EVENING LEDGBE PHILADIlltPHtA, TUESDAYt OCTOBER 6,. 1014.
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iS00IAL LIFE IN AND ABOUT
"' PHILADELPHIA
MRS. STANLEY GRISWOLD FLAGG, JR.
Mrs. Flagg entertained at a bridge luncheon yesterday, at her tonic In Villanova. Mr. and Mrs.
Flag? will move into their town house, 1723 Spruce street, the latter part of the month.
AT
T TUB tea which Frederick L. Bally will
give nt his country sent, Cloverton, on
Lancaster pllte, Ardmore, on SaturJay after
noon, October 17, from 4:30 until 7 o'clock, to
Introduce Ills daughter. Miss Edith II, Bally,
Miss lJally will he assisted In receiving by
Miss Jean N'ewbold Thompson, Mis. Elsa
Heath, Miss Virginia Roberts, Miss Mary B.
Cla)ton, Miss Charlotte Harding Brown, Miss
Lucia A. Warden, Miss Hansel! French Earle.
Miss l.oulso Davis, Miss Mary Wood Bally,
Miss Christine Nowhnll Clark, Miss Margaret
Corllcs and Miss Clarke. Miss Theodate It
Bally and Mrs. Theodore Mitchell Hastings,
elatcrs of Mis? Bally, will receive, and with
them will be Mrs, J. Bertram Llpplncott, Mrs.
Henry Paul Bally nnd Mrs. John Morgan. Miss
Bally, with her vivacious and charming man
ner, promises to bo one of the most populai
of this year's buds, and already a number
of entertainments have been planned In her
honor. On November 3 her father will give a
dance ot the Merlon Cricket Club, nnd on
Tuesday night, January 5, Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Wharton Llpplncott will give a dance In
her honor at the Itltz-Carlton.
Mrs. Jamos Maurnn Rhodes, of 111 Glenn
road, Ardmore, entertained n. few friends very
Informally nt luncheon today. Tho.v will
afterward play auction. The gueeta are Mrs.
Theodore Voorhces, Mra. Arthur Sewall and
Mrs. Charles M. Lea. '
Mr. and Mir. Rhodes have as their guests
for several months their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. C Borle Rhodes, nnd
their little son.
Mrs. Jamc3 Large has Issued invitations for
a tea to he given nt her country place, Sum-
IH
,imer I'reet, Oravers lnne and Ardmore avenue,
IJtJhestnut Hill, on Wednesday afternoon. Oc-
Der 21, from 4 until 7 o cloclt, to introduce
er niece, Mlts Isnbcl Wurts Page. The card
f Mr and Mrs. William Byrd Page, parent
of Miss Page, Is inclosed.
Mr and Mrs. Henry Augustus Berwind will
formally introduce their daughter. Miss Mar
garet Berwind. at a The' Dansant, at their
country place, AVclrwood, Radnor, on Wed
nesday, October 14, from 4 to 7 o'clock. They
' Will be assisted In receiving by Mrs. Edward J.
Berwind, Mrs. Beverley Robinson Potter,
Mrs. John Collin Welty, Mrs. Alexander Brln
lon Coxe, Mrs. John E. Berwind, Miss Julia
U. Berwind, Miss Margaret Dunlap, Miss
JKatharlne Ashhurst Bowie, Miss Jean N'ewbold
Thompson, Mhn Charlotte Rush, Miss Mary T.
Dcnekla, Miss Alice Chapman Thompson, Miss
Mary Winter Ballv. Mis Frances Tyson. Miss
j Margaret Handy Burton, Miss Virginia Rob
erts, Miss Charlotte Harding Brown, Miss Mary
fituart Wurts, Miss Ruth Coxe, Miss Susan B.
lrgersoU, Miss Elsa Reath, Miss Cordelia Bld-
j' die. Miss Pauline Dlsston, Miss Margaret Fitter,
J Miss Edith R. Ellison, Miss Elizabeth Thomp-
J, eon. Miss Anna Walthour, Miss Inez Drayton,
, Miss Mary Evelyn Chew.
i Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Grove, of KS Tulpe-
I hocken street, Oermantown, will entertain at
dinner tomorrow night, at the Ksslngton Yacht
B Club. The guests will go down to the Tacht
l Club with Mr. and Mrs. Grove on the Navy
lard tugboat. They will Include Captain W.
S Benton, U. S. N., and Mrs. Benson, of tha
J avy Yard; Mrs. Benson's sister, Miss Murray,
t Pittsburgh; Lieutenant Commander "W. 51.
