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4- SROAD "Lady Betty Martingale," new
' comedy by John Luther Lone and FranK
- Stayton, starring Mra. Flske. Monday
. night
' OAItmCK-"The Yellow Ticket," melo
drama by Mlchncl Morton, starring
Florence Reed. Tuesday night.
CONTINUING
ADELPHI-'The Truth." revival of Clyde
Fltrh's comedy. Grace George more de
lightful than ever In excellent presenta
tion of a brilliant play.
CHESTNUT STREET OPERA MOUSE-
"Pllntp's Daughter," by Francis L Ken-
. zel. Miracle play spectacularly staged
Will close October 17 for New York
opening.
' FORREST "Chin-Chin," musical fan-
tnsy, with music by Ivan Carytl. Fred
Stone as a Chinese mandarin, Pml
rewskl. and a lady bareback rider. De
lightful music, an ongaglng chorus of
glorious girls.
LYRIC 'Paselnar Show of 1914," revue
from the Now York u Inter Garden.
George Monroe and Harry Fisher gro
tesquely funnv. Money saved on clothes
elaborately expended on scenery.
WALNVT-'Tho Round fp " Excellent
presentation of popular drama on Wild
Western life, with "Shep" Camp, cor
pulent and Jovial, as the "unloved" fat
man.
BEING FUNNY
A HARD JOB
ON THE STAGE
The Comedian at the Mercy
of His Audience Fred
Stone and Dave Montgom
ery Tell "Secret" of Their
Art.
"Belnc funny, you know, Is the hardest
Job In the world. To be a comedian Is
serious work."
Fred Stone adjusted a wig with a five
foot queue, added a touch of rougo to
his cheeks, and, with a toothbrush, cov
ered with black penciling heated over a
candle, beaded the lashes of his eyes.
FRED STONE
As Lady Bareback Rider.
Turning about, he was the typical China,
man one of the twin mandarins who
como to life In the first act of "Chin
Chin." Fred Stone and Dave Montgomery are
the peer comedians in America. The
variety of their roles, the versatility of
their mimicry, tho uproarious laughter
their antics evoke, me perhaps unpar
alleled In tho history of American stage
humor.
"How do you do it? How do you sue
ceed in mastering so many parts In
putting it over?"
It was in the dressing room of Messrs.
Btone and Montgomery at the rorrest
Theatre.
"Why. I'll tell you." declared Stone,
closing his eyes in the droll manner that
Js so convincingly Chinese ' We've got
fir&t to conceive the parts How the
thing's ?oing to go wo never know, unly
one thing is certain in this business our
audience ts the only Judge, and we've got
to respect our audience. We may work
nut all forts of funny acts and Jokes.
Sometimes they get across, sometimes
they don't. Now with a lot of comedians.
If the audleme dues not lespond. they
SUV 'Gee. iv lit an aj.lier.-r ' And they
neti- try to do an- r.tier That s the
reason th dor, t Mink . u ijrf.it sue-
DAVE MONTGOMERY
The Coy Widow Pankey.
cam. Now, you can't fake with an au
Htc. If they don't laugh the trouble
Isn't with them, but with you. Then, to
to successful you've got to humor them.
You've got to work until you do make
them laugh. Tbt why J say btlng
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Jobs in the world."
The call boy announced Mr. Stone's en
try to the stage.
"You never know In this game what's
going to bring a laugh." declared Dave
Montgomery, as ho was "making up" n
the widow ranxey, who manes ner co
debut In the third scene. "You never
know until you get out before the audi
ence and the response comes. We may
be comedians, but we've got to be con
vincing." "You bet," added Stone. "You've got
to feel the part. Now, I play a China
man In this show. I'd never made up fo
a Chinaman, and how to do It I
didn't know."
"But we went to Chinatown. In New
York." interrupted Montgomery. "And
we watched the Chinese We observed
their mannerisms, their way of talking
We went Into their t-hops and bought
things, and argued about the price. We'd
say something to nuik-s them ltiugh. and
things to make them sore. That way
wo pot their expression."
"Before 'Tho Red Mill' was put on wo
traveled In Holland." continued .vot
gomerv. "Wo had $000 worth '. cameras
with us. and took pictures. Wo pot only
U'ed the knowledge we gamed, but the
scenery was made from our plctuies."
"Yes. sir; it's haul work." declared
Ptone. "Mv greatest hit. you know, was
as the Scarecrow In the 'Wizard of Oz.' "
Montgomery leaned over and whispered
admiringly:
"I tell ,)u. Fred was, put on earth to
play the Scarecrow."
