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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1915.
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EMANUEL REICHER
Tho distinguished German nctar
ns ho will oppenr in Ibsen's "John
Gnbriel Borkmnn" at tho Little
Theatre on Friday.
Cohan's Confessions
of Broadway
KEI.LO, BROADWAY! Oil THE MYsSTEItY
OF THE 11AT110X-A musical craiy quilt,
patched and threaded together with words
and music b Gcorgo M. Cohan. Forrest
Theatre.
Oeorg-o Rabbit. Tho Millionaire Kid,
George M, Cohan
Bill Shaverfam, The Hank ...William Collier
Bolivar Babbit, Tho Soap King,
Charles Dow Clark
Ambrose. Dcmlng. Tho Advertising Nut,
Laurence Wheat
Kick In McCluskcy. Tho Singe Policeman,
Sydney Jarvls
Bum Lung-. The Dancing Slate .Harry Dclf
Mr. Wu, A Chinese I'layvv right,
John Hcndrleks
Hang Clang, Chief of the Highbinders,
James Cody
Victor, The Butler Charles Dow Clark
Caddy Long Beard. The Miracle Man,
Tom Dlnglo
Ills Brother Jack Corcoran
Judgo Rclzensteln William Collier
Tho Defensive Attorney George M. Cohan
The Offensive Attorney Iawience Wheat
l.co Qetrlchateln George M, Cohan
Innocent William Collier
Uncle Malcolm. Innocent's Uncle.
Sydney Jarvls
The Man from Knoblack's. Charles Dow Clark
Irene, The Song Writer's Daughter,
I,oulse Dresser
Alfred Woods, The Musle Publisher,
, Iawrcnco Wheat
Ezra. The ORlco Boy Charles Dow Clark
At Tho Piano Grace Nolan
Cyril Habcrdash, The Dude..Georgo M. Cohan
The Senator William Collier
Alfred Speedklinker Sydney Jarvls
Mr. Castlo Tom Dlnglo
Mrs. Castlo Irene Enwrlght
Frank Tlnncy Jack Corcoran
Patsy Pygmalion, A Flower Girl,
Louise Dresser
Ruth Chatterbox, A Gaiety Girl. Belle Blanche
Chin Chin. Mr. Wu's Daughter.IloHlka Dolly
Elsie Worklngsnn. An Outcast Peggy Wood
Aunt Laura, Innocent's Aunt Loulo Dressier
Act 1 Patch 1 Outside the Soip Factors' anu
Tterorm School Jersey City. Touching on "It
Pay to Advertise." Patch :.' Mr Wu's Home
In Hongkong. Touching on Mr. Wu. Patch JI
George Babbit's Apartment Riverside Drive.
Touching on Outcast rntch 4 On the Side
walk. A Bit of Old-tlmo Song and Dance.
Patch B New York's Chinatown. Touching on
Chin Chin. Tatch U Another Sidewalk. Touch
ing on Advanced Playwrltlng. Patch 7 Ball
Toom In a New York Hotel. A Bit of the
Has Craze.
Act a Patch I In Front of the Hippodrome.
tg showing' How Popular Songs aro 'Made. Patcli
2 On Sidewalk. Touching on Popular Actors.
Pntch .1 In the Courthouse. Touching on tho
Ble Hit. On Trial. Patrli 4 Innocent's Home.
Bits of Innocent My Lady's Dress and Phan
tom itiviu. J'atcn a on tne sidowalk. Touch
ing on Susie Songs. Patch J The Music House.
Touching on the Big Hit, Song of Songs. Paten
7 Castle Square. Touching on Watch Your
Step. Patch 8 In Front of Two New York
Theatres. Touching on Personalities. Pntch
f Overlooking New York liny. The Patriotic
Stuff.
"I don't caro what the dramatic critics think,
tho audience likes to be fooled." Gcorgo M.
Cohan.
And we pot fooled nit right. It was a,
funny revue tho first ever. It had a real
"book" and a real plot. A dozen real
plots, straight out of nil the Broadway
iuccesses. And It had a plot of Its own.
which began with n smuggled hat box
containing a Chinese melodrama, chased
that receptacle of respectability for three
hours, and then ended up by disclosing
the fact that there wasn't any plot in the
hat box after all.
