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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY
hcORMA TALMA6E
Ihas always been
A MOVIE ACTRESS
Ke Tills a LUtle'About How She
vj started in moviciana
Work
Norma Talmadge, who will bo seen this-
iutr In "At Midnight," n Triangle nim.
IjFtbe Victoria, Is a tlltlo bit disappointed
IftfCatlfornla. ano urono me accp, ueep
Kifcnce of the films. 'to say'so, right out,
KJiVbther day.
Wou know i expecieu jusi 10 waiK on
Xrnfre blojsnms, and Instead, all along
llhejovejy country highways I rend, signs
(ilWithOSd JVC nave in sircei gars, j. nave
tVf ' i, . n 4nl1 an tlM mViA.lnn
Fll lime u '" """ f" "" "W"
ftfifri, though I dirt so want to go In and
fSck orange blossoms, nut t'vo (aken.
hi,, btautlful biff house which Anna Pav-
Jowa lived In whlio here, ana i novo my
BOthcr afid sisicr ami. jnpnucsc poomo
.With me- nJ wo lmve B 'B library and a
1sfv rose garden, and so I'm happy
sj(W. lh0 'iBfJ1'
y&Itfe always 'rtlmcd,' " said Miss Tal-Ima&te,-
as sho commenced' to- spoil her
Tovellhes with yellow grease paint.
P-Eegah when X was H. Borrowed n long
KrMnd a big hat thaf were right up
'the: tlmo-tablc, and went over 10 mo
SVItaujap'h. Had a hard tlmo. deciding as
ft'o.whttt studio I'd lend drat aid to. but
inJllr decided on tho Vltc,.
J "The director wns a Dig man wmi oun-
Iburst whlsKcrs. lie wns npiiarenii.y
looking at the door when I opened It,
rJhtrh una dlsconcortlng. nnd 1 tripped
low jny lonjf. skirt, which made me aw
Ilully mart. But he gravely helped me
1 10 my feet and pat me down In a-chnlr.
I'We "don't require all that homage here
ihe said with a twinkle. I looked at him '
Bin" plt because ho didn't seem to know
jwhit ho was getting; why,. I was the
hhamplon piece-speaker la our high
hchoolt
i'.'IIow did I get on at. llrst in-piciurcsi
'oh. vrv badly. I nssuro you. I. used
Wfurset all aboift- the 'chalk lines when
t l.i in -...'Ini- mill net nil over tho stage.
"."tnWtliiff Hie' enrnera to folldw- mo nbout
like a pet dog. Then I used .to sneak aldo
looks at the camera to .see If It were
'till cranking,, and then -worry myself
Icit afterward for fear the director
nilsht have caught mc at It. As for make-
Bop,. I used to pui inai on 10 huh myscu,
regardless ,of anybody's reelings. .Ano. i
Inn-er would dull-fliilslt'my nose Just left
it fl It was In all Its shining radiance.
if'Horrnco Turner was- the only great
jctrcos 111 plcturc84thoBe days. I used ,to
try" to Imitate her, and one day when i
EVw walking across tjio stage with what
l"ihought was n snnklly. grncoful and
HhaiiKhty glide, my director called out:
''forma, what s the matter with you to
4ay?'lor gnwra walk straight'"
i'VWhat sort of parts do you like best
Uo.pUyT" I nsked.
fWill, I'm awfully tired of Ingenues
nd'uVfr llttlo bags of tricks," she re-
ipnded, .it sho finished spoiling her
pre'ttjiomplexlon with ono Inst dab of
jellqro.on a pink check.. "And I .do love
fclaj.lns vnmpltc parts, only, of course,'
b .lever begins to 'vamp' early In life,,
Mses'tine? and everybody who. sees you
1M Jhnt sort of part naturally thinks you
Inlut be awfully old SO or so!" ..
IAnd he said hc'&take me. And would
pay mo JC it week. Twenty-five- dollars!
tejdldn't, know there wns so much money
m.uip wnrjci. ncn i came up ror tno
talro time, I ,slcncil a contract, nnd tlere
I'stayed for Hvo years. JIabel Normand.
