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EVENING
WEEK : SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA AT THE GARRICK WITH A DISTINGUISHED COMPANY
Sir Herbert Tiee, Actor-Knight, Returns to Us in "Henry VIIL" After Lapse of Twenty Years
"Why Have Wc No Na
tional Theatre? ' Asks
Famous Player-Manager
Random Remarks
What the Star of His Ma
jesty's Theatre Thihks,
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By SIR HERBERT TREE
TT JS strango that tlio Kngllsh-spenlting
peoples nra tho only ones who do not
rerognlzo tho necessity of a national thea
tre. It Is to he Imped thnt the State mnv turn
Is attention to this aspect of education, and
1 notice already a. tendency In tlio unlversl
tlea of this country to tlevolo tholr consid
eration to tho drama.
It seems to tno that tho greatest tregedy
of tha modern stage In Ameflca wni tho
heroic fnllura of tho New Theatre. It was
ci.irteil In n splendid public flpirl" I be
lieve, by those who gave Now Ymk Its
opera, nml what would N'cw York he today
without its opera? Tho necessity if a
prppii' th crura will probnhly nol make
itself frit to tho full extent until the supply
f-hall havo created tho demand, Just as the
necessity for a great man Is not realized
until ho hns made himself felt.
I do not thlnlt that tho powers that swnjr
the destinies of tho Kngllah and American
nations havo yet realized how Important to
tile Stale la tho health and well-being of
tho theatre. They havo not recognized how
potent a factor Is tho playhouse In shaping
the minds of tho people, nnd above nil, how
greatly Influenced young men nml women
pro by what they see when sWtltig at a
piny. It Is their soclnl education. In tho
theatre they learn how to behave and some
times how not to bchavo.
Ts Hhnkespearo nllvo or dead? That Is
th" tiufstton. Is ho to ho or not to be?
If h- Is to be, his being must bo of our
1 wn time. Wo must loolf at him with tho
ces and listen to him with tho cars of
i-iir rwn generation. And It Is surely the
greatest tribute to his nonius that wo should
i.unn his work as belonging no leas to
"ir tlmo than to hla own.
Some contend that If Khnkcspcaro ho fit
to piny to our nge. In order properly t"
opprool.ito his works they must bo only
tieclied out with tho wardrobo of a by
jinno tlmo. Much hns been written of Into
11 to tho way In which Shakespeare's plays
rhould bo presented. Wo are told In this
connection tho Ideal noto to strlko Is that
01 "adequacy." It ts suggested that wo
ehould not apply to Shakespearean produc
tions tho name elaboration, tho samo ro
g.iiil for stago Illusion, for mounting, sccn
vi v and costume, tho samo revcronco for
Hcc.iracy oven which wo devote to authors
1 lesser desreo; that wo should not, in
f.'i-t. avail ourselves of those adluncts
viiii-h in these days science and nrt place
in tlio manager's right hand; In other
words, wo aro to produco our national
P'lH'.s works without tho crowds and
nimlcs, without tho pomp nnd clrcum
Htr.neo which aro suggested In every pago
i'f tho dramatist's work and the absence
t,C which Shnkespcaro himself so fre
quently laments In his plays.
We aro told that under the present sys
tem It is no longer possible for .Shal.es
j.i are's plnys to bo ncterl constantly and
In trim variety owing to tho largo minis
of money necessary. Of course, if a large
rnmber of Shaktypcare's nlnyn could follow
each other without Intermission a very
desirable stato of things would bo at
tiuued. I take It that tho proper function
01' putting Shakespearo upon tho stage Is
Ji'it only to provide an evening's entertain
ment nt tho thealre, but also 10 give n
Mlmulus to tho further study of our great
poet's works. If performances, therefore,
mako but a fleeting Impression during tho
moment's that they aro In action and urn
forgotten as soon ns tho playhouso is
quitted, tlio stimulus for diving deeper Into
other plays than thoso that wo havo wlt
ntsscd must Inevitably ho wanting. For
my own part, I admit that tho., Ion.7 run
hns Its disadvantages that It tends (unlets)
fought against) to a leasing of enthusiasm,
p.isaiou ami Imagination 'on tho part of
the actor.
I hold that tho dictum of a manager
of another day and generation, to wit.
