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DIVERSEPRODUCTIONS AT LOCAL PLAYHOUSES AND SOME INTERESTING PHOTODRAMaI
jCTYMK SENDS US
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jjrt Washington Square Players
' ApP9r afthe Little Theater
In Five Merry Plays
. uin MOURE IN ARDKN. a whimsicality
AZ?lS wK5EJn tercentenary, by r-Mltp
BLEU i.itkraturK. remedy, by Arthur
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$' jfMTHONr, a satlrlo IrnnD. by Mu.
21 S'.tiSunti. JIEI.BNV8 ItUHBAND.
L&arkal iwrnedy. by.rhlltp Moeller. Aeted
SrvImMM 'from ih Washlnitton Snusre
Jf.ArrStWw Tor. Th. Utile Theater.
America's most remarkable theatrical ad
Teiture.ln many, many year Is the theater
ef pfsys, playera and scenery created by
uuk Washington Square Playera, first In the
fc,ndbox Theater.eyn the upper East Bide,
, and JKW In the more fashionable domedy.
They started as stark amateurs, acting the
trt of plays they wanted to In the way they
" Jilted, and It meant, in general, acUng the
aert of thing Broadway never gives ua and
rlTlng us odd and suggestive, productions
about equal parts simplicity and "pep" at
rr -. ... rr.- iilt uraa natii.
Ii miy cents it. ..- --
r ' ' rally a success of sensation. It has meant
1 .-,i.!n letting down of standards and a
It. frtaln cock of the eye, toward the box
IF ThST it has brought them untold
rate and fame that spreads even unto
Broad street After a single performance
hers lt season the Washington Square
riayers returned to the Little Theater last
nlghl for ft week's engagement, playing to
a crowded and enthusiastic house.
Three-ltftha of tho bill was familiar to
Philadelphia. The Washington Square
Players themselves acted Mr. Goodman's
amusing and ilppy little comedy, "Eugenic
ally Speaking," when they were here on
P thtlr previous visit and acted It better. Our
own Stage Society gave us Maeterlinck's
A rare "Miracle of St Anthony" and Philip
I Moeller's broad and pungent burlesque, "He
lena's Husband," but without half the finish.
Indeed these two were tho best portion of
' last night's entertainment so far as a
1 munded rjerformanoe went On the other
hand, our Philadelphia artists gave "He
lena's Husband" a much better setting.
But nothing we have done here and nothing
else that the Washington Square Playera
showed last night could stand beside Lee
Simon's delicately conceived background to
' the beautiful and whimsical adventure of
sl Anthony, the lady from the dead and
v the mourning relatives. None of the acting'
In Sparto-uermanio satire on "scraps or
paper" and such like was out of the com
mon, but Maxwell Parry, Elisabeth Patter-
ton and Samuel JfilTo In "St Anthony" were
' ' exceptionally good, and Ralph Itooder's saint
was a figure from medieval murals, full of
singular spiritual beauty.
Mr. Roeder also did the second best piece
' ef acting of the evening In his sporting
nobleman In Schnltzler's "Literature." It
la a delicious comedy, brimful of wit and
teeming with fun over the literary seta of
Vienna and Munich. The climax, when the
tijo parted lovers discover that they have
used tneir own tove -tetters vexpuum in
their two "disguised" autobiographic novels,
,i Is delectably Ingenious.
J The other novelty on the bill was "A
load House In Arden," second historical
satire by Mr. Moeller, this time treating
pretty fancifully and with a pretty fancy
goid Masters Bacon and Shakespeare and
their pursuit of tho wench Immortality to
the road house In Arden, kept by Master
Hamlet and Mistress Cleopatra Hamlet, his
f Wife. It Isn't so merry a comedy as "He
lena's Husband." but It Is a good deal
subtler and finer In snots. "Helena" sug
gests that Mr. Moeller would make about
the nearest possible approach to a W. S.
Gilbert, It he could find an American Sul
livan. All In all, a merry bill. If you like short
plays, go .to the Little Theater. If you
sent and you go you will. K. M!
