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fc
ART AND ARTISTS
SLAP IN THE FACE
"Bohemia," in Region of Wash
ington Square, Stirred by
"Post Illuaionism" Pnmphlet
INSANITY CHARGE ANGERS
Reproved Inrtiunallon Mny Btuat Its
nnuml If Vcrzlii Shows
Himself
turpi" romrndc Hint Joil tvoro before
mirtnnii I" vnlir MUdlO. putming violent
li on tint ill'l't rlTorl Hint VVHK to tdo
lull, nim tlio upper roailic? of Art (spell It
Hh n niiiinl) Tninnlno your feellngi If
n ton l --ti i inter xlimild noiselessly enter
jniirtiillo ci i pp up behind Sou lollcli )otl
., ,ho ii m 11 nil ejaculnlo In n low mid
1,i1lin"i!iilliloiip,"l,lirto plume my
lniruii' n I"' " Wit inniiv of Joil fellow1
rt ,n Hi midlinuso htinvv Want to
I, irn m H ii limit tlila phaso?"
Would vii inli our brush to Hip lloor
ml h n li.ili n Hi" l'lillltlne, or would
jmi i i' tin Impudent fellow bv the Rettilf
p( t,, , k tu would ilu neither. oil
would ' p In lour llfo work ntmwrtt nnil
Phnikul " nilulit lie pardoned If leiri
fhnu il 'll lulu vtitir ve Art (ipcll It
,th i ipitil) I' earnest
inn ii iinliiml i, where tlio Imlr tltat used
I,, ci w i iiimillj now InHatei innttro'soi,
n i iiini i i iln modern trend, excited
tinms niiliniB In futurist wrlllnB) mo
li-inK h ii did lie.itcil aces. (Another tin
liikiiiiil hr isp )
Vbi ill nftj nrtlpls Mtmo of them of tlio
npiv hiil .nil iniiny of tlio older move
mrnt Inn culi reccled n pamphlet, en
mini I "t lilulniilsiit mid Ait in tlio In-
H1, li tide Is li.v Theodore II
H,l p l 1 1 C M I' It. 8 Kit dale
min i pliv "Ii i in t'f Itethleheiii ltnvnl Hiii
iinli mil Is Inlielcd A Hepiitit from the
Nun pii Ih t'liititrv and After"
ifitifii am. Ar;o(J
"? Hum: - i mIUiib lias linppened in art
dmn hi i fi iiiliiliii ns well n masiullno
I ih ii- h ipnl Into raslilon. .Meetings or
imp i in I r 1 1 1 lt held nlphtlv nlonc Walnut
flrn-i "ti VihlnBton Sipt.iro and other
th I" nlini nitlsis fnicBathei hast nlcht
the Ilium vv n ipiiI to an excited IhroiiB In
n plin ihii i ill the "U'nlnut Street C'oiin
pv i Inn lleieH tlio wny tlio tract
hlnri"
1 1 r lite wi lmo both Feen nnd heard
o in ii h nf pnt-liiiiresslonlsm In art.
nml tb ii ippinrs to be so mm h doubt
In th niililn mind as to the leal liienu
lncr mil sinnlfltntHP of the vvorl.t
win Ii Ii ie Iippii exhibited and hcialded
- nih iiiuK tlio nppriKiih of a new
i in irt thit Hie time seems oppor
tune t" dlsuiss the subject of post
tllus niiiMii as met with In degeneracy
nnd the Ins me
I nib i tin hind "Sjnibollsiu and Mil
tlclsm in it i Dines th fullnulni; phrase
Imv lunatics aio m tli 4 and
Iiiukiiii t li x peieeivc unusual reli
ti ! - iniiiiiR phcnoincni
Ini mi a vlmii sin Ii a renaissance
deludis mithei tlui patients hoi their
nttend nits , nor dues it provido an ex
ruse fnr (sthctlc snobs to found a
fnshliiii uiuitltiR little else Hull laugh
ter math u contempt 'I ho woilis,
thciiu'h plliible themsiUes air souues
if w if iiuif-i.-ilulntloii to the artists,
ttlm li i-t ficclv as to their merits and
lndili n mi niinKH They estimate their
Milin nnnidliiK to their own Imauln
Inps ritlier tlnn to any mastery of
fnrm oi in uit of color The clumsier
the tihniiiip tlui deeper Its meaning
I niliv dr living, deficient color nnd
Rpiiei il nrlistn. incapacity stamp such
tinik is pie-Adamite, eccentric or
Ins me '
r wimdir ' mid a biovvn-oveil lad Bluing
oer no ir the bottle garage, ' If that applies
to mi IiUm futuristic work. 'Attic woman
liftiding over bathtub nnd muttering to her
nlf n "-he finds pirtv on llooi below draw
ing all the hot water'"
The paniph'c thunders nlnng about In
fine ii lists Once nr twice It seems as If
artists fn tin bnrdei lino vvnltlng foi tlio
itmhulinct as it wcie would bo attacked.
Hut alu.us thn m ulhousa appears In tlio
limit itinns HiBh-thoiiKlit iIoIuks In the
iliffernit Kiikbridei aiu Koleinuli' chron
icled t 't ist a loluinu Is dexottd to ego-
iiuinms in art
The insiiie art ciltio who scribbles.
InrnliorLiit iinliHeiiMj foi his fellow
suffinrs Is hlinplv to bo pitied nnd
trnitid as mi holiest imbecile and not
to be iiuiu-lii'd as a rogue Tlio lni-ano
intuitu niPi asks himself. What sort
of i iml j,,ke is this- What does this
artist want ijip to belleo?
who tim: asic, is viasix?
