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PAGE FOUR THE ORA Design of New Mission Playhouse JOHN STEVEN MCGROARTY AUTHOR AND DRAMATIC DIRECTOR MISSION PLAY HOUSE SAN GABRIEL CAL. ARTIST BRITTON, AGCIT. SAN GABRIEL MISSION CAFE DE ESPAÑOL With the breaking of the ground of San Gabriel, actual work has begun on the building of the new Mission Playhouse, the home of the Mission Play, by John Steven McGroarty which will be one of the most unique dramatic centers in the country. The plans, which have been drawn by Mr. Arthur Benton, known far and wide as the architect of the famous Mission Inn at Riverside, include the treatment of the whole tract of land which comprises some three and a half acres, and will be thoroughly in accordance with the community aspect of the old missions. The lot is an irregular flat-iron shape with the apex at the intersection of Mission drive and Santa Anita road. It will be enclosed with a wall of adobe, and surrounded by an arcaded walk. The main entrance will be near the site of the old grapevine, the mother of California vineyards, and there will be two side entrances to the enclosure, one in Mission drive, and one on Santa Anita road. The main building will seat twenty-five hundred people, and will be built of steel and concrete and adobe filler. The construction is in the hands of the J. Ellis McDonald company. The architectural lines follow the style of the old missions, and the entrance to the Playhouse will be an exact replica of San Antonio de Padua Mission, generally conceded to be the most beautiful mission in California. It, however, will be reproduced at San Gabriel in twice the size of the original. The stage will have a sixteen foot opening, and a fifty foot depth, and one of the most novel and modern arrangements is the building of permanent sets of scenery which will be mounted on electrically driven machinery. This will enable the building of a genuine adobe building, and the planting or real trees, and have the mapparently growing directly on the stage. Another distinctive feature of the playhouse is the arrangement of the alcoves on the Santa Anita-st side, which will permit ten automobiles to drive directly into the building, taking the place of boxes, and allowing the occupants of the machines to see the play without leaving their seats. The dressing rooms are thoroughly modern in every detail, and there is to be a green room for the use of the actors, and an apartment for Mr. McGroarty. Aside from these there will be a library of historical works, and an art gallery and the offices of the Mission Preservation fund. The miniature El Camino Real will be reproduced again, with new models of the old mission. The grounds will be arranged into several courts and patios and beautiful Spanish garden features. Also there will be an Indian village for the accommodation of the Indians in the play, and an interesting group of buildings which will be used as concessions of various kinds, including the Cafe de Espanola, which will make a specialty of serving Spanish dishes in true Spanish style, and a quaint little tea house, which will be run along English and American lines. Mr. Benton has been working on the plans for about three years and they are the result of exhaustive study of the particular needs of the Mission Play, adapted in the most artificially to conform to the old mission architecture, so that the Drs. McMullen & McMullen Osteopathic Physicians W. M. McMULLEN, D. O. General Practice and Fitting of Glasses. MRATUCE McMULLEN, D. O. Particular Attention to Women and Children. 502 N. Spadra, Corner Chapman Phono G3 Fullerton GREATER SANTA ANA EXPOSITION Manufacturers Merchants Exhibits— Pure Food Displays, Etc. Spring Fashion Revue Electrical and Household Show APRIL 1921 SUN MON TU TH FRI SAT 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Merchants and Manufacturers Assn., Santa Ana DIRECTORS: Pacific Coast Exposition Company THE ORANGE COUNTY PLAIN DEALER, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA On Playhouse, San Gabriel E.K. HOAK GENERAL MANAGER AND TREASURER connection with the building of the new Mission Playhouse is the fact that native California Indians are engaged in making adobe bricks from the soil, taken from excavations, for use in the new buildings, which is exactly the method which was pursued by the early Franciscan Padres in the building of the original missions. In addition to the Mission Playhouse buildings, other improvements will be made in San Gabriel. An interested friend of the Mission Play has bought a large part of the business section of the little town, which he will improve with an arcaded sidewalk to conform with the mission idea. Mission drive will be widened, and in the plaza directly opposite the Main entrance to the Mission Play there will be erected a monument to Fray Junipero Serra, representing him in the act of teaching the Indians—the labor to which he dedicated his life, and from which grew the present civilization. The building of