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A BRACE OF CONCERTS
AND OTHER COMMENT
Musical Calendar Offers Retro
spects and Distant
Vistas
Detailed criticism of tho rodtfttn given
by Merars. Herman Snndby and John Mo
Cormactt last Thursday night was de
ferred to this time for a very simple
reason. The qualities and defects (If any
are admitted) of the two artists are
familiar, but the Implications of tlielr re
citals, which occurred at tho same time,
am more suited to comment than to
criticism. Mr Sandby, who Is part of tho
organization which plajs nearly every
week to the number of auditors dravn to
each of Mr. McCormack's recitals, will
not resent belnc placed with him. Mr.
McCormack will find nothlns Incongruous,
It Is hoped, In being placed with one
whom Philadelphia holds a sincere and
worthy artist,
First, to Mr. Sandby'a concerto which
was the principal interest of his evening.
Seldom lias the reporter heard a work
for the cello In which the resourcos of the
instrument were so appreciated, seldom
one In which they were so skilfully ex
ploited. Tho first movement Is notably
cellist's concerto. Interesting for tho
difficult feats of bowing, of double stops,
or a near approach to them, of difficult
positions, of rapidity In fingering In short,
of technical skill. It has only the slightest
Interest to tho uninitiated hearer. Tho
flnaio has much charm, Is less of a
bravura piece, and brings out the lighter
graces of the cello. Between them Is the
slow movement for which the concerto
must have boen written. It Is both
thoughtful and sentimental, follows a
long curving contour of theme, and Is
possessed of somo of tho sweet melan
choly one expected to find In the work of
the composer of the Danish folk music
heard last year. Its own finale Is a com
bination of tho qualities of the other
movements, giving tho cello's last word
and the composer's first.
The accompaniment evidently Is a
piano transcription of tho orchestral part
which, it may bo assumed, will bo heard
hero when Mr. Sandby plays the work
with the Philadelphia Orchestra. From
the limited hearing, which showed no de
fect of execution, ono Judges that tho
orchestra will be entirely Interesting.
Mr. McCormack was In so much better
voice Thursday night than nt any tlmo
last season (that Is 1914-15; tho reviewer
did not hear Mr. McCormack nt his
previous appearance this season); that ono
wondered why, with oil his endowment
of voice, he should let himself run down.
It is still true that ha sings too much and
too often. This joar he has been lucky.
Ills voice Is easier and mora plcnsant
to hear, infrequently ono detects a slight
reedlness In his upper tones, but his
transitions aro smooth and skilful whero
they were faulty and broken Inst M:.ir.
Ills .head tones nnd ralsetto aro often
ravlshlngly pure nnd beautiful, a rare
thing in any singer. His middle nnd loner
tones aro still undarkencd by time. And
ho always sings con amore. It would
bo too easy to say that any one would
at that price. Let be. Mr. McCormack
earns what ho gets.
He Is a superb singer of bnllads. and
.he. has devoted himself for somo years
to reminding his hearers of the most sim
ple of passions and tho most graceful
of attitudes. Thursday evening when he
turned to the crowd behind him on the
"platform and sang tho entirely simple,
entirely unsophisticated ballad of mother
love the transforming effect of his ac
tion was really Indescribable It Is truo
that many other singers hao dono much
the same thing. Alma Gl licit sang here,
in her lovely volco, Dvornk's "Songs
My Mother Taught Me" with an nppronch
to this effect. But with Mr. McCormack,
maugro all the purely national enthusiasm
and the factitious reputation he possesses,
the audience feels a more lmmedlato sym
pathy. His heart Is the heart of his hear
ers. He is a good boy, and they feel that
lit once.
If ho would only devote himself Irre
vocably to the bcstl Not tho singing of
unfamiliar songs by TtachmanlnofT, nor
even the repetition of Schumann nnd
Bchubert, Is Intended. For all we care,
Sir, McCormack may, as Is threatened,
alng "I Hear You Calling Me" six times
In succession. What we earnestly wish
Is that he would husband his voice, would
cheapen himself no whit, would dominate
his audience by sheer beauty of voice and
sincerity of art.
The fortuitous and undesirable coming
together of the two recitals here dis
cussed brought Into high relief tho ques
tion of all local recitals, which has been
considered in this place before. Sir.
