yfc5i',,w,v?T' tlVENINft LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DEOEMBEE 28, 1915 H r-m -,'-'9a&r&v$' I PHOTOS FOR PHOTOS' AM OF WOMAN IN ARTISTIC VENTURE taa Marcena Beardslcy Would Abolish Tortuous Look for a Real Soul Expression f ill A AUWAU 'studio SOCIETY MECCA tt M. jv of tho old-fashioned cabinet MrtPh, taken with a forced smlla i .Vlnstrument of torturo pressing n. ih back of tho head, la over, accord KflS Miss Marccna Bcairlaley. of thla ". who has forsaken social galoty to 1 what con bo dona In tho way of Si portraiture with n camera. In J7( lllss Bcardsloy declares that the &rn Photograph Is a vaat Improve Snot only on crayons, but oven on tha ...Vtlve oil palntlnss, slnco tho camera K a "soul expression" far moro fS thn even tlie bcst of nlla,s -.i- t,.,.r,i." n.ivg Miss Beardsley. "to I to won photographs as mcro things K season. They should Uo so artistic LJ;. fo Rood that they will bo treasured f'. i.i.nrj from ono Generation to iik. next, and It's because I believe that L. i. rnl nrt to bo found In enmcra Smirk that I havo taken It up as n career ,-s rel career, mum uu, ,.u. . ,..., Efr tlnco I was a llttlo girl I havo Iftnl photography and nrt," nnd It hns ily been m' ,,renm to havo a studio CI'ittKre I eotilu lane mo sort ot pictures ell flitt somehow nobody else ha taken. f 'inch"!! enterprise, so I hntl to 'learn my SI ...at' like any other good artisan, nnd at last I am ready to make my Ideas, or perhaps I should say my Ideals, lata concrete facts-on camera plates." f Originality, Miss Beardslcy says. Is to It. her keynote, and slio has struck it even In the decoration cf her studio nt th and Sntisom, whero sho nnd Miss .Etelyn Crosby and Clayton H. Overton lite Jolnod Into a Httlo company of Tihoto-craftors." ' ',T knew," sho said a Httlo regretfully, ,'Ut It would cost a small fortune to elks the studio Into exnetly tho sort of e!ce I wanted, so I just determined to k it it myself," ami tno result is a tri 4 1 tmph for the artist. With her own hands the tinted tho wnus a delicate gray, sunn ier Into rose, bought oddly shaped furnl- 1 tare, which sho tinted In turn to match 'lie walls, and then shaded the windows fll jrlth rose-colored curtains. Sho laughs Jl tt the Idea that sho might turn Intorlor & corator, nowovor, anu neciarcs turn nor "jl ulents do not Ho In that direction nt all, It Is her theory and those who nro In rtth her that tho art or photography lu been commercialized, and that tnk bt ploturcs has been too much In 'fuenodd by tho hasto to tnko as many IS I ":"u! a3 PossiDie. no pnoio-crnuerH, S I towever, havo nothing to do with such ifi I wMMiMitnl , nrtrln fAo ilintf Mnn In ,l.if etch plcturo shall bo a unlquo portrait ud a work of nrt In fact, tlioy say frinkly they don't want to mako money, lut pictures. Novorthelcss, so widely MS tne news 01 .miss jjearosiey s ven ture been circulated that tho Httlo studio lids fair to bo society's mccca during ttli season. "I like to tako children nnd brides tho belt," she admits, "children becauso there aro so many possibilities In their ivtet faces, onco thev loso the, self- fwnjtfousness born of facing a camera trader ordinary circumstances, and brides because thcro Is so much real expression jb their eyes, 'drcam-mlstcd," I think V..IW uug HUB (.UllVU llr. ; "But then every ago has Its attrac- jtlow and Its possibilities to tho artist, isa ji is real art that wo nro trying for 'VA not mere likeness of a passlnu mo- ssut." 29 AND PRETTY, FIRST WOMAN PROSECUTOR IS NAMED California Girl tho Pioneer Deputy District Attorney I WS ANGELES. Dee. 2S. District At torney Woolwine announces tho appoint ment or Miss Lltta Hello Illbbcn as a deputy district attorney, tho ilrst woman prosecutor In tho United States. Miss uioien is si years old and pretty. "ttt purposo of tho appointment," fDUtrJct Attorney Woolwlno explained to litT, "Is this: Thero aro many matters vi a pnvato naturo that women who come, to the District Attorney's otllco will Wk Over morn froelv wtlh a wnmnn thnn Jthey will with men." I I 'Police Court Chronicles t There Is such a thing as being speech- wnn indignation. This, in fact, was Un condition of William Edwards when attemnted to toll llntrfstTOtn Trnev tf jT he tried to reform Chinatown, pit appears that William, after a tour IM the principal places of Interest, de Wilea to tell the habitues of that section lot they should do to "got right with" itftose on tho Inside." No ono seemed to Inow exactly what ho meant. He also HKussect tho Tanama Canal, tho Mberty Bell and the war in Europe, so Tollce- lEan Winnie cut tha nrntnr'n nnAAh short jM4 took him to tho 11th and Winter jweeig (tatlon to prevent the flocking - vauiu. n Waa wnne on tne way to Uft aXAHntl lin 'dn.ava tnat lila ,AHlh J'Wch made It Impossible to explain mat LHn to the Judge. He was provided with 'talfr1 8heets of paper and a pendl to -. ui nis derense, but his statements U'Mo unravel them. fir Magistrate, the turnkey, the cop , "resiea wtlllam, and several otners, ,; turns In attempting to Interpret his .usn, out round It Impossible, uut r " "as clear the prisoner had lost his UeUl. IIYW4 f.A actanm1 In ha hlimlk In (Spirit and full nf nnnlnerlaa whlrh Yin ilim4 in0t xPressf the Judge discharged ?k .,1. " illU I1D lll"b HUM J2 nd explain matters to his wife I c- iw reacneu nome. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES iLT'biaa- 1020 W. Cumberland it. and "i M!10,P1i Washington, D. C, and Marlon FvRk?-. V". mafkMlle. S. C, and Jloa fi.V. BEr'aln, 3130 Euclid ave. IfftA. n. 17 liJliw "t.7and Elliabeth Sr wi.?rUT.u E- Cambria at., and Helen ihi2?1U!, .Ua' CleartteU it. FCSi.C. Btlneman. 1T12 MceKan St.. and SS! Jnwood. SllJ ftaly at. kfOT" Oaraulo, 1027 christian it., and r2M"S.citaIal. 0MT ChrUtlsn.lt. FJiJIf.PrRborsfcl. IftO Erciearfleld at., and Sf; i?,k.,ni;' 742 S- 15th t-. and Anna. Chan ffa'idi Hls 5' Woodstock su' , . tS?..f ,P'rander, 110 N. 49th St. and VffS'tt tt Jhn. B N 57lb it. M "iitiH' Tl N Mirshail St.. and Fan- naD . .2 cJr ioia ana dwiu u.u- ffir HVrln, lSOXVankford ae., an4 Ml!- fCf!,?11 liooVelW . and Mln- Iin silt liz W. Master st. SF,," St -j"f . ic vv Vork and Eunice teA"? N. r Wtt N .. .. 'H H h ' Tin E- ltlit n st. e"1 t m X Vrt bvoci st and v" t . Wj. r im" N WrtsU jottO, t'!iU.iaeiJ(rt. SETS NEW STYLE ffcsr JIISS JIARCENA lilllllllllllllllllilLSBjjLiiflHfiC 'nmmiMLWtLWr iHllllllllllliQOigHr' it-jBF jfirQflLmw i'! 4 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBBS. .''p . xwBWBmsm " j ,4,; jibsv HOW ONE WOMAN KEEPS HER YOUNGSTERS HEALTHY THE problem of tnklns tho proper caro of tho Httlo folks Is a knotty ono nt nny time, but tho holiday season Is tho ona when most mothers nro discouraged. Llttlo Mary always contracts tho grip, or measles, or somo kindred ailment, whllo tho boys tnko oxtrcmo plcnsuro In wnklnK father out of his well-earned sleep by sawlnp everything In tho houso with an Instrument from his new tool chest. Thon, too, tho BUpcrllulty of candy canes, tempt ing chocolates, cakes nnd Roodlos Is too much for llttlo people, nnd n trylnj: enso of plain, old-fashioned "tummy acho" Is piltt) In order. Mothers havo combated with thin state of nffalrs slnco tlmo Immemorial, with moro or less bucccss, nnd, slnco tho pop ular superstition has it thnt wo "ndvnnco" ns wo becomo moro nnd moro modern In our methods of training younctstors, a few examples as to how tho mother of today docs It may prove tho truth or untruth of tho theory. Four healthy, rosy-chcoked babies tes tify to tho good training- they havo re ceived at tho hands of their mother, ,2Ira. Leo Nlcsson, of Oak Lano. Mrs. Nlessen Isn't willing to turn this precious trust over to any ono elso; she personally su pervises tho diet, clothing-, bathing, feed ing, and even tho recroatlon of her kid dles. "No, they aren't any trouble during tho holiday senson, or at nny other season," sho declared. "And, fortunately, thoy wero nover crnzy for cnndlcs. I rIvo them a plcco or two of peppermint after Vaudeville Keith's A denouement bo swift and unexpected that It almost took tho breath of tho largo audience marked "Tho Passion Play of Washington Square," n comody of tho tragic, which woo tho most elaborate number of nn exceptionally Rood bill oponlng at Keith s last night. Miss Alma Tell, in her double role, proved not only to tho house, but to her mother, that sho is a good actress, nnd thereby won a husband, acceptably played by Arthur Maltland. The other members of the cast fitted Into tho machinery of tho clover playlet like cogs. Qoatrlco Herford was inimitable, ns usual, and. although sho wore an eve ning gown, ono could havo Bworn that n dressmaker, a woman "minding" tho baby In a trolley car and a telephone operator in succession wero sitting on tho stage. Tho animated shadowgraphs of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wilde consti tuted ono of tho most unlquo orTernwa seen In Philadelphia for months. Qeorgo Ilancroft and Octavla Brosko mado an impressive Initial vaudeville appearance, nnd If they run truo to form, they will gain much more practice in bowing In tho future. Mabel llerra, an American prima donna, with her masterful voice, received un ovation. The spectacle of 1817 dunclng tho fox trot and singing tho ragtimes of 191B, done by Gertrude Holmea and Itobert Buchanan, mado a big hit. Myrl and Delmar did "strong man" and bal ancing "stunts' In a new and artistic setting. The bright 'Jokea of Chnrlcs Hoey and Harry Lee, In "Tho Nominee," caused another source of amusement to spring up in the roar of the house three or four women who could not control their "hee-hee-he." They laughed through the exhibition of tho Kcrvlllo Family, which did billiard tricks un dreamed of by Willie Hoppe. Here and There' GLOBE. Itolllcktng songs, lively dances and pretty girls mingle harmoniously In "College Days," a picturesque tabloid which headlines the bill at