C'lintterton, of Orttry I.ano, London, to '.he
ffect that "Shakespeare spells lulu," has
Li'en abundantly disproved both In Eng
land and in America. Never was Shakes-pt-aro
more popular than In tills day, 300
years after his death. "Tho tlmo gives It
proof."
Tho netor should bo tnught elocution,
fencing, dancing, deportment, pantomime
nnd gesture. As to elocution, the proper
. use of the olce, the pronunciation and
enunciation of tho Knglbh language, nnd,
abnvo all, the right delivery of blank verso
theso nro points which must ho taught
nnd should ho taught before tin actor
heaven born or otherwise can lio consid
ered as prepared for his staco career. I
know that many of tho modern school are
Inclined to Jeer nt tho 'grand old manner,'
but I submit "that whilo tho 'grnnd old
manner" was overdone nnd led tho theatro
Into what a wit recently described as being
tho dlsenso of present-day operatic singing,
tlio 'ycllcr peril,' yet It was an error on tho
right side, and at all events It was better
than tho little modern mannerisms, being a
standing protest against slovenliness, Indis
tinctness nnl effeminacy of speech.
THREE MODERN HOMERS
They are not related to the rhapsodist of ancient Hellas; except in so far
as all singers are related. In the center is Mme, Louise Homer, the
contralto, who will be heard in a benefit concert in the Academy
January 91. On either side her two charming children.
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ANTIQUITIES WILL
BE SHOWN BY
DRAMA LEAGUE
Activities of tho Pratna l.enguo heconv
moro variegated with tho passing of each
month. Tho latest announcement from Its
headquarters Is to tho effect that tho or
ganization will open an exhibition of raro
volumes, manuscripts and folios Illustrat
ing thoprogress of American drama from
Its Inception to tho current dnte. The dis
play will bo held on the first floor of the
Halo Hulldlng, Chestnut nnd Juniper streets,
for four weeks beginning February 15.
In tho collection will ho old handbills, pro
grams, photographs of theatres, of playorw
nnd costumes. Mrs. Otis Skinner hns gath
ered together a group of theatrical effects,
Including swords used by Booth and llar
rett. I'ercy Winter also has contributed
much material, nnd Dr. Morris .lastrow
and Dr. Arthur llobsou Qulnn. of tho Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, aro others actively
Interested.
Tho following bulletin In commendation
of "Tho I'rofessor's IAvo Story" and fore
casting "Henry VIII" has been Issued:
"On Monday evening, January -0, 1517.
Sit Herbert Brcrhohm Tree, with Kdlth
Wynne Mntthlson and I.yn Harding, will
nppear at the Cinrrlck Thcatro In a notnblo
icvival of "Henry VIII.' At tho samo tlmo
we draw attention to tho revival of Sir
James Tiarrlo's 'The Professor's Love
Story." beginning this week nt tlio Broad
Street Theatre."
AS TO THE HOMERIC
- CAREER AS A
CONTRALTO
Mme. I-oulso Homer, contralto and one
of the leading stnrs of tho Metropolitan
Opera Company, who will sing January 3
at tho Academy of Music for tho bonctlt
of Hahnemann College nnd Hospital, was
born in West Chester, l'a. As a girl she
sang In her father's chureh. Ho was a
clergyman. To quolo Mme. Homer's words'.
"I was always crazy about singing hymns."
A little Incident served to call attention
to the remnrkable possibilities of her voice.
Tho cantata "Itiith" was to bo given nt the
church, and llttlo Miss Iteatty. ns sho was
known then, was chosen to sing tho tltlo
part. "By somo chanco the basso was 111
on tho night of tho performance" relates
Mme. Homer, "and 1 not only sang my
part, hut his, too. Tho very next day sev
eral nf my mother's friends urgn! her to
let me have my volco cultivated.''
So it was that when sue was fifteen
I.oulso Iteatty was sent to Philadelphia to
study. At sixteen she held a good church
position In tills city, nnd speaking of that
period of her career the nrtlst said: "I
often used to wonder when I would be
ahlo to handle my voice; It was so hlg,
so cumbersome, nnd It never seemed to do
what I wanted it to."
Later tho young contralto went to Bos
ton and became a pupil of Sidney Homer,
studying both volco nnd piano with him
and oventually becoming his wife. From
Boston Mr. and Mrs. Homer went to Paris,
whoro tho American singer continued to
studv operatic roles. Her debut In isns
at Vichy, Franco, was a triumph" sho sang
Leonora In "La Favorlta," being the first
"debutante prima donna" to npp"ear In tho
critical city of Vichy In fifteen years. Mme.
