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THREE SCENIC WONDERLANDS IN ARTIST GORDON'S TRIP "THROUGH THE AGES"
At the left the conflict of the French Revolution is suggested by the rugged violent llnC3 of the barricade and the aristocratic mansion behind, in the middle appears nn ornate Italian hall, at the right is a medieval convent in masses of gray.
iWalter Prichard Eaton Sums
Up the Broadway Season
r
tA Year of Prosperity and Success And Also
of Good Plays and Good
Acting
By WALTER PRICHARD EATON
Rozsika Dolly-AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS TWINS-Yansci Dolly
IrpHE season ot 1015-18 In tho New York
I'.Ltheatre has been, In tho whole, not only
rn of; the most prontablo financially, but
Com of the most encouraging artistically
fla'many years. Not only have the movloa
failed to "kill" tho spoken drama, so far
fti New York city Is concerned, but they
f (dually seem to have benefited It In cer-
ptaln ways. They have reduced tho num
, lar of theatres, and so Increased tho rela-
P$tlT number of good plays, for It Is easier
ft.i find irnnrl ntnvH fnr 3fl thnntrpM. riiv.
K&s- than for 50. And It seems to be the fact
thit the great exodus, of stngo stars of
Loi'Aneelcs has actually resulted not so
K-VBujch In a dearth of actors as a survival
K'ilT. ll. nnk.lAH .. . n .. nt Ilia nrttnHH ...ttl.
luj ma Dimncn ninfiu ul wio iiuiut a hvikii
we Keenest aovouon 10 incir act, ji any
ftt ecttner down thrmnrh the. cants from
I'htM to butler this winter than at any time
'In i decade this Is especially true of tho
nueullne side of tho casts. The women's
nlea havo not always fared so well. Wo
Sfio not Intend to push speculation too far
i-thr-i this line I -
ipArtUtlcally, tho outstanding features of
b ieason were the excellent production
f-dfL6uls Anflnnchnr's nlav. "The IJn-
tK'. chastened Woman," which carries on the
jUtrwitlon ttfi Clyde Fitch;' tho establishment
llr Grace George ot a repertory theatre
where high c6medy Is acted (unfortunate
Iljr, only such comedy as contains a leading
Stole-adapted to Miss ueorge's somewhat
(limited1 rango) ; the successful establlsh-
jpment on a paying professional basis of the
jiwunington square Players experimental
jnind judical theatre (our vers Ubre of tho
Jttafce): and, finally, the unpredictable and
great popular success of Oalaworthy's
ifowerful and searching modern realistic
Jtragedy, "Justice," ' recently produced by
5 John D. Williams with John Barrymore and
Eieplendld cast. It Is a fact that seven dif
ferent, theatres refused to book this play,
sredlctlng onlv failure for It. and the loke
fl,'now certainly on them. Under the
t clrcurristahces. It would bo difficult to over-
-estimate Mr. Williams" courago-and faith.
yiia is just starting out as a manager,
.'and he might so easily and Excusably
j hive given up the fight for this play. But
'he.. didn't. He stuck to his guns till he
finally Becured the Candler Theatre and
f now ho sits back and watches tho line at
, the box office, and believes the nubile
5. aren't such fools nB they are painted.
, , in aaawon to the production of 'The Un
UUUtened Woman.' several cood nroduc.
rLtlons were made this winter of Interesting
Lwiye piayB, though none of the plays
f was, on the wholo, quite so good as Mr.
, Anspacher's. The most successful, from
the flnnnlal kdinnnli., ....... ... tl.fr.wii.
l SJ?ehe11 Smllh ftnd Victor Mapoa' comedy,
e--.n boomerang," produced by Mr. Bel-
', "J- nnH run all the season, and Is
Swc,eeM .difficult to understand. This little
!iTV,ay ls br'eht, entertaining, clean as a
rjiW&ljtle. sufficiently sentimental,, and,
r 39CV0 All. ant,, With Anmnltta -t?Ana. II.
RJU'H'n reality.' If Is worth, doing, and
5-IK la dOna'HUnrpiniaW wall
R"'A.n'9tJler excellent native comedy 1b "Tho
,- vw jver, in wmcli Leo Dltrlchsteln
iir"s,r1? part ot a popular and amorous
Mwrtrtlo-bero. This, too, ls capitally acted,
IMl (leierVeB ttm nil,.ftnfta Uhm fI,A-.aot
of tho Cohan -aiul Harris forces, stiged it!