Eandby certainly did not have all the au
dience he deserved, although what he had
was intelligent and appreciative and. In
a. sense, representative. Mr. McCormack
had an audience more representative of
his popularity than of his gifts, more at
tracted by his material than by the purity
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"ilmM M kve one brigade of the Triangle forces preparing amusement for the patrons of the Arcadia
- fStngMP ritnX Powell and his assistants are working out a problem in Marie Doro's new film, "The Wood
Xgmak," yAdsk wiU bn a-tiera next week. Miss Itoiaia atthirju
WHAT THE
' & Qgffijj J JmBfig wilMl 1 DIXIE GERARD'S AN ARCHER , ' ' isP" l
X x j W$m& ' w. PS "Passing Show" plnycr draws bow. 1 SMjzgL "rwloSli 1
A FRIENDLY CALL
John Drew drops into tho office
y of Daniel Frohman.
of his methods Similarly tho effprts of
promoters of chamber music meet with
llttlo appreciation, and tho orchestra,
which gitlns nn Immense patronngo
through tho year, cannot often attract
to n slnglo performance the crowd which
frequents tho Metropolitan on n popular
night And when ono reaches musical
comedy tho comparison Is ludicrous. Yet
that sole Is legitimate, and a conjunction
of "Stop! Look! Llston'" wlih "Tho
Magic Flute," of "Alone at Last" with
"Tho Barber" Is not at all Improper. Ono
wonders whether serious music (decid
edly not to be Invidious with "good")
will over take Its placo besldo popular
music - v- s
The Musical Glasses
SUNDAY, JANUARY 16
The purl!" of thr Settlement Muslo School
will irve their rcculir monthly concert at J .in
nt thu CoIIcko Settlement. 4 U Christian street.
The public Is cordially milled.
TnUnSDAY, JANUARY 20
The Hahn Quartet will bo heard In recital In
flermantown nt Assoclitlon Hall lTORram.
Ouartct, Op 18. No. L", O mnjor
Homania . . ,---A-"Ve. J;ard ar,cf
Irish Heel. "Molly On tho Shore
FHo Noielietten Alexandro Olazounow
FRIDAY, JANUARY It
The 11th afternoon . concert of the Phila
delphia Orchestra. I o'clock, at the Arnrtemy
Kathleen Parlow. the, Canadian tloltnlat. or
marked ability, will be the soloist In llect
hoNen's Concerto In D major. Tlie orchestr-;
numbers are the overture to "Don Giovanni
and Strauss' Uln Heldenleben.
SATURDAY, JANUARY Si
At 8 15, at the Academy, tho program above
noted, the soloist aiid tho orchestra.
MONDAY, JANUARY 21
nccital nt the Academy by Sllsclw Elman
Program to ba announced.
TUESDAY, JANUARY iS
At tho Metropolitan, an opera, to bo an
nounced. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY SJ
Illch-aiornI recital at Wlthcrapoon Hall The
popular tlrst Uollnlst of tho Philadelphia
Orchestra nnd a sountr Italian pianist hlKhly
spoken of by Paderewakl and well known hern
by reason of his family associations. Coached
bv llusonl. (Jabrllowltsch and a itreat student.
Mr. Glornl began his concert toura at she
age of Is. Uy all reports, un Interesting
loung man who will repay the encouragement
of the musically Inclined.
MONDAY, JANUARY 31
Song recital nt Wltherspoon Hal! by Mme.
Iteglna Hassler-Kox daughter of .Mark Hassler
and pupil of Siegfried llehrens She Is a
contralto and has the rare combination of a
good singing voles and a directing Intelligence.
"DOPING IT OUT"
PEOPLE OF THEATRELAND AND MOVIEVILLE ARE DOING WHEN OFF DUTY
TOM FORMAN MOTORS WrfWiWmmiMWmA hM&WMff
Tho Paramount star takes MJ wMMW51"!; X '. AxM? 4$&yr
ndvnntaRC of California's P 'fMlmf JMMWiS' JeWA j&t '
roads and climates. Sk MWSMBmM & fBfSmmffl ljfesi HtN --IMl tt&jZ
Drury Lane Melodrama
Spurns Movies for "Vode"
Tho theattegoer's lovo for melodrama
has been pretty thoroughly tested Flncff I
tho advent of the "movies," and many of
tho old-time plays which delighted thoso
who enjoyed tho real thrillers" have t
furnished tho screen plaors with ma
terial for their principal productions
There Is still quite a long stretch of Im
agination, howee, between tho old-stlo
melodrama which held away tieforo the
theatrical firmament wn3 so thickly
dotted with ragtime musical shows and
comcdlei and the dramatic thrillers wo
see on the screen tod.iy Thoro nre still
remaining thousands of theatregoers, par
tlculorlj In America, who do not enjoy
the p!ctureplas as they do tho plays
themsehes, with tho htio, tho heroine nnd
the villain nil mixed up In a gigantic
plot, which, howpcr, nlways results In
the ineiltablo ' uppy ending
That tho m..odrama Is still popular In
this country Is evidenced In the success
scored by Lnngdon McCormlck's spec
tncular drama of tho timberland called
"The Torest Fire," which comes to B. r.
Keith's Theatre nett wttk with a record
of three years of undiminished success In
Hngland Tho story contains all the old
time thrills There Is a glgtntic loco
motive, which rushes through a forest
that Is a veritable blazing furnace.