Homer remained there all that season, re?
celving many offers from other companies.
After the Vichy season sho bang In Anglers.
Following her success there the contralto
was engaged for Covent Garden, London.
The IlU3Slan Royal Opera next called her
for an eight months' engagement. Her
American career Is well known.
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From Sir Herbert Tree's many
(Jarilinal Wolsey m "llenrv vni,
possible revival in New York next
possi
S1
HI HERBERT BHERBOHM TREE, who
s to make his first visit In twenty year'
ns an actor nt tho Onrrlck Theatre beginning
.Monday night in Sliakerpearo's pageant
play. "Henry VIII." was born In London
on December 17. ISIiil. When seventeen
years old his father took him Into his ollleo
as a clerk. "To leaven life." ns ho puts
It. he Joined at this time several amateur
theatrical clubs, Institutions widen nour
ished moro seriously In England nnd tho
English colonies than nnywhoro elso in the
world. He took tho name "Tree" during
his nmatour dnys. deriving It from Ilcor
hohm, his family name, which means "bare
Ireo" In Dutch. It was not until ho was
twenty-flvo renin old that ho mado his de
but oif (he professional stage. This oc
curred at tho Folkestone Town Hall. In
England, Willi a minor traveling company,
whero he pIa;.od tha blind Colonel Challlca
In a play called "Alone," He was so ner
vous that ho arranged with tho prompter to
snap his fingers when ho was forgetting
hla words and wanted help 11 tendency
that has never wholly deserted him. On tho
llrst night he snapped often, and. In conse
quence, felt heartily depressed about his
performance. As a mattor of fact, tho
critics commended his work, calling It
bright and clever. Especially did they nolo
"his realistic twitching of tho lingers and
I'onstant nl'ltudo of painful listening, traits
so characteristic of Iho bliml"!
For six years following this ho toured
(Notis to renderfl Th stnry of "Penrt of tlio
Army" will bo uiv-en in swnarlo form In thin
iiiiip.ipir (.very week. A imw srenurlo will l
published e.ieh Saturday. Head Iho utory hre
I lien sen how the director Ims carrlpil out tn
iPKtrucitimi und developed Ihn motlon-ptcturt
ilntmit from the scenario st tim motlon-pii'tura
Imusa Knowing "Pearl of tho Army.")
CAST
T. o. Atlanta
IVarl P.lro
Cnlonel Date
M-jJor Brent
Ilvrlba liunir
'I'nku
. ..Raloh Kallanl
. . . . ISmrl WHIP
.W. T. Carlutnu
Theodore J'"ribun
...Maria Wayne
. ..T. Tumamoto
The .Silent Mwinry
171
Dttecllvrs, irui'ajs, hutler, lervunts. vulot, cte.
Subtitle Pearl Dare hnvlnff mysterlouly dls
Rppenreil. Ileriha Bonn summon .lnjur Brent
to tier Washington apartment to plead with him
to marry her.
Sccino 1 illoudolr nf llorllia Bonn's VVnshlns
ton spurtment.) Open dlnphraem on forcsround
of llertha Ilonn In afternoon costume. Hho
nazes ott nut of for'nrouml tit direction of door
way and hr face llchts up, Khow foreerouml
nf Mslor limit. Ho ram In doorway, sioim
Tor a moment, then -xits oat of foreground In
llcrtha'M direction. Pull s-t llrent comes to
llertha. Mho reull. sh" h.ia no hold on tlio
man sho loves becaus" sho has lost the locket
runtalnln: hia sinned photograph and plead! with
lilm. llrent shakes hla head emphatically.
Hpoken title "No. I intend lo marry Tearl
Dare." I'ontlnulm: scene, llrent Bp"ks out
Hboe slid inoNca away from her toward win
dow, llertha follows him. pleading. Show for; -iiround
of tho two by window. HertS'a l! still
rlaillns. llrent Is adamant. A mysUrlous hand
comes In tliroush window mid unsoeti hy llertho.
thrusts a note Into llrent'n hand, llrent reads
Iho note. Inssrt closa forcsround nf note on
screen. "Tho locket ts In Colunel Uare'B oafo
In th Chemical imlldlnii.'" llertha la curious,
but llrent thrusts tho noto Into his pocket. CIuo
dlb!uurmie-Pearl Dure n.l T. O Adams havo
been made prisoners on a schooner bj tho hlltnt
Manure. AmerU"i's inemy. whu ts awulihiE a
Uix troin a forelsn snip.
