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mMnjo, with iilamha Date. Marls Bare
hJ William rjtllatta In the lvflnr rolfe.
KEITH'S Mrs TAnauay ami dlrf"nl bill
WALNUT Tho Traffic ' by Itschael Mar
shall. CONTINUING
ADELPIII T(xJ. by nrn Ilronilhum
and AbrahAm Schemer. A wife excellently
Hayed by Ethel Valentine hIu luxury h
.the easiest wa and Is killed by her hue-
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SvimKHT Noi 'lnrk Hippodrome Traduction
ef Pinafore The moat elaborately atageU
prpductlen of tha Gilbert and Sullivan claealo.
OAIUUCK Pntaeh ami Perlmnller," a
dramajliatlun of tha famoua etorlea of Mon
tagu (liar One of the mott capitally smut-
.In nly n irarn human, appMUnir to all.
XJTTL8 TMBATnE 'The Bllver Hex," by
John Gelsirnrthy V line, moving human
drams, ihonlnr the bltternee of one man'a
life and tha fatuity of another Excellently
acted
IWlc irih Jink mualcal comedy, with
took by Otto llauerbach and muelo by Hu
ssion Fritnl starring Stelln Mayhew A
rollicking evening a entertainment, full of tun
Md eong
HOTABLE REVIVAL
OF SARDOU'S MOST
FAMOUS DRAMA
Interesting History of "Di
plomacy" "Ben Hur"
Again "Made in Amer
ica" Theatricals.
With Blanche liatos, Marie Doro and
William Gillette. In tha loading- roles,
"Diplomacy," Vlctorlon Bardou's famous
play, will bo produced by Charles Froli
man next Monday nt tho Broad Street
Theatre. "Diplomacy" has had many
rjrivals, and although thero has been
no notable one In a decade, tho. majority
of ere at American actors of the past
quarter of a century havo appeared In
the French classic.
"JDIpldmacy" had Its premiere In the
United State a year after Its first per
formance In rarls as "Dora," In 1S77 Its
Initial performance In New Torlc occurred
April 1, 1878, nt Wallack's. ster Wal
lftck wob the Henri Beauclcrc; II. J Mon
tague, Julian, Frederick Itoblnson, Orion;
J. TV. Shannon, Baron Stein; Rose Cogh
lart, the Comtecsa Zlcka; Maud Granger,
Bora; Sarah Stevens was the Lady Fair
fax; Madamo Fontsl the Marquise, W. A.
Eytlnge plaed Craven; W. It. Floyd,
Algie, and Fearl Eytlngs played the small
part of Mlon.
In only two Instances are me familiar
with the personalities of the players
Base Coghlan, who la seen now on the
screen, and Maud arnnger, who last rravo
B performance In "The Rule of Three,"
Before "Diplomacy" was to have an
other Important production In New York
tt was destined to mako theatrical his
tory "on the road." In 1870 "Diplomacy"
started on Its travels through the coun
try, and In tho cast were Maurice Barry
more, his wife, Goorglo Drew; Frederick
TVarde, Ellen Cummins and Benjamin
Porter-
Tragedy marked the progress of this
company through the country. In a Texas
town, Marshall, In March, 1879, Benjamin
Porter, as tho result of a brawl at a
railroad station, was murdered by a ruf
fian, Jim Currie. Barrymore was wounded
In the arm In the struggle, and for sev
eral weeks afterward played Julian with
bis hand in a sling. Currie was tried for
murder and acquitted. Miss Cummins col
lapse! and her career ended.
It Is interesting? to note In connection
with "Dlplimacy's" first road tour that
the play was a pioneer to take to that
form of traveling. Formerly each city
contained Its own stock organization, each
company appearing In tho support of
some visiting player of note. The public
did not take kindly to the change at
first, and it waa not until some time
iter 1880 that traveling organizations
were, sufficiently well established in favor
to be profitable.
