"'lr"-"-""IJ AMUSEMENT SECTION & HfrM oil ccmtnunicalioni to Dramatic Editor Evening Ltdaer, Independence Square, Philadelphia. THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIRCULATION OP THE EVENING LEDGER FOR DECEMBER WAS 96,785 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1916 With Its Sinn Upon Its Head THE fndst honeful tlicatrlcal news In a Ioiir time Is the demise of "Sinners." Ono more shot nt Hie "Old Honiestertd"-"Vay Down Enst" marK has pone wide. Ono more nttempt to cater to an unsophisticated, uncritical, non-theatre-golner public has fallen flat. Tho thoatro Is for better plays and better audiences. , . . . Pity the Poor Critic! "Sinners" was a trial to the critics Monday nlftlit. Not because It was bad. Wg had all seen a great many worse plays and Frances Mcleod's "hired jjlrl" was a joy. Tho trouble with "Sinners" was that It left us high and dry and peeved. It disarmed us. It wasn't trylns to be Intelligent or charming or thrilling or real istic or riotously amusing It was just trying to be popular with tho peoplo who turn out twice a year to see "The Old Homestead" nnd "uen-IIttr," tho people who like to think the country Is morally superior to tho city. And wo thought It had succeeded. The public needs nn apology. Hero It Is. The "Good of Its Kind" Fallacy Virtually every critic at the Adelphl felt that ho had no business applying sophisticated standards to Owen DavlR' bland voporlngs. Ho would wait and tako It out on Bernard Shaw. Tho only real question of tho evening was: Is "Sinners" good of Its kind, docs It please Its intended audiences? And thcro wo made a doubly pernicious mistake. That old "good of Its kind" fallacy led us Into two blind alleys. Ashnmed of our task, wo Immediately lost Interest and perspective and guessed wrong. "Sinners" wasn't particularly good of Its kind and Its kind wasn't wanted any moro. On top of that, wo failed to recognize the really ovll nature of that "good of Us kind," standard. Up Guards and nt 'Em Tho critic simply can't go on complacently letting Irresponslblcs do what they pleaso with the theatre not If It means anything to hlm. Just because there aro a sulllclcnt minority of people who want the playhouso to cater every now and then to their sentimental, sloppy notions of dramatic life, no self-respecting critic can stnnd aside and see the theatre, which has appealed to the majority through the centuries as a placo of truth, exhilaration and gaiety, given over to tho untrue, tho debasing, tho silly. A good farce, a good melodrama, a good play of mirth, ndventure, pnetry or thought very well. Their kind Is good, as welt as their quality. Hut let Is not see the slow climb of tho dramatic art weighted down with tho demands of peoplo who pay for anemic wit, sloppy preachment and false sobriety. Where Arc the Way-Down-Eastcrp of Yesterday? Fortunately tho theatre Is getting by the "Hen Hur" period. That Is tho promise In "Sinners' " end. Largo statements are risky; but It Is pretty safo to say that tho managers have uniformly failed at tho game of manufacturing successors to "Way Down East." "The Old Homestead" and the Low Wnllaco "classic." Tho only play of tho past ten years which has consistently ap pealed to a large "road" public season after peason Is "The Dluo Bird." And that Is Matcrllnck! Has the "Ben Hur" public begun to develop dramatic taste? Clinging remlnlsccntly to Its llrst love. Is It demanding something better as substitutes for that sentiment-gilded play? Or has tho ten-cent admission prlco of tho movies drawn It off Into a new school In art and life? Anyhow, "Sinners" has rendered expiation. Soinetliinp; You're Missing For almost threo months tho Stage Society has occupied tho Little Theatre ' on Friday and Saturday nights. For almost threo months It has been giving entertaining and Intelligent llttlo plays with good acting nnd