EVBNINO LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1916
PLAYGOERS REVEL IN MUSIC ANP MELODRAMA-NEW CELLULOID OFFERINGS
SHoWK
IBSEN PEERS THROUGH
"THE HOUSE OF GLASS"
Bomo More or Less Crabbed
Reflections on n Popular
Melodrama
IB HOUHH Of OLAS8, . X melodrama In four
aele by Mai Marcln. .Mminminl Cohan
?l"rl: Clarrlek Theater.
eiVll, a rvant 1rf ... ... . ..Varr Glide
eriarel Case (atterwarde Mri. Lakel
Marr lan
Brandt, a boarHn house, keener
Aun viiiniHn
Merere
MM.
frank, a porter
Jei
.1 . . Bam
;.. rtiirke eTanx . Tnomaa
Carroll, a Jtcctlr. . Thos. Klrvllnr
l..I.lli .! tititnant Jerry Hart
Waieon. a butler .John ienton
ll.rrer Lake, a ral.ro.d "Pre.enlMjv.
JudeonVw,U.' a financier '", WW
faith. M?? l"wS maM.V....PJor.n. WaW
The lion. U. T..rallereon. ot Kow York Dw
Aei ja room In a New York boardlne; house.
Act II Klttit reera later. Lake'e home n
Kansas City. Act III Two yeara later. Lake1
Vim. ir f rew York city. Act IV-On hour
later. Same aa Act
ffif
On the whole. It's lucky that American
playwrights never guide their dramaturgfo
out upward by asking-. "What would lb
ten have done In my place?" Because they
wouldn't be nble to do It anyhow. Take
The House ot alass," for Instance, the
nearest thins to an lbscnlo crooli drama
that we have produced yet.
Max ilarcln's new play has a "situa
tion" In every ..act. Act one: Crook-hero
and Innocent norolno arrested for thett
en the very eve of their departure for the
West.where the hero Is to marry the heroine
and "go straight." all without letting her
know a word of His past. Act two: Inno
cent heroine, eight years later, having
Jumped her probation and married n rail
road wlxnrd, sees crook-hero, who warnn
her not to return to New York: then she
hears that hor huslmnd Is about to crown
Ms careor by "wlMlng," as Frank Daniels
used to nay. In I Jew York. Act three: De
tective who made original arrest ot crook
hero and Innocent herolno and Is now on
trail of upper class boy-thlcf, whom rail
road wizard lnslntn on prosecuting In
face of pressure, happens to see Innocent
heroine; recognition and veiled threat; wizard-husband
feels he must glva up his
wife to law. Act four: Husband changes
, his mind and with lawyer's aid Bets wife
off by agreeing to let oft upper class boy
thief. Now quite obviously Mr. Ibsen wouldn't
have worried about losing a few of those
"punches." He would lust have showed
most ot this tale way behind him and
opened up on the third act. It la not Un
likely that he could have found some more
skillful way of handing ua the last ten
years than the "don't make me go over all
that again. I'vo tola you sturr, whicn
Mr, Marcln has to use to tell us about the
happenings of the week before the first
curtain. After that, ot course, Mr. Ibsen
would have built up real flesh and blood
people and problems and wrung our hearts
with them.
" Now Mr. Marcln, It Is safe to say, could
not do this. He might, ot course, have
taken the Ibsen starting point and manu
factured a melodrama of Impending dan
gers and hairbreadth escapes, Juit as he
has actually taken the melodramatic! form
and given t the treatment of serious drama.
But the fact that those people In their big
momonts of pain lack any real and original
existence to make us suffer terribly with
them argues that Mr. Marcln would Just
naturally be nowhere at all If he didn't
have Us sitting 'up on the edge of our
chairs watting for discoveries and arrests.
No. I have no business quarreling with
Mr. Marcln for not being an Ibsen Instead
of a popular playwright, ftut maybe I have
right to object .It the fact that he tried
to get away from the ordinary crook drama
handling betrayed him Into a vein where
he could not accomplish for some of us the
thing that the melodramatlst can do so
easily. Hut, .then, there are people and peo
ple, and most of them thoroughly enjoyed
themselves at the Garrlck, and most of
them did the same thing all through last
'season In New York.
The play was helped a lot last night
by the physical production. Handsome
solidity nothing less than real rooms
''ought to do a great deal for any drama,
vven when the "backings" outside the doors
are cheap ''and flat, and always, always
Illuminated with a bright red light
It was helped more still by the acting.