Hunt. U. H. N., and Mrs. Hunt.
Mrs. John Miykoe, who has been spending:
ome time at Bar Harbor since her return
rom Europe In July, will not open her house)
t 1630 Locust etrcet until some time In Novem-
er.
Miss Eieanorn Hlsnlinm. who will be Intra-
I fuced at a dansant by her parents, 5tr. and
Mrs. Samuel nispham, at the Acorn Club Frl-
fuajr. .-.mtniuer 6. has completed the list ot ner
receiving party, and It now Includes MUts Anna
Blnney Brlnton. Miss Caroline Ives Brlnton,
Miss Marjorle Taylor, Miss Dorothea Ober
teuffer, Miss Marjorle Morris, 5Ilss Katherlne
55. Ogden. Miss Hanselt French Baric. Miss
Katherlne Tcnney, Miss Frances Tyson, Mlsa
Katherlne V. Seeler. Miss Barbara Blspham.
Miss Mary Arrean Sillier and 5Uss Emma
shton Dorr.
Dr. and Mrs Norton Downs, of Fordhooke,
hree Tuns, will entertain at dinner tonight
i honor of Miss Margaret Moore Rlker. of
ew ork. who will be their artiest for sev
eral weeks.
Mr and Mrs. Louis Rodman Page, of Rose
rnoni. mil entertain at dinner tonight.
Mrs w icrcy Simpson entertained at
luncheon today in honor of Miss Alice Chap
man Thompson.
ALONG THE MAIN LINE , .
QVEBBnooK-Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Fraley.
vho are spending this month with Mrs. Fraley's
areata. Mr. and 5Ira. William H. Horstmann.
kt Norwynden. will open their home, 1701 D
Uancey plac, tne flrst ot N0vember. Doctor
rraley has, however, opened his oftlce, and Is In
wn every day.
ir, and Mrs. William, iJcCahan have returned
to their home, 64th street nnd Overbroolt ave
nue, for tho winter season.
MEMON Mr. and Mrs. K. Earle Haines, of
Maple avenue, will leave this week for Lynn,
Mass., whoro they will celebrate their second
wedding anniversary, Friday, at the home of
Mrs. Haines' mothor, 51rs. C. H. Plnkham. Mr.
and 5Irs. Haines will return to Merlon about the
10th of this month.
Mrs. G. Martin Brill has closed her Chelsea
cottage and opened her home on Morion avenue.
Jlr. and Mrs. F. P. Carter, of Beacom road,
have returned home nfter a oummer spent at
their Ocean City cottage.
wyisnewood Mr. nnd Mrs. Norman Cantrell
are receiving congratulation on tho birth of a
son, John Abbott Cantrell. 5Irs. Cantrell will be
remembered as JIIss Dorothy Haines.
Mr. nnd 5Irs. Webster King Wctherlll, who
recently closed their summer home at James
town, It. I., have opened their home, Kent and
Aubrey roads.
PHESTNUT HILL
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Dlsiton, who were In
Europe at the time of war declaration and re
turned to this country several weeks ago, have
leased the house which was formerly owned by
G. Helde Norrls, on Rex avenue nenr Seminole
avenue. Highland. Mrs. Dlsston, before her
marriage last .June, was Miss Jessie Williamson.
5Irs. William E. Goodman Is giving a bridge
party today at her home in Chestnut Hill In
honor of her sister, Mrs. Joseph Wear, who will
be remembered as Miss Adeline Potter.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gaylord will spend sev
eral days this week as the guests of airs. Gay
lord's parents, air. and airs. Henry Bell, of 215
West Evergreen avenue.
GERMANTOWN
ailss Virginia Hnrtshorne, who spent the
summer In Maine, has taken apartments at tha
Delmar for the winter, ailss Hartshorne's sister,
who has been doing missionary work In Japan
for some yenrs, has returned to this country,
and will spend the winter with her.
Mr. and airs. R. aiarshnll Trultt, of Greene
street and Westvlew avenue, have returned
home from Cape May, where they Bpent July
nnd August.
airs. S. M. Fleischman and her daughter,
Miss Katharine Fleischman, of 342 Church lane,
have returned from Atlantic City, where they
spent several weeks.
airs. A. LeC. B. Snow, Miss Marlon Brooks
Snow and Miss Anne LeC. Snow have returned
from Brook's Vale, Conn., to their home In
Queen Lane Manor.