Perhaps some of the audience were also
fooled by the fact that they don't live In
New York and know all the Intimate In
tricacies of "It Pays to Advertise," "Out
cast" or "On Trial." But they liked to bo
fooled Just the same; they knew about
half the plays burlesqued, and most of the
travesty was funny all by Itself. Twenty
two soda syphons and 19 candy boxes
strung round a bachelor's room are
amusing, even If you don't know that
they represent the dancing discontent
which has oppressed the hero of "Out
cast" ever Blnce he was Jilted. Any
body can appreciate that this sort of
life will "put a watch on your wrist"
Aji for the wny Mr. Cohan demonstrates
how a popular song Is pushed, shoved and
foisted on the public. It Is a scream the
way Mr. Cohan has written It, Miss
Dresser alnga It and the chorus acts all
.round It not to mention the way the
audience finds Itself singing "Down by
the Erie Canal" when they go out. Fooled
again!
A person doesn't have to know the
front-end-backward plot of "On Trial"
to draw a laugh from the way the Jury
converts the courtroom Into the library
of "Innocent" when the -witness rings a
-wrist alarm clock. It Is easy to see the
humor of the Miracle Man running a
reform school under the name of Daddy
lng Beard. What more natural than to
leavo no Montgomery and Stone un
turned In a search for "Chin Chin"?
Moreover, anybody can laugh at Mr.
Collier wth no appreciable exertion, es
peelalty when he comes In exhausted to
take tbe applause that, has Juat answered
one of Mr- Cohan's whirlwind dances, Mr.
Cohan himself Is reasonably easy to ap
preciate, while as for any one who can't
fall for Louise Dresser singing about the
KrJe, Tom Dingle demonstrating that he
was named after his legB, Belle Blanche
instating everybody but the old stand
bys', Eddie Foy and Anna Held; Rozalka
2drjr and Harry Delf dancing and Peggy
"Wood Just being beautiful neutral Amer
ica, is no place for them.
Of course, at bottom "Hello, Broad
way!" is "Inside stuff." But that
doesn't matter so long as It la also
a .great big; circus of clowning, dancing.
Jilth and low brow tumbling and feats of
juantat skill and daring. Perhaps, after
nit; it is the "Jnalda stuff" that hds made
Mb Ciihan the man to put together that
wfBdrou thing which all of us have be
Itemed tn firmly and vainly, a really amua
- Ins travesty As a oast m.ni.r h......
M, he knqws the weak on'nt in all this
"advanced playwrigl " business of start
ing; one act Ave minutes before the last
ended, and ha can poke delicious fun at
It He, has humor enough, to appreciate
the Irony of "William Collier Comedy
Theatre," where WJlliam la no longer wel
come, and the. "George M Cohan Thea
tre," where other managers rule; so he
jtt them on the stage side by aide
and seta hlroself and Mr. Collier alnglng
about them. From a long personal ac
quaintance wU himself he has learned
tsttajr r two about the American nag
M n a4vrUIg: medium, he know the
Scr t "Ummu wia." mid he can
rmatd Ms fa.tbr fajawktMc;
A$.,N jo iM Cefeaii U tb i
Jenn jAcquca Itouitaenu, a well na Bty
Roan, of Broadway.
AH of which personalia, la very inter
esting, aurposlnsr we're Interested In Mr
Cohan. Which we nre. Because he can
Pitt nit thl Tnnkee Doodle bran over. In
splto of the. fnct that ha wilt continue to
write hnlf a dozen plays to ono musical I
comedy from now on.
Emanuel Rclchcr in Ibsen
Friday evening nnd twice Saturday
Philadelphia will have the opportunity of
seeing n distinguished German actor nnd
a rnrcly acted drama by Ibsen. Tho netor
Is Emanuel Helchorj the piny, "John
Onhrlel norkmnn." Tho performance,
which will be In English, nt tho Uttln
Theatre, will enlist tho aid of Thais Law
ton, Allco Harrington, Paul flordoti. Alma
Krugcr, Roland Young, Inez Ilanchnrt
and Edith Sonbury. "John Clnbrlol Ilork
man" Is a production mnde by Mr.
Itclcher for the modern stage, n New
York organization of plny-gocrB mibscrlh-
Ing for a special Benson of unusual plns
l The play gives Mr. Helchcr n strong nnd
vivid part, what we would cnll a "rnptnln
of Industry," who has served a. term in
prison for his business methods. Mr.
Itclcher has snltl of the piny: "tt contnlni
five different theories of life, each opposed
to tho others. There Is tho altruism, the
Illusion of mnklng everybody hnppv mi
Borkmnn i tho right of love In Kiln, the
law of honor In aunhlld, the love of plens
Uro nnd nmusoment In Mm. Wilton nnd
the right of all-overthrowing youth In
Erhard. Every representative of these
five theories believes himself right, nnd,
by acting accordingly, destroys tho hap
piness of tho others ns well ns his own.
while, on tho other hand, the poor, abused
poet, Foldal, Is, in his retirement from
life, tho only really happy porson In tho
play."