Shortly afterward, in New York, Lester
Wallack revived "Diplomacy" nt the pres
ent Wallack's. Rose Coghlan reappeared
M Zlcka. The next important revival
-occurred at the Star Theatre, curiously
enough old Wallack's, on October 24, 1893,
and la memorable for having presented
for the first time In the role the actor
wlQ is generally accepted to have been
tha beat of all Henri Beauclerea, Charles
Coghlan. This revival of "Diplomacy"
marks one of the few productions In
which. Roto and. Charles Coghlan, Bis
ter and brother, appeared together, and
win practically under the management of
Miss Coghlan herself
Without much heralding, an exceptional
.performance of "Diplomacy" was given
at the Herald Square Theatre In May,
183S, with Blanche Walsh as the Comteaaa.
Zlcia.
Qa APril 8, 1M1. at the Empire Theatre.
Near York, Charles Frohman presented
tha piece at tha hands at his Empire
Theatre stock cprapaoy
Strwe this revival at the Empire by Mr
Frohman "DIplomaoy" has had no such
distinguished presentation until the same
manager announced determination to pre
sent Mr Gillette, Miss Hates and Miss
Doro at the head of a oast made up
Sfuwbr Pf the performers who appeared
wlftt MUs Doro during the long run of
tSjepl&y In London at Sir Charles Winl
lm'a theatre last seaton
Tho return of "Ben Hur." iww playing
Um ISth season, to the Forrest Theatre
shortly, recalls the story of General
Lew Wallace's experience In placing the
.manuscript of his novel. Havlnc had
- ''XUn Hur" rJete.i by atjraber of pub
lishers, he Anally sent it to the publish
ing house of Harper & Brother, where It
fell Into the hands of Mrs James
Harper, wife of one of the proprietors
d partners in the bualne. At Flat
tine there was a. prejudjsn slat re
JlSleua navels, but Mrs Harper read the
ssanusoript with enthusiasm. muA it was
wIsa who induced her husband to publish
tt. He dirt e agaiftit the advioe of his
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professional readers and the wishes
hi partners.
Tar a time after the publication It
looked as If the wisdom of professional
readers was correct, for "Ben Hur"
stayed on .the shelves In bookshops and
sold so slowly It was pronounced a
failure as an Investment. Then, unex
pectedly the sales began to Increase and
tho demand becamo so tremendous It was
necessary to put all of the presses In
tho Harpor establishment tov work In
getting out edition after edition.
For many years General Wallace re
fused to allow his "Tale of the Christ"
to be dramatized. Ho was finally In
duced to consent to a dramatization.
The result has been one of the most
popular, best plating productions in all
the hletory of tho drama.
Muy Irwin, taking note of the Influx
of English actors, has started a "Undo
In America" actor movement. In se
lecting a cast for her play, "A Widow
by Proxy," Miss Irwin stipulated that
each actor and actress engaged must be
American born. Says Miss Irwin;
"I think that It would be a good move
ment to put American plays on the
American stage for tho present to the
exclusion of all forolgn productions. Our
dramatists are able to turn out plays
that will appeal to the American public,
and I think that the motto, 'Made In
America,' 'will bo a good one for all
managers to adopt' American plnys by
American dramatists and acted by
American actors and actresses should be
made a vogue until the great depression
caused by the war In Europe shall have
disappeared."
It Is said that Ben Greet will refuse
to employ other than American actors In
his companies. Mr Greet, who la now
at home In England, believes all British
subjects of military ago and requirements
should be at tho front, and has written
to his manager In New York Instructing
him not to engage English actors for any
of his companies as long as the war lasts.
Mr. Greet, who Is past the ago for mili
tary service, is actively engaged In car
ing for the Belgian wounded and uniting
the families of the Belgian refugees who
are now In England. He will presently
return to begin his American season.
The Traffic
"The Trafllc." which will open at the
Walnut Street Theatre next week, deals
with the white slave trade. The author
Is Rachael Marshall, whose great-grandfather
was the famous Chief Justice
Marshall. Miss Marshall Is a pupil and
colleague of Jane Addams
The leading role In "The Traffic" will
be taken by Bessa Sanke). a talented
jpung player hitherto unknown east of
the Pacific coast MIes Sankey was born
In Oakland, Cal.