Theatrical Baedecker
FtVUlRICK "Potash and rrrlmnttir In Society."
wim uarney uernara. aiomasu masee ana
Hal Catroer Mea-rue'a aeauel to "Potash and
"Perlmntter."
tTIlIC 'The Passing Show at 1D16," with Hd
tWrnn, Delia Aihlyn. William Phllbrlck. Pred
Walton and a laree company. The Nw Tork
Winter Uartten'e aecond Importation ox the
season into rnnadelpnia.
tn-TLK THEATER "Mterature." by Bchnltx-
leri "Euxenlcally Speaking," by Kdward Oood
i man; "In April." by lloae Paator Btokea, and
"Helena'a Husband," by Philip Moeller. with
' the Washington Square Playera from New
Tork city. nrat half of week. "A Beer." by
. Tchekhov; "A Koadhouea la Arden,'' by Philip
' Moeller; "Interior," by Maeterlinck, and
"PVrm 1atlln." flftMnih Mnlurr firm, lat
ter bait of weak.
BROAD "Milter Antonio.'
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with Otis Skinner,
America's most veraatlla and finished charao-
t acwrj. in a c
ay la amualns,
dellcbtful linperaonatlon. The
ia. but thin. Indorsed hv tha
viapia iaavue. ,
aWRKST "Zletfeld Folllea." with Ina Claire,
fanny Urlce. Anna Pennlnrton. Bert Wllllama.
Barnard Granville. Will lloaera and a bis
Sorapany. Tenth annlveraary production of
tbe famous froth and frivol Institution.
HgTROPOUTAH OPERA HOUSE "Hip, Hip,
oarar." with Charlotte, tha akater: Souaa
'M Mi and. Nat M. Will.. . Charlea T
AUrlch and many amclall'ts. three-rlnr
ttreua of vaudeville, brasa band and katlna;
Glen-with
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A ''modern
with Erneat
morality- play"
ui!t.- a "modern morality-
wore numanneae than sracad "Everywoman.
"' a larse caau alendlnninc acts
, wt.
AT POPULAIl FRICES
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,Ky CRBOCKER "The Home Without CaU-
f; SVj": " Anna uonarty ana cnariaa uoore,
St 'f10 AlCXAUahlln'a ilramft nf anrloliulral
Kil'iE"' .merklns tho return of aeverat
nkerbocker favorites.
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GRACE LA RUE IS HIT
OF BILL AT KErriTS
Herrnino Shone and Co. in
Allegorical Playlet Also &
Bright Spot of tho Show
Did you ever hear of Instantaneous
friendship,?
See arace La Hue at Keith's this week
and you may understand what It means.
Some persons may call It magnetism;
others would say It was wonderful tech
nique; but. regardless of what the pain
fully stereotyped definition might be,
Miss La Hue received such a cordial hand
shake from tha audience that she made
her departure with much difficulty after
she had sung nearly a. dosen songs, which
ran all the way from grand opera to musi
cal comeuy.
Her gowns and her songs, her style and
her smile, were all original. Best of all,
towering above her talent was that element
of superior refinement which Is, popularly
known as class."
Miss Ln, Hue, who has reigned for some
time In musical comedy, sang the ktnd of
songs which gtves one food for thought
What appeared to be the most popular of
alt was one called "Where's the Boy For
Me." Her success lies ln the fact that she
was Inspired with a sincere desire to please.
Another delightful act In fact one of
the best seen here this season from an al
legorical standpoint, was "Mary Ann," pre
sented by Hermlne Shone and a very capa
ble cast of players. It served to show the
many stages ota glrCa life from the cradle
to the altar. The Idea was conceived by
Ralph Dunbar. Harold Clark and Emmrt
Devoy wrote the book, which fairly teema
with last-minute wit and philosophy.
When It came to laughter, the Avon Com
edy Four was the fun trust This time It
was a restaurant In which they dished out
no end of crisp sayings, which were mixed
with commendable harmony.
Maleta Bonconl, a "celebrated European
virtuoso," proved that she was worthy of
the announcement She brought us back to
the days of peace and happiness, and was
accorded an ovation.
Tho porcelain model effects of Maria
Lo and company were artlstlo, and Arthur
Deagon demonstrated the fact that he has
the right to be a musical comedy star.
His poker song, set to operatic muato. Is
undoubtedly the best comedy melody heard
at Keith's ln many a day.
Burley and Burley, "quaint comedians,"
have a lot of ability, which seems to run
wild. It would bring better results It con
fined to acrobatics instead of talk. The
act needs Americanizing. Booth and Lean
der, presenting "The Cyclist and the Nut"
was more "nut" than cyclist and would fare
better If there were a more equal division.