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In 'tho middle of the bill at Keith's this
week without nny special announcement
there are two names, Joslo Heather and
Henry Marshall. If applause and appre
ciation count for anything, this pair
should bo announced In big type. Last
night they "stopped tho show," and In
the vernacular of vaudeville "denned
up." Wero It not for tho fnct that thero
were other nets on tho bill, this pair
could hnvo continued Indellnltely. The
program docs say that Miss Heather Is
"a winsome English comedienne." About
Mr. Marshall It announces that ho wrote
n song or two. All this couple did was to
piny and sins but they know how to do
it.
Long Tack Snm nnd Co. aro a whole
show In themselves. The Chinese mngi
clnn with nearly a dozen others sets tho
pace for other acts of Its kind. Sam pro
duces bowls of fish from his clothes while
whirling through the air nnd his assist
ants perform equally mysterious Tents.
One member dles through n frame of
knives with as much nonchalance its
though he were taking a dip at tho sea
shore. Others perform ncrobatlc fonts
whilo dangling by their hair at the end
of a rope. Still otheis do some icinark
nble Juggling, and to cap tho climax,
Little Top Sing, a Chinese girl nbout four
years old, sings "It's a Long Way to
Tlpperary."
Numerous thrills are given In Paul
Armstrong's sketch, "To Save Ono Girl."
It tells the story of a political boss who
attempts to force tho passage of a vi
cious bill by trapping nn Innocent stenog
rapher In the room of a reform legis
lator. But there happens to be a clergy
man In an adjoining room nnd he timrrio
tho pair, thus outwitting the gnngstors
uatncrtno Calvert Is the girl, and she
meets tho requirement of the part In
every way, while Eugene Strong is the
very good legislator. His portrayal Is nil
that could be expected. But why does
the author hnvo his scheming politician
a fat, vicious-looking man with his cigar
nt an nnglo of sixty degrees? Men who
nrrnngo brlhery deals are not of that typo
In polltlca as a rule. Such a character
may be found among the ward heelers or
tho sub boss who controls the whisky
vote. In fnct two of tre politicians In
troduced looked more like yeggmen. Tho
sketch wns well received and Is punctu
ated with bright lines.
Other nets which won approval In
cluded Kramer and Morton, the Aimtrni.
lan Woodchoppers, Trovato, the eccen
tric violinist, Lucille nnd her trained
cockatoo, Toncy and Norman nnd tho
Lavars.
Here and There
An ntmosphero of mystery pervades tho
net of Hang Ping Cheln and hto companv
of Orlcntnl entertainers nt the Nixon
Ornnd. They Introduced n number of
startling tricks nnd novelties which won
wnrm approval. Present-day troubles ex
plained In lighter vein was tho basis of
the offering of Doc O'Neill, who aroused
considerable laughter. Others who were
appreciated Included Archer nnd Belford,
In a "A Janitor's Troubles"; McGowan
nnd Gordon, May Aubrey and Cfltelle
Itlchle nnd Charles Bennington. There is
plenty of comedy In the pictures.
Madame Doree and her Imperial All
Star Opera Company delighted music
lovers at the William Penn. Excerpts
from well-known operas were rendered
amid picturesque surroundings. Smith,
Cook and Brandon, with comedy and
nonsense, won nbundant applause. This
act has all the elements which make suc
cess In vaudeville. The bill also Included
Brooks and Bowen, Kelso and Lelghton,
Little Miss Jenn and Lane and O'Donnell.
Charles Chaplin, the movie comedian,
won new laurels In the laugh line In a
screen scream called "In the Park."
There are no end of surprises In the
novel sketch, "In Search of a Past," re
Bented by Felix and Valr, at the Cross
Keys. The story Is told In 5 scenes and
holds Intense interest until the finish.
Mason and Boyle, in "The Trading Stamp
Girl." mix songs and wit together in
entertaining style and struck a popular
chord with the audience. Naymon'a
trained birds showed that they could
think almost as well as humans. Dixon
Brothers and Smith. Grohm Brock and
company and the Cevene Troupe also
won deserved applause.
Evan Williams' Recital
Evan Williams returned to Phlladel
Phia last night for his annual recital, He
brought with him a gtorlous cold. But
as one young lady said after the concert
In Wltherspoon Hall, ''Better Evan Will
lams with a cold than half a dozen others
without."
Thla little outburst of enthusiasm sums
up the effect of the Welsh tenor upon his
audience about as succinctly as It can be
put. Although the cold Intruded into the
artist's singing, it could not effectually
mar the sympathetic timbre and vibrant
quality of Mr. Williams' voice. The
plaintive appeal or dainty Joyousness of
a lyric nna a glorious medium for ex
pression in the rich tones of the tenor,
am even the cold which bordered upon
laryngitis could not cloud the purity of
hla voice.