"The Forest Fire" Is un Ideal p ay for
tho "moles," and tho producers h.io re
fused several fine offers for the right to
show It on the screen In this country
before bringing It hero as a stage produc
tion. Tho fact that It has been received
.with such tremendous success In this
country, howeer, has saied tho piece
from capture by tho photoplay men, and
It will continue to bend real thrills
through the audiences who attend the
vaudeville theatre.
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MOVIE MAGNATES BUY AN AUTHOR
Hero aro the officers of tho Fiohman Amusement Corporation ston
ing a contract with Larry Evans for his novels. From left to right:
Georgo Irving, producing director; II. K. Fly, publisher; Anthony
Kelly, scenario writer; Jacob Wilke, manager Author's Associated
Agency; William L. Sheriill, president Frohman Amusement Corpor
ation, and Larry Evans.
JOHN
DREW'S
NEW
TAILOR
Continued from I'nge One
of tho Carmel colony. Further, Hornco
Vachcll married a California girl. Tho
ranch life of Southern California 30 years
ago was more primitive thnn It Is today
It meant rough riding, rough living and
the rough democracy of tho frontier. Va
chell, according to the testimony of Call
fornlanB who know him, was tho adapt
able tjpo of Briton who could ride with
the best and hob-nob cheerfully with
everybody. Ho was witty, cheerful, a
good story-teller, and nobody bothered
about those aristocratic ancestors.
Hut in 1893-91 came a famous drought,
which brought Idleness nnd anxiety. Va
chell, finding time heavy on his hands,
began a book as a pastime and a relief.
That book, "Tho Romance of Judge
Ketchum," was sufficiently successful to
encourage him to continue. "The Model
of Chrlst'an Qay," "The Quicksands of
Pactolus," "An Impending Sword," "A
Drama, In Sunshine," "The Procession of
Ufo" and "John Charity' followed It
Then came a book of sketches, "Life and
Sport on the Taclllc Slope," "The Shad-
owy Third" and "Tho Pinch of Prosper
ity," Probably to most readers theso
books are unfamiliar, I
The author's wife, meanwhile, had died,
and he had taken his children back to
England. With his next book, "Uroth- I
ers," he probably first began to challenge
American attention. That story was fol- I
lowed by "Tho Hill," a story of school
boy friendships at Harrow, uml a beau
tiful story of youth It was "The Face
of Clay" camo next an experiment In
the Imaginative. Then he wrote a book
called "Her Son," nnd, for tho first time,
also produced a play, with the same title
and the same theme (1907). He wroto
four more novels "The Waters of Jor
dan," "The Paladin," "Tho Other Side,"
and "John Varney,"
Vachell'a next work was a comedy
called "Jell's," produced by Gerald Du
Maurier at Wyndham's Theatre, London,
April J2, 1912, and purchased by Wlnthrop
Ames for America, never produced here.
Since 1912 Vachell has been a figure to
attract attention on both slde3 of the
Atlantic, ho has produced five more
books: "Blinds Down," "Bunch Grass,"
stories of California: "Loot," a collec
tion of short stories; "Qulnney's" and this
fall "Spragge's Canyon," a tala of South
ern California ranch life. He has also
written four more plays, "Qulnney's"
made from the novel, familiar In Now
York and London, "Searchlights," pro
duced by H. B. Irving In London and
tried out by Mrs Campbell in San Fran
Cisco; "The Chief," now being acted by
John Drew, and "The Case of Lady
Camber," at present played by H B,
Irvine in London.
BLANCHE SWEET'S
BEGINNINGS
Continued from Page Ono
son ever to be ctarred In motion pictures,
every QQQ bowed down to her. but It did
not turn her head a bit.
After 7 was made up, several of us
gUii m haittwi ftut to-askthir oataor
of tho ballroom and my first sceno In a
moving picture was taken. I was given
To and told, to como back tho next day.
I worked thoro for sovcral months on
a guarantee of a dny until finally the
news camo that tho company was going
to move to California to take pictures.
Ono day tho director sent for me. I
had been lato nnd thought ho was going
to fine me.
"Do you think you can net?" demanded
Mr. Powell.
I ndmltted I thought I could I ex
plained that L was no Bernhardt, but
still I thought I was pretty good, consid
ering tho llttlo cxperlenco I had had.
"Well, you aro to play the lead In 'A
Man With Threo Wives,' he snapped.
"You had better mako good. Now go
see the wardrobe woman about our cos
tumes "
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Www, t.. . M J&z&KiRpffaammtw
BLANCHE SWEET
Who has a long line of successes
to her credit, from Griffith's "The
Escape" to the Paramount "Rag
amuffin," which comes to tho
. Stanley next week.
ill SKA l.
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JULIAN ELTINGE SWIMS
Tho star of "Cousin Lucy" takes
"Nemo" nnd "Punch" with him.
