Wiimr.mwr'iviiuwkwl' ' jfi mi ( wi pMij'riWJMW JWpl W Wlfl U.JU(tMp "& ttFf 'W- fc 1--fttr AMUSEMENT SECTION PHOTOPLAY THEATRES DANCING MUSIC SJetojer itimtmg PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY'EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1916 ffhe Last of America's IN THE HOUSE THAT FARCE BUILT Why Movie Magnates Laugfli and Grow Fat It Isn't .the Competition of the "Speakies" but the Reading of Such Amateur Scenarios as This Gilbert and Sullivans (Herbert and Blossom, Composer and Librettist of Intelligent Successes From "Mile. Modiste" to "The Only Girl" FfilNCE the day of Gilbert and Sulll- Yl van lllCrO linn ueou nu iuuctii;ui i:uini:uy combination to glvo to the stago pieces of mth IiIk'i ""d consistent qunllly ns the trks o' tn0 fnnious Englishman The f.p, on this side of tlio witter for a mil fuLn niul a librettist who would at- tMiln to the plnco so long occupied by tho frmluses of the Savoy has been an rainest Sn but thus far not altogether bucccss- fal Out of the wealtn ot names nttncncu o musical comedies, gooa, oan ana inanier- nt ot tho last 20 years, only a few como illy to mind l'rank I'WIcy and (Jus- ... T.uders. nedlmld Do Kovon nnd Uar- im tD. Smith, Victor Herbert and Henry ! " " . -....ii ...i r t a Mn. I Bottom, nun "" "" - " - Lellsn these and theio nlono rlso well Hove the common level and rcrmln ploas 'ly I"'1 ,n onc'B niomory. I Nof all of these men, honnvor, are tictlve today Luders and Pixlcy have I teen separated by death. Caryll and Mc tuilan hao agreed to disagree Do Kovcn !Z.a Rmiili tho evcr-v riling, tireless lemlth. our most proline llbrettlBt-havo 4Cn mUCIl mill 13 BMUiraiu, nui. I""' "vou tijs are now fur behind them. ' This leaves only Herbert and niossom. tin n lively, tillable remainder It Is L Although ho has worked with various librettists, with none hna Mr. Herbert found himself moro In sympathy and 1 tim The two aro rocognlzed as superior !Je ny combination providing entertain ment for tho militant comedy stage today. ind It Is no exaggeration to say that ,thy are the only American comoinaiiun 'that can seriously bo mentioned when the dlcusslon. compaiatlvely Bpeaklng, !hlft to Gilbert and Sullivan. Hf". Herbert, who la tho grandson of Bjmucl Locr, the Celtic poet nnd novcl Jit, la boyhood showed unusual musical JaJent. It was first dliected toward tho 'mastery of the violoncello and as a vir tuoso on that Instrument ho quickly leaped to fame. Ho camo to this coun Jtry In 18S6 ns solo 'cellist at the Mctro 'polltan Opera Houso In Now York, nlso u assistant uoimuciur uuuur -iiiiiuu Iftldl. 1 Aa n nnmnnmiK Air TTnrhnrf lu thn, ninnt' llitrollnc writer of light music In Amer JWjlca. He has written moro than 30 mu ll rful remedies nnd eomln oncras. Amonir them aro "Prince Ananias." "Tho it Ameer," "Tho Wizard of tho Nile," ''Naughty Mnrletto," "Tho Singing Girl," Miss Dolly Dollars." "Tho viceroy," 'Mile, Roslta," "Tho Tortuno Tcllor,"d t'Cyrano de Borgerac, "Unbe In Toy- md," "It Happeneu in Noraiana, rno fed Mill," "Mile. Modlsto." "Old Dutch," Wonderland," "Tho Prima Donna," .JJUbetto," "Tho Madcap Trlncess," Sweethearts." "Tho Tattooed Mnn," 'Tho Enchantress," "Tho Idol's Eye," "Tho Udy of the Slipper," "The Only Girl" rmd "Princess Pat." In tho writing ho 'M tho nid of many librettists, nono of thorn has been quite such a teammate 1! Mr. Ulossom fcilr. Herbert and Mr. Blossom joined In TMtlng together six yearn ago. Mr. lilos lom's career as a wrltor of musical plays es&n In 1001, when, In conjunction with Alfred O. Itobyn, ho wroto 'The Yankee Consul" for Raymond Hitchcock. Other tperaa for which he has supplied libret tos are "Tho Slim Princess," for Elsie Jinls, for vhlch Leslie Stuait wroto tho puslc. This was followed by "All for the Ladles," In which 9am Bornard was the hero. The muslo of this pleco was written by AlfrediG. Robin, his first collaborator jUn the broad sense of Its meaning the .ucenaency or Ulossom and Herbert can le-dated