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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAIIGH
1915.
11
TilET
ALMA TELL
At the Adclphi in "Peg o' My
Heart"
Barker, a "New Theatre"
and Philadelphia
' With "Tlio Misleading I,aly" ut tho
Broad disposed of critically yesterday,
with "Ninety In tho Shado" overshadowed
by financial failure und with tho Walnut
continuing the engagement of "Tho Tiall
of tho Lonesomo Pine," tho best thing
the readers of tho Kvhninu I-bdoru enn
do is tun their eyes toward New York
and tho possibility of seeing lieforo tho
spring Is out those productions of Gran
ville Marker's which havo already mado
tho season notable.
"Androeles and the l.lon" has aliciidy
been described. Mr. Barker's remarkable
staging of "A Mldsummer'H Night's
' Dream" calls for unusually warm com
ment und both nro now drawing largo
audiences nightly to Wnllnck's. Among
tho toallstlc productions still to como aro
Bernard Shaw's "Doctor's Dilemma," Mr.
Marker's own "Madras House," and one
other. If tho realistic go hair so well
as tho Imaginative, Mr. Darker will ac
complish what the New Theatre tried
vainly to do before 1t tiled.
Is this remarkablo venture not to be
teen olf Jltoadwny? Is New York all
there Is to theatrical America? L'ntll
a dinner tendered Mr. Barker on Sun
day by Otto Kahn and others, it seemed
so. But on that occasion a telegram
fiom Prof a. I. Baker, of Harvard, was
read Inviting Mr. Darker to present his
productions In Cambridge this spring Mr.
Barker gave his assent and President
Butler, of Cofcimblu, wns appointed chair
man of a eomtnttteo to arrange for the
presentation at other universities as well.
Will Pennsylvania bo in tho list? Surely
there Is a targe enough collegiate audi
ence In and about Philadelphia to sup
port tho venture oven If It Is not offered
to the ordinary theatrogolng audlenco
which should nppreclato It just ns much.
If our intellectual leaders aren't ready
to mako the pjuall effort that should
bring Mr Barker across Jersey surely
there are a half dozen rich men In Phila
delphia to guarantee a performanco each
of Mr. Barker's six productions. They
would mako n rare week in tho dullness
of tprlng
A "New Theatre" for New York
At tho dinner to Granville Barker on
Sunday the hints grow stronger still of
tho proicct for a "New Theatre" ven
ture which lias been floating in the air
Blnco six founders of tho Central Park
failure brought Mr. Barker to Wnllack'3
for his season. A brilliant audience heard
specchcB from which tho Times drew the
following optimistic conclusions:
"While no definite announcement of the
building of a new Now Theatre was made,
Mr. Barker, who was tho principal
speaker, outlined fully his plan for such
a playhouse, and It Is to bo assumed that
It Is the Intention of thoso most Interested
to provide such a building for the carry
ing on of his work. It Is generally ac
cepted that tho new playhouse will bo
built In timo for occupancy next season,
and that Mr. Barker will be mude Its
artistic director for a term of years. Be
fore his engagement at AVallnck's began
It was said ha would return If It proved
successful, which It has."
lf, Statistics to the Death!
'it,' When press agents get
get going there's
no stopping them. Charles II. Brown,
paragon of publlcltal modesty, began It.
Ilia Invoice of tho myriad details of
'Dancing Around" lias spurred on W.
Js'at Boyster, of "Peg o' My Heart" to
Plunge Into statistics. He fears not all
the mammoth magnitude of a Winter Gar
den show. Ills is a modest confidence In
the one big fact about "Peg" 601 nights
on Broadway,
Up Is evou so modest that ho offers to
let us pretend we wrote It nil. Never!
We'll put the blue pencil through the
final remarks on why "Peg" Is "Peg" for
a' that, and admit ho did all the work!
"'Peg O' My Heart is at the Adelphl
Theatre, while 'Dancing Around' Is next
door, at the Iyrlc. Despite their prox
imity, these two productions are as no
solutely unlike at night is from day.
About the only tlryig they have In com
mon is that they employ actors and are
produced on a stage.