Incomparable settings. For almost three months It has stuck to Its democratic scale of prices, fifty cents for most of the house, a dollar for three or four rows. And In that time tho half-and-half support that It received has left It with a loss of $700. Obviously, somebody Is making a mistake. AVe don't think It is tho Stage Society. We think it is the people who want something good that tho professional theatre doesn't often furnish. Test tho question of going to the Llttlo Theatro next Friday night by this standard: If you liked "Androcles nnd the Lion" you will like tho Stage Society's plays. If you liked Robert Mc Qulnn's scenery In "Stop! Look! ! Listen! ! !" you will llko tho scenery at tho Llttlo Theatro. If you prefer reading Bernard Shaw to seeing Georgo Broadhurst, you will never regret the fifty cents. Try it. K. M. CUT-BACKS Some Sins From "Sinners" "No, no, let him speak." , , "She happens to ho on the leet. That a nil. "You have no rlKht to say that. "Way off thero In thn great city. "LetfH talk straUht." "I hadn't understood." "I love the open places. "I'm all she's cot." J'Llfe' it hard thins." , "And I didn't Know. I didn't know.' "I want you to know, I always have. "I'd forzottcn there were men llko that. "Llfo could be sweet nnd clean. I m the rotten thine." "You'd better go." "So that's tho game, Is Itr "And she must not worry. That above all things." . . . The Dramatic Dictionary Library A room where all books come In sets or four or more. c. f. "The Chief." There Were Press AgentB in Those Days DECI.ATtE YE AMONO TUB NATIONS AND I'UllUISIl, AND SET ri' A STAND- ard; ruuLisif. and conceal not., Jeremiah 1 - And that, we must confess. Is tho dis covery of a particularly good press agent, Edward L. Bcrnays, of the Ballet Russe. who put It on his New Year's cards. Charge of the Motion Picture Brigade TJr through the meadows, rich -with worn. Clear on a cool September morn. A-scoottnir o'er flower bed and lawn. With rattle of gearinK and honk of horn- , Past the place where the peas were late in pod. A-rlPpm? and tearing up the wkI, They didn't care the boss had a wad Came the City Motion I'Icturo squad. And they acted crazy, they acted wild: l&V the bos. inV its I owner only smiled. IS matter what trees they ..-limbed or shinned, nS matter whose bide got burked or skinned. So Sitter how bad these sinners sinned. The boss and tho owner onl grinned. To a. looker-on, to be honest and 'rnfc u Their lunatic, gambols were something rank And richly deserved a slap or a. spank. ThS camera man coolly revolted the crank But 'twae-atl In the play, and "th plays the They ! -.' "dth.y had their fling. SSa.,a in then State, by ling! And soon were In the When thiajad oM earth eeems settled and Clvm, With thVswIfiest things lust going hum-Jrum. Let B bunch ot screeners eudaenly ". And straightway something begins to hum. -By John P. Robinson, In Picture Progress. EATON SEES "THE WEAVERS" Continued front Page Ono rarlea. It was probably ahead of Its times As a matter of fact. It Is ahead of its times now. Fpr the naturalistic drama, at least in America, seems very little nearer to de. valopmnt and popunrHy today than It wo when James A Heme wrote "qrlBlth Davenport '" Certainly, Haupt mann's achievement in "The Weavers" of making not an Individual but a movement hU hero represents an Intel lectual achievement we have not yet duplicated- An intellectual achievement is what tt is, because Jt )s perfectly easy tp t In tho playhouse and follow the fortunes of an Jndivldual, but to forget the Individuals m tue larger game in Wg HAVE 8ERE- RThe gallant PEDRO CALLS ON HI5 SWEET HEART, FAIP FELfc'CIA MD PROPOSES. - 1 which they aro but pawns is as hnrd in tho playhouse as it Is In life and much less often done. That the trick enn be turned, however, "Tho Weavers" proves. On the staso of tho Garden Theatro this drama catches