When "The Trafllc" was first produced
on the Pacific ooaat, sho was playing in
a stock company In Ban Francisco. E.
1 Drew, the maitager of "The Traffic,"
happened to witness a performance, and
engaged her for a minor role in "The
Traitlc", eventually she was given the
leading role
BROADWAY
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Sho has been on tho front covers of
our best weeklies and monthlies more
often than sho can recall without rcfei
encc to her card Index. Sho hns been
pictured and photographed and mpviod
innumerable times And now she plajH
tho role of the stenographer of thn llrm
of Potash and Perlmutter cloaks and
suits, Garrlck Theatre Building, this city.
Two yenrs ago sho ran awnj from homo,
which, In this Instance, was St. Louis
She headed for Nmv York with $10 In
her right hand And she never slept
during the 36 hours' trip, for fear that
some ono would steal her monej. Then
she obtained work us a movie, actress and
underwent all tho vlcclsltudcs of thut
profession. Then Bho was graduated Into
the second row of a comlo opera chorus,
where she was discovered ny James Mont
gomery Flagg, tho artist, and by him ac
claimed as the most beautiful model In
America
That Is how Julie Bruns came to be on
so many front covore That Is also how
she camo to obtain a small part In "Help
Wanted." That Is also how sho was
selected for the role of tho stenographer,
for. as Is a well-established fact, nil
stenographers must perforce be beautiful.
But Miss Bruns has considerable talent
and as much ambition She bewails her
good looks as perhaps detrimental to her
dramatic success, but Is resigned becauso
sho has been assured that looks are an
asset, even when they are above the
average.
"I Just hate being knrtwi as beautiful,' "
she sighed, "I would rather be the great
est actress than the best looking one.
Nowadays, with face doctors and pretty
clothes and hats, almost any girl can
look pretty. But there nre mighty few
who can qualify as great actresses. And
that Is my ambition There Is a dearth
of emotional actresses Just now and I
hope that I may be able to All the vacant
nlche My Ideal Is Nazlmova. Some day,
by dint of hard work, I trust that 1 will
get the chance to do something big, some
thing worth doing; something that will
set the world talking, I am weary ot
being placarded as a beauty. I want to
be known for having accomplished the
big things in life. And If I live and
hard work counts for anything, I will
succeed."
Miss Bruns. In the opinion of thoae
qualified to Judge, has qualities which
entitle her ambition to serious con
sideration. She Is temperamental, pos
sesses a fine speaking voice and is beau
tiful, So what more could a prospective
Duse or Nazlmova ask?
Broadway
The bill at the Broadway next week
will consist of a miniature mualeat com
edy act. "The Merrj Makers"; Mlnola
Hurst. George Nagel and Company In a
comedy sketch. "The Fixer". Walter
Walters, a ventriloquist; the Mabel
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will return
after nn absence of nlmost three jenrs
Ah ays well supplied with new nnd origi
nal aongs, Miss Tanguay w ill sing for tho
Unit tlmo here, "That's Why They Call
Mo Tabasco," "There Goes Crazy Eva,"
"There's Method In My Madness" and
others which hao been scoring hits that
rival her famous "I Don't Core" isong
Besides Miss Tanguay the bill will Include
"The Telephone Tangle," by Charles Ban
nel, presented by Joseph Hart with Doro
thy Hegel In the principal role, Ralph
Dunbar's "Salon Singers" In "Moments
Musical", I-nUmo Matzene, soprano, Eliz
abeth Baxter, contralto; Cluudo Saner,
tcnoT, and Herbert Bailey, bass, compos-"
Ins a quartet of 0eallst3, with Herbert
Johnson as accompanist; Bert Fltzgllibon,
the "Original Daffy Dll" comedian.
Alice Teddy, the bear with almost hu
man Intelligence, McMahon, Diamond
and Chaplow, a trio of slngeis and dan
cers who appear In a skit "The Scare
crow" Val Harris, formerly of Elsie
Janla' Company, and Jnck Manlon, who
wan a member of the American Oc
tette In England, a new team with a sing
ing absurdity, "Uncle Jerry a tho
Opera". The Lelands, palntographlsts,
with an exhibition of rapid painting, and
Lane and O'Donnell, contortionists and
gymnasts.
