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TREASURE ISLAND"
Hi Miniature Punch and Judy
Theatre Shows New York
"R. L. S." Melodrama
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it took Robert Lonl Stevenson, ae-
eotAIHK to his own ndmlnston, 33 dnya
tt Write "Treasure Island" nt leant he
y4 hi wrote It at tho rato of a chapter
daw and there nro 38 chapters. IVr
hap It would not
be wise to council
other authorn to
wrllo at that speed,
however, In tho
hopes of dashing
off another "Treas
ure Island." 11. L.
S. told himself
while at work that
he waa writing a
book for boys and
didn't have to be
careful about his
precious style, so
he could turn out
his 2000 words a
i n Tid t tint t t m
Inff to stop to rnndpapcr. Hut the
truth of the matter probably was that
he happened to bn nn l,frnina th.
month, and the old nas was feeling his
outs. Tho result wns a classic, one of
those juveniles ftfr all nBcs, In which tho
widest Impossibilities nro not only prob
able, but, while you are tinder the spell,
actual occurrences. It Is a curious thlnjr.
bj tho way, that when the writers nnd
publishers of wmpowdcr books for boys
toda seek to Justify their pernicious
activities they nluaja clto "Treasure
Island" In their defrnse. fnllini? fntli-Mv
to realize that It Is Just this enrcful nnd
painstaking and nrtlstlc probability about
tho impossible which keeps the book
wholcsomo for bojs. becnuse It docs not
violate the loglo of life
Well, this best of boys' books, this roar
InK talo of plrnlo rrolil. has been turned
into a play, a rcmilnr olil-fuslilnneil pirat
ical molotl ratnn, nnd produced by Charles
Hopkins nt his tiny Punch and Judy
Theatre. It Is the kind of n piny they
used to put on nt Iirury Lnne nnd the
Old Boston Theatre, nnd hero It Is done
today on n staso no blRRcr than the tios
ton Theatre box ofnee! Times do cbnnKc
but tho pirates, bless 'em, nre eternal'
Ho the stnKe small or Inrse, a plrntr Is
a pirate. Besides, It hns been ninny and
many a year since a genuine buccaneer
(except tho Immoitnt Hook, In "Peter
Pan") has trod the boards, nnd the pub
lic was doubly rond to welcome Hlnck
Dog-, Lour John nnd tho rest of Hint
mnoiy oil tilt.
The play was mnde by .Tales Tckcrt
loodmnn. Curiously enough, ho mnde his
nlay by following exactly Stevenson's
torj, with only tlin Inevitable vnmleti.ia-
Ions, nnd by tislnr. word for word, the
Htovensonlnn dlnlosue. Ills play, thus
iiadc. Is n dandy and poor Ktevciiion
ilmself could never write n play.
It opens in tho A dm I nil llcnbow Inn,
t nlnht, with Cnptnln IIIU Ilones waving
Is cutlass nnd compelling tho guests to
in?
Fifteen men en the ilt-nil mnn'rt client,
To, Ito, ho. nnil n Imttlo nf rum.
"his first act, of course. Is connected en
trely with the comltiR of Hlnck Dor, who
ins his light with mil Hones, nnd then
he coming of blind Pew (the tap, tnp, tnp
f hla staff outside being a really un
anny stngo effect); the presentation to
'III of the black spot, nnd finally of his
Wth and tho rcscuo of his map of Trcas
ro Island by tho boy Hill It Is an act
hock full of the richest kind of melo
ramatlc exejtement.
The second net shows the wharf at Hrls-
ol, with the Illspanlola moorejl nlongslde,
nil Introduces that oily rulllan. Long
'ohn Silver, nnd his parrot, showing how
Cong John got around Squire Trclawney
4nd shipped his cutthroat crew aboard.
Tho third and fourth nets show seven
cenes, starting with tho mutiny on ship-
oanl, whon Jim wns hiding In tho hnrrcl,
nd ending In Hen Ounn's cave, where
ho pile of Spanish gold Is disclosed. Wo
eo tho fight In the stocknde, wo see Jim
ut tho Illspanlola adrift, we seo tho
llscovery of tho skeleton and, abovo all,
icrhnps, wo see that consummate rascal,
.ong John, save tho boy's hide (nnd his
nvn) and win the Immunity he bo richly
Mtln't deserve. Stevenson loved Long
ohn, and Mr. Goodman has realized his
uperlor value also.
