Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1930, Page 10

THE EVENING TEXAS THREATENED | | From the Front Row BY SECOND FLOOD Brady Bears Brunt of Dam- age—Homes and Business Houses Inundated. By the Assoclated Press. DALLAS, Tex., October 14—S8wirling flood waters yesterday caused anxiety in Texas, where for the second time within a week live stock was drowned, | transportation was halted and citizens | awoke to find homes and shops inun- | dated. Brady, a town of 5,000 population, in McCulloch County, bore the brunt of the discomfort and damage of the flood waters when the Brady River again overflowed. Fifteen business houses | were flooded and the water came within two or three feet of last Monday’s high mark, when $350,000 damage to stocks of goods in 60 business houses was done and 200 persons were made homeless. Aroused from their slumber by an alarm sent down the stream from Eden, where a torrential rain sent the river on another rise, residents of Brady went from their beds before dawn to build improvised levees of cement and sand bags in an effort to ward off the second inundation in eight days. After \'L!mgl within two feet of the Court House, plaza, which was submerged last Mon- day, the waters began to recede. Scores of persons, however, had been forced to flee from their homes near the river. The South Concho River at Chris- toval, in Tom Green County, left its banks and four feet of water stood in the Santa Fe Railway station. It was the biggest rise recorded there since 1906. Four hundred head of sheep were drowned, trapped in the shipping pens. The river was 900 feet wide at its highest stage. ,The Canadian River in the Pan Handle swept away two railroad trestles, one each for the Fort Worth & Denver and the Rock Island, tying up rail- road traffic north and northwest of Amarillo. Several hundred feet of Rock Island track was washed away between Endee and Sanjon and service was sus- Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. Ethel Barrymore Rises Far Above Her Play. HE playwright has more than often come_ out at the little end of the horn in the vehicles chosen for Miss . It is fate tha outshines the play, rises far above it and stands alone, thus inviting the inevitable com- risons that leave the play and its author in the position merely of those who also ran. And this seems to have been the view that has been empha- sized by those elsewhere who have witnessed Miss_Barrymore in “Scarlet Sis- ter Mary,” Dan- iel Reed’s play - from the novel Ethel Barrsmore. zy Julla Peter- Miss Barrymore — always, any- where. But the play? What would Nothing, per- swever, is that it does not have to do without her. And with her it needs no apologies from any one. Some of those Who see it will merely find a Negro folk play, with high lights consisting of the indubitably bizarre appearances | of Miss Barrymore in blackface, dancing crooning a lullaby to real pickaninny. Others will have left with thei= the memory of Miss Barrymore in one of the most daring and impressive roles ?;: has ever attempted, her really at portaryal of a women who finds her God. Not everybody’s God—only her God. ‘The explanation of the appeal that the part holds for Miss Barrymore— for it is not the sort of thing one usually associates with her—prob- ably lies in the reverence she holds for the art in which she excels. It requires, and she gives it, the best Anything less would be mockery. Julla Peterkin's “Scarlet Sister Mary” was another successful at- tempt of the many recently made to get between the covers of a book a picture of the Southern Negro cast against a background of character- istic custom, superstition and beliefs that stretch far back into the begin- ning of things. As a book the picture was adequate. Miss Peterkin wrote with knowledge and understanding cf her subject. The book’s drama- tization was something of a surprise And the production, with the char- acters in blackface and struggling with an accent and inflection that are bern, not made, was another. The Gullah Negroes, we are told, speak & language of their own. But, with the exception of a few purely colloquial expressions, the effect of and struggling with a mimicry of dialect that bears little resemblance LOW-FARE EXCURSIONS Washington ToNumerous Points in the United States October 16 and 25 Fare and a Half for the Round Trip STAR, to the original. The only Negroes on the stage are singers. One is never quite able to forget the burnt cork. But the play’s the thing, and Miss Barrymore saves that.” As Sister Mary (SI Maye, she searches for the God of Love, the God of Mercy, everybody else’s God in vain, is final- ly led to a God who knows only how to give, but never receive. She sub- mits new evidence of her undisputed. position as one of the really great actresses of modern times. ‘What we are pleased to call a “typically Washington” audience paid tribute to Miss Barrymore at the Shubert-Belasco last night. It was exceptional not only in size but in appreciation. The event was notable in one respect because it brought to Washington the fifth generation of the {llustrious Barrymore-Drew fam- ily. Miss Ethel Barrymore Colt is cast in one of the mincr roles that gives her the stage alone for a moment with her mother. Walter Gilbert and Estelle Winwood, with another member of the clln—Gevl‘Iil Drew Mendum—are other old friends who have come back for a visit. The cast is well chosen and capable throughout. B. M. McK. WASELuuw 'ON, Robin Hood Players Make Good in “Dutch Detective.” ALTHOUGH the Robin Hood Players are an amateur group, they at- tained the ‘professional standard last night in the St. Mary's Hall in their presentation of “The Dutch Detective,” by William Ben Hare. ‘Without attempting to be serious, and purely in the spirit of fun, the players really scored a hit in this satirical farce of a correspondence school detective, who, by his awkwardness and clumsi- ness, alded by a great stroke of luck, manages to catch two escaped lunatics. The story itself, while rather time worn, contains wit and humor that can- not be denied. The author has so Reupholstering Ask About Our Easy Monthly Payment Plan Tapestries, Mohairs, Brocades and Also Chair Caneing and_Porch Rockers Splinted 1?( Our Experts n, at the Now Preval for Two Days Only. Metropolitan 2062 D €. T woven his jokes into the smoothly run- ning dialogue that each -fits lm its proper place and seems logically in its place. However, it takes more than nooihly Tynning dialogue to make & successful play. Paul Messink, who ably directed the company, does well in the leading role of the detective. His continual fum- bling for his detective manual, his ac- cent and his unique method of catching i!lrlllllnl\l are good for many a hearty ugh. Others in the cast are Frances Man- cuso, Emmett Robinson, Lucy Leone, Joseph Marcellino, Antoinette Delnogro, Gino Simi, Regina Lavezzo, Stella Nicro and James Ferraro. ‘The play will be given again ton'l'ht. = o Englnh Cupid Bags Hunters. | Planning to be married in New York early next year, W. A. 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