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SATURDAY
February 5, 1916
CITY CELEBRITIES.
SHINE IN CONCERT
STAGE STARS IN REAL LIFE AND A REEL STAR ENJOYING HERSELF ON THE PACIFIC COAST
ARE "THE CREEPS"
GOOD BUSINESS
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Merry Lattlc Lubin ActrcS
Zcckwer as Composer and Con
ductor, Sandby as Com
j poser and Player
a. una un jtiiturviewer
Her Views
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AMUSEMENT
SECTION
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Tho concert thla week of tho Philadel
phia Orchestra la almost nn Intensely
local' affair, but llko tho best of such
events It has lbs Implications nround tho
ft musical world. Tho present writer does
not recall nnothcr concert In which two
men closely connected with tho prepress
of music In this city appeared each In
two RUlscs nt tho samo concert In this
case tho appearances were successful and
more.
Tho parts of the concert which Inter
ested the audlenco for more purely musi
cal reasons were Chcrublms rntlicr thin
overture, "Anacrcon"; Mozart's Thirty
ninth Symphony (In 13 flat), and tho stir
ring: tone-poem, "Flnlandla," of .Tean Kl
bcllus. One wondered In tho contrast be
tween tho first two of theso that It should
liavo been tho Cherublni who was spared
for n life of 82 years, while Mozart died,
tragically young, nt tho ago of 3.. Ills
symphony, with Us opening ndiiulo ntid
tho well-defined separation of part"", re
pemblcs a suite, a very clinrmlnir, llRht,
almost airy suite, to which a smnll orches
tra might bo devoted. It has Its quaint
ness and Its seductions, nnd nt moments
It has touches of tho grrater Mozart, but
they aro not frequent- Grouping this with
tho other number, tho "Klnlandln," otic
finds the polar qualities of Mr. KtokowsUi
lie disappointed thoie epigrammatists who
claim that he could dramatize Pales
trlna. and ho rejoiced tho hearts of those
to whom his dramlic quality, precisely In
such things ns tho "Klnlandln," Is pre
clous. It Is not often that 11 ru and air
aro so neatly compacted.
Mr. Zcckwor'H symphonic poem, nftcr
Arnold's "Sohrab and Itustum," has but
one fault, but that ono Is not a fault' of
music It Is a work built with exceeding
care and with much Inventiveness, mclotll
rally and harmonically. It must have.
shocked many to hear Schoenberglnn dis
sonances lrom a Philadelphia teacher. It
hardly seemed likely that one with whom
hands had bcon shaken and kind human
words 'spoken should go over to musical
tatanlcs. .Somehow, If you didn't feel that
way, it made, you think that perhaps
Schoenberg himself wasn't quito such an
outcast. Tho length of tho poem is con
siderable, but It would not bo too great
wero It not that tho wholo 13 a scries
of successive climaxes, each ono elabo
rated with tho sumo sldll, each ono of
tho samo Intensity, no ono contribut
ing to tho effect of tho whole. That Is
tho fault. Mr. Heckwor mado pitiless de
mands on tho nervous abilities of his audi
enca at the very time when he should havo
been hoarding up everything. Ho pleased
with his atmospheric effects, with his gal
lantry and his sense of the picturesque.
But human llesh could not bear tho con
tinuous onslaughts of climax.
Mr. Sandby's work was reviewed In
somo detail when ho played It with piano.
With the orchestra It reveals itself still tho
same, a work of high Intelligence and deep
feeling, full of attraction, Bpollcd by Its
perfection a3 a work for tho 'cello. Mr.
Sandby has been cultivating orchids in a
garden meant for all manner of fair fruit
Tho second theme of his first movement is
perhaps the most appealing, but the end
of 'the adagio Is most effective, slnco It is
a desperately difllcult piece of work. Ills
playing of this, clean and beautiful In
every strained note, was marvelous. Tho
orchestration is generous and alert, tho
treatment of tho woodwind being par
ticularly good. Nor Is tho rhythmic beat
of tho finale to bo neglected. Yet. for so
good a work, tho feeling of virtuosity is a
misfortune. G. V. S.
MRS. FISKE WINS
COMEDY SUCCESS
Continued from I'uep One
actually cheered. It was very much as
if a crowd of music lovers, who had for
years heard nothing but ragtime ditties,
were suddenly faco to face with Mclba
In her prime.
