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18 BOSTON POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1920 FEMININE APPEAL PLAYS OVER Proper It a ffood, dean, wholesome comedy drama, full of humor and the right idea of life, it is the work of Willard Robertson and Xilboum Gordon, and is as bracing as the sunshine on an autumn Mrs. Harris, Only Woman Producer, Says Viewpoint Wins for Theatre Ever since the Nineteenth to the Constitution Sa'cnt into effect a point of Ricw has been given respectful at- flention by politicians, but long before that it had commanded respect £fnong theatrical managers and producers in thd person of Mrs. Henry B. Harris. Mrs.

Harris is the only woman theatrical manager and producer In the country. She came to Boston yesterday to direct the production of a new play at the Arlington Theatre on Monday. It is called Proper Tom Wise is the leading lan. ALMOST EIGHT YEARS manairer.s laughed good laturedly and shook their heads when hey heard that I had joined the said Mr.s. Harris when the Post i man called upon her at the Touralne last evening.

said that I would not last. Some of my best friends only gave six months lease of life in the business. W'ell I am here in Hoston competing with them for public patronage once more and it is now almost eight years since I The spirit with which she discussed these eight years of pioneer work in a that seems to depend upon fortune more than any other line of endeavor shows that Mrs. Haris has the courage of a big hearted eoman, a woman like Florence Nightin- She Is petite, as the French would ay, and round like a dumpling, but ler rotundity is the result of her com- lon sense and practical outlook on life. There i.s nothing airy or pretentious about Mrs.

Harris, knows I life and the theatre too well to have any illusions about either. A Compelling Personality XJnlike many women in business she does not affect stiff tailor made clothes. When the Post man greeted her looked very feminine in a short black latin tight fitting gown with a blouse if w'onderful blue, artistically cut and idorned with gold embroidered Orlen- .1 tabs. It was a rich, radiani wn such as only a woman of taste personality would Iselect. Personality is what Mrs.

Rich has In lagniflcent style. It is the thing that made her a success, it is the thing that has commanded respect from her competitors and obedience from that great temperamental throng that fills the stage behind the footlights. Can Do It if Man Can the public mind theatrical directors, managers and producers are a species of human bear. We have all leard stories of their calloused s.iid she. "They have been pictured as hard boiled eggs.

Well it is ili wrong. It does take considerable force of will and oftentimes of lung )wer to whip some plays Into shape, a woman can do it as well as a man, a woman she does not go ibout it 'in the same way that a man loes but the results are the same. Sometimes I think they are better. A woman tp the stage a wo- 1 point of view. After all it is what in the long run pleases woman that makes a show a success.

Shows Last There are some show's that appeal almost exclusively to men but they are of short duration. The show's make great successes are those appeal to women. Men go to the theatre mostly with the opposite They go where the lady w'ants lo go. In fact they go to the theatre SERVICES FOR FATHER OF MAYOR KIMBALL Memorial for Richard D. TCtmball, fathar of Mayor John V.

Kimball of Malden, and a retired member of tho Richard D. Kimball Heating and Ventilating Company, 6 Beacon street, Boston, who died Wednesday night at his summer home at Alton, N. will be held Sunday aftOmoon at the Congregational Church, West Medford, where Mr. Kimball lived at 304 High street. Burial will be tomorrow noon In the family lot at Dover, N.

H. Ho was born 78 years ago at Rochester. N. and died after an Illness of three years, during which time he was In retirement from active business. He Is survived by his wife and six sons.

Mayor Kimball of Malden, Dwight Kimball of New York, Charles W. Kimball, Richard H. Kimball. Kenneth G. Kimball and Grenville W.

Kimball, all of West Medford. EXPLAIN ASTO HEALTHJALKS City Officials Disclaim Indorsing Lectures Warning was issued yesterday by the Boston health department that an organisation acting under the name of the "American Health Society," which has been giving lectures In Boston was not acting under official auspices. Tho procedure of the organisation, the health board states, is to offer to lecture to an interested audience and at the conclusion of the address to solicit subscriptions for books which, according to the health information, are called the "Library of or some similar title. The health board states that while it does not wish "to discourage any legitimate business which may really tend to promote public health," at the same time the board states that the persons engaged In the work mentioned are "creating an impression that they are operating under official auspices." They are In no way "connected with the Boston health department nor have their methods or their books received the approval or endorsement of the department." Uniforms for Firemen Ready by End of Month Fire Commissioner John R. Murphy informed Mayor Patera yesterday that the new uniforms which are to be given to Boston firemen by the city will be ready for Issuance the end of this month.