'"Peg o' My Heart Is a delightful
comedy, with a. cast of only nine per
sons. 'Dancing Aiounrt' Is no less de.
llBhtful, but It is a big musical comedy,
with a cast of several scores. Jn the pro.
ductlon of "Peg O' My Heart' only one
set of scenery Is used. In 'Dancing
Around' there are It sets of scenery, 364
pieces.
"Three stage hands are required to shift
the scenery used In 'Peg,' but there Is
a veritable army of men employed to
hlft the scenery In 'Dancing Around,'
The former production lias three electric
ere lamps, 'Dancing Around' requires
19 of these huge lights. One electrician
superintends the lights In 'Peg.' while
there are 28 experts with the Lyric show.
There Is a motor truck load of trunks re
quired to transport the hundreds of cos.
tumes used by the members of the 'Dan
elng Around cast. One wardrobe trunk
BuiHces for the costumes worn In 'Peg
0' My Heart.'
"Of course a production can be largo
and be good, as 'Dancing Around"
proves, but at the same time this com
Parison will satisfy the believers In the
olJ adage 'Good goods come 'deleted
by censor."
Store Facta
And while we're at It. let us record the
stlmate of Charles Phillips, who follows
'The Troll of the toneeorne Pine" ("ten
days In advance") when ijer la not taking
a flyer In a, musical comedy of his own.
Mr Phillip is morally certain that the
PUy at the Walnut has been performed
eomewbere in the neighborhood of 2600
lime With two companies and three or
tour j tars, the estimate Ua't at all reck
less. With that much to so on it's a pity
Mr Phillips conclude: "it is authorlta
t''v Hted bf the publishers of the
Trail of tne Imwme Pine' that the flist
HEATRE
editions of tlm book inn Into 3,000,000
copies, and that Hie popular edition wns
equally productive In the number of rend
ers, hut no estimate rati with ncrumry lio
mndo ns to tho number of theatre-goers
who have enjoyed it How tunny thea-tre-gonts?
Thnt's ensv: 2.VI0 times the
rapacity of the Walnut well, somewhere
round throe million and a half.
Personal Matters
"The Misleading Lady" curries In Albert
Snckett an actor who plnya two sets of
very divergent pnrts. lie Is a theatrical
manager In tho first net and nn asylum
attendant In the last, lie Is a good actor
In the winter mid n good father In tho
summer. And ho Is n good father to mi
tes a person thnn bnnnv .lulla Sanderson
In f.tct, ho demonstrated this In August,
when ho rescued his daughtct from the
war zone and brought her back to be
"The Olrl from rtnh."
IV Wolf Hopper will hnve seven dis
tinct parts during his .engagement nt the
Metropolitan: The unhappy and dis
traught Ko-Ko. In "Tho Mikado"; tho
grotesque Dick I'eadeyo, In "Pltmfote":
the philandering .IuiIro In "Trial ihv
Jury"; the stolid and phlegmatic sergeant
of police, In "The Pirates of Penzance";
the flamboyant John Wellington Wells. In
"The Sorcerer';; the fussy old l.( rd Cluth
rellor. In "lolnnthc" mid the pathetic
merr.wnnn. Jack Point, In 'The Yeomen
of the Guard."
UDEVILLE
nSo&!
e
Keith's
As some persons like terrapin and
otheis prefer beefsteak, theie Is no ac
counting for tastes, nml It's the snnie
way with vaudeville. At Keith's this
week thoro Is it feast of vnudcville dishes
and they nro ne'arly all palatable. As
to the best thing on the menu, It's ac
cording to your vaudeville appetite.
Theie were many last night who wanted
to keep Fannlo Hrlee, the girl with the
elastic face, on the stage Indefinitely, and
there wcio Jut as many, perhaps, who
desired Miss Joan Sawyer, the queen of
modern dance, to stay boforo them. Miss
Brlco ambled on tho stago by herself and
Hang a song somewhat confidentially. It
didn't matter ho much what the words
were, ns she acrompnnlcd It with a dance
of her eyebrows. She then did us she
pleased, as the mood seized her. Imita
tions of footllght favorites followed songs,
dances and apparently Impromptu Jokes.
Miss Brlco didn't announce her tmllntlona
but slmplv let the) audience guess whom
she meant, and It did.