up the audience at the very start, nnd they follow It with ab sorbed attention, apparently not bothering In the least that It Is the picture of a strlko they aro thrilling to, while tho In dividuals come and go, watched In ono act, forgotten In the next. Each act Is a separate episode, or genre picture, and they hang together nnd progress be cause each gives us, from a different angle, the tale of the rising tide of In dustrial revolt. Nobody can see "Tho Weavers" without at least a vaguo sense that the stage can do some things of great nobility and power which, at pres ent, It nil too seldom attempts. The best acting in the production was possibly furnished by Adolph Link, from the Irving Place German Theatre. Ho played Old Uaumert. one of tho few char acters who appear In all the acts, and ho played It with great vividness and power vividness In the passages of humorous Benlllty and complaint, power In the out breaks of passion. When In act two the soldier sings tho striker's song, and Old Uaumert listens, repenting the revolution ary sentiments and pounding the table with approval, letting off the steam of TO years of poverty and oppression. Ilerr Link was a picture not to be forgotten. And his English is perfect. fg ( f ' m .jt ff ELSE ALDER Fresh from Vienna and star of "Around the Map," which comes to the Forrest January 31. B-MiNE' mmmmm ' ' ' I .' . .. i ' I , ! 1 I .... . -J-..M, EVENING IiPaBPHILADBLPHIA SATURDAY, .TATTAHY ! nl i i m i i i.U.li iii- i ii r i n riji ii. W i i ii i- THE SILENT DEAMA jT'0ISv 'lift u v 1 1 ' m M,Thinif W ' fptsiT.vx a l&, wiHfri ff Shades of Shakespeare Alas! Poor Yorick. I LETTERS From nn Amateur Critio To the rUoloplav Kdllor: In your editorial a few weeks ago you extended on Invitation to amateur critics to come forward with their views on the current attractions In tho theatru both the Bpotten drama and tho movlrs. I have nlways felt that If wo weto to be guided by the views ot somo of the critics as a criterion by which wo deter mine what Is best In the thcntrlcal ral eiular, we would be denied many pleasing performances. Take, for cxnmplc, Oeorge Jean Nathan, whose entcrtnlnliig pages aro one of tho features of The Smart Hot. While I thoroughly enjoy his article, 1 have nl ways Imagined the man suffering with acute Indigestion or some physical ail ment which picvcntH hlm from seeing and enjoying all the good things In life. His attacks on the construction of a pinyuilght's endeavors aic caustic, to say tho least, nnd In many cases, no doubt, are well founded. On the other hand, ho uses up valuable space, for In stance, in eulogizing .Miss Ituth Chatter ton. True, no doubt. .Miss Chattcrton de servos credit for her efforts In the mllk-and-watery "Daddy Long Legs." but why should a man of Nathan's calibre waste reams on bucIi Inslgnlllcnnt per formances, when a better work anil nn abler thesplan Is allowed to lecclve. from his pen, only a few scathing paragraphs? Another case in point It tho efforts of a Philadelphia coi respondent to one of tho New York theatrical weeklies. Ills record of our dramatic bill-nf-fnro could bo made as loadable as the Chicago or Iloston writers to tho same paper, hut tho man in question seems to be satisfied when ho has Informed us of the atti ac tions at each of our theatres and then adds that "Gllletto Is tho some Gillette" or "Italph Hertz carried tho burden of the performance" and lets it go at that. In speaking of the opening bill at tho I.lttle Theatre, he sums up Lord Uunsany and his "Glltcrlng Gate" as "a weird performance of two burglars before tho gates of Heaven." Shades of William Winter! Speaking of the I.lttle Thcatic. I con sider that tho Stage Society Is deserving of all posslhlo praise for Its painstak ing and conscientious activities. Somo of its offerings wcro not as smooth ns one would desire, but tho selection of Its llttlo