The whole IIikir Is laptioued "Tho Art
of the Smii Mi , ami ti)0 pamphlet In Ken
eral Is signet! b Charles Vpjsln, who ttnys
ho is leiiilntiiiK the thiiiK at his own ex
pense and pajliiB tho postage Mr Vezln
Indii ites m n inaiRlnnl uoto tint If there
Is in one lip Ina ulul looiipil ho would
be kI id to ,ii them a lopy free
Vezin ein, Vezln." tho namo flantetl
srnund the Walnut .Street r'nuntiy Club
last nlRlit after the tract had been read
'Who knows him' who eer saw him
What Is he' Where, la he?" The niumer
U not jet 1
' It s liko Flapping us In tho face " said
one artist -Tho man must hate cot iin
rt ca'talnsuo nml run thioiiKh It legard
less ihinkint! lli.it wo all needed a little
mental balancing "
The W.leniy nf the riuo Arts has heard
of the tract but declined to make a com
ment thtreupon Mr Vezln didn't send one
to the Amdeniv It appears. Hut nearly all
the othei artists In town h.ue receded a
cop Indignation crouches (inhering,
maps the juniiH u,0 i,e. .(Which la tho
fiituriMic wa of stating, "All hands are
angry )
And now, frlenda In art, stand up Place
the hands upon the hips nnd take deep
breath What is one going to do about
this' can one stand by whlio one's art
(the capital As are exhausted) Is chagrined !
Should one take one's fists in ones Jiand
and start to slew about one? All. no ' Art
Is long and Sir Vezin's time Is short If ho
ever appears among us One must bo brae,
tolerant and not like the Impetuous lad
ho last night leaped to his feet at the end
of the pamphlet and exclaimed, boiling with
(motion
"Ah, comrades. If that man should walk
among ua this night, I should feel like
solng up to him nnd crlng, 'Kie upon thy
Impertinence" Then I should feel like
friends, this Is a terrible thing to feel like
but I should be deUllshly tempted to
strike him a sharp, hard blow on his nose "
PETEY
The Old
Thing
Insulted
Petey
COMEDIES, NEW AND REVIVED, BRIGHTEN BOARDS
DELIGHTFUL NEW PLAY
FROM LEO DITRICHSTEIN
"The Grcnl Lover," at the Gav
rick, Is Full of Opera Gos
sip and Ironic Humor
nin tlltRT lOVKlt CntnMen thrw net.
1V, I'HH'hstrtn nml rr-iWk-n an,
I iinny Hniton. JIjniutKmmt lolmn ft Jlur
Us tiarrlik fhMtrr
r HtnhlMoh rrtntiieiir ,,..,.. Jtr. fife Miliar
Muentro (.rele linlhiu r..nourii!r
n. ti...,, . ."r. Wllllnm nirt-lnrrtl
Or Jtu-llor Clfrmitn enniltntor
PnfnnM st-efrtiirv to Ptntileton Mr ' lul an l,n"
IJnrti'SE ftsife ninimni'r ,.lr H-iirin I" llnnmln
Ulutla .saktinlunt t.itin tirlmii ikmnn
Wafil, opera bmisn priss nirtni
,., , , ... Mr rrnlerielt Mnckljn
an I,6k Waenefliin ti nnr
it,- m . . . . - 'r Alfn-it KiiDilir
Mme Trell-f nolnlif Ich tlormun s ir inn
,, , ,.. Jll AnnB Mi Vsiistitnn
RlliI ;vrri-n IitIp SPtirnnn Miss Ititi t iillmh
Jean I'nurel. stor baritone.
r ... . . 'r l-o riltHcliKtoln
Dr Ktotfnn Ihrml speelnllst Mr Alfrnl IawIs
J'ntter Pntirels a1it Mr Inlin It. ilnuln
tiiancu Snntno Cnrlo's mnthcr
, . , .Miss rBmllln Oillirrtt
Art I The tninnKir's ofllie (Inthnm Dtirrn
llmiiip Art II (nurrl s dr-sslti twin opiri
Utiusi In the rnurse of n performntii'i- of tin
HB-rn .."Hon illninnnl irn we. Us Inn r l Au
III I. mm s mums nt the hotel, (v. wru! iIbj.s
later ) Htngeil by Hum Torreit
"We" confcRsed l'otter. tnlet to .fenn
Paurel when pressed to tell the ano or
tils distinguished master nnd still more
, llstlngulslied singer nnd nmorlst. "e are
folly-six One lunnnt plnv ton nioannl
on mid nfT the stage" ,o, tin re i'nme n
tlrno when n nlce brinko nnd uiuin takes
tho half completed role when the Imn ko
tlstn of Ihlity jtnrs In jilerted nnd the lust
luxe must be sent bark to Us own
Thai Is thp plnr or 'The flieat I,opr"
but not Us essence Its esenre Is the
life of the opera stutter nnd the 'ipeni
house; Bland, petit ; passlnniiteh untiain
meled brltlled h leinperamentul trll
illtles; tinBic In Its ambitious, fatclcal la
their icnll7atlon epic -mid the last word
In gossip
So perlnps joil will like the tale of the
jrent baritone who loed his Ihousnnd-tml-flrst
lop ns ho lost his xolce nnd lust
hl3 thousandth and his tlrst liiu' as he won it
moment of self-abnegailon (n peituips It
will lio thn nnecdotngo of the opein house
that ehaims tho war of the (liimtiu nlng-
ets oer the Miprnno's pit dog that barks
nt tho tenor's hlsh note; the tlllllciiltlcH
oier the Mara iipon tho ilicssing-iunintlnois
a tare lot of Incldontn and ihaincteis
fioin tho old opctn dna In New Vork
puiiKenlly collated nntl edited bv Mr. Dlt
rlchsteln and the nations Oi. perhnps
i on will relish tho bits or Ironic Innnoi
riom nil tho world that slldo In hero nnd
tlure to Kim tho piny Its bltltr-swiet
sophistication Hut. lis li matter of fait
ou will probabl) like nil these arbd
things just its tho nuthori Intended J oil
should
Quito ns pood ns tho opera gossip Is tho
set lug of tho mam people or lite pln
Look nt the cast as It nppeara nt the head
of this teWew and ou will llml onh to
placrs whoso ficcs, olt-es nud teuipein
iiientn do not lit their pnits with n i.nv tlt
llBhtrulness What u pill tho nuiuager r
the 'Uothiin Opera House' nnd Ills faithful
ptess agtnt nion't n little uoaiei realitv
even If It ilsketl a libel suit! I'crli.-ipH the
excellent leallsm of Iho opera-houso ml.
