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XT WEEK: "COMMON CLAY," AT THE GARRICK; KELLERMANN FILM AT THE CHESTNU
ystcries of Marketing
Million-Dollar
M
ovies
William Fox Spent a Fortune on "A Daughter
of the Gods" and How He Can Get
It Back Again
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By ROGER W. BAUSON
.. tttloxclno article ! Roger W. B
t!2Z, America1 teeAlng authority
rV
an
Bat.
on
iIiuiiih. olve on InsloM not
rtZt the cep which William Fox vpve.
lZor. llcrbtrt Brtnon, in Ins pro-,
A th faicinatino angle of the mow-
wrf Industry oy wntn fiv .j, v
from an nvermen wno wuuiu
i .rrfUan theatrical production.
Mirnoh. Kr. Batton 'and ilr.
ivgeett two opposite method of
nff 10 ICCWrw ins aumw fivjiiuvif
rLT on the Island of Jamaica, I
-a -.-. T)a wVia !$
wltn iiermii. "i" ".. ....
I hit reputation as tho dlrectqr of "Nep-
I Daughter") while he, was preparing a
'Ur at a cost of perhaps (1,000,000!
(about geometrical progression 1 Here Is
In cost of production from 110,000
1(0,000 In five years ana wen rrom
a to lt.000,000 In only ono yean
the setting of this new play an old
eh fort was necessary. o tho sunny
iiiwtre searched In order to Bet one.
lleost suitable one was found half under
near Kingston. Jamaica, it was
Fort Augusta. To pump out tho
' drain the land, kilt the mosquitoes
j ail In cost JlOO.ooo. uui una was
the beginning.
i story msde It necessary ht a Moor
Selty should be built behind thla fort.
I IMs city must bo a real palace, an actual
i mtrket, stores of all kinds and every-
: else that ono sees In an old Moorish
Moreover, these stores must bo run
seeds cloth, pottery, boskets, provisions.
WsJ-ths streets must bo full of, people and
Eta?the people must be black and have
rsrrsstal costumes.
i 'Men a city was built, so that when a
..Mater entered the harbor of Kingston,
E;Jajefea, In February of this year this new
j, jmm City was more in oviaenco uniu was
htf JOngiton Itself. It Is certainly more
ular. To build this city is sam to
ave jeost between (300,000 and MOO, 000.
r transplant one coeoanut tree cost 2uu,
i It cost S1000 lust to repair a soniry
'mi the old wall.
Bk the building of the city was only a
'art of the expense. As I have said. It
Ftieet b populated, and nil of the Inhabi
ted to bo hired at rrom &u cents a
MsgV Upward. The day I was there 750
batters were performing. For the day on
nWt I left Jamaica more than 3000 were
asaac ed and some days tho number ran up
It HvO, all of whom must be provided with
wiitooes and many with helmets, epcars
:ar hews and armor.
i' 'And yet this great Moorish city, costing
SWf a million dollars, is only one scene of
Rate lory.
, But' all this expenditure is based on rea
sjefCXThe only wonder Is that more people
S'iH'.not have tho sense to anticipate such
peawvemenis. Any one wno naa stoppea
i ttilnk It over could easily have foreseen
nithe presentation of any big spectacle
t sure to be a money-making proposition
ttfcoift the slightest risk. This is a result
t the" law of averarai.
When a- regular theatrical company la
flensed to stage some great plrfy with a
fstoeus star. It can appeal each night to
aly one audience. If the' house Is, full and
(Ms one audience Is .receptive It Is "a profita
ble iavestment. but If not It falls. At the
;saet'-the receipts are, limited to the seats
tt OM. theater and for the time belne to the
r htasiof one community. With movie pro-
. im ii is entirely aircerent.
nnen a movie company gets a big star
Tempest on Tights
WHERE is no training in tho world
- use uioi wnicn one Rets by having
to put on a pair of tights, dancing
down to the footlights and singing,
ringing and singing. Whether a
girl aspires
to play Lady
Macbeth or
ingenue roles,
I would
prcscribo the
same train
ing. Indeed,
so great an
advocate am I
of the musical
comedy
school that I
will go so far
as to say-that
it is an ex
cellent sub
stitute for
the n,o w
rSMisisH
'WisM.