At times the players slid Into melodrama.
Even Mr. Frank M. Thomas's excellent
crook-hero had to be over-herole Just once ;
and Thomas FIndlay's still more excellent
detective had to pull out the over-em
phasis stop at the moment of confrontation
(a moment handled, by the way. with a
skill that Ibsen might envy). Harry C,
Browne and William Wnlcott gave highly
.enjoyable Impersonations of actors imper.
' tonatlng business men: but Frederick
Burt made himself a real figure of finance
sls well as a moving actor, and Joel Day was
a sure enough Governor of New York, the
first In many months. And there remains
Mary Ityan. To many of us she s a puz-
i ale. She arrests, but she doesn't always
convince, half so much as ehe puzzles. At
"any rate she Isn't stage-handsome and she
doesn't "emote" In the ordinary leading
Udy way. On the other hand, she plays
'Pretty consistently on one note, and her
gestures, the tip of her head and her voice
are often those of the Emma Dunn old
lady type. To get back to the credit aide,
she Is decidedly a woman of Individuality
and brain. But Just how did all Uils land
her In stardom? K. M.
OLD FASHIONED MELODRAMA
COMES BACK TO THE WALNUT
"For th Man She Loved BrinBt Thrilla
and Gasps to tho Audience
r. iitwL mel0,r In each season or
t.r2 2ll!t hav" hown ,n v,n- Tn h
lnn.50In1?? ved and not without
is somewhat uninviting title. Is an excel
'"V "mtlo of the old-time melodrama
very well produced.
PnTHf.i10!? nLnr boul ths murder of
Th,. L Wor"lnrtm (nusaelt Bnoad).
i- ui . "vo lrn motives for kill
o.i T- ririt ' ,he on. Billy (Francis
fct !.' whom hu faMwp mistakenly has
naa convicted of embesilement; then them
w..JvJJallftrd D,h c- Merrill), whom
wortnlngton threatens to disinherit because
she has married Billy, and James Harris
a ?urr. treasurer ot the Colonel's tlrm.
Another shortage of J5000 Is found. Sus
picion falls upon Mary first The play
then carries the solution of the mystery
through to a satisfactory conclusion.
?!" com"ly Provided by Mrs. Maloney
(Miss Alice Johnson), who Is excellent aa
Mary's landlady, and her daughter Maggie
(Miss Marguerite Allen). There were other
elements of humor not exactly Intended by
the author. , Walter Allen Is a good re
porter ond James It Field a fine butler.
1-dwln Walter Is a convincing example ot
the bullying police Inspector, Others In the
cast are Miss Florence Flnckney, as Blonde
Mabel; Ouy Brandon and William F. Sex-'
ton. The entire production Is above the
usual standard of melodrama.
"PEG OF MY HEART"
POPULAR AS ALWAYS
PAULINE FREDERICK
SCORES TWICE IN ONE
Doublo Exposure of Star at
Stanley Other Photoplay
Bills
Romantic Comedy Well Received
by Audience at the Knick
erbocker Theater
The popularity of "Peg o' My Heart." the
romantic comedy by J. Hartley Manners,
has not waned after several Beasons on the
road If one Is to Judge by the reception It
received last night at the Knickerbocker
Theater, where It was presented for the
first time here at popular prices. The
story. It will be remembered, deals with a
little Irish-American girl who goes to Eng
land to live with her aunt, Mrs. Chichester.
Mrs. Chlch'ester, her son Alarlc and her
daughter Kthel regard the world from a
superficial standpoint, and It Is the sim
plicity and genuine sincerity of Peg that
finally teaches them the true meaning of
life. Of course there Is a thread of ro
mance running through rvthe play, and
"there's nothing half so sweet In life as
love's young dream."
Miss Carewe Carvel was all that one
could desire In the part of Peg, which was
played originally by Miss Lauretta Taylor.
Her Irlih accent was good and not over
done. N. Murray Stephens was seer, as
Jerry and Hamilton Christy as Alarlc
The remainder of a very capablo supporting
cast Included Clara Sidney, Vera Shore,
Edmund Dalby, C. M. Benton nnd Lucille
Beckett Michael In particular Is deserv
ing ot mention.