Miss Sawyer's offering was the dessert
of the feast. Amid nil artistic environ
ment und with her own Persian Garden
orchestra as an added Inspiration, she
presented tho modern dances. Miss
Sawyer was assisted by George Hurcourt
and Joseph Smith. The opening of tho
net discloses mi artist putting the llnlsli
Ing touches on the portrait of a beautiful
girl who comes to life and dances while
tho artist dreams. This Is followed by a
number of dnnces of the day.
"Wives of the Rich," a playlet present
ed by Claude Gllllngwater & Co . tells
how a wealthy man neglected his wife by
too close attention to business, lie ic
fuses to accompany her to soclnl func
tions and one night when left alone, falls
nsleep and dreams that the neglected wife
l about to elope He kills her para
mour and Is arrested. Then ho awakens
and Is so glad that It was all n dream
that he takes his wife to dinner. Very
capablo support wns given by Miss Edith
I.yle, ns the neglected wife, nnd Frederick
Forrester, the paramoui of tho drenm.
Frank Fogaity, the Dublin Minstrel,
kept all In an hilarious mood with his
snappy Irish stories. .Schooler and Dick
inson presented an exceptional muslcul
net which was all class, and scored a
solid hit. Other acts which won favor
were It. A. Itolfe's Colonial Days; Benu
mont and AinnlcMn a singing and talking
sketch, nnd Convey. Hanvey and Dun
levy In n lively minstrel net.
Here and There
Barto and Clark, in "Mnrooned." a
novel little comedy with songs and
dancers, won deserved appiovul at the
Globe. The act is full of laughs and ac
tion. Harry Ilreen sang songa qucMy
wth good results, and Grant and Knags
pleased with some up-to-date nonsense.
Other acts on tho 1I11 wero George FclK1
nnd the Barry Sisters, Kenuey and
Itooney, Tho Hedders, Jerge and Hamil
ton and the Tlueo NavarreH.
Motion plctuies taken nround the Mat
terhoru mid Mont Blnnc me thrilling
and interesting.
There Is an nbundnnce of good things
nt tho William Penn. The Five Nnval
Cadets In "A Cnilso to the I.and of Har
mony" nro In keeping with the times In
a singing net, which makes one think of
war and tho American flag. "His Mean
Disposition," presented by Percy Wclton
and company won many laughs nnd held
constant attention. Others who plensed
were McMahon, Diamond and Chaplow.
the Lelghtons, Dave Ferguson In a mono
logue, and Sorotty and Antoinette.
"The Village Cabaret" kept the laughter
moving at the Cross Key. There wire
no end of novel numbers, dances and
surprises, and tho offering won deserved
approval.
Brown, Delmar and Blown presented a
picturesque number called "On the
Dock." which had all the atmosphere of
the river front. and good music as an ex
tra attraction. Jimmy Reynolds told
funny stories In a way of his own. which
was well liked: Carl and Bartlett lived up
to their past reputation as entertainers.
lie Marcey's baboons created fun for the
children, nnd tho Keeley Brothers showed
how physical culture exercise can bo
mado Interesting.
THEATRICAL
BAEDEKER
AtiEUPill- ' l'er o' My Heart, with an -cilleiit
". Hartley Maiiiitin' joputar and
.'ellent cast, iiariiey ii ',.. ..
HiuuiliiB comedy of tho lmpetuou.1 )oung
fng'lsh family "'a
BItOAD-"Tho MIsUaaiDS Lady." A "o:lo
loaical" farce of a gentlemen from Pata
gonia, who kidnaps and tames a flirtatious
youni ornament of good aaoclety, AUo enter
'Napolton." Good amutement 8.13
tlAlllUCK The San Carlos Opera Company In
"Alda." For further announcement and re
views ee tbo mut department 8-10
LITTLE "BUn Man. Poor Man." with the
riwenT iompany. A comedy by I'orter
Bn JlroJtu, whlih show the 5th uve
nui ft Juit a out of It In Vermont as a
chorus Klrl In Wh avenue. Ingenious and
ingenuous ,",".'."..
LVItK--"l)aiclne Around.", with Al Jolton.
A. Winter Oardan ' "h ft huawar hero
MOUEKK 11ANC1NQ
MR. MBS. II. D. WVtQXEK. "30 N. BROAD
Scholars' ? Tonight iXfli
Country Dance Tomwroiy ttVednaiy)Kr
TUB CBLLWOOD CAHPKNTBB STUDIO.