to the year 1810, when they wrote iThe Red Mill" for Montgomery and Stone. Then camo "Mile. Modiste" and IThO Prima Dnnnn." hnfh nunir hv Wnm tMWtzl Schcff. It was after tho writing .' of "The Prima Donna" that they agreed W IS flnil tlAm nooAnlnn r - .1 nlllKiiL . . .... imii n3aj.,niKa utlU UllllUUHII lliwy jero able to pursuo their divided ways ylth moro or leas success, It is a well- JWOWn fact that Damn TTnrtnnn rtM nnf Ijmllo so generously upon them as when they worked together. It 1ms been said i ot an the Herbert collaborators, Mr. (Plojsom seems to possess moro than any n the others that versifying knack which INCE TO EDUCATE THE INDIANS 'Thomas II Inea has ndl1n,l tn hla mnnl. IW duties at the Triangle-Kay Bee stu- at Incevllle the functions of a com- iQUSlOneP nf trfllnnllnii TT. Ul. Jl... I " first step has been taken toward Wtti "ectlon of a two-story schoojhousa M Kunt t0 tho colony of tepees In which ri.'.V ,, uirccior s reuBKin aciora live. St it1 aoorlglno actors seldom appear 'Mi. camera ror more than a few 'J!? ,day. Ince intends to lot them de- Iuv.. ielr leisure time to the acquirement f the rudiments of an education. m? ?reIlmlnary examinations to deter- itTt a b""k or me scnoiara nas re sJwefl the fact that many of them are lTUUatA nf TTMtl.J !. 1 1 - 2.i S Tneao w"1 b t,,a advanced stu. WQlS fif thn nun lH.U..ln AA.UH ttni .. ,,F IllOlltiifclUII V CttfllMIH m IH act as Instructors In the lower r"M; W. A. Brooks, the well-known t9 ?nd flh"wman of the West, Is to JJ.W'S'PaJ t tho school. He plans to fWWt a general knowledcre of read. Ev VflUnr. arithmetic, spelling, geog- Bgwe Is no reason In th world," said W.il'ben Bsked to explain his proposed fWty, "why these Indians should not i"Jjen an education. We are going to bVi. M' c.Hn,Wo jur ii una noun ijibi U Mllttda m .L -1-. ,. gWledged Institution of learnlnff will mSai. J51"' Wvltles. Wa don't expect iir; " inoiana philosophy ana eco. jj--.. uui wo aq intena to jnstn into W minds the rudlmentB oj the ele CSfy ubects. Their minds are sus- r "- , Mi,,ciik aiutis iica ,tiica lH Ifn m nnlMn. A- . L A. - JKyt that development," IfAlP Indians are renorto! in Imvn en. KK Into the project with enthusiasm. BJ?' fWO'Lance, the 93-year-old war- ruk.BU w Ptea to be worth JJ50.W), ft,1 m Jubilant pf the lot. htte Faith of Vaudeville Pf Qcort Jean Nathan. ll""1 ,rthmeu have red balr, All Irl.k.. ,' . ... . . Si . -" arc in a coauani siaie ik? caJckneaa f9r lil ther left be er" KlUarnev. 411 irahan . t . r i a ' P,cn" Per - i vu uo icai i meir panu. IV. the nalltc of SnltierUnd wear hats and &ra. hv nrafulan. Tedltrs or bcU-rlnxr. ,' Army H walk alejic M ea tb ftwuil. 5 was surest to strike Are to the Herbert musical Imagination. Mr. Blossom was an Insurance clerk In his father's ofrico In St. Louis when he first plajed at writing magazine storlci Ab editors to show his manuscripts con sldcratlon, and ns checks for accepted stories began to come to him, Mr. Blos som, wisely tunica his attention to serious thoughts of writing as a means of liveli hood. This encouragement determined him to try moro nmbltlous writing, with tho result that "Tho DocumentR In r.vt. i aonce, a iovo story, wan accepted by ono "i mo lenuing mngazino! Ho then en htcu a iieju entirely mrcorcnt, Ho vis ited the racetrack nnd studied tho char acters there, which resulted first In hli book, later dramatlred by himself Into a. play, entitled '"Checkers," familiar to millions of Americans. It was at this time of his career that ho abandoned the writing of plays to becomo a librettist. It wns early In tho car 1914 that Joe Weber, of Wcber-Fleld famo, bv some good chance, was nblo to bring Mr. Her bert and Ar. niossom togothor ngaln for tho writing of musical comedy, with tho result that "Tho Only Girl" was produced that yenr. to be followed later by "I'rln cets Pat," which Ib also ono of tho col laborations t a. newly found rcassocla tlon, ' Actor-Managfer Deiends Plump Poet of His Play