Miss Clara S. Smith, who spent the summer
at Wlldwood, returned last week to her home
on West Chelten avenue.
airs. C. A. Spelget Is spending a few weeks
In Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Moore left last week
for a stay of several weeks in Chelsea.
Mrs. Jacob Rex Hortter and the Misses
Hortter, of Pelham road, have returned to their
home from Avon-by-the-Sea.
Mr. and Sirs. Charles Henry Gummey, of
Hit McCallum street, have returned to their
home from Ocean City.
51r. and Mrs. Richard P. Bennls have closed
their cottage In Chelsea, and returned to their
house at Chew and Price streets,
ALONG THE READING
ailss Caroline Llpplncott and Miss Mary W.
Llpplncott, who are at present the guests of
Mr. and Mrs Wilmer W. Hoopes, at "Old
aieadows," Paoll, will return to "Rabbit Hill,"
their home at Chelten Hills, the early part of
the week.
Miss Marlon Sharpless, daughter of air. and
airs. Townscnd Sharpless, of Chelten Hills, who
has been visiting In Bayslde, I. I., for the
past ten days, left on Friday to be the guest
for several days of airs. Armltage Whitman,
at Great Neck, Long Island. Miss Sharpies
will return home today. '
51r. and 51rs. Newell C. Bradley have re
turned from Nantucket, where they spent the
summe-. nnd are now occupying "Spring Val
ley Farm." their home at Huntingdon A'alley,
for the winter.
Mrs. Theodore Voorhees, who spent the sum
mer at York Harbor, Sle., has returned to Col
ony House, her home at Elklns Park, for the
winter.
Among those who entertained at dinner at
the Huntington Valley Country Club on Satur
day nlsht were ilr. and Mrs. J. Henry Hentz,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Ross. E. Rltten
house Sillier. Frederick Jordan, Sir. and aire. J.
B. S. Rex, W. 51. Jeffords and W. W. Hancock.
Sirs. Leonard Roadhausen, of 1019 Duncan
non avenue, Logan, entertained the first of
a series of bridle parties of the season, at her
home, Saturday afternoon. Her guests were
Miss Jane Curran, Miss Evelyn Slocum, Sliss
Marjorle Slocum, Miss Helen Lupton, Miss
Josephine Scott, SIUs Uegee, Miss Ethel
Kneass. Miss Myra Smith, Sir. Sluller, Mr.
Montgomery, and Mr. Kenworthy.
Mlas Jane Curran has returned from her
cotUgn In Ocean City, N. J., where h spent
the summer with her parents, to her home,
6902 Lawnton avenue, oak Lane.
WESTrlitLADELPHIA
Mm. Q. Francis Srrtlth, of 4021 Pine alreet,
who had not heard from her brother, Arthur
Knight, since tho outbreak of the war, re
centty received a letter from him, by way of
the United States Government, saying ho was
safe In Dresden. Mr. Knight has lived abroad
'for the last 17 years, ,
M. A. Dempsey nnd daughters have close.d
their home at Langhorne and returned to
4431 Baltimore avenue for tho winter. Miss Mary
U. Dempsey's engagement was recenlfy an
nounced to Basil Harris, of lrvlngton-on-the-Hudson,
Miss Mary A. Dohnn, ot 314 South 40th street,
spent the week-end In Point Pleasant as the
guest of Sir. and airs. William J. Dooner. '
SIlss Teresa StcN'ulty, of 3C06 Baring street,
spent tho week-end In Atlantic City.
SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA
Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. W. 51.
Hunt motored to Buck Hill Falls, Pa., Inst
week, where they were tho guests ot Sir.
Thompson, nt the Buck 1X1)1 Falls Inn, over
the week-end. They returned by motor on
Monday, air. Thompson accompanying them.
Lieutenant Commander O. B. Landenberger
nnd Sirs. Landenberger are entertaining Sirs.
Georgo Sloody, of Bangor, Sic., at their home,
2501 South Garnet street.
Sirs. Adolph Bohlau and SIlss Eva Bchtau
havo Issued cards for a masquerade dinner, to
be given at their home, 2202 South Sixth
street, next Friday evening. Among the guests
will be SIlss Elizabeth Barrett, SIlss Helen Col
lins, SIlss Ethel Kay, SIlss Emma Brown, SIlss
Elizabeth Thomas,' SIlss Elsie Clarke, SIlss Lil
lian Butcher, SIlss Mary Scott, Miss Letttln
Redmond, ailss Lottlo Helmuth, Mlsa Lynch,
SIlsi Nettle Kennedy, and Slcssrs. Nicholas
Slullln, John SIcDovltt. William Illnkel, Croon
Griffin, Harry aicSIpnomy, Allen Crnnc, Thomas
Fay, Benjamin Best, SIclburn Fielding, Joseph
Baker, Chnrlcs Stnckhousc, Harry Godshall nnd
Alfred Crlpps.