Scene '. I Pearl's prison on schooner. The
furniture includes a small three-p-sited fctnol.)
Pull sit Tha solo's boy, comes in with, Pearls
I.enlnn meal and lays it down. Pearl speaks
pleasantly to boy. He lurni to iea
SubilUa -- Twtniy
mluuies later.
peena a - (Adam's
prison room, next lo
Pearl's . Hoy iony;
to Adams and bfflds
over him Adams gazes
uiTinio boy s face and
starts back. Show
foreground of tho two
The boy Is seen to be
Pearl. Adams worder
Ingly usks what she t
dolnu there and Pearl
starts to explain.
Spoken lllle "Winn
tha boy brought my
supper I hit lilm over
"he head with a stool,
took his clothes and
sallied and bound
Elm." Vearl speaks
out above and Adams
registers wonder, run
t Pearl flies Adams
Tnd bids him hurry.
The two " j
Scene 4:-ftb,n.hri!
schooner. In the cabfli
there Is h paiklne
bo") Sllwt Menace
and caploin come Into
cabin. SlUat Menace,
keeping Ids face con-
ceutea, '; i" ST .,
Ibb box and starts to
""sceoi 5 -(Corridor
outside cabin. Moon
light ellect.) IVatl.
.."lii i. h,i'i disguise.
oomes In with polishing
S and starts lo
polish. Shs un hear
wbt js eoU oo la the
CSSa 0 (CaWn ft
schooner s per 4 )
Show foreground of
caplala sad Silent
Shakespearean parts. Left to rijrht, Falstall"
wiucn no win piay at 1110 narrici;; lucnnru 11 111 mu iiui-nium-n iii.v. "
season; tho title part in ''Macbeth," and SMnlvolio in 'Twelfth Night."
tho provinces nnd then ho married Miss
Maud Holt, a teacher at Queen's College,
who gavo up her profession to Join her
husband In his career. Tree entered Lon
don, making his llrst Important success as
(ho Rev. Itobert ,Spaldlng In "Tho Prlvnto
Secretary." Two years later he assumed
tho management of the Comedy Theatre.
In London, and ever since lias had his own
playhouf.o In that city. His first produc
tion under his own management was "Tha
Red Lamp." Tho following autumn he
leased the llaymnrket, vherc ho remained
for ten years, producing such plnys ns
"Tho Ballad Monger." "Captain Swift,"
Maeterlinck's "The Intrude--" ithc first pro
duction of Mnelerlinckian drama In Eng
land). "The Dancing itirl." Wilde's "A
Woman of .'o Importance," Isben's "An
Enemy of tho People." .Sydney Grundy's
"A Bunch of Violets," "Fedora," "Trilby"
and three Shakespearpnn plays "The
.Merry Wives of Windsor." tho first part iif
."Henry IV" and "Hamlet."
Treo mado his llrst visit to America In
ISO I in repertory, and in 189fi-7 was again
.seen in this country, during which time ho
produced H liber t Parker's "Tho Seats of
tlio Mighty," which ho used to open his now
thentre, then Her Majesty's, now Ills Maj
esty's Theatre, In London, In April. IS37
At Ills MuJOHty's Theatre Treo has pro
duced almost 100 modern nnd clnsstcal
plays, tho moro Important of which aro,
perhaps, "Katherlno and Petruchlo" (Oar-
wuPearl of the Army
By GUY W. McCONNELL
Scenario by
GEORGE BRACKETT EITZ
Author of "Tho Iron Claw " "'Tho Shloldine
Shadow." etc.
PRODUCED BY PATIIE
EPISODE IX .
(Copyrleht. 1U10. by fluy W. UeConnelL)
Menace. Silent Menace hi finished opening
box and ha picked up u hand grenade.
Spci.en title --"This Ih u t-auipju of the
bomb wo will uso to destroy the cunal. Send
the liox to the Alnes Itulldins tonutht at IS. same
room ns before." I'oatlnulng previous fore
ground. .Silent Menace tlnlshes speulslns out
uboie, Captulrt nods.
