Annie Therese Davault

              Annie Therese Davault
The Melting Pot
By ISRAEL ZANGWILL
"The Melting  Pot"  aroused tremendous interest and by many is considered the most vital play of the century.    It awakened patriotism in all who heard the inspiring words of the Jewish immigrant who found his haven in  our  country, and  whose  love  drama touched the hearts of all.    The closing climax brought thousands to their feet in patriotic enthusiasm:—"There she  lies—the great  Melting Pot!    There gapes her mouth —the harbor where a thousand mammoth feeders come from the ends of the world to pour in  their human freight.   Ah, what a seething and a stirring!   Celt and Latin, Slav and Teuton, Greek and Syrian—black and yellow—Jew and Gentile! How the great Alchemist melts and fuses them with his purging flame.   Here shall they all unite to build the Republic of man and the Kingdom of God."
"The Music Master "
by CHARLES  KLEIN
No play of the age has made the wonderful impression the "The Music Master" made on the play-going public from one end of the country to the other. Probably a million people saw David Warfield in this masterpiece of pathos and comedy and its tenderness and simplicity touched all hearts. The music master's quaint philosophy and cheery spirit in the midst of trials, is a lesson and an inspiration. "When you are married, Jenny, I shall not be here.    But keep to
your house, love your husband, stay at home. Don't search here, there and everywhere for excitement! The real happiness for the mother is always in the home, always, always! One im¬prudent step and the mother's happiness goes, and the father's, too."
"When   I   think    of   the   many,   many
kind hearts in this world — I — I just feel happy, that's all!”
Peg O' My Heart
By J. H. MANNERS
Joyous, honest Peg teaches her rich, snobbish relatives, and teaches you as you listen to her, that sincerity and a touch of sympathy and understanding, go farther than anything else in the world. You can't laugh and cry with her, as you undoubtedly will, without realizing that after all, this is a pretty good old world if we only want to have it that way. Forget your own little troubles, and do as Peg advises: "Ye know three meals a day, a soft bed to slape in, and everything you want besides, makes you mighty discontented. If ye'd go down among the poor once in a while and see what they have to live on, and thry to help them, ye might find comfort and peace in  doing it."
MISCELLANEOUS   PROGRAMS   ARRANGED   UPON   REQUEST
Annie Therese Davault
The    AFFTT TATFD   BUREAUS     COIT, Cleveland-WHITE, Boston — MUTUAL, Chicago —ALKAHEST, Atlanta— DIXIE, Dallas
Polly of the Circus by Margaret Mayo
Listen, Polly, God is greater than church or creed. There's work to be done everywhere—His work."
Imagine a dear  little  circus girl,
in her spangles and tulle, dropped
right down into a young minister's
home!    That's   what  happens
when Polly is injured in the circus ring, and when the circus goes
on and leaves her to recover in Rev. John Douglas' house, many
other things happen.   The minister learns that there are many good
things outside of his own church, even in the heretofore despised
circus, and Polly finds love and a home.    But the lovers have many
a difficulty before they marry, and complications arise, including interference
by the narrow-minded village folk, who do not think it proper for their
minister to marry a circus rider.
The quaint sayings  of  Polly, and  exquisite love scenes make this play epecially appealing.
A Christmas Carol
By CHARLES DICKENS
In all the corners of the earth Charles Dickens, great writer and humanitarian, is honored, and probably the best known and best loved of all his writings is "A Christmas Carol/' You never tire of the tale of old Scrooge and the Spirit making their rounds, while the old miser changes into   a   man   eager  to   relieve  the  suffering   of   all   around   him.
"He became as good a friend, as good a master and as good
a man as the good old city knew,
or any other good old city, town, or
borough, in the good old world; and
it was always said of him, that he
knew how to keep Christmas well,
if any man alive  possessed the
knowledge.    May that be truly said
of us, and all of us!    And so, as
Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!"      A CHRISTMAS CAROL
ANNIE THERESE DAVAULT
PROBABLY no reader has aroused more genuine enthusiasm or given such deep enjoyment as Miss Davault with her appealing charm and rare versatility. With keen insight and sympathetic appreciation of the foibles, humors, joys and tragedies of everyday life, she has made human nature her study as well as books and plays. She truly reflects the inner life of the characters she depicts. Gifted with a voice of wonderful range, rich quality, and a dramatic instinct that makes her characters fairly live before her audiences, Miss Davault gives an evening's entertainment which critics are unanimous in pronouncing unique among lyceum events. Return engagements are an indication of Miss Davault's success, and in many cities her readings are annual events of general interest.
PRESS COMMENTS
Miss Annie Davault, a young woman of extraordinary attainments, held a large audience spellbound throughout her profoundly dramatic reading of Israel Zangwills "The Melting Pot" at the Auditorium, Sunday afternoon. It seemed that the new born, but intense patriotism of David, the Jewish immigrant, was not greater than the patriotism of Miss Davault; throughout the recital of love of country and love of a woman, she was whole heartedly absorbed in the affairs of her characters. A fine appreciation of emotional values and a masterly comprehension of the plot and purport of the play enabled Miss Davault to keep always before her audience the thread of the argument. Miss Davault is young, and she is attractive. She has the adaptable, mobile temperament essential to the interpretation of many roles, and a voice of rare persuasion and warmth. —Houston (Tex.) Post, Nov. 1, 1915.
The audience at the Auditorium Sunday afternoon to hear Miss Davault in the "Music Master," was one of the most attentive that has come under the spell of an Auditorium artist in a long time. Possibly any and all criticism of Miss Davault's work can be summed up in the simple statement that the eyes of many men in the audience were moist.—Houston (Tex.) Post, Oct. 19, 1914.
Annie Therese Davault gave the best reading ever given at our Chautauqua. She impresses one as being perfectly natural. Her art is the art that conceals art, perhaps, but she made a strong appeal to the audience.
—Attica (Ind.) Daily Ledger.
Miss Davault is a reader of rare ability, interpreting whatever she attempts with a perfection that astonishes even the most exacting critic.
—Paris (III.) Morning Gazette.
Miss Davault is unquestionably one of the most talented readers and character delineators of the day. Hers is one of those rare natures that can reflect back life and character as it is, and make you feel as though you were in the presence of the original.
—Keokuk (Iowa) Daily Constitution-Democrat.
The strength of Miss Davault's delivery is well displayed by the manner in which she governs the emotions of the audience, bringing tears or hearty laughter at will.
—Cooperstown (N. Y.) Freeman s Journal.
A strong, clear, even, well controlled voice, a good physique, a pleasing stage manner, a total forgetfulness of self (so seldom seen on the platform), coupled with an artistic and sympathetic temperament, make it possible for Miss Davault to accomplish marvels.—Fostoria (Ohio) Times.
My Dear Miss Davault:                                                                              New York City, April 24, 1915.
On behalf of our members, I wish to thank you for the very fine entertainment which you gave us last evening. Your reading of "Polly of the Circus" held the men for a whole hour, in spite of the fact that many of them were obliged to stand during the entire period. I do not know that we have ever had a reader here who pleased the men more and who put more into her work than you have done in the three programs which you have given us.
With best wishes for your further success, I am,    Very truly yours, RAY N. BRINKMAN,
Social Secretary, 23rd St. Y. M. C A