NORTHWEST PHILADELPHIA
SIlss Helen Dclchler, of Lancaster, Ta., has
been tho guest of Sir. nnd Sirs. Guy Brown,
of 2501 North Seventeenth street, for the last
week.
Albert Norton, of 1530 Diamond street, will
deliver a lecture on his trip through" the Philip
pine Islands, India and Europe, ondlnjf with
his persona! experiences in connection with tho
present war", Thursday evening, at the West
York Street Slethodlst Episcopal Church,
southwest corner Seventeenth and York streets,
SIlss Helen Gclger, of 3134 Diamond street,
will entertain on Thursday, October 8, at
luncheon, followed by a theatre party at
Keith's, In honor of SIlss Slary B. Harris, of
Stenton, Pa., whose marriage to George Scltz,
of New York, will take place October 28, and
her bridesmaids, SIlss Adalyn Palmer, SIlss
Evelyn McComct, SIlss Emily Brooks, Miss
Loulso Emerson, of Boston; Mrs. Robert Cole
man nnd Sirs. Connor.
TIOGA
ailss Grace 51. Wade will entertain the mem
bers of the Theta Gamma Sorority at a dansant
on Saturday afternoon, at her home, 1514 West
moreland street. Her guests will Include ailss
Lydla Pnrkcr, SIlss Edythe Witsll. SIlss Helen
Baxter Nason, SIlss Ellen Clay Patterson, SIlss
Christine Firing Van Gunten, SIlss Helen Slur
ray, SIlss Edith Alios, Miss Dora Wotherspoon.
Sirs. William Newlands has returned from At
lantic City, where she has been spending the
summer months, to her home, 4152 North Broad
street.
The alumnae chapter of the Sigma Lnmbda
Fraternity of the Girls' High School will give a
"000" party for charity at Slosebach's, Thir
teenth street and Glrard r venue, Saturday after
noon, October 17, at 2:30 o'clock.
Lee 51. Ray, of 2120 West Tioga street, with a
party of friends, will attend the world's srles
baseball games to be held In aoston, ns well as
Philadelphia.
DEBUTANTE AFFAIRS
Miss Eleanor Porchcr Second of Debutantes to
be Presented at a Tea This Season.
SIlss Eleanor Porcher, daughter of Sir. and
Jlr na. Samuel Porcher, of Navahoe avenue,
Chestnut Hill, will be formally presented this
afternoon at a large tea which will be given
by her parents.
Owing tothe still warm weather the guests
will bo received out of doors as well as In the
reception rooms, whoro they will do Introduced
to 'SIlss Porcher. The house Is beautifully and
artistically decorated with palms and autumn
colorings, which make a wonderful background
for the numerous baskets nnd quaint old-fashioned
bouquets which have been sent to the
debutante.
Silas Porcher will wear a simple girlish frock
of white embroidery. She will be assisted In
receiving by a number of her friends, who WIS
Include SIlss Isabel Wurts Page, SIlss Slary
Ballard, SIlss Marlon E. Savage, Miss Hester
Anderson, Miss Slary Frances Fisher, SIlss
Edith it. Ellison, SIlss Caroline Slnkler nnd
SUss Josephine Plnckney, of Charleston, S. C,
and SIlss Josephine Sturgls, of Boston.
Receiving with Sirs. Porcher will be Mrs.
oberts Lowrle, Sirs. J. V. W. Reynolds and
Sirs. F. G. Galllard.
Sirs. H. Gordon SIcCough and Jlrs. Wlnthrop
Sargent will preside at the ten table.
An Informal dinner-dance will be given after
the tea for the receiving party and a few ad
ditional guests.
SIlss Caroline Slnkler, SIlss Josephine Plnck
ney, of Charleston, and Mlsa Josephine Stur
gls, of Boston, who came on to receive with
ailss Porcher, will be the guests of Sir. and
Sirs. Porcher until the end of this week.
MANY BRIDES GRACE
FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER
Weddings in Various Sections of the
City Carry Out Autumn Coloring in
Decorations.