tings, the festuons of steam pipes In the
stnt's diessliig loom, nnd nil the lively en
semble of "back Mage" nt n perfunnauie
mil compensate
And then theie Is the nclor nnd pln
ivrlght, l.eo Oltrlchsteln Vai nfter jenr
he has gono stcadilv on. adapt Ins Continen
tal comedies nnd pliylng thcni, widening
our comic horizons, adding to- our stage
in it quants or character nnd distinction
which is nut native to us Hero ho shows
us Ills own plav added to his familiar tem
poiamcnt and lilsti Ionic method If hlsntt
ing changes little with the jcais It Is In
teresting to nolo Ihqt his iil.tynrltlng keeps
p.ico with the develtipini nt of Ills nudleiicc
lieu he udapted ' The Concert" for llelusco
ho removed the lnmlc triant love-making
jf Its original ending In make u Miuppv"
but not hilarious finish Now ho has added
it In "Tho Cireat Lover" Our ldennl.il bit
of Ditrichsteln has nhv.ijs bei n a rare leaven
to the Ameilyan theatiu And now It stems
to be leavinlng Itself n little l M
FIRST AMERICAN COMEDY
TO BE REVIVED ON JAN. lb
Plays and Players Will Enact "lliti
Contrast" at Rioatl Street Theatre
Actort nf tho riiys nml riaycr3 win
Interpret Tvler s "Thn Contrast," tho sec
ond play written by nil American to tin
produced In mis country by n professional
cast, on Thursday nftiriioon. January IH
It will mink the tlrst itulvlty In III 17 ut
tlio rhllntlelphl.i Dinm, i league en operat
ing with the I'mverslty of I'eiins luinla
and will luauitiirntM nn elaboralo program
toi the Ameilian drama jear,
Tho plav will be In charge or a commit
tee lieudid hy Mrs Otis Skinner. "Tht
Contrast' was tho first Amcitcan comedy
written lis theme Is the tlilTerenco between
native worth and tho nffectntlou of loreign
nnnncrs It Inttoduced to tho American
stage Jonathan, thai typical stage Yankee
It vas performed foi tlio first time In New
Yoik In 17S7. In Iho forthcoming proOue
Hon, which will he nt tho Hroad Street
Theatie, the initial performance will !n
copied, in so fnr ns possible, wltb lighting
tcenlo nnd costume effects similar to the
early ones.
Applications, for seats for "The Contrast
should be made to George Nitzsche.
manager, University of l'ennslvanla.
"High Life Girls" Trocaderu
Pretty girls, catch music nnd beautiful
eccnery ull help to make "High 1.1 fe airls,"
a production by Frank Caldei, nt the True
adtro Theatre, ono of the best burlesipje
ihows teen In (his city ror tunic time
Ileatrlce llnilovve, a f.uoilto In this c-lt).
and Mlchelena Pennetti, a beautiful and
talented Italian girl, made good Impres
sions and did much to make tho eliow
llvely und brilliant.
Tony Kenny, nn Irish comedian, and Ted
Evans, an eccentric comedian, drew man
laughs between the bright musical numbers
offered by the principals nnd big beuuty
chorus, which was beautifully gowned
Warren Davis, un athlete, v. as an attrac
tion that ndded Interest to the show
This ubsiutTs o-
TESotNlMC- To COV4TR01-
W rcNPER. . GGTS MY
.GOAT GCEV)HR,Uow
CAM A rTELt5'R -r2a HAPP'f'
IF- Htz DouY 6eT Sore.
ouce. u a VWILB ?
Houv S.tvtoVsi5.s"
1 -J m t j cr fc. f'
EVENING LEDGER -PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 0,
A BIG QUALITY BILL
DELIGHTS AT KEITH'S!
Alexander Cnrr, Mildred Mnm-
ber and Others Win Apprmul
in Good Show
T'ven llmso ) rnfesslonnl liohemls
eat (belt i lierse In tiiblstlc form and
the genetal povertv or Hie human ii
would asree that the show nt Kiltb
week Is the best of the season
Votl tun npplj a collection of unmi
lorv superlntlves 1,1 nlmost any act i
bill nml be cunsl-liiit
C'onsldernble Interest centei'Mt nl ut
under Cnrr ihc innslciil coined v stn
eppeared In "An nrll Shower In
storv, which Is the Joint lnplrnlldn h' I In
Allan Woolf nnd Mi Cnrr Is sunn vln
uinslHlent It was ndiulrnhlv present' I
A Miung man etmageit to wed n s 1 1 n
bertes n larRe sum nf money He ii
thn etmugement nn nll I . When Hi c
Kiiardian henrs tin nous h" proinls, i. i
the imrort untile luwt mi conilllinii u
tills the Rill that the llleillllllR nf ti
Kagemeni wns lust an Aprll-fnnl J.dt
tilihnppv vi.utlt unites klsseslc
Theie me ma iiv artistic (ouches
witn mimhei of unoil sltiuitlons tain
Plav let to n niiccessrul i imi hiHlnii Mi in
presents nn extellttit tiiie-tn-lira piiiun I
the svmpiithetli- ,lewlh gtiardhin lie Ins
hot lost the knai k nt i basing n lrn mih
a laugh p vviis will suppurleil tiv II. Im
Mevllla Tom .1 l.v ins nntl Ram U Wllmn
'I he sketch met with pinphiillc nppniv il
nu lire also I, l Inn In the In lul (
rniiiiiiiie. nil ror the one ndmlsitn bv
.Mildred Macomber the drnmntlc iliuun
who nppfiits In n pniitnminiif spn t u t
nilled ' llnllduv's Vicnm" A plituu sipie
setting showing it lindan Riirden, nml an
em hanted ' pool nf n-al water, einlrclid
bv a tmiHSlve stnliwav elves the ntcis
sarv ntnitisphere doreit statues whkh
eoiuo to lire nnd plunge Into the pool nml
n number of woodland ballet dancers add
to the festivities I'lnmlnent In the sup.
