EXT WEEK'S PLAYS: "RIO GRANDE," AT BROAD; "THE GIRL FROM BRAZIL," AT
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- A Repertory Theater
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Some Reflections by the Distinguished Auth
"Rio Grande ' and'Hcad -of the
Frohman Company
or ot
mHAT a repertory theater using Shake
m Mi play with worthy revivals of Eng-
can ucresea
nnd such worth
while new plays
a can be ob
tained wouM be
an Immense m
ctal benefit la
not to bo de
bated. Its Influence
would be upon
the general pub
llo aa well as
upon Its own
special public.
It would also
greatly a ft e c t
the dramatlo
writers ot the
eou n try : It
would directly
elop the actors In Ua own engagements
and. Indirectly and slowly, th theatrical
profession In general.
i intend that It would be self-support-
ling would be too optimistic Sufficient ex-
eerlments nave neen mnuo ... ..........
lines both by regular managers nnd by
poblle-nplntcU cltltens to leae the question
bi doubt Such an enterprise would require
for some time a regular endowment, per
bap, annually decreasing, but of real Im
portance to begin.
The question to bo. considered In launch
leg such an enterprise would be perhaps
not In the order of their merit, but In the
order of their necessity: first., the least
loss to the backers, next the shortest road
to self-support, nnd third the policy assuring
the widest Influence.
On the practical side. It seems to me
that good Judgment would prompt the en
gagement of n. permanent compnny of actors
as a nucleus, not exceeding In number IB,
to be assisted by players occasionally en
peed. and. of course, re-engngcd as often
as possible. The smnller parts would bo'
occasionally recruited from tho senior class
of the Sargent school. In which one finds
excellent material equipped with everything
except the practice that consecutive play
ing gives, and ultimately senior students
from a school that the theatre would estab
lish for Itself, alone or In co-operation with
1 come excellent Institution already nt work.
r l The nucleus of 1 5 permanent piayers snouia
be ghen engagements for nt least two years
St respectable living salaries of perhaps
one-half the amount they could command
In regular engagements elsewhere. This
halt salary should be augmented by a pro
rata Interest In the profits ot the enterprise.
"Profits" may sound a little mocking when
By AUGUSTUS THOMAS
WORDLESS SCREEN
IS COMING, SAYS
MISS YOUNG
That the so-called '""silent drama" will
never attain Its highest form ot expression
"until all wording matter Is eliminated from
Efthe screen Is the bejlef ot Clam Kimball
E Young, whoso new production, "The Com-
IJmon Law," will be first seen at tho Stanley
Monday,
According to Miss Young, the use of
titles Is rapidly dying out, and her greatest
ff ambition is to produce the first real "silent
Wf . .. ... ...Ml W.. 1.. .. . !.....
i vi u.a kiccii win uu iiiv t. vi t-imi
aciers.
The best example ot what n perfect
motion nlcture should be." said Minn Ynonr.
' ln a recent Interview, "is the French pan
tomime now nlavlne at the Booth Thenler.
tt'New Tork, 'Pierrot the rrodlgal.' At I
wsicnoa me performance ot mis unique
M creation I "was Impressed Immediately with
ilia message as to the possibilities of the
"'photoplay, I left the theater determined
not to rest until I find a scenario which can
be presented upon the screen na 'Pierrot' Is
upon the stage, Irua consecutive, unbroken
story, so clear In Its action tnat there need
not be a single caption or title or explan
atory note. We did not need the three
paragraphs that are printed In the program
to understand the meaning of each moment.
each gesture. This was partly because of
'the pantomlmlsta, partly through the
charmingly descriptive musical score ancj
partly because the story Is one ot the funda
mental human emotions family affection,
passion, extravagance, repentance, forgive
ness, heroism.
H i ncro is noining in an mis tnat can-
to ne none in the photoplay. We have
th) players: we can have muslo written to
, accompany the picture, but thus far we
nave not developed the story, or scenario,
which forms the basis of our work, to such
a point ot perfection that It tells Itself.