Sliss Irma Lott Beaumont, daughter of Sir.
and Sirs. George N. Beaumont, of 3350 North
22d street, will be married to Ralph McKelvey
tonight In the Temple Baptist Church, 22d and
Tioga streets. The ceremony will be per
formed by the pastor, the Rev. Thomas Bird.
Sir. Beaumont will give his daughter in mar
riage, and SIlss Dorothea Dlngee, the maid of
honor, will b her only attendant. Earl Adair,
of Allegheny, Pa., will be best man. The
ushers wll) be Earl Genende, Albert Cresson,
William Rswllng and Spencer M. Lees. The
ceremony will be followed by a reception at
the home of the bride's parents. The house
will be decorated with yellow and white dahlias,
chrysanthemum, palms and ferns. The bride
will wear a gown of white latin trimmed with
duchess lace. Her tulle veil will be arranged
with orange blossoms, and she will carry a
bouquet of white roses and lilies of tho valley.
The frock of the maid of honor wlU be of
pale-yellow satin, with nn overdress of flow
ered chiffon ornamented with silver trimming.
She will carry a shower bouquet of yellow
dahlias. On their return from an extended
wedding trip the couple will llvo nt 2311 At
lantlo street, and will receive after Novem
ber 15.
O'BRIEN-CULBERTSON.
The marriage of SIlss Edna B. Culhertson,
sister of Thomas H. Cutbertson, of 6018 North
Sixteenth street, nnd Clarence J. O'Brien, of
2625 North Nineteenth street, will be solemn
ized tonight at the home of the bride's brother,
who wilt give her In marriage. The Rev.
Thomas Sloore, of the Catholic Church of the
Holy Souls, Nineteenth and Tioga streets, will
perform the ceremony. Miss SInrgnret II,
Culbcrtson will attend her sister as maid ot
honor, and the best man will be Dudley L.
Hare. The bride will wear a three-piece
traveling suit of tete de negro broadcloth and
velvet. The maid of honor will be gowned
In old rose, the underskirt of plain, soft satin
and the overdress, ot brocaded satin of tho
same shade, made with the basque effect.
The reception, which will follow the ceremony,
will be attended only by the Immediate fam
ilies. Sir. and Sirs. O'Brien, on their return
from their honeymoon trip, will live nt 6018
North Sixteenth street, nnd will receive on
Tuesdays In December. .
ROSHON-L1NS.
. A wedding of Interest In Roxborough tonight
wilt be that of SIlss Stabel D. Llns, daughter
of Sir. and Sirs. Frank Llns, of 6730 Ridge
avenue, nnd Chnrlcs F. Roshon, Jr., nlso of
Roxborough. Tho Rev, Dwlght C. Hanna, pas
tor of the Leverlngton Presbyterian Church,
will officiate nt the ceremony, which will be
performed at the home of tho bride's parents.
Tho bride, who will be given In marriage
by hoij father, will be attended by her sister,
SIlss Ethel A. Llns, as bridesmaid, Arthur
Roshon, the bridegroom's brother, will be best
man. The bride be gowned In white satin
with tho bodice covered with nil-over chantllly
laco and finished with pearl trimming. Tho
chantllly lace flouncing on the skirt matches
In design that used on the corsage. She
will carry bride roses and lilies of the valley.
Tho bridesmaid's gown Is of lavender char
meuse trimmed with chiffon and applique lace.
Her bouquet will be a shower of palc-plnk
roses. Sloro than 100 guests will attend tho re
ception. White dahlias, palms and ferns will
form the decorations. Sir. and Sirs. Roshon
will take a short trip, and will be at home
after October 15 at 7015 Ridge avenue.
FONTS-CARPENTER.
The wedding of Sliss Helen G. Carpenter and
Earl B. Fonts, which will take place tonight
nt the home of the bride, 225 West Tulpehocken
street, will be very qulot, owing to tho recent
death of Sliss Carpenter's elstcr. Only the
families of tho bride and bridegroom will be
present. The ceremony will take place at 6.30
o'clock, and will be performed by the Rev.
Stewart P. Keeling, of St. Peter's Episcopal
Church. Germantown.
SIlss Carpenter Is the daughter of tho lato
Sir. and Sirs. C. A. Carpenter. Sir. Fonts Is
n member of tho Philadelphia Orchestra, and
his bride Is very musical also.
After their return from a wedding trip Sir.
and Sirs. Fonts will spend the winter at 1700
Tine street.