Wallace Held, Lottie Plckford, Lillian
&yalkcr-rthcy wero nil there then, and
they all started with J? n ivr-b.
P"()h, ye, and besides the 25, there was
ume resiaurant where th.e actors for'
imncn goi a snnawicn, a cup or coffee and
piece oriple without paying anything.
,'Just to think." I told mother that first
-Sight when I went home, 'fleshles the
iKendorful salary, they glvo you that
immaenui piei And then, tho second day,
if dlagraced nnyqelf. I went Into the
PTOJectlnr room with my lunch in my
hand. Leaving for something- for a mo-
BlCnt, I left inv nlft on mv ohnlr. Ind
Jjh'n ( returned somebody had sat on
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When U. w. urimth put tho Civil War and several other- larse-sizec! events into 12 reels of
a- to 14-reel moving pictures for summer reloaBe, and caeh onoyvies With the next in
have been disclosed Ince's""Civilf7.ntion." Thnmna ntvnn'R "Vkn rnii nf n Mniinn n.
A NEW THOUGHT FOR
WASHINGTON SQUARE
PLAYER'S BANDBOX
New ,B6ok By Jennette Lee Give
an Idea For the Little
Playhouse
photODlav. he set the fashion fnr film snKrtnMn. A1rn,ltr ev, on nnn.nn:
"LabUmjlUCr!:?ivlsinJonAef.0..t?, an"c fe?... A.monpr those whose names
'A Daughter of tho Goda-the latter is frankest in its clnims to thc spectacular. Here we haW the mno ofMta M&tfi tortoro t to taK Zw hCJSl
or people in iront ot tne great Moorish castle which Herbert Urenon built in Jamaica.
The Masses Not tke Classes
Determine Dramatic Growth
The Director of ihe Late-New Theatre and Pro
ducer of " A Pair of Silk .Stockings"
Diagnoses the Stage of Today
.
tit;. For days I was haunted by fear of
attack from the unllnppy person who had
ewiicn nis clonics sitting on my pie:
for days t u-fitrliri r,,f i,ai ., ... Bt-
J'W P'o. on the garments of my mates,
.p.ut I never did llnd olit who nt iinn
onlt "
'iDO I llkft Wl-irlrtni nil- nt Arxnma VT.
wankly, I think It's verV hard. I have
on used to working under lights In
jpe; Indoor studios, and I think there's
more lllunrnn n i.A ,.nin ,. -.,. ,.
Il-l., "- - "v f,MMiiru Willi UrilMCiai
"'.,hn wl" daylight, Desldes the
CrOWdl COnfUSa ms Vnt, ., !... --.. ...J
JO. ,cror,-(l3. never Imvlm. h.n n .u.
ffiift "" r ""
Tie foHoxeino f in rifract rom (
apcecA o IV'fnfftrop Aine, (felfvereit'
at 'a recent (ireujell dinner io Mr.
anil Mrs. h.Jf. Sot hern.
THOSK 'of ui) 'behind .the curtain are
the first to nekpowledge that some
thing 'seems very wrong with our stage,
and .that Intelligent people have every
right to grumble. I think wa shall diag
nose tho (rouble more accurately.. If we
say that the average isn't as high as It
ought to be; that .the good plays are so
submerged and overwhelmed by a flood of
Inferior rubbish that they seem to have
got lost In the shuffle altogether and so
given the stage a general air of retrogres
sion. A constant diet of ten trashy plays
to one good one Is what has disgruntled
and alienated bo many of our more ' In
tellgent theatre-goers. Well, who Is to
blame we behind the curtain or yqu In
MME. YQRSKA WHO IS SHE?
JTIVrAPAMB YOHSKA, thetyoung Inter-Wi-
national star, who iwrtraya" the
E&'lual pByche n opposition to the ma
pjgalUtlc Blax of Hobert, T. Haines
Wjpughoyt nil their reincarnations In the
?5at Periods of the past, present and
gure. as depicted In the celebrated rollsh
"tram. 'Through the Ages," which has
ffit'Jlrst American production at the Oar.