But regardless of the physical handi
cap under which Mr. Williams labored,
his comprehensive art was splendid. In
the simpler works of dee a anneal. sUrh
as Hammond's "The Pipes of Gordon's
Men," Nevin'a setting of Eugene Field's
"Little Boy Blue," sung as an encore,
and Dykes', "Lead Kindly Light," the
vlager'a phrasing, nuancOng. Interpreta
tlofWia abort, musical rhetoric were x
K0b4 o the Qt art. Mr. Williams
attains ttia gr&AUit aucces Ja these
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works or In deeply dramatic compositions.
However, thero were only snatches of
tho latter evidenced In last night's pro
gram, nnd under the conditions It was
well.
Mr. Williams' program was chosen
principally from works of modern Ameri
can composers. A gioup of religious
numbers. Including the recitative nnd
nrla from Mendelssohn's Ellinh, "If with
nil your hearts," nnd "Summer, I depart,"
from Gorlng-Thomns' cantata, "Swan
ami Skylark" fcatutcd the program In
addition to the lyrics previously men
tioned. SSpH r.. - a nr-nix" a 1
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ADDM'III Peg ' My Heart." with on ex
cellent utit Hartley Manners' popular and
amusing lomedj f tho Impetuous oung
Irlhh girl and what she dues to a eedate
Knglbh fimlly Klrst-rato amusement .h.lf.
IJIUIAIJ The Shadun,' with l.thel llair
tnoie Tho Htor of a woman who rcLOcr.
from long eurs of raiaUsl.i to nnd her hus
band and her best frlfnd lovers. Miss Hairy
more exceptional, the la not S.Lo
ItiUltCST-' Hello Broadway." with tleorge
Cuban. William Collier. A big, buny anu--thoiiRh
It seems Impocsible brainy ' reue."
The piece has been one of the threo musical
sum eaFcs of the New York season. See
review S:13
G.MIItlt'K ' Tho Argylo Caso," with Hobert
Jlllllarii and Albert llrunlng. A return en
sagenunt nf the familiar detective melo
drama, In which Mr. Hllllard hunts down a
aarlng gang of (.-tminali by the approved
methods of Mr. Burns H;10
LYUIC "The Hawk," with William Favers
liam. Tense play of n husband and wife
who live by cheating at cauls. The drama
comes from the discovery of tho knavery
bj the wife's lover. Mr. Favcrsham, as al
ways, distinguished S:13
WALNUT 'The Dummy," with Kmeat Truer.
A detective comedy, in which Barney, tha
lum boy, turns Bleuth and defiats n band of
kidnappers. A ";5'J Bhow" nt half tho
prlco b.13
VAUDEVILLE.
KUITH'S Catherine Calvert In "To Save One
Olrl." Long Taik Sam and company, Jostc
Heather and Henr I. Marshall, Trovato,
the 'Australian Woodchoppers, Kramer and
Morton, Toncy and Norman. Lucille and
Covkle, pitscntlng "Tho Human Bird": the
Ia Vnrs and Hearst-Stllg News Weekly.
NIXON'S rjllAXD Hnng Plug rheln and his
Pckln Myttcrlfs, "Hoc" O'Ncll. Archer an 1
Belfoid In "A Janitor's Troubles," Mc
Uovvan and Oortlou, Mae Aubrey and I.a
Klle Itlchle. Charles Bennington, "Tho
Marvelous Monoredo" and laughing movie.
WILLIAM PKNN THEATniJ-lmpcrlal Ali
Star Opera Company, with Mme. Doree:
Smith nnd Cook and Maria Brandon In
"Tho Millionaires" ; Brooks and Bowen,
"Hero and There In Vaudeville," with
James Kelsn and nianche Lelghton; Lane
and O'Donnell In "The Lunatic Tumblers,"
little Miss Jian and Charles Chaplin In "In
the Park "
CItOSS KKYS (first halt of week) Felix and
Valr In "In Search of a Past": Dixon
Brother' and Smith Groh Brock and com
pany. Mason and Boyle In "The Trading
Stamp Olrl " Nnvmons and his trained
birds, tho Cevene Troupe.
NIXON "Tho Lonesome Ijisales " Miss Mar
Jorlo Talrbanks in "Elopement," "Betty,"
Captain Jark Garnett and Bon. Stuart and
Keeley, limes and Ityan. ana Spink and
Tate.
STOCK.
