mm&tmim EVENING LEBaER-PHTUADlDIPHIA', SATURDAY, MABOH 4, 1916. 'Amimjmnt Section fcit ; " i i .mi CARUSO SNAPS BODANSKY AMOVING PICTURE AMUSEMENT SECTION 1 Address all communications Independence Square, Philadelphia. THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIRCULATION OF THE EVENING LEDGER FOR FEBRUARY WAS 104,115 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1916 Second Thoughts on Censors SECOND sight Is tho property only of motion picture censors; but second thoushts aro a virtue In nny man. Tho Btnto Board seems to have Indulged In none since Its members were first drafted to 'interpret and express -as Its report to tho Governor has It "the moral sense of tho community. I crimps the EVENING LEDQEn's dramatic editor may bo pardoned a conscientious rellcenco which has left him. not so much speechless as outspoken, s nco tho State Board's documentary confession was published two weeks ago. Straimcij enough tho report has aroused only ono novel reaction In him tho fortnight elnce Its birth, and that Is an unbounded surprise at tho animus displayed by our censors and an equal surprise at a legislature which leaves to such animus the regulation of( an Industry which no ono clso presumes to bo run to over flowing with criminal Intent. Noble Defenders of the Stage Ono quotation nlono should fix that utter and evil antagonism to the art Which the Board Is supposed to understand and guldo townrd loftier alms, ono quotatlonlalono should fix tho board's proper tltlo as "State Defenders of the Throughout tho country tho old and roverc.1 nrts of acting nnil of play wrltlng and producing, tho management of theatres, dramatic critic sins, etc . have been Injuriously influenced, when not entirely dono away with ly uio motion picture. . ,., .. . - ,,, III tho name of Jurisprudence, what has this to do with tho morals of the movlos? In tho namo of Justice, how can such antagonists of tho photoplay do permitted to sit t.pon tho Jury that tries Its moral guilt? Criminal suspects aro arrested and tried by men opposed to crime. Thoy aro not nrrested and tried by men opposed to tho freedom of oven Innocent citizens. Why Not a Photoplay Representative on the Board of Censors? Tho animus behind tho wholo censorship campaign Is all too evident. It Is far plainer oven thnn the self-interest, as well is love of tho photoplay art, which prompts tho movlo producers to opposo all checks on their work, savo those that l.j i i.ni,u nri tim Hfnirn nml tho nubile forum. Possibly wisdom was not to bo expected In the beginning, but the uncovering of tho trio position of our censors should bo h, plain enough lesson that a bipartisan board Is what tho situation calls for If It calls for anything! If one out of tho three consors woro a representative of the film manufacturers, not only would some sense bo Injected into tho proceedings, some Iota of sympathy and Justice for tho movies, but whatever possible good there may lurk In tho whole principle of censorship might find nn acknowledgment In tho Industry Itself, and reform from within bo hastened. Now It Is merely hindered by .mi all too evident an tagonism. ' . . Involuntary Wisdom But behind such possibilities lies tho fundamental truth that censorship of tho screen Js as preposterous as censorship of the printed page. And, strangely enough, the Board seems to have somo small inkling of It. Tho Board feels the tremendous power and potential Influence of tho