Nixon's Grand
The bill next week at Nixon's Grand
Opera House will Includu "Tho Seminary
Scandal," a tabloid musical corned) ; a
novelty feature, Esau, the "Chimpanzee
With the Human Brain"; Palill and
Hoyno, with a singing and dancing turn.
Wilson and Lo Norr, sinning comedians;
Frank Terry, an eccentric comedian, and
Tate and Tate, acrobats.
Empire
Sam Howe's "Love Makers" will come
next week to the Empire In a new farce,
"In Russia." The scenes ctecur in Pet
rograd, Russia. Sam Howe takes the
character of Sim Plffke, a wandering
Jew glazier, who impersonates the Czar,
i the cyclonic comedienne, I etSrfaTwSSvijS'lm
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The bill at the Globe next week will
Include Sylvia, Lojnl and her Pierrot,
With a trained dog and an aggregation of
"0 trained pigeons; Ixion and company,
exponents of the so-called Hindu magic;
Harry Devlno and Belle Williams, In
"The Traveling Salesman and the Female
Drummer", II. Bart Mcliugh's "Melo
dious Chaps," with a quartet made up of
Albert E Curtis, Joe Armstrong, Btanley
W Rhoades and Richard Curtis; Paul
La Croix, assisted by Dorothy Dixon,
May Francis, "The Sunshine Girl," as
sisted bj Jlmmla Jones; Williams and
.Sogal, singers and dancers, and Val and
Helen Train or, comedy sketch artists, In
"Klori'form, N. G,"
Announcement Is made that the head
liner for Christmas week at tho Oloba
Theatro will be "The Mystic Bird." This
Is a small but wonderful canary which
was recently one of the star attractions
nt Proctor's, In Now York. Master Paul,
a violinist, first plajs a number of selec
tions. Then the bird bursts Into song,
following for a bar or two at a time the
tune that Master Paul plays on the violin.
William Penn
The bill at the William Penn next week
will Include Harry Rapf's presentation of
"The Rose and the Butterfly." a vaude
ville novelty of the electrical and spec
tacular variety; Joe Cook, In a travesty
of the familiar acts, trapeze magician,
etc., Major Denton and company, In a
comedy sketch, "A Tonic for Temper,"
and Mahoney and Tremont In their skit,
"The Trading Stamp Girl."
"A tins le-lnillnr atfeeia from
tart to nnleh " Inquirer.
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"I am convinced the way for young
married people to be liappj Is for them to
Iho by tlicmseUes and solve their own
problems without tho assistance ot
mother-in-law or fiithor-ln-law," declared
Ethel Valentine, who plas the lending
role In "Todaj" nt tho Adelphl "Young
folks will generally get along well to
gether IT jou leave them nlone. The
chances are all against It If there arc
parcuts-in-law to advise and counsel
them
"I hao no sympatlay with tho charac
ter of Lily tint I portray In 'Today.' Tho
other nUht I was actually hissed by
some one In the audience. I suppose that
Is proof that I am playing the role suc
cessfully. But I must go on record as
against parental Interference So far as
that particular part of mj role Is con
cerned, I approve of It heartily. In real
life I Bhnuld probably do as Lily docs and
insist that the parcnts-ln-law Ue by
themselves '
Victoria
At the Victoria Theatre, Iteno West and
her Royal Hawaiian Sextet, which Is
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FinST APPuAltANC'U l.N TIllltiE
NEXT WEEK
THE CYCLONIC COMEDIENNE
EVA TANG
WITH AI.I. NEW VND ORIQINAl.
DUNBAR'S
"SALON SINQERS"
In Moment. Mmlcal '
"ALICE TEDDV"
The Wonderful Bear
McJHAHON, DIAMOND
& CHAPLOW
In Tba Bfarecrov.