By E. H. mHEnn is nothing so absurd and ter X rlble as a stago tradition. Neither In heaven, nor on earth, nor under tho earth was thoro over j-nythlng like the con ventional stage poet. He never existed In actual Ufa. Ho L, the reflect on, doubt less, of the comla poet of the funny paper. I doubt If anybody ever saw a thin, gaunt, slopdalsy poet. Even I have writ ten poetry. I once published a book of verse, and look at me. So It Is that when I came to cast Claude Jervolse, tho pieudo-poet of Mr, Sutro's comedy, I selected In Orlandq Daly a, type that oxactly suited my notion, at least, of what a. poet should and would look Ilka; nnd yet gaze at Bomo of the criticisms of the play. One police man of tho drama said: "Ono of the most curious things about the performance was tho casting ot a smug stout comedian, Orlando Daly, In the rolo of a poet." Another overlord of the playhouse said; "Does Orlando Daly Imagine that It Is Rutk St. Denis, America's Foremost Dancer, Recorded by Boardman Robinson, Interpreted by Herself LW f I I SOTHERN theatrically or economically correct to dress'and portray a poot as If ho were a buoyant habitue of the most fashion able part of Bond Street and Its tailors?" Ono of my critic friends says: "Mr. Sothern's poet looked llko a well-ftd business man." Now, please, have a look at this biography of Robert Browning; "Mr, Browning, ample of girth, vna often mistaken for a prosperous business man." Here wo have revealed the fact that the Cerbcruscs of the drama have had no acquaintance with poets dead or alive; that nil they know about poets aro their caricatures In farce comedy and the Billy pictures they have seen of them In Life, Puck or Judge. Take the poeta of any age, and you will find that they hao been cxqulslto dandles Have you ever seen the pictures of Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh, Richard Lovelace, and the beadrolls of poets of the Hllzabethan era? Have a look at them Poets In all ages have taken naturally to sartorial splendors. The starved rhymer, with ragged clothes, never ex rtm b W w w Trrtvp Three peeps at Marpcarct Mayo, moat successful of women playwriRhts, in the homo built from tho proceeds of "Baby Mine" and "Twin Beds." isted In real life. Ho Is merely tho crea tion ot tho dramatists and the comic nrtlsts. Look about you In our own tlmo, and whero will ou find a stago poet In real life? Almost nil the renowned poets hmo been eminent dandles. Thn groat poet of Italy Is Gabriel d'Annun zlo. Ho Is tho best-dressed man In Italy Cast your eyo at France. Tho match less dandy of the Parisian boulevard Is a poet, Edmund Rostand. English poets, ns I have Instanced In tho caio of Elizabethan, have nil been particular In point of dress Have you not rend tho life of Oliver OoIdMnlth? Surely you hae, and so you know that poor Oliver laid out so much money with his tailor that ho camo very near starv ing to death. It Is only a little whllo ago that England sent us a poet whose porsonal embellshmenta were so startling that It whs necessary to call out tho re serves to beat oft tho crowds. I refer to Richard La Galllenno. Then, what nbout Oscar Wlldo? Were the glories of the fields and tho hothouses comparable to his elegancies of clothes? Why, the poets of England, not to forget Lord Byron or Richard Brlnsley Sheridan, liavo been mad about clothes, Do you Temomber tho lato Edmund Clarence Stcdman? Ho was ever most careful In his dress. Ho never looked the least like a ragman, I recall portraits of Henry Wndsworth Longfellow, Oliver Continued an race Four, By RUTH ST. DENIS SEVERAL years ago an American clrl in Europe Isadora Duncan did a re markable thing, and It has changed the face of our theatrical art. Tights and corsets, lilgh-heeled slippers and hats and our ridiculous fashion In dress had so dwarfed our bodies and our Ideas that had we seen Venus de Mllo walking down Chestnut street wo should have shrieked, and exclaimed, "Heavens, what a figure!" Why? Because