AMERICAN "The Common Law," with the
resident company. A drama made from the
well-known novel of Hobert Chambers of lha
artist and the model he espouses but does
not marry.
BUKLESqUE.
CASINO-The Itosey Tosey Olrli In "The
Live Club." with Harry Bentley and Miss
HUUe Davles.
QAYBTY The Fay Foster Company,
TBOCADBnO "The Tango Girls." in song,
danco and quips.
MINSTB.ELS.
DfMONTS Dumont's Minstrels In "Tbe
Jitney Bus" and familiar travesties, with
new songs and ballads.
"What's DoingTonight?'
Jefferson Day dinner, Hotel Adelpbla: T
o'clock.
Lutheran Social Union, Downtown Club; 8
o'clock.
Lecture, "Kuropean War," James F. J.
Archibald, Metropolitan Opera House: S
o'clock.
Rlactlon of officers, Frankford Business
Men's Association, Marshall School; 8 o'clock.
Fre.
Annual dinner. Single Tax Society, Hotel
Windsor; CHO o'clock.
Lecture on "Transit " by Henry M Qulraby,
Department of City Transit. Engineers1 Club,
1317 Spru'-ci street. 8 o'clock, tin
Wlrlws Association o Pennsylvania, 00
Nor'h 13th street; S o'clock. Free.
Belmont Improvement Association. 3810 01
rard avenue, n oelork- Free
CohocsUik Board of Trade, Diamond and 6th
streets. 8 o'clock Free
Thirty-fourth and 4ltb Ward Business Men's
Association, MI2 Haver ford avenue; 8 o'clock,
r'ree.
Gmaww Biuuaeu Mens Association,
Vtrnoo Building, $611 Oarauntown avenue; S
a clack. Free. .
Fe4 sod aralir Dealer. Bourse. 8 o'clock.
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This department will appear once
each week in tho Evoning Ledger
and will be devotod to all mattorsof
interost to owners, or prospective
owners, of phonographs, player
pianos and all other music instru
ments. Notice will be taken of
new records and rolls and of new
inventions or improvements in In
struments. Tho editor of the department will
gladly answor all questions.
Two releases have Just been made of
new phonograph records. Ono Is In tho
legulur weekly bulletin of tho Edison
Company, which was slightly delayed,
and so was not noted in last week's de
paitmcnti the other Is tho special lelenso
nf the Columbia Company. All of tho
ecords of both companies nro double
fate. On tho Kdl&on list is nnothor accordion
record, from the playing of P. Froslnl.
Tho accordion has come Into great favor
ninong record-makers recently, and the
playcts they have discovered. Including
Froslnl and Pletro, seem to Justify the
minima vnafln tnt thta tnat rim sns-ii ii'liiil-i i
has been under a cloud for many years.
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two tenot solos from "The Heart of
Paddy Whack," which was 6een and
heard nt the Walnut not long ago. For
minting nn.- are two recurus. une or ,
The Skating Trot" (one-step) and "Oper-
r " r, " IT " ' " i
Ktviun iiuiv; "u I'vpuiui fiuiinu WIS UIIU
record are "Tip-Top Tlpperary Mary" and
"The Little Ford Itambled Illght Along."
the latter sung by Billy Murray.
The now records of the Columbia Com
pany aro of the same variety. The pop
ular songs chosen are "I Want to Go to
Tokio." in duet, with "All for the I.oe
of a filrl," in quartet; and on a second
record tenor solos of "Don't Take My
Darling Boy Away," a war song, with
"Virginia Lee. There are two dances
on one record, "I Wonder What Will
William Tell" and "I Want to Go to
Tokio" again. Two records of sacred
songs are also on tho list. The first has
"I'm a Pilgrim," by a quintet, with a
quartet in "Lift Up Your Heads." Tho
second has a contralto-baritone duet of
"Beautiful City" and a tenor solo, "My
Task."
About Prices
When the talk turns to records and
what aro considered exorbitant prices
it la not often that people make satis
factory comparisons. You can compare
a dollar record with a five-dollar record
to great advantage; but you cannot com
pare a llvc-dollur record with a Jitney
bus. The fact that motorcars have come
down Is, In Itself, no argument for cheap
records. A truer standard of comparison
is with tho scale of opera prices, because
meat of the singers whose records cost
very much aro with the opera companies
of this country or of the countries abroad,
Bo It is Interesting to note that Hobert
Qrau recently computed the cost of pre
senting opera and' found that It had
risen something like- 500 per cent, during
the last 3D years. The cost of presenting
opera in 1S70 In New York was J15.000 a
week (according to Mr. Qrau's statement,
quoted In the Edison Phonograph Month
ly). Thla year the cost of the Metro
politan is considerably In excess of
JW.000. (This statement, by the way, Is
verified by a remark of a member of the
Metropolitan forces, who told the editor
of thla department that the cost of rais
ing the curtain on a normal opera waa
about J9000 in New York and.JW.OOO in
ancin6
TUB C. ELL1YOOD CAKPENTEB 6TUDIO,
1123 Chestnut Open Daily All Sunhner.
Specialising tbe very latest dances.