port or Miss Macomber was Wlllard Toote
nnd the Suss Hlsteis
.Inliunv lloolev and Yvetle Utigel. a son
anil daughter or I'hlllv. preneuted some m-w
Ideas in imuedv nnd song which made tlmm
the apidause hit or the show In addition
t" in vv miiHli- .Inliunv offered his lens In
taw form The) nie iuIdiikiI In i:gptiaii
and Hawaiian scenerv this time Instiad or
the l.audei kilts, and the thunge is de
cldedlv for the better
.Miss l!ugel offered several songs with ex-
ii-iu-iu ri'siin rnev proven a good inn
tins! to the foolery of her Vt'est Philadel
phia pin tner
A Jewish cow Is n Itolsteln. according
to llerl llanlon. who made his (list appeal
unto heie In "IMiilosophv " Ills songs and
stoties smii with wit He statitln like a
pair of silssois when he talks nnd has a
new attitude for cverv stnrv He's heading
In the direitlon of hendlinn liniuirs And
thai s just what tho umliincu seemed to
think
Hum nnd Hva Puck presented the dainti
est nml ilnsHiest net nf their vaudeville
iiiretr Tin ru s n wealth nf mtlstle stenerv
Hid a number of giiuil songs Their lullslriil
nmiibeis me woven Into n consistent steiv
'I he were highly apprefialnl As to the
rest ou and Uelle, lu a boomerang net
gi eat
Itenee Klorlgny. Kreneh pianist; ery
good (Slip In Just one popular tune )
Harris and Jlanlon, singing and comedv
much a pprr elated
The Thieo Uosalrles wire act, clever nnd
novel
l,ast Put eertalnlv not least .Tnmes J
Moitim, (lie Ho) Comlf. who tnld the Inside
tlopi about every In t In advance Ills
exclusive storv about the suit lilt- nf the.
Shrewsbury ilam Is ninth Inuring lie
slips a monolog in without ixtra ihnrge
.! if C
Cow buy Minstrels Cross Kc.vs
A thoroughlv viustcui ntniospluiti pirme
tes the production orfcred bv Uert Im
mont h Cowboy Minstrils uliUh liendlln, s
the bill nt tint Cross Kc. .Snanny tonuil.v
Is Intermingled wllh haimonlous singing,
ind (he settings mid lusiuiiui. give nil udded
niiiiih of tpinlit.v In the offuliig.
Hair Antrim and l!t.ssc ale, two West
Philudelpblans, who have uppt-art.il with
miii-as in nil parts of the miinlr, present
id ti novel act lu vvhlih imitations, comedv
mil iip-tndate songs vvue well blended
Ibis lively pair won no ud ut applause
end laughs.
nther good aits Includttl Monroe nnd
Huff, bluikfuce coinedinus Lillian Wnt
nn. singing comedienne, and Dixie The
plttuies vvero In keeping Willi quality of
the. show'.
"Oil! Mr. Detects n!"NlMtn Craud
A tabloid musical cnmnly "lib Mr
Peuotlve,' won commendation and applause
last night nt the head of a stiong bill at
the Nixon Lira lid Dim i.itit" suspeuso of
the nt t mingled well with loiulo situations
mid the lesult wan pleasing
Maine s Comedy Circus proved a magnet
foi both oungsters and the cjowii-un folk
(il lit i- nets on the bill vvtie Work anil
(Ivvei. comedy unobats; Cdlniiel luck
(Jeoige iheerful chatterer; Hager und
(loodvvin. Ill a novelty net; rtUuelie Hlnun
Tho usual good phntiipluvs wem kIhihii ut
each perrunnance.
ContiniiiiiK I'lajs
At the Ilioad JIrs I'isko fs to lie sun in
n comedv or the I'ennsjlvnnln Dutch, "llrst
while Kusan," In which she plays an elocu
tionist who manies a hard-hearted and
liard-handetl old fanner In order to reform
him and tho community.
At the Forrest Itlclmrd Carle Volll Valll
Harry Uulger and a large company nre ap
pearing In "The Cohan Itovuo 1910." a
successor to George II Cohan's "lit lio
Ilrodway " I.ike (hat piece. It burlestiues
the current successes of the stage
At thB I.yrlo, "The HJua J'aiutlisn an
opeictta made over from rt continental
original. Also continues. Tn the cast are
Vhlenno .Segal, Cecil jean awl cieo SIa
field. At the Adelphi Hrnest Trues; Is appearing
In his old part of the lisping husband of
'Over Night." now decorated Willi music
and new ' business ' and called 'Very Hood
13ddie
-, f ff-PO it no OeTe Un ' z' . v..... "N sj.. r.. j" C cWoIclTT"
V ( Doucr Its Tough Swim To ,T fPoVEJl. JLlZuA Shoolo
M22& 7 HUi ZS3S Va-' JTL --
'S AM&&& fW av. ' II ,a3KyS .Qrvi--r v 3?te f )
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wmmm m .
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I i h ' lWBMTFTffiTTBli Wi I
i in fSfflEaciSsMtlfi 4. Ti?ffil-ni is
I JKIKwmma iMSxmmM 1
-- - issftemxmatma
M MOt It JUKIWN
At Hip filnlip this week.