The Danube quartet of acrobats was worthy
of the name. The pictures told the latest
news. J. Q. C.
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LAURETTE TAYLOR
Who returns to the Broad Novem
ber 13 with a new play by hor
husband, J. Hartley Manners, call
ed "Tho Harp of Life."
THE "POTASH" PLAY
IS CUT TO MEASURE
Ocean Beach Globe,
"A Day at Ocean Beach," a miniature
musical comedy, proved an excellent head
liner at the Globe last nfght There are
the usual number of specialties, catchy
songs and dances. The act is well staged
and the cost a capable one. Losky's Three
Types, a posing novelty, was also well re
ceived. The remainder of the bill Included: The
Melody Four, singers and dancers; Eva
Wescott and company, In a comedy sketch ;
the Four Venders, revolving ladder special
ists; Tom Grim and the Henry Sisters, ln
songs and dances; Josephine Leonhardt
comedienne; Davis and Peters, ln fun and
songs, and Kurtls's Roosters.
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The "Melody Monarchs and Maids." a
company of seven superior Instrumental and
vocal artists, was the headllner at the
Grand. This Is one of the brightest musi
cal acts In present-day vaudeville. The
versatility of the artists and the fine quality
of their effort Immediately won the au
dience. The company showed itself to be
as adept ln the classics as In modern music
The beauty of the maids and the splendor
of their costumes contributed to the splen
did effectiveness of the act
Other creditable attractions were Brown
and McCormlck, Owen and Moore, Orren
and Drew, Clover Leaf Three and Less
Valdoa. The pictures this week are uh
usuallv srood. There will be a nrolona-ed
performance today on account of the elec-i
tlon and the returns will be announced on
the 'movie screen.
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COMEDY DRAMA SCORES AT
WALNDT STREET THEATER
Miss Nancy Boyer, Phlladelphlan, Ap
plauded in "Tho Woman
.Who Paid"
Miss Nancy Boyer, a young and talented
I'hlladelphlan, played the leading role in
"The Woman Who Paid," a comedy drama
In four acta, given at the Walnut Street
Theater last night before an audience that
was delighted with the performance.
Miss Boyer plays the part of California,
a winsome lass In Lonesometown, a mining
town ln the Lower California; and ln the
first act she Is found earning her living at
"Mollle'a eating Joint," where her winsome
ways endear her to the miners generally,
and to "Lucky" Valentine, a gambler, in
particular. Unfortunately for her, the gam
bler knows her supposed brother to be a
thief. To prevent the gambler from carry
ing out his threat to expose the boy she
consents to marriage, but It transpires that
It was only a mock ceremony.
at But later she marries a Unjted States
senator, piayea ay jrrea namarsn, a power
in politics, and In the second act he Is
fathering a bill to suppress gambling, when
the gambler (who Is also in politics now)
demands Its withdrawal. He makes an
other threat this timehe will tell the
story of California's past By this the
gambler and Ileene, California's compan
ion (an ex-sweetheart of the Senator, and
still in love with him), connive to produce
the brother, who is supposed to have been
drowned ln a wreck. California makes a
midnight engagement and vls discovered,
thanks to the companion, a vlllalness well
If a trifle overplayed by Jane Stuart
California Is cast off, unheard. Mollle
Mann pays a timely visit and takes her
home. It all tfnds happily.
STROKO SOCIOLOGICAL PLAY
8EEN AT KNICKERBOCKER
"Tha Homo Without Children" Well
Acted by a Capable'Cast
Women who place selfish ambition above
the Ideal home life furnished an excellent
theme for Robert McLaughlin In his new
race-suicide play, "The Home Without
Children," which was offered here for the
first time at the Knickerbocker Theater
last night It will be remembered that
Mr, McLaughlin is also the author of "The
BUrnal Magdalene," which was successfully
received in this city earlier in tne season,
j Margaret Walker adopts the Illegitimate
ohlld of hr niece. Florenee Walker; during
the abeeiKM of her husband, thereby1 saving
the' nleoe from disgrace and fulfilling the
earnest desire ef her huaband fer a son.
James Cranston, Mrs. Walker's brother, is
the child's father, While abroad, Cranston
learns that the woman he wronged Is heir
to an Imnense fortune', 'and or, bis return
be proposes marriage. Ftyrenoe aocefita him,
thinking tkat hie hetter nature, has been
touched. The child tMea. The mother, la a
itramatlo soone, tells of the tnte situation.