the Olobe. Several clever comedians add to the col lege spirit and the atmosphere la supplied by tho costumes and scenery. Other acts on the bill aro the Fenton Players, In "A Modern Cleopatra"; Billy Morse. Orron and Drew, the Zera Car men Trio, the Maudlns. Barnes and Hob-, tnson. Gllmore and Gorbln, Ortce and' Mason and George Smedley, There Will be a special midnight performance on New Year's Eve. CROSS KEYS. Bobby Heath, the song writer, took his first bow in his home town this season at the Cross Keys. He "put over" several of his latest creations In the music line; and was given the glad hand by hosts of friends who turned out in big num bers to greet him. The Petticoat Min strels offered new songs and Jokes In a novel manner. Cotter and Boulden, an. other Philadelphia act, pleased em phatlcally, Others who won approval were the Fong Ltn Troupe, acrobats; Holders' trick mule and Crew and Burns. NIXON-GRAND. Paul Conchas ac.il company, Jn amazing feats of strength and Juggling, Is the fea ture attraction at tho Nixon-Grand. De Wltt Burns and Dorrance pleased both youne and old in their picturesque act, The Awakening of Toys." Norrls' Ba boons showed that they possessed almost human Indulgence. Other acts which pleased wexe Edward Miller and Helen Vincent, Lloyd and Brltt and Harry Rose. The pictures were seasonable and full of new Ideas. Choral Union Concert The Choral Union of Philadelphia, Anne McDonough director, will give Its first concert of the season in Wltherspoon Hall next Wednesday evening; preaentlnj an attractive Christmastime program, with the assistance of May Ebroy Hotz, soprano, Plotr Wlzla. baritone, Dorothy Johnstone Boseler, harpist, and Henry I.t kens, accompanist The program is a-sdo up of Christmas carols and modern aouts. IN PORTRAITURE .i1 'tri H laSieSJ BEARDSLEY mcnls; but the truth of tho mnttcr Is, I'm tho one who iiccds discipline In that lino. I ont tulco ns much candy aa they. "Tho whole socrct of bringing them up successfully Is to do It yourself, watch them continunlly, nnd when they seem a bit fretful or uneasy, ilnd out what Is tho cnuso of this rlRht nway. My children never havo colds, becauso thoy are never pormlttcd to got their foot wet, and they nro nlwnys out of doors." Another Oak I,ano woman, whoso hus band Is a well-known surRcon, hns nlno lusty children, mostly boys. And tho trnublo of looking after them during tho holiday senson, or nny other senson, doesn't worry her In tho least "Thero Is no set rulo as to taking care of children," sho says, "for ovory child Is different, each one, ns It were, a law unto himself. I nm not a sclentlllc mother, although I supposo I ought to bo. I nm almost too lenient with them, but I find thnt tho older children rIvo tho younRcr onci Rood exnmplo nnd help mo In many other ways. In this way a mother enn renlly hrlng up a. largo family moro easily than a smnll ono, strango ns It may Bccm. Then, too, I am crnzy over children, and they nro quick to know this. One of my llttlo boya Is Inclined to bo a bit unruly, bo instead of punishing him when ho refuses to do what I toll him to do, I always say, 'Well, mother will feel mighty bad If Hob won't do thla much for her.' nnd ho always elves lu. It Isn't renlly a caso of caring for them during tho holiday.t; It's Just loving them nil tho tlmo thnt counts." YOUXG MUSICIANS ENJOY CONCERT BY ORCHESTRA Guests. oC Public Ledger at Second Freo Entertainment Boys mid Rlrls who nro members of school orchestrus were tho Riiosts lnwt night nt tho second of tho Punuc Luoouu's freo concerts by tho Philadel phia Orchestra for school children. Tho concert wns glvon In tho William Pcnn High School for Girls, 15th nnd Wnllnce streets, and tl.o audlenco which filled the uudltorlum gao tho program an appreci ative and enthusiastic reception. Leopold Stokowskl, conductor, had nr raiiRed n program Including selections from Liszt. Carl Mnrla von Weber, Do busay nnd Tsclmlkowsky. Herman Sand by, Ilrst 'cellist of tho orchestra, who was to have appeared as soloist, was unable to bo present and Hans Klndler supplied as soloist. Cyrus II. K. Curtis, who wns Introduced during tho Intermission by Enoch W. Pearson, Director of Music In the public schools, explained his reason for estab lishing the scries of freo concerts and said ho wished the children of tho city to learn, to appreciate tho excellent mu sic played by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Tho Kaltcnb-rn Quartet The Kathenborn ijiuitet of New York city will gtvo a concert In tho Beries of tho Drexel Instltuto entertainments in the auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock. The pro gram: 1. Quartet In E flat major Op. 12, .Mendelssohn 2. Violin solo. Air Varle. Op. 10. In Q major node Mr. Jvaltenborn. 3. Prison scene from "Faust" Gounod . Quartet. Serenade" Haydn 5. 