Theatrical Baedeker
DnpAD "A LtDY'S NAME," with Maria
Tempest aa a woman novellit In n comedy by
Cyril Ilarcourt. author of "A Pair of Silk
Btorklosa." Opening tiaturdar erenlns.
FORREST "SYnii,." with Julia Samlerann.
Donald Brian and Joeeph Cawthorn. Old
Jokea restlded by a achoolod comedian In a
pretentloua Teutonlo operetta.
QATtmcK "the iinL'rii: of oxjVss." with
Mary Hrln. An Ibien.llkn nlnt mM tml
uraiiiaiiiKiif. uui lurviui
L.YKIU '
A Winter Oardon allow vrltn a plot and all
me oinar ininaa, At jonon ai nia Deal,
ADELPHI "KXI'KIUENCK." with Erneat
aurally, but forcibly, by Max Marcln.
-noiiiNwoN ruiTrJoj!. p.," with ai
n. Ijiwrence D'Oraay and Kittle Doner,
Inter Oardon allow vrltn a plot and all
ithar thtnse. Al Jolaon at hla beat.
llt "CXPCniEN'RR." with ...!
Olendlnnlnr. William Inaeraoll and a larra
cat, A "modern morality play." with more
reality and humanneaa about It than sTaced
"liverywoman."
Olendlnnlnc acta superbly.
but
AT rOPULAJt PRICES
KNICKEnnOCKEJt "IT.O 0' MY I1F-ART."
with Carewe Carvel. Klril local preaentatloa
at popular prlcea ot J. Hartley Mannera'a
comedy, aeen two aeaaona aso at the Adel-phi.
WALNUT "FOB Till! MAN SHE I-OVEIV
a new meiourama containing1 oia aiuix.
very wait vrwiunu anu ncauy acieo
CHESTNUT STrtEET OPF.HA HOUSE "THE
IURTII. OK A NATION," with Henry 1?
Walthall, ilae Uarah, Lillian Qlah and oth
ers. Laat eek ot the run at popular prlcea
here.
KSW FEATURE FILitB
BTANLET "ASIIK8 OF KMBKRH." with Paul
ina reaericK, an weea-. -ma atar naa a dual
role, that .of twin alttera. "Some Tropical
mrds" ana
the bill.
AltCADIA "THE JITSCUJS CIIIMV'
By the rhotoplay Editor
STANLKT "A8HKS Or EMIvnJtR.'' Fymoua
!!ayer.Paremount. with l'aullna. Frederick!
lory by Forrest italeen directed by Joeepb
Kaufman.
At laat Pauline Frederick has gone the
way of all movie-flesh and been doubly ex
posed, The result, as dltplayed nt the Stan
ley yesterday In "Ashes ot nmbera," Is
highly successful. The only bad thing about
that film, outside the usual Paramount
painted drops trying to look llko exteriors
seen through windows. Is the title. What
does It mean? If the two words were quite
synonymous thoy might signify the similar
ity of the twin sisters on which the story Is
based. Anyway, that similarity gives Miss
Frederick a chance to ploy both of her
photoplay types, the handsome lady with
more sex than principles, and the hand
some lady with moro principles than pros
perity, starting as sisters, one Miss Fred
erick "rises" by marrying a wealthy old
gentleman while she carries on with a young
engineer whom she starts on the road to
ruin, while the other Is put Into prison for
her sister's theft, serves In a. trick by which
tho rich husband's suspicions are diverted
from his wife, and ultimately saves nnd
marries the engineer, while her worse half
Is shot by the disillusioned husband. Nat
urally, the action Is based on coincidence
and It Is occasionally Improbable a com
mon enough photoplay fault but It gives
Miss Frederick the opportunity ot scoring
doubly. She has few superiors In her
fields.
AnCADIA "THE JUNGLE CIIILD." Ince
Trlanxle, with Dorothy Dalton and Howard
lllrkmani atory by Mont M. Katterjohnl di
rects a or waiter iiwaras.
The results of mixing tho uncivilised with
the civilised, the Ingenuous, honest and
violent maid of tho wilds with what "lead
ers" alwayo call "the world ot sham and
mockery.' Is a favorite stunt on the screen
and especially on the Incescreen, An
other case In at the Arcadia In
The Jungle Child." This time the subject
of the experiment comes from the Amazon
Itlver. Tho fact that she Is a white girl
reared vamong savages makes her no more
tractable when she learns that the white
man she has married and then followed to
civilization Is only seeking her Inheritance
and the arms of other women. She up and
kills him and herself just as promptly.