?"iMa? 8' rece'ved most of her dramatlo f
Siifc '" ,ne Ulvme sarah herself, and
l-mii r W'orlte protege and the only
J. .Levi'L,eatureJ w'th Bernhardt herself
Hod.! Theatre Sarah Bernhardt. Paris,
However, Madame Ybrska was not satis.
rf"
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By WINTHROP AMES
tront cf It? Neither, I think. Kvlls
srirlng sometimes from beneficent sources
as floods from rain, and droughts from
sunshine. I believe that the
average quality of plays has declined -In
America during the last 20 years for theaj
surprising reasons: First, that America
Is a democracy; second, that wo have free
public schools; third, that these 20 years
have brought us unexampled material
prosperity; and fourth, because of the
labor unions and their Influence.
I m not aiming at a narndox. nemo. !
cratlc Amorlca has Btood for the right of
the lowest citizen to better his social po
sition, and he has taken full advantage
of this opportunity; our schools have
made, a certain level of education not only
free but compulsory; the national wealth
has Increased by leaps and bounds; and
various social forces, chief among them
the labor unions, have been sifting this
wealth down through all classes of so
ciety. The Result haH been that In the
last SO years those In America who would
be called peasants abroad have advanced
a stride In the social scale, and this pres-
T.MmtKncKmi. r . -?- as:
f.
MUX, Y0KSKA
fled with the European triumphs, but was
also ambitious of winning fame on the
Kngllsh-speaking stage, and when an offer
came frorii New York to portray the title
role. In Kr(glsht qf Constance Louns
berry's "Judith, Which was given at the
residence of Mrs, Philip f-ydlg, she ac
cepted. Afterward Madame Yorska estab-
I llshed the present French Theatre In New
York, and nqt bnly played the leading
roles, but produced her own plaj'B as well,
and its present success la due to her artls
tio.efforts. In commenting on her Camtlle,
the New York Tribune stated:' 'The
Marguerite Qauthler
mad? Immortal by
Bernhardt stands
forth ' Jn Yorska's
"hands In all hir
tawdry magnificence,
and the pathos of the
last two acts, is more
appealing. tha,n the
notes stryck by her'
striiajt jpredtcesapr.
more than a genera
tion ago;" while the
New York Bu"n de
clared: "Madame
Yorska played the
beautiful Marguerite
Gauthle? so wonder'
fully will that pne
forgot she was. acf
Ing M alt livery
gesture, every tone
was so' perfect in its ,1
place, arid V spon
tutieyu were her in.
tense einptjonaj out-)
bursts- that he had
t;r audlanse swayed
la hlf h pltcli at ox.
atwss thutfaut
fcraiftfw
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inches from 'one of the last photo
plays in which Lubin presented
Philadelphia's favorito screen
actor, the late Arthur V. Johnson?
If you would, clip, fill out and
mail the coupon below. Or write
a personal letter or postcard to the
Photoplay Editor of tho Evening
Ledger. Yo,u will receive not only
the bit of celluloid, but some very
interesting' film facts concerning
tne number, size, enlargement and
rapidity of pictures thrown onAtlie
screen.
I'liolopluj- Killlor ICttnlng I.rdtfr,
Iiideprndrnrti Square, rhllndrlphlu:
rirnv mull lur u bit of niotlns-nlctun
film an offrred In tatunlay' AmuHrmrnt
Hrctlon.
1
Photoplays tlie Educational
Force of tn
The Movies as the Exercise for the
Which Corresponds to Physical
Exertion
e future
Brain
Name.
A tldrr is .
By DR. FRANCIS TREVELYAN MILLER
sure from below has corresjiondlngly In
creased the lower middlo class, and. In
turn, thls-.has resulted In not only doub
ling, It Is hnrdly wldo of the mark to
say It has quintupled, our theatre-goers.
