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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
8
The article lauds Maude Adams as among the foremost masters of stage craft. It notes her notable productions including Xthantecle and The Little Minister, highlighting her refined intelligence and artistic skill that elevate her standing in the theatre.
Miss Adams leads a stage lighting revolution discarding footlights for soft brilliancy and cycloramas at the Colonial on October 16. Her production of A Kiss for Cinderella features twenty nitrogen lamp fixtures powering a sky scene inspired by Maxfield Parrish, depicting heavenly portals.
A British correspondent in Paris reports American soldiers continually increasing in France. He notes Americans are a familiar topic, their trucks and infantry columns visible in villages, and their early freshness giving way to seasoned fighting. He praises their morale and adaptability while highlighting homesickness and the pace of their arrival.
A captured army order details German ruthlessness in occupied France south of the Vesle river. It requires all civilians able to work to serve the army and sets daily pay in paper money at 50 cents for men 17 to 20, 49 cents for men and women, and 30 cents for boys 15 to 17.
The passage reflects on courage and confidence as normal states, the duty to meet examination with dignity, and the aspirational moment of rising to one’s full spiritual stature when facing crisis, a closest approach to a godlike human condition.
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