'Cello solo ru) "Andante , Schumann (a) "Moment Muslcales" Schubert Mr. Durleux, 6. Quartet In O minor, -Op. -T dries: Theatrical Baedeker TLAY3. FOnnEST-"Watch Your Step " with Mra. Vernon Castlo, fcVmk Tlnney, Bernard Gran ville, llruce and Kins nnd Harry Ellis, the musical comedy revue euccesd of New York, OAIUUCK 'On Trial,' vlth Frederick Perry. Frederick Truesdell lirdner Crane. Nell Moran Maria Leonhri i The circumstantial evidence of a murritr trial shown In play form after the open In it of the trial, DllOAD "Secret Service," with William Oil lette, A romance of the Southern Con federacy, laid In Utchmond. Va, AniJU'Ill "The Land of th Free." with MarKaret Oreen. Jennie Eustls, Repley Holmes, Herman aerold and Efflncham l'urlo. A pairlotlo American comedy of love and war. by Edward Locke. LYHIC "The Hubble.'' with Louis Mann. Mr, Mann at hi best In a somewhat padded Herman comedy. WALNUT-Tho Irish Dragoon." with Andrew Mack. Reopening of the playhouse for popular-price plays. STOCK AMERICAN "Help Wanted." The Arvlne stock Company, with Mr. Arvlne and Ruth Robinson in Joel Latt's play. KNIClCKRnoCKKR "The Old Homestead." The Knickerbocker Plaera in Uenman Thompson's rural masterpiece. BURLESQUE. DUMONTS Dumont'a Minstrels. In bur leoaue and travesties of tha times. rilOTOPLAYS. CHESTNUT STREET OPERA HOUSE "Marvelous Maceste," tha new Italian Dim, a sequel to Cablrla. featurlnjr the renowned Edward I'aeano, who played Maceste in the former work. STANLEY "Temptation." with Oeraldlna Farrar. Tho dlva'n second aim; will be shown all week. It deals with the lUe of an opera star. ARCADIA Tuesday, and Wednesday, "A Sub marine Pirate." with Syd Chaplin; Thursday. Friday and Saturday, "Between Men." with House Peters and W, S. Hart, and "DUiy Height and Darin Hearts," a Keystone comedy. REGENT Tuesday, "Destruction." with Theda Ilira: Wednesday and Thursdsy. "Black Fear.1' with Grace EUUtoa: Friday and Saturday. "Excuse Me." PALACEf-Tuesday and Wednesday, "The Un. ItnownV' with Lou Telllren and "Dlny Helahts end Darin Hearts a Keystone comedy: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 'A Submarine Pirate." with 6yd Chaplin. VAUDETy-ILZJi KEITH'S Beatrice Herford. monoloeuee; Mable Bona, vocallsf. 'The Passion Play of Washlaaton -Square"; Bancroft mS Broeke; Mr and Mrs. Gordon Wilde, ehadow Kraubs. Hoey and Lee: Holmes and Buchanan. Kervtllo Family. AbMlardlit,i; Myrl and Delmaa. m 1-n Tuiil f?anchaa ana eamtun, VnnMn Baboons. Lloyd and Brttt. EOward Miller and IleTen Vincent, DeWitt, Burn and Tor- and Helen vjneeni, !TnAa V.m, llnna. CROSS KEVS-Flret baW of week. Bobble 'fiSSk:' ji earn; aa .. ??Y1ji0ruvwu lAa Trouk xiroUaU "WJ Mule Coiur Rd Poulaen t'QUiuen v vm "ft,""'. MMl ewe- ASM! " lijkmt ona ca't u week Bobble He&th. "Tanxo- Und" Johnson and Crane, tnustnal comed ian. Fore, hi .nnd cumiiany, Aery ana vtiuauu. gvucv"-"' " wa psas, "ON TRIAL" WINS TRIUMPHANT VERDICT Audience Responds Warmly to Puzzle Piny Written Backward ON TniAt,. A melodrama, by Elmer I Relr enstcln. Stand by Sam Forrest. Manage ment Cohan & Harris. Harrlck Theatre. Tho Defendant Frederick Perry His Dniinhter ..Ethel Downle IIH Wife ,..., Marie Leonhard Her rather (deceased)..... Harrison Stedman Tho t'es d Man Froderlok Truesdell 111 Widow Jane Wheatloy HI Secretary, Han Robert A Newa Aqent J, Wallace CI nton A Hotel Proprietor Lawrence Eldlner A rhyslclan OeorKo Barr A Maid , ...Joan Moyer A Walter, Jamee Herbert Tho Judeo Charles Gilbert Tho District Attorney Nell Moran Tho IVfendanfa Counsel Oanlner Crnno The Clerk John Klendon The Court Stenographer John Urooki Court Attendants.. Ji II. AuMln. Chnrlcs Walt The Jury Foreman. Howard W'nll! R. A. Th.ijer, Ktmond I'nrdy, Arthur Tobell. Sam uel Rolehncr, Annon Adams, Itobert .Purtlrv, Harry lend, Nat Levitt. J. 11. Mathews, Joseph McKenna, Cleorgo -Splvlns. Prologue Tho courtroom. Act I 8cen ! J he library In tho home of Gerald Trnsk. una 24. 101.1. 0 .10 p. m Scene 2! Tho court room Act If Sceno 1 Tho courtroom. Scene S: The Mttlng-rooni In the home of Robert Strickland, Juno 24. 101.1. 7 .'O p. m. Scrno .1 The courtroom. Act III Scene Is The court room. Scene 2' A room In n hotel on Ixine; Island, n yean eirller Scene 3: The court room, Epilogue Sceno 1: Tho Jury room. Sceno 2: Tho courtroom. "On Trlnl" Is another of thoao puzzlo plnya nnd guessing contests llko "Under Covor." Tho problem ot thinking out Just how tho lending man la going to bo ncqulttcd of murdor nnd who In going to bo nailed for tho JIO.000 thoft la alono enough to mako Elmer Hclzenstoln'n play ns popular no mls9lng word contests nnd plcturo puzJlca of tho nineties. Keeping tho nlldloncn guessing used to ho drama turgic leso mnjestc; now It Is tho surest stop townrd success. Dut tho now piny nt tho Onrrlck hns a half flozen other fascinations. It Is not only a trlnl piny with plenty of mispenso as well ns of that old, old lorror, tholintid of tho law. It Is not only tho clearing up of nn nlmost hopole9 enso of con fessed murder. It not only keeps tho nu dloncn nnd everybody in tho coBt, In