"The Round Up"
None of its old charm and Interest-holding
qualities have been lost by "The Round Up,"
which ngaln returned to Philadelphia last night,
opening at the Walnut Street Theatre for a
two weeks' run. From the time the curtain
rises for the first net until It drops at the end
of the fourth there is not a dull moment.
Throughout tho four acts there la plenty to
hold Interest with cowboys, Indians and cav
alrymen, not to mention the carefree Western
atmosphere that grips one as soon as tho cur
tain rises.
Shep Camp, as "Slim" Hoover, the fat sheriff,
has not lost any of his realistic manner in por
traying the character. John B. Slack, as Jack
Tayson, and Gertrude Perry In her portrayal
of Echo Allen play their parts convincingly and
well. Deserving of mention nre Harold Chrlstl,
Maude Williams, Edwin Vnrney, Dick Lane,
Lillian Lee Anderson and Texas Cooper.
Calithunipinn Vocal Acrobatics
Irving Berlin, the author of "Alexander's
Ragtime Band" and other popular classics,
announced the other day that If Berlin was
captured by the Russians he -would change '.lis
name to Petrograd. While we would not go
so far as to suggest that any lady change her
name, In so much as this might bo taken as
a proposal, we would suggest, however, that
Miss Bolle Bnker, who 'Introduces new num
bers by Irving Berlin" at B. F. Keith's Chest
nut Street Theatre, c'.iango her occupation.
ailss Baker nppears before the large audi
ence In the role of a vocalist; In fact the
intrepid managers of the popular nnd usually
superlatively excellent house of amusement
introduce Sliss Baker as the "Bernhardt of
song." We sincerely believe that the future
might hold great things for Mlsa Baker If
she gave up trying to sing and undertook to
become the "Bernhardt of auctioneering." Hltf.i
vocal capacities of a peculiar screaming sort
are always certain to attract crowds. Now Sliss
Baker possesses a voice admirably adapted to
extolling the merits of cooking utensils, at-
leged old masters and second-hand furniture.
We can Imagine Miss Baker throwing a per
fectly corking Tosca fit of emotion over a bid
der's reluctance to raise nn exnsperatlngly low
offer for a pair of Colonial candlesticks. To
conceive Sliss Baker as a "Bernhardt of song"
stretches one's elastic Imagination to the snap
ping point. Her rendition of Berlin's latest
work exhibited a voice of unusual power power
great enough to nil a tent. When we remem
ber the "divine Sarah" of tho golden voice
that voice Incomparable for Its caresslva mu
sic among all rare voices ot the world we
wonder Indeed at the hardihood ot vaudeville
managers In their hyperbolic flights of imagina
tion. Ah, Madam Bernhardt, what Indiscre
tions are committed In your name!
Joe Jackson, who appears In the guise of a
European vagabond, Is genuinely amusing.
Jackson's make-up is a Joy, his mendicant
manners coy. His efforts to ride a bicycle
which parts asunder are highly successful in
precipitating him to the floor and entertaining
his audience.
"I've never seen you act this way before,"
declared "Utile 5Iurray"-Katherlno Kava-naugh-to
Sliss Valerie Bergere, who takes the
leading role In a one-act melodramatic alleged
comedy, "The Locks at Panama." ailss
Kavanauera's remark came In her line, of
course, but proved true otherwise. No one has
ever seen SIlss Bergere act thus. We hope that,
for SIlss Bergere's sake, no one will again.
The tcenery used to stage Sir Woolf's act U
gocd scenery; that Is, it Is painted on good
canvas. That Is about all the good one can
saj of this piece.
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THE DRAMA
SAXONE MOKLAND
To appear in "Armi nnd the Man," at Little
Theatre.
EFFLORESCENT
ENTERTAINMENT
In "Passing Show of 1914" Effulgent
Effervescence of Engaging Enchant
resses And Not Only That.
"Say, Teddy, did you know your friend Wil
liam J. Bryan lost $200 tho other night 7"
merrily bawled George Slonroe, who appears
as Little- Buttercup, the Queen of the Movies
In "The Passing Show of 1014," which came
from the New York Winter Garden to the
Lyric Theatre last night, to Rip Van Winkle
Roosevelt, played by William Dunham.
"No," said the fictitious Teddy; "how did
my friend Bryan lose $200?"
"Why," blared that captivating cauliflower
of coy colossal corpulence, Buttercup, "he
tnlked In his sleep."
