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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1919)
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 191D. PAPS THREE A O.S. P. MINSTREL SHOW FULL OF SWEETNESS IN SPITE OF "SOMETHING" By Gertrude Roblson. According to the city editor "there as good stuff for a human interest tory in the O. S. J. play," and I was to cover it. With an instinct, all femi nine, I refrained from telling him that I bad seen the performance the even Ing before; the show was good and if a cbance was offered to see It again well there's a little of the "tinpan er" In every girl, if you know what I . Baean. So I polished my finger nails, secured a pass for myself and girl companion and went I told myself that I could ease my conscience with the supposition that having already aeen the play would allow me to con centrate my mind more fully upon the story," but I needn't have bothered with excuses; my conscience never nee tshowed its face. We were late. The curtain had al ready gone up and Happy Gordon with Itts good natured nonsense was eliding' bursts of laughter from grey clad audi ence. From a point of vantage, in the gallery I had an ideal view of both entertainers and entertained, and I learned more of "human interest" in those two short hours, than I have in all the rest of my life. And I have voted twice! There Are Faces. Prom the assemblage below, faces stood out from companion faces, com n&nding attention. There was a boy in bis early twenties, with one arm, who sat on the edge of his chair and watched the stage with the interest of a child; there was a big man with a thick neck, and a shaven head shaped lite those of German soldiers in popu lar magazine illustrations. There was an old, old man with hair as white as thistle down, who never applauded the witty sallies or cheery choruses, but at through the entire performance with his eyes upon his hands folded unietly in his lap. Far in the rear, beneath the gallery, one who might fcave been thirty or fifty or a hundred, eat with an ugly little dog upon his lap and stroked the ruffled hair or pulled tfhderly at the silky ears, while the Vttle mongrel answered the caresses by sent ling closer or giving an apprecia tive lick to the friendly hand. On irnnt of the faces stories were written in cold clear type; on others the script was blurred and the tale almost in iSsceinible, while the pages of a very lew were folded close and bound with the covers of secrecy. Smiles Effective Camouflage. Up on the stage, in the glare of the footlights, fellow prisoners did their best to erase for a few moments the shadowed pasts of their comrades. The minstrels, with their painted, foolish miles, danced and sang and did all the enumerable stunts that negro , min strels have done since time began, while others in gay colonial costumes Interspersed the nonsense with ballads of the far past, or, to them, the yet more distant present. Did they dream, perhaps, in their brave, ruffled finery, f the marble halls and happy things f which they sang? One there was, Who held his head high, although his bands were clenched tight beneath the lace ruffles of his sleeves, and sang of a mother, as wonderful as yours and mine. For those few moments in which bis voice held the great hall silent, he was a boy again. Gone were the pow dered wig and the buckled slippers, and face beneath the mask of painted make-up was the face of a little lad who knew that no matter what the trouble might be, he could go to mo ther! The faces in the shadowy audi ence were very solemn, and the ap plause that called the singer to his feet again and again was unanimous, except for the thick-necked prisoner and the eld man with the tired eyes and quiet bands. Songs Belie Deeds. There were others, too, one who look ed as though he were scarcely out of his teens, with eyes as blue as corn flowers and lips like a girl. He sang in a clear tenor voice that would have fitted well in a vested sanctuary choir,' and seemed as out of place on the guady stage as a stained glass window would be in a Junk shop. One, a huge man whose daring deeds filled the front pages of all the dally papers not six months ago, wore his pretty cos tume as though he were quite used to the part of a masquerader and boom ed out the bass accompaniments with a friendly good will. Always "That Something." Through all the happy-go-lucky performance there was a something from which it was impossible to get away. I tried not. to be sorry; being sorry makes one so miserable, o I laughed when the .others did, and JusT as I was feeling exceptionally merry the boy with the tenor voice or the ballad singer in the colonial costume, or the man below with his weary face figainst the head of the little dog would detach themselves from the others, and something would happen inside of me. It couldn't be helped. It kept one wondering so! The performance came to an end at lafet; a triumphant burst of music and the curtain went down. Strange but not once had I remembered to blame them. Instead, the refrain of one of the melodies was