The silent drama does not literally fulfill
Its function Is not, really "silent so long
as any captions remain."
applied to a concern that Is not. self-sustaining,
but (he nharo which the actor
should have should be In road profits of
plays which he had helped create In the
theatre. (
it Is not well In a casual consideration
Ilka this to burden the proposal with de
tnlls. but there would work out a system
whereby actors leaving the company at the
,end of a stated term would carry Irrevo
cable Interest In the rights that they had
acquired.
Out ot a possible season of 40 weeks each
year, four or six weeks should be devoted
to Shakespeare ; and these weeks should fall
during the ChrlMmns and Kaater holidays.
wnen me young people from the colleges
nnd schools, with a curiosity for the pla)s,
would be nallable aa audiences.
The revivals of American and English
plays should tend to establish a repertoire
of tho'e dramas which form more or less a
connected history of our people and their
achievements; and these should be the stop
gaps In the regular season, between Shake
speare and the new plaja In which there Is
reason to suppose the most considerable
part of the theatre's revenue would likely be,
Tfie theatre should seek to establish con
nections with amateur clubs organised In
Its Interest throughout the country and
given special Inducements from Its reper
toire; also with the arloua drama socle
ties, the Drama tongue amV the Kduca
tlonal Playern; and It should have a policy
of decency that would mske such associa
tions unarrald of the connection.
Tho enterprise should be housed In a the
atre big enough for the heroic effects of
Shakespeare nnd yet sufficiently moderate
In size for the production of tne modern.
Intimate drama
THE ONLY WAY TO LOOK DOWN ON "HIP' HIP HOORAY"
NEW YORK SEES
FINE FRENCH
- PANTOMIME
Wlnthrop Ames has signalized his re
turn to management after more than a
year's absence' by the Importation of a
polished French pantomime, "Pierrot the
Prodigal." The reviewers praised Its
charming and delicate artificiality to the
skies some because they really liked the
sort of thing, some" because they thought
they ought to. and some because they ad
mired the wonderful pantomimic acting of
M. Paul Clerglt, and treasured a dozen
comlo nnd sentimental highlights set against
an exquisite scenlo background.
If you are, try, very fond of Louis XV
drawing rooms, you will "Just adore" this
absolutely flawless bit of conventional and
mannered pantomime. There are n couple
of loving parents In white chalk nnd an old
gown. There la a young lady In knicker
bockers who is supposed to be n son Just
feeling nil oats. In their Bowing he Is assist
ed by a madly red-hatred vlllirgo wanton who
lures him nway to the great city. While his
parents grleo, he leads a gay life, until
money runs short nnd a lecherous old
nobleman turns up. Then mademoiselle dis
appears, while iioor little Pierrot Is off
stealing gold with marked cards to keep
her love. Home, then, and forgiving par
ents. It Is all carried off in the customary
mannered method of Continental pantomime
against a hnely llttlo gray-green cottage
room and a marvelous salon ot rosy lace.
To some tastes there Is Just a bit too
much ot this charm and grace In a whole
evening's entertainment. Just aa there was
too much wordless lgor (or some tastes In
"Sumurun." Halt of It as part ot a double
might please more people. For, frankly,
a great deal ot the first act bores people
with a desire for vigor and life and fun.
But even that first act has the unapproach
ably clever scene of M. Clerglt's old man
reading the newspaper, while the whole
second act la a delight, and the piteous
prayer of the mother at the end la worth
a long Journey, And there are some who
find the whole tale rarely and extraordi
narily entertaining It Is a personal matter
and Louis XV Is tho talisman.
Hut whatever one feels about the length
of the entertainment, there Is, one large and
unmistakable element of charm besides the
faultless setting. And that is the playing.
Each member ot the cast has his trained
perfection, but the acting ot M. Clerglt as
the father Is beyond words. A dignified,
yet whimsical personality, to begin with.
Then a rich sense of humor and a Gallia
flaro for facial and bodily play. When M.
Clerglt reads "aloud" the evening paper by
the smallest bits ot pantomime, the crea
tion Is at Its highest aa a work of genius
In a little known field.
Whether Philadelphia ever sees "Pierrot
the Prodigal'" Is a very large question. It
behooves any lover of acting who happens
to be on Broadway to step around the cor
ner of Forty-fifth street and meet M, Cler
glt at the Booth. k. M.
