Variety (October 1914)

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22 VARIETY ^am_«^ LA MIL0 Advances on New York The Art represented by La Milo as the art of Sculpture is the one most distinguished by simplicity. Unlike Painting, it deals with form alone. Unlike Music, it is perceived all at once. There stands the statue, as may be seen in the poses that have made La Milo famous; a simple human figure, seemingly carved from the cold, lustrous marble, with ..nothing but its colorless self to tell its story and move the aouf of the beholder with the emotion of the beautifuL Reams of Proclamations in the Shape of Press Notices LA MILO The name that set Great Britain ablaze—The Face that launched a thousand V e n s—'I' h c Figure that inspired a hundred poems—The Beautiful Realization of the Ideal—The Woman who conquered prejudice and vanished Prudery in England—The cause ot a debate in the British House of Commons— 15,000,000 people have witnessed her perform- ance—8,000 C o 1 u m n s have been written about her in England, Scotland and Wales—Who played 380 consecutive nights at a leading West End Hall—Figured as Lady (iodiva in the La Milo P a g e a n t (Coventry 1907), n00,000 specta- tors— Witnessed by the Royal Family of Eng- land—Eulogized by W. T. Stead, Henry Labou- chere and Horatio Bot- tomley, and approved bv the Music I lall Commit- tee of the London Coun- ty Council and 80 Civic Bodies and Magistrates. The long threatened invasion of our peaceful POSEUSE, having during her eight years' camp portance to a state of peaceful submission, is si; our doomed territory. She has arrived on a swii convoying care of General Manager Cruickshank. The Inimitable Breat of Classical Studies m 6000th Performance. ¥ The Sculptured Masterpieces of Antiquity, as portrayed by La Milo, constitute the etherealized representation of the Human Form divine, de- picted according to the standard and canons of the inspired creators of such ideals from the earliest ages, and approved and applauded by the finest arbiters of Taste throughout the civilized world. THE OF_R AND Resplendent in her successes, fresh from a Continuity of Triui excels and leads, she inimitably presents the grandeur and ma strong approval of the elite of art, and the commendable appr All Properties, Scenery, and Effects employed in the La Milo Productions are originated, modelled, painted, and devised by La Milo and Cruickshank WORKS and STUDIOS: The Ark, Chester St., Liverpool, England