Mrs. .Walker deneuaeed by her ,
and then admits, the grief that her wMom
plU Ufe has caused her.
Anna Doherly gave a careful, and en.
pranesaite portrayal of Flore Walker,
and. Charles Mure was seen to adranlage
as Lawrence Brnnfare.
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as Lawrence Brnnfare.
1916 Style of Cloak-and-Suit
Dramaturgy Just Fits Hebra
isms of Abo and Mawruss
P0TA8II AND PEntMUTTER IN BOCIKTT
with Darner Barnard. X comedr In three
,acta and a happr enillns. Ur MontasTie
Olata and Rol Cooper Merrue. Produced by
A. It Woods. Oarrlck Theater.
Once It was the cloak-and-sword drama,
now It is the cloak-and-sult drama. One
thrilled the pulses to swifter beat; the other
touches to constant smiles and prompts the
occasional tear. Of the new Potash and
.Perlmutter play It may be said that It is
both better than Its predecessor and not so
good. That Is to say, Bol Cooper Mcgrue
has melodramatlzed the Montague Glass
characters and racial peculiarities Just as
extensively and much more obviously than
did the late Charles Klein. It rs to say for
another thing that he has kept up the ripple
of appropriate dialogue which is not only
the zest but the substance of the entertain
ment and has Introduced the sentiment and
heart Interest at Intervals not too frequent
to make one fora-et that after all this Is an
entertainment and not something designed
to uplift the drama.
There Is nothing In the piece that the
Drama League could take offense at evon
though It does not illustrate any too well
the academic distinctions of the three
unities and the fivefold division of the
classic drama. But It is hardly designed
for the edification of the drama leaguers,
but for the honest seeker after n good
laugh, multiplied every minute or two.
Even the lowbrow can enjoy the Hebraic
humors of Mawruss and Abe without a
book, and the highbrow, If he cannot forget
that this piece has no smack of the Globe
Theater about it. can realize from the
standpoint of characterization, homely
comedy and lines that are "good" the
psychology exactitude of East Broadway
and the Impulses of Just plain folk running
a cloak and suit business ln what Is un
folded on the stage.
The 1916 model of Potash and Perlmutter
is not merely literal ln depiction of char
acter but natural, In plot it is melo
drama of mild type. Mr. Megrue Is prob
ably responsible for the expedients of plot
ting which have done service ln many a
play; the delicious drollery of the lines Is
no doubt Mr. Glass's contribution. Some of
the melodrama Is of a threadbare sort that
would not be permitted In a garment ln the
showrooms of the firm, and some of It is
very crude indeed. But curiously enough,
this does not Impair the interest of the piece
as It passes, and one would be churlish
Indeed If he tried to analyze the proceedings,
o rich In laughter, according to the Aristo
telian formularies. The plot hinges on the
dissolution of the concern In an attempt to
blend East Broadway's primitive codo of
business with the buccaneering finance of
Wall street, the fiasco that ensued, and the
providential disentangling of twisted skeins.
This plot a mere framework, matters little,
the humor and good humor matter a lot
They are richly present to be enjoyed.
Very justly Barney Bernard Is "featured"
as Abe every move, evory accent Is ln the
part essentially and organically. Charles
Llpson is a fair foil as Mawruss, and the
many other roles are satisfactorily filled.
w. n. m.
Phun PhlencW-Penn
"The Phun Phlends," portrayed by Ste
phen and Brunell, proved a breezy and de
lightful headllner at the William Penn
Theater last night With music, xmedy
and dancing in good combination, the sketch
promptly won the applause of the audience.
The McDonald-Rowland Company, with
pretty girls and music above the average,
was another of the evening's attractions.
The photoplay during the first half of the
week is "Old Folks at Home," starring
Josephine Davis and Sir Herbert Tree. ,
Latest returns of the election will be
read tonight from the stage.
Mother Goose Cross Keys
There Is Jots of fun for the klddlea and
the grown-ups as well In "Mother Goose
and Children," the 'ablold musical comedy
which heads the bill at the Cross Keys. The
muslo is catchy and the up-to-date nursery
rhymes which deal with present day affairs
fit in well with the comedy. The act is
presented by a cast of twenty-five.