"I thought of the Scarecrow for
months." confided Stone. "I worked and
worked to conceive the character. My
childien helped me In Hint, too, and when
I got the 'make up' that jmuspd the
children I felt I'd got what would amuse
the audience."
Mr. Stone, having discarded his Chi
nese envlsagement. was making up a.&
"Mr. Ignited Padcrcuski."
Before Mr. Stone, over his dressing
table, was a photograph of the cele
brated Polish pianist.
Mr. Stone was about to appear in a
burlesque of the aforesaid genius. Audi
ences each night have laughed over the
marvelous performance of Stone and the
self-playing piano.
"How did you conceive It?" Mr. Ston
was asked.
"I had a machlno piano at my Iiousp
and played it, and then ran away from
the piano to amuse mv childien. Then
the Idea occurred to me that It would be
amusing to have a piano that would play
after you walked away from It on the
stage. When we put on this show we
tried to get a piano concern to make a
piano that would do this We had a
great deal of trouble. They wanted mo
to fake the thing to make the audience
believe I actually playrd a player and
then to stop. 1 said no I would not de
ceive tho audience. So ue finally sot n
piano made that played automatically
after I left It, and then the audience
knew I'd faked mv own playing."
"But do you plan your effects upon the
audience Don't you work tricks to get
them? How. for instance, did you de.
velop the lady harebaclc stunt on the
horse?"
"Mr. Ignited Paderewskl" bowed.
"I never work tricks; I never know
how an audience Is going to take my
stunts. I have no sense beforehand of
what Is going to get across Alter the
first performance I know what is good
and what Isn't When I had to do the
ladv barehark rider stunt I worked on it
worked on it for months I thought
over the tricks that would amuse fall
ing off tho horse-hanging in midatr.
Finally I got the trick Take the ven
tnlofiust stunt where I appear with what
seems a dummy on my knee. But it's
mannikin that does the talking. I do
the pretending Now I nevtr thought
that would make a hit. which It has.
"Last Christmas we were plaHnjr In
'The Lady and the Slipper' in Boston,
and the company decided to give a
Christmas party. Everybody was to do
something. I told my wife I'd be stage
manager. 'No, Fred.' said she. 'you've
got to do something. Why don't you
take little George Phelps, the manni
kin in the show, and fake him ab a ven
trllo'imsfs dummy?'
".So I did it. Nobodv in the audience
of actors knew that I had a 'real' dum
my on my knee. Well. Chailes Dilling.
ham saw the thing and said he wanted it
in a now show. As I say, I never though
it would make a hit. I'd studied vn-trllon.iii.-ts.
knew their manners you nee.
I e been familiar with the circus all my
life And when ( faked a mannikin a a
real dummy it struck the audience If
it hadn't. I'd have killed It. of course
"You can't put anything over with an
American audience." concluded Mr Stone
"Every show needs new stunU. When
I run out of new stunts I'll quit 1 11 quit
them before they quit m. That's my
whole feeling When there's no applause
any more I'll get off the stage "
The Small Bay's West
As to the big realistic seal on which it
is produced, its beautiful scenery, its nu
merous and good actors, its bucking bron
chos, its abundant "gun-play," its rever
berant battle between the ranchmen and
the Apache Indians In the desert moun
tains. ' The Round Up." at the Walnut
Street Theatre, is the a pot he as U of the
Wild West" It fulfills the small bov's
dieam. and it perfectly s.ts torth th',
stirring life of the cowboy as imagined
by the city dweller
At the head of the many able meu in
the cast Shep Camp affords a delightful
portraal of "Slim" Hoover, the Sheriff
In hia more serious moments Mr Camp
demonstrates his tested talent. In his ex
cellent comedy Mr Camp, like some other
plump Southerners, walls in accent ana
chuckle the unctuous uvmpathetic humor
of kindly, fuu-loviog Nejro.
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Irene Pawloska,
Mrs. Fiske, the Woman
Mrs. Fiske and her supporting company
of players, under the direction of Har
rison Orey Flske. will come to the Broad
Street Theatre next Monday night for an
engagement of two weeks In "Lady Betty
Martingale; or. Tho Adventures of a
Lively Hussy," a new comedy by John
Luther Long and Frank Stayton. While
the comedy iuelf Is new. Its action take3
plac- In 1730. In London
Mrs. Flsko on the stage, we all know,
with her abrupt moements, her hlgh-pltoln-d
olce, her clipped apcoih, that
curiously fascinating woman who sits
still und somehow make3 her audience
brieo sho is noting but Mrs. Flske,
artist, jienius. hvpnotlst, otf the boards is
unknown. Itather unimaginable It Is
difficult to conJuro up the greatest of
l.ecky Sharp's, for instance. In the simple
and rather ordinary taste of frying pota
toes. Yet she is human, after all, and one who
knows her intimately gives this picture
of her
"She reads i great deal, writes a great
deal, takes long w-alks and sleeps about
as much os did Napoleon. Very little of
her life is given over to social diversion,
as she ha practically no time for it.
