The day book. [volume], January 18, 1913, 2, Image 25

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Paris. President-elect Poin-
caire has resigned as premier. M.
Briand may get vacant place.
New York. William Cornell,
who has served 28 years for bur
glary, has patented burglar alarm
in his cell at the Tombs.
Atlantic City. City treasurer,
who has -investigated "dead dog
bounty" bookkeeping, will de
mand that people present tails
before they are paid.
New York. Lewis Remy,
chauffeur, ran down and killed
Thomas Ackerman, 64, New
burg, and was fined $20.
Newburgh, N. Y. Sheriff Lar
ry Servin, who started on hunt
ing trip Friday, ran one auto into
ditch, nearly killed man with an
other and finally gave up trip.
New York. Meyer Bloomfield
says one way to cure strikes is to
compel rich children to study in
dustrial and technical courses.
NEW YORK LETTER
By Norman.
New York, Jan. 18. Putting
the Bible on the stage has always
been a more or less dangerous un
dertaking. The peril of sacrilege lies near
on the one hand; on the other, so
strict an adherence to scriptural
narrative that dramatic. value will
be lacking.
It is 'doubtful whether any
playwright has ever steered so
skilfully between these rocks as
has Louis N. Parker in "Joseph
and His Brethren," the new
"pageant play" at the Century
Theater.
.There is no jine or action that
can give offense to the most de
vout, yet there is throughout the
most powerful appeal to the emo
tions; the play is drama of the
highest order.
The production of Liebler &
Co. is as magnificent a series of
spectacles as can be imagined.
Those previous triumphs of
stagecraft at the Century Thea
ter, "The Garden of Allah" and.
"The Daughter of Heaven," have
been outdone.
There are four acts and thir
teen scenes. They are a series of
gasps, so far as the audiences are
concerned. Perhaps the most
wonderful is "The Pyramid" a
scene in the desert, the sky full of
twinkling stars, a blood-red moon
low on the horizon, the great dark
pyramids marvels of scenic repre
sentation. But descriptions are
vain. The color, grandeur and
beauty of the various scenes can
not be put into words.
So far as acting goes, the play
is not only saved but exalted by
the splendid work of Brandon
Tynan as Joseph, James O'Neill
as Jacob, Howard Kyle as Simeon
(who is depicted as ringleader of
Joseph's wicked brethren and
Frank Losee as Potiphar. Some
others of the large cast read their
lines intelligently, but many there
are who rant and shout and mess
up most fearfully the ancient
form of speech in which. the dia
logue is written.
These defects of detail, how
ever, are lost sight of in the per
fection of the picture as a whole.
The auditor follows Joseph,
through his "vicissitudes to hij