Other good acts on the bill were Dorothy
Richmond and company, Suras Trio, Tas
mania Trio,
Mollle Williams Casino
Two musical "burlettas' "The Halloween
Party" end "gome Sanitarium," were fea
tures ef the show presented by Mollle Wil
liams's own company last night at the
Casino. Miss Williams scored an indi
vidual hit in her artlstlo dance entitled
"The Danes l'Bntioement"
dood oil aeta were presented by Teddy
BUrns. Reseee Allls and Simon Myers and
others. .The costumes and scenery were
much much above the average, while the
oherua was all that eould be desired.
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DIVIDE THE HONORS
His Famous Simp or Trans
planted Into Crazyquilt Enter
tainment at Lyxic
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"THH rASSINO SHOW or 11." a remain
evrelotve and two sets. Uoolt ana. lrrc
. r Harold AtterMte. Uuele br SltTnond YUm
bers ami Otto Mntian, Biased br J. O. Hurt
man. With Ed Wjrnn, Jlelia Ashlrn. Herman
Timbers and manr othera. Maneaemenl
Mesere. Bhutwrt, tyrle Theater.
If you turn a little boy loose in his
mother's drawing room with a bucket of
paint a saw and free use of the chandelier,
he wilt do a lot of things that may not
be very high art but that, In all probability,
will be funny, full of color and light and
wild In their assortment of Ideas.
Not a bad metaphor for the latest "Pass
ing Show," which the New York Winter
Garden has been sending us In Instalments
for several years. Brilliant pigment Is
Indiscriminately splashed oyer the whole
entertainment It Is a positive triumph
of unconnected thoughts, and there la. a
general air of Jumbledness (no other word
will convey the exact state of affairs) to
the various specialties that might cause
Miss Gertrude Stein, tho futurist author,
to bite her Up and hunt for new methods.
The creator of "Birds Are Mexico" and
"Why Are There No Oysters CloserT"
might well envy a librettist who has made
Itomeo the object of Shylock's hatred, and
put alx maids playing the "Meditation" from
"Thais" on violins Into a 1916 version of
Shakespeare's "Trollus and Cresslda."
The mixture Is not annoying at any tlme-
may be thought crude. Inept hurried,
what you will, but It doesn't bore. Kven
the mildest matters are carried off with a
rush and a hustle that keep eyes out front
opened, and prevent suburbanites from
missing the' last curtain. And there la Ed
Wynn, whom nearly everybody got to
know, ln The Follies" and vaudeville. Mr.
Wynn makes his entrance quietly, by sit
ting In a box and watching a fellow player
get several "hnnds" an Unprecedented act
ln atage circles and he progresses, with
unflngglng simpers and gesticulations of
his popular sort through many phases, the
neatest of which are a comical automobile
scene and a "traveltalk." The motto of
his garage Is "the best are none too good."
"Get up," he commands his stupent motor
car, "Here's a customer": whereupon the
Insensate chariot arises, like a mule, to Its
wheels or feet "Why buy Plantain Skid
Chains when we will repair your auto for
$866 after you have skidded J" a sign
pleads with the onlooker.
In travelogulng his audience to Berlin,
Paris and London he hits off to the life
the eccentricities of the platform voyagers
In a monologue Impossible to reproduce.
That alone makes "The Passing Show" a
show which shouldn't be passed up.
Travesty Is scantly represented. This Is
too bad, for there are rich chances for
pointed fun In that kind of mockery. "The
Heart of Wetonah" proved the most amus
ing, though Philadelphia knows nothing of
the play. Individual lampooning fared bet
ter. Belle Ashlyn, for example, came out
of the varieties to repeat her wonderful
Queen Victoria mimicry, with a new and
droll one of Mme. Bernhardt and there
were fairly good sketches of Wilson, Hughes
and Koosevelt with some very pallid polit
ical talks and a worse than pallid "pre
paredness song," written by Clifton Craw
ford. Our old friend, Herman Tlmberg, danced
wildly and well, and Imitated Jolson finely
and Fields poorly. The Ford sisters danced
eccentric steps capitally. Young men with
Jags danced with lampposts. Ma Belle and
a lot of girls danced ballets. The orchestra
sandwiched the "Caprice VlennolsT' and
"Madama Butterfly" with rags. Veritably
It was holiday In the suburbs of Slgmund
Romberg's soul last night, despite Jokes
about Villa and lady boxers. B. D.