1123 CoMinut pen daily all the year The
bee" aarvhe in 1'btla IaiMt movemente up
lo the uilnute. Ttlsphoae
THE COBTISSOZ SCHOOL"
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FIGURES
This article (s the .if t of a scries on
lima 'arfoti'a'n .Veto .Socln! Wnncca
nnd How to Perform Them, which n;i
jicar nit Tuesdays and Thursday ex
clusively in this uciracr. These
articles have been written by ,Mllr.
1'avlowa, who, as piemlcre ballerina
assolutn of the Pclrogiatl Jmpctlal
Opera, is everywhere recognized as not
only Ihr nrcaest livinn ilancer, but the
Greatest living authority on the art of
the dance.
By ANNA PAVLOWA
ARTICLE XV.
The third figure In the Czarina Walt.
Is heRiin, ns aro the. two preceding. In
open position. Hut here, for tho llr.it
time, tho dancers nrc side by side. Thin,
flpnro ia also u part of tho lirat thlid
poitlon of Vile dance In which the par
ticipants should move In a dicnmy
fashion.
At the close of the second figure the
cavalier stood with both feet flat on the
Moor, hlr light arm elevated nnd his
hand holding tho upraised left hand of
his lady, who has Just computed n turn
to rner left under this nrcli. When the
circle Is executed ihc lady Is facing her
partner, but turned sulllclently to her
loft to enable her to start the third fig
ure with grace and smoothness.
who Is tooklnff for a b'nuty fpot atid finds a
tthnlo ballroomful. Al JolHon convuNljelv
ruins the plot '
WAI.Nl T "Tho Troll of the Lonexonie 1'lne. '
KuKcne Wnltcr's cn'tle tlraniatlxatln. of
lohn Fox, Jr 's tale of the Cumberland t.np.
Last week slr'
Vaudeville
KFlTH'S-.1oan Sawyer: Claude rillllng-wator
in "Wit en ( the Illrh", Fannie Hrlce. Prank
KoBarty "The Dublin Mlnstrol", H. A.
ltolie'a "Colonial Dns"; Coakley, 11am ey
and Uunlevy. blackfuce comedians: lleau
monte and Arnold In "The Doetorlne" ,
Schoolor und Dickinson, nnd Hearst-hells
motion pkturet.
NIXON'S CRAND-Tho Klght Royal Dragoons,
sineers ami instrumentalists: John 1. Wade,
In "Mars Shelby's Chicken Dinner"; .loo
i.'ook's "Ono Man Vaudetllle Show". Cole.
Ftu&soll on 1 Datls In "Walteis Wanted",
the Doherlys In "Nutty Nonsense": Julia
itnnzalt'S on the- trapeze, and comedy motion
pictures.
GI-OBD-- "Adventures on tlm Itoof of the
Earth," moving- pictures in tho Alps: Oeorite
Pells and the Harry Olrls. Harry Breen In
monologue, Clayton Kenney and Martin
Rooney In "The Happy Medium": Edrtlo
ISartn nnd Florence Clark in "Marooned";
ihe Hedders- Alf Ornnt and Master Hoag in
"A chip of the Old lllo'k", Jerge and Ham
ilton and the Threa Navarro .
WILLIAM PENN The Five Naval Cadets;
I'ercv Welton and Company In "Ills Mean
Disposition"; the Lelghtons In "The Party
nf the Second Part". McMahon. Ulamond
and Chaplow tn "Tho Scarecrow"; Dave Fer
Kiison, monoloKlst, nml Soretty nnd Antoi
nette. CHOSS KBVS (rlrst half nf week) Jo Khea
In "Tho Village ttbaret": Ilrown, Delmar
and Ilrown In "On tho Dock"; Karl and
Hartlett. Jlmmv Reynolds, monnloglst; Do
Marcey's Dabooni. and Keeley Ilrothera In
"Pun in a CSymnailum."
WriAT'S DOING TONIGHT
1
J
Sunday revival, tabernacle 10th and Vino
a'reets; 7:30 o'clock. Free.
LeUure on "Invisible IJght," by Prof n.
Wneil Wasner Free Insiltuie of Hclence,
17th street and Montgomery avenue. 8 o'clock
Free.