A PAIR OF PEACHES y WILL A. PAGE
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; Being a congestion by the preti representative fa whom tne city own all the remark-
at! publicity stunts "pulled ojfu In conneclton with "Experience." Whether O, Henry
eugpeited tho episode or " episode igelrd 0. 11 enrv, tee leavp to the reader' judgment.
BSBSye ' '.Jl.ii i ijmei' . I urn i..i i i i iw miM.. jw w . ii.iw, i.iip nl .n i.iiw Do VOtl lmmYuf
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DO you mtmir
the story that p.
Henry wrote about a
young bride, who In
midwinter conceived
a sudden desire to eat
a peach and whose
young husband, a pu
gilist, had a gambling
house raided bo he
coUld procure one of
the peaches which was
part of the free lunch
and give It to his
brldeT And that story
almost had Its dupli
cate In real lire last
wetk at the Adelphl
Theater, when Pastlon,
In the play "Experi
ence," conceived a sud
den p a a I o n for a
peach and could not
go Qn with the per
formance until she
bad procured tho de
sired fruit, Of course,
the humorous will say
that Passion Is a
"peach" herself and
did not need another
t peach, but the fact re
1 mains that right In the
; I nee at the Thursday
matinee Miss Dorothy
Newell spoke right out
and said ta the stage
manager: ,
- 'l must haye a
peach before I can go
on w lf)i the perform
snoe." . i
Stage managers
lrnow ot mil uuta e
rzi whlrns of prima
! donnas, but this Is the
nrsi time an actress
baa ever threatened to
"! ihim a l!nfttnna?'' a iked Passion tremU.0U1y,
0,.t . .ver iBrMianMi in
ld up perfornnc until some one gava her a pawn, VhiWJ2f-ltaU,,y
at a.. A .u- n ji - r. .1.-.- ,a . ie thv nAuld Una any eaeiiMi for sals.
d In the meantime Mtaa Newell'a appetite eaceeded.aU bounOa.
V . . impelled by one of thoe strange' desire wwen W?"!'??.?.?,, aT
Wklih battle all peyoholoaUU. Mlea Newell left the stage aatranee . attired In
h'ti e0,u' f Paalton, 1mA )b Wroa4 daylight walked up to the corner ot Haca jtreet,
L Jhere. there Is an UaUaa fruit 4d. wirere e found all tfce ohee ebe -MttA.
P to the MUD dooiT ofthe AJUtalsl Theater to ooAtinue the persorwianoe, Now, will aM
r wtlu,rity,iSovlir phiTSl Wteta Just wi lmtlJmk i. je
ll WMai.eachTKuStjkW
WL it,
m' m rawrfUla mlI 1 nul
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n r if r r i r it ! Tiiri 11 fun .s n m i &
iT.Mttiy ,ov v'wmWm. V ' Iht
Donald Brian Wants ,
Color Upon tne Screen
"
Star of "Sybil," Delving in Kia Movin-Piotur B-V
pcricncca, Finds This the
Greatest Lack
4
I TflfaJi'v
What SUIT Artist Hanlon shw trom tho clectrlclnn's brtdgo nt tho Metropolitan,
Hipping Around Behind the Hippodrama
EXPLOniNO the Hippodrome show, "Hip
Hlplloornyr at the Metropolitan, is nn
exhaustive, not to say exhausting, job. You
startwlth the whirring, churning. Inexplic
able Ice machine In the well-exposed win
dow on the Broad street side of the big
building, and your adventuring leads you
through labyrinths of gigantic props, queer
lights, and drops and wing, and you wind
up In the auditorium with, a feeling ot
childish ennui It Is al so Involved and
carefully planned and enormous. Without
the guidance of the willing press agent, you
could never negotiate the tour, for he steers
yoU through the back-stage tunnels arid
channels with the ease ot a Cook's guide.