screen, and perhaps clings to Its vlceregency for that very reason: The movinsc plcturo attracts child as well as adult, the lowest ns well us persons of a higher Intelligence. It displaces the book nhoso plot and action now may be had in nn hour in a scries of pictures thrown upon tho screen. It feels, also, but In a curious and typically roundabout manner, the essen tial decency of tho public, the decency on which liberty is founded. While build ing up Its own case, it may write: Tho taste for what Is prurient and salacious Is well known, and the temp tation to satisfy It Is so great as to overcome the scruples even of those who earlier had been regarded as icspcctcrs Of proper rules In tho conduct of their business. But a llttlo farther on It has tho delicious sense of humor to defend its own oensorehip by the statement that If thero wasn't any'board to protect an out raged public from more outrages, tho exhibitors would do the Job themselves to "gain tho confidence of th'j people." Tho exhibitors themselves realize tho Indispensable need of censorship, rtmd In many cai-.3 In communities of tho better .class where thero are no State or municipal boards, they run off the reels In their theatres and view them beforo a public showing is made. Step Down, Art! It Is nearly as amazing as tho apparent notion of tho board after a bad score with tho melodrama course "explored by the writer of the old dime novel" that the photoplay's big field In "directing public feeling and thought" is linked up lndlssolubly "with travel and other educational pictures." K. M. OUR LONE MAGICIAN Thurston, who returns to the Walnut next week, is nbout the only prestidigitator of the first calibro now before tho public. "" i 1 Tripnfr MARKET and li nnP ineaire junipeii sth XVM5 YAVDtSVlLLB Continuous 11 A. il. to It I" M 10c, IBc, 23o B. A. HOLFE Presents "Ye Olde Tyme Halloween" BESSIE ADELE FOLSON In "DESTlNf OTHEIt WELL-KNOWN ACTS TM7t PUI Last Matinee Today AlCiLT ni Last Time Tonfjht LAST 2 TIMES Farewell Appearances of ftlr. E. H. Sothern Vc "THE TWO VlltTl'KS" With Mlu Alexandra Carlisle r,l.....t.. Q OPERA HOUSE LncSinuE OU Chestnut Del JJth St. " FOURTH and LAST WEEK Of DurborouKh's Marvelous War Films "Or tho Firing Lino With Germans" Seats 25a from 8 to 0 P II. dally except Eatcrdaya. Atter 6. 25c and BOc tiallery. 16c Stanley MAItKET ABOVE 1TH 11 ISA 51 to 11 15 I. M. MARIE DORO In "DIPLOMACY" Next Week Mae Murray & Wallace Held tn "TO HAVE AND TO HOLD" NIXON ZT? FABRELL -TAYLOR I TRIO; CANTWKLL & WAI.KEII: TINV'H Tculffht at 7 0 TOY CUKCUS. LEWIS 4 WHITE: ZENO, iOBPQN, SSENO, MILLS AMATO. ETC. to Dramatic Editor Evening Ledger, It's Hard to Have and to Hold Mae Murray, the beautiful star, who Is to make her photodramatle debut in the production of Mary Johnson's famous novel. "To Have and to Hold." at the Stanley Theatre next week, had a most strenuous time during tho filming of tho picture. For eight days sho and her company were cut off from communication with tho outsldo world while In a little town on the Pacific coast. Immediately after leaving there the company went over to Catalina Island to film some ex terior scents, and she was left alono the entire night o: a barren island during the height of a rainstorm, and on account of tho high seas It was with great dif ficulty that she was rescued EVER It'll) Y I.IKES THE Vll AND 1IAIIKCT STRKI'TS Where the Show It Alums (looil mii 8ii.v in- i:n, 7 ,i H.iOf.goc V Hi Hi."