Lecture on "The Philosophy of the flreutl
'ul." by J. lArenzo ZwicKey. Wlthersooon
Hall 8 o'tlock
lncaetcr Avenue Kusluess Men. 303O Lan
caster avenue. 8 o'clock. Free.
Academy of Natural Sciences. 1100 Paco
street: 8 o'clock. Frte.
Cohockslnk Dullness Men. 7th street and
Qerniantovvn avenue: 8 o'clock. Free
Maiket and 6-J Streets Duslnesa Men. 210
Market stieet: 8 o'clock. Free.
Leriure. 'Catholielsm and Demoi'racy."
fecll Cl.eiertun, PellevueStrstford-: 8 o clock.
Reception. Ladles' Auxiliary. A. O. 1L. llelle.
ue-Stratford; 8 o'clock.
itobert Emmet annlversury celebratlou, Clan-Na-uutt.
Academy of Music: 8 o'clock
Lucture, "Medieval Art." William H Oood
yrar Afudemy bf tho Fine Arts! 8 o'clock.
PHOTOPLAYS
CHESTNUT STREET SSi5&
Home o World't artatett Photoplays
AFTKilNOONH I :S0 lo 4 :30 10c, 15c, 25e.
KVKNINOS 7:30 to J0:BO 10c, 2Cc. 50c
Reserved beats Selling- One Weak in Advance.
A V.ONDEUFLL DRAMATIC SPECTACLE
THE ETERNAL
CITY
BY
HALL CAINB
with PAULINE FREDERICK
TWICE DAILY- 2:30 and 8:30 I? M
Preceded by Keystone Comedies
THE TIOGA VENANUO 8TS
flnla s iKct i Kjclusna Pholoplov Theatre
i'P4ny 2000 Matinee '4 30 Evif. d 5 Ad
mission nutilnea aud eienlntr. 10l CnJldreo,
tnatluesi only. &c Full on.bestra
TO DAY
SOULS UNCHAINED
fvi?TU
urTy
sS.
"THE ETERNAL CITY" AS A PHOTOPLAY
j wtsmsLeam, , , - L
Impressions, real and reel, set down for
TO RIGHT
IN CZARINA WALTZ
Standing, as she has throughout most
of tin- neeiind llgure. on her left foot, the
lady on the count of "one" In the music
Mulshes Yicr turn to the loft, so that she
Is nt her partner's side nnd nt the same
tlmo she takes a forward step with the
right foot of about nine Indies.
The civnller, waiting for the last turn
of his Indy to placn her In position for
tho forward movement In tho third flguio,
takes n half step on the left foot Juat
ns the count of "one" comes, and, sim
ultaneously, a long one (equal In lengt'n
to thai of his partner) on the right.
On tills count the lady raises her left
arm over her head so that the hnnd may
bo conveniently taken by the raised left
hand of her cavalier; and she also extends
her light hand in front nnd In a lowered
position so that It may rest in the right
hand of her escort.
The object of the dancois In this llgurQ
(which ,1 term i sort of forwaid chasse
to the fight) Is to take two such forward
steps and then to execute a counterpart
of the movement to the loft. The forward
step on the right foot, which ench dancer
uses, leally occupies two counts, because
thero Is tin Imperceptible pause near the
close of the step.
Tho left foot of each dancer Is then
drawn along the floor until tho Instep
tests agolnst tho heel of the right foot.
Thus tho count would bo "one, two" (long
step forward on right foot), "three" (draw
up tho left foot), and again repeated in
tho same manner.
ORCHESTRA I'LAYS THIS WEEK
Two Concerts Will Bo Given to Aid
Pension Fund.
Two concerts will he Riven by the Phila
delphia Orchestra for the benellt of the
pension fund for the members of the or
chestra on Thursday evening nnd Frldny
nftetnoon of this week. Many of the
lnrso orchestras of Ktiropo havo such
funds and several In America have felt
the need of n like Investment, and It has
been proposed to Inaugurate sin-h a one
In Philadelphia for meniberu of the or
chestra who have filven tho best yenia
of their professional career to the or
chestra Mendelssohn's Svniphony Cantata, "l.ob
Besaiif;." with a chorus of sno voices nnd
tho full strength of the orchestia, will be
Blven for the benellt of tho fund on
Thursday evening at 8:13 o'clock. The
soloists will ho Florence Hlnkle, soprano,
John V. Brnun, tenor, and Kinniu ilob
erta, contrnlto.