THE CORTISSOZ SCHOOL
lau CjHESTfVUT ST. Phone. Locust 1M.
ADAMS 8ANWm pow
atlc Pag" (fwo-s tep the other "of 'The ! v,lm" t,,e ,lrst 30 mlm,tcs of M
S,,,n Z" linlw I the stay, because tomowhere. per-
i BPlifl OPBNIWfl SAT- XVQ , APiV 1TTU
Philadelphia.) Now, consider that tho
attlsiB whoso enormous salaries aro re
sponsible for these prices aro tho very
ones whose records nro bo expensive and
j on begin to see tho why and whercfor.
Hut If you think these prices are ox
ccsalvo, there Is one thing you can do
with a great deal or satisfaction. That
Is, llnd among the cheaper iccords, which
every company puts out, some real gems
of music. Just as a. hint, It may be
noted that tho iccords made by Julia
Culp (or some of them, at loust) sell
at a price which Is ridiculously low for
tho work of tho finest llcder singer living.
Miss Culp sings a number of songs which
nre sung also by much higher-priced
ni lists. Yet to the discriminating car her
hinging Is tho finest of them all. And so
on. As has been said before, the possi
bilities In a phonograph grow by geo
metrical progression, and so far there
seems to bo no end In sight.
A Mosaic Roll
For tho man who loves music but who
finds that composers have gotten Into
the had habit of straining his uttentlon
ao?l I, iMtled'bvoniinn )mnX
c"" lAZlzzv
"5 !15S.vmo7!,?int, V
ne J athetinue symphony of Tsclial-
kowaky. Yet he may not like the others,
..(, j.
and he may be simply boicd by linvlug to
sit tnrougn them. It hits been estimated
that not more than 10 per cent, of thoso
wno sit through a symphony concert last
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' '7, " Th ,,L V ', " V' " V,"'.....Vi..v
iiBpa in tno last wart of tlio last number,
there Is something too beautiful to miss.
mo roil iefi-rrcd to Is romposed ontlrely
of such bits It Is a mnsnio of gems. On
one roll there aro perhaps six pieces, of.
various lengths, of different Intensity and
of different moods, yet ull characteristic
of what Is best In tho composer chosen
(Each roll Is limited to ono composer, as
It would bo merely a medloy If different
composers were compelled to rub elbows.)
Fourteen composers, at least, have been
treated In this way, and Chopin has been
to favored that thero aro two rolls of
ills music. The best part of theso mosaics
Is that they Inevitably lead tho plajer
back to the source of tho mosaic excerpt,
and Induce him to play the whole piece
over on his piano, or piano-player.
PHOTOPLAYS
EMPRFSS main st.
JClViriS.llOO MANAYUNK
Direct From the FORREST THEATRE
EVENING LEDGER
"Real War Pictures"
CHARLES CHAPLIN in
MABEL'S BUSY DAY
AND OTHER FEATURES
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Arilf3 to :3 10e. 15c. 25c
Evgs. 7:30 to 10:30 10c. i'5c. a Few COo
TheAvenging Conscience
TWICE DAILY AT 3 AND 0PM
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Hear the WONDERFUL HIMIJALL UltoTtN
Matinees. llJO and 3 p. m. All Seats. 10c,
'fn.'?K',0.'"'!S.0- A Stats 15c.
Adelaide Thurston and Thomas Jefferson
In SHADOWS OF A CHEAT CITY
Charles Chaplin In The Jitney Elopement
Corolnr Wednesday and Thursday
Annette Kellermann In Jvrjjtune's Daughter
KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE"
SHERLOCK HOLMES in
THE HOUND OF THE
jBA3JiRVILLES
THE PHOTOPLAY
QUESTIONS AND AN8VVERS
The Photoplay Editor of the Evenlno
Ledoer will be pleased to answer quea.
tlona relating to hla department.
Questions relating to family affaire of
actors and aetressea are barred abso.
Vue'rles will not be antwered by
letter. All letters must be addressed
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llYPOCRITES-Featuro film j',.J'?1h"
(Mrs. Phillips smalleyj. Produced by Boa.
worth, Inc. Photoiraphy by Dal tlaweon
nnti Ueorge W. Hill. Shown at the Globe
The-ilre. Philadelphia, Monday. April 12.
