13 : The New Osegon Statesman. Salem, Oregon", Thursday tlorruna, TTovtmBerJS, 1913 Spooky Old Rookery AboveCity Hall Is Cradle Where Amateur Thespidns Learn St Tncks By RUTH BIAE LAWRENCE lljlLiE stage holds a. lure that, hypnotizes its enthusiasts, JL both professional and amateur, , into a state of mind which an "outsider" can never comprehend. Stage folk rail TsoEently at the hardship with -which they contend, wear mar tjrd aspectstell of the long hours they study and the-major iran'firpfi they make. But when one not of their ilk starts to repeat the long list of woes . . . well, have you ever heard Uxe man woo Deal nis wireT - - m wiu ue. jobs iacr u ui sit carefully on the-one reliable chair, apprehensive of the . fact that It threatens at any moment to join the group of invalided chairs that hare retired ' from active senrlce to this quiet place. Young Stanley King, who will ap pear as Jon in the prologue of the play, steps on a board and it com plains shrilly, and the abashed boy hurriedly moves to another spot, The other members ot the -cast, Gertrude Robinson Ross, Robert Neimeyer and Mrs. George King, are relating a witty story in low murmurs, and Gertrude's careless laugh tinkles solemnly back' from a dark shadow across the room. Mrs. Paulus raps for attention, and the cast hovers about her, all intent on the work before them. Over and. over they practice, a word, a phrase, a bit of action. A bitter and etormy .night outside, with rain hurtling frantically out of a black sky; yet all in the cast could beat her. bnt lust let is else try to: Ana stage are the same way. The greatest discomfort with wtateh the cast of the two one-act Bt7 which will be offered by the Satan Drama league December 3 aft fche Elsinore is contending, ac cecdlng to we folk on the dark fill of the footlights, la the place wive rehearsals are held. Just stst glance at the third floor of tls city hall, where the small pop of devotees gather every nasal or every other night, is tsuna enough to make anyone in wham the fire of a thespian does at barn with a bright and un ceasing flame forswear dramatic ambitions forever. Big, Weird HaD A chilly, barn-like place. reached by stars with startling atasl: nooks where anything from bandits and gruesome murders to attars and toads may lurk. A daw that responds only to fcacry shove, and then reluctantly maps open with a doleful squeak. A gaunt. Immense room where the small handful of human beings aw dwarfed and insignificant. Yasc speak, and your voice pours saw from" the far walls . In jum- wV meaningless sounds. Drafts eddy fitfully from the high places where the roof stretches far above ta rafters. The electric lights uhw iu iue oeams are or ieahle candlepower, and but half . them glimmer, -! :And it is to such a place as this, tvaadiag gingerly up the dark stairs., violently shoving the door, aatf walking across the vast dusty floor to the far corner where re hearsals are held, that the en whhuc cast or "Jon" and "A TWm T t . 1 t . ... ui.ua Yiie ana ineir pa- jwt coacn and production ' di saster, Mrs. Otto E. Paulus, come Dusty Simplicity In "Jon" the- "props" are sim ale ... very. An old store coun. - serves as a table; and Mrs. said Prescott. who will play the eher of Jon, scrubs her hands dainty handkerchief, for round little spots of black dirt aaww where her fin - o - mr wwaafU w sunace. Cities To Fight Increased Rates Fqr Telephones SEATTLE. Nov. 28. (AP) The Seattle city council today ten tatively agreed to Join other Pa cific coast cities in a proposed con certed effort to prevent Increases in telephone rates. The council Informally accented an invitation of James W. Carr and Kenneth C. Harlan, Portland public utility consultants, to attend a meeting for this purpose in Portland early next month. Harland and Carr said that rep resentatives of Spokane, Tacoma, San Francisco and Portland would also be present. They said rate Increases were contemplated or were already being put Jn effect. in California. Oregon. Washing ton, Idaho and Nevada, where the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company operates. New franchises for the company lrft Mnrllnff In hnth PnWIanil an Oliver Huston, who Seattle. are present. . , The surge of the sea, a necessary background for Mrs. OdeU Savage Ohling's graphic play. Is given realistically by the gusts of rain dramming against the windows. sAnd so the actors read their lines, and the wild storm shrieking outside is forgot ten in their absorption of the parts they play. Not Half Bad "It is a most inspiring place to wore in. said Mrs. ramus, vrhen an 'outsider, made a derogatory remark concerning the third floor of the city hall. "No, don't laugh. It really Is. It Is so big It gives excellent - practice in stretching the voice. Despite its bareness, or because of it. there is nothing to attract the attention from the reading and Interpre tation of the lines of the play. We have nsed the room so much that we are all 'attached to it, even if we do make jokes about it. I think the one thing the majority of us will regret the most, when our plays are finished, is that we no longer will have a legitimate reason for using this room. I guess the Drama. League players will have to present the 'Passing of the Third Floor Back' as their next production. And if we do, we'll' have to give .it up on the old third floor of the city halL" But you and I . . . solemn, se date and serious people who can only view the stage through the glamour of tinsel anil tnnnlnra and footlights, wonder at the va garies or these "stage folk" who their tribulations and discomforts protestingly, but relinquish them with regret. Valley Firemen Cooperating in, Drill Meetings HUBBARD. Ore., Nov. 28. (Special) George Grimps, chief of the Hubbard fire denartment. attended the meeting of firemen at Molalla Monday evening. The firemen of several of the valley towns between Oregon City and Salem have - organized and are holding meetings for the Durnose of cooperative drill. The state fire marshal was reDresented at the Molalla meeting by Captain Stokes of Portland. It is announ ced that the next meeting will be neid at Alt. Angel. December 4. Radiogram From Mid-Ocean Comes. As Big Surprise SILVERTON. Ore.. Not. 28. (Special) Mrs. M. G, Gnnderson was pleasantly surprised recently when ' she received a radiogram from Mrs. Carrie Larson, who was two days out from New York on her return trip from Norway. Mrs. Larson wished Mrs. Gnnderson a "happy birthday." ' Mrs. Larson, who went to Nor way last spring with the intention of making that her home wrote Mrs. Gnnderson some time ago that she found the climate there did not agree with her,. so she would return to Oregon to make her home. She landed in New York November 25. She will visit there for a short time before com. Ing . on to Silverton, her former home. She expects to arrive here sometime during the first part of December. - Schools Closed For Five Days SILVERTON, Ore., Nov. 28. (Special) The Silverton schools closed this afternoon for the Thanksgiving vacation lasting un til Monday. The various schools and classes held programs this afternoon. The public speaking class ot the senior high school gave a play. "The First Thanksgiving." 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