Kh&s demonstrated how much success de-
SrfunAa .n ....
Bffili. u uooa 8lB9 airecung, "jus-
?SJL."'lB Blaeea ty b. idyn Payne; "The
omeranr,'' by- Belasco; "The dreat
m, by Bam Forrest. And these three
j J?-wnonB our best directors.
-AOOther Pleasant fpntnra nt th mumnti
IS" 'haretum of Mrs. Fleke In a rollick
K 'M1"?1'0 comedy role, In "Erstwhile
;-, me sort of roltf only she can
play nnd make It seem something higher
than farce. Mr. Williams was also re
sponsible for bringing her back, nd ho
wns for "Justice."
Of our more serious dramatists with
established names, only Kugcno Walter
and Ous Thomas gave us plays this win
tor. Walter's play, "Just a AVoman," was
not up to his standard. Tho first net,
showing a humblo worker In tho Pitts
burgh Btcol mills nnd his wife, was ex
cellent, but thereafter, when his man grow
prosperous nnd abandoned the wife (a
true and vital Mme, n3 tho newspapers
have proved to us), tho dramatist could
not qulto keep from tho taint of artificial
domestic melodrama. Mr. Thomas linn
Just contributed a play called "nlo
Grande," u talo of life In an army post
on tho Moxlcun border. ThlB play ls u
curious mixture Tho story of It Is violent
and Bordld and theatrical. Tho stylo In
which the story ls told Is almost beyond
reproach as an example of fluid, natural
technique, lifelike dialogue, quiet, un
strained progression, atmosphorlc sugges
tion. Unfortunately, tho more you ad
mire tho technlquo tho moro you regret
tho unlmportanco of the story, And those
who go looking for a melodrama -with tho
theatrical excitement of "Arizona" are
Ilkoly to bo balked of their pleasuro by the
very repression and nnturallsm of the
stylo. Mr. Thomas seemB to havo fallen
between two Btools. Tho play, however,
Is acted with unusual skill, especially by
Richard Bennett, as a grizzled old army
colonol. And the first act, which creates
with marvelous skill the atmosphere of
a Texas army post on a hot August day,
tho dust, tho heat, the borodom, the nerves
taut with tho strain of prolonged humid
ity and torrid weather. Is a supromo ex
ample of technical dexterity In tho writ
ing and histrionic dexterity In tho acting
and staging.
To balance tho stark realism ol
"Justice," wo have tho sugar-coated ro
mance of "The CIndcrolla Man" (by the
Thlladelphlan, Edwin Chllds Carpenter),
well acted, especially by Shetloy Hull In
tho tltlo part, and very popular. We had
this winter a fine production of "Tho
Weavers," Hauptmann'a great naturalistic
masterpiece, and to balancp that, we had
Hackett'a production ot "The Merry Wives
of Windsor"" vilth Tom Wise nB Falstaff,
staged In the new manner, and still selling
out when, unfortunately, Mr. Wlso had
to go to nnother play and nobody could
bo found capable of taking his place. Men
tion nf four such nlays In a paragraph,
all of them popular, should certalnlv show
that wo have not suffered for want of
variety, nor failed in catholic apprecia
tion. As I only natural, considering tho state
of Europe, thero havo been few Importa
tions thlB season. The best, excepting the
Shaw plays revived by Miss George, was
"Hobson'a Choice," that merry folk
comedy of Lancashire life brought from
Miss Hornlmann'B Manchester Thoatre.
On tho whole, however, we have been
thrown back very largely on our native
resourcea for our dramatic faro, and It
la highly significant that we have made
out so well. We haven't produced a
"Justice" of our own. Neither' have we
produced a "Major Barbara" of our own.
But "The Great Lover," "The Unchastened
Woman," "The Boomerang,'1 "The Cin
derella Man," the Washington Square
Plays, together with the witty and amus
ing burlesque of the Cohan review nnd the
splendid, vivid acting of Mrs. Flske, the
Shakespearian productions by Tree nnd
Hackett, and similar products of our
native stage, have given us a season thnt
we need not be greatly ashamed' of; at
any rate, one that proves our stage is
full of life, and moving on all the while.
THE GATHERING AVALANCHE
' cs &sssiisssrTr
u
Picuu
I was born In
Budapest 21 yenrs
ngo, tho elder ot
twin sisters, My
mother wns nn art
ist at the National
Thentrb, Budapest.
My father was also
nn nctor, except
during the Inter
vals common In the
lives of nil artists,
when art ceased to
pay.