DOM1AKO IIOM, IN MX! TAL
oiinp I'liilmlplphmn' !'inp;raiu Shows
Market! Artistic Values
'I lie emntirnni nn ul and aid glv.n to
Doiiiinlio ltove the violinist bv it number
of musliaiiv Im lined ami plilliinthiople
I'hlladelphlans a few .vents ngo lias ik-irlv
not bten in vain on the evldome nf the
voiiiig mm i meilts nf pciHoiuilltv proKrani
nml pel foi ma me disclosed at n rttllal last
evening in Mtherspnon II ill An audience
falil iiumeruiis for a seosnn whin theie
lias In en ninth miisltnl lompetltliin was en
thusiastic iiu riieudlv In Its lenptlon nr
the iiuthfiil l'hlhidoIphlati'M plavlng ami
its nppreilatlon for his goml pnints
of thie there vveio miinv and ineritnrlous
exemplllli itinns Chlctlv tbev vveie i nil
lerned with the spltlttiat nnd liiteipretallve
sides of .Mr Moves mt It Is nn this that
he excels In strnnge oontrndlstliittlnn to the
iiieiiibeis of the vounger group r artists
vvnn me ntiiitklng nt thn tlom or piihlit np
pioval ror nitlstlo recognition Must orten
tbev mo overtrained: Iheli tei linlipin Is
meeh.inliullv perfected: their lesniiri eful
ness h nil mil I v nddiesstd to utating
effects" mid no ti Ick of the Inula Is
a mvstery to them Uut In the
at hlevenient of llielr lechnuin Ihev havo
niail.v certain sicrlllces, thev hive fin one
thing lost sensibility, mid while tbev can
niiivev the stmo of a etinipnslllon. si Idom
can thev communlcato its soul
Mi Hove Is not deficit til in tethnlt-al re
siiiuee, Indeed he has an equipment far
In vontl the aveiage and mine than atleiiuate
for everv mdimii.v titiaslon Itall s I'ha
lonno was pinof enough
Hut he does nut pel form solely with his
technlipie, be mixes soul In his palette of
miiHliul colors Hence, numbers like Pablo
Sarasates 'hpinlsh Dance' (Vo 8),
Chopin's "Nni turne Up .'I iSn J) In the
Wllhelmj iirrmigement Dvoraks Slavic
Haute In ii .Major' (Kicislei ) and wainl
Sienss ' llavnnalse' had imiitloiiil valuts
and difreientiated national afuMits, nne fi It
the musk meant morn than notes, that It
txpiessed moods, purposes aspirations
Mr I love's topo has exceptional volume
and usiiallv eteptlonil t laritv lliniigh m -
cnsionnuv last evening it link In liinpldltv
and a bliiirlng In (ho bowing grieved Hm
fonnolsseiir for a moment Hut lapses ueie
nllogethei teiupnrarv and almost negligible
in such virtuoso exhibition pieces as Lain s
tvinplitinlo lUv ignole ' nml Mr ICreisler h
transcription or .Martini's iidniitluo ' In
his Dual ginuii .Mr llovo gave with fascin
ating i In Hun dome llolit miaii Aus and
Hames bv (iltokar Sevcik. wllh whom he
studied abroad Professor Wlllv Hess,
foinierlv toncertmasier of the Huston Nvm
plmny tin best in. was minllier nr his foreign
uachers - n jr
"What's Your Xatue?" (Jlohe
A Seymour Brown and eompanv in
"What's Your Name" proved nn excellent
heatlllncr nt the niobe last night Tho net
Is a miniature muslra! comedv, nud the
story concerns n case nf mistaken Identity
The lines nre elevei. nnd tho music of (he
"cnlchy ' xaneiy An nttrnctlvo clinrim
added to tho success or Iho olTeilnR. .Miss
losephlno .Stevens charmed with her sev
einl songs nud dances, Klie has n rapt I
vatlng iioisnualltv, nn irreslstlblo smile, and
was warmlv applauded
Harry Yeinii anil company presented
'Tho Carnival Oirls." while the rianl.lv n
Ardell Plnveis hnve n enmedv dramatic
plalet entitled "Her Honor the Mnyoi '
Tho supporting bill Included Hvaus nud
Wllsnn, singing and talking; the Holland
Sisters, eccentric Pinging and dancing; Hie
Ynmamata brothers. Jugglers
.Musical Hodges Win. I'enn
Cp-to-die-mluule melotlies alleruatiiig
with light coined v makes the ait offered by
Iho I'lvo Musk al Hodges a worth) head
liner ut the William I'enn The miisiiiuim
play with guild exprtsslou mid the act is
tustefully stuged
Harry Anger and (he King elsteis offered
a line of songs und lomedv, while .speneei
Charters, Irene Mvcra und toiiipaii) and
Julia Curds and Ud Itedding ulso appeared
lu pleasing nets
I'HILADKI.I'IIIA YKAItHOOK
City's Greatness K.Nhiuitctl in Chnmlier
of Commerce I'nhlieation
"This work exhlhlls the greatness or
Philadelphia ns a financial mmmertiul,
iiianufat luring and shipping metropolis '
Willi this ns a foreword, the Philadel
phia Chamber of Commerce goes nn, in Its
Philadelphia Year Uuok for l'U 7 l.-ued
vesterday. to present tn comprehensive form
a Miimnnry of tho leading industries of
Phiiadelphl.t Tho recoril also imlutles Ihe
sui rounding minufuittirlng terrltnr.v while
tho pages devuted to advert Ist mmts ore an
encyclopedia of the largest inuimf.utuu.s
and merchants of the vicinity
4.
A 7 IT lfZZ? m J&L. Vow TH a p.uV VTouoh JJ l Touch The
iV( sX,CVi A nUHi7 ) Uff1 vW - N-,Jr NASTv MUFF
NAZIMOVA AT STANLEY
IN FILM OF 'WAR BRIDES'
Herbert Urenon's Piclorinl Hand-
Imp of Anti-War Theme lias
Fii-t Local Showing
TAi i-v "Tir llrlile."
i Vila ViiTinirivii : storv
lltrtnnn 4lffnlrto
stnrv from Msrtnn I'rsie
w ilnirlliB lav "Wor Una
turici il
i ii riirt Itrrnon
t f'-i-l rt Pn lion's ehtff rontrlbullon lo the
p ri mt 'War Ilrldes" ns It linn b6en
mule into a phiifoplnv for Alia Nn?lmnrn
s l ru',. jiirtorlnt pcne As be demon
' tid iiRnin nnd ngaln In "A 1 mushier nf
h i 'l he Ins n fine eve for those, beau
i i i r poM balance pomposldon wlilch Ule
si mm ikes frnm the ennvns of the pnlnlcr.