I know I must have gazed at him open
mouthed. "Bun along," said he. And as I turned,
"You had better push your eyes back
whero they belong or somo ono will knock,
them off."
How I did work over that part. I
would lie nwnko nights and plan what
I would do In tho morning. I rehearsed
fo much nround tho houso that my dear
grandmother was driven to distraction
I never expect to go back to tho stage
again. Tho lirro of southern California
Uis crept Into my blood I love the open,
the fields and trees Really tho only tlmo
I am In tho house Is nt dinner time. I
even sleep o. of doors on a big, broad
sleeping porch, open on three alds, whero
I can get tho scent of tho neighboring
orange orchards
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INSTnUCTOItS AND DEMONSTHATOHS
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Beginners' Class, Tuesday Night
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"'iiqii'o-KEITH. UALLKOOM New Idea
M'DANCING M
I JULIA CULP SINGS
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GROUP OF SONGS
Orchestra PInys Dvornk's "New
World" Symphony
nt Academy
There seemed to ba somo disagreement
esterday afternoon concerning the dlspo
ffltlon of thr names of Sir Henry Wood
nnd Arnold Schbenbcrg ns orchesttators Tt
the songs sung by Mine. Julia Culp ln hll
capacity ns nsslstlng artist with the Phil,
dolphin Orchestra. Since nil nttenllon was
ncccssnrj v directed to the singing 0f
Mme Gulp, and one nccepfed the orches
tration primarily because It did not em.
barrass the singer, confcsscdlv nn unln.
tclllgcnt thing to do, the question cannot
bo settled now Fortunately this was ths
only disagreement of the afternoon
So harmonious In spirit were singer ana
orchestra that, when Mme Culp ac
knowledged the beautiful obllgnto of Mr
J ich In Strauss' "Morgon, the whole on
chestrn seemed Included Of her slnclni?
H. T P. wrote. In tho Boston TrnnscrlnL
a characterization which will l.enr quot
Ing ns final "Her songs expanded In her
singing ns though not merely the melody
tho progressions, tho figures, but also thy
creating mood and emotion were filling the
listening enr It wns not ns though poet
had set verse and composer had written
music that sho had mastered nnd that
sho was 'Interpreting,' ns tho mean and
pnllrj .phrase goes, to those that heard
her. It wns as though sho wns experienc
ing tho emotion, feeling tho mood, gllmps
Ing the plcturo that the verses boro, for
tho first tlmo, ns though sho had given
them tho spontaneous volco of song, since
no other could sot freo tho answering Im
pulses that they quickened In her, ond as
though sho were doing theso things with
a volco and nn artistry, a sensibility nnd
a communicating tiro thnt hid themselves
In their passion of accomplishment "
So much wns written In nn account of
a recital of lledcr, the chosen and per
fected medium of Mme. Culp, but It may
stand for her work csterday What If
tho melodious lengths of "Adelaide"
might be longueurs from other lips, or
that Schubert's "Stnendchcn" has been
that? What If one did not respond quick
ly and surely to the emotions of the "Ave
Maria" In a hundred other recitals? Was
It not tho wonder nnd the glory of Mme.
Culp thnt, knowing nil these things, her
songs still existed for us when she san
them In something llko purity nnd fresh
ness nnd milvote?
With tho orchestra ono becomes too fa
fnmlllar, perhaps, to understand that Its
soul freshens for each week's work Yes
terday tho overture was Qluck's to "Al
ceate," tho middle pleco n set of varla- ,
tlons by Brnhms and tho symphony that
popular 'Trom tho New World" which so
expressed negro llfo and feeling thnt bits
of It wcro mercilessly used ns themes for
a drama of 1RC5, and later All wcro well
ployed, although certain choirs seemed
to play only periodically, atoning In one
BPctlon for deficiencies In another. As
usual one must mention tho Btrnnge
bonuty of tho winds and the certain bril
liance of the strings And ono cannot for
get Mr Stokowskv'n unflagging energy
and fiio In all which la elth.r romantic or
racy of tho people Dvorak, ono takes it,
is both. G f
LOUIS MANN REFLECTS
Human nnture must be the nctor's
1111. 1c.
The Thespian should not aim at mere
types; he or fdie should seek tn rreats
distinct Individuals, such ns mnj be
recognized.
Itrcoenltlon nt people we know In slnlte
rhnrnrtcrH Is un upnreclnble part of the
plnv-Knrr's pleasure.
AtninKphero Is brought on vvllh the
first entrance of every member of the
rnst. Kuch frrsh character Khould have
the vidua of more color to the picture.
It Is a wise thing to choose characters
from what are so often calrtl "the plain
people." They nre always real nnd never
noting. They nre never on exhibition
like tho jo 'other classes, especially the
wealthy class, who, too often, live lives
that are not real.
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