And, of course, the house, filled to the limits
of Its cnpaclty, roared with laughter.
"The Passing Show of 1014" Is described by
Its press agent, Frank Wllstach, as "a
mastodon of musical extravaganza, a mangier
of melancholy, n bounder of tho blues." The
descriptions of press agentH are usually like
an overdose of "Scotch" at night to be fol
lowed by brr.mo In the morning. Sir. Wll
stach's alliterative allusion, however. Is not
Intemperate. "The Passing Show of 1914" 13
nil ho says and more. It Is a mammoth ot
melodic mirth, a reeling riot of resplendent
revelry. It 13 nn extravaganza of engaging
euphony, an ebullient effervescence of cntcr
tnlnlng enchantresses.
Georgo Slonroe, ns Little Buttercup, rolls nnd
roars through tho revue to encores of hilarious
laughter. His red wig, his coy manners, his
startling gowns arc grotesquely funny. As tho
proprietress of nn employment ngoncy In a trav
esty of "Help Wanted" ho endeavors to woo the
Baron Crlquet. plnycd by Harry Fisher, In a
manner terrifying and threatening. Harry
Fisher has been described as a comedian "with
a rubber-soled voice." In his part ho is ns amus
ing as Slonroe. In the travesty, tho discussion
turns upon "white slavery" that much-exploited
subject for problem drama whereupon Slonroe
laments, "Dear me, dear me, what times have
we como upon it's so hard to get a good, re
liable, white slave!"
In the revue the various plays of the year
nnd characters who have appeared In the news
columns nre burlesqued. Ono of tho most de
lightful features of the show Is the nppearance
of Marllynn Sillier, who Is Just 16, and who
dances marvelously. Ivnn Bankoff, a young
Russian, also accomplishes wonderful contor
tions in Russian dancing. Elsie Pllcer, sister
of Harry Pilcer, simply vibrates In rhythm to
the music.
Two extraordinary features of the show nra
a lighted path running through the house, over
which the chorus goes to tho stage, and the
transatlantic flight of an airship, with a moving
picture effect of the ocean, a mimic dirigible
moving over the stage. You see the heaving sea,
tho great dirigible In mld-nlr the Illusion Is
really marvelous. Equally striking la tho slop
ing path with tiers of platforms on which a.
galaxy of charming girls go through the motions
of rowing under flashing lights.
Among the laughable novelties In the show are
also a eugenic marriage and a travesty of Percy
Mackaye's "A Thousand YcarB Ago," In which
Bernard Granville, as suitor for the hand of tho
Princess, perpetrates some really original Jokes
In solving tho problems propounded. Granville
Is an extraordinary dancer, nnd ns equally good
a singer an exceptional combination. It Is he
who defined the modern cabaret as a thing
which took the "rest" out of restaurant and put
the "din" Into dinner.
For an evening of plethoric pleasure, liberal
laughter, magnanimously munificent music and
stupendous scenic spectacles we can recommend
this revue. It surly "bounces the blues."
Empire Jubilee Week
Jubilee week was Inaugurated yesterday nt the
Empire by the Star and Garter show, which
nrKintpt tha twnnnt mugirvn! vtr vnf-ann
.Tne My8tlo Jewel... Ench night throughout the
week a special feature will bo presented, while
In the afternoons during the wor'd's scries the
games will Ixs shown on a special sroreboard.
The entertnlnment presented yesterday by tha
Star and Garter show was a revelation of tho
high standard which present.dny burlesque haa
attained. Dainty songs, sung In her own win
some waj, were rendered by SIlss Bllllo Hill,
AMUSEMENTS
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ACADEMY OP StOSIC "CablrhV rrtovlng
plcturo drama, by Gnbrlello D'Annunsdo, of
tho third century B. C.
ADBWHI-"Th6 Truth," revival of Clyde
Fitch's comedy, with Grace George In U.m
tltlo role. Review below.
nnOAD "Lady AVlndcmero's Fan." An excel
lent presentation of Oscar Wllde'8 delightful
sntlro by Slnrgaret Anglln.
CIIKSTNUT STrtKITT OPEHA HOUSE "Pi
late's Daugntor," miracle play, by Francis
U Konzpl Itnpleto with amazing spectacu
lnr effects.
-OimKST-"ChInChln." muslcnt fantasy with
music by Ivan Caryll. To sec Fred Stono as
a lady bareback rider Is a Joy to be remem
bered forever.
ilAKRICK--"Nearly Slnrrlcd," fnrco comedy,
by ICdwnrd Selwyn, starring Bruce StcBae.