ii t i .in, great sweeps nf farmland Into
ii" r nne nf nn open door He gives Us
"i v 1 1 of u oitv through the window of
" me I Miemetil room He posen the ill
1 it' if a reaper or or it cannon vtlth
' .ul in fllveneis Wir Hrldes" Is full
' i li eisetitlnl nnd lieirhtenlnff bemitv
i Tildes is nlso !llld, nf course, with
"nt litt i nnd tingle rrv of n mother
i mm ngalnst war which filled Marlon
i i iic WiittwotlhV vaudeville sketch In
'Hi n uavs l rendered more offeetivi
(he seieen In rt rtnln others eslieclallv
limn -itgomcnl Is neressar.v It Is less so;
mi inn such illltlciilt bits ns the plcn r
il" t mint- mother fm the women wlm heir
tin I mien nr war Is mntle as vivid bv
nn ins of ploiuits or women's work nml
women s sufferings as It was In (he plnv-
light s words
lhe nttlng nf ' Vtnr III Ides' Is lu nn im
piissliined, nlmost melodinm itlc kej , intmr
Ihnn a realistic (if all tlm'plnvets onlv
llli'hurd H llarthrhuess keiis close to the
simplicity t.r lire Vet (he effi et I V eilfss nf
(letirude Herkelev s woin mntbei. Chnrlt
IltvnnCs handsome I 'runs, or Ma Macs
Amelia Is not to be denied Mis S'nxlmov.i
heiself Is lioundltsslv, almost too vl li utly
tingle All I he vigor of her rxlranid'um v
facial muscles Is brought Into play nml
retnttls billllmill on the sciien '1 he rt
sult Is .suffering, lot Hue I in Red V. tint Is
nlwnvs iinpiesstve vet nt mnmetiti n little
too unrdleved Hei enrlv blls as a gill or
the cltv me p-irtlt ulnrlv will (lone Alto
gether .Miss Naxlmnvn tins a talent ripe for
tho lens
The sellings nud Inrnttnns of (he film nre
clnbnrnfe nud effective The photoginphy
nr (ho more beautiful exteriors Is pattlcii
larl gootl Hut the lighting of the Interiors
makes the cotmuoti studio mint illi. nf bnlnt-
brlghtei thnu that vvlutli ii.itiue supplioit
out of doors
It Is amusing to note that politics seems
(o linvo so fm chiiNltned the ccnsoi Hint
bnb clodits have enteied the sireen ngaln
Altrwiiv. "lie (nliniei f a mini " I roh
inaii AlniiseitiMtit i i miiniiv. tviih t im Ii l ilht
rirro nml Jink Sh mil A,l,nt-,l fii.tn the
liovil i.r lluuth I art, ill lini In,. i,, ,
li. uise Irilim
Ilootli Turkluglon's seioud pleto or fh
lion In reach the M-uen is linnllv ns lu
giatlating as "Seventeen ' Hut It has tin
same ngieiablv human tout h tin same ton
sillitis latktifii siiHliuni.il tli iini.it i n iiinn
and Hie same iinenlug know letlge nf sin ill
town Ann lit it While (he movie veision of
(Im book iambics on entertninliiglv. nnd is
fnlilv well proiliicid am! phiitngtaplnd
theie Is rft in die speclatoi s imml i. ,,u
in i-KKiiiti tiiui u was a inn ii -nn in I, mu
hat the dlieitor illiln t tin all in his pmvei
io vveiu uie initiiiius togethti I Ins is fui
theied bv the canlisslv wnnlitl, b.nllv
punctuated lenders mil b the gtneial
Jiimpiness or the nmrativt- Miss T.illn
rtrro glvos much funtnliif thnnn to the
scenes In whkh slm llguits, but the male
division or the cast Is unite nulslde the
plclure Altogethei, II s n lit 1 1 dlilltull to
understand whv '(Ileal Hxpi it.itions '
vvhii h das illsappeaied rmin the n iillas
hair-week booking, was sltli tracked
III IIIAI' "liii. llmlrili i Wife" 1 niip.i
StiitiH ViaiiHeiiii nt l urimr itlun villi lean
Suthirn siiil l.iu ltiiiiu Iiii.ttlun n iptr
vlaeil lu Hi rlii rl illiiili,
Aciordlng to the posters this in t ,ra.
mntle iepl to Hull i 'nines novel. The
Wniiinn Thou liavesl Me What it s In
tealllv Is a doniesllf un bull un i of such
familiar themes ami kiii-Ii onvputiiiii.il sit
nations thai jne can almost foretell everv
mote on the sciceu with un s eves shut
However, 11 has been leiv prettily plmtu.
gruphed mid Is intiil with spirit wtuihier
of ajutter vihlcle bv Miss Sothern. who
Is both attractive nml intelligent and bv
Mr Heliiney. a reliable and natural plaer
Tho settings and lighting of the realm e are
lis best beta These are of premier caliber
sritAMi - "linlli.tri-111111,1
l.lllhin W uiker
Vltaiifanh iih
Lillian Walker popular! kimvvn as (In
dlmpliil dm ling if the screen has the
thief role in 'Indiscretion ' a Nimpli and
obvious i-iin v vvlin li was placed m Mew
here teMnrdav It tills of a vnung .niaii
brought up without any particulai p.uemal
restraint and whoso amusements in her
vounger data are nkln In 'those of hots
As Elie grovvB Into womanhood ihe spirit of
iinconteiitionallly lingers nbout her mil
her absolute Innocence of the vvoild its vvajs
nnd Its wagging tongues lends hei tn com
mit n folly which nlmost ends In n tragedv
II Is then she is brought tn realize thit
there are a few tilings which eannoi be
done without loosing the tongue of slandei
evin If one be 'chaste as e und pure as
snow " The Initial episode cm die hunks or
a purling stream, might be omitted onlv ,m
die ground that Ihe 'clbnplud darling' dues
no! tnaki a very good imprcsMnu m a i-.itii
lug suit
Thomas ti Inee's military spectacle
"Olvlllzalion." entered on the popular-pricj
phase of hs career at the Victoria, where
(he big dim vvns displuved .vesterduv The
Palace bad Moroscos "Iledeemlng I .me
with Knthlyn Williams The Uelmout an I
the J.DCUSt displayed, ie-pec(!ve!y. Krunk
Iveennn in ' Tlie Bin Ve Ho" nntl Alice ilrndy
In "A Woman Alone" All these feature
have been reviewed in these columns.