plays shows forethought In choos ing those cholco outputB of the master minds which we nro seldom privileged to enlov outsldo of our libraries. Tho ln- dividual performance of somo of the . members of tho different casts would havo been a credit to a professional aggrega tion. The presentation of "Tho King of the Black Isles" Is worthy of n repetition in one of Its future lists of plays. The settings, costumes and pantomime were all that could bo desired, with this one exception ollmlnato tho four or flvo danc ing girls In tho second part. Their cos tumes, dancing nnd mannerisms somehow did not lit In with the rest of the pic ture. If dancing and posturing are re quired, let .Margaret Whittaker contribute more of her very able characterisation. Music by an orchestra or trio of mu sicians would be welcomo additions be tween plays, as the waits are very tire some. Of course, scenes cannot be changed with the inpldlty manifested re cently at .tho Broad when "The Prlco" was the attraction. This was a much-dcsircd novelty, but the noise of the mechanism reminded one of tho quick changes at the New York Hippodrome somo few sears ago. Indeed, on tho opening night of Miss Dunn's debut the rumbling and grating of tho movable stage was almost as disturbing as wero tho rumblings of tho occupants In a ground lloor box. Why do people, sup posedly well-bred, como to the theatro with their gossip and leave the genteel Chestnut St. Opera House (Ilr.hTMT lll.t.inv UTIl STUIIKT MATS. DAILY, 1(30 to 0. i; HNINUb, llo II 10c, 15c 10c, 13c, 33c UnOINNINO MONDAY MATIN'EE. Excluslto Showing of Wm Fox's Sor.a ttonal MuKlerpto.-e. with tho Gifted star THEDA BARA in "CARMEN" Directed by UAOUI. WAI.SII Speilal musical aicomnunlment on the $10,000 Wt'ltl.ITZKK OIIUAN METROPOLITAN OI'EllA IIOtrSB METROPOLITAN OPERA CO . NEW YORK Silver'0" LABOHEME Mmes Alriu. Cajatti. MM Caruno. Seoul, Kegurola. Tegani, Malatesta. Leonhardt. Con ductor, Mr. Uavagnoll beats 1100 Chestnut Street. Walnut -HIM . Race OT CTA MI 17V MARKET ABOVE I6TH O 1 AlN LL I Constance Collier ,',? TONGUES OF MEN Neit Mon.. Tues., Wed. -Call of Cumberland! Knickerbocker tSTmSs Continued MnHir9l I n-ur Mat" T"-. This Week statural J-aW Thurs.. Sat. AMERICAN An Ine Players In "When We Wtro Twenty-One1' Trocadero K "Ma Cherie" n t3?l V?sEnV mnnners lip bind In the drawing room? Such whispering, guffawing, moving nbout and oven loud, raucous laughter should not be tolerated In a theatro Biieh as the Hroad nor In any other theatre, for that matter. The performances of tho boxholders were almost on a par with the knitters nnd patlenco players In the Metropolitan Opera Hotiso scene In "Watrh Your Step." Thanks to Frank Tlnnoy nnd some former vaudevltlans, this venture of Irving Hcrlln seems to lie what the pub lic wants. Mr. Tlnncy and his comic de termination to have bis Jokes go over (ecn to tho extent ot having n flag avail able in caso of emergency) would be doubly appreciated If wo had not read most all of them In tile reviews ot the I plav during Its sojourn In New York. And so It Is In most nil cases theatrical when a hit reaches Philadelphia, Ueforo we have the opportunity of Reelng a pro duction tho papers nnd magazines have Informed us of nil tho llttlo surprises, etc., during Its New York stay. We know when we nro going to havo our thrills; our sui prises are no surprises nnd we do not grip the arms of our chairs at some startling situation, for wo know Just hat Ii going to happen. Therefore, when we do havo a real first night, we doubly appreciate tho change. This Is ono advantage tho movies have over the spoken drama. Wo are allowed to witness first presentations simultane ously with New York tho hub of things In the amusement world. In closing, and before you dccldo to relegate mo to your scrap basket, let mo congratulate you on your Saturday sup plement of tho Evening Lnoncji. It