for centuries wo had eaten of the fruit at the tree ot knowl edge of good and evil, modest and Im modest, clothed and unclothed, till wa camo to regard our Impossible standards of art and life as the real, and the natural oa the unreal. Ballet dancing, opera, and musical comedy and athletics a tremendous unfolding- of thought la going on Briefly, my own relation to the movement Is this; Personally, J do not belong to tha Duncan or Greek school, (save In tho largest sense of the word. My Ideas of dancing are In another direction. I conceived and cre ated dances before many of these move ments had come to life. I had only vaguely heard of other dances, and In both matter and expression had a very different conception, my highest Ideas be ing the expression pf not merely a perfeot outward form of beauty and body, but a certain Inward mysyo state of mind things 'going far back In the consciousness tba,t I believe can be expressed through rhythmical movement, but only from within, and In an entirely Individual manner, To this form of art, many peo- Sle have responded. However, many algq o not understand what I try to express npr the manner vt expressing It, but I bear no Ill-will to tho publlo for this. The blame ilea In my attempt to do a thing that Is so far removed from the dally ex periences of life. The beautiful and spirit. ua are what bold my attention, and that I have had as much recognition a I have Wis me with muh gratitude. Natur ally, when people knpw more ot any sub ject, they appreciate Us subtleties and any Individual effort la that line. For a new form of art a publlo Is at tained slowly, but I tfl in the future ft tremendous appreciation of tUU new-old art will bo manifested in larger audiences ana. better p!a to expre4tt. w HRR'QSCTU'niKfZialHaVBllJKk xKlenHaWOHNWHBu9aMiiHkSHMsaBDvBlI Enter Portmanteau Theatre, the New Cart for Thespis By H. K. "Wednesday evenfi0 PMndelpMn tuill find Stunrt H'olSer's I'orfiiianfniu Theatre in stalled at the Ucltcvue-Stratord oiling three oneact plana in a most oritilnal man ner Some idea of the noveltv of Mr n'alcr'g xenture man be pafutd from the folloulnp attkle, first 'printed In t10 oy ton Tranacrlfif. EARLY this summer, on two or three evenings, Mr. Stuart Walker gavo what might be called "demonstrations" ot his Portmanteau Theatre In tho gym nasium of Chrlstadora House, on Avenue B, In Now York city. In tho modest press announcements tho Tortmantcau was do. scribed as a thcatro which could bo tied up In a box, shipped nnywhero, and set up In your ballroom In two hours. Those who wera convinced that this was not a marionctto or doll theatre were afraid they were going to find some precious lit tle from;. But In addition to all the Blelght-of-hand claimed tor It, the Port muntcau proved to be a perfectly good theatre, capable of producing any play that can bo confined within tho limits of SIDNEY nnVNOIDS, head of the Will iam fox scenario department, has nn antidote for tho blue that ho claims to bo worth not less than a million dollnrs, nnd In moro potent In Its glooin-dlspclllng qualities than tho stago show the tired business mnn has been looking for for ages of exhaustive search, moro consol ing than the glowing visions of tho poppy fiend nnd oon moro cncctl than tho most fantnstle dr ams of tho lotin eater. Mr Reynolds guarded this antldolo carefully until n"lto recently, whn tho "Sunny .Tim" smile that lontlmfhlty Il lumined his face was the subject of con siderable comment, and a quiet search among arloui papers In his tiling cabi net revealed tho cause a letter nnd man uscript that comprised 17 pages of type written matter from a budding nuthor In a llttlo town In tho Middle West. Mr. Rcjnolds, now that hi secret In out, wishes to disseminate his good cheer, and horewlth releases what ho call tho big moments of his Upcwilttcn collection of laughs. For Film Corporations Co , 1W1 Went 40th street, New lork. N Y Pcir Sir I nm In rcelpt of Mwr IMter ot