OCR Text |
Show PROHIBITION TO BRING COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE 'Haiti MacKay Advise Using Buildings Build-ings as Centers for Drama, Community Com-munity Slnot and Enter-Ulnmnt. Enter-Ulnmnt. i Why not turn th corner saloon Into a eoiniuuiiltjr playhouse when the law effects the closing of these gathering places, asks Miss Hacel MacKaye, dl-roctor dl-roctor of the Department of Pageantry and Druina of'tbeTatlonal Young'Wo-men's Young'Wo-men's Christian Association) "I went over on the .West Side of New York one ntgbt,' recently to attend .couimuulty drama meetlag," Mk MacKayesaya to explaining bor theory, theo-ry, "and as I wa riding along 1 noticed how manjMudoons there were one on every comer end another In the middle mid-dle of ths block, It seemed, all ,Jut hlattag with lights. Those lights ought not to go out with prohibition. They ought' to shine for something worth while to all of tho people, and what better thun community drama and sings 1'' Miss MnfKuye few Is that the war has given a great Impetus lo popular Interest In drama and that tlirr.u-h pageantry and dramn a great deal hi the way of Amcrlcunlzatlou can be effected. ef-fected. ' ' Thrnhglrthe community center, if It be In a dlstrlctpoptilutcd largely of one foreign nationality, these people could present pageants of the life In their mother countries', translating them into KnglMi, so that American" und nlso the ouuger English (penklii" members of their household could tin-derstnnd tin-derstnnd and appreciate their traditions. tradi-tions. Amcrlcun nrt would ho greatly enriched tliti through the driiinii (Tf nil of the nations w!in.e peoples have settled In this country. On tho other luiliil American lihnts, American li'-tory li'-tory nuil American festival, even lawn such us child luhornnd minimum wage, could be Interpreted tov thphu. people by menus of pngenntry. "People. lmo been learning not only to work together, but to play together." togeth-er." "JIlss MnrKnyo snys, "particularly since the wur, when the people stood together In drlca and Inrgo pntrlotlc cnnitniinlly entertainments. The opportunity op-portunity to build up a great comma nlty organization Is now nt hand, und the time Is ripe for It. Why not utilize tho corner snloonl" |