The Friday afternoon concert will be a
presentation of Wagnerian compositions,
with Madame Johanna nndskl as soloist.
Both concerts will be conducted by Leo
pold Stokowskl, lender of the orchestra.
Tickets can he purchased at Mcppe's, HID
Chestnut street.
Dance Nets S1500 for Hospital
The German Hospital will receive more
thnn SIMX) from the ladles' Aid Society of
the hospital. That amount vvhr talsed
last night at a tianco nf the soclet at
tended by morn than S00 people nt the
.Hollovue-Strntford.
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SELECT PHOTOPLAY THEATRE
TODAY'S
FKATUIIKS
CALENDAR
STAR THEATRE
KKN8INOTON AVKNDK
ItKLOW T.KHIQH AVKNEK
jeffe"rson i&J'phi-.
IRIS THEATRE 'V
BELVIDERE ToUuR A
OVERBROOK ?.'; ?A...
HaTerforJ Ave.
163I.lt I
REGENT
Market Street
TULPEHOCKEN ""rtSk..
GARDEN
K3d St. and
I.onidonne Ate.
EPISODES OF ZUDORA IN
IDEAL
VERDI HALL
MARCONI
Klith and
.lat'kson Hta.
113
Chrlstlan SL
ISIS South
Elitlith HI.
EUREKA
Marshall St. anil
Hunting I'ark A.
Mth St.'and
Hlde .Ut.
?9? Hleh
mond St.
RIDGE
ARCADE
W, ALLEGHENY
KSIIi 8t. and
Allegheny Ate.
60th M. and
Cedar Aft.
SOIh St and
lUterford At.
59th sad
Market Ms.
1 wCL'aMkI
HAVERFORD
' COLISEUM
posterity by an Evc.vino Ledgkr stnlT
TilEPHOTOP
Questions and Answers
The l'hulopl.ty Kdllor of the Kvc.s
lN(i l.KiiOKit will he pleased to answer
Ultcstlnns tclating to his dcpaitincnt.
Queries will not be nimwered hy tet
ter. All lettcis must be addressed to
Photoplay lSdltor, KvcxiKa I,Rtann.
TUB in'IIItN'.U, OirV," film version
i)(
lull fMlns's novel unit lilav rrudllcd lv the
r.linous l'lner8 Film Comivinj
muler direc
tion of Ildvvln S. Pnrtur and llUKlt 1-nrd.
Hiiown for tho first time In public anyvvhero
ut tli Chestnut Htnet Opera House, March
1. llil.-.
The t.lM ., . , ,
Doniin Iteni.t .. Paulino Ftederlck
ii.ivhl Itosil tlMvlil Ltone)... Thomas llohilntf
Little Itomu Kittens llelclicrt
Little David Arthur Oppcnhelm
Leon, l'npal Buordsman ISeorBe Slllwell
Ills wife Ue la llelU
linriin llonelll Frank I.oseo
.. ., r t...,!.... Mflltldl,
riutrlen Mlnphelli ".'...'.'.
D'li'lnr nosclli
lirlino Hnccu
Llenn Hocco, hh wife
Joseph, their son .
Tho lMker
Ills w-ir
Padrone.
Housekcei ers, dlRnltjries1
tr. tll,i. VI
. . ..Clnuel Limon
.GcurBe Majeronl
Inlin Clillow
Amelia Rosn
Freddie Veidl
P. tlnlllnrd
. .. .Mary Milder
. ..llertiert Hulier
ot tho church,
soldiers, etc.
flail Calno's highly emotlonrfl and plc
turegque novel, "The Kternal City," mado
Its terrestrlnl debut nt tho Chestnut Street
Opera House jcsterd.iy afternoon. It wns
shown privately Sunday night, hut Hint
doesn't count. It may bo stated In till
honesty that tho lllm version of "Tho
Kternal City" Is supetlatlve among photo
plays. It stands imrlvaletl from a purely
scenic viewpoint It ranks among tho
very highest front the standpoint of the
actors art.