Naturally, she spends much time in read
ing plnvs, although a winnowing process
relieves her fiom the personal perusal of
the hundreds that are submitted every
year, but. even so, the task Is one that
tbkei both time and patience.
"Outside of her stage work Mrs. Fisl'e
devotts the greater part of her time to
tho work with which she has been so
long and so intimately associated, that of
usti"e. and metcy to the dumb creutures
that er-e man so faithfully, Mrs. Fiske
was for many vears a warm friend and
grant admirer 01 the late George T An
bell. nl sli as one of the first women
of nation ,1 i OTiineiice to enlist In his
humai.e worl '
No ciin- can meet liei without arknowi-
THIS AND NEXT WEEK
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Shep Camp as "Slim Hoover"
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New Prima Donna to Appear in "Sari."
edglng that he Is In tho presence of a
great personality. There are no affecta
tions about her manner, there Is no pos
ing, no talking for elfect, no aggresflvo
enforcement of strong opinion: but one
fiels that her opinions havo weight and
authority.
"In talking with Mrs. Fiske, you realize
that her artistic method Is tho visible ex
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presslon ot n peculiarly nen mental nnn i iu airunKcrs nan, juat oy listening to
spiritual equipment. And the versatility j them. It behooves us to lower our speak
of her work. Its wide scope. Is an index , t ,h , , t produce our
was not broad as well ns deep, and whose
tastes were not cultivated in many direc
tions could give us such versatile work
In the drama.
"Her natural temperament Is sunny.
Sho has sympathy with Joy and bright
ness, whimsical humor and thn hparkle
of wit. As wp all know, the humotous
temperament has also sympathy with
and insight Into the tragical."
By Their Voices Ye Shall Know Them
"Tho American woman has usually a
harsh, strident voice; hut however bad a
woman's voice mav be, sho can acquire a
musical Intonation," said Florence Heed,
who Is starring In "The Yellow Ticket."
which will open at the Oarrlck Theatre
Tuesday night.
"Every continental traveler knows In
what ridicule the American voice is held
abroad. Our 'Yankee twang' has earned
more ridicule than any other of nor sup.
posed national eccentricities. It Is a sin
gular fact that few women who possess
hlsh-pltehcd voices are aware of this de.
feet.
"Very few of us have the courage to
tee ourselves as others ec us; still fewer
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Saturday Evening, Oct. 17th
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Helen Reimer
am willing to hear themselves as others
do. To my mind, any physical charms
that a woman may have are dispelled
Instantly by a sharp vocal pitch and a
provincial Idiom or inflection.
"Thoi-e who travel about a creat deal
i are able to tell from what part of Amer-
vo''ce tones from tnp cnest rather than
from the nose, and to rid ourselves with
alucrlty of tho provincialisms which nro
the weather-vanes of our 'American lan
guage." Only In this way can we hope
to compete with the charm of our Eng
lish sisters, whose musical voices and
clear-cut enunciation ure the admiration
of all the world."
Miss Beed is a daughter of the late
Roland Reed, for many years one of our
most noted comedians. Miss Reed de
clares that when sho was ready to make
her debut on the stage she discovered a
great detriment to her success In the pos
session of a nasal voice an inheritance
from her father, ae undoubtedly wns her
dramatic talent. How to change her vo
cal pitch In order to nt herself to play
leading roles became an Immediate and
Important problem. Tho young actress
decided to take the matter In hand with
out recourse to a vocal Instructor.
In tho garden of her country home
Miss Reed practiced half an hour every
morning rending aloud passages from
Shakespeare and consciously dropping the
register of the vocal tones with every
spoken word. A favorite passage for this
purpose was the "Mercy" speech In the
"Merchant of Venice," which, Miss Reed
declares, ts peculiarly suited for develop
ing and modulating the voice.
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First Concerts of the Season
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OCT 1. AT a on
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Lew Dockstader will make his initial
appearance at Keith's next week In his
unique and original character of "Toddy"
Roosevelt.