But tho play would hardly bo tho suc
'ess It Is, however. If the acting were not
Xceptlonal. Mr. Hopkins, tho producer,
irho Is a young man, nnd one trnlned nt
Yale rather than on Broadway, has
nevertheless given us all a lesson In pre
larcdness. Knowing ho had the kind of
t play to mount which Is seldom nctcd
lowadays, ho went bnck a generation,
ilmost, for his lending players. For In
stance, Bill Bones Is played by Tim Mur
shy Only onco In tlid present writer's
nemory hns Tim Murphy been brought
'o Broadway since his old Hoyt farce
lays and that was when Mrs. Fiske had
him with her In "Mrs. Humpstead Leigh."
lut Tim Murphy can net, nnd make no
mistake about that. His Impersonation
of that drunken, terror-haunted, brave,
owardly, horrible and lovable old rascal
(Ilia the whole stage or It would, If pres
ently Pew didn't enter, Impersonated by
Frank Sylvester. Here Is an netor who
waa last seen as the "nut" who thought
he was Napoleon, In the "The Misleading
Lady" As Pow ho Is a grim, sinister,
powerful figure. There Is one comical
pirate. George Merry, and lo, he Is played
by TV. J. Ferguson, who was acting be
fore tho memory of the oldest theatre
goers began to work.
Long John Sliver, with his parrot and
his wooden leg, nppears In act two and
ho Is played by Edward Emery. Emery
may not bo an old man, by any means,
but It 1b now nearly a generation ago
that Clyde Fitch realized what a fine
liqtor ho was, and made much of him
ill his plays, while more recently he has
dropped comparatively out of sight Of
course, ho is an exceptionally able player,
and bis Impersonation of Long John Is a
splendid blend of oily obsequiousness and
yeled cruelty, of wickedness dashed with
humor and humor spiced with malignity.
He and Tim Murphy, between them,
would mako any production notable, act-
(nff M they do here. However, all the
v parts aro well played, and all the actors
Cear Into the racy, piratical story with
Joy and ADandon. The scenery Is excel
lent, too. All In all, "Treasure Island"
Is a rare treat, and a deserved success.
Moreover, It la a play the children can go
to, with Just as much pleasure as their
parents.
"Dolly, Dolly, I
Want a Dolly!"
i If thr Is anything In the world that
'MUw Ruth noblnson, leading lady of tho
Arri Stock Company, careB for besides
tiw feusband, Frank Carter, and her work.
It to a dolL Almost any kind of a doll
wta to. Rag dolls, china dolls. Teddy
bpii and little wooly-halred ''darky"
dOUs, They all share equally In her affec
tteas. From tho time she wora gingham
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DON QUIXOTE'S DAY OFF
Do Wolf Hopper, who will appear
on the screen of the Arcadia next
week in "Don Quixote," enjoys a
pipe with Tully Marshall, of
"Mother of Seven."
pinafores and pigtails and traded gum
with her playmates nt recess, Miss Robin
son hns been "doll crazy," she smilingly
ndmlts. A view of the actress" bedroom
would send the nverngo little girl Into
ecstasies of admiration nnd envy. Thero
nre dolls everywhere you look.
Of course, there are some actor dolls
In Miss ltoblnson's fnmlly. "Madame
Hutterlly," a llttlo Jnpaneso lady wltn
a soulful expression that reminds you of
Sain Bernhardt In one of her emotlonnl
moments, hangs by tho side of tho dress
ing tnblo mirror. "Madame Butterfly"
enme from San Francisco Chinatown nnd
wns presented to her owner several years
ago by nn nctor returning from n Pacltlc
const engagement. Chappy Boater Is a
klnky-hnlred Jockey, nnmed after tho
jockey In "Wlldllre." ono of Miss ltobln
son's -favorite plays. "Louise M. Al
cott" Is the "grandmother" of the fam
ily. "Louisa's" ago Is but It Isn't pollto
to discuss Indies' ages. Anyway she was
tho dearest possession of an nunt of
Miss lloblnson when tho latter was a
woo llttlo girl.