After this Buda
pestiferous begin
ning all went quiet
ly until I was eight
years old, when I
made my debut as
nn actress. Tho de
but was puroly In
formnl; the scene
was our parlor, nnd
tho audlcnco con
sisted of three boys
and two girls.
Our play was nn
Instantaneous suc
cess. Tho cntlro
audience said so.
The only criticism
was that the ballet
coalutno which I
wore had to bo
doubled around the
waist and pinned
up, and my wig
didn't fit.
In Budapest It
required long and
patient preparation
to get on the stage,
I Just couldn't
wait, so I camo to
America, where my
father hnd emigrat
ed a few weeks bo
fore. I was found
to be too young for
tho Now York
stago, so X went to
Cuba, whore I
danced nnd acted
all ovor tho profes
sional district.
After a while I
ceased to bo an in
fant In tho eyes of
the law and return
ed to New York,
where I lnnded on
Broadway and on
the AVlnter Oarden
payroll at the same
time.
I am too modest
to go Into the de
tails of my Amor
lean career, be
cause everybody
knows, or ought to
know, all about It.
Suffice It that I
have, so to Bpeak,
touched musical
comedy, vaudeville
and midnight frolic
lightly o with my
toes nnd talent,
and now hero I am
mixed up In "His
Bridal Night." My
husband is sure I
am going to be a
great big success
so there!
Which is which? That is the problem that faces tho newly wed hus
band in "His Wedding Night," tho, play that has its premiero at the
Forrest Monday. Ho must find out which of tho Dolly sisters is
Rozsika and which is Yansci. Can you?
Tne Easy Job of
Writing a Mere Novel
By CYRIL
Author of "A Pair
THERE are many reasons why I would
rather write a book than wrlto a play
and tho principal reason, I think, ls consti
tutional sloth. To wrlto at all is an evil
thing; It ls probably a nuisance to tho
community and It may cause oneself and
other people much distress. Olio's health
will almost be Jeopardized, If not utterly
destroyed ; ono will become solf-conscloUB,
elliptic, always on tl. lookout for an an.
dlcnce and one's character will become un
dermined generally. Vanity, of course.
Is at the bottom of tho whole thing. Still
one does It, and the explanation Is psychla
and unnecessary. As a rule, one apolo
gizes by calling oneself an artist. But this
Is usually a He. Being- from the cradle
a lover of truth, I cheerfully confess out
right that writing books Is, to me, the
easiest way of assuaging this absurd de
siro to create something, however bad,
and that ls why I do it. To wrlto booka
rather than plays Is far less troublesome
and it Is a pleasanter, more moral business
altogether. There are no actors to bother
one, no public whom one sees, no one to
whom one Is responsible; nothing is in
the way but one's conscience, and with
praotlca that may be stilled.
la making books one ls not tempted to
go to the dreadful length of making a
bow before an audience that probably
has every right to hiss one oft tho stage.
One does not sit In a box, tho observed
of all observers, drinking In one's own
eloquence. But with a play ono does these
HARCOURT
of Hllk stocking","
shameful things and one does more. One
puts on airs. Ono poses as an authority
before people who regard ono as a fool.
And so one Is, ono Is n fool to do It, If
thoy know their Job, or think they do, they,
too, nro artists, you cannot teach them
much. Thoy won't be taught. So you sit
und listen to them while they loave out all
your commas and Insert their own full
stops. I do so frequently myself when I
appear In other people's plays. I set my
own back then. For then I am an actor on
tho stage and not an authority merely.
Theso are the reasons, or some of them,
why my literary activities are preferably
employed and preserved (I hope) be
tween tho covers of a detent, sleep-producing
novel, and chiefly perhaps because ono
may therein be relatively and beautifully
untrammeled. Ono may punctuate precise
ly as one choses, there ate no maddening
handicaps and restrictions placed upon
ono In the matter of length a. few hun
dred words more or less will not matter.
In a book they can alwpys be "skipped,"
and no doubt they often are, because life
ls short, but superfluous words will kill
a play and to wrlto them ls so easy ; not to
write them bo damnably difficult. For tho
devil, purring phrasea, slta perpetually
upon your shoulder and you hato to thrust
him behind you. But unless you do, your
sentences and hla will be relentlessly re-
Continued qu, 1'ues Three I
t was born In
Budapest 21 yearn
ago, tho younger ot
twin sisters. My
mother was an art
ist at tho National
Theatre, Budnpcst.
