Bernard Shaw seems more popular in Austria than in England. in Vienna two of his plays have been already put on and played to packed houses. "Widowers' Houses," which appears in its German translation as "The Hypo-cute" (Der Heuchler) was appropriately put on in celebi his birthday, this bel first play. The German Folk The-ate gave this, with an excellent st and the Josephsteadter Theatre is now giving "Fanny's First Play," also excellently performed. 'To one who has seen the English productions humorous situation seem at times a little over played, but the interpretation on the whole is very good. Shaw' German translator, Siegfried Tre-bitch, lives in Vienna, and Shaw has often expressed his appreei tion of his work, saying that hi ability as a playwright was re-agnized in Germany before it was in England.
The Sunday Procession There would be ore. Now that autumn is here and all the opera theatres and vaudevilles have open ed one may look forward with confidence to some sort of procession for every Sunday morning. The only difficulty is in remembering it soon enough to allow ten extra minutes for the necessary detours in getting to church. it was the turn of the Free-Thinkers. Evidently one begins to think freely very young in Australia, for there was even a baby carried in the long lines of marching men, women,.and children. The pansy (for thoughts?) is their emblem, and_was worn in button-holes and carried as insignia on the banners, along with inscriptions reading: "Separate Church and State!" "lands Of the Schools!" "No Parochial School Taxes!" "For. watd with Marriage Reform!" "Freedom means Free Thinking' and "Keep the Church out of the Schools." The demonstrators were largely of the Inbouring classes it seemed and there were many groups of boys and young girls. "ach clu lieber!" gasped an dignant Indy viewing the parade from the footpath: "The very five-year-olds say, they no longer need a Herr Gott."
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