There are a great many wonderful
things behind the curtain of tho Metro
politan, but by far the most wonderful Is
the great plot of Ice, which Is treated with
the gentle care One might bestow on a
delicate baby. When the reporter and his
guide arrived, stagehands were dusting oft
the surface, sweeping away the excess dirt
and getting ready to cover over tho frozen
pool with a false stage, on which cavort
Mr. Dillingham's minions before "Flirting
at fit Morltx" begins In the last scene. It
takes four days to "grow" this twelve-Inch
"bit" of Ice, and It will last' through the
four weeks' run of "Hip, Hip, Hooray!"
here. The wear and tear on tho surface
caused by tho skaters Is supplied from the
busy Ice machine, but the body of the gla
clal mass remslns firm. What Is perhaps
the nicest Incident to this Ice business is
that It undoubtedly does make the theater
cooler than usual. And when, at tho close
of the show, the false stage Is taken off
and tho human blrds-on-steel begin to preen
their plumage preparatory to gliding on to
the hyallnh pond, a chilly brentli rises from
It that makes you gasp. Hut the human
birds look relleed. and, with a rush nnd a
whirr, they are oft for their afternoon's
frolic testing the surface here and there,
executing o. pirouette or a pas seul, and
then the curtain rises and the Ice ballet Is
on, with thehlmmerlng Charlotte waiting
In the wlnga for the grand entrance
Hut, earlier In the afternoon, before the
TENOR IS KNIGHTED
BY ITALY'S KING'
Olovannl Zenatello, the dra,mat!o tenor
of the IIoston-Kstlonat Grand Opera Com
pany, which will Inaugurate the local opera
season at the Metropolitan Opera House on
Mondsy evening November 11, waa recent
ly knighted by the King of Italy
Tnls recognition of the great artist's
vocal attainments waa made because of
his having founded a musical conservatory
In Verona, his native city, In which popr
boya could be taught free. 'The money
for the Institution was raised by a series
ot open-air concerts. When Zenatello's
generosity was brought to the attention of
Victor Kmmanuel he determined to ennoble
him. This he did seeral months ago.
stars have dressed, there Is plentyto catch
the eye and bewilder the brain back stage.
It Is all strangely quiet for such a region,
and the rcnortorla! brain, used to shouting
REAL GRAND OPERA
SCORE FOR
"ROMEO"
The movies, or photoplays, as you prefer,
were a long time realizing the central Im
portance of appropriate musical scores for
their features, but when they did realize
It, they went at tho problem both with
brains and prodigality. 'Tho Birth of a
Nation" was probably the first enormous
film to have a special score. Now every
big production has one ot Its own.
In the case of Metro's "Romeo and
Juliet," which comes to the Victoria all
next week, It Is promised that a .setting ot
classical muslo such as never before has
been attempted will bo played by the ex
cellent orchestra at that theater. The In
tertwining of the melodies, It Is declared,
has been dono In the real grand opera man
ner. All the chief characters have their
Individual motifs, and the crises ot the
Shakespearean drama will be accompanied
by stirring strains suited to the notion. In
preparing the score, the music ot Clounod'a
lyrlo drama, "Itomeo and Juliet," and
Tschalkowsky's symphonlo poem of ,the
same title have been drawn on and prop
erly synchronized. The composers of the
score nre Irenee Bergee, once a pupil of
Massenet In Paris, and Samuel M. Berg, an
expertftit the Metro studios In this sort of
work, They were assisted by B. A. Itolfo,
of the Ilolfe studios, and himself a musi
cian, of no mean stature.
YOUNG SHE IS
I i 4Bi)H
sssV'' - IntHM
HBixesssssssssssssBIl
Ani as charming i aver. Clara Kimball, of what certain people) like to
U,"that ilk," will be wen at tho RtanUy all r.ext wefk in Uw flrat
premutation of the Selxnlck picture, "Tho Common Law,"
"grips" and fidgety flymen, was nmazed at
the clocklike regularity nnd (hated word I)
"efficiency" of the management. There was
no bawling or yelling; everybody Is a living
cog In tho lllppodromatfc machine. The tall
toy soldiers, men of parts, ono might say,
look on unwinking, while carpets nre spread
and the bridge, with Its real, electric-lighted
trolley car, la set up In a Jiffy.