Movie Man About Town
You enn't blnmo Lou Tellegcn for want
ing to keep his stngc-nnmo for evory-day
use, ns his renl name was Isadore Louis
Bernard Edmund Van Dnmmeler before
tho Supremo Court decision gavo him per
mission to change It. Ho will appear In
"Tho Unknown" at tho nuby next Mon
day. With six scparnto photoplay master
pieces In Its list of offering tho Blalto
Theatre Is making tho strongest kind of
nn appeal to Its Gcrmantown clientele.
On Monday thero will bo presented thnt
queen of motion picture nctresses, Clara
Kimball Young, In a modern plcturlzed
version of Alexandre Dumas' Immortal
drama of love and passion, "Camlllo," a
piny which hns called out the limit of
talent from Sara Bernhardt and other
famous tragediennes. Ruby Hoffman, a
local favorite, appears In the Thursday
offering, "The Dovll'a Prayer Book." ono
of the most unique and absorbing of plc
turo dramas.
The Regent Theatre's list of first-showing
plays for Monday and Tuesday will be
a plcturlzatlon of Cyrus Townscnd
Brady's famous novel, "My Lady's Slip
per." In Us production an all-star cast was
engnged. Including Anita Stewart and
Earle Williams, Julia Swayno Gordon,
Joseph Kllgour, Harry Northrup, William
Shea, George Stevens and George O'Don
nell, tho latter a well-known and popular
oporatlc star. For Wednesday and Thurs
day the attraction to be presented will be
Tho Turmoil." It features Volll Valll.
On Friday and Saturday thero will bo
offered "Madame X.," headed by Dorothy
Donnelly.
Thero will be another chance for the
patrons of the Overbrook to Bee the new
productions of the screen, when on Mon
day the Triangle pictures will be Installed
In addition to the regular program of sub
jects. Opening bill Is Douglas Fairbanks
in "The Lamb" and Raymond Hitchcock
In "My Valet" Dustln Farnum In "The
Iron Strain" Is to be seen on Wednes
day. Workmen have about completed the ln
Btalatlon of the Kimball pipe organ at
the Globe, E9th and Market streets-, and
announcement will be made In a few
days when the Inaugural recitals will be
played by Miss J. M. F, McCloskey, one
of the best organists In the city. The
many new decorations nnd furnlshlngj
about the auditorium make this house
cozy and its clean appearance shows a
careful attention to the minutest de
tail. There Is to be an augmented orchestra
Installed at the Falrmount next week
consisting of 10 soloists for the showing
of "Carmen" Tuesday, at which time
three shows will be given at night.
Triangle plays are now shown at the
popular Orpheum every day. and have
been meeting with success. In the "Sub
marine Pirate," to be seen on Thursday,
there are shown some sclentlflo Instru
ments, by the use of which much com
edy la made by Sid Chaplin.
Frank Buler Is kept busy these days
looking after the welfare of the Central
Market Street Company's theatres.
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FATHER AND CHILD?
Hnrdly. Director nnd pupil? Yes.
Who? Harry Hnrvoy nnd Lillian
Lorraine, of "Neal of tho Navy."
(Balboa-Pntho.)
A LITTLE CHAT
THERE Is much
thnt Is often said
and sometimes writ
ten regarding John
Drew which tickles
that amlablo actor's
senso of humor. Oc
casionally ho laugh
ingly refers to theso
things to his Inti
mates and is not nt
all slow In recount
ing stories on him
self. Whllo lunching at
a club tho other day
one of Mr. Drew's
friends asked If It
never Irritated him
to havo It continu
ally Bald that he
acted himself.
"Rather It amuses
me," answered tho
actor. "Usually tho
ones who say that
havo no way of
knowing whether I
act myself or not, be
causo thoy don't
know me, have nover
seen mo off the stage.