Again we remark that the story Is a little
'steep" In spots, and again we admit that
tho films have sot away with It This time
It is the production and direction that do
the trick. Not In a long time have tropical
jungles nnd rivers been produced In Call-
forn'a with so little effect of putting palms
out In the Btudlo's back yard. There Is real
atmosphere In this new Triangle feature.
PALACE "THE n0 SISTER." Fsmoua Play
era. with Hie Murray: atory by Elmer Henry)
directed by John II. O'llrlen.
this film's chief merit. Earlier Lasky pic
tures have shown her to be a demure, great
eyed, tenderly suggestive little actress, but
never before has Fhe touched ijulto the
human chord of her latest role. Perhaps
that Is why fco few palna were taken with
the plot work, which Is ehopworn to a
degree. We all know the poor girl who wins
the millionaire's heart despite a crimlnat In
the family and a blackmailing scoundrel
hanging around the premises. Hut sym
pathy for such a stereo heroine is easily
aroused In this case. Consider her wistful
mouth and strange, feminine appeal. The
excellent direction of the feature Is alto
an entry on the right side' of the ledger.
Mr. O'Urlen has a rare talent for scene
matching, but he might learn a trick In
centering fade-outs from the Fox people.
And again we have the Unreal newspaper
clipping. It Isn't done, Mr.' O'Brien. How
ever, Miss Murray Is lovely. So has
adapted herself to the Bcreen finely all
except her walk, whloh Is pure musical
comdy.
nEOENT "THE flll.DED CAOE." World,
with Alice liridy; story by Frances Marlon:
directed by Ilarley Knolea. I
Ths mythical European principality Is
dear to the hearts of the movie producers
and writers. C. Gardner Sullivan pulled
the most amusingly symbolic one to date
"Wredpryd," In "CI vj Illation." In "The
Glided Cage" the scene of the love story Is
"Iialkany," A king and queen Are assassi
nated through the Intriguing ot a, prime
minister. Then tho young princess (Miss
IJrady) Is snatched front her convent to
wear the regal robes. The woes ot state
and the delights of love which confront
her may be Imagined, especially as they
are of a familiar sort. The acting 1 of a
very creditable order, in particular that of
Montagu Iora as thevlllaln, and the sing
ing is rich, complete and Impressive. The
cutting and assembling also are well done,
nut the narrative will not bear Inspection.
It Is full ot Improbabilities of a gross sort.
SYBIL'S JUST PRETTY, r
BUT OTTO? 'ELEGANT!'
Mr. Cawthorn Shows How to
Gild Comedy's Withered
Lilies at the Forrest
Th Sp&nlab Pyrtneea' also on
with
an
ni-
HIPJ HIP! HIPPODROME
Theatrical Legions Descend on Pbllly
.Only "Throe Weeks Ahead"
Yesterday morning Charles Dillingham's
tafr from the New Tork Hippodrome ar
rived in Philadelphia to arrange for the
forthcoming engagement of last year's spec
tacle, "Hp Hip Hooray I" at the Metro
olltan Opera Ho'use, October 14. The en
gagement here is for four weeks only ; and,
side from Philadelphia, only five other
fettles in America have theatres and stages
' large enough tq present this mammoth pro-
ductlon.
. The advance crew Included Harry Askln,
Jnanager of the big New York playhouse;
I Mark A. Luescher, the head of the publicity
.(department ! Charles Ooettler, In charge of
lithe excursion bureau, and the complete
jiecnmcal and mechanical staff of the Hip
podromt. Through the Fidelity Trust Company an
impty store at 1019 Chestnut street was
leased yesterday for a temporary executive
headquarter, and from this convenient
'Jeffloe the work of preparing for the coming
.of the huge organisation will be carried on.
The experts who wilt have charge of In
stalling the tee plant for the manufacture
'fit the real lee used in the skating ballet,
rrilrtlng at St. MorlU," on which Charlotte
"nd other marvelous skater perform, began
;t one Jo set up the refrigerating machln
' yyy. This outfit will be Installed behind a
VUt glass window on the Hroad street side
,jt the Metropolitan Opera House where all
Jiay see it In operation before and durlnr
' performance.
j' Aa Philadelphia Is the only city visited
;m the Bast, except Bcmttiii. excursions will
, ,i,M run to this city from Pittsburgh, Wah-
tncton, Baltimore and other cities.