The play Mrs. Kisko has elected to re
appear In Is a curious llttlo concoction,
made by Marian do Korcst from a novel
of Pennsylvania Dutch life by Helen Mar
tin, called "Barnnbetta." Tho Pennsylva
nia Dutch aro comparatively virgin ma
terial for the American dramatist, and
doubtless a folk comedy as quaint as Bun
ty could havo been made about them. Wo
aro told that it was to bo found in tho
novel. But either tho dramatist or Mrs.
Klsko has elected to follow nnothcr course.
instead of writing in a vein of folk come
dy, the dramatist has wiitten in a vein of
burlesque, gentle burlesque which pre
serves character outlines, to bo suic, but
which Is burlesque none tho lcs.s. In other
words, the play Is not written In tho
key of tho modern Manchester school or
Irish school, but lather In tho Key of tho
American character comedies of an earlier
day. This would be a great pity If any
body but Mrs. Klsko wero the star. As It
Is," however, wo aro Inclined to think it
was tho wise course. Mrs. Klsko was out
for a romp, and when she Is out for a
romp apd has tho licenso u touch of bur
lesque gives her (as In Mrs. Bumpstead
Xielgh) there Is no living plajer who can
furnish such delightful, such Hide-splitting
entertainment. So "Urstwhlle Su
san" Is dashed with American caricature,
It Is reminiscent of tho Florences, It has
a fine native tung.
The part Mrs, Klsko plays Is that of
an elocutionist from Iowa, a quaint crea
ture who lectures on woman's rights,
bursts out Into frequent quotations from
Shakespeare and other poets, dresses like
a freog, and has, in short, a somewhat
ridiculous self-made "culture." Jt Is
ridiculous, but It Is touching, too. Tho
WHEN THE
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H-r, w. La
. Wilbur H Durborough at the wheel of a "Press" car about
made the films, "On tho Firing Line With the Germans,"
DurtwfWil
vuuiui,
A PEEK AT A PEKINESE
And also at its owner, Anna Held,
when she was out in California
making "Madame La Presidcntc,"
for the Paramount program.
woman's heart Is so good, her ways so
brisk, her mind so alert, her sympathies
so warm. Her sympathies aro so warm,
in fact, that sho answers n matrimonial
advertisement and comes to Ilclnhartz,
Penna., to mary a Pcnsylvanla Dutch
man who has killed two wives already
Willi overwork, solely that she may moth
er his poor, overworked daughter, Bar
nabctta, and Incidentally bring the up
lift to tho other down-trodden females of
this community.
Mrs. Kiske enters on tho scene after tho
character of Barnaby Dreary, tho Dutch
man, Is established, and wo have seen the
slavery of his drudge of a daughter and
tho masculine selfishness of his two lunk
Ing sons. The posture of circumstances
may bo fnr fetched who cares? It gets
Mrs. FIske Into this household, and any
reader with a spark of Imagination can
gather tho fun which ensues ns sho pro
ceeds on her taming and uplifting proc
ess. It Is a performance of extraordi
nary comic brilliance, done in bold,
strong outline, and Its appeal heightened
by the fact that Mrs. FIske has put oppo
site i her, In tho character of Barnaby
Dreary, John Cope, an accomplished and
forceful actor. She Is ono of those wise
players who knows that a performance
does not really shlno by contrast In a
poor cast, but by comparison In a good
cast Tho climax of fun is reached at the
curtain of tho second act, when Barnaby
gets a whip to beat poor Barnabctta, and
Mrs. FIske, to his utter amazemen
snatches It from him throws It througv
the window and then hurls at his hf-H-'
these astounding words "You damn
Dutchman!"
Mrs. Fiske Is too flno an actress not
to create a real character out of the Iowa
elocutionist. Sho is conslstant, and sho
brings out with consummate ease when
necessary the lurking woman's tender
ness. But the part, llko the play. Is
nono'tho less exaggerated, delicately bur
lesqued. It is a sort of comic bravura,
and executed with nil the brilliance of
a Mclba singing trills, a Krclsler with
his magic bow. Tho lovers of acting in
America and tho movies havo not de
stroyed them all will flock to this per
formance, and they will bo richly repaid.
CLEAN FARCE VS.
IMPORTATIONS
t'nntlnurd from rase One
they aro always mado uncomfortable by
a glib, farcical treatment of things they
have always held to bo personal, private,
and, you may say, eacrcd. It'u a pretty
safe rule In writing farce or comedy never
to try to make people, laugh in the
thcatro nt something they would not
laugh at out of it.
