, geance is run out of court, "Abe's ions of others lest he be unable to
satisfying than most of the work pro- let us say, and "Finders-Keepers", and Irish Knee" plays thirty-two weeks form opinions of his own. He is no
duced here in Ann Arbor. To begin so-called refined vaudeville. The act- in Pittsburgh, while Walter Hampden mental sponge; he is a tiger. From
tuginth pec, owve, asqutebarn storms over the county,
with, they have a beautiful theatre- ng in the piece, however, was quite eou . first to last he jealously cherishes one
just as artistic as ever this year with exceptional. Although it is against" A pretty picture, I assure you, that thing-the ability to think. To schools
a dozen or so exotic masks thrown in the rules to mention names, Joseph peaks and speaks and speaks for and educational systems is given the
for additional atmosphere-one of Thompson deserves particular refer-t . man of talent. His is the ability of
the best lighting equipments in the ence. I doubt if he is really much delightful but studied reproduction.
country, and if you will pardon the of an actor, but by the grace of the ADVEROISEMENT He is a student in the school of syste-
taste, an admirable director. gods he has been given as tough a In case you may not know, I have matized mystery. His wors will be
T e wafromhprs character face as I have ever seen. In been asked to remind you of the bill supports, not vehicles. His efforts
The plans for the present seasonth
tend to get away from the one-actthe role of world-wise roue he is per- of one-act plays to be presented by will clothe the structure of society
forms, and if possible to presentIfect. the Comedy Club this Wednesday eve- with complacent beauties, but will not
longer plays never before produced.; In a way, this same characteristic ning. in Sarah Caswell Angell Hall. stir that society to action. All great
Obviously after eight years of exist- applies to'all the playe'rs. One can The program is to consist of "Fancy things have been done by en who
ence, with five programs of three or hardly say that they act. Instead, Free", a Wildeish comedy by Stanley would not conform.
four numbers each, they have present- they all seen to fall naturally into
ed just about all the one-acters pre- their parts, a doctor portrays a doe-. ..
sen'table. tor, a iudge portrays a judge, an old
Chief among their impending joys] lady portrays an old lady. They have
will be Galsworthy's "The First and somelvw grasped the idea of the true
the Last". I have always been of the amateur: they are themselves. YOU W ill be more
stmfbborn' ipression that next to "'The
Silver Box" this was his greatest play, I AM SENT SOME COP.than sased
yet like the unappreciated Bottom- It is a common fable that at least
le no one to this time has had the half of the news we read in the news-;W 16 thefood
visIon to agree with the idea. papers originates fron the six or sev-
Tie opening programn preented ; ase monplies of the country.
this past week-each production is For example, you will recall the pret-
givei a run of six performances--W.. story slo b throg the land recent- at
consisted of" "he Confict" by Ciarice ly by the Standard Oil Conpany tell-
Mouley, a"'aThea" byfect' L r ing o thetragic cost ad appalling T zttl Lu h R
Langer, and "The Perfect Wain r" scarcity of gasoline, and hence the
by Q6rdone Amend. .The conflict . mpending rise in its price per. Un-' 338 Maynard St South of Mjastsie
laid in the kitchen of au, old-fnahionead fOrtnnatey he article appered on the
fam houSe-that tel.. you every.- very day that gas dropped from six to
thing; drab' hopes, errw stubb rn- te centa in price, and'thUs its path-
ne'ss, the girl wit genius, the a ylla was rather weakened.
of t'ea~ity' (in thIs ase, maried Bringing the para hicloser home,
d g) 5in4 dInm loWsrs. Tb, whole I received the other day same five
thing, Qf- course, ends all wrong, with Kb untif tl pages from the Selwyn of. WHEN PLANNING A TRIP-
the i doule tagedy of only half theiflles (22) West 42nd Street, New 'k
charactersreaizig it. The Players Yrk City, New York) prporting to Whyot dezide tQ ta6 "withyou some
always do this sort of realism well be rare tid-its o information con-
realsteam eomes frm the tea ket- lrnin'g the Grand Gumigols Players
te, two caps of sugar make the ap- and the awfltlest play in the EnglishiI-
pl sauc swee , there is I ealwater language, "The Fool." a convenient security
Youll find them acnein scrt
in the wates-pitcheer, . . The S lwyns, it seems, were ex-
"Matinata", as you may know, is tremely afraid that' the comedies in
on of the frank little fantasies that the repertoire of the French players 'd the
drove the Weahington Square Players might prove too shocking and risqWee be g to serve you WAthem
out of exisence; hardly frank, you for Broadway's insocent stomach.
understand; but' a trifle snggestive. "Considerable criticism," the 'artile
..slight references to the bath- says, "has drifted into the' Selwyn of- Farmers &- M1 echanics Bank
room and nighties and other garments fles since the' annoueensent that
women are reported to wear: very they would present the bills exactly )101-105 SOUTH MAIN 330 SOUTH STATE,
charming if done in the right key, I as offered in Paris. Such criticism
assre you, the kind ofthing tbe T. o . has come invariably from those naa-
X howls over in the "Follies Ber- ware of- the high literary quality of -
gere" and blushes at in the little the- the farces, which are, in fact, no more
atre, immoral than a nude figure by Rod-
The costuming for this play, faint- in." And you will 'please note the
ly reminiscent of Lovat Finser, was characteristics devotion to high art in Developing and Printing
deIghfu. Coluos'ie: i s gowned in the last sentence.
a fluttering crinoline of red and grey Of course, I need not explain the1I
silk-silk, mind you, real silk-while joke. As it turned out, these naughty th A t
Harlequin and Pierrot were contrast- ditties were so tame that even Percy
ed in patches as beautiful. I beg you 1 Hammond set up a howl and demand-
use your imagination, and you too can ed his money back. It was unanim- Eastman KodakSand Supplies
picture the daintiness, the ,charm of ously agreed that a subscription E sm - ~ a s a d S p le
the whole silhouette. should be raised at once to send the
The last play had never been done ers en masses to the PrOvincetown e r o
before. A rich man, two rich men for Playhouse, the Theatre Guild, and emory K
that matter, love a girl. She is beau- I Avery Hopwood burlesque, and "Art-
tiful, oh so beautiful; she is the per- lists and Models." Then after a year
fedt woman. To find out which of spent In back alleys, it was decided Flashlight and Outside Groups
them has won her love they pretend that the company would at least be
to have have shot each other. The ready to show us something.
girl is surprised, of course, at the two The copy concerning "The Fool" is
apparently dead bodies, but she is I even more amusing. The City of Chi-
happy as well, for now she can run. cago, it appears, recently gave a mat-
away with a third, her real lover. inee of this sterling chronicle of man-
Pause. Number one chokes out, ly virtue for their charges. This par-
"Well, I'll be.. ..!' "Damned!" ticular play was selected because it
says the other. Quick curtain. Great had worked "a moral miracle in the
yoke. ,,_ cases ofmany unfortunates, and given