So how can thoy say
I act myself? Thoy
are like the man In
Field! ng's 'Tom
Jones' who saw Gar
rtck as Hamlet and
reported that ho
didn't think much of
Garrlck, but he liked
tho man who played
the King because he
acted all over the
place. They do not
realize that art In
acting Is disguising
the art you use, bo
In a new
the mora closely you simulate a char
acter the moro difficult It becomes. If
I wanted to give the Impreslon on the
stage of .talking to another character, In
a conversational way, Just as I am talk
ing to you, I could not speak as I am
talking now, I must know how to pitch
my voice, how loud to talk bo that It
will sound natural across the footlights,
what to do and what not to do. In order
to appear natural."
"Do you evor get tired of hearing your
self referred to as the best-dressed actor
on the American Btage?"
"That Is a touch of buoollclsm that I
have grown used to. It reminds me of
the way-down-east expression, applied by
BERNARD SHAW
ON "ANDROCLES"
Continued from Face One
be blasphemous," when somebody je
marked that the cathedral organ was
disgracefully out of tune, was no doubt
sincerely reverent; but she was rather
mixed as to the things that really are
religion and the things that are only
associated with It by custom,
Th version of the old story of An
drocles and the lion which I have retold
In the play, Is not hampered by a pedan
tic retention of the details as given by
Aulus Gelllus. His Androcles ;vas called
Androclus, and Androclus was neither a
Greek nor a tailor nor a Christian, but a
Roman slave who ran away from the
cruelties of -his master and was later on
captured and condemned to ba devoured
by wild beasts In the arena. But it hap
pened that during his flight he had taken
refuge in a cave, and into this cave came
a lion -who had a thorn In his paw which
Androclus extracted. It waa to this y:ry
lion that Androclus was afterward thrown
in the arena, and the, Hon, instead of
eating him, caressed him. The story
figured in natural histories like those of
Aellan and -was found to, please children,
in whose story books it has appeared ever
since. Nobody believes it, though every
body believes much more improbable
stories. It would be Incredible of some
lions. Just a the action of Androclus
would be Incredible of some men. But
Itwe ju Uau ad llau, just m jtbar
READY FOR
This is tho birthplnco
Frank Tinney. Hero nt
father, Hugh Tinney,
WITH JOHN DREW
ffcrw
JOHN DREW
but characteristic pose.
Yankee farmers with a grain of contempt
to any one with a linen collar, 'He's got
Boston dressInV Or of the actor, whose
name shall remain In oblivion, as It should
be, who once challenged me for the
championship belt as the best dress-suit
wearer on the American stage. Naturally,
he continues a fine dress-suit actor."
Mr, Drew Is credited with being today
the one actor who Is able to keep alive
what has long been known as tho "draw
ing room comedy," In his time he has
played over 100 roles. To some people he
Is essentially an actor of modern roles,
but the fact remains that some of the
actor's greatest successes have been In
Shakespearean plays.
are men and men. The author of the
present version has petted a full-grown
Hon and had his advances received with
much more cordiality than he could ex
pect from most St, Bernard dogs. He
conceives the Hon of Androclus to have
been Just such a fearless and amiable
creature. He conceives Androclus as
having that fellow feeling for animals
which it becomes the most highly evolved
of animals to have (man Is your real king
of beasts) and which enables some men
to handle bees without being stung and
snakes without being bitten. Given such
a pair, there Is nothing incredible In tbe
story except the theatrical coincidence of
the meeting of the two in the arena. Such
coincidences are privileged on the stagy,
and are. the special delight of this partic
ular author. And really when one con
siders how many men met lions in the
aren'a frpm first to last, it is not too much
to ask you to believe that Just for once
they turned out to be old friends.
If the auhor is asked why he made
Androcles a Christian he can only ask
why not. St Francis preached to tbe
birds as his -"little brothers." and St.
Francis was a Christian. SL Anthony
preached to the fishes, who probably un
derstood at least as much of his sermon
as a modern fashionable congregation
would have done, and St. Anthony was
a Christian. Depend on it, Androcles had
that root of the religious matter In him
except the religion of hunting and kill
ing. That is the religion of tbe English
country house.