SJUBIB TEMPEST
sribund stock comnanv svstem! the
Sing of which is being lamented
i as much in England as it is
... .'. In certain respects musical
wwy offers greater and better op
portunities in a season or so to
ssjeter technfmii ay ntli.f t atfr,..!.!
I "jfcihe big essentials of technique,
T-,, HiiBiii, require years oi stocK
Tiny apprenticeship.
Sn.V50rlt.!t ",n PP"" hundred or a
thousand of the films almost aa cheaply as
.i- ".. rc5ult ,hs movlB company that
employs the star can show Its play with
Hfr'i1 . inr-t thousand theaters each
night Instead of at only one. This not only
n J!t P"lucers of movie play, an In
finitely greater field to draw upon, but their
eggs are not all in one basket.
Instead of being dependent upon the
wmms of one community at a time they are
appealing simultaneously to a thousand
cities. In view of this the law of averages
makes the movie production a real Invest
ment, while the name thing for the old
rashloned Ilroadway theatrical manager
would be a foolish gamble.
So far as the most trusted experts see.
tho amusement field will always continue
. ma KI-cai money-maklng opportunity
ror tho mbvle people. I asked Herbert
Urenon, who has produced the greatest
shows up to this time, to shut his eyes and
tell me what ho thought the movies would
be doing ten years hence. Said hoi
The nrst development, which Is already
In progress, will be toward longer reels or.
rather, longer productions. Instead of hav
ing half a doxen different plots shown In
one evening, or even two or three, the entire
evening will be devoted to one production.
TtitT. to 8Ucl1 Productlons as 'The Birth of
n Nation.' 'Neptune's Daughter.' etc The
new creation. The Daughter of the Gods.'
will be along these lines.
'These longer plays will Inevitably lead
to long runs. For Instance, Instead of the
movie houses In New York thinking that
they must have a change onco or twice a
week, they will be content to run The same
production for several months or an entlro
season. After a play runs In the leading
theaters of five or six big cities the pro
ductlon will bo shown In other cities. Grad
ually It will appear In smaller and smaller
places.
This gives a long life to a play, a life of
at least Ave to ten years. This has Its com
mercial aa well as Its sentimental value.
Although the prlco to the theater for the
use of the reels will decrease aa tho size
of tho city decreases, yet the number of
cities In which tho production will be
shown will rapidly Increase as their site
diminishes.
"For Instance, the first year the producers
might get 150,000 each from five theaters,
making a total of $250.000 : tho second year
they might get only J5000 from each the
ater, but they would be receiving an Inrnma
from fifty theaters; whllo threo years later
they might receive only $250 per theater,
but a thousand theaters would be showing
in these remarks of Mr. Drenon's h
touched on the great economlo possibilities
of the game. Nothing succeeds without a
reason, henco there Is a real reason why
the movie business fa such a financial suc
cess, and always will be. It bears the same
relation to the amusement Held that the
chain stores beur to tho merchandising
field.
When a cast plays In the old way Its
Income Is absolutely limited each day to the
capacity of the theater. Hence there Is al
most a physical limit to the amount of
money which can be spent profitably In
producing a play to be shown along the old
lines. When a cast, however plays to the
movie .camera Its efforts can b8 shown every
night to thousands of audiences. Moreover,
these audiences are not confined to any one
country, as pictures aro a universal
language. With this thought In mind. It will
be seen that there really Is not so much
risk In spending a million dollars for one
production before the camera as In spending
a few thousand dollars for one Broadway
production to be shown along the old lines.
THE MAMMOTH MAGIC OF THE SCREEN
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IT WILL BE FROSTY
AT THE "MET"
TONIGHT
This last week work was completed at
the Metropolitan on a new stage, which
will permit the Introduction of a complete
pond of feal Ice, as one of tho features of
the Hippodrome show, "Hip. Hip, Hooray 1"
which comes to Philadelphia tonight.
It remained for Charles Dillingham to
often at' the Hippodrome last season one
of the few real novelties the theatrical
world has been seen In recent years, the Ice
spectacle, which closes "Hip, Hip. Hooray 1"
and entitled. "Flirting at St. Morltr."
Varied uses of the Immense pool In the
Hippodrome have, been made ever since
the great show place opened Its doors.
Always until thla .last season these uses
have been associated with the employment
of water In some form. But last season
marked the first time that, this most novel
feature of the show place was froxen solid
and used for the presentation on the stage
of a genuine winter scene.