My father w.ih also
an nctor, oxcopt
during tho Inter
vals common In tho
lives of all artists,
when art ceased to
pay.
After this Buda
pestiferous begin
ning all went quiet
ly until I vns eight
yenrs old, when I
mado my debut na
fin actross. Tho do
but waa puroly In
formal; the sccno
was our parlor, and
tho nudlenco con
Blstod of three boya
and two girls.
Our play was an
Instantaneous suc
cess. Tho cntlro
nudlenco said so.
Tho only criticism
was that tho ballet
costume which I
wore hnd to bo
doubled around tho
waist nnd pinned
up, and my wig
didn't fit.
In Budapest It
required long nnd
patient preparation
to got on the Btnge.
I Just couldn't
wait, bo I camo to
America, where my
father had emigrat
ed a fow weeka bo
fore. I was found
to bo too young for
tho Now York
stage, bo I went to
Cuba, where I
danced and actod
all over tho profes
sional district
After a while
ceased to be an In
fant In tho eyes of
the law and return
ed to New York,
where I lauded on
Broadway and on
the Winter Garden
payroll at the same
time.
I am too modest
to go Into the de
tails of my Amer
ican career, be
cause everybody
knows, or ought to
know, all about It.
Suffice It that I
have, so to Bpeak,
touched musical
comedy, vaudeville
and midnight frolic
lightly with jny
toes and talent,
and now here I am
mixed up In "His
Bridal Night" My
husband Is sure I
am going to be a
great big success
so there!
A
am, Joe Braadfc and Gerald 0. Puffy, editor of tho
,-m. Hf.n.a:nn .m,i tKa flrvul nf mamiMfrrinta which reached
ftem two days after the announcement of the Universal competition
iox a Mary Fuller scenario.
PHILADELPHIA'S THEATRICAL RECORD 1915-16
Date. . FOItBEST OARBICK- IIROAD ADKW1II I.YIU0
September 6 Qlrth of a Nation ZIIIIZZZZZZZ1 ZZZZZZZZZZI Brother Maone Prlncw Pat
September laT Birth ot a Nation Brother Maeona I'rlnct" Pt
September 20. Illrth ot a Nation 1'otaah and PerlmutteT What Happened Then Prlncea Pat
September ST. Birth of a Nation Potaeh and Perlmutttr Lllaa Domino
October 4 Birth of a Nation Poteen and Perlmutter Daddy Long Let Lllao Domino
October 11,... Birth of a Nation Under Cover Daddy Long Lore Boad to Happiness Hande Up
October 18.,,, Birth ot a Nation " Under Cover Daddy Long Lege (lloveij to Lyric) Handa Up
October SB.... Birth ot a Nation " Under Cover Daddy Long Lew A Fuji Home Road to Happlneea
November V.. Birth ot a Nation " Under Cover Daddy Long Lege A Full Houia Boad to Happlneee
November 8.. Birth of a Nation " The Show Shop Daddy Long' Lt A Full Houae Boad to Happlneee
November IB, Birth of a Nation " Ttia Show Shop Daddy Long Lege A Full Home Boad to Happlneee
November 33. (Moved to darrlck) The Show Shop Daddy Long Lee A Full House Boad to Happlneee
November SD, Btopl Look 1 1 LUtenlll Birth ot a Nation Outcaet A Full Houae. Bugglee ot Bed Qap
December 0,., 'atopl Lookll LletenllF Birth ot a Nation Outcaet A Full Ho" Bugglee ot Bed Qap
'December 18., Btopl Look 1 1 Llteai Birth ot a Nation Outcaet A Full Homo The Bubble
December SO., atopl Look 1 1 Lletenlll Birth ot a Nation Her Price A Full Home The Bubble
December SI,. Watch Your Htep On Trial Becret Service Land of tna. Free The Bubble
January a,.,, Watch Your Step On Trial Sherlook Holmes Androclea and the Lion Maid la America
January 10.,,- Watch Your Step On Trial The Chief Androclee and the Lion Maid la America,
January 17... Coueln Lucy On Trial The Chlet Sinners Paeelng Show ot 1018
January 21.,. Coueln Lucy On Trial Pollyanna, Sinner Paeelng Show of HUB
January 81., . Around the Map " On Trial Follyanna Marie Odlle Paeelng Show ot 191?