beating an endless tattoo in my brain to the exclusion of everything else. " I must go away from you, but maybe I'll return, and then you'll know how much IJove you. Wait for me " Who was waiting for' them? In all the world was there anyone who marked the days of the calendar, year after year, in the vain hope that a kind providence might see fit to lessen the term, and forget the mis-step that brought upon them thfc wages of their sin? Surely! That wonderful mother, perhaps, and, may be, who knows? one who shall lead the prodigal into the Kingdom of Heart's Content!' Financial Cofiress Is Cafled To Talk Yafces Home, Nov. 14. (United Press.) The world financial situation baa be come so serious that an international financial congress has been called to sit here in the near future to devise means for regulation of exchange rates according to a news agency dispatch today. Stabilization of the American gold dollar will be taken up, the agency said. ROBINSON BEATS PELSINGEK - Edward Seymour Treat, a resident of The Dalles for 25 years and well known throughout Oregon, died in that city Tuesday, aged 68 years. Banquet Given Minstrel Actors After Performance I following tne final presentation ot the O. S. P. Melody Minstrels last evening, a banquet was given for the performers, to which, for the first . time In the history of the institution, the musicians were invited. Lieuten ant Compton, parole officer, coropli .monted the men upon the production, and gave entire credit to them for its ! astounding success. Happy Gordon 'thanked the administration and the i Salem public for their kind co-opera-! tion, and called for a standing vote of I thanks and three cheers, which were 'heartily given, for Warden R. E. Stei- tier, who was not present. The entire company, in tne name or me inmates, voted to support Mr. Steiner in any thing he should undertake, in con nection with the institution. Jan Du Monte made the closing speech. The outside talent who rendered their serv ices in the orchestra were Miss Viola Ash, Miss Martha Swart, Miller Bevler, H. S. Swart and W. H. Mills. Tho money realized from the two public performances will go to swell the amusement fund of the inmates.' WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST Washington, Nov. 15. Weekly weather forecast: Pacific states: Frequent rains over northern portion and fir weather over southern portion with nearly normal temperatures. Rooms to Rent Rooms to Rent Nowadays no one thinks of tramping the itreets till his heels are. sore to find a room. The modern method is to turn to the Rooms to Kent Want Ads in this paper. There you will probably find just what you want for nearly everybody with rooms to rent knows that the quickest way to find a roomer is through our Want Ads. But if you shouldn't find just what you're look ing for, put a Want Ad of your own in this paper and watch your returns. State clearly what you want. Use Want Ads like these: WANIKD Baaa wltk hi t mil If"1 hmur bf pntlaata b It anion durlni tfc An. 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Salinas Jack Robinson peat Sammy Pelsinger in three round last night and won tho Judge's decision. Al Walker and Youns Joe Thomas fought a whirlwind draw and Johnny ClUfe of Marysville heat Bert Myers ofSan Francisco. Grand Opera House THURSDAY, NOV, 20 Seat sale at Opera House Pharmacy A THRILLING PICTUR ESQUE AND ROMANTIC STORY OF KENTUCKY LIFE HORSES IN OLD The Spirited and Exciting Horse Race 3Che Famous Ken tucky Thoroughbred, Queen Bess The Rollicking Fun of the Inimitable Pickaninnies. The Strongest and Most Expensive Cast the Play Has Ever Had. Barthelmess Coes To China j To Study For Film Playing The one important thing in casting the part of the Chinese poet, Chang Huan, in "Broken Blossoms," which is coming to the Oregon Theater Mon day, was according to T. W. Griffith, to secure a player whose facial ex pression would emphasize as fully as possible that line of Thomas Burke's in "Limehouse Nights," "his love was a pure and holy thing. Even his worst enemies admitted thaf." It Just chanc ed that, looking around for the right player, Mr. Griffith heard that Ricli- ard Earihehiiess was, for the time be ivg, at liberty to accept the difficult engagement. A college man, educated at Trinity college, Hartford, he had already worked for Mr. Griffith, who knew well of his abilities. Mr. Barthelmess began his career as an actor for the screen in "War Brides" and "The Eternal Sin;" though prior to his ap pearance in the films he had done notable work in New York stock com panies. The qualities of simplicity and nat uralness which he had displayed in other films suggested him as the ideal actor for the part of Chang Huan and, in order that Mr. Barthelmess might get thoroughly into the atmos phere of the part, Mr. Griffith sent him from San Francisco to Shanghai, where he steeped himself in the color and beauty of the Orient. Nisei. W.W.Will Be Arraigned As Vagrants Pan Francisco, Nov. 15. Nine men arret.?d in two raids conducted on two I. W. 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