For the first time In tho history of stage
effects Philadelphia theatergoers will see
a pool 51x46 feet In size and complete
ly filling every Inch of the largest stage
In this State, employed In a skating scene.
The stage mechanics have finished con
structing a new stage cut Into sections
approximately twelve by six feet These
sections rest on a framework of Iron gir
ders, which are supported by a series of
mammoth pistons four In number. To
make tho ice stage possible, the Iron
structure has been lowered to a depth of
eighteen Inches. Upon this framework
there is placed a system of pipes, through
which Is run brine treated to a fine spray
of hot water. When the hot water has
evened the Ice to a level surface, the plant
Is started to work and a new coat of about
one-eighth of an Inch refrozen.
"Mr.Lazarui
Tkc New Year i '
Greatest Failure
So New York May Spcuk
of the Worthy Litt!
Comedy
Just a comer from tho new photoplay spectacle, "A Daughter of tho Gods," in which William Fox will present Annctto Kellcrmann nt tho Chestnut
Street Opera Houso next week. Here wo see tho Moorish city built in Jnmaica for the taking of this single picture and a part of tho armies of
supernumeraries which battled for its possession.
REALISM WHILE
THE ACTORS
EAT
"do get a story out of the stage luncheon
at tho AdelphI," commanded the dramatic
editor. "Make It real! tell 'Just what the
actors said while eating between the two
matinees. Actuality; that's whaj wo want"
Tho party followed the "milkmen's mat
inee" at 10 o'clock, a distinct novelty.
Here Is what happened, at least to one
pair of ears:
"Ladles, bo seated. . . .Hey, an olive please
....Myrtle, got anything on your hip?....
Tea, pads, my dear. . . .The obese old thing
said. . . .No, thank you, Mr. Blumberg. I hate
those pink drinks.... Well, she turned per
fectly purple with envy. and....Heav
ns, he's going to set off a flashlight....
Ooh.what a smell 1 ... .Turned 'em away. In
Baltimore.... Page, this Is swell soup.,..
Just sign your name on this place-card,
wlllya? I want It for Krmengarde....Oh.
Mr. Undo, you, too,...Jolson is a grand
performer, but oft stage,... They say they
take the left-over cocktails and turn 'em
Into hair oil.... Who AKB those high
brows, butting In here?....Sah, Olgal let
the poor old scribes have a potato or two.
They' look klnda skinny.,.. Ladles, Only
nfteen mlnuies till the overture... .Oh.
WILL you let me .finish my Ice creamt....
Whoops, there's Lady Dult-Oordon and
Madame Butterfly.... Pardon me. please, I
noticed you weren't, drinking yours.... At
the Walton, four years. ago, Len....I wish
he wouldn't do the Chaplin act with his
soup.... But Miss -McManus, you haven't
consumed a thing.... Curtain, curtain, and
be careful of tho cigarettes.... Yes, It was
vurry nice.... Hurry, girls,..."
All of which proves the oft-doubted
theory that actors do eat And how's the
above story for realism?
THEATRICAL JOT
TINGS PROM HERE
AND THERE
The Broad has some excellent players in
prospect Following "Wo Grande." which
opens a week from Monday, come Laurette
Taylor and Otis Skinner. The vehicle in
which Mr. Skinner will visit his native city
for the first time In many- seasons Is
"Mister Antonio," a comedy by Booth
Tnrklngton now vlslblo In New York. Mr.
Skinner plays the part of an organ grinder.
Miss Taylor Is due on November 13 in a
new play by her husband, J, Hartley Man
ners, who wrote "Peg o' My Heart" 1 It is
called "The Harp of Life."
"Katlnka" Is doing too well In Boston to
cast an eye of Interest In the direction of
Philadelphia Just yet So, Instead, patrons
of the Lyrlo will see 'The Olrl from Brazil"
on October, 23. The new piece Is, a musical
comedy now on Broadway which starts with
a scene In Norway and ends In the troplq
climes of Brazil. Hlgmund Jlomberg, com
poser of many a Winter Garden show and
Interpolator to' "Her Soldier Boy," wrote
tho music, . '
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Grand Slam A Game
of Critical Contrasts
PERCY HAMMOND, dramatic critic of the Chicago Tribune,
has invented a new game. He calls it "Separating tho Sheep
From tho Goats," but "Grand Slam" would bo a better name.