Members of the Kat Kabaret, with their
monstrous feline heads thrown back for air,
wander about, chatting In anything but
catty tones with Boy Scouts and other cos
mopolitan persons employed In the spectacle.
And these mute, but not Inglorious, actora
are no less Interesting than tho big names
on the program, though Borne ot the latter
are a fascinating lot
For Instance, Charles T. Aldrlch, tho man
who changes his clothes with a wave of
the hand, and who Is Jolly careful that no
prying reporters catch him at his tricks.
He Is an elusive man, but the reporter did
learn that he began his career with a
tramp specialty something like Nat Wllls'a
present one. letter ho took to the pot-hat
monologue, suiting his talk to his attire, as
the latter gradually got thinner and shab
bier. Then Mr. Dillingham discovered him.
and sent him to Ixindon with "The Girl
From Up There," which starred Edna May.
In the company wero Montgomery and
Stone, not starred. They made their first
Important hit then. Aldrlch was successful
In England, nnd he later went to the Con
tinent, registering In Vienna, Petrograd,
Paris and Berlin. It was coincidental that
when he came back to "tho States" It was
to play In "Chin-Chln." again under the
Dillingham banner, and with Montgomery
and Stone, He never goes to soo other ma
gicians do their stunts, and his own he
guards jealously and zealously. Not even
the stagehands, apparently, know how he
turns Into a green-clad man from a red-clad
one, and so forth. Maybe, the toy soldiers,
who see ever) thing with unshlftlng eyes,
do, but they failed to give up the secret
to Jhe reporter. Kven the willing press
agent was In the dark.
DEMOCRACY IS
FILMJLAW
By WILLIAM FOX
(Producer of "A Dtusbttr of the qd,")
. .(. Attn li m Vt,..Iab rtt m ft ...
it itui ... ...v..fc- v.., vitvi enter
tainment, but that every one Is on a social
par at the movies.
All we know is that the movie fan wants
us to play upon his heart-strings, but the
general result so far has been horrible
discord, With all the "millions and millions
that have been poured Into the Industry
we have only scratched the surface of the
film's possibilities. If we ever strike the
keynote of genuine heart Interest tire world
will go movie mad and stay so
The or.ly b'g factor favoring tha pro
ducer of big films Is that he has the publlo
predisposed In his favor. Most pf the
moles' success so far has been, thanks to
Its democracy, not to Its pictures, the vast
majority of which have been mawkish' to
the point of being sickening. This has been
partly duIW faulty direction and partly to
the fact tlsat ho demand of the movie fan
has been tr something to make his blood
boll rather than the heart Interest blended
with the beautiful and the artistic,
1'romoteru of the spoken drama complain
that we have hurt them. They say we've
taken their gallery crowds from them j but
there are wore taeater In Ntw York than
ever before the movie have Mucated two.
pie who pev.er went to the point of seeing
picture aM spoken drama., too.
The soken-drama theater U an arlalo
cratlo Institution, the movie house a demo
cratic on. The spoken-drama tatr say
to th man with a quarter to apend for a
torUlnimnt. "Oo down IM dark alley aw
climb a tow sAlrway to the gallery, yHi
cheap kkta." Th meyU ha say. "Com
r'M Wtfc "mata miranae sad ta. say.
wfcue yaw want W. wayte aatt ta ta was
wortk ta mllltou."
T1IR most recent Daniel come to Judg
ment on the question of the movies (by
the way, he's a Donald) has made a ROlnt
wioi snmenow,
hasn't boen
touched on by
the million nnd
one other advis
ers ot that art.
It Is the ci
rclallon between
natural color
P hotogrsphy
and skin text
ure And It Is a
point worth em
phasizing a t
c o n I d erable
length.
At the end ot
a long talk re
cently In his
dressing room
at the Forrest
Theater. Mr.
Brian, one of the three stars of the musical
play, "Sybil." sprang his surprise on tho
writer. He had been telling about what the
two moving pictures he had dona had
taught him, and he wound up with a very
Interesting dissertation on the Lnsky pro
duction of "Carmen," with Oeraldlne
Farrnr. "I was In Los Angeles at the time
the feature was "shot," " he went on, "Per
haps you recall the night scenes around the
gypsy camp flres tho ones where the ciga
rette girl turns up the card of death at tho
fortune-telling!