It Is difficult to criticise a silent play
which eliminates so much usually consid
ered vitally lu'cessarv to bring home the
Intent of the author that the audience
may senso that which lle behind and be
yond the spoken words, the gestures, the
nuances portiajed by the mummers. That
Is why "The Ktcrunl City's" success Is
so much tho greater. It "puts across" In
silence; It kindles tho Imagination to tho
point where It nbtorbs the poes. the ro
iiiunce of tho shadowy figures depleted
in wonderful photogiaphy upon tho icreen.
Pi lor to the picture Itself conies a pano
ramic view- lu colors of the City of tho
Seven Hills, P.ome, the eternnl. Then tho
nim plunges Into action with stnrtllng
rapidity. Tho projector begins Its stuttei
Ing nnd n street is shown. Aiound a
stone balustrade crouches a woman bear
ing a babe David Leone, subsequently
known as llossl. She abandons the child
and plunges Into the ilver.
Scene follows scene: the story develops
consecutively, coheiently und naturally.
One superb view after another Is thrown
on the screen. The beauties of Home, of
old Father Tiber, of the Cuinpagiia are
shown. One partlcttlarv cxqulslto view
depicts D.wid and his Ciood Man Fildny.
Hmno, snylng farewell to Itome. It dis
closes the Hternal City through n dark
ened nieh. Beyond lies a vista overlook
ing Home, Willi tho dome of St. Teter's
In the distance.
So far a.s the acting Is concerned, that
of Miss Fredetlck contrasts stiongly ultlj
her iceent work In "Innocent" in this
city. In tho spoken play, she acted with
reserve and repression. In the. lllm play
nho emphasizes motions and nuances
nnd moods: she throws herself Into the
neurotic role she depicts with a verve
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and fervor which bespeak her enthus
iasm. Donna Ilomn ts of the highly emo
tional type to whom nil things appear
distort, -tl. highly uiasnlllcd. And Miss
Frederick, realizing this, acts In accord
ance. She was especially good tn tho
seenen pi lor to her wedding to David
and after the murder of Honelll.
Xext lo Miss Frederick, the best mum
ming was that of Mnjeronl. ills acting
was virile, manly nnd Impressive. I.osee,
as the wicked llaron, wns villainous,
even though he heaved deep breaths after
David had shot him and long after his
demise. Spcelnl comment may also be
mntlo of the excellent acting of Arthur
Oiiponhelm, as the lad, David.
And lion to the one wi-nk point In the
entire production. Fuller Mclllsh as the
Popo undoubtedly did his best with a tlllll
cult role, hut somehow or other, he was
not convincing. Of course, a Tope who
bus a son and who permits that son to
walk orf with his arm about the Pontiff's
shouldeiK docs not happen any too often.
The plol demands tho pletoilal Pope and
while there Is nothing In Melllsh's con
ception to offend even tho must devout,
yet It Is a pltv that a rontlff hatl to be
shown In the flesh.
Rut taken as a generic whole, "The
Eternnl City" Is the hlggcst thing tlono
In photoplays.
The Kevolt of the Historians
Plymouth, Mass., folk are Indignant at
what thev say Is misrepresentation of
history In a moving-picture film taken by
ono of the Intgest lllm companies for dis
play at the Panama-Paclllc Exposition,
and entitled "The Landing of the Pil
grims." Tho Pis mouth foil; point to ceitnln
scones hi the Pint as historically Inaccu
rate; hut the movlng-plrture men reply
that tho spirit of history Is preserved and
that the scenes are necessary In the film.
Tho points In which the Plymouth folk
And fault Include these:
I. Samoaset, the whlto man's friend. Is
shown on a roan maro greeting Miles
Stnndlsh, when, as a matter of fact, Ply
mouth folk say there were no horses In
those days.
" Women ar shown In tho first boat
load of landing Pilgrims, when, tho Ply
mouth folk assert, there were no women
In tho first party and the Mayflower never
came nearer Plymouth than Provincetown
Hnrbor.
3. An Indian skirmish is one nf the
scenes: but Plymouth folk say thero were
no Indian skirmishes, a peace treaty hav-
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ttflzctlo nnd Guy Oliver are members of
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Kansas- At present Atlre Joyce and
Guy Coombs are plAJ'lilR opposllos. Geno
Gnunller leU (ho Kalem n year or so ago
and now is heading her own company.