Minstrels Dumont't,
Now Jokes, pew songs and burlescpje on
popular subjects cumbiue to inaltB this
weelv'a tierfnrmain e ut Itiiiiioul s, Vlnih
and Arcll streets, one of the best thai have
been seen there fur fine time 1 rank
Uiuiium us Interlocutor labile Cussldv Vic
ltlchards Tom Malune and others offer a
uuipber of new ideas which me in keeping
vtitli the ev .inla of the day
, tjritrjhv.
11)17
THIS WEEK
OM) HOMESTEAD KETUKNS
TO WALNUT ONCE MORE
llctun! of OM ItuoriLe TlnllU ns of
Voro
"The oltlsst and l-esf-l-iveil plltv In Atner
lea" returned lo the Walnut Inst night In
its nntumt vit t thi ritv Puch rnriiiiar
eharaclers an loshna Whllcnmb Itnppy
Jnelt, Aunt Matilda nml many othcri ngaln
plensrd tho Inrce nudlenen that wnn pres
ent to welcome "The ftlil Tlomestemt ' on
Its return
tleplele wllh good honest cnunlry humor
itml nppentins: pathos lieimnn Tlmmpaon's
mnsferplece. tthleh hn wentliTeil tho the
strlenl tofm f r Mitrti eai and still
eoing Mrohn left Hide doubt win- ll has
alwii lirt.h wnrml) r rtni
The tnry Is c istered itlmut West Rwnnr..v ,
1 little 'ii ml mil on (' e Vnv Hampshire
Utlllt Side Htrn I've (.III In Josh IHlll lllfl
son tvjm his tn n ii iii-tv accused of
ImvliiB tiib'ti.jd ih-. I nnr where he vvns
ashler t'nRbtr l - iml ihp Ignominy or
'he Hecusnll.iii, hi icitis Ms fathers homo
nnd wonders to New Vrk where he fnlls
indi ptll wnii In the fficnt cllv he Is
sited from complete ruin when he meets
his old rather, who It is left the fnrm (o
Hint hi snii The old mm is aided In
b itch bv a rer iriml drunkard nnd
1 flip, vim bid I eeii sued from nn un
it tin future I Cm , tnsh
.lames n Harrows in the ride or I'ncle
) nil. Is fnisefi,! slid upiieiliiig Hnrvev
Wullnie ss Hupp .tnrk die (ramp whom
(lie oh! fimi'p- bifrVndr It at t niea nmus
it j. and imp .(hide, while the surrounding
i-t ninkm do n vital tr "lite tjld Home
iiira I a do rhtfii perfnim ime
IvNirKEfiUOCItEU THEATHE
HUES EXCEU.ENT HII.L
"J.ciiii Rivurs" t'resenteil nl West IMiil-
ndclpliin Playhnusu With
a Kino Cnmputiv
"l.ina Klvcrs," n Stirling melndrmnn villi
t"tirs and laughs ivnn prestnted last night
lit (he Unlckei but Iter Thenlre ! nn citi-i-len(
ronipiuv.
The nulhm or die storv In writing this
fcicefnl plav gave a triir-tii-lifn piolun
that nppe.ils paitliularlv lo ouug women
The story rebates the experiences of a t ning
wniii in who. nppiirenflv of unknown par
tiitnge and sftei manv trials, is dlscot
ered to be die dniiKliter or n wealthy
family.
The hnppv entllng. however, does not
cemo until Anlin Imhirtv porlraviiig the
tide or l.enn P. vers has pnssed tlircnigh
greit til lis mil nrtow lohn I.oien?
the lending uinn or the company, once mure
proved himself a versnllle actoi while
I i Hues Wi nilluiri a tiPWconier of the cast
who e saved the iharinter of Clarn !,lv
liiston mntle a large number nf friends
Willi htr eh ir.utiriration
PII0TOFLAYS
JmSuh Boukka Gmpom
I'lli; follow Inc llH-itrrn nlitnlii llielr picture tl.roiiK.i the STAM.K1 UooUlne
Compiny, hlih N it Ktitirmlfp of rnrh tlmulnc of tin flnttt productions.
All ilcttirri rfUiwril 1 14 Tore exhibition V. for thf thrntrn In jour lomltty
obtAlnlnc plrtnrrM thrutish tlir sTAM.KA II00MNO OMl'.VNV.
f
ALHAMBRAv,;
WM. S. HART
M -! -iv Punaj ink Vvr
Dilli .' Km i) -IT. U
! !! l' I till
111 I It' I IIP! I.
it i.i iv i n
APOLLO
ii
V Ii
I lltlMPSON
vi t nsri: daii
ANN PENNINGTON in
i nr f v iinvv i re i i ss
ARCADIA
HliMTM I
mi. i nvv mill
t in i ii i vi 1 1 1 i i it" i i vi u 'ill ttrtn i i
"The Conquest of Canaan"
BELMONT
.'li VM MV1IKCT
FRANK KEENAN in
i in
-IS M I")
BLUEBIRD
lllltlllJ AU
.-.' i)l HIAWV VVR
PAULINE FREDERICK in
un. -i Him
CEDAR
nil vsi i i ti vr vv k
1 I Will V IHKvTRi:
BLANCHE SWEET in
till IMI'MIB TKIi
FAIRMOUNT -"r,,,f.,n rMB
si sst r ii i v u v hi 1 1 i. s 1 1 ivi vv
in "The Soul of Kura-San"
crTIA W "" '"i: tti nAii.Y
o"lrl Jii i i -i - rii - to ii
PAULINE FREDERICK in
' VM I I I III' I III VV II lis
FRANKFORD
(TH
IIANKFtlHD
At i;m B
Sessue Hayakawa '" .n'i
I II'IM V
GREAT NORTHERN nA.