Tnko tho average, wholesome, sane
thinking man or woman, who encounters
in real llfo a situation s-ith as many of the
unclean farces are built upon, what does
ho do? Ho takes his embarrassment and
his genuine distress and goes off with
them to a less troublesome spot and gets
them off his mind as soon as possible.
Certainly, he wouldn't laugh. Well, It Is
true that if he saw the panic situation
in the theatre cleverly done by expert
farceurs, and pointed with witty lines,
he would laugh. But down underneath ho
would be ashamed abashed, I suppose Is
the better word. Ho wouldn't like It very
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much that his wife or his sister was get
ting initiated Into thnt point of view on
sucli matters. Ho wouldn't bo tickled to
death to find he had It In him to laUgh
himself. So the wiso playwright always
keeps tho subconscious viewpoint in mind.
There's one other thing a man will
not mind laughing at something, oven If it
Is, strictly speaking, a little vulgar, which
he has been In the habit of laughing at.
There are even national habits of laugh
ing, so that what Is offensive In France Is
not so in America, and tho other way
around. As an example, we In America
do not object to laughing at drun nncss.
I suppose it Is true that a "drunk" Is
pitiable, Instead of laughable but It docs
not striko us that way, as a people.
If It Is true, as somo very wise man,
whoso name I forget now, has said, that
tho supreme essenco of comedy Is tho
frustration of human endeavor, then a
poor, befuddled drunkard has every right
to bo considered funny. I frankly con
fess that I find amusement In their utter
idiocy. I believe that my tipsy tenor
In "Twin Beds" Is amusing because ho
has let himself get to a point of absolute
ineptitude. His colossal clumsiness is, to
me, not unlike that of n very young and
ambitious puppy. If ho wero, on the other
hand, ruining his career, or vitally injur
ing some other person or persons de
pendent upon him, I should find him any
thing but funny. Ho would never have
gotten Into my play. I believe that this
samo point of view prevails in tho great
American public.
This brings me to what was In the back
of my head a few minutes ago, when I
mentioned French farce. Just as we do
not object to intoxication on the stage,
tho French people do not object to tho sex
situations which give them such a bad
name on this side of tho water. Their na
tional habit is to laugh at the sex farce.
You can reach the French public with It
nnd It Isn't unwholesome, because you are
not blunting something they wnnt to keep
line. I do not say that their point of
view Is either better or worse than ours.
i merely maintain that It is different, and
that we should only judge it after wo
know the French public welt enough to see
it In its relation to Its whole outlook on
life.
Now, I have given a lot of good reasons
for writing clean farce. Well, here Is my
deepest, best reason for setting my face
against the naughty farce: I don't like
the messy little things myself, and I like
to think I have conscience enough not to
try to foist them on other pcoplo.
to set off for the front. Mr.
which will be shown at the
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POLLYANNA OFF DUTY
But the charming Patricia Col-
linge is always "glad," even when
she isn't acting in the play at
the Broad.
DANCING
DANCE THE OLD DANCES
TONIGHT
DANCELAND BR0A8?naIrI?TJI0Q
The J.arocst Dancing Academy In Philadelphia
Modern Dances Monday & Friday
Old Dances Wed. and Sat. Evgj.
The Towers Academy
Pnmrlpn' 'AnausT finest acad-
Vamuen S yMy Ter1 Theatre nids
Plncaoc Monday and Friday lives. Una
. .Il,"on 8 p- M- Danclnu Till 11,
Scholars' Partv tiiuhsdav uvuninos
Orchestra. 8::10-11
CONTEST TONIGHT wawss JA
Valentine Party NSJJnfti?J?
BRING A VALI3NTINK FOR YOUR KIUi:.D
We Will Do tha Rest ITJNT nmi
Colonial Dance Castle
The largest nnd mnut nop.
ujar ballroom of Philadelphia.
5524 Germantown Ave.
Prof. Roberts original methods teach
quickly. Tues., Thura. and Prl evenlnn
scholar nights. 500 or more goo,t people ft
tend Sat. evening receptions. Wednesday
Novelty Reception. Open every evenlne. with
banjo orchestra, Private essons. day and mi?
nlng, 0 for f.1. Phone. 9 tn. -1310. a ove
. ... . Kstabllshed 1S33
Tho Oldest Bchool The Youngest Methods
TUB
C. ELLWOOD CARPENTER
SCHOOLS OF DANCING
1123 Chestnut Street 1123
IT IB VERT IMPORTANT
that yon aeJect a school with a reputation
to learn the dances or tha present dayT
LAWRENCE
BOOTJl PHILADELPHIA SELECT
DANCINO ACADEMY
Scholars' Class Tues. & Fri. Eves
,)ARRETrSBKAMOUoSnENTE,TAINERsfSd
NEXT THURSDAY EVENING
Al. White's
S.E. Cor. 15th
and Chestnut
Novelty Dance
Wednesdav
smlnr.iDU v-mii... ... .