cluding tho defendant's counsel, In tho dark as to tho truth. It not only pre sents n progrnm with Items like "Tho Dead Man" nnd "Her Father (Deceased)" nnd a synopsis of scenes with the court room, nhero the testimony Is given, In torsporsed by glimpses of tho testimony nctcd out In reality. It doei moro thnn show us these scenes changed with a lightning rapidity that ought to hold good In ovory drnmntlc performance. All thoso aro mere side Issues to tho real fascination and thrill of "On Trlnl." Tho thing that brought rnpld nnd hearty npplnuso from n crowded house at every change of sceno last night was that tho play tells Its story bneltwards. It begins with tho trlnl ot tho accused, shows tho crime Itsolf, then the motive for tho crlmo, then tho thing that created tho motive, landing back 13 years, before tho const Is clear for tho triumphant closo of tho trlnl In tho solution of still an other mystery. To describe tho whole cloth from which tho plot of "On Trial" Is cut would bo as unfair to tho play ns to tho playgoer. Sufllco It, that, though pretty broad and considerably stretched. It would hold tho Interest In any enso nnd, with tho ro vcrso thrown In, It la most ndmlrablo en tertainment. Tho production carries It well. Tho nd mlrablo sceno shifting, nlroady men tlonod, dcnls with settings thnt nro ex cellent enough, except for ono that badly needs retouching. Tho cast 13 a long ono; yet crammed with mlddlo-ngcd actors who play small "bits" to tho life. A few of Lho principals might bo bettered. Fred crick Truesdell over-nets badly as tho dead man. Mario Leonhard Is still a llttlo young for bo oxnctlng a part ns tho nccuscrt man's wlfo. And tho child Is not as children should bo. Hut Fred erick Perry's defendant, added to tho two dozen admlrnblo "bits," carries tho play triumphantly. Conceiving tho man ns fl person of hot pnsslons, ho drives him to an extremity of pent, maddened suffering In the court scenes that has seldom been equaled. , K. M. Neutrality the Gospel of "Land of the Free" Women wept in tho gallery of the Adelphl Theatre last night. That fact of Its contact with humanity atoned for tho sugary lovcmnklng, tho overdono sentiment, tho obvious patriot ism, tho borrowing of a. georgem cohan flnnle of a vost American Hag pseudo-curtain, rapidly raised and low ered to a choral ensemble in very indiffer ent part-singing of the cast singing Francis Scott Key's words, all of which aro part nnd parcel ot Edward Locke's patrlotlo American comedy, "Tho Land of tho Free." Ot plot thero Is little, of sentiment much, of Imagination none. In this lat est stago production by tho nuthor of "Tho Climax" and "Tho Caso of fcecky," which Is a war piny without a gunshot nnd a drama without action or the Inevitable clash of wills, conflict of motives or transition and growth of characters, lacking which wo mistakenly bellovo drama cannot bo. Vet women sobbed in tho theatre, and bo tho playhouse onco mora was brought close to life in the author's few tense, moving, mcmornblo moments. Perhaps thoso who smiled overtly or covertly, ac cording to their kind nnd degree of breed ing, wero touched momentarily to the fearsomo futilities of war, as Its grew some prospect. Its grisly, grim, gory hor rors wero somewhat guilelessly and often unskilfully fetched homo to the average American household. Those exemplified were of a German family, with a daughtor; a Frenchman with a grandson, "too proud to fight"; a Briton, whose V. C, gained in the Boer War compels eervlco In the Great Con flict when sense of duty prevails over the call of love and the American girl, whom he has wooed and won. The hyphenate families are menaced by the break of many years of friendship, as partisan argument keeps each loyal to its side of the hyphen. The Gallic scion loves tho Teuton maiden, but the Saxcm is winner In tho love match, but loses to Death In battlo somewhere In Belgium. This Is the posture of romance, but It Is purely Inci dental to tha alignment and contrast of points of view before and after the cata clysm of hostilities. Such is the sequence of events and atti tudes In this peculiarity adramtlc piece; tt would be a confession of Ignorance of technical canons to speak ot plot or psychology. The moral ot it all is very palpable and is reinforced by a stump speaking local Judge, who is the rather verbose evangel ot the gospel of neu trality for Americans. It is a good moral for all of us to learn, although the moral Is not pointed by a tale adorned with the poetry which fires the heart and stim ulates the hand and suffuses life with spir ituality. These blend Into the essence of patriotism and make "pro patria mori" a phrase so living, so charged with sac rifice that the devoted patriot remem bers In stress and crisis and the rigor ot death only the motherland, and, UU'e tho lad of Hellas, remembers only his own "sweet Argos." wherever it may lay, The stuff of which dreams are made and by -which