;)t Altogether this Mill be the moat daring
n4 pretentious touring production ever
Undertaken by any theatrlaal manager.
-ft '
1'' Swdn.AmrIe Line Prosperous
' COPJCNHAfJKX. swt, se-Wh the an
aual meeting of the jawvden-Amerloa Un
Company take place at OotMnburg Oc
tober jo a resolution will l ottered J-
t fusing the tlul atoclc from l.oov.etw
. .u,
9.T .
.
porothy Dalton and Howard Hickman, an
Inre-Trianela. drat hair of the week. "DI
ANE OF THE FOLLIES", with Lillian dish.
a I'ine Arts-1 riansie. latter nan or weex.
ItKOENT "THE nil.DEl) CAOE." with Alice
Brady, a Ilrady-WorM nim.flret half of the
week. "THE 1V1IF.KL OF THE LAW.' with
Emily Htevena, a Metro feature, latter half
of the week.
PALACE "THE Did SISTER." with Ms a Mur
ray, a Paramount 'production, first half of
the week. "THE FIOJITINO PAItSON,"
with Duetln Farnum, a 1'allas, latter half
of the week.
VJCTOMA "THE DAUK PUJWCE." with
Clara Kimball Touna. a World rhotoplay,
nrst half of the week. "THE WJIKKI. OF
THE J.Aty," with Emily Htevena. a Metro.
ativ, M, u.
the week.
VAUDEVILLE
KEITir,B "The Oarden of the World,"
Aditlstda and Huaheai Cecil Cunnlneharat
mela and Roea Ponalllo: "The Prediction'
tth
Car-
Wmmitt watch. Al flerard and Sylvia Clark!
Clark and Verdi; Lillian Qonne and Jlert
Albert: Jack and Kitty Demaoo; Ernette Aes
rlo and company, and the Selur-Trlbune news
nam': the oraat l.am
Derrlok and Hart. In
ana oawtene; ueny
Lynn and company;
rnerj iiiuan
and the Laf,
CH.OBE "Pone of Abraham'
'i mnn mmnann uirii
- ..-"-.."."ir"'.-..-.---.- .-.,-
gtaur anu oam..
Klnkaldi lililey and Lerneri Lillian
UOQ TIP ana company,
bertl and company:
"At th lfovlta": li
and Bauwalnt Jjaker.
limy
Dohertyj
lenye.
WILLIAM PENN Flrat half of week: Lew
Wlnach and company: Billy Wilson. In "In
My Nelshbor'a Oarden") Oeorsa Ilalnea and
company; Fred JJJiaer ana veiue iiacaer;
I anu ini
Wuni and the Morris sisters: William a.
Hart, In "The Patriot." Latter nair of
week: Harney Williams) th. Gordon Trio:
Ward and Van: the Club Trios rTbe Little
irse Hal
Nettie
at m
atter.
Liar."
CROSS KETS Flrat
ailie. jiaicnn
half of week: Bveusall
Is Merbellei "The Myeterloue Wllr'l North
and Kellyi tarpo and H.nlamln. Latter halt
J. --l. Sv.nV.ll and Mile. Helentoi McDon-
-I --A TtABflnndi Nallla Monahal
31 Scnwarts
brotherej Wieners ana uura. ana uoruan ana
Smith, . ...
D-nobbr Walthouri n.ii. ana Keoo.n.
ORANI
lie.
Co
ueeell and Davie, in "Waltera
.,v, Hide Da Lone: tna Jtanaiawa jepai
Mutual comedies ,anT Yathe news plcturea.
UlNBTRBLB
UryNor.r,'.?' AJftZUO.
FIREMEN'S DAILY PERILS
TO BE SnOWN IN MOVIES,
Exhibitions to Cover Course at Training
School
Movlnr pictures, howlng th course of
instruction through wh'.ch Phlladelijhla fire
men are put In the Firemen' Training
School. Seventh and Morris streets, are to
be shown throughout the city, beginning
with an exhibition next Monday at the
Stanley Theater, Market street near BIx
teenth. All th thr.lla that one might get from a
genuinely melodramatic piotur are prom
ld in this pictorial description of how
Philadelphia llremen r lralne4 to save
tir. and property, though the film la My
Presented to th publ.o a a part of a
vlafety-flrst" campaign which ha been
started by th Pepartment of Publlo fiafety.
u ha been spproved by Mayor Thema B.