., f , i j, 10 DUNBAR'S 1ft -SYNCOPATED IU SERENADERS- V Ii.illtiH.lni. Iviilju flint Eddie Foyer I Adelaide Fairchild & Co. In Oliver 'N nlto a Host Pia niifrriiKRjri mine" Diamond and Grant A Veteran nt "01 In Dances of Ills I)ay nml Oura Lolise and Sterling In a Sensational Novelty AMI Loyal's Equestrian Hounds The Am Trom Missouri and They v" ani you' 13 IIIIOA1) AMI MONTliO.MHKV F. O. JJIxoii.Nlnlllnuer. . .... lien. Mar. Dully Mots.. 10c. Eig 7 it 0. lUc end 20c THE MINIATURE REVUE The most wonderful MAMKIK Act In the world. An ustcundlna reterle of llttlo uowlen folk. The noieltr of limeltles. 6 BIG ACTS AND PICTURES nnvv7 a$Ak W km it m m H ATMJI f&J&ZrS'. Ss 'S'sysASSSS YqWjw THE MYSTIC RABBIT OF MAGIC "Ever since tho days of Kins Arthur's court, when Merlin, with feats of magic, drew tho eyes of tho Rood Klnp out upon his checks In surprloe, tho rabbit lias boon a. most Important adjunct to prestidigitation," nays Thurston, tho ma gician, who n'lll appear at tho Walnut Theatre week of March 0. There must lie a reason for this There Is. Tho rabbit Is the only perfectly sound less animal of Its size and weight. Mr. Thurston explains that tho rabbit Is the Ideal animal for legerdemain. Tho kitten has a meow; the dog a bark; tho guinea pig a squeal, but the rabbit tho rabbit Is to all tho rest what a Packard Is to a locomotive. It Is absolutely noise less save for a low gritting of the teeth, which does not get over the footlights. Thurston tells a story of a magician ho once broke away from the rabbit rule He made all thn other magicians Jealous for a time, lie performed a trick the others performed which had something to do with getting a rabbit from the pocket Into a hat only this magician did not lino a rabbit. He said tho trick was too easy for him that way, and to make It hard ho uso a parrot that had a wide reputation a3 a talker. All the tlmo that tho parrot was off stago It would yell continually: "Hero I am In his pocket." Tho magician challenged all tho other ma gicians to do the trick with It. But in tho end It turned out that tho man was a mere charlatan and did not use the talkatlo parrot at all, but Its brother which was deaf and dumb. CRANE "ARISTOCRAT OF THE THEATRE" Continued from Page Ono deep sense of pride, and It Is equally cer tain that I could not undergo such nn ordeal without somo sense of embarrass ment No ono Is moro desirous of being thought worthy of your esteem, but at tho samo tlmo no ono has greater doubt that anything ho has achieved, by word or act, In his Ufo could Justify this gath ering. Ilut as I look over this company I reallzo tho fact that I am Indeed for tunate, fortunate In the possession of that which Is worth more than all other things In life that I am rich In human friend ships Nevertheless, you can easily un derstand that In my experience I have had many momentous first nights. But. really, gentlemen, there never was a first night that compared with this " MARKET4JUNIPER STS. In the Heart of the Mioiuilng District PRICES 10, 15, 25 CONTINUOUS It A. M. TO 11 V. M. William MrCnlluiM Presents a Well Known l'l.ijers Clifford Hippie and Company Night With the Poets Tells a ,n n I n I y story with Pretty Vocal Numbers In terpolated. "The I.uit Plnn" A Timely Itnmnnre of I.ove und Hur. HplfimnUt lc.J A Muslcul Comedy In Retue Form "LOVE'S LOTTERY" Other Acts of the Kind You'll Like TIlliATUi: Market below CUth Street SIATlNht: 1IAII.V. 2:30 AM, hlLVTS, 10c ISVKWtsGe,. 