the new Mission Playhouse marks the beginning of a new era of prosperity for San Gabriel, which will no doubt become one of the most picturesque spots in the country, and a magnet for thousands of visitors, for the fame of the Mission Play is widespread. During the summer months it is planned to use the gardens of the Mission Playhouse for concerts of typical Spanish music. CHINA AND SEMI-CHINA $7.50 up $12.50 up $23.50 up Music & Novelty Company H.J.EFKER Phone 70 building of the new Mission Playhouse will in no wise destroy the Spanish atmosphere of San Gabriel. The Mission Play is now in its tenth annual season. It has had its ups and downs, but it is made of the quality that lives, and it has now become a definite part of California, though for several seasons, it has rather outgrown its old quarters, and Mr. McGroarty has dreamed of a new playhouse. The Mission Play has never lacked friends, and much of its past success has been due to the sympathetic and financial support of such men as Frank Miller and William E. Hampton. The culmination of the present plans has been largely due to the executive ability and business management of Mr. E. K. Hoak, who has been manager of the Mission Play for three years. He is who has forged ahead toward the realization of the early dreams of the Mission Playof Mr. John Steven McGroarty, which is now a joint financial and artistic success. ANNIVERSARY SALE Specials for Friday Aprons, All Colors at $1.00 Children white —During this Anniversary Sale we will have This is our first Anniversary, and we have Spring Coats. We haven’t room, or space thruout our store, but below we will list a Some Extra Specials —Table Damask 64 inches wide; fine patterns regular price was $2.75 per yard. Anniversary Price ..... $1.38 Fine Swiss Imported Organdie —15 different shades including all the new Spring colors. Anniversary Price ..... $1.25 Some Extra Specials —Table Damask 64 inches wide; fine patterns regular price was $2.75 per yard. Anniversary Price ..... $1.38 Fine Swiss Imported Organdie —15 different shades including all the new Spring colors. Anniversary Price now ..... $1.25 Vanity Fair Silk Underwear At Anniversary Prices Dove Under Muslins At Wholesale Prices Munsing Underwear At Wholesale Prices Children’s Wash Hats At Anniversary Prices—75c each Soft Bleached Toweling 18 Inches wide, Anniversary Price—20c Hair Ribbons In pretty colors at Anniversary Price—25c ANNIVERSARY SALE THE PRINCE S Corner Center and Lemon Streets Thursday, April 7, 1921 STOKES DIVORCE CASE IS RESUMED NEW YORK, April 7—After a delay of several weeks to permit the defense to obtain additional witnesses, the divorce suit of W. E. D. Stokes, millionaire hotel proprietor, was resumed today. The recess was largely to give Edgar T. Wallace, California oil producer, who is named co-respondent in a separate suit, an opportunity to come here and refute testimony regarding his alleged relations with Mrs. Stokes. Wallace, who is expected to be the first witness for the defense, will testify that he has never seen Mrs. Stokes since her marriage and that at the time she is alleged to have been seen with him in a down-town apartment, he was in Mexico. Martin Littleton, counsel for Mrs. Stokes, said he would introduce evidence to show that Stokes, to deprive his wife of her financial rights, transferred $10,000,000 of his estate to W. E. D. Stokes, Jr. Stokes, Jr., was one of the original seven correspondents, but his name later was withdrawn. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST (Corner of Paulina and Adela-ste.) Teachers' meeting at 9:15 on Saturday morning. Suburban school at 8:45; church services at 11 a.m. The topic for the morning sermon will be "The Outcome of Religious Liberty." Young People's meeting will be held Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7:30 o'clock—REV. BASNEY, Pastor. MEXICAN CONDITIONS IMPROVE RAPIDLY "Conditions in Mexico are becoming more favorable every day for the Americans who hold agricultural interests there," said Warren Hillyard, who has just returned from a trip of inspection to his 320 acre ranch in the Southern republic today. "Time is required for any nation to settle down after a series of revolutions," but Mexico is settling very rapidly. Hillyard declared handicap in the settling of large areas along the coast is the clause in the Mexican constitution that prevents foreigners taking up land in those districts." Spring Time Specials BEAUTIFUL NEW TAFFETA DRESSES Values up to $39.50 Special $24.75 & $29.50 COATS & WRAPS —Latest styles in New Summer colors. Values up to $35.00. Special — $24.75 $29.50 values at ... $18.50 New Jersey Coats, all colors. 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Sh Hats Sees—75c each $20.00, Anniversary Price . . . $12.75 Toweling Anniversary Price—20c $25.75, Anniversary Price . . . $15.75 Others Anniversary Price—25c $26.50 Anniversary Price . . . $16.50 $29.75, Anniversary Price . . . $19.75 NCE STORE Anaheim, California ANNIVERSARY SALE