HARRIS & AlANION
"Uncle Jerry at tha Opera
BERT FITZGIBBON
A Mush a gonfl with "Tha Orlslsal Daffy pil'
THE LELANDS
NoveltyPa lnt-o-o rapblata
LANE & O'DONNELL
Looping tha liumpa
JOIBPJJ hart rreaents """"
DOROTHY REGEL & COMPANY In
"A Telphone Tangle"
A Medley of fonaaUy Surprlit.
Hearst-Sellg Newa and War Motion Pieturc
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composed of native Hawaiian girls, will
appear next week In addition io the
headline, attraction there will be an In
terestlng supporting phi.
Theatrical Notes
Oresle Vessella's now musleal comedy, .
"Tho fllrl of Girls," will be presented! at j
the Broad Street Theatre for the week1?
-r t.niionf II. The book Is by Edward 1
ritm Blertnr Dl Novellls will direct'
tho music. Tho cast will Include Fraftk'J
tj.oi.if. Mntalle Alt. Alexander Clarke."
tha comedian; Charles Angelo, Charles'
Butler ana ucn jtenurieKo.
Maude Adams will play her annual en- ;
gngement at the Broad Street Theatre the
week of Jnnuary IS In a doUble bill of s
two plajs by J. M. Barrlr. "Tho Legend
of Leonora" and "Lady Shakespeare."
Ethel Valentine, the leading woman off
"Today," nt tho Adelphl, hns rocelved aj
cablegram from hor liuiband, Lleqtenanti
!,. .Tnrv r,f tho Trench army, saylnt
.i,. i, u.i antoreh wounded in a recent!
engagement and Is In a hospital nt RloraJ
I'uy-de-dotne, France.
Harry Von Tllzer, producer of "Today,"
at tho Adelphl, Is to mako a new produo
ilnn In the aurln This will be n newa
drama of New York llfo by Tom Barry,!
Mnllnees will be (then during the en-
1 gogement of Chauncey Olcott In the Wa!-1
i nut Street Thcatra, beginning December
i 2S. for the first week on Tuesda), Friday
nnrl Hntunlav. and for the second on Tu3
,inv. Thursday nnd Saturday. The Irlslfl
tenor's new song-play li called "Thai
Heart of Faddy Whack."
Edmund Brccse, lending mart In "To
day ," will bo starred 1) Managor HarrvJ
Von Tllzer nct season In a new play byj
Goorgo Broadhurst, who Is now In Lon-J
don
"The Miracle Man," George M. Cohan's!
latest success, will follow "Potash and!
rermuttcr" nt the Gmrlck. Other attract
tlons that will come to the Garrlck aftr
tho first of the new ear will be Lerl
tleias rarcc, tiio ingn i-usc ui i.onns,
"Innocent," Cohan and Harris' original
(induction of "Seven Kojs to Bdldpate,''4
nnd "The Misleading Lady,"
Dallas Anderson, who plays at thsj
Little Theatre, sas that when you cornel
right down to It ovcry ono Is more or leaaj
superstitious, whether they own up to it
or not "The acting profession," sajs
Mr Anderson, "Is Just u llttlo morel
slavish In this respect than usual, be-
causo tho calling depends for Its success
so largely upon the element or chance
"Ever one, of course, has a per-:
sotial sunorstltlon Thcic nre the super
stitions of tho rank and file of the
profession, the ban on whistling In:
tho dreading loom; the snnio on singing
Toctl's 'Good-b)' while trjlng out one's
voice for an engagement; the rule
to keep peacock feathers out of the the
atre; tho obligation to take cvory scrap
of soap from our dicsslng room at tne
conclusion ot jour engagement; the inan
datr to novel say the tag, or last- line
of a play, at rehearsal, ajid, above all,
the rule to never quite finish clcaulns up
your box of grease paints. Violate thas
nnd jou nre supposed to be haunted
forever and ever by the ghost of jour
neglect."
It Is nn odd fact that with all theSS
sweeping changes that hae taken place
in the theatrical world In regard to plays
and their staging, many ot the ethics -3
behind the scene3 remain the same as Kj
they wero centuries ago. So "The Critic,
by Sheridan, Is Just as clever a burlesquo
toilav as It was when first written. It
will be an attraction, in tho near future '
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