high sacrifice Is inspired U no( in Mr. Locke's play, yet It Is only by their imagination, that idealizes re ality, that plays are great. Mr. Locke does not idealize at all, however much he sentimentalizes; but rather be intensifies reality into mere actuality. So "The Land of $he Free" la a literal transcript of dally experiences In many thousands of divided homes Jn this country today, where the melting pot ot the nation has not completed its mission of fusing an tagonistic bloods and breeds into the Americanism which la sterling enough to stand the add test imposed by such mordant conditions aa thoje of the Euro pean war. The cast, on me whole well selected, la cteUf Hsfiiei: HclaiM. itvsis. iuU WINTER TROUSERETTES ON BOARDWALK Ism&mrjMszmmmmmgi Photo by Harper n, Smith. "Close-up" view of tho fur-trimmcrl "pantW worn by Miss Norma Scott, of Wcllsvillo, N. Y nt Atlantic City, tnken as tho wearer was seated In n rolling chnir. Margaret Oreen, 1'dward See, Kfflnglmm l'lnto, Mnry Blackburn, Herman Clornld, I'rlo Ma.on and Oeorgo Dunn, the ma jority known hero ns lho capital players they again proved to be. W, H, M. Gillette in "Secret Service" In 1S07, when "Secret Pervleo" wns Ilrst plnycd In Loml-n, Wllllnm Archer wrote thnt It wns "tho best drnma ot ndven turo nnd situation written within my recollection lu tho Knglleh language." Slnco then, by tho grace of playwrights nnd managers, tho stago hns been tho sceno of tnnny things, from Ibsen revivals to lho drnma of sex, and moro recently tho sinister force of tho moving plcturo haB trnnsposed all npprerlatlon of tho stago Into a now key. And "Secret (Ser vice," playing nt tho Brond this week, remains exactly what It was IS years ngo. In fact. If you consider only tho chnngo In stngo Influences, tho play Is hotter thnn ever. Wo have grown bitterly weary of sex and problem and uplift plays, not prlmnrlly becnuso wo nro tired of sex or problems or uplift, but becauso wo nre tired of stupid playo. And "Secret Bervlco" Is never stupid except when It forgets to attcrd to Us Job nnd swerves on a silly tnngent nbnut a boy-and-glrl nKnlr. It may bo a dlsngreenblo fact for tho drnmatlsts of tho Inst generation, but It Is truo that thoy haven't boon nblo to ngo this play by tho least part of nn hour. Not so with tho moving picture. It has taught us to expect, In nn entertainment of threo or four hours, n complexity of nwlftly moving Incident, built upon a variety of pleasing or thrilling spoctaclcs, without even a momentnry flagging ot Interest. It may bo bad for us to "speed up," but the fact Is that wo do It. Now "Secret Service" Is a ono reel illm plnylng tho length of "Tho Birth of a Nation." Thero lm't a slnglo situation or nd venturo which could not bo projected, nnd thero nro no characters In It what ever. So, If anyono wants tho whole moral of Mr. Gllloto'n rovlvnl, It Is that the only wny tho drama can tako caro of Itself In theso tlmc3 Is to devote Itself to poetry nnd to chnractor, to romance nnd to comedy, to beauty of unpnoh nml nllhtltv (if sltllntlon. to con- I diets of souls, not of bodies, to every thing which hns mado It great, nnd to nothing which has mado it popular. I 1 HO JJUJIUHW IV Ul .,,. WinCim o ,.- i turo is, of course, a non in tno puui ui that moral, but It Is tho last lion. air. Olllctto himself Is something of a Hon. Ho hns cultivated his stylo with nn In tontness and singleness of purpose which nro truly remarkable Iteeently ho pub lished n brochure, "Tho Illusion of tho First Time" In acting, on tho multiple difficulties which como to nn nctor. well versed In a part, In his attempt to mako It nppear that speech and nctlon are, not spontaneous, hut ovoled for tho Ilrst time, Tho nbsolute, freo flow of spon taneity Is tho last thing he desires, be '" .yftorrl3ii fVSjA'--Jv si V vw '"JMVJnTR'S' PPff mJm BoSna Grmpamy T1II1 following tlientres nlitnln their pictures thrmiRli the STASI.KV lluaklnc Company, Hhleli 1 a guarantee tif early himlniis of tlie lined nrodurtluiM. All pictures relened beforo exhibition. A ; f'Jf the tlieutre In jour locality obtaining pictures through tho hTAM.fcV KuoKI"k' Company. ALHAMBRA J 12th. Morris tt Psssyunk A. Mat. Dally at Si Uvea . T 4 0. auilevllla & raram i ,-itr. Marguerite Clark 'JMupai ARCADIA CHESTNUT BELOW 10TH Syd Chaplin .ASubmarine Pirate" A" ULLU MATINEE DAILY VIOLA DANA in ClllLDIlEN OF EVE" RI I JFRIRD-"00 NOimI BIWAD ST Fox Film Presents nonEIlT MANTELL In "BLINDNESS OF DEVOTION" SnTvr, CEDAR PMU-HS$Xm WUKUTZElt OBQAN FA1RMOUNT Ta mi mm !3TH AND GIRAItD AVE. Paramount offers cleo niDQELT 4 ''CHORUS LADY" WALLACE HE1D ln GERMANTOWN 8S08TooFlv.v Edna Goodrich in "ARMSTnONQ'S WTVR" A PA.RAUOVHT PICTURE "1 fiRP BOTH & MARKET LlUJiJE. Mat, 2:13: Evgs., T ft 0. paramount MARY PICKFORD ln OFF"A8OIRL OF YESTERDAY" 7 1 nA D rf"AVENUE THEATRE GIKAKD TTH AND CIIRARD AVE. V1ROINIA PEARSON A JOSEPH K1LCOUK J ta 'TTHE TURN OF THE ROAD AMATEUR STAQE CONTEST JEFFERSON 