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Robert
All the Southern people who live
his who recognize Robert E. Lee as
1|- Srelt Civil War general and a fine
type of manhood. should see Drink-
water‘s new historical play, now run-
forty-eighth street. Perhaps it. is
not as great a. play as "Abraham
Lincoln. “Written by the same a11—
thor. Which had such a long. suc-
cessful run in New York a. year ago.
but it is safe to say that it is truly
a. great piece of dramatic Work.
matic as Lincoln's. but it was in-
deed poker-ml. and he had many on-
stacles. For instance, how few men
would refuse the commandership of
the entire Northern army. when he-
lieving that army to be in the right.
belieflng slavery to be wrong. bl: t
lo“!!! the native state, Virginia.
Thirty years a. soldier in the Union
Army. it. takes Lee less than twenty-
!our hours to decidp to resign. as
non as he learns that Virginiu has
acceded with the South. Yet he be-
iieves that. old John Brown had :1
conscience. and Lee would like to
see every slave tree rather than to
the Union broken.
The play is di1ided into nine
scenes. the first. taking place in 1861.
the room of General Scott at the
War Deptrtmcnt. Burr McIntosh
as General Scott is realistic and
The humor is
thoroughly hunlnn.
furnished by the orderly
for wearing a. Union un nitorm and
coming irorn Alabama. The second
scene is held in the woods near Ar-
ington, Virginia. on the same day.
Four young men discuss the p:- es
and cons of Virginia's entering on
the Confederate side. EBay b‘Varrig-
ton. in ed by Richard ar ee -
resenris y the proud. hot blooded
Southern type. David Peel. plaved
. n is a. young philoso.
by Alfred l u t. savage
quarrel. and
11't be 1r01tll
play-
V211?
scoflcd :1t
way of settling a. petty
that the outcome no
the loss of lives. Duff Penner.
ml by James Spotisnond ion
amusing young man. who likes to
talk. and to plav his banjo. ‘lt
Seems indeed tragic that he shouzd
be the one to time to die from a. 1111.-
let wound lat er in the piss. The
fourth 3oung man is Tom Buchanan.
who is engaged to hiullanno. plural]
by Jean May, These men play a
rather important part. appearingdn
Various battle seencs. The tl11v‘d
scene is in the ball room ‘at Lees
home. 'ihc dainty blue. pink. yel-
low. green. and rose dresses of the
young women as they “'altZe pith
the 3oung men. form n charming
picture against the nlsiestic “bite
Colonial pillars. This scene shows
Lee in his home lif genial. chit '1l-
rous. belowd bv all his friends and
relathes. The four men \oluntclr
to scrie under i no and ask if they
may be allowed to light. together.
Du! begs to be permitted to carry
his banjo with Ilm. The fourth
scene is 186:, on the mo of the
action at Malxcrn Hill Duff is dis-
covered outside his tent. sewing but-
lonl on his gray uniform. Colonel
Are-111‘ PLAY V
—-,'-wlul-— -
_ MARJORIE CANDEE
E.Lee
Lee. new General Lee, direcfi the
action. General .1. E. B. Stuart is
anxious to fight. but Lee thinks it
wiser to save his best generals. The
fifth scene is on the hill overlooking
the battle This is a particularly
thrilling scene, the sounds of the
guns. the boom of the. cannons. the
cries of the soldiers furnishing plen-
ty of "local color." The sixth scene
shows Jeflerson‘ Davis. in the Con-
federate \‘i’hite House. Richmond.
Virginia. discussing plans “ith Gen-
eral Lee. I might say here that the
scenery is unusually excellent. and
combined with the orchestra’s beau»
tifut rendering of delightful old
Southern songs throughout‘tho play.
the uncle officer is picturesque. ”‘0
confesses to President Dav-5L that
although the South continues to win
battles constantly. nothinz is doci-
slve. As David. the young philoeoé
pher predicted. "ue' ll rain. YES, “'0'”
win. but to what mail? The losses
be greater than the
will M11333
gains." Yet, Union with the Net-til
il- unthinkable. Lee suggests uncon-
ditional peace. to Jefferson Davis.
who replies that Abraham Lincoln
will accept nothing but uncondition-
al surrender. Tho, smenth scene is
in 1864fin a. small farmhouse. Lee's
headquarters
battles around Spottsslxania Court
House. It shows nay \‘i nrrenton
Wounded and delirious. Lee going
without food. and despairing by the
news of the death of Stonewall Jack—
son. "I nould sooner lla1o lost my
right arm." he says in tleepr‘st grin f
The whole Confederate army is
pushed almost to the avail. but, still
deter mined and courageous. 'I‘ho
braxc. but Vain hopes of the South-
ern soldiers in ofieciively l'lroue it
out and cannot fail to stir the hearts
of those ultnessmg the pla3. Scene
eight shuns Jefferson Davis trying
vanity to get food aid clothing for
Lee' a wretched. suffering arm3'.'l'}1e
resourcls of the Southern Confed-
eracy are entirely swept. away. and
President Daiis. bitterly realizing
this. resigns But Lee has to con-
tinue. doggedly dolondinz a. icel
caust. 'lll" last :1 one is in the ‘i no
of l. m- s armv.1lear Appomalox. 111
on the ztage.‘l)a\'1ll and Ray mourn
the loss of Duff. and praise the valor
or their belmcd General.
lhe play is episodim It is scorec-
i.v a. drama. but rather a. series of
dramatic events pilturing the beauty
and {101101 of Lee' 5 soul and his
stupendous coping rith email as
thcy occur. Berton Churchill makes
a. very good Lee. and with his fine
features and white hair. looks
enough like the general' 5 pictures to
pass music-.1 Eugene Powers plays
the difficult role of Jefferson Delis.