A whole new section' of the public Imti got
sufficient mental advancement and spend-
Continued on I'usr' Tho
T AGnEK with Arthur Brisbane thai the
J. motion picture Is a discovery of Im
portance equal to that of tho printing
prc3E. It Is to take a leading part in
the reconstruction of our social life; It will
reorganize our educational system; It Is to
becomo a great moral power. Tho po
litical boss of the future will be tho mo
tion picture; It will be one of the most
powerful factors In our political cam
paigns. Moreover, It Is to develop a new
nrt and a new science and n new and
virile literature. It already Is one of our
greatest Industries.
There has never been an Invention In
the history of the world, not even the
printing press, that Is destined to have
a more marked effect upon civilization.
It Is developing the power of Imagination
in the human race. It Is developing the
power of deduction In the human mind.
This will soon result not only n new arts
and new sciences, but In a new race,
I agree wholly with Trofesor Munster
berg, of Harvard University, that the
psychological effect of the motion picture
on tho human race Is beyond speculation
at this time.
It is to create n new order of Intel
ligence; It will entirely change tho con
formation of tho human bruin. It will.
In fact, create u new race. My friend, the
Into Doctor Spltzka. was at the time of
his death .finding that the motion picture
Is making a very strong Imprint on the
brain.
BY 'WALTER PRICHARD EATON
Wo wero Juat sitting down to write
this notice of the final bill of the Wash
ington Square Players at the Bandbox
Theatre (they are going to move to the
comedy this spring), when the mall
brought us Jennette loco's latest book,
nnd, opening it. we round it called "A
Symphony Play," which piqued our
curiosity, nnd we lookca further. In the
preface Mrs. Lee explains that the great
Idea came to her white sho wns looking
nt her Jerusalem cherry tree. While tho
fugue wns reaching Its perfection with
Bnch, tho long drawn development of n
single Idea, n. new musical form was evolv
ing out of collections of dance tunes, the
symphony. The three-, four- or five-act
piny Is the fugue, and Mrs. Leo suggests
that perhaps tho collection of certain one-
net plays may bo the symphony. 'Here,
In her new book, at any rate, sho prints
four one-net plays whlch would Just
make a bill nt the Bandbox, bo It noted),
labeling them Prelude, Allegro, Andante,
Allegro. We haven't delayed to read the
plays; but there Is suggestion enough In
the mere preface tn niter tho Introduction
of the notice we were nbout to -write
concerning, tho Washington Hquaro players.
In n word, Isn't there n fertllo hint to
them In this book of Mrs. Lee'n?" Doesn't
It suggest how they might give to certain,
of their bills, at any rate, n spiritual as
well as nrtlstlc unity, which hitherto the
bills have lacked, as nlmost nil programs
of bne-act plays always do lack? Why
not four plays showing four phases of
life In this metropolis, possibly dealing
with tho same situation? Why not four
plays by four different nuthors, each as
signed the same set of circumstances, the
f.ymphony being the synthesis of their
differing points of view? It Is easy to. see
that tho Idea Mrs. Lee has hit upon It
worth serious consideration, and Is cap
able of much expansion.
The last blllfor the soason at the Band
box consists, as usual, of four plays, three
of them original, the rourth nn ancient
French fnrce", "Plorro Patclln." long fa
mous In the history o'f thp modern drama
that Is. drarna since the Middle Ages.
The first play. "Children,." by C!uy Bolfon
and Tom Carlton. Is like 1i brief tnlo by
do Maupassant, narrating how n negro
mother In tho, south shot her own son dead
rather than hare him taken out and
lynched by n mob. It Is terse and pun
gent, though lacking In the deeper Impli
cations of 'The Clod," which led the pre
vious bill.
Tho second, play Is a fnntastlo affair
called "The Age of Reason." written by
Cecil Dorrlan. The leading characters are
two small girls, one the daughter p(
parents, nbout to bodlvorccd. the other her
chum. These two Infants tnlk In the most
ridiculous fashion, as sophisticated as a
comedy by Oscar Wilde, and end up by
putting tho mother nnd father on trial,
ard selecting a new set of parents for the
suffering, Infant who dislikes having her
homo life broken up. The whole affair
reminds you of that nnclent nursery
rhyme nbout "Lllllput Larfd," rewritten
fo tho stage, say. by O. B. Sliaw. It U
most amusing fooling.