is brimful of interesting reading for those who llnd entertainment In things the atrical. Also, t wish to thank you for your In vitation to embryo critics. I may not havo hit the bullsoyo this time, and wan deicd Into too many different paths, but kindly bear in mind that your call was to amateurs, and ns such I can truthfully sign myself. AMATEUR Philadelphia, January 4, 1916. Deplores Lack of Seriousness Tn the l'hotoplau Vdttor: Sir May I intrude my views on the lack of serious and well-constructed plots In the modern fenturo films. I feel that It is a sign of a most grave and disturb ing lack ot Interest III the better Ideals ot drama. Tho great plots of Shakespeare nrn tt'linllv tie?leetprl wlillw tlin lilnnil nml ti,un,ier tales of the West grip tho public, even tnougn common sense ten us nil that they aro exaggerated and untrue. Let us set our faces against this influence nnd strive to lift the screen to a higher standard. H. L. K. Philadelphia, January 10. FORREST Mat. Today Next Week FJr.r.1 WnoL- N'eh" at 8:1.'. I wut ri -.i. Mil, We,! A fl.nt II WOODS Presents JULIAN E LTING In tho Laush-Maklns COI ItJIM f I IPV Musical Success WUOIH L.UUI MORE NEW fiOWXS NEXT WEEK nest Seats SI at Topular Matlneo Wednesday THREE SPECIaITmATINEES Next Mon , Tues , Thura , Jan S4-S5-27 RUTH ST. DENIS TED SHAWN An1 tMe . . i Company of Dancers beats Now Prices, GOc to $2 00. Resinning MONDAY. JANUARY 31 KLAW & ERLANCER Tresent Around the Map GARRICK Mat. Today w "' rrt Ri Wlr Muhu at 8:15 Week 3l Olg WeeK sionwe.1 &Sat COHAN & HARRIS Present THE BEST PLAY PHILADEL PHIA HAS SEEN IN 25 YEARS TRIAL Nights Sat Mats . 00c 73c higher Pop price Wed Mat f 1. $1 30. No Ilest Seats Jl. BROAD Last Matinee & Evg. JOHN DREW ,The"bhiefI. Nee Week-FOLLY ANN A Seats NOW "yKsS-se. M AMERICAN TIIKATIIU (iiruril Ac. llrlo'8tli WEEK IlEr.lNNINO 5IO.V, UVBMNQ '6 ARVINE STOCK In Remarkable Drama Mats. Tues., Thurs., bat., 10c, 20c. KienlnK. 10c, 2Uc, 30c, few ut 40c. Xent week. "All un Actuunt ot Ellia." NIXON aS Tonight at 7 aiicl 0. "WHIard"; Alfred Perry i. Co.. Wood. MeHllle & Phillips; Vox & Mao, Tho Menagerie. Other. Bellmontes; Corradlnl's THE MOVIE NUT! fmmm WINE IS A MOCKER STRONG DRINK IS RAGING Before coming to this country, John T. Murray, the English actor who Is ap pearing In "Tho Passing Show of 1915," w placing nt the Ljrle Theatre, gained mslderablo experience In tho English provinces ns a member of an nround-thO' world stock company. "I Joined tho company In Ivondon," says Mr Murray, "Just befor wo started out for Austtalla. We were shy a character woman, nnd as a last resort our manager tiok on a very lino character woman who had a reputation for hard drinking Ho eautionwl her that this habit would not be tolerated, but instead of treating her nvrolv, he suggested that he handle her inonr and thus save her money which lniirbt otherwise go for drink. The lauv vn Indignant when he suggested that she Imif tirli a icpiitatlon. ' However, sho agreed to the renditions. and for nine weeks or more there was no evidence of her falling oft the water wagon. Hy nnd by we reached ttombav. where we expected to make an Impression nblrli would firmly establish us through out India. We opened with a harrowing melodrama called '.Mother nnd Son ' Tho liter srene ratne In the third art nnd showed the progress of a trial. Our char after woman did not appear In the first two nets, but really had the big moment In tho third art As we rung un she was nowhere to be found. About ! o'clock the manager became uneasy and scouts weie sent In search of her. Sho was flnnlly located In a very much Intoxicated condi tion in an English cafe. Sho reached tho theatre, however. In time for tho big scene and came on rolling llko a ship. As tho chlrf witness she confronted tho Judge who had before hlm tho man who was Btipposcd to be her son. " 'Look at this man,' said