David Landau is the brave. ener-
getic “Stonewall“ Jackson. The rest
01 the east especially Job Stuart and
Colonr- -1 Hewitt. deserve especial
mention. and according to history
students look and not ‘cry 11111:}:
like the re'li gentrals.
Many Civil “or stories and plays
have been written. but few have
been laid entirely on the Confeder-
ate side—they generally switch from
L. GOLDEN
Southh Norwalk
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the North to the South. Drinkwatcr
has succeeded in painting a. histori-
‘cal. and yet. beautiful portrait o! a
great man with great precepts. It
is one of the finest. clenncst, strong-
est plnys now running in New York.
and its literary and artistic fame
“ill be long~lived. The playwright
has snot-polled in getting across to
the audience. a good deal of the.
quaint charm and quiet. dignity of
the old South. of the high ideals of
the men who wore the gray unl-
forms. and of the uselessnrss 1nd
folly of war. The play is truly a
plmi. for universal brotherhood and
peace, and as such. is doing a great
mission.
\Vh-m the play "Robert E. Lee"
was presented in Richmond. this
nor. the following interesting com-
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Miss til Haldane is the
only woman svingh s piece on the
aScottlsh court.
that isn’t :lL In addition to
the 111'inI woman in in the la
cathet- she is mange: o! »
Edinbureh. 113959";
“However opiniOn may dimer as to
Mr.
ing a. truthful and accurate portrait
of Lee, he has drawn one that is in-
finitely fine. characterized by tho
simplicity. self-macement. nobility
and spirituality of the man. together
with the tar sightedness, audacity in
norm-o and caused little damage.
Drinkw diet“ 3 success in convo'y- ‘
plan and supreme tranquility oi: the
military genius. It is Lee's fine-It.
fruitage of the later Southern civil-
lutlonf"
w. .
Muir Jongg.
The small, smile-giving person
across the table from me
Has her eyebrows gracefully pen-
oiled.
And her hair like a. folded flower.
They press on my heart with th'eir
loveliness.
it is not the time of plum blossoms.
But a perfume as from their white
thickets
is waited by the amiable breeze or
her fan.
The rosy clouds of the peachvboughs
are paler than her cheek.
Between us rises the Great Chinese
“'all, mysterious,
With her peaerale fingers she has
broken the will.
Her “'est Vl-‘inds come driving.
sweeping down my Flowers.
With a. hurtie or Bamboos. she beats
And in a voice like silver boils o‘t
rain-«she cries . . . “Pungi'
in 11in I deploy Green Dragons. to
retrime. my losing fight:
She leads out a troop of Red Dr;-
gons and spreads them before
me.
I am cut to the heart.
But the small- smile-giving person
is full of joy,
Like the joy of blue islands.
With laughter like the. clear water
rippling 01' cr jeweled stairs-—
She murmurs . . “Mali Jongg!"
Ah'. the small person has broken the
wall of my heart!
~chrietts. Jewett Keith in New
York Times.
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From the Nation and 4153...“...
Ploy ‘me the languishing "Prelude
in A flan"
And muse. while sentiment per-
; rode: the strings. !
0t Love‘s macaesar piled Magnifi-
cat
Waiting the world on Mendel-
. mhnian Wings.
Scorn not mild mid-Victorian hearts
unloaded
0! universal yearnim; thus they
sighed . . 1.
Think too how we ourselves may be
outmoded—-
Shorn oi? our psychoanalytic pride.
Those oinv ‘ chords can charm us
and ago
With am his concinnity of style:
80 let us welcome them for
_ what they're worth.
(Still gazing steadtaot toward that
epic ago
'When boudolr beauty shall no
more beguile
And sentiment be elbowed on:
the earth.)
FELIX STATIC.
The .‘oroton Heights Fire Co. re-
sponded to a call at the home of Mr.
Beach on Hotter Ridge road. on
Tuesday afternoon. It was a. chim-
VNewVVS’ech-etary for
asset to the, organization.
Stamford C. of C.
E. G. Kingsbury. of Winchester.
K32. has been engaged by the Churn-
ber oi Commerce to succeed Milton
B. Goodkind. tormer cemetery of
that organization. and will assume
his duties on February 1.
Or the Stamford applicants in the
position of secretary-manager of the
Chamber of Commerce. tho commit-
tee appointed to select a. man found
that none was qualified {or the res-
ponsible position.
Mr. Kingsbury has been srcre-
tary—manugcr of the Chambu' of
Commerce 0: “‘inehester. Ky- for
the past two years, and previous to
taking up the work in that cil3 he
was associated with the American
City Bureau. Mr. Kingsbury is a
New Englander and 1111.1 ac:epicd
his new post because 2 ‘ is desire
to return to New England :'.:1d be.
cause of the Opportunities for ex-
pansion he considers so plentiful in
Stamford.
He is a man fully qualms, for
the pint. makes a good 'pperelsnc
is I. good speaker and has many
new ideas. it is said. and ‘2 'T: ex-
pected that he will prove a 1aluabie
my! 1511:: fins 15' south
mills Cues Being Published 1‘:
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