7 i. t! 10c, ISc, SOc Mon., Tues., Vied. Musical Tomedy IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY Merry Lines Ilrllllantly Presented. I'atchy Konis. Kiceptlon nliy Cleier Pances Tlmrs . Vrl.. hat. ll.A.itolfe Presents Ye Olde Tyme Hallowe'en HnmDtuously Stuiced. hkUled .Musicians Ilrlthl Musle Fine Vocalists THKMBNDOUS' KUItHOUNDINQ HI LI, fc) TIlBATUi: f.?H Musical Glasses MONDAY, MARCH (7. l.iali"l DuiiKun IVrrlB nnd Anna O. Mnutz, itt arlftltli Hall, 8:ir. 1'iosrnm: TAUT I. I'nnt.i-ilc. Op. 49 Chopin Pehnsuclit llofmann "Wcnii lih In dclne Aticen BPh" Deasauer Detllrnto'l to Mm. Mnutz. Jlolnchnft llrnluni fSclilnrenrie Ilcrzcn Htrnusi MnrRiMih tnmo Hennchcl I'nmlviil Mlmion, Prelude Hihutt Kliidc Areneky I'relutl", O minor Hachmunlnoa Amour' Virus nlilr (Hainson et Dclll.Ui) St, Sncn l'AUT II. NorI!ot(n Schumann Xiiclmtiickn Schumnnu Cuprlcclo Ilrnlims Mnun and Hca rhllllps Dmn In tho Pesirt ltoss "My Locr, Ho Comes on n Hkce" Clougli-Ilithtcr Juno Ilummcl Tin1 fncrril riro Kussoll Piano rccltnt by Alfonso 2ftlaya, Mojcr Ilerllno, Iloy Hcliow. at Ustcy Hall. TVDSDAY, MARCH 7. "Tristan and Ipolde," Ith Gadskl. IlnmT t'rlus, lirnun und Well, nt tho Metropolitan Opera House. THURSDAY, MARCH 0. Ilchrens Opera Club presents "Czar and Zimmerman. nt tho Metropolitan Opera Hnusp FRIDAY, MARCH 10. Philadelphia Orchestra, with Wasslly Pese wlrHkj Mollnlt, an Bololst, nt the Academy of Music. Ilr.ilimn' Third Symphony will ho plnvcd SATURDAY, MARCH 11. Philadelphia Orchestra, with Wnsslly Bese Itlrekv n soloist, nt Academy of Music. MONDAY, MARCH 13. Hoston Smphony Orchestra, with Geraldlno I arrur as soloist, at tho Academy of Music. WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS. linns Klndler and Kills C. Hnmmann In recital nt Wltherspoon Hall, nt 8:13. THURSDAY, MARCH in. Herman Sandby In rtcltul nt Wltherspoon Hall, ut 8:ir. Uecltal by r Wlltlmnk Keene. at Tounit I'rlends' Association SUNDAY, MARCH 1!. I'ranz i-chuuort Hand at tho rorrest The ntre. ot S.IB Tho program: 1. Overture, I.eonore No .) ..I, tan Beethoven -. Concerto for piano and orchestra In A minor. Op. .',!... 1 11. Schumann Robert Armbruster. 3. Symphony In II minor, Op. 74. Tnthetlquc" P. Tschnlkowski BROAD Tonight 8 Last 2 Weeks nlna Sa, Klan 4 KrlnnKer and George Tyler Present ONLY TWO WEEKS MORE OF THE GLAD COMEDY GOOD SEATS FOP. AI,L PEnrotlMANCCS Best Seats JI 50 at Popular Wel Matinees Seats for 8TII (FINAL) W13CK Heady "lhurs. Forrest Tonight at 8:15 GREATFST MUSICAL SHOW EVER PRODUCED Best Seats Jl 50 at Popular Wed Slatlnees sc vrs now Fon two weeks. GARRICK Mat. Today Tjntaiu Next I ACT JOLLV Eenlngs, 8:20 Week i-trO 1 WEEK Mats Wed, & Sat. YOU ROAR ALL THE TIME IN bELWVN & CO '3 L.M'UII JEbTIVAL CBICES- EBS and Sat Mats. $150 to BOc populur Wednesday Matinee Best Seats, $1 BElilNNINO MONDAY. MARCH 13 COHAN & IIAKIUS' GIlEATEbT HIT "It Pays to Advertise" AMERICAN THIS WEEK GIRARD AVE. Delow 8fh Plinlir Market 2111 Seu nt (llmlieU Th Arylne Stock playing to Capacity Net Heel I'THi: ( Ills W American Olrard telow 8tn. Market 204. American Anlaa moCk. in "The n"Voit : Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. - WHEN JOE AND LEW WERE QUAKERITES Thirty Years Ago Weber & Fields Graduated From Carn- cross's Theatrical Academy ( If you wero a patron of tho theatre somo thirty years wjo you will recall sce-Inn- pictures nt tho long: nnlahed I-oro-paiigh's Museum near Sth nnd