To begin with, you have to have a Constant Reader. Tho Constant
Reader asks the Dramatic Critic for a guide to his "baffling opin
ions," and tho "guide," for some absurd reason, is supposed to bo
a list of examples of tho worst acting which tho critic has seen
and another list of tho best.
Of course, tho whole point of tho game is that tho Dramatic
Critic tries as hard as possible to provide a whimsical set of con
trasts. Hero are some of Mr. Hammond's lists.
oood
Mary Miles Mlnter In'TheLlttlestnebel."
Frank Keenan In "The Olrl of the Golden
West"
Barney Bernard In "Potash and Perlmut
ter." Xaxttnova as Ileglna In "Ghosts" On Rus
sian). Lee Sterrett as the chief of police In
"Seven Keys to Baldpate."
David Warfield, In 'The Auctioneer."
Herman Lteb In "Dodc."
lng of tho Kthel Barrymore In "A Doll's House."
John Mason In "Common Clay" (second
act).
Henry Irving In "Louis XI."
Maude Adams In "The "Legend of Leo
nora," Forbes-Robertson In "Caesar and Cleo
patra." As a matter of fact, success in this game of critical contrasts
isn't at all difficult. Make as honest a list as you can ; take your
eye resolutely off tho gallery, limit your choice to seven bad and
seven good cases and your field to the last year in Philadelphia
and still you can't help producing an amusing mixture. Here are
the lists of tho Evening Ledger's critic:
BAD
a II. Bothern In "The Two Virtues."
Zelda Sears In 'The Show Shop."
Mme. Yorska In 'Through the Ages."
Robert T. Haines In 'Through tho Ages.'
Oroce deorge In "Major Barbara."
The whole cast In 'The Two Janes."
AH but ono player In "Sport of Law."
What about our readers? Whom would they put in tho
pillory and whom on the throne?
And tho movies? How about the screen candidates for the
House of Correction and Carnegie medals? K. M.
BAD
Maude Adams In "Chantecler."
Mrs. Flsko In 'The High Itoad."
nichard Mansfield In "Old Heidelberg."
Thomas W. Shea In 'The Bells."
Naxlmova In "War Brides."
William Olllette In "Diplomacy."
John Mason In "Common Clay" (third actX
Robert Mantell In "Hamlet"
a W. Bothern In "Hamlet"
F, R. Benson In 'Hamlet"
Sarah Bernhardt In "Hamlet'V'
Forbes-Robertson In "Tho raislr
Third Floor Back."
GOOD
Haldee Wright in 'The Two Virtues."
George Sidney In 'The Bhow Shop."
Cyril Maude In "Grumpy."
Frederick Perry In "On Trial,"
O. P. Heggle In "Androclea. and the Lion.."
Ernest Olendlnnlng In' "JJxperlence,"
Mary Boland In "Sport of Law."
FRANCIS X AT HIS
PHOTOPLAY
ZENITH
Poor supporting companies are Just as
frequent In tho movies as In the legitimate,
and on that account It's pleasant to credit
the Mero Company wlh n good mark for
their cast of "Romeo nnd Juliet" which
comes to the Victoria Theater for tho en
tire week of October 23. There are a
number of capital players from the speak
ing stage among the aggregation of per
sons supporting Francis X Bushman and
Beverly Bayne, cinema stars puro and
simple, though Mr. Bushman used to bo
before the footlights. Some have been
successful In Shakespeare In particular.
Fritz. Letter, the Mercutto, Is certainly
remembered In Philadelphia for his many
appearances with Robert Mantell In
Shakespearean repertory. W. Lawson
Butt, brother of the singer, Clara Butt,
made a favorable Philadelphia Impression
In 'Tho Garden of Allah," at the Forrest
some years ago. Her now plays Tybalt
Robert Cummlngs was once with the
Orpheum Players, nnd Lionel Belmore
was stage manager for Favcrsham during
local engagements. Kthel Mantell, who
enacts Rosaline, Is the daughter of the
noted tragedian.
Robert Vivian used to act In Ben
Greet's company. In the Metro piece ho
does a member of the Capulet family.