To date the firemen have received only rubber coats. The commissioner explained that the uniforms were held up because the manufacturer was unable to get the cloth with which to make them. The Mayor expressed surp.ise that the uniforms had not been Issued. PULP MEN URGE FORESTRY PLAN Land Tax-Free Until Timber Catting Begins CHICAGO, Nov. new forestry policy for Senator tratlon was recommended today In reports read at the convention of the American Pulp St Papar Association.

The federal government is preparing to spend $60,000,000 on forestry In the next five years. In addition to large amounts to be expended Ijy individual States, It was said. The reports urge acquisition by State and federal governments of forest land and for reforesting. Extension of federal supervision of State and private forests and a single unified system of rsforsstlmr tadsrftt BTd other measures advooatsd. The pulp men also propsss that no itate or federal tasss bs ooUeotsd on forest land until outUng of the begins, and that the tax then be placed on the lumber.

This. It Was said, would stop cutting off yottbg tlniber to pay taxes. DEAD lOlST SOLDIER BROUGHT FROM FRANCE The body of Burton O. Fletehsr, Company lOlat Ingtneers. who died overseas Jan.

llll. has been brought baok to and wUl be buried from First Cadet Armory. Columbus avenus. with full mtlltary honors on Sunday at 1:80 p. m.

He was the son of Willard V. and Minnie C. Fletcher of Wlnohostsr. and leaves one Roland W. Fletcher.

He was bugler, First Cadeu, and when war was declared went overeeas ae eergeant In Company lOlat Engineers. White on special detail duty at Bordeaux, France, he contracted menlngltle, which caused hla death. Interment at Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester. ptocet Viete tte etei of Melt Uttte Ift ipMi tte If tte tteMt tr cteel It Mig fub on Iteilp itti wm with a tet teiwirt yjiiis CM IMt MRS. HENRY B.

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most of tho time to ploaee their fair The theatre today as perhaps never before Is strongly with the appeal of the feminine. For that reason I feel sure that a point of view has a place in the production of Asked how she secured her training for such responsibilities, she replied, "My husband, Henry B. Harris, came of a family of theatrical producers. His father, William B. Haiv ris.

was well known to for years In connection with tho Hollis Street Theatre. In the Tltanio disaster Mr. Harris lost his life and since his death I have carried on his tuslness. Trained by Husband "I received my training at his hands. Day after day and year after year I eat beside him in the theatre while he was directing the production of Lion and the "The Chorus and other well known successes.

Re- peatedly he would lean over and for my opinion of some feminine detail and I would scribble a suggestion or two on a slip of paper for him. It was his habit to consult me in this way on many details of stage production. In this way production became second nature to me. "One day I told him that I wanted to produce a play myself. He said he would let me4f I wrote the play.

Well, I wrote It, but stage management and playwrltlng are two entirely different things and so the play was never produced, but strange enough it was In connection with that play that we both went to Europe. The trip home cost Mr. Harris his life and made a producer out of me. Not Written but Rewritten "Strange as It may seem plays are not written, they are rewritten. By that I mean I have only-seen one play that was produced without being rewritten.

That Is why I eay that plays are not written but rewritten, A theatrical producer accordingly has to rewrite the plays submitted and then put them on. That is only a small part of the whole story but it may give some idea of work that a woman producer has to ace." Well, as the Post man gazed upon Mrs. Harris, with her eyes sparkling, her buxom figure, and her auburn hair, it did not seem that play producing for a woman was so wearing after all. Most producers that the Post man has known were gray haired and looked as if they had been fagged out nervously, but here was one as full of life and vivavity as a young colt. Cozy Corner for Love Scene Turning to the new play, Proner Mrs.

Harris said: there Is one.little detail In the play that will serve to illustrate what I by a point of view. The public has been trained according to a point of view in regard to the theatre. In following out that point of view tho love scene has been staged Invariably in the centre of the stage, with the lovers draped over a couch or a dinner or tea table. "Now in real life young people may spoon while they are at table or while they are seated on a couch, but they do not make love brazenly in the public gaze in the Middle of a room, I have Just tried to bring the theatre back to normal, and In doing so I have placed the love scene over in a corner of the stage. Cozy corners are always sought out by lovers.

Everybody knows that. First Trial in Boston "That Is merely an Illustration of what I have been trying to do. The 8UcceB.s of this unconventional treatment was assured to me by my experience with the Hudson Theatre in New York, where the shows have been 100 per cent successes. I have never had a failure there. At the Fulton Theatre, which I operate under a lease, success has also come to me, but this is the first time that I have come to Boston to start a new play upon Its career.

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