7; cast-
ci.bSnn"..e.ll. . ....... .M-'&eSSS
The Abbot' ' '.V.'.'.'.'. Herbert Standing
A .Masdnleno i'Wl?in?inn
A Queen Adelo Fnrrlngton
The rciu
i Trill h Margaret nawarns
labrlel. a Minister Courtenav Foote
V Choir Singer ,,M?.r,,f !,'52m2
A Pillar of the Church.... Herbert Standing
A Magdalene v,","I!x".,f
An Aristocrat Adele FnrrlnKtmi
Truth Margaret Edwards
I Raphael Nigel nrulller
Tho fleneral , .f1'"
Tho Workman , ' " , A.'I.0-?i
Ills Wire .'ono Matthews
in. s-.t.n,t Union Matthews
I Innocence '.'.'.".'.'.'.'. Margaret Hulsj
The Scholar unanes oiarriun
The Society Woman Ttoborta Hlckmau
Musle by mixed choir and orchestra.
Naked truth Is never palntablo. Hypo
crites of both sexes and nil ages have
reviled and spurned truth. And trutfi Is
ever elush'c a wlll-o'-tho-wlsp Indefina
ble, yet ever potent.
Thnt Is the basic foundation of "Hypo
rrlter," shown yesterday at tho Globe
Thrntrc. "Hypocrites" Is an allegory
a motion plctuio "Everywoman" original
In conception, daring In execution nnd
splendid In Its pantomime And here bo
It said nnd, ns becomes tho subject, truth
fully, thero is nothing In the film from
beginning to end to offend even tho most
fastidious. It Is true that for certain
souls the human figure has untold hor
rors. For them "Hypocrites may have
something unholy In store. Hut for tho
healthy mind. In tho exquisitely dainty
nnd rellned Truth ns portrayed by Miss
Kdwards there can bo nothing to which
exception may be taken.
As a matter of honest criticism, the only
objection lies In tho nt time? tlofectlve
camera work, with foreshortened views.
Tho plot Itself la clean nnd forcible nnd
tenches a lesson es powerful ns thot pro
claimed from many a pulpit. Gabriel, the
nscctlc, seeks truth and finally chisels her
from mnrhle. He dies nt the hnnds of tho
maddened populace for having depicted
Truth as a nude woman. Then comes the
piny.
Gabriel Is shown ns tho minister of a
present-day church. He Is seen deliver
ing a passionate sermon, denouncing hy
pocrisy, but ho is aware of tho fnct that
his words have been In vain. In the con
gregation nro the same people who, in
tho prologue, killed themonk. With tho
exception of two girls the congregation is
either bored or shocked by his sermon.
These two remain long after the others
have left. One Is n cholrglrl, who loves
the minister, and other Is a Magdalen.
The minister finds a Sunday paper,
which ono of his choirboys has been read
ing during tho sermon, and falls Into a
drenm. He becomes the old Gabriel nnd
meets Truth, who, through her mirror,
shows him tho hypocrisy to be found in
society, the home, tho lovo affair, politics,
and oven shows him tho one person who
tried to reach tho gates of Truth did so
only through lovo for him. Then ho dies.
So far as the noting Is concerned, only
praise may be bestowed. Courtney Foote
ns Gabriel played with repression nnd dig
nity. At nil times he hnnfflrd his rolo
with reverence. Margaret Kdwards es
sayed the difficult rolo of Truth. That
she accomplished tho onerous task of not
offending is tho best praise for her con
ception of tho vision for such sho was all
through tho film. Of tho other roles Miss
Stedmnn ns tho Nun and subsequently ns
tho choir singer, nnd Dixie Cnrr as tho
Magdalene, stood forth In relief, although
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"Hypocrites," mornllty ptay . J8
nim, or whatever you may choose in Sim
It 8 worth seeing. It Is a wefCOr '!
net irom tne usual run of photoplay,. ,i
Marie Drcsslcr's Plans '
Mario Dressier, the funniest woman (mil
inu muse tuuay ana widely known i:
.... .. uiiiua i unctureri tj&ssI
innnce," has nlgned a contract with Y&M
Lubln Compnny at a large salarv
to be starred In a number of Cu "il
comedies written especially for her Mfl
Miss Dressier will bo seen only l'n e "!
reel comedies, and sho will mi, ,ff'l
of theso each year. Elaborate men." '
tlons aro being mado for the first of Jk.
big rcclers. Tho comedienne wilt ....'
nt tho studios In Philadelphia the T fw
of June, tho close of her present tht
col season, and thn nri, ' '. a!r!i
tho first fcaturo comedy win begin !