Bright, nmuslng.
j,VJlIC-"PnsBlnff Show of 1914," third nnnuat
revue from tne Now York Winter Garden,
with George Slonroe and Harry Fisher as
rhlef funmnkcrs. Review below.
y"AWWT "Tho Round Up," return of the
dramn of wild Western life, with Shep Camp
ns "Slim" Hoover, the Immortal fat man. Re
view below.
supported by nn able nnd attractive chlrus,
while the unctuous comedy methods of Jack
Conway provoked storms of laughter.
A quartet of merit and clever dancing added
to tho variety of the entertainment
THE FINE ART OF FIBBING
Grace Georgo nt the Adelphi in a Dclightfu
Revival of Clyde Fitch's 'The Truth"
Lying, snld Oscar Wilde, is a flno nrt. With
Clydo Fitch's Becky It was a state of mind. If
the heroine of "Tho Truth" played bridge she
snld sho won; If she hadn't, she said It nnywny.
If she wanted to excuse herself from nn engage
ment, sho said thnt she and her husbnnd were
going out of town, "It sounds so much more In
teresting." Nobody could exactly blame Becky
unless It was her perfect and punctilious hus
bandfor she had nothing on earth to do with
herself. Lying was, perhaps, ns profitable an
occupation as "society" gao her.
At nny rate, Hocky's fabrlcntlvo nature made
It very natural for her to get Into difficulties
with other men than her adored husband. "She
leads thorn on till they lose their heads. Then
she gets frightened and says she's Insulted." b'o
no one had any objections to make when Clyde
Fitch combined her lying propensities with her
Innocent flirtations nnd turned out his ben piny,
his nearest approach to genuine high comedy,
"Tho Truth." And everybody nt the Adelphi
Inst night wns eminently satl.-flcd with the wit
nnd observation of the piny, as well ns the ex
cellent acting nnd production that carried
them.
Wlnthrop Amos' revival Is nn excellent ex
nmple of what a careful manager may do toward
giving a play every essential help In atmosphere,
ns well ns acting. The set of fie first two nets,
Becky's drnwing room In New York, was lux
urious, yet tasteful. The room In the boarding
house, with Its talking machine nnd frying-pan
clock. Its gaudy pictures and cheap ornaments,
was ns perfect a bit of ronlism nt the opposite
extreme.
The acting, moreover, was not confined to the
star. Stadelelne Sleredlth, ns nn Insane bunch
of feminine nerves; Frank Goldsmith, being as
enddish as is consistent with reality: Norman
Trevor, as fine nnd solid an Kngllsh actor of
"masculine" parts as the husband was obtuse In
his adoration; Albert Brown, in the bravura
part ot Becky's lying father, and Helen Relmer.s
ns tho "boarding houso lady." took Fitch's play
with the verve and assurance that such comedy
demands.
As for Grace George, she '. ns hardly done any- ,
thing bettor. She was her own pretty and
polite self and much more. It is not an easy
part. Feminine lying Is cither ludicrous or Im
possible in most actresses' hands, ailss George
made every speech, every littlest fib a natural,
Inherent part of Becky's personality. Some she
told with a thoughtless abandon, hardly dis
covering that they were lies before her hearers
did. Other and graver fractures of the social
peace she accomplished with a quiet little cal
culation that barely showed In her eyes nnd ner
tone. As to words ot honor which Becky dis
tributed generously thero SIlss George gave us,
In her momentary hesitation, tho catch of her
voice, the energetic reaction from the plunge.
Just the needed sense that at bottom Becky was
more lied against by her uneuge-i'.cal ancestors
than lying. It was a distinct impersonation full
of the truth, ns well as tho grace, that moves
ailss George n notch higher ns one of our few
skilled comediennes.
As for tho play, after these eight or ten year)
the chief impression behind a ken appreciation
of Its observant sparkle nnd Its fund of witty
analysis, is the pity that it came a little too
early for Its audience. The American playgoer
has only recently acquired the necessary taste
for humorous dissection of life, for the bitter
sweet of human comedy. Kven now, perhaps, we
are a little worried by the strain of taking the
play as neither ot tho things Into which it might
so readily fall the sordid or the merely farcical.
In the proper mood, however, the mood ailss
George dictates. "The Truth" Is mor . delightful
than Oscar Wilde ever Imagined even the most
artistic of lying.
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