Lewis SeaJy came here In Shaw's "Fanny's
First Play." 14 P. Sullivan Is always re
called for his Impersonation of tho Henry
Irving part In 'Tho Bella" when It was
taken for the movies by Reliance. We
hardly havo to suggest to you who Violet
Hall-Calne Is, do we?
Waiting a bit before telllnr rhita
phlans about plays seen In New.Yrtt
Is sometimes a very good thing. 'The ,
spectlve of time plays many pleasant Is".'
For Instance, It enables the nvsmfrsaj
Lcooen's crltlo to write a commewdatety .
revlow of "Mr. Latarus" and to call It the l
season's grentest failure For this irf
comedy by Harvey J. O'HIgglns and Mej
rlet Ford had decided points when It deoa-j.
rated the Schubert Theater a couple M.
weeks ago ; and now, alas I it Is departed.. ,
Some people treasure the absurd noUM.1
that America ought to be producing play. I
wrlghts In tho Image of Ibsen. Shaw, Oats, j
worthy, Plnero. They expect writers el
mordant realism, philosophic comedy, sj-.j,
phlstlcated drama Mtncrva-like to sprhMf'
full-armed from a brain that hasn't yet thai'
Jovian development of the age-old Conti
nent. Quite properly the American play
wrights are doing nothing of the kind. I
Neither they nor their plays make pretense
at th'n "Intellrctual" : America has been tee)
I busy living and making. But our theater
has evolved a type of homely, simple, slang- ,
iui comeay lorn is iuii oi smaii ana ac
curate sketches of our average life today; f ,
If sometime we achieve a drama of Intel- i
lectual and emotlonat power. It will be a If
natural evolution from the plays and play-t,
wrlghts of today that are content to picture4
our life and grow with It Men like George P
M, Cohan lead these legions. The authors! "
of "Mr. Latarus," narvoy O'HIgglns adJ
Harriet Ford, deserve a very honorable l
place because they write about what' they iv
know and )hey don't strain as do some ot
our Cohans for violent comic "points."
"Mr. Lazarus" Is a comedy with an,
elaborately farceful Idea which ts firmly an "9
consistently prevented from running away 1
with tho humanness of the story. Briefly,,
Mr. Lazarus Is a gentleman 'who returns H
from tho dead. Once upon a time twenty
years ago he was one John Molloy. honey-
mooning on an express train that became
a burning wreck. Loss of memory and
some othor incidentals put him In the -permanently
missing class. So when John re
turned as a prosperous man under the
nnmo ot Laznrua he found his wife and .his
posthumous daughter slaving In a boarding
house to provide support for a new hd
of the family. A number of other things.,
such as an art student with the usual thin
pocket but a quiet, unconventlal rente of
humor; a love affair between thla young'
man and the daughter and sundry financial
trickeries of the new husband, kept Mr,
TAzarus very busy straightening out hl(.
family through four pleasant acts. Ulti
mately his love for his daughter and his'
desire for existence as a man with a name,
wero overborne by the exactions of living
with the querulous, atrange woman who
was onco his wife and Mr, Lararus de
parted. Behind him ho left the message.
-rue deaa cannot return."
SIGMUND ROMBERG
IS A LYRIC MAN
INDEED
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Most of the musical numbers In 'The
Olrl From Brazil," the new musical comedy
.coming to the Lyric, are of American make,
although they have the old Vienna flavor.
In other words, about half of the present
score was written In New Vork by Blg-
mund Romberg, who wrote Incidental num
bers for "Her poldler Boy," too, while the
remainder represents What Robert Wlnter
berg wrote for the original production In
Vienna. "Her Soldier Boy" Is now at the
Is a bit of Romberg biography for
the composer's admirers;
Romberg came to this country six years
ago. He had studied In Vienna under
Vleter Henbergtr, composer tof many mu
sical ceHiedlM! but on his arrival here
Romberg found It would be necessary, It
he was to achieve reel popularity, to sup
plement his olassloal training with a vigor-
(qua course of .experimentation In American
ragtime, ror tnree years no appnea Him
self' to this .form ot oompeeltlon. at the
same time studying the Bngllsh language
and It relation to the art of putting a
song over the footlights.,
That hla preparation had Its reward is
nroved by the fact that he la responsible
for the score of seven Winter Garden shows
and. has never been allowed by the ShuberU
to work for any other producers. Among
the' MMoesees (6 Romberg's eredlt are;
"XaUMn America," '.'A.WwrW ef l'leaaure."