28T" Sz&T1 PAULINE FREDERICK in "SOLD" Paramount Picture LAFAYETTE 20" kensinTPInuB GEORGE FAWCETT in THE MAJESTY OF TUB LAW" LIDCDTV DROAD AND 1 D K I I COLUMBIA THEDA BARA in Tim OALLEY SLAVE1' LOGAN THEATRE 4,&gSgTK PAULINE-FREDERICK in "BELLA DONNA" LOCUST LOCUST STREETS Edna Goodrich "A0NQ1S A PARAMOUNT PICTURE Weekly Program Appear Every Mender la Motion Picture Chart aTMuSTOTrewBraai oissiiosiisssmsssira cause ho knows vory well that men and women aro neither freo nor spontaneous. So ho hesitates, repents words, stuttors n bit, becomes entirely disconcerted and, to tho theatregoer accustomed to tho swift and Impossible repnrteo of tho or dinary stngo, becomes annoying nt times. Ho carries tho Illusion Into his gait. Into tho Incllno of hli body. Into tho carriage of hands nnd feet In "Secret Servlco" ho complicates all this with tho underly ing suggestion of tho spy, III nt rasp, RU.iplclous and nervous. It would bo a perfect performance wero It not that at moments It has an absurd tendency to smartness. In his company, obviously trained and with somo success to tho achievement of tho snmo Illusion, Miss lreno Hnlsmon alono attntns it, nnd sho alono is out of tho picture. Tho others, notably Grace Bonis, Helen Freeman, Stunrt Fox, Ed win Mordant nnd Marlon Abbott, play ns thoy might havo played In 1S90. Mlsa Hals man, with a very comic sense, can't for get this year of grnce, or dlsgraco 1013. Tho wholo cast Is giod, nnd tho plnylng smooth nnd cosy. Tho thrills, especially In tho third nnd final acts, never miss tiro, and tho llrst-tilght audlenco. In splto of being fed up on this nort of thing, nover missed n thrill. G. V. 8. Rural Play nt Knickerbocker "Tho Old Homcstend," that quaint rural play that has plonBcd theatre-goers for more thnn 20 years, Is tho offering of tho Knickerbocker BInycrs. Tho play might bo termed a one-man drama, as It Is written around ono char nctcr Joshua Whltcomb tho lovablo old countryman who brings sunlight Into tho hearts of nil. Tho other parts aro en tirely minor, but If tho role of Joshua Is carried out correctly the play Is all that ono could wish. And with Gcorgo AV. Bnrbler. director of tho company, ns Joshua, tho play reminded ono forcibly of tho days when Dcnman Thompson, tho nuthor, enacted tho role of Joshua and held his audiences almost spellbound. With Bnrbler taking tho leading role, tho company wont through tho entire per formance with lnudablo form. No one in tho company could havo handled tno role as well as Barblor. who wns con vincing as tho benevolent countryman who goes to tho big city to search for his wandering son. Thero was nn ndded attraction in the Schumann Quartet. Tho ushers nnd or chestra gave a rural aspect by wearing dusters nnd big straw hatB. 1'crhaps tho thing that wears on an nudlenco most Is n performance that Is unusunlly long. For somo tlmo now tho Knickerbocker has not been letting out until 11:20, which Is rather lato for a steady diet. This Is caused mostly by tho long periods that clapso between tho acts. Tho company should either begin Us performances at 8 o'clock sharp In stead of 8:15 or 8:10 or shift scenes moro quickly. PROMINENT OTOPLAV PRESENTATIO Logan Auditorium "AMijESr MARGUERITE CLAYTON in "A DAUOHTEH OF THE CITY" I CAFiP'R KORTY-F1RST AND UCfAUClS. LANCASTER AVENUE MARY PICKFORD in "MADAME 1IUTTEHFLY" Market St. Theatre S33 MAg?,CT ARNOLD DAI.Y In "THE HOUSE OF KHAR" Seo "QHAKT" Eery Wednesday nRPHPI IM OERMANTOWN AND VJKrnE.UlVl CHKLTEN AVES. LILLIAN GISH and H07.SIKA DOLLY In THE LILY AND THE ROSE." CHARLES MURRAY In 'The Ureal Vacuum Robbery" nnlFIMT a-0 AND WOODLAND AVE. ''1I-1 Dally Mat.'.' Ejr.. 0:30 to 11. Vivian Martin in "OVER NIGHT" WM. RRADY FEATURE PAT APP "I MARKET STREET rrttrt.VC jo A. M to IX US P M. LOU TELL1QEN In "THE UNKNOWN" "DIZZY HEIGHTS AND DARINtl HEARTS" KEYSTONE COMEDY PARK" RIDOE AVE. & DAUPHIN 1 ZAIVIV continuous Show from 1-5 i. u;80-ll, "THE WHITE rE.VRL" A Paramount Plcturo featuring MARIE DORO princess mtym "SONNY JIM'S FIRST LOVE" THE INNER CHAMBER" DTAT TV QERMANTOWN AVE. rvlrtL. 1U AT TULPEHOCKEN ST. Florence Reed in "AT BAY" PATHS GOLD ROOSTER PLAY DCPFMT I3 MARKET STREET ' KCOCn 1 HUMAN VOICE ORGAN Theda Bara "Destruction" RIIDV MARKET STREET U I DELOV TTH STREET DOROTHY OREBN & RALPH KELLARD In "HER MOTHER'S SECRET" SHERWOODfAara William Fpx Presents NANCE O'NEILL In "A WOMAN'S PAST" A V f V 1211 MARKET ' rt V J I STREET ART ACORD in "AUTHOR! AUTHOR!" IPTflRIA MAHKET ST. 1- UIVIA ABOVE NINTH WILLIAM FARNUM in "A SOLDIER'S OATH" STANLEY UABKErr ABOYB 18TH continuous Geraldine Farrar in , & ; pf ii0 "TEMPTATION" "HAZARDS OF HELEN" OUTDONE BY "MACISTE" Tho Giant Thespian of "Cabl- ria" Thrills and "Keystones" Through Six Reels "Outdoes 'Cablria.'"; "Vanquishes D'Annunzlo"! "there Is no film like 'Marvelous Maelstc.' " The press agent of tho Chestnut Street Opera Houso Is wel come to all of them, and If he needs some moro Just let htm call round at this