the judge In a commanding tone, 'and tell me If you have ever seen him before,' "I havo not,' said tho character woman. "The Judge repented tho question. " 'Never In my life.' came back tho answer. "Thinking to bring her to a realiza tion ot the situation, tho Judge con tinued, 'Is this your son7' "And coino back tho answer 'No, your honor.' "Whereupon tho Judge, leaning for ward, thundered: " 'I bog of you madam, tax your memory. "Hut this was too much, and bv this tlmo not only tho house but all of the actors on tho stage wero almost In hysterics, Tho following day our little troupe started back tn England. The chniacter woman, as far as I know. Is still in the backroom of that little Eng lish cafe." February Records From the Columbia A wltlo variety of entertainment Is of fered by the Columbia Grnphophone Com pany In its record fnr February. Promi nent In the list nro tho recordings of Josef Hofmnnu, ono of tho master pianists of the world. Two of the selections which music lovers will have tho opportunity of hearing on the records are Sternberg's "IJtudo In C Minor" and Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in O Minor." Theso artists' in terpretations are considered triumphs In technique. Pablo Casals, tho Spanish master of tho cello, will also be heard on the February records with selections which are widely known. In the list Is Bach's "Air for G String" and Liszt's "Ldebostrnum," n work of rreatlvo art recognlicd tho world over as ono of tho most exquisite gems of melody over produced. Krelsler calls ACADEMY or MUSIC" NEWMAN TIMVFITAIK Exquisite Color Views lltAlLLlALnJ anJ Motion Pictures NGXT FRI. EVE. 8.1S SAT. MAT. 2.30 ARGENTINA TASriNATIMI III'KNOS AIltKS TirfRTC nt Ueppe's, 111!) Chestnut llljlL,13 50c, 70c, $1 Amp. 23o Atnileiny of SIu-lc Mon., Jan. 21, 8.13 V. M. It i; C I T A L 31 1 S O II A ELM AN nnsnuvnii seats, $2 to 73c sow on SAIE AT IIIU'l'E'S. 1110 CI1ESTNCT ST. Dolls' Opera "".ella Hy the Misses Mlxter. THE IlELLEVCE-hTRATFOHD Tuesday Afternoon, January i.'ith. i o'clock Tickets. JI.00. J 1.50. On Sale rtvan's Ticket Office. Rellevue. Siratfopl and 811) So. 48th Street Vhune Wooilfand !ff. The riiennmrnul ICinslrin Viollnfot BOURSTIN Wltherspoon Hull, Molt Kve., Feb. 7, at 8:13 Res. Scats ;0c to il.su. .Mgt. bmitli Mus.iiu. "I'HU.AiTeLI'IIIA OPERATIC SOC1ETV WAhSII.I I.EPh. Conductor Academy of Muslr, ,laii..7tli, 7:43 P. M. LEONCAVALLO'S PAGLIACCI (irUIIll )HT,l Ullll DANCES OF THE PYRENEES CELESTE II. IIECKMUKK llA.NC'i; PANTOMIME 1SS IIANCEItn Arranged by ALIlEltT W. NEWMAN Prices Reserved Heats, .-. ij su and tl.oo. Ilos. Seats 4 .. u... For balu at Heppe's. Wltlirriooit llall.Wed. V,:, Jan. 30, ut8:lo RICMIORNI RECITAL Ites seats SOo to S. on sale on Heppe's, JI18 Oheslnut. Management Smith Muu Bureau University Museum auditorium Hit n.on Marvelous motion pictures of lVlOn. O !OU Cruise of King and Wing and Rescue In the First Showing. Arctlo of Siefansson'a Men rreo. Wltherspoon Hull. Thura. Er., I'd), 3, 8ll5 MAQUARRE ENSEMBLE In charming program of chamber-music. Tickets 11. SO, SI, 73c and 60c, at Heppe's. WIfJf PPMN EVOS., 7 0 10c. 20c. YVIV1. riwruNMAT DAILY. S-.XH Sc, 10e, Matthews.SI.ayne & Co.'iifo SYD CHAPLIN TRIANGLE COMEDY "A SUBMARINE PIRATE" GLOBE Trinnrr. MARKET and vinnT,..?, i. JUNIPER 6T3. VAUDhVtLLE Continuous 11 a Jl I. a. 1UC. IOC. Z3c. "The Jungle Man" 1 gES&B "Petticoat Minstrels" AL WHITE'S KIDLAND; OTHERS (Peleua viami SHE lILL NVfR WED AfVyiONE BUT A cx5sy && fl.l 8ATTte-5CAREK f.M&Wr CENTAL 22, 1016. " .J." r WON'T YOU COME wmmm Pauliiu' ! rctletick tint! Frank Losco Players' production, which Tasinis tho Krcatcat man that draws tho how In the vocal line Corlnno Wiler-Kelsey will be heard In Hrafra's "Ansel Sere nade." nnd the concert favorite, "Chanson I'rovencale." Those who are fond of character com edy will he entertained with two Inter