Bralth and Director William H. Wilson. It
C to be prMntd through arrangiwent
With aply V Mastbaura, of the Wanley
Th view In the Aim will stow lha rescu
of uaconKlou pron d blpbM Invalid,
from burning bultdliHW 5 ok.trU(kw
viotlm bln Uwr4 by rope from big
wiB4owJ '" "WJ ot
kructUtai ' brtdge. and el with
"8ybll." a musical enmedyl bonk bv It. n.
Hmlth and -Harry, Ornhaml muslo by Victor
Jacebll orlslnal libretto by Max Prody and
Frank Martoe, Manairtment Cbarlea Forh
man. rorreet Theater,
Pybll Uenaud .,,.. Julia Sanderson
Grand Uutie Constantlne .,,,... ,Innaldllrlan
Otto ftprecktea ,,. Joeeph Cawthorn
Orand Durheaa Anna ravlona....Itene Detllnt
Oovernor of ltomsk , ,,..Oenrre E. Mack
Captain Paul Fetrow Stewart llatrd
Marsot . ,. ..Queenle Vaasar
Act 1 The Olflra ot the Urand Hotel, llonisk,
tlueala. Act S Room In the Governor's Palace.
Act i Entresol of the Orand Hotel.
"Shs'a too Innocent." said the lady In D.
She meant Sybil, who was coming down
the stairs in a brawn frock,
"Naw," rejoined her husband. 'They like
that kind ot stud."
They certainly did. They (a theaterful)
liked It from elght-flfteen till way past
eleven. They liked Sybil's too frequent sing
ing and her too Infrequent dancing. On the
whole, they liked tho entire operetta, even
though It was more grand opera than mu
sical comedy. They liked the quivering
eyes of the singer, who pretended she was
a grsnd duchess to save a soldier-lover, n
deserter for her sake, from death. For of
such matter was the book to which Mr,
Jacobl had appended his pretentious, often
brilliant and sometimes conventional score.
The composer frequently Justified him
self. With the harp, gllssando, he gave
swift grace to waltie anctent In them
selves. He made martial noise with the
cymbals and drums. The old structure of
the Oermantc operetta he coated over with
a pretty covering .of orchestral paint and
spangles.
Tet "they" (who rule, please remember)
voted Mr. Jacobl as nothing when Mr.
Brian, In all his dapperness, drifted on to
the stage.
"Ain't he nglloT" whispered the lady In D.
"Well, he can't do much else, you know,"
said her husband.
Against backgrounds that began by being
a reflection of tho old American methods of
ecene-contrlvlng, ana ended In something
more like the up-to-date Russian stuff, Mr.
Brian was heroic, wore uniforms nnd
.danced, once with the thistledown-toed
Clssle Sewell. Miss Sanderson smiled her
svelte smile and changed gowns nnd pouted
very daintily. It was all like a miniature
entertainment; all pastel, with no passion
of divine nonsense: the flirted fan and the
discreet ankle were In evidence: Mr. Balrd,
voiceless but valiant, did ths lover sweetly
to Miss Sanderson's heroine.
Then came Mr. Cawthorn. What though
he had thrown his concertina away nnd
given himself red eyebrows? With that
divining sense which Is the artlstlo birth
right ot the comedian Otto reached out and
from tho air caught nnd Imprisoned laugh
ter Idiotic devastating, toxic. He told
how he never met his bills; Just dodged
'em. "Men should dress to match, their
hair." his wife told him. "What about
baldles?" he came back at her, to the tune
of "their" engulfing mirth. He took Inno
cent pleasantries of the nineties and con
verted them Into seeming new ones. He
-told a- Russian dignitary- he looked more
lke Villa every day. Caught in. a flat lie,
he evaded with the plausibility and half
hidden embarrassment of a John Drew.
One Interpolated song (now the property
of the cafes) he did supremely well. '1 can
dance as good as Castle, but with her It's
Just a wrastle," he confided of his spouse.
And with the slightest ot material ha kept
"them" In a Jolly mood through th long
evening.
"He's' elegant!" was the verdict of the
lady In D.
"You bet!" agreed her husband. That
made it. unanimous. B. D.