office. And all in spite of the fact that "Mar velous Maclste" hasn't the romance or dignity or beauty or consistency of "CaWria," that lta molodramatlo story, which is no worse as melodrama than our American products, Isn't half so skilfully worked out, that It ends most miraculously and Inexplicably, and thnt It betrays ,tho Inability of the Itala com pany, of Italy beat of Its kind In the world to match the technlquo of Ameri can scenario writing. But "Marvelous Maclste" outdoes "The Hazards of Helen" both brands at hair raising thrills, and daring dangers, nnd vanquishes Keystone comedy at novel nnd Bide-spllttlng physical feats. Alt on account of Bnt. Bnganc who has: his co-llker, Bat Masterson, backed Into a corner ns a vanquisher of "bad men." Tho notor who played tho negro giant In "Cablrla" Is hero exploited as a tosser about of thugs and a breaker of tables, Ho lifts furniture In his teeth and men by their hnlr Ho breaks through ceil ings with his shoulders. Ho vanquishes eight or ten assailants nt once, ties them up in doublo knots nnd packages of two, nnd flings them onto a huckster's enrt to pnrado through tho town. He walks up pnrnllet perpendicular walls by bracing his feet ngnlnst ono sldo nnd his hands ngnlnat tho other. Ho flings villains through tables. All with not tho least shndow of exertion, passion, enmity or feeling. "MarvoIoiiB Maclste" has the advantage' of tho Itala studios In Italy's Los An geles, Turin, tt not only uses them to produco Bomo very good lighting effects; It lugs them right Into tho story In the genuine Keystone stylo. Turin Itself Isn't safe. If It hadn't been for the great war wo might soon bo as familiar with tho main street of that Italian city ns wo aro with tho far less charming thoroughfares of Los Angeles. For "Mar velous Mnclste" was tho Inst film out beforo hostilities began. Tho Stanley Is showing nit week Ger nldlno Fnrrar's second photo-play, "The Temptation," which deals with the secrets of a prima donna's llfo nnd which was favorably reviewed In these columns Trl day. Tho Arcadia opens the week with "The Submarine PIrnto," with Syd Chaplin, and on Thursday, Friday nnd Saturday "Between Men," with William S. Hart and Houso Peters, nnd "Dlizy Heights and Daring Hoarts," a Kcystono comedy, will bo shown. Tho Regent opens this weolt with "De struction," with Theda Bara, on Wednes day and Thursday "Black Fear." with Graco Elll8ton, will bo screened, and on Friday nnd Saturday "Excuse Mo" will bo featured. Tho Tnlaco begins the week with "The Unknown," with Lou Telltgen, and "Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts," a Keystone comedy, whllo on Thursday, Friday and Saturday "A Submanno Plrato," with Syd Chaplin, will be tho feature. Today (Tuesday) Stanley Mastbaum, of tho Stnnloy Company, will entertain 1CO0 children of tho Sabbath schools of down town, at tho Alhambra 'i..catrc, 12th and Morris streets. The children wero ten dered a regulnr show because of their regular weekly attendanco at the Sabbath schools under tho auspices of the Council of Jewish Women of Philadelphia. The Sabbath schools downtown aro located and conducted by tho following superin tendents: Sixth and Kt-ter Synagogue, by Louis E Loventhal, I'sq. Third nnd Mnnton, by Leon II. Rose. Sixth and Dickinson, by Abo Wasser man, CENTRAL Chestnut St. Op. House ntchhtdnut CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE SEE TODAY'S AMUSEMENT COLUMN uk.st rim.ADi'.i.riiiA PRANn S2D AND MARKET STREETS VjIVttlL jiATINEE DAILY. 2 P. M., Be. "GRAFT," No. 2 "MOTHER" OVERBROOK veoravb. -nitOADWAY 8TARH- "THE NATURE MAN" A FILM OF WONDERS EI I R V V A eOTII AND u n. n, rv rt. market streets World FIlm-nnwtN AHDEN In "THE OBEY MASK" Chaplin in "A Night at the Show" IMPERIAL wtaSx WALNUT STREET" V I S E. Presents FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN in "GRAUSTARK" C ARFiFM 03D & LANSDOWNE AVE. JAILCPI MAT. 2. EVO.. O.S0. TRIANGLE DAY DUBTl.N FARNt'M In THE IRON STRAIN" CIIAS. MURRAY In "A Game Old Knljht" KKYSTONE rOMFDY NORTH Great Northern maStVaW 'THE PENITENTS" With ORRIN JOHNSON 4 SEENA OWEN THE HUNT" Featuring FORD STERLING Broad Street Casino DR011" Matinee 2.10 Evening- T 13 and 9 PAUL GILMORE in "A WOMAN'S WILES" Others TIVOLI Theatre SSSf'S,"' "THE BROKEN COIN," No. 21 "According to Value" Others NORTHWEST West AlleBhenyi!.5h2M!"EeS: ents NANCE O'NEILL "A WOMAN'S PAST" 5iienii(hann THEATRE 1TTH ft susquenanna susqi ehanna av MLLE. DIANE ft CHA8. TROWORIDGB "THE SIREN'S SONG" FIVE PARTS IIAItlti DARBY THEATRE DJPRABT "The Myitery of Room 13" FOUR ACTS THE BRAVE DESERVE THE PAIR" NOIlTHWfbT CTDAMn TH. n GIRARD AVE. O 1 IVfUNJJ Mats. Wed. and Sat. UES3IE HARItlSCALE IN "THE DEVIL," 5 Parts HAM ANT HUD COMEDY UKNt-JNbTON Itllirin FRONT 6T AND JUmOU GIUARD AVE. "THE WHITE SCAR" 1" THE SILER LINING roaiNQ i'ATE,H jfoesf '-CStr-- VPffljVjf a -v1 jr?wiii NSW MffiW .in-... .
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