Which onUlned ,- "Mtise PtoM of
Pan"; 'The Whirl of th Wort. with
Ha "AMfclaji Nights' Kant! Tt Passing
Hfaow of ltli." lesneinlitfed far Ms "Ooaar
Kkwyyan": "te MJdnlffct OM." the
fMR -Veal of Bo4 mttm.
(Twins, Jr.."
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JANE COWL HAS
NOTHING TO DO
TILL 8:15
Jane Cowl, who holds the envied position
of remaining continuously In New York city
for nearly four years In two roles of two
plays. Is one of the busiest women of the
stage, on the stage, for the stage.
You enter her dressing room and And her
reading MSS, ot plays. Miss Cowl will tell
you she la looking Into the far future.
Success to be maintained, (he will tell you,
must be constantly worked for. Thsre la no
contentment on the stage, Mlia Cow knows
only too well The life work of the woman
lotto continue to keep before the theater
loving public that art for which she Is
known and which she has earned only
through the long vigils of labor and ambl
tlon. Miss Cowl, with the exception of musical
productions, reads every MS that comes
Into the Woods offices In New York. and. It
Is a dull day that does not find her finish
Ug the copious notes of five plays a day to
be'sent on to Mr, Woods. She has her sear1
retary do the actual work, but the .mental,
werk Is all her own.
Another Interesting phase of this work; is
the method employed. Hither lw her dress-
lng room or hotel siuarters Jane cowl -sets
the stage" and reads aloud the entire play
to her audience, which kometima la her
ecrMary, another time her maid, often the
manager of the company and the actor as
well, and occasionally the road agent and
bl pale. In ttalf way, J gets the. true
nrit at tha faiisar and' And wttetiir the
Vay, .which might a4 siUfttb vny well,
worth considering,.
Ane way aw yu. suvsme nm nmn is as
ali thU work? For the set miiiii t
Uaue titer fmajM Caa to
FOOTBALL REVISED
By JOE CAWTHORN
MR. OAWTHORN I tell you,
Duke, I consider football the
greatest game that was ever in
vented. I never sco a lino body of
men racing out to the field of deadly
combat that my bosom docs not
heave with pride and enthusiasm.
It reminds mo of my younger days.
Mr. Brian (the Duke) So you
used to pjay football, did youT
Mr. Cawthom Did I. play foot
ball? Why, I was considered onp, of
the greatest drawbacks on our team.
From "Sybil."
It Is an Interesting, If uot exacting,
fnble. What made It seem Just a little
more than ordinary was the kindly ob
servation of life which the authors brought
to Its telling. They wero qualities which
America Is developing, but Which It doesn't
always contol with so even and judicious
hand. "Mr. Lazarus" Is a big step ahead
for tho authors ot 'The Dummy" and "The'
Argyle Case."
As for the acting, that Is Presumably '
mine very mucu oi me past, jjui it en
bo recorded that Henry Dlxey. w'ho'plk
the title part la still n skillful' comedl
William T. Clarke nnd Florins' Arri
played with their familiar unction1; 'ts
American stage acquired- two Intelligent
nnd original young players In Eva 'It;
Oalllenne and Tom Powers, and that George
Henry Trader did an excellent bit of stage -j '
direction In Its staging. What more can
you ask of a "failure"? It M.
AS KIPLING SAID,
"IT'S ANOTHER
STORY"
When Belle Story, tho young American
soprano, who comes to Keith's next week,
roaches the grand opera stage she will have
attained the position for which she has been
striving for several seasons. Miss Story
started as a choir singer, went on the con
cert stage, has been featured In musical
comedy and ts now a headllner In vaudeville,
so that she has tried almost every branch
of entertainment In the musical line.
When she won a child her voice attracted
the attention of those wllo recognized In her
a vocalist with a future; Miss Story's father
Is a minister. His parsonage, near Pitta
burgh,, offered very little opportunity for
the girl to advance her musical edueatten
A career of a choir soloist had been map
out for her,, but It was not long after, e
first appeared at a concert in Pittsburgh
that she wan taken up by some peseta
jiromlnont In musical circles and sent to
New York, whero she finished her vooal
training under a Well-known teacher, , ,,
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