the 4th InHt ntiit now 1 unnt to sell you nereel fottiro to you cery week for 10C1 csrh. That not very much, la It. When you MODERWELL tho ordinary theatro stage. Again In addition to this, tho Portmanteau revealed tho distinguished talent of Mr. Walker ns producer and playwright, tho surpris ing freshness and ability of tho company of actors he has gathered and tho charm ing Imaginings ot u number of little known artists who havo worked with him. The Portmaneau Is a twentieth century cart of Thespis, designed to travel, with Its troupe and Its paraphernalia, from city to city, supplying entertainment In tho market squnre (or Its modern equiva lent) or to such rich patrons as extend nn Invitation to their houses. Mechan ically, It la a marvel of simplicity and completeness. And ono discovers with glad surprise that Its nrtlstio product Is as beautiful as Its mechanical construe tlon Is deft. Mr. Walker was for six years play reader nnd stage manager with Mr. Be lasco. Then ho resigned ("I really re signed, you know," ho ndds). srr. Belasco has much to teach any stago artist, he In sists, but woo to him who stops there! Continued on I'ace Two rw it Ukn yonr.moxlnir picture, then voil have It ilMolp nnd p.nti-,1 thru tho Nntlons Bonrd pf CeiiKOMhlp Then oti rent It to tho ntov lnr picture mannecrs nmt exhibitors sim.you set jour rent for jour film nu took, flom tlmo Mm must mnVe nhout Kl.oon to tin poo n week rentlnir your film tn nil parts of th 1'nltort StnteR t not writing thl to get ths Inn after me. hut I mil writing this for ou to tilenso huy a tlm reel fenture from me rery week for only $1000 eni.li 1 nm remllng you IllV fun reel fentnrn for von In lint' from mN for MOOO Now please help me. out hy liuylng n fHe reel fenliiro from me pverv week for nnlv iiij earn, j'ipaee ijeKiin to miv my me,reet fenture begnnlng with thl week. It Is ft jery (rood feature Dense help me out like I Mill In the tipper line. I told ou that I wnnterl to sell n tlo reel every week for onlv MOOO n fenture I ngaln tell oti that 1 wanted to mnko l(x n week selling n mn reel feature to you oery week I would like for you to helpprno out by buying n flo reel feature from pio eery week. Ono photoplnv a week I will help inn out n grent ileal PlenKO buy n 1U reel fenture from mn e.rry week for lloflO etch lieginlnp thl week. Kery week for JtOOO each l'leio let mo henr from you within four or five ilnj I remain, oura truly, movino rtcTimn witmirt. And now comes tho cast .Inek Auunt fleorgs Wenloy A lire tohn Frank Hohert Harry I'harlen Harold 1'hlllp And now comes a few of tho scenes that are representative of tho ono hundred and fifty which go to mnko up the com plete story, n story fraught with love, tho nmoko nnd tiro of bnttlo nnd tho waving of tho American Hag, the only renl action In tho IHo thous ind feet tho author sajs tho Htory wilt make: HCEN1! 1, Jack and nobert were talking nbout war when tho Oenernl I.leutennnt camo to them and naked them If they rcudy to fight when the war began. SCriNB ,1, .Tack nnd nobert wnlk down the war path to tho rinlsh fort nnd camp nnd nsked tha fieneral Lieut. If ho was icauy when tho war bcg.in SCKNH 5. Tho fieneral Lieut, command nil the poldleni tn practice, their mnrch and tho up and down strokes with tho guns and swords SCCNB 7. Thirty minute Inter, thn Ppanlah Oencral I.leut Is through miking hi oiller practic ing. Tho (leneral Lieut said to Jack wo are ready for tho war any-time This will give a general Idea of the theme of tho story. KcrJNC 10. rtobert got to tho American General Lieut, cimn safn without being shot. Jack look around for Robert. This sccno shows that the hero Is still alive. BCF.NR 2.1. Tn the meantime .Tnck reeeUo n telegram from thn American's Lieut, telling him that they were ready utiy tlmo for war. BCENi: 54. .Tnck telegmpbed bark nt onco nnd told the American Lieut alright, lio would not toll tho Hpinlsli IJeut. It These two Rccnes show that tho war was up-to-date. SCKNK Bfl