They were snapped on a big wests space
behind the studios at 11 at night The
directors had planted Kllgel lights (portable
lllumlnntlon Used for "location stuff" nnd
real Interiors, such as stores) all around,
nnd tho effect .was stunning. It was a
cauldron ot color, a whirlwind ot reds nnd
GEORGE HASSELL
PATRON OF THE
PLEASANT
When the dramatlo editor talked with
Marie Tempest and Graham Browne some
ten days, ago the conversation turned for
a moment on one George Hassel, whom Mr.
Browne had tried to secure for the part of
tho butler In "A Lady's Name." It Is very
seldom that one actor praises another so
warmly na Mr. Browne praised Mr. Hassell,
and it Is still rarer that a player makes a
big reputation for really fine work from
parts which In the main have been small
and In musical comedy or the cheaper sort
ot farco. Yet Mr. Hassell has had only
one realty good role In Droadway produc
tions the Honorable Oeorge In "Buggies"
and, well as he played It, the piece's
failure prevented many trom seeing his ad
mirable, creation.
Philadelphia has been lucky enough to see
Mr. Hassell three times In two years In
"The High Coat of Loving." "Hands Up"
and "Buggies" and now it Is to see him
again, this time at the Lyrlo In "The Otrl
From' Brazil." Behind Mr. Hassell's lighter
work lies a long experience In stock. For
many yenra he played a wide variety of
parts, from heavies to heroes, with low com
ics and high cpmlcs and Mercutlos thrown
In. After that he waa one of the main
stays of William Parke's fine season of
stock In Plttsfleld, Mass., a venture con
ducted at the request and with the back
Irfg of the town's leading citizens.
Possibly Mr. Hassell, his art, his avoirdu
pois and his anecdotage may be accounted
for by hts cheerful dictum: "Good humor Is
a sort of spiritual predlgested food which,
manes people rat sometimes ana always
prolongs life." "With him art Is long and
cheerful.
purples nnd great, somber haaw, "wjlw.
gllng and shifting and pulstag with all tko
brilliant hues such a scene" would have la
reaUllfe. Later I vent to the theater t
aee the photoplay But the charm hd gone
i! 7n.1 ?d Pho'osraphy: yea, qlt good
iVi.'i 5,MB? "" ,n flra turr
night In Loa Angeles had. It wa neutral.
.'rrhrv.it ""p ,o me' ' ,n
vital problem of tho director. And,, re
member, the director la absolutely the mas
ter of things In the movie world. M
m..f" H sometimes mars. 4But he I
Tim man who makes pictures tin awl
touching and beautiful or confused aad
cluttered and .pallid. Now. the director at
the future mcM solve this problem ot oak.
It goes right down to the heart of th
whol art So far, I must sy l don't think
much of the attempts to mako our pictures
other than gray or tepla or blaek-ana-white
paintings In motion.
"There is something far more Important,
In considering color, than mer actual re
production of natural scenery. It I th
pigment of the Individual face. For hot tilt
we get genuine color-reproduction can w
draw on most of tho real artists of th
." i "' Som have gone befor
v.. iT. . . ,r,umPn- others haven't.
IE..""1 ona c&" that sound
wmT1 t0 the Urm,ln- Tet H
rr..myeOW" ey" rale Ferguson, an
?o hav L?n. ""PHohment, Is admitted
n the theM.eth0T.m.08t love,y "PllM
D.v;ior,.thAik!,.a rt-PWra of her.
with nt:.l """ r .oul yuna- woman
--.-..., v., tUQ camera.
5teirwS?-
nrorfun. ... i'iri e can re
Brthof:,?Lex;cH'.M iht " ".
which tb.eSr' ?' Bct0"'' real "" fl
rresJLi . dlrtor" can drw will be In-sJonerim.m'a"U.rnb,y-
And' Phaps. tSe
scope of the movie nctors can be widened.
already w?thb-Clr """V U I" IJ
Th.,? r. tho exception of comedy.