WAR BALLET HEADS
GOOD BILL AT KEITH'S
Adelaide and Hughes, With
Graceful Dancers, Get
Applause
One of the most beautiful and artlstlo
a legorlcal ballets that has appeared In this
EJ ?.. ? a 1mK ,lme w" K'ver lRl "iKht t
Keith Theater by Adelaide and Hughes
jna a company of fifteen, who appeared In
The Garden of the World."
..Thf-dnc ls nnel on the main events ot
the European war. Civilisation Is won
away from the arms of peace by the plead
inn, of war. who appeared as a ghastly
woman In black. Serbia's Insult to Aus
trla Is pictured; the coming of llussla to
the aid of her' smaller neighbor, tho In
vasion of Belgium and France by tho dor
mans, and the reptile of the Teutons nt
Marne are shown. letter tho United States
appears as the one big nation nt peace,
but her tranquillity Is temporarily threat
ened by Mexico, but the varnplre-llke war
was shunned by civilisation.
Eventually penes triumphs' and civiliza
tion turns to peace nnd America Is shown
as the country which brought It about.
."The Onrden of the World" was written by
J. J. Hughes, who takes the part of Civili
sation In the ballet, and -Is worthv of h!h
praise. Their repertoire also Included "The
Birth taf the Dance," showing the evolution
of the dance.
Cecil Cunningham made a good Impres
sion In her song repertoire, In which she
gles a parody on many nursery rhymes.
Her travesty on nn old-fahloned opera la
exceptionally good.
For the first time Carrnela nnd Hose
Ponxlllo, two Italian girls, appeared In this
city and mndo themselves favorites with
their rendition ot popular and operatic air
which drew a storm of applause.
'The Prediction" Is the name of a play
let original In conception and cleverly pro
duced by Hugh Herbert and a good sup
porting cast. It relates the story ot a
wealthy husband who Is tired of the play
house ana permits his wire to attend the
performance In the company of a frlenl.
An old servant deals a deck of. cards' and
makes a prediction that evil wilt be th
outcome. This prediction I told In nn act
In which the hvr.band kill his wife and her
admirer. In reality the prediction I far
from true, for th wife returns horn de
claring eh would never go to another play
unless her husband attends her, and she
declined an Invitation to dinner after the
play unless her escort would go for her husband.
k Hmmett J. Welch and company of eight
minstrels give an entertainment, mai in
cludes a brand-new lot of Jokes and catchy
songs, and Mr. Welch sings with effect
"When the Kest of tha World Don't Want
You." I
Another dancing act la provided by Ern
ette Asorla and company, who present a
number of dance. "The Dance ot the Ele
ments," which they offer. I a dance In
whloh nature plays It role In the molt
effective way, showing Its sunshine and
happiness and th days ot trouble and
storm,
Clark and Verdi, Italian character enter
tainers, who are known to local theater
goers, were very amusing in their Italian
dialect and had the housn In laughter dur
ing their stay. "Sassy" I.IIIIan Conns anl
Bert Albert appeared In "On Their Way (o
School," which made u look on th pro
gram to see what act was coming next,
Jnck nnd Kitty Demaco, gymnasts, and the
Sellg-Trlbune Motion Pictures compute tha
bill.
Dobby Walthour Nlxon'a Grand
Bobby Walthour and company, trick
cyclists, were the main attraction last night
at the Nixon's Grand Opera House' and won
plenty ot applauao with their tricks on their
bicycles. Balancing, racing and other feat
by Walthour and his associates are meri
torious. Other acts on the bill are "The Evil
Hour," Inglls and Bedding, with a comedy
offering: Maldle De Long, the "baseball
girl," In snappy talk on the national game ;
Cole, Ituisel and Davis In "Walters
Wanted," a funny skit; the Kanaxawa Japs,
Jugglers, and motion pictures.
"In My Neighbor's Garden" Wm. Penn
"In My Neighbor's Oarden." a tabloid
musical comedy, In which Lew Wlnsch,
Irene Law and Billy Wilson are featured,
heads a good bill at the William Penn
Theater thla weak. They are supported by
a pretty chorus.