esting monoloRUcs by Cfyrll Maude, uie fnmoii1! English actor. These are entitled "Dinky," a conversation between two cockney loncshoremen, and "A Tclephono Reconciliation," which features n con- I versatlon overheard in London during tho R-rcat war. Efliclent performances of orchestral overtures are given In Von Suppe's "Poet nnd Peasant Overture" nnd "Morning, Xoon nnd Night Overture," two of tho most popular overtures in' tho musical field. Thrro will also be many other Instru mental, vocal, popular nnd danco selec tions. The Girl and the Car Appearing in Dtistln Parnum's Pallai Paramount picture, "The Call of the Cuinberlnnds," Is nn old lady nf,rj2 who never saw a theatre or film until tho day sho vns brought In an nutomohllo from the home of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Winifred Kingston, In her garb as a mountnln maid, promised the old lady a rldo in her nutomohllo, which prompted HROAD AND MONTCiOM Kit V P. O NIxnn-MrillliiKer , .ien Mgr. DAILY MAT.. IQci 7 . n. In,- nnd 2no WILLARD THE MAN WHO GROWS Onr of curth'N cmitrnt mnrvrld. Thr mm. wlio linn iistnumlril HcIfntUtn nnd ulmjiiv i.pft fiery nntiinil lair. 6 BIG ACTS AND PICTURES Arl71 PHI LAST MAT TODAY rtULLrnl LAST TIME TONIOIIT THE SEASON'S C I M M t D C ' HEST PLAY O 1 II H L P. O ARCADIA CHESTNUT nelow 10th Iie.'lo Darrlicale and Bruco Mcltae In The Green Swamp ComeiSy- 'A MODERN ENOCH AIIDEN" ACADEMY Seats at Ifeppo's Philadelphia Tonight at 8:15 Orchestra Soloist: KATHLEEN PAItLOW. Violinist Dumont's Mlnstrrls, flth A Arch Sts MATINEE TODAY. 10c A 2 .MATINEE TODAY. The Mastodon Musical jjjsspBWlsBBIMMWaaBBe yYjMJb3cMf& N0Ls" N0W ' """' i 1 wp" lyric mmxf to Slupentlous Majce Pictures of Awe- 19 X Insiilrine hpleiulor George Monroe Eugene and Willie Howard MARILYNN MILLER John T. Murray, Daphne Pollard, Helen Eley, Clarence llurvry. Dixie Glraril, l'lora Lea, Miller mill Muck, Krneitt Hare, Edmund f.oulci Inir, Ram Hearn. Mnrsuret Wunle, Arthur Hill, Lyila Carlisle. Knsloir Imperial llusslan llullet, n.i ion nKwiTriiixr: sirkxs FAMOUS FLYING BALLET ADELPHI DAVID IIELANCO Presents FRANCES STARR IN nmVAHD KN0HL.UC1I'.S 1CEMAHKAIILK PLAY "MARIE-ODILE" SEAT SALE OPENS NEXT THURSDAY HAIL OIIHEUS FILLED NOAV BROAD STREET THEATRE LIMITED ENGAGEMENT IIEG1NNINU Monday, Jan. KLW & EHLANOEIl ond GEOIIGE C, TVI.EK lll Present' The Season's Notable Success POLLY ANNA THE GLAD PLAY 17 Catherine Chljholra Cuthlnc From the- World-rumous Hook ot the Same Name by Eleanor II. Porter WITH A CAST OF GREAT-DISTINCTION: PATHiriA COI.I.INGE HEItllEHT UELCEY JESSIE HCbLEV IIOIIEItT TOllIN HELEN WEATHEIISUY EFFIE bllANNON PHILIP MEUIVALE MAUDE GK.lNGEIt LOUIN KAUEK MAUD HOSlOHl) SEATS ARE NOW ON SALE . GET "VOCIIS EAnLY AND HE GLAD. DO NOT WAIT OB YOU MAY BE TOO. LATE )Q PEPR.O WENPS HIS WAY TO th trnchh:s. KI INTO MY PARLOR? in "The Spider," tho new Famous comes to ine oiamey next week, this reply, "Just a slip of a girl notl more than 14 and n ragamuffin to hatil mi niiiumouiie to mKO 101K8 out In' Thlnkf ui Ik: B. F. Keith's Theatre CHESTNUT AND TWELFTH STS. Mnt. 2 P.M. 2 Shows Dally. Night, 8 P.M. NEXT WEEK "The Cllrl Who Made Vaudeville Famous" EVA TANGUAY Magnetic Songs nnd llpwltrhlng Costumn Initial Vnudevllle Appearance WILLIAM MORRIS rresontlng "Mrs Temple's Telegram" Mile. Maryon Vadic & Co. in I.yrlo nnd Classic Dances Marie Nordstrom Offering "Hits of Acting" Jack Wyatt nnd His SCOTCH LADS AND LASSIES ITtANKEK MOOD & III NEE HVIlKi "THE LITTLE .STRANdEIP'i llMMIV fi. nUIIOI.rt MARI.O DL'ITVj .SI'.LIO THIHLNE PICTfltES. WALN UT Pop. Mat. Tues. & Thurs., 25c & 50c Reg. Mai. Sal. 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She steps right out of tho book that has brightened myrl4 homes and lightened myriad hearts. GOOD PEOPLE OK PHILADELPHIA CultlTBto tbe acquaint ance of POLLYANNA (Continued on Monday) Continued on nt pai i J i f. tiusa