A story of the Southland will be found
In the presentation of a dramatic version
of Irvln S. Cobb's famous story, "Ser
geant Bagby," which appeared In The
Saturday Evening Post. Mr. Cobb and
Bozeman Bulger huve collaborated In
preparing It for the stage, and It is pre
sented with elaborate scenic investituie
The art of terplschore will be shown In
an advance state In the act of MaBelle
and Ballet.
Living portraits of many of the most
famous musicians und composers of the
world will be presented by Lambert,
known as "The Master Musician "
McDevitt, Kelly and Lucey, a trio of
Philadelphlans will appear In "The Piano
MoverB and the Actress."
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PSYCHIC POISONING
TO EXTERMINATE
BAD ACTORS
Harry Fisher, Comedian of
"Passing Show," Offers
Novel Suggestion to Prob
lem Older Than Shakes
peare. '
"Bad eggsl Brickbats! Cabbages; Ths
hook' Oh, nil these things have been
suggested as n means to rid the stage of
bad nctors. The troublo Is bad nctor3
Invariably stick. But at last a solution
has been found novel, effective. It
should make the bad actor as raro as
the mastodon."
I Harry Fisher, who shares tho comedian
' honors with , George Monroe In "Tho
Passing Show of 1914," smiled broadly.
, It was In the dressing room nt tho Lyric
I yesterday.
I "This Is nn eld problem, I know," he
continued, "and all efforts so far to
obliterate the bad actor have .proved
lne;ectual. Now a French physician, a M.
Oscar St. Ormond; has offered a solution.
This Is to Inoculate a bad actor with tho
Idea that ho must actually fancy himself
the person ho represents, after tho theory
of Diderot; so In case the character ho
enacts bo one blighted by consumption,
he must suffer the pangs of tuberculosis;
If a mad porson, then he must really and
truly consider himself demented. Tho
result of such careful treatment would bo
that all bad nctors would presently find
themsolvos clapped In Jail or confined In
hospitals or asylums.
"Wo find justification for these acts of
humanity In n discussion onco held be
tween John Philip Kemblo and Dr. Sam
uel Johnson. Kemblo had told tho doctor
that he wns not one of thoso enthusiasts
who believed himself tran3foimed Into
the very character ho represents. 'To be
sure not,' replied the Doctor. 'The thing
Is Impossible, and If Oarrlck really be
lieves himself, as he has said, to bo the
monster Richard the Third, ho deserves
to be hanged the next tlmo ho performs
him.' Garrlck, not being a bad actor,
escaped the halter.
"This plan of eliminating tho bad
nctors by what might practically bo called
sclf-dest:uetlon h.ii Its merits, and Is
surely worthy of trial. A feasible, a work
able, scheme would be to Induce somo
humanitarian manager' to ffor his pliiy
houso fjr n series of matinees and then
Invito all the bad nctors, who think them
selves great ones, to present those pla 3
which were strongest In their fancy. All
tho really Immoderately bad ones, who
possess a tragic bent of mind, imagine
they can play Richaid III f.ii- better than
Sir Henry living, Edwin Booth or even
Garrlck ever dared to. All that would be
necessary, then, would be to inoculate
thoso public tormentors ' with the Kt
Ormond Idea and we would pre. ently
have them nil fast behind prison bus "
"When it comes to the leat'lng ladles,
'Camillo' would offer nn excellent oppor
tunity to rid the stage of muny a ono
who rightly belongs behind a rlbhon
counter. As they icfuse to occupy their
time In such like occupations, a few
matinees devoted to the Paiisian heiolno
would send the whole pesky lot to Ari
zona for their health.
"Think, too. of the possibilities of tint
great old play 'Jane Eyre ' and the
number of acrosses th.it could he shunted
to Bloomlngdule by a performance or
two of Mrs. Fairfax, the mad w.fe ot
the drama. If. likewise, some of the
really worse onc3. in the vvav of roman
tic actoib and comedlars. tould be In
duced to give a performance of 'Nathan
Hale.' the halter would be used ywith
admlrublo ffect.
"A 'wicked' performer named Bond
once yielded hlmrelf up to the forra
and Impetuosity of Ids imagination so
completely when acting the lole of Lu
slgnun in tho tragedy of 'Zara' that on
the discovery of his daughter's mis
fortune he fainted away and soon clui-el
his eyes In death. Tllny. the phil.so
phcr, related tho story of an actor who
Imagined the gout so naturally that at
length he bi ought on that disorder, while
Mine. Clalron. a celebrated Fivm li
actress, accounted for her prematura,'
u-jed appeal ance bv the influence oi the
BiiefB and distresses with w 111. Il the had
been .'onstantlv overwhelmed year aiter
Vf-ar upon the btage.
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