VIOLA DANA in
till, i "ss,t u Willi'
imperial;""v,,,:j)v1:,U'tho
Totlny Winifred Greenwood
ii v vvuvt i r, inmi,
UItUl-il. I vi VSICll VVI'MB
PAULINE FREDERICK in
VM I I I. HI- Illi: Mil Os.
liberty
imot n AM)
(OI I MHIA
Mae Marsh nnd Robert Harron in
Ull VVllMir HAT
tteit ftiii.tnri i'hia
E U REKA "" SMniCBT ST8
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in
"American Aristocracy"
mhtii rim..nri,riii
OI Y M P I A """" -st
l. i ih r i iiAiMininnrc
Wm, Russell in 'The Love Hermit'
II VIII II i II VIM IS iii II. I Ind Hie F. re. i
Aim l HI. till nvv Sill AI I
I ililgAlit i..,A.i
11
PHOTOPLAYS
STAGE SOCIETY IN
H.A.
"JM.nnctivers of Jane" Is the Now
Offering nt the Little
Theatre
tk MA.vnut r.ni op jane corner hr
!lnry trthur tones ptB ftoelety nrrs,
Ilttm rhestre
reotmAti
Jrrvis I'unitlinn .
Mr Utfrhlnnr .,
Prtmeln lIMehletir
t.it.U Itanlillil.
. ..TI rtrlnnn Tarter
llenrr 1, Fax
.. Mitbel tHieppsM
Knilifln KfnnMy
. Helens Ilalblrnl
Wllllsm II Whltner
Intnn Freedley
Henry C PlieoiuM
Doroth Rlielmcritlne
Marin l)r
Kta Tlnrer
IvH Pnprhllil her on
(I'nrfit I.nnittnn
Ml i nnm intla Gate
tuna Nanele
Trrnttell the mail
1'lie Itav
Prfliendory Dostork
intTRra n ijaumtr
tleo T Wt arils
Mnrmifrtte Papeley
vv imam J Mculur
Mi.n Hod, I
Sir rinl.rft Itotrnter
The Singe Society plners selected a
rather dllllcult laslt list night m which to
try (hull powers In the I'.tst place Henry
Arthur .tones s comedy. Tho Maneuvers of
Jnne Is the sort of nngllsh play probably
mmt dllllcult or nil ror an American cast
to dent with It Is concerned with lire In
the llrlllsh mlddle-uppei tines, with lords
and with ldles nf whom Americans have
little llrst-liniul knowledgo, and with char
actet studies and social conditions which
American actors inn scarcely hope to be
suieeisful In portraying
Tint the I.lttle Thc.itie platers succeeded
in making the plav interesting at all Is av
tribute to their earnestness and sincerity,
both nf which Ihev hnve In full measure.
Thev did hold the attention or the whots
ni.dleneo Ihioughoiil th" four nets, nnd
though the comedv Itseir Is rnther crenky In
spots their performance was smoothly con
ducted ami Improved steadily as Hie comedy
progressed
Miss Mai In tiler ns the spoiled nnd petu
lant dtughter nf an nbstlnnte father again
bore off Ihe honors In role that vvns only
partlv suited to her gifts A close second
vvns William II Whitney, whose undoubted
abilltv came to the fiont In bis pirt as the
helpbss and humorless voting Lord Bap
chilli Miss Katheime Kennedy did her
small bit sitlsfactorll .is a .voiiihriil female
pesl Ilenrv 1. Pot ns a domineering uncle
would appeal to much better ndvantnge it
he repeated his lines wllh more tlgor snd
less evenness of tone C P IL
r.uilt of TrjltiK to Kill Tamily
WriOPItrilV N .!..lnn !) Tho Jury In
the i use of Ignatlo Karri, iharged with ns- ,
k.i ult Willi Intent to kill his wire nnd baby
son nenrlv a ear ago round him guilty of
both i barges
PHOTOPLAYS
LOCUST
Jt AMI I0C18T
Mu IB I 10 nml .1 10
l.Ka ! S 1) SO,
10c.
lie.
Alice Brady
In A WOMW
AlriNE'
Market St. Theatre
3.11 MAUKKT
nu:ET
Audrey Munson in "PURITY"
I in t r t l ul & t inn tin I he Pnrpl,. Maik"
UVCKtSKUUIS. ,,,., i nit oroM.
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in
Mil. HIS! ClP St SN
PALACE ''11 MiriK,;T TREET
KA rut iv vv II i .wii ir Tims- linrniNola
"REDEEMING LOVE"
PRINCESS
1018 MnKLT
STrtEHT
MME. OLGA PETROVA in
UK III l Iv. Ill TKIIH t
REGENT
lllll MAIIUPT 8TIIEET
ill mv i oirt onaAH
JEAN SOTHERN in
WHOSO FINDETH A Win"."
RIALTO
OKItMANTOWN AVE
Mil r.PEIIOCKEN ST.
ROBERT WARWICK in
run HKMir ut ncno
RUBY
Al VIIKCT .srf.EUT
I' I IOW 7TH STnEBT
LENORE ULRICH in
i in: rttiAn o hue
Q A V f. Y '-'H MAIIKBT '
3 fL y J I STltEET
Dorothy Phillips & Lon Chaney
In THE I'll'EH 8 PRICE
STANLEY MAf5T
AHOV E 10TK
A M to 11 ispu
NA7IMnVA in
"WAR BRIDES'
STRAND HuiMAvrowN avenuh
7.. iir il T MJNANTSO STREET
Lillian Walker . .. IN .
"Indiscretion
TIOGA ,rm AND VKS'ANac btI
FANNIE WARD in
nn -vi.Ans or the loci'St
VICTORIA MA"Ki:T"aT "
Ull- Tib "MAS II INfR PUOOITCTION
"CIVILIZATION"
north j'liir.AnEi.rniA
RIDGE AVENUE 1T34 n,DQE AV
ETHEL CLAYTON in
"The Madness of Helen"
"PHIL AND DELPHINE"
The ETKMNn LFDOER
rrljVVIniiliit Script
Mill Ha Shown an Added Ftsturt
Al r II I! blAMKV T II BATE II