RECEPTION SATURDAY
Private Lessoruj In Modern and stage Danclnr
Hall to Rent for (Special Occasion
Students' Chapter J-JSJS
New Six-Wen Taiwhl. Private and Claim?
BPBQUL IfTRACyiOH )fD. 4 sir
FREDERICK GENSBURG
Dancing tatight accurately, Cla&sea
sag hnroaT ""
MISS LYONS ,& &K
MUSICAL
CARL TSCHQPP &,
1UNDOUN. BANJO, QUITAB, SaXBXJ
MDANCINGW
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IMfciaiaWBIaEr" 'nF.
Private Lessons Every Day With Music.
jfM
St. Edward's
The ilhtittratioiia retirement
ormalloiu o tha Phltailclfhla
i'wrd bu Mr. and Ura. J.
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Watch Your
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MTHE CORTISSOZ SCHOOL. 1520 Chestnut St.
ma
The FRICKE Academy
N. E. COR. BROAD AND COLUMBIA AVE.
Reception Saturday Night
BEGINNERS' CLASS. Tutsday, Friday NlxhU
PIIIYATB LKSSONB LATEST DAN 0)2 3
LEARN MY NEW DANCE
THE PHILA. 6-STEP
FQWLER'S PRIVATE STUDIO
Personal Instruction any hour, day or rental,
malf apuolmm.nt t)75 QrUcom, Wd.S5 J
WROE'S Keith Ballroom Thirty Club panes
Bit Bvb. Apply for membership. Prlvats
Lessota Tw, Aesthetic, Kts Paocifif,
RAY COX WRITES LETTERS
And the star of "Twin Bed," due
at the Gttrrick next week, chooses
a very pretty gown to do it in.
Perhaps that is why she bans tho
lountain pen.
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WAGNER DANCING SCHOOL
1730 NORTH BROAD ST.
Scholars' 6-Step Contest Monday Evening, February 7
Usual Scholars' Practice Dance Monday and Tuesday Evenings
Advanced Dancers' 6-Step Contest
Wednesday Evening, February 9 : Cash
Catholic Club Dance Friday Evening, February 11
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Extra Dance Next Saturday Evening
6.tcii
Harle (Wagner) Smith
Own Progress"
In the Art of Dancing
by taking lessons in one of our private, mirrored
studios. By this method, you readily detect any
false step or positions and can immediately rectify
them. This enables you to progress more rapidly
than is possible by any other system of teaching.
Special attention is now being given students
who wish to prepare for- their class and college
festivities.
Open Day and Evening. Phone Loexut 3J92.
6 LESSONS $5
CLARA.L Scho1 of Dancing
1843. North Broad Street
SCHOLARS PVERY TUES. ft THURS. EVOS.
Philadelphia She-Step Taught
BA8Y, TO- LEARN BT OUR, MKTIIOP
bpc)al Attention Given to- Bcglnnsr
Reception Every Saturday Eve,
Private Lesion by Appointment
CLAHtNCli It URADY and EVA . BAAt
TUB DAWSON" 1T1S pmrarvin c
, Prlvat and Olasa Lessons Day and tSnln
six maiCTLT private lkSo4m
I ftlcs ,aS! ! Mn- and 'Tniuir'i-s
ytuiVFtn snvf usbubc. M. ailiabothDawsca
Pcoplo who reside In tho rliia. .1
moving picture studios aro located iw J
tho ndvnntngc of sometimes sene ,JM
nlavcrs when not en. "W'l
gnged In making a
picture, whllo others
less fortunate can
only look nt them
upon tho screen. It
Is Just as difllcult to
enter tho portals of
tho film makers fac
tories, ns It Is to
enter those of a pow
der plant,unlcss ono
has tho necessary
credentials. Possess
ing these, howover.