Vino BtreetB. They wero not, howoer, tno popular moving pictures of today, but nhntnirrnnha nf two VOlltlC men, JO0 Weher nnd Lew Fields And If you were nolo to remain for tho full dally program no doubt you counted clsht or nine for tho number of times those two fellows "did their turn " Since then their career has been too woll known to need repontlnff here, nnd so It wan with referenco to tholr now lino of endeavor before tho cllcklnp; camera that Interviewer nnd Interviewed gathered In Mannrjer Harry Jordan's private of fice nt Keith's. Of course, they might have talked Juat ns well nnywhere elso In tho theatre, but tho wnrnlng Rlgns, "No Smoking, etc" must ho obeyed. When Weber was through trying to tnnstcr tho three H's In tho llttlo school houso every day ho would go to a cigarette factory and mako those things which have becomo a necessary part ot tho "vllllan's" working tools. Wober nnd Fields havo known each nther since tluy wero seven Years old. Thoy made their first appcaranco with two other fellows, much taller and older thnn themselves, who took nil of tho 160 tho quartet rocotvod for their week's work nnd told Joo nnd Low they should bo glad to bo able to work with them with out wnntlng any pay. Later they began playing "dates" on their own account, and whllo nt tho old Contral Thontro In this city. Manager Carncross, of the Cnrncross Minstrels, sent for them. At this tlmo Carncross was tho man looked upon ns having tho best thentro In the rountry, nnd Wober and Flolds went thero for n week nt n salary of $70. After tho first night Carncross sent for thorn and told them how much better tholr act would go If they would wear evening dress nnd mako It moro refined. They "obliged" nnd wero bo successful that thoy received n contract for a year nt n decrenso In salary of ono dollnr, ns Carn cross never paid cvon money for sal aries. Thoy took $60 each woclc To get around to tho movies, Wober nnd Fields ndmlt entering this new lino of work n fow years ago -nhen they wero not familiar with Its requirement nnd so their work wna not rill that It might havo been. Their recent efforts, however, havo shown n decided Improvement If you recall the popularity of tliclr New York Music Ilnll, where burlesques of current Uroadway attractions wero given with players who received twice aH much ns tho ones In tho show being burlesqued, you will understand what their futuro screen work will mean should they decldo to make productions burlcsquelng tho current films. Thoy wero planning to do a btnlcqiio of "Carmen" when Charllo announced that ho wns Chapllnlng It. At present thoy will not nnnounco nny of their plans, except their possible reap pearance In a musical comedy at any rato liich will contlnuo to produce worth-while attractions for tho stage. A. K. P. B, F. Keith's Theatre CHESTNUT AND TWELFTH STS. Mat. S P.M. a Minus Dallr. Nlclit. S P.M. J.EXT WEEK America's Ilcpresentutlte Character Come dian Direct from Musical Tomedy Triumph With llII.nuBh-PrninklnE Tnngle-Tnlk Old rhiorllcs In a Ne Sketch Will M. Crcssy & Blanche Dayne In Their Latest Siirrcs.,Ons Nlclit Only" A (inind Opera Coiktnll "THE NEW PRODUCER" Prenenlril nltli nn All-Stnr Company Philadelphia's Own l'aiorllo ANNA CHANDLER A Magnetic Singer of Original Sonm MOON & MORRIS II nice Creators from llroailnuy Ned Monroe & Keller Mack Just Comedians liANiiin rami mauricr urmuiAnTt TOtiAN & OENEVAt HIXHI-TKlllUNE pictckijs. ACADEMY OF MUSIC