pony, is selecting tho most expenslveX
of players that has over been used li
I.tihln nrndnelUn n usea In,
During her theatrical eneaeem.,,. ,'h
Philadelphia Miss Dressier spent .."vUr
days at the Lubln studios and also at. S
Ltibln ranch, at Betzwood, Pa. ts!
things that Interested her most were tfc
mechanical departments, for Miss nV.A
er knows thn technical side of W
... , uo mil cutnmcni Biao of tha nul'
tlon-plcturo business from the ground
and sho had. ns she expressed It, thellmP:
U,lr Bay lVB 1,f0 ln th '"borate W
nt tho ranch Innnntin,- i,. ...wnM
und op '
the tint'
at tho ranch Inspecting tho new inveal
tlons for Improving nhntnnir.,nv.
Improving photoplaya"1
watching tho experts thero carrying Ji
their experimental work witv, J.? '."?.
Ing devices and natural color mollonXl
Answers to Correspondents
IIELK M. Charles Arltno i nA. .. 4
atincarlng In films. Ho la"? .ol,.,.tnrr,,a,l
lenyw of the Pathe brand The oUr SLffil
i?oner!ear.s:,Th nlnCk Bh.ep"0wKH"Irf
Lt.ON'A
ttalnh IITnlltnn In ..
Olrl ' series of -Ictt.res vVaa wi Him J fyv?iV
The wreck scene In Vltngraph's i,r. w'if
real wreck most carefu Iv atni-nH C . .itt 1
nh Comnanv. " ,lui
EDNA C.-Noll Craig last appearod In .v
!;"j,,"tly ?!!! ?".'?" .. mi'ls at ihoChfuS
pearlm? In films mndo at tho Pi...n?,7. .'.
M.cw,.yr,'5 c"5 TheBB nlt" "re reletus S I
tho World program. James Young : is "hj ?.
rncttit ' j
DMiLr-bydncy Ayres played tho role f
Cnmeo in Universalis "On Dpsrrt e.Vj.,!
Anitnle In Imp's "Tho Treason of AnaloU"
was Etlenne Glradot. H
II. M. lTlslo Albert Is with the Ulfltr,J
UrnlhT- till innol, 1711 -"-,-'"en.i.l'l-il
Tennant Is seen In productions released enlh
World Film program. The cast ln Domlntfs.
" Modern Noble" Is ns follows: QrefehttS
Violet McMlllen: Ludwlg von Hoff man.ThomS i
Chntterton; Count von Hoffman. Herthill
'nvell; Countess von Hoffman, Ida, Lewlri
F-ither Sjhultz. Mr. Holllngsworth; MototrS
Fourth IIcppc Recital Today
Tho fourth in tho Heppo series of frea'
recitals was held In the Heppe He-i
cttai Han tins niternoon at 3 o'clock, Tb j
Bololsts wero Emily Stokes Hagar, ia-j
prano, nccompanletl ny William S. Thtm.'
der and Ferdinand Hlmmclrelch, plonliti'J
Tho usual Duo-Art Pianola number tyul
ugon Futz s rendition or Liszt Llebet-I
Btraum, woctttrn xso. J.
READ CRITICISMS
IX TODAY'S XUWSl'APEItS
On
"HYPOCRITES"
"Most Ilemnrknhle nim Ever EihlblWi;'
A PROFOUND SENSATION!
Verdict nt Tress nnd Clergy M
GLOBE THEATRE!
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UAII.Y 3:30, 10c, ISc., tie. 1
EVENINGS 8:30, He. 25c, M ,
fvpeeinl Musle Chorus Orchestra Orruf i
A l'hoto-I'lny Production UninecedeBted f
I FAI)PR -"Ist Street and
ANNETTE KEI.I.EKMANN, the Pfrfer3
IVoman, In NEPTUNE'S DAUGRTEO
anil Comedy Subjects
KEYSTONE 80UTI1 street a
THE MAN WHO VANISHED ,
and Comedy Subjects
PARK Rldgo Ave. Dauphin St.
nil". Matinees 2:18. Evil. 715
The Pageant of San FrancItcpM
ninpr AVENUE 18th St. onlj
rvlUvjE. THEATRE itldreAre.-
Aor Turv nrDM? iJ
AND COMEDY PICTURES
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"The Mvaterlous Peaijty" "wen Wlll'fim
nnd Klsle Srcason. Frank In Kalem's nl
D atk Sheen" wan Ilnhon rill. rvu,tm T!
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formation about schools and colleges
all over the country. This informa
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gauon ana gives you a muc "
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