Ih. ?thuniN tr,ct" ' Jut two eoH;
banks Lin1? FcraPP' !". dashing FalT-.
Chnnun kl"1' ,nd tho kind In which Mr.
H" excels the kind where one gentle-
ndKr0lher,,n the wat the trow,
ers. and uses n pie '.Ike a discus. Maybe
mv ml,. Pl ". b,Aot Pnthos "t n ot
aft. ","" thB Bttlonr Boy un
aoie to pay his rent pulls out trinket and
extends It to landlady. 'Here take It.
tCfsB'nfme iT- mMheV.,'ptnbi
that s great.' said tho director. But when
horHhl Pr'Ted U wa,,n't Pathetic; jurt a
horrible grimace. That shows you what
ttoge ,& "'""'- "y
"And speaking of scraps: I was slated
opponent if. w tolVm, a gluing
blow, but in error, gave mo a terrible
IT Ifiai1 madT8. m9 nn w 5 l
it in earnest It was a bully battle, with
It 1 m ftnd oro' And d'y know what
to'retaka tha" nerwnrd "We'll have
"Mv Httrnrla nt th, tl. ..
- ----- -. ...... umg nuniu an ace
to another experience I had, however, 't
was at a party In California, and a felloe
came up to me and asked' whether lie
memboed him. "Weren't you a chorus w
with mo In "Florodora" when I was tti
Juvenller 1 asked. 'Yes, I was. he replleJ
Today he's worth millions. Hts name I,
Mack SennetL" jj
,
WHAT MANAGERS
ARE PLANNING
As heretofore, Xaurette Taylor Is not to
star It atone. She appreciates a good cast,
and when Messrs. Tyler and Klaw & Kr
langer present her at the Broad, November
II, In "Tho Harp of Life." they will sur
round her with the following able assist
ants! Violet Kemble Cooper, Lynn Fon
tanno, Ffolllet I'aget. Philip Merlvale, Dion
TItheradge and W. J. Ferguson.
"Chin Chin" Is coming back. The date Is
November 27 and the place, as usual, the
Forrest Montgomery and Stone will, ot
course, be present
The next play at the Derrick, following
"Common Clay," will be "Potash and Perl
mutter In Hocjety," a continuation or the
stage adventures of the Saturday Evening
I'ost figures. The date Is November 8, and
Barney Bernard will play Abe.
Another "Passing Show," this time of the
vintage 101S, will come over from the New
York Winter Oarden on November C to
gladden the eyes of Lyrlo patrons. Ed
Vynri. Belle Ashlyn, Fred Walton and Her
man TImberg are to escort It
"Experience," having only three weeks
more at the Adelphl, Is going to open the
box office at J a. m. Monday and kp It
open till midnight The reason Is obvious.
CURING AILMENTS
BY USE OF
MUSIC
It Is practically a new conception to took
upon muslo as having value In treating dis
ease or mental disturbance, and when a
reputable physician puts himself on record
that the harmony ot sweet sounds can li
applied to the cure of tubercular consump
tion the proposition Is somewhat startling'
But such an urgo has been made on the
assumption that major muslo is a tonic
to the emotions, at least In moderate quan.
titles, and makes Joy, animation, hope. Imp
plness nnd courage, Its action may be con
pared to a strong dose, while minor muelo
depresses emotional activity, the action
being analogous to a bromide- or a sleeping
powder. It also la not generally suspect
that thero Is any connection between politi
cal economy, as well as personal health,
and the deliberate cultivation of that cor
rectly balanced emotion of which muslo Is
the language.
All this lays much stress on the need
of establishing free schools of muslo In this ,
country, and as a propagandist for the'
movement, Dr. Alma Webster Powell will
appear In. Philadelphia shortly on the plat
form of the University Extension Society,
basing her thesis on the proposition that
muslo Is a human need, increasing aad
decreasing with social pressure. It Is her
contention that muslo Is a remedy In nerve
disturbances, a preserver of the faeuttl
and a re-establlsher of normal rhythml
motion In the human body.
SHAKESPEARE A LA SCREEN
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"xomeu ana juiitrt will bi n-t'u at
iria all next week.