Miss PickfordC t Stanley, and
Mr. Fairbanks at Arcadia;
Regent's Clover Film
By (he Photoplay Editor
8TANLKT "Ies Than the Duet." Artcraft.
with Marr Plckford, Storr br Hector Turn
bull, directed br John Km r eon.
"Little Mary" Is to be congratulated on
having acquired, temporarily, a real di
rector, who can bring out all her old charm
and mobility and still keep her within the
frame, with no undue emphasis on her
stardom. Now, It she will only please get
a real scenario! "I,es Than the Dust" Is
a passable piece of patchwork, which gtves
her a chance to be cute, to shed a
tear or two. on a page of Laurence Hope, to
look foreign And fascinating In the rags of
a sword-maker's adopted daughter, to
change Into a prettily gowned English girl !
In short to pull all the dear little tricks out
of her bag of talent, to the Immense delight
of her many followers. But as a story It
simply Is not drama, being the lightest of
character-comedy, with momentary flashes
of action such as the rebellion, unfortu
nately subdued In the early part of the
film.
Mr. Emerson's expert producing sense
keeps the picture above the average. His
artlstlo hand Is seen In such bits of color
and arrangement as the lamp-lit Indian
street at night toned ln pale green and
yellow and In the rich and soft Interior
of the English home. He also has handled
the good cast acceptably. Yet what a ptty
to waste skilled players like Mary Alden
and David Powell on their slim roleal But
"Little Mary" is. still "Little Mary." And
tho crowds will go to see her.
AnCADIA "American Atletoeraer." Fine Arts
Triangle, with touitaa Fairbanks. Storr br
Anita tooa. directed by Llord Inrraham,
Having successfully had aphasia, been a
bouncer In a dance hall, slain "greasers"
with a machine gun, lived In a tree, fought
a company of actors, and gotten his pic
ture In the papers, ln various movies, re
doubtable Mr. Fairbanks Is now preventing
the shipment of gunpowder across the
Mexican border, by means of hydroplane,
scrapping and caterpillar-chasing, That
Is part of tha plot of his latest It sounds
muddled ln the telling, but Is smooth and
amusing on the screen. The story Is de
veloped more slowly than Is tho Fairbanks
wont; It Is not as exciting as others he
has done, yet it Is a brisk an.d characteris
tic feature, and will be generally enjoyed.
Dynamlo Douglas as an entomologist pro
vides something quite fresh In the way of
parts, and he Is gracefully supported by
Jewel Carmen, whose blonde daintiness shows
to advantage In some exquisitely photo
graphed outdoor scenes; the artificial ones
are poorer In lighting.
Note, also, that the Arcadia has a lively
Keystone. "A Tugboat Romeo," with "Wal-
rua- (jonKiin.
nEOENT "The Madneee ef Helen." World
llradr, with Kthel Cleyton and Cartjle Illack
well. Btorr by Emmett Campbell Hall, di
rected br Travera Vala,
Theophtlus J. Censorboard attempted to
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Owen Moore & Marguerite Courtot
in "ROLLINO STONES"
ARCADIA
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TUB PARSON OF FANAMINT"
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Lou Tellegen & Cleo Ridgley in
THE VICTORY OF CONSCIENCE"
FRANKFORD mmu,Kxm
Lou Tellegen ,n """nience-
BIIiLIE DUHKEI In "Qlorla'a Romance"
ecru QT theater mat. dailt
OOin aJle ji,i, gpruca. Errs. T to 11.
PAULINE FREDERICK in
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JEFFERSON bt?ebtsaothin
JUNE CAPRICE in
"THE RAOdED PRINCESS"
icinrn iortt-fihst and
UJWEil LANCASTER AVENUE
FLORENCE & WALTON in
THB QUEST OF LIFE"
BROAD AND
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LIBERTY
Lew FieW and Dori Kmyea in
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f -a"'I TCT MO tOCUBT
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EMILT STEVENS ln "WHEEL OF THE LAW"
Added Triangle Comedy "The Surf Girl"
Tomorrow Maria Walcamp In "LIBERTT"
OVERBROOFC Mn haverford
Ethel Clayton Ac Holbrook Blinn in
"THE HIDDEN SCAR"
PALACE im MEff.BTnEET
Vivian Martin ,Her Faf.,.
