iie Evening Ledger Amusement Section, Saturday, December 18. 1915 -r IRIDESCENCES IN "THE BUBBLE" m vous NWlVI AS GUSTAVE MULLEfc.- DSUCATE5SEM 1NMGNAT1AH 35 ft 1.T "liSTnll TCtfcmoN COHTEATWBKT ZyL2slr CREATING REAL CHARACTERS MAKES SUCCESS IN STORY, STAGE OR ART At Least Such Is the Opinion of One Who Has Had Ample Experience to Judge In and Out of "A Full House" THi: face of a man with a crossed eye or a broken nooe will linger longer in the memory of his friend than that of another man equipped with the average regular features, een though they may he pleamg. This is due to the fact that the features of man No 1 are ut of the ordinary. Ursa: It i far easier to caric ature the face with a prominent nose, an abnormal forehead or a bulldog chin than the eouiiRnaiiee of a so-called "good-looking" person who lacks any marked facial characteristics. And char acterization and caricature are in a meas ure blood relations The rule obtains In story writing, play writing'and acting as well as to the hu man units who walk our streets, ride in our ears and pass and r-pass us everj mir.ute of the day. In the short story, for example, it Js the ''out-oMhe-ordiiiary" happening that makes it stand out aboe other short stories and claims a place In our memo ries when hundreds of other exquisitely written tales fade into obscurity b rea son of the" fact that they lack that subtle appeal to the human mtraorj. Once in a decade there appears a short story that stands out by reason of its power of lan guage, its simple, perfect Knglish and its grasp of ordinary human emotion, but this is a rara avis and is seldom caught in our lime or clime The lasting nmiht of a novel. In a lesser degree, depends upon the same oddity of theme or Its unusual atmos phere, but generally it makes its suc lessful bid by reason of the strongly marked traits of one or more of its char acters u-uallj one. "David JIarum" is a case in point, and was far rrore w dely read and longer remembered than thousands of other novels of infinitely higher literal y merit Ask any of jour friends who read this Look years ago and they will remember littla or nothing of the story itself, but will surely recall the pleasing peculiar ities of old David And why? Because he was what is known as a "character." Those of us who were fortunate enough to see Dcnman Thompson In "The Old Homestead" will remember him to their dying da The c.haracterhe portrayed was so genuinely sweet and homely, so appealing to the sentimental best 'in us, that somehow- he stlck3 in the mind and outlines' other similar characters, whose motives and (iualit.es were just as pure. And et he was a "character," odd. By MAY YOKES whimsual and good, he'ped aloriK by a simple story, understood from on. best ra to top gallery and he holds a niche In our memory because he was a "ihar- acter " ' lgj TxjibxI Hk" HJSShs. iB l! I i ADELE RITCHIE The one-time star of musical j comedy is playing Shaw and playing him skilfully for the t Stage Society of the Little Theatre. nb Having announced our intention to re- 1 lease a Unit Program," we offer for your approval the FIRST of the series. It can be seen at your local theatre ask the manager. WEEK OF DECEMBER 20 June Dave in HEARTACHES 4-Act Drama "Otto's Cabaret" Dave Don Comedy December 23 Beyond All Is Love 3-Act Drama December 25 No Smoking Billie Reeves Comedy mn rgjSipjssJg. Billie Reeves Comedy g 5V"Ji i m n nrpifc i ksmuU0Hijfaj iim i x'tfyvmmsmmimtim cszsasaa eaaMif -
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