Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1904 — PLAYS AND PLAYERS. [ARTICLE]

PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Thomas E. Shay has started upon his summer campaign of fishing near his cottage at Belfast, Me. J. Cheever Goodwin, who wrote th« book of “Evangeline,” has had a share in the libretto of “The Queen of Laughter.” James A. Herne devoted three years to “Rev. Griffith Davenport,” which was a failure, and finished “Sag Harbor,” which was a success, in a fortnight With the appearance of Thomas Jefferson’s daughter in her father’s company next season the Jefferson family will add another to the many who adorn the stage. Hans F. Robert, the cuckoo in “Woodland,” like William Collier, started his stage career as a call boy. Mr. Robert was for three seasons with the late Augustin Daly. “La Belle Marseillaise,” a new historical drama by Pierre Berton, author of “Zaza” and "Yvette,” is scheduled for production at the Ambigu theater, Paris, in November next. Gawt of DeSaltioaa. If you have never played the game Sf definitions, try it Each player is •applied with a pencil and a strip of paper. One of the party selects a word, which the others must define la not more than fifteen words. The papers, which beer the player’s name at the top, are folded and thrown In a hat Player No. 1 then draws them forth, reading each aloud in turn, a dictionary most be provided, and the player whoee definition most closely resembles the one in the book wins the game and selects the nextword to be used.