But the 20th century Christian ne4
not regard the Christianity ft tho early
CUriua martyr? feavta ucU to &
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of Philadelphia's comedian,
81U Moore street, live his
nnd his brother, Joseph.
with his safe and eminently respectable
Sunday profession of fnlth. Christians
In those days were neither safe nor re
spcctable. What Is more, some of the
most eminent Christians were by no
means fond of tho nverngo Christians of
their time. Tho author once asked nn old
Owenlto Socialist why ho had given up
socialism. Ho replied that after preach
ing It for fomc years he hnd notice 1 thnt
It seemed to have a very bad effect on
tho moral character of thoso who gnvo
themselves up to Its propagnndn. Tho
same may be said of all Ill-persecuted
creeds.
A doctrine, may be true and Importnnt
and Its persecutors may bo altogether In
tho Wromr. but thlu mnkp.q the nosltion at
I tho man who Is persecuted fpr propngat-
lng It all tho moro morbid. Ono sane man
In a lunatic asylum can no more keep
his normal health and temper than ono
lunatic In a conscll do prudhommes. Add
to this consideration tho fact that nil
movements which nttnek tho existing
I stnto of society attract both tho people
I who are not good enough for tho world
j nnd tho people for whom tho world Is
i not good enough, so thnt tho snlnt Is
always embarrassed by finding that tho
uynamiter and the assassin, tho thief and
tho libertine, mako common cause with
him, nnd you will not be surprised to
learn, If you do not know It nlrcady, that
early Christians, llko St. Augustine, have
a good many stories to tell of Chlrstlans
who thoroughly deserved their evil rep
utntlon. Tho chnractcr of Spintho In tho
present play Is by no means a malicious
Invention of tho author's. Indeed, had he
gone on to exhibit Spintho nB having
taken the precaution to marry an ortho
dox Roman l,n order to shirk the Christian
obligation to practice Communism, and
as ostentatiously giving tho lady black
eyes to show how his conjugal duties re
volted his ascetlo nature, there would
have been warrant for that, too, and
worse, in tho records of the Fathers of
tho Church.
In representing a Roman centurion and
a Roman captain (a pure Invention) as
corresponding to a British sergeant and a
British company ofllcer some violence
may cr m-y not have been done to the
petty accuracies of military history, Cen
turions were much chaffed in Romo as
being mostly thick-booted, vulgar per
sons, whacking their men with wlnewood
cudgels and out of placo In refined so-
JIORTENSE CLEMENT
In "A LJLttle Girl tn a Big City,"
at the Walnut.
MUSICAL
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VIOLA DANA, AUTO-TINKER
The popular star of the Edison
company can keep her own car
in repair, if she wants to.
cletyj nnd tho nearest thing to a modern
cnptnln as fnr ns rank wns concerned
wns probnbly not much moro of a pntrl
clnn. Tho pntrlclan soldier wns not n pro
fessional soldier; ho commanded nrmlcs
or ndorncd Senates or governed provinces
ns part of tho natural pursuits of n patri
cian. But tho relntlon of pntrlclnn ofllcer
to plcblnn routineer existed as It exists'
today; and whether my cnptnln should
havo been called something else, or my
Centurion ii Decurlon, docs not troublo
mo nny moro thnn tho old controversy ns
to whether the nudler.ee turned their
thumbs up or down when they wanted a
defeated gladiator slnln.
In short. If you demand my nuthor
ltle3 for this or thnt I must reply thnt
only those who havo never hunted up
tho authorities as I hae bcllcvo that
there Is nny authority who Is not con
tradicted ilntly by some other authority.
Mnrshnll Junot, reproached for having
no respect for ancestry, said that ho was
nn ancestor himself. In tho same spirit
I point out thnt the authorities on tho
story of Androcles nnd on tho history
of tho early Christian martyrs aro tho
peoplo who hnvo written about them nnd
now that I, too. have written about thorn.
I take my placo ns tho latest nuthorlty
on tho era. Proper deference should bo
paid to mo accordingly.