It wns not n hard
task to pass tho
gatoman at Lublnvllle. much to tho cnrJI
of a waiting crowd, eager to get a.gllmiulll
or tno piaycrs who walk nround the lift?"
yard for a llttlo nlr during the setting S,
or a new scene, it is cry warm, orkl
Ing under a battery of lights In a smiii I
iuuni vii nititiiu.
unco inside, tno intervlowcr mad hi,
way to whero a goldcn-halrcd Rlrl . I
skipping rope and laughing .She looWj
qullo familiar; and doing what all movlt'i!
fans do, ho remarked, "Haven't I I
laughed and stopped skipping with u,
rope and sat down on tho bench 'aiji
laughed somo more. Arthur MaUiw'l
wicii inirouuccu ncr, anu sno proved to U I
nmiA ntlipr Hmn tfntnn Vfnf- rf ...
tho Interviewer asked questions which n i
Interviewers seem to ask. She said thu j
inero was not mucn to tell, except tki I
reason lor ncr nuopung inc motto, LaujMI
laui-h nnd then lauch." nnd nrurtli-ins-t, !
.... ..... , ,B ,,,.,
"When I woa a child I wanted to h
tragedienne, to make pcoplo cry and aoKj
i imagined myscu a nugo woman with
rnven black hair, tearing wildly about u
stage. I devoured every tragedy I couM
lay my hands on and thought It would it
a grcai nnu nonio ODject in llfo to makt
iicuuu urj. uuu iiiHui, moiiier lound x
long, black hair In my head and I vu
wild with Joy, but much to my dlsannolnt.
ment tho next morning tho rest of my hair'
was still Dlouu. ainco then I have chanjtl
my nunu.
"An excuse for a great many of mi
gloomy scenes In a photoplay Is that thtrj
must bo action. This action usually, ccn-i
slsts of a murder, a suicide and mat;'
other gruesomo things. Tho other day ij
went to see a piciuro wnicn i naa heartt
was so very wonderful, but i aid not know.
tho themo of It. All nround me pcoplt'.
were iaylng, 'Isn't that ghostly.' 'Htorj
gruesome.' 'Oh. dear, how bad, I can't
look at that.' Tho acting was splendid,)
which, of course, mado the effect 'all thi.
more harrowing, and cnllls began to creep
up and down my spine until nnauy 1
mado my way out of the theatre, anl
much to my surprlso round the aunvwai
shining.
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Historic Peru
Perhaps no other South American coun-7
try has been so benefited by tho openlii.
of the Panama Canal as Peru, which 111
thus brought Into close proximity to ear'
great Eastern ports. The fourth Xetf
man trnveltalks at tho Academy of Mil-
sic Friday evening and Saturday after-'
noon, February 11 and 12, will bo i'plf-j
torlal and verbal presentation of thlS;Uj
most romantic, picturesque nnd hlstoritif-'
ly Important of tho Latin-American t
publics.
HT
Phone "Dia" 838
Prizes
LOESER N,X0N ""ituTAiaJ
ni bo. n-'D ktiieci
Class Tues. & Fri. Orchestral
NOVELTY DANCE
Monday Night Dancing Till 121
II I art. U !. iAuU 1lttl.' m.n J Trt tM
By Request, Monday, Feb. 14tn
snowball and Snow Storm Lancej
I'rimte Lessons, Hall ran be rented- ,1
Receptions Mon., Wed. and Satj
Dancln ery Maturday Evening Till lM
Every Wed. All the Old Dancei
riilla. BU-Htep Demonstrated and TnuiM'
The 0AKESn
Gtn. Ave. 12th & Ontario Sts.,
DON'T BE DECEIVED )
Avne uniy uriginal cnooi u
Old Dnnplnrr
ADULTS' DKOINNERS' CLAU8 MaVDAj.J
TUESDAY, THURSDAY ft FRIDAY EVW-1
Reception Wed. and Sat. Evgl
. CHILDREN'S CLASS SAT.. 3 P. J-.,11
THE BCHOOL THAT INVITES. ArPgAUW
TEMPT8 AND WINS. TIB BOHpOW
OV REFINEMENT AND DISCIPLINE
Martel's Academy
171Cf North Broad Street
Prof, J. Figel and Miw E. Cops
Beginners' Class, Tuesday N4
OLIWED BY RECEPTION OKCMJ'
Kecentions Every
Wednesday, Friday, Saturdyj
S'?b C?0! na Mia copa in w"f
RClUl'H Tlsnlrtrlna Aei-nselra Ttrat UU.
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