PARK- RIDCJB AVE. DAUPrnw BT.
araxvrw mat., ana. evo, bub to n,
Wilfred Lxicas in "The Rummy"
KEYSTONE comedt
PRINCESS ,0,HSggF
Charlie Chaplin ,n 't&vfi&T
4th Epl. The Scarlet Runner,' Earla Williams
DCPCNT IM MARKET STREET
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Ethel Clayton fie tCarlyle Blackwell
in "nils HADNESB OF HELEN"
Rl A I T n OERMANTOWN AVE.
1 V AT TULPEHOCKEN 8T.
WALTER LAW A VIOLET DB VICCAni In
"THE UNWELCOME MOTHER"
D T D V MARKET STREET
XV - a BELOW TTH STREET
Antonio Moreno & Naomi Childers
THE DEVIL'S rRIZE"
SA V n V 1Jn "ARKET
r V J I STREET
CHARLIE CHAPLIN in
THB CHAPLIN REVIEW"
TIOGA m" AID yzsAvao BT8
Edna Goodrich ,a "THB ""uKr
"SHIELDIKO SHADOW,'' No. S
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NORMA TALMADGE in
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DeMflM FwrWlu in "The La"
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DlWlaCs Jins A. M. to llilS J, M.
MARY PrCKFORD in
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failed. Mr. Hall's tale, wMen tweWetiteWr
preres the raltte fcf the veteran ptrtHoetfay
wrlght, has been stehe4 rleht an4 left In
parts, with A censorial, cracked tnHfrMtre fer
stod measure. Tet It holds rltht ttfr to the
climax; offers 'an Intereetlbc twatle to the
spectator and la quite the cleverest bit of
plottlnr dlrulred for a lone time. Miss
Clayton plays, with appeallnr Intelligence
and treat personal effectiveness, tw roles.
The mental smash comes when tha sepa
rate Identities are disclosed. We think the
management of the Recent should have left
their patrons guessing br omitting the two
names from the program. The acting Is
generally capable, Mr. Blackwell's especial
ly so.
To back up this feature, the theater has a
Keystone. "Haystacks and Steeples," with
Qlorla Swanson. It is diverting, though
rather long.
Kslleh. story by Marr Murllio, directed br
Jamea Vlnrent,
An Impossibly childish tale of duplex
home wrecking, nroker-vlllaln and lady,
friend go through some weird thefts, lies
and Impostures which would embarrass no
body but a happily married hero and hero
ine of the screen who Just had to get Into
penury and the divorce court ln order to
prepare sufficient misery and justification
for our enjoyment of the murder of the
broker-villain by tha wife-heroine In "his
rooms." That climax, of course. Is Just as
efficacious In reconciling the hero and hero.
Ine as the transparent knaveries had been
In parting them.
Mme. Knllch wastes her name and her
art on this silly dlrfblerle. while Stuart
Holmes Is rather fittingly cast as the broker-villain
ntlfl felmiutn v(1lnln.t.l .... -.11.
lalns stmperlngly, whichever way you care
,u .... ib aiio io kiub agitin demon
strate their value as natural, unaffected
little children. One of them. Incidentally,
has to get Infantllo paralysis to prevent
complicating the plot
For some unexnlAlnail iwiMn fc t.i.-
Theater did not display Lasky's "Witch
craft," with Fannie Ward, which had been
HrllAHlllari Tnefftnrf Vlwlan Xr--.IM a. .--
charming Morosco photocomedy, "Iter
-vnuici a oun, wuh nnown. At tne vic
toria was seen "Flfty-Flfty," with Norma
Talmadse and J. W. Jnhnntnn if i.
dramatlo Fine Arts-Triangle Mm.
Minstrels Dumont'o
President Wilson was praised by the
blackface comedians in song and Jest at Du-
mont's show last night ,Vlo IUchards's
rendition of "If You Want to Meet a
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The singing and dancing of BMMte OM
found favor, as did the songs of MRr aaV
don, Tom Malone and Qeorge BraeMar,
Changes st tit "Met"
Last night Sousa celebrated his sssty-
second birthday, Charlotte iBtreaweed
new and appropriate skating ngure, tin
candle dance, ana- the company ef "Wp,
Hip, Hooray" felt generally saueiled
the start of tneir last, ween at ine
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