Tho Snn carlo Opeia Company began
last night a week of opera at the Oarrlck
Theatre. Uy skilfully taking advantage
of tho closing of the European houses,
nnd courageously overcoming the difficul
ties of grand opera production In this
country, the director haB managed to as
semble nnd keep In action an enviable
personnel. "Alda," sung last nlghl, was
capably produced nnd done with much
vigor. Tho mlBfortuncA to which It wns
subject are Inherent In opera, and atten
tion can be safe!) directed to them with
out prejudice to the artists, whose vdrk
wns manifestly sincere.
It has been the habit of the San Carlo
compnnv to exploit slngern who hav
Inter become world favorites, and this
habit challenges tho critical Judgment
Who Is the Mar of tomorrow? But, nn
Hilmund llurke wisely nnld. there Is noth
ing more easy thnn prophecy, pxcept to
be wrong when one prophesies. Of the
east which sang "Alda" Inst ntsht-and
II Is not the finest east which the cqm
P.iny can nfford It Is certain that Giu
seppe Agostln! and Enter Adaberto- are
not of the first rank of singers. Th,e for
mer's tenor Is neither powerful nor suave:
the latter Is n soprano who has sacrificed
nil sweetness ot tono nnd lyric diction
to her dramatic power. So that at mo
ments sho censes to sing and Is effective
only In so far as she sustains the dra
matic conditions.
The. concert hall, that terrible, testing '
giound for pure singing, would afford a
necessary corrective to both.
Cnrollnit Znnner, a Ilusslan contralto of
Imposing appearance, whs th Amnerls
Her voice Is splendid In color, rich nnd
deep. The same qualities, clouded by n
deplorable tendency to strnlned declama
tion, characterize the singing of Alessnn
dro Modestl, the Amonasro. The other
prlnclpalu were what the should have
been, nnd nut much more
For pure delight In singing the chortl"
wns the mot pleasing unit of the opera
The heartiness of Us outbursts, nnd the
deftness with which It blended Its colors
the faithfulness and dexterity of Its
notion, were all of the very highest order
For tills and for the orchestra, which
envp lo Verdi's marvelous score even
item of Us liveliness and verve, thani's
must go to Chevalier Oluseppl Angcltrl
the conductor. Tie made one fancy, at
times, that Verdi was Immortal.
l'ntll one remembered that the who'e
structure which Verdi had built wa
doomed nnd destined to ultimate annihila
tion, the opera last night wns Infinite!
more worth while than the society per
formances with which the name Is usuhllv
associated. The pitv Is that In attempt
lug to mako opera vital, by giving It artis
tic contact with the people, tho director!'
should have been compelled to take with
them the hundred nnd one disasters whlci
grand opera Involves. The starn wert
not sn good, the ensemble generally bet
ter. For the rest, pverv detail of the
performance wns exactly what a grand
opera performanco gcnernlly Is.
With this startling exception- that the
audience listened.
Tomorrow evening "lAicIa" will be
rung, with the following cast:
Hrnrv Asiiton. of Lmnmcrmoor Ancelo .nto!n
Lucln. his sister.. Krtvlxe Voece.
IMgnr of Ravenswood ..Salvatore Helarcti
Norman, follower of Henrs Antonio Celt
rtsymonrt. n chaplain Xatale Ccr
Allee. nn attendant Anita Sedelmav
Lord Arthur lucklaw . . Luc-lano Itnsstn
Chevalier Giuseppe Ansellnl. musical dtrectn
"Philosophy of the Beautiful"
.T. Lorenzo Zwlckey. the Swiss Canadian
artist, will appear on the platform of thr
1'nlver.slty Extension Society. Wither
spoon IUII, at R o'clock tonight, find l"
turn on "Tho Philosophy of the Beauti
ful," In which this artist-author will dem
onstrate tho real meaning of art and the
expression of the soul of things.
Lecture on Invisible Light
Tho last lectuio In n course on "Invis'
ble T.lglit" by Prof. Ilobert W. Wood, of
Johns Hopkins University, will be dellv
ered In the Wagner Free Institute of Scl
ence, 17th street and Montgomery avenue
tonight. The address will be lllus,trptcd
by lantern ulldes nnd experiments with
liquid air. It will deal largely with elec
trical phenomena.
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