The third play Is called 'The Magical
City," nnd Is written In free verse so
freo that you'd scarcely know It wasn't
proso by Zoe Aklns. The best thine
about this play. Is the stage set, which
shows a room of great bare walls, pierced
at the back by one huge window, though
which Is seen the deep nlgh.t Bky nnd the
tower of tho Mudlaon Square Garden.
Two statues, dono by the man who play
the leading part. 12. J. Ballantlne, flank
this window, and In tho centre of the
room Is n couch, flooded with yellow-
light, on which reposes the heroine, after
bho has undressed, disclosing charming
ornngo silk underwear. She Is Petronelle,
In the language of free prose a "kept
lady.", Sho has been loved by n Wall
street magnate.. Now she Is loved ,by a
poor poet. The Wall street magnate
comes bnck, and 'she has to choose be
tween him and the poet. She chooses
him, und the poet, being a poor sport,
shoots the magnate dead. However, It
would not do to upset the market by let
ting the .truth leak out, .so his brother
ships tho poet on to foreign parts, the
scandal Is hushed up, and presumably
YYa t WtVI Alia dlASmtAkl nlt-ttAM rm nhriiA -.&
. . .... vttuitwtg '"'-uihso c-ttii-ci w liicm actress
When you consider that la the United or a ballroom dancer. There are probably
1 to., n Inn a anna.. 1... . ,r.nnnnn I ... -. . ... 1 ..'
States alone more than 15,000,000 persons
each day sit silently before the motion
pictures and are forced, through the power
of concentration nnd mental alertness, to
work out In their Individual minds the
plots and solutions of tho action that is
tuklng place before tjiem.you must ndmlt
that this mental discipline Is forcing the
human brain to think for Itself; It Is
making the mind alert, quick to grasp
Contlnord on Tine Three
subtle poetic meanings In this work which
we have not .Indicated by this synapsis.
Wo felt there wero while wo were under
the spell of the play. But now we have
forgotten them. All wp remember Is the
beautiful set and Miss Mower's extra
ordinary attractive underclothes. That's
the honest fact.
The version of "Pierre Patelln," a
French farce of the fifteenth century
Continued on lsj Two
TERRY THE ST. PETER OF THE GARRICK
WHEN you
through the c
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tak&ff st intflttow" o, playhousei, wt vben the dim-tor finish Bcen o that sort, hft lets bis wl
ttdiew U fritswstei spectators wpy th ??4ta yhile lm 4irecj gome scene? where thi cmmx? now
pass
door of
the Garrlck Theatre the
first thing that -attracts
your attention Is the big,
stalwart military figure
of "Terry," 'the guardian
of the entrance. If you
will stand there and
watch the audience as It
comes through tha doors
you will also notice that a
big percentage of the mqn
who go through either nod
to him, greet him with a
hearty "How are you.
Terry?" or shake his
hand. What will probably
surprise you more will be
the distinguished quality
of those who are on the
friendliest terms with him.
Terrence Connell hat.
been the guardian of the
main entrance to the Gar
rlck for 16 years, and that
means ever since the the
atre was built. But long
before that he had been a
conspicuous figure in the
public eye, and boasts of
a circle of friends that
few men possess. For
many years Terry" was
one of the moBt prominent
figures on the baseball dta
mond. At one time he was a
backstop, for the famous
Chicago White Socks, and
from 1871 until 1881 he
was one of the best um
pires In the National
League. Often has been
the time when he listened
tq the cheers (or it may
have tyeen the hoots) of
theirowds at Broad and
Huntington, when he
stood behind the plate
culling out decisions.
During his career as an
umpire ha won a reputa
tion for fairness that was
enviable. And In those
days the crowds wero not
a considerate Of umpires
3 they are today, rwr 414
they have the polices pre
ttcilon tlwy hays' now.
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