February T,., ' Around the Map Twin Bede Pollyanna Marie Odlle Paeelng Show ot 1915
February 14,, Around the Map Twin Bed ' Pollyanna The Two virtue Harry Lauder
February 21.. Around the Map . Twin Bed ., PJUyanna The Two Virtue The Only Olrt
February 28,. Faille of 1915 : Twla Bed ' """ Pollyanna. Tba Two Vlrtuea ' The Only Olrl
March a.,...' FolllM 9f 191S Two Bed "" Pollyanna New Henrietta The Only Olrl
March IS.,,, Folllt of 191 B " It Pay to AdvertltT Pollyanna. New Henrietta The Only girl
March SO.TTT Faille ot 1918 It' Pay to AdvertUe" Prince Tra La uT Nobody Horn The Only Olrl
March 2T-... Folllea) of 1918 "it Pay to AdvertleT" The Little Mlnlter Nobody Horn World ct Plealur
jApril 3., Come to Bohemia " It Pay to Advert!" Tb LUti Mlnbiter" Nobody Home WorM ot Phaeure "
April 10 Com to Bohemia It Pays to AdvertU Wooln ot Kve Wttla Shepherd of Alon at Lat
KtngdQsi Com '
April IT.. 777 Com ,ta Bohemia " It Pay to Advert!" Wooing ot Eve Alon at Lat
April ii ,' Whoa Phoeba It Pay to AdvertU ' Qnimpy Pair ot SUk Stocking Alone it Lait
May 1....T77 Under Fire ' It Pay ta XdvertU" Grumpy Par ot Silk Stocking Alan, at at
May 8. ...,' tThe Spoiler """ Through,. tb Ag Th Dvtl' Iawntloa pair of EBte Stocking Alone at LmM
May 15. . . . . .' ' lit Bridal Night Through th Age Town Topic
"'"" ' "'"" ""'" ' 'V "' ' '"" ' ' t ' '
Pniladelphias Season of
Prosperity ana Starvation
"War Prosperity" Brought Money to the The
atre and Good Plays to New York; but the
Sum of Our Season Was Barrenness1
By K. M.
THE season of 1D1C-16 In the Phila
delphia theatre has been, on tho whole
to parallel the remarks of Walter Prich
ard Eaton on tho year In New York,
which appear In an opposite column, If
not tho most profitable financially In
many years, at any rate ono of tho most
discouraging. Not only havo the movies
failed to "kill" the spoken drama, they
havo let It como near to killing tho intelli
gent playgoer.
It has been a singular season both hero
and In Now York. It began In gloom,
but It ends In" gladness. Before Christ
mas old wnrhorsos like William A. Brady
and Abraham Krlangcr were next to cer
tain that tho theatre whs dead. Brady
Htopped productions and plunged Into tho
movies. .Erlangor went doggedly ahead,
but mado no bones ot his pessimism on
Broadway. Both saw tho end of tho
theatre they had built up and made the
further blunder of Imagining that this
meant the end of the drama.
Then tho great war began to make
Itsolf felt. Tho super-prosperity of tho
movtca ended as soon as the withdrawal
nf European film manufacturers launched
dozens of American firms on a career of
overproduction very much complicated by
the absurd triumph of tho five-part fea
ture. But this had. only a. negative efteat
on tho theatre Tho positive force was
"war prosperity." Gathering Its forco at
Now Year's, It broko over tho thoatre
golng classes. New York and Philadel
phia In only slightly smaller measure
woko up to tho fact that people wore
eager for entertainment and had the
money for drama and movies, too. As
Broadway put It, "any show would go."
Tho busy production of plays that fol
lowed the awakening brought Now York
a dozen interesting, worth-while new
pieces. Philadelphia, too, felt the finan
cial awakening. But as for the- plays
well, Philadelphia must wait a year until
New York relnys them over.
Undoubtedly, Philadelphia's theatres
havo done well this year, but what about
Its playgoers? Just what have we seen?
For ono thing, of course, wo havo seen
our usual quota of stars. In spite of the
seductions of California and Its movies.
Not so many, perhaps, aa 10 ye-a ago,
but enough. Mr. Eaton finds the acting
level of New York plays Improved by
tho competition of the movies, Hero, there
has been no such result If there Is ono
criticism to be mado of tho acting we have
seen. It Is the poorer quality of the play
ers In tho minor parts. Hither the movies
have taken tho good ones or thoy are all
In Now York.