Jack went to tho door nnd look out but ho saw tho tipnnlsh General Lieut, looking at him to cat hint up nlhc. SCENE G7. Well Jack answer, nro you ready for war or not? I nm ready nny tlmo for war I nm going to shoot uny time for war. I am going to shoot. Tn which tho bloodthirsty character of tho war Is exemplified. SCENE too I have a good many puns nnd powder In this tent Allen said to Jack. That goqd Jack an swered to Alice. SCENE 101. How many boxes of powder belong to you. Jack said to Alice. Why, Allco nnswer. It all belong to me, every boxes of powder. Which tihows that tho munitions supply Is adequate. SCENE HI. How daro vou kissed my daughter beforo lot ting me know anything about It. You are here to hae war. In which tho Iovo Interest develops. SCENE llfl. Tho captain said to hla soldier began to ahoot when I say ten, Then Jack begun to count to ten. SCENE 147. When tho soldiers beard Tnck say thev be gan to shoot at tho itounlsli and the Spanish iirmy that were waiting for llicm on tho other aide. SCENE 14H. At night them wem nbout 1000 Kpinlnh ahnt or wounded or half shot on tho gruund of their camp A description of tho terrific battle. SCENE 180. Then Jack and Alice said we are for the Americans. Seo our flag, tho dag ot a nation, long may It wave. And then came the happy ending (Thank heaven). BROADWAY LIGHTS BAD FOR PICTURES J If for no other reason thnn tho fact that New York's Broadway Is 3000 miles away, Southern California will continue In the futura to be tho centre of tho motion-picture producing Industry, according to Jesse L. Lasky, president of tho Jesse L. "1-asky Feature I'lay Company, Return ing to New York, where tho executive offices of the Lasky company are located, Mr. Lasky this week v oleed his sentiments In the controversy that Is being carried on between Kastorn and Western pro ducers, that the West had all the better of It. "In tho past few months, comparative ly," said Mr. Lasky, "since so many Broadway stars of the legitimate stags have entered motion pictures, one of their difficulties Is being able to adjust themselves' to new working conditions. In the legitimate theatre the actor works ut night, or, at earliest, at the matinee, under artificial light. In the motion-picture work, however, the man or woman star must submit tho features to the scrutinizing glare of bright sunlight. It Is a small point, but one the Importance of which cannot be overemphasized, that because Btage stars when in Los Angeles are far removed from thi temptations of Broadway and the delights ot Ita night life, they retire earlier, get more sleep, and look better In the morning " Mr, Lasky also said that within one day the Lasky studio has taken photo graphs of deberts, cotton fields, fruit ranches, frontier scenes in small West ern towns, Spanish missions, sunken gar dens, tropical foliage and exact repro ductions of the Bay of Manico, the cliffs of Kngland, and perfect reproductions of Japanese palaces and tea gardens and an Italian villa. "But what would you do tor a New York." Censorial Limitations by Channlng Pollock As marital Infidelity uwd to be the funniest thine lu the world, and chorus girl evidence ef the reward of ilea tli moit barmlru, while only aerlaoa nuukl cratlou of tha elemental for whs dan gerous aud obccnv so the motton-iilrture nator re main uuuaplcloini of the slor lflcut tail of S'eed. (he exaltation of brute, atnnstb, and tha burner ut phylcal cJa fortune, lie dixa wit aik ifhrther Ini ufsurUtr ' Incidental te atunr or ttarr tvnujropriety. II do not knout that pnvlubeat little autUtltU rather than at great Infraction j tUt mil men have prejudice iuj bl mm paulans. He tmuiot cuucelB at tha creative luailnca a thing beautiful. u inuilue timiJlty na sport frnu virtu, nor ki the utttr ill urptt.lutr IminerffHtf "l 'r. nl cuiiMtrtul comUntUy, ut smmHiu fci: tluivutolity. t dirt tlmjUttt Mintr awl MupWUjr rreia tW ftlii Hs, aunt. I - ruck, llfWWWUHi iiu Stem tfc JiV XMfc Tribus. TT