jjiNCAl SAT. MAT. AT 2.30 (SWITZERLAND , 1 UN hUMMKIl AMI WINTKIH 'A USEE Till! IIXCITINtl WINTER SPOUTS AT hT. MOItIT TTH K F.TS 5f)n tn 1 haJ t -"-"-"- "--' " v" cJ-lle!i inpe'd HOTEL WALTON CARNIVAL NIGHT PHILADELPHIA'S SIARDI GIIAS Tuesday Evening, March 7 Iltchlngit from tho Huseltlne Galleries will lie aiten away. Appropriate Souvenir Dancing After 9s30 P. M. Recurs reservations from head waiter, EUGENE G. MILLER, Manager KXHIIHT or Frankfort! Arsenal Manufacturers & MILITARY CHARITY BALL at Prankford Arsenal, March Sth, 8:30 P. M. Kubicrlptlon $1,00 Admitting gentleman and lady. Tick-eta on als at Ofmbelj" and at main en trance to Frankord Arsenal. mm CELLIST RECITAL WANIST Vltherspoun Hall. Wednesday Ke March IS Ilesened Seats bOc to $2.00 nn h.ile utllo.Tia'k 11 U Chestnut Street. Met hmlt Muslcul IluVcau MKTROPOLITAN OI'KItA llni'aij METnOPOUTAN OPERA CO . MEW YORK TUBS. EVG., MARCH 7, AT 7(30 PRECISELY TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Mmea. Uadski. Homer; Mm. Urtug.- Well Iiraun. Bchleiel. Bloch Cond., Mr. Bodanskv Seats 1100 Chestnut St. Walnut I2I, Rac 67 Sam Bernard FLMENDORF mm Tho tenor is quite a caricaturist and the Metropolitan's conductor an odmirablo victim, as this sketch,) reprinted through Mio courtesy of the Musical Courier, demonstrates. "1" " 7""tOi W jfi 3" Wee" Beginning Jsfo 1 Yr Kx H if , Monday. Matinee &Jjr2r JL JL JAJLVJ Today at 2:15 p2?$ J- Tonight at 8:15 6tmS Pop. Wed. Mat. Best Seats $1.50 IIhW Introduced by JOE WEBER Is the Most Popular Young Lady in Philadelphia Her Musical Comedy Parents, Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert, Arc Proud of Her COME AND GET ACQUAINTED! ADELPHI JOSEPH BROOKS lNGHP THE Hr Wlnrhflt Smith nml Victor Mnpf. GREAT FOT-OTAGyyAGGREfiATIOH - JY)jf ,SlW By an Excellent (f-'v rJl (knUiy Company of VjOisJrV IJSIHSXPP Players in raJcRfi) NEW HENRIETTA j7 ;r . ft. I ,io..i.h . 11 i;enlns H K jE llJ MLLE. AMATO M II WO IS '? 'V I" "10 l'n.ni," Trench runlomlme i .vT!? W m r :myC$ "TUB Al'I'I.K 1)1' l'AKI.S" VM- 3 iP?rT m? M Lale ''"ma Donna ii7ofta fl9 Winter Oar- f M jM UC t? vl Honeymnon llxrresB Hose Garden eto VW wfl 11 H el iolMgf Pl""c""QS ' "cnry & Loie" 'ft rag 1 11 tfel ' " "T'' '"" Mutl.er." ACTS M 9 0)! Il U1V Z10Jl)ltl)ON.ZKM) MS stt 5 m I M.OVI) & niiiTKiimi.sr. A m M T R 5 II w k ji.n' rov uiitftJrr" m W A T TVrrTT8'" "Mutt and Jeff" in Collegd T V iJLPl U I Regular Matinee Saturday 1 MOUTH. Ui:ST HIUTH 1.00i NO IlIGHES J u.rj ivr,rJL U3ii,x. ijwii.tvirii aiuiij&. .imutii uiii WiiiJIF N The Wonder ,fMIM"MI,irIMM '''" ysgJisMfeX'JJW in i ii"))"'))i"ii'ii;j) 'Miiiiii'ii)iiim imiiil!ll'Wii"i'liiii'i"l'iil).il'l'i"JI' Jflr i Jmj, ' ft i'i WW k w) VI A,fcfe Aap i in :i" wsMsmjr ALL NEW THIS YEAR i T ATITRQ KNOW TIIV FUTl'BB Mr. Thurston will present to rr ladr aU1 4inum ng the Tuesilay and Thursdny matlme a nu.llc koroseooe ot ber l "- i V I f BEGINNING MONDAY EVG. (For 2 Weeks Only). Mats. Thtirs. & Sat. PRESENTS THE Koiiiuleil on Uroiihon Ilownrd'w Tuinom Tlar.. Show of the Universe rnTTTn HTYTT TC1 JLX1JLU WUftUJJ v3 4 GREATEST MAGICIAN! THE MOVIE NUT! Continued en n PMS SWJTT.N fRMHANP IfECOND-STORt TONI&HT3 THE NIGHT IfaU OFFICER Kli OD, WAIT A MINUTfl IN OF THE UAW, SUUfBEglNa NEARBY IS &i- SAM HAS A PAT TO BUBBLE A HOUSE. InV mLLWECHANtf - 0 a nica KEELS. vst 9a THE" ZH REEU5 fU)THLE$SLYj f KfiTV. A STArfreF- ctive:alodk AWAKENED ."F ct ZF' f. , . H yjt tm. ,ffr"- vm : njpfi" i -JT Mm C