At a casual glance, the actors who most
pleased, outside the ever-oxpert, popular
and humdrum stars, were Georgo Sidney
for his theatrical mannger In "The Show
Shop"; Frederick Perry, for his study of
the nerve-wracked hero of "On Trial";
Grant Mitchell, for his naive humor In "It
Pays to, Advertlso" ; Patricia Collinge, for
the charming Impersonation which saved
"Pollyanna"; Laurette Taylor, for her
accession to high comedy In "The Woo
ing of Evo"; George Jlassell and Ralph
Herz, for two delicious Englishmen in
"Ituggles"; O. P. Ileggle, for hla Incom
parably meek Androcles; and, among the
people ot musical comedy, the eternal
Tlnney, Williams and Lauder, tho new
comer Grossmlth, of "Nobody Home," and
that particularly talented and charming
Else Alder, of "Around the Map."
Hevlvals and now productions have both
been relatively few. Glllotto brought
"Sherlock Holmes' and "Secret Service";
Mlsa Adams, "The Little Minister" and
"Poter Pan," while "Grumpy" and "The
New Henrietta" may also, perhaps, bo
classed ns. old 'uns. Of now plays whloh
promised vell there wero oven fower. All
told, the season brought us only 11 plays
without the New York brand on them and
four musical pieces. Of these "Pollyanna"
will doubtless havo a long, however unde
served, career. "Tho Wooing of Evo"
may or may not succeed by vlrtuo of Miss
Taylor's singularly good acting. "His
Wedding Night" ls yet to bo Inspected.
"Stop I Look 1 1 Listen 1 1 1" may not have
made much money for Mr. Dillingham
(thanks to Gaby Deslys), but Its musto
and scenery and costumes pleased much.
"Tho Princess Pat" wa8 well liked for Its
singers and Its score. The rest of the
new pieces suffered almost Invariable fail
ure: "Her Prlco," "Buggies of Bed Gap,"
"Brothor MaBons," "What Happened
Then," "The Land of tho Free," "The Lit
tle Shepherd of Kingdom Comb," "Como
to Bohemia"; while tho fates awaiting
"Tho Dovil's Invention" and "Through tho
Ages" are nono too" promising.
Of drama straight drama as It Is called
there was very little. "Outcast!' ana
"Marle-Odllo" wero tho only ones pretend
ing to worth or popularity; tho first was
rather mftchlno-mnde, tho second was de-i
cldedly too sentimental.
Comedy brought us little but the best
And that best waB Shaw's "Androcles and
the Lion" and Anatolo France's "The Man;
Who Married a Dumb Wife." Thero wcaj
singularly fow pollto, drawing-room Imi
portatlona from England this year. C7
these, "The Chief" wnB so slender as t
fall even under Mr. Drew's expert wor
and "A Pair of Silk Stockings" so slender
na to glvo every chance for Its wit t
shine by contrast with Its body. Anothey
English comedy, "Tho Two Virtues,'1 was
u;doubtedly the best of the lot barrlntf
"Androcles" but It suffered grievously
from Mr. Sothern'a vain attempt to rey
vlve all his past Shakespearean lmpew.
sonatlons In tho part of his hero.
Melodrama was scarce Indeed. The beqfl
was easily "On Trial" ; Its novel and grip
ping method of telling Its story backward
moro than compensated for the oommonj
places of that story. "Under Cover" he
Its novelty.but it was smothered under t
second-rate cast.
If melodrama was scarce, farce was
not, and, a good deal of tho farce wojV
distinguished 6y that stroak of novelta
that Invaded the melodrama. "Tho
Show Shop" and "It Paya to Advertise
but dealt ingeniously and satirically -wrfk
topics of tho day ; the first with the thenJ
tro ItBelf, the second with the business og
publicity, But easily tho most successful
and hilarious pieces of the year were "A."
Full House" nnd "Twin Beds." The tor-,
mer amused more steadily; the latter put
more merriment Into Its last act than
any farce within the writer's memory;
But when nil ls Bald and done, the only""
outstanding playa of the year supreme
in general artistic and popular appeal wers
"Androcles" nnd. "On Trial."
The season brought ono thing more.
Continued on Pag Three)
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THE GLOBE THEATRE LONDON AND WEST PHILA.
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Thla model of Shakespeare's fruntus old Globe Theatre, now in tha
Shakespearcana Exhibition at te Academy of tha Fine- Arte, ydlj
ba reproduced, to seat r thousand when the Philomathean Society of
the university of Pennsylvania give3 the "Comedy o Errors' all next
week at the Botanical Garden.