The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 14, 1922, Page 18

TUE | Northwest Cities Star Play Critic and oe His Critic Go to Bat! The following letter by “J. P.M." and the answer to it by Glenn Hughes, dramatic critic for The Star, are printed here becauss they deal with an interesting and muchdiscussed question concerning dramatic crite Possibly they will throw Nght on the subject for you.—Bditor By “J. P.M.” ng (porte ormances, They are good erition Raitor The Star: of “artistio” productions which have Referring to letter by “Constant been given by slars and also re wong | Reader” in The Star regarding criti |hearsed for weeks before being pro o is a wonderful, penetrating, Jolam of Woodward Stock company | duced, or plays written by Shaw, Ib. by Mr. Hughes, of the University of ke that HEAL SKIN. DISEASES Hellingham and Chambers of ( o-upes ate with the Geattle Cha , Commerce ta presenting congress this seotion’s viewpotnt istration ship eubsidy bi lettors that reached t Friday moralr Judge George Donworth ts now Washington, D. G, and will appe before the joint committee of # and house as the representat! the Aberdeen chamber as well as ¢ looal organisation. Apply Zemo, Clean, Penetrat- Liquid ing, Antiseptic | Tt ts unnecessary lly competent criteine stock from and a0 the ly and effective. | ly m Kem sen and authors Hut men |for The Star and noblest thoughts and feeltr M can never really escape this sponribility DOESN'T GROW SENTIMENTAL I am acouned of belng uneym }panies are clever and put © |plays, Some of the plays p the Woodward have had lir | went over the heads of a great many jin the audience be of thetr hid [den meaning, cleverness and sophis | tieation. Mine Whitmore’s difficult perform. ance of the outrageous Mrs. Palmer | wan & great personal She had no sympathy with ter, What does this mean? The r to my mind tumph. er tt ts good or bad. Actors have tw the type she Was playing and couldn't always understand the moods of the character, but she played it for all it was worth and got away with ft In more pay they demand. Rut I clase over to rehearsal some day After all, & one pereon. companies: to treat them tmpartiaily, Cert of thelr productions I have prate Nearly alwa T have att: between the standard of # | 4 of the play it ase of “The Ow Mra. Palmer.” performed ree the Woodward theater, I defintt called the play poor, and reeret that been asked to play dramatic critic ls only Why get fussed up over on? Have opinions - Glenn Hughes } (Dramatic Critle for The Star} | ‘The foregoing letter from “J. P M.” raises « very profound and inter exting question: namely, the function lof a critic in general, and the func | ton of a newspaper drematic critic jin particular, There are so many ythe ores regarding eritictarn that for lobviows reasons they cannot be pre lewnted here. It may well, how jever, for me to make ra few points regarding my own attitude to part for wh I can see no unfairness od because Alexia Luce (at the on play his excellent ability, If T SHIN” season’s open. Picnic time point of view than some of these is here. When a man’s “starved to death” Til- lamook Cheese just hits.the spor! A good thing to remember when you fix the picnic lunch. Or if he wants a sandwich to slip into his pocket, ne it a generous slice of “Tillamook” be tween buttered bread! “Tillamook” ts the original trademarked cheese. It is made im a little valley where herds graze all year ‘round on succulent green pastures. Every single ts stamped with the name “Tillamook”. 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Mr. Hughes ought to take bis) Concerning Seattle's two stock ‘os. ean I have tried very herd ain a Mise Whitmore should hay: the wag not terperamentally sulted tm thin Similarty, I have repéatedily lament theater) has been held to parte which gave him little opportunity to die not know that there are in the mar ket many plays better from every cently produced at either of the looal stock houses I should not have made | I tnatet that I do realize the prod Ws | 3) a? UTEAUCUUOATEAUUCTOOUAUATGURLOUOCH SUTAEEOOA AAO AUTUUNOGTEOSATGLGEAUUOEE O00 020001 FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1922. next r chief in 1917 meeting. Me held the, office of the bur fieott C. Bong now gov Maurice D. Leehey was electeg | view-chatrman of the bureat, succsed. ing KE. B. Burwell Alaska Bureau Now | Headed by Pigott William Pigott, who has been an active inember of the executive com mittes of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commeres, waa | elected committee | etter @ significant statement ts | made, and one with which I heartily | « ‘amatio aritio Is only one eritic opinion can be only his \mary th This ia a fact which everyone ing dep should realise, The differe tween « prem agent and that the former ature 1" to on t atic for it turne the TIME WAS UP unanimousl opinio: & camoufinged press ae Ne hy pr -4 t The Bier bes never yot|chairman Thursday at a meeting! Curloue—What went wrong at thy “ in ingle suggestion to me re-|held in the Arctic club. He suceseds | weddi t . assumption that their r garding the attitude which I should|Jobn P, Hartman, Mr. Pigott wil tere ar Mterested In the honest personal Aamume toward any production, This assume the chairmanship at ne | pired. should be known by those who be Heve in freedom and fairness. pressions Of some person who In the eyes of the editor tm competent to tate his impressions in readable style. he SEEKING INFORMATION the profennor ed = catoh au There are no absolute standards for the t rt | “| | “A fool,” student who How Nucoa is Made or or for Bisappearing quid and is soothing apy 40 the most delicate skin, Get It to Washington, permit me to say that like Mr. Hughes wider the aver J. PM” acousee me of being an is ail & question of p ask things a Wise man @ay and save all further distress. jT do not think @ we profesor, /age play and the it is produced | “art for art's sake” type of man. 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