More merriment was provided on tha
vaudeville side of the bill by George Haines
and company, with th4r funny tU
"Lore, Honor and Obr." Fred Heldwr Mi
Nettle Packer hays a museoAl skit, "A Mm
Without a Story.' white Wayne aaef tk
Morris sitters have k iHiHrln and done
novelty. The feature Mm 1 "Tie, Pfctrt.
featuring William 8. Mart
Leona Lamar, th gtrl with a thewsand
ea," who wm a bHt attraction at,tb Wlav
nam i-enn jasi weex, win man) nor w
appearance the !t three days of tM
SvcnRall at the CreM Keys
The cleverness with whloh flrettfati at
the Croat Keys la able to Interpret Us
wishes ot hi a'udience, and have hi a-,
atstant. Mile. Heleno, at tho ptaM reatsjr
the piece desired without hearheg- thejir
names expressed, borders closely' boon Um
occult. But whether his work be by triejMry
or telepathy the result I a rarely tiefc
talnlng exhibition. Among the otharhefar.
estlng Items on the bill are Anowle Tay.
belle, singing comedienne; North and Kelly,
In a singing and dancing comedy; Lane
and Benjamin, acrobats, and "The JeXyat.
rlou Will." .
"Sons of Abraham" GleiVe
"Sons of Abraham." a dramatic comedy
playlet, with a company of capable perform
er, heads the bill at tha Globe Theater tMei
week. The situations are both clever and
original, and th staging all that om mm
desire. Th Great LamhertI play c-n' va
rious musical Instruments and give nom
excellent characterizations ot weH-krvown
musicians. , ;
"At the Movies," a comedy, Tvlth Berrtek
and UnrC was a good laugh-producer, ami
Billy Klnkald pleased with hla Seoteh
and quaint dialect. Other act on tho bill
that pleased were Baker, Lynn and com
pany In a novelty entitled "The Bieotrln
Boys"; Blxley and Lerner In a repertoire
ot tone ; Lillian Dogherty In a singing1 and
dancing sot, and Bop Tip and his company
of acrobats.
The pictures were up to the minute.
Travesty at Dumont's
The chief, burlesque pieces of th new'
bill at Dumont's Minstrels, Ninth and Areh
streets, Is "The Opening of Earl's New
Store; or. No Moro Bergs." J
George Martin Allman gives a wire-walking
sketch, with Billy Sheldon a a brother
tramp, and Eddie Cassady and Bennle
Franklin, have specialties. Jokes and stories.
Of course, there I a complete new program
ot muslo tor both .principals and ensemble.
Prominent Photoplay Presentations
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Boofaw Gmuww
THE fellowU theaters attain their pictures threats the STANLEY Boektn
Cemoanr, which Is a cuarantee of early snewlnr of toe Hneet preaueUene.
All pleturse reTleite safer eihtbltlon. Aek far , Ike. taealer I year letalltr
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AlnamDra Mat. Datir at Ema. :o .
Paramount Pictures.
FANNIE WARD - "EACHAPS"
CHESTNUT
BELOW 10TH
ARCADIA
.DORoriir Dalton & "oward Hickman
In "TUB JUNQLB CHILD"
APULLaJ hatinkb daii.t
Clco Ridgley and Wallace Reid in
"TUB SELFISH WOMAN"
rT"I llfAMT BJD ABOVB MARKET
BELMONT sj-7avfKftSiKjlS
Pauline Frederick ,n 'iTcaVL-
nerAD eoTH and, ckdaii ave.
CEDAR yAVOVKT THEATER
RITAJOLIVETin
AN INTERNATIONAL MARntAOE"
FAIRMOUNT ?ct1oAahd avenub
Mae Murray and Theodore Robert
In 'THE DREAM GIRL"
FRANKFORD " kbankI?Enub
HAZEL DAWN in
'THE HEART QY JENNIFER"
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VIVIAN MARTIN in
TUB STRONGER LOVE"
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VAUDEVILLE and FEATURE PHOTOPLATB
TONIGHT Amateur Contest
JEFFERSON S0T" """
WALTER LAW in
'THE UNWELCOME MOTHER"
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RHTL'RN ENOAOBMKNT OF
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ROBERT WARWICK in .
"FRIDAY THB 1STH"
WJWT FHItABHJCHIA
bUUUOl Mate, l!30 an4 S:S0. 10c.
Kill., t):30. 8, :S0. 15.
WILLIAM FARNUM A KATIinYN WILLIAMS
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Market St Theater 3"siebt
MABEL TALIAFERRO in
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Betsie Banriscale and Charles Ray
fn "HOME"
101S MARKET
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HARRY CAREY in
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RFfsFNT ,M MARKET STREET
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Alice Brady ,. 'n .
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R1AI TO OERMANTOWN AVE.
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