Rare Maeterlinck Coming
Philadelphia will havo a raro chance
AVednesday afternoon of seeing Maeter
linck's ".glavalno and Selysetto" upon
tho stngo. Arthur Row, student ns well
ns nctor, who hns given tho play at al
most a score of universities and clubs, has
seized the fortunato colncldcnco of tho
vacancy of the Llttlo Theatre and his
presence in the city with "Androcles" to
act Maeterlinck's play thero on Wednes
day at 3.
The Unimportance of Being
Earnest -
Isn't fiordnn Craig laUKhlng at us and
Un't ltelnharilt dead herlou nd Isn't
Cralg three times the artist JCelnhardt
In? George Jean Nathan.
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tho- voguo of the latter singer T tt
tcllo hnd oho bnd momont-whcTneimd
suffered tho ravages of tlme.'ls stm iV
tor controlled, if ic.,s opulent tin!
rival's. That ho Is not an accla ffi &
n IIS. With nn mfnrmniu .!..... . 'r
over distinction enn como from belnJ5
nnxtn.l will, !, l.l. n. ' "e,n Wj.
Know. .wunn, we do
Nor do we know how tho Metropolis!
face of two such performances ai te.
"Otello" and "Pngllaccl" of the b'.u
Opera Company. m
Merely to Insert a pleasant not J
whnt must br n. vrv itnnt.,..., ... !
slon, something enn be cnld for the iot'
formnnce of "Prince Igor," nt the
lufuiium, in now xorK, on ThurtdiT
December 30. Frankly, tho opera wai i
venture, nnd It has a chance of belnr i
successful one. The work falls below tt"
standard of "Boris Godunow," and t
the writer's mind, below that of Mooi.
sorgsky's other great work, "ChoVMut.
schlna." Its chief Interest lies neither la
plot nor music, n6r In the opportunltla"1
for great singing, but In tho colorful bat
baric dnnccn of ono act. Borddlno left
mere sketches, which -were unhappilj
elaborated by Glnzounow and nimkr'
Koraskoff, but In tho working out of hli"
rlnnrivq tin li.nrt thn nrlvnnlnp. n '
.. . ..... u......unv ui null
done by a friend In research amotog Tar.
In. Ill.ntl 1lin nA .A.. .,,, i
redeem a dull time. i
1
To contlnuo pleasant things, befori
returning to I'nunncipnia s operatic
chances, how many people know that ,
Borodino wrote "Chonstlcks"? Ana )a
many read In tho New YoTk Sun thatl
tho scenery ror "I'rlnco Igor" was Tetf.
good? And how many of those who Wt
tho first and second and fourth Beta H
llevcd what they read?
. ... i
Tuesday, "ino juagic i-iute," wluVjj
there's tho rubl Whatever on earth halj
Philadelphia done to havo Mme. Marls 1
Ilappold, tho 'tireless and undoultedl(
nblo singer three times so far? Her jefj
foimnnco In "II Trova.oro" Justified, taj
nowlso ner reappearance two weeks later
for a much better pleco of work. FurttHiu
if one takes tho trouble to compare cuUal
ono finds thnt In New York Mme. GaasUil
onriir Tlnmlnn nn1 nn Via rtil n tarl lira ffil
tot up? a nit i uav v hau jeesk.u nn avawu
to this oltlco by tho Metropolitan Co'i
pany tho namo of Melnnlo Kurt appear.? J
for that part. Tho name of Mme. KurtUl
crossed out and that of Mme. Rappolill
written In. Tho substitution of Mr. Scott 1 1
for Carl Braun as Sarastro wo acclalal
with some plcasuro and recognlzo tit!
Justice of bringing Mr. Scott home to hill
nudlcnco. But for tho rest well, Jutf
what Is tho Metropolitan trying to do??
A marlmbaphone qunrtet has been JlWt
covered In New York, so Mr. Grainger1!? 1
work can bo played without the noblrjt 1
orroreu assistance or mo I'airom, wi
ancient literary society of Phlladelpau.1
which r.iahly volunteered In a JSody' tsj
search out such an Instrument.
The Berlin of "Watch Your EteD." COB'J
pared to tho Berlin of "Stop! Lookl Lb-I
tenl" Is llko the Paris of today oornpanlj,
w th the Paris of "Lou se." G. V. B. -
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