Scena "-ffnrrldor as per fl 1 Pearl havtnff
heard previous conversation, turns and hastily
b'ceno 8 (Captain's cabin as per 4 ) Silent
Menace finishes putting lioiuli back Into packing
box and exits with cuptma.
Sumllle Pearl liilruna Adams with a note
to her father, warning him of tlio meeting In
Iho Alncs llulldlnu.
h'ceno 0 tC'orrldor outside Pearls prison.
Moonlli-ht effect.) Pearl and Adams In picture.
Pearl hands Adams nt rur her father and
iirfa-cs him to hurry, llu slips nut of picture,
l'enr! extlB in tho opposite dlrei'llull.
Hieno II) (rlldo of whooner. Uoat tied to
old. I Silunt Menace i.nneu climbing down to
lKi.it. flats In and rows away.
Hiena It (Cabin us per 4.) Tearl In boy"
clothes cornea stealthily into cabin. Moves to
box, opens it and takes out all Iho bombs hut
one. Hides them In closet, then moves bacli to
box and starts to work with excelsior.
dublltle At I'- that nluht the Mllent Menace
arranges to meet unscrupulous American muni
tion manufacturers.
Kceno ts (Houghly furnished oluca on the
eighth floor uf the Allies Uulldlna. ) Open
dl.iphram on the Silent Menace cumins Into of
rlee lie looks iitinut and arranges chairs for a
me.'ttni:. The men from the schooner umio In
Willi the parking boi. They placo It In on
turner and exit. Klx well-dressed Americans
romo in und .Silent Menaco welcomes tbt.m. He
As Merle Johnston sees our hero.ne.
t-TSxrpg.-uum.wy "' : i" s c-i 1
j , l..",7i
in "The Merry Wives of Windsor";
rfek'n version of "The Taming of the
Shrew"). "Julius Caesar." "King John." "A
Midsummer Night's Dream " "Twelfth
Night." Clyde Fitch's "Tho Last of the
Dandies," Stephen Phillips's "L'lysses,"
"Nero" and "Herod." Tolstoi's "Ressurec
tlon," "Rlchnrd II." "Tho Darling of tho
(Sods." Kipling's "Tho Man Who Was." "The
Tempest." "Much Ado About Nothing."
"Tho Winter's Tale," "Business Is Busi
ness." "iijlver Twist." "The Mystery of Ed
win Drood." "Antony and Cleopatra,"
"Colonel Ncwcome," "Tho Merchant of
Venice." "Faust," "neothoven," Brloux's
"Falso nods." "Henry VIII," which ran for
254 consecutive performances : "Macbeth,"
Zangwlll's "The War Clod," "nthollo,"
"Romeo and "Juliet" (playing Mercutlo).
Mollero'n "Tho Perfect fiontleman," in con
nection with tho first performance In Kng
land of Richard Strauss's opera. "Ariadne
out Naxos" ; "Drake," "Marie OiHIb" and
"David Copperfleld," In which ho acted both
Mlcnwber and I'cggotty.
In 1D07 Tree visited Berlin In Shakes
pearean repertory. Last spring he made his
third visit to America, when ho brought to1
tho Now Amsterdam Thcatro, in New York.
Ids eutlro production of "Henry VIII." His
Micross In that city led to his tour of the
chief eastern cities in this country, which
closes in Philadelphia on February 10, when
ho will sail for London to produce In thnt
city "The Great lover." He expecta to re
turn to America next season.
1 1
moves over to box and starts to open tt. Bhow
foreground of the box helm opened. Ah tho
Klleut Menaco lifts tho lid. Pearl, the bomb in
her hnntl, pops out of the excelsior, smiles and
siieaks.
Spoken title "Welcome to our city. Aren't
you ashamed to mako bombs to blow your fellow
citizens to piers?" Continulmr previous fore-
frrounil, Poarl finishes speaking out above. Pearl,
toldlni; bomb, moves to phune hi another corner
mid asks for her father's number.
Hubtitle -rearl learns from her father that
Adams did not deliver the message. Khow fore
ground of pearl at phone. Tells father whern
s.in U and bids lilm hurry to her rescue with
soldiers.
Hublllle Half an hour later.
Pconn 13 (Street outside rear of Alnes Pudd
ing.) Dare uad soldiers arrive In automobiles.
Dare posts soldiers around building.
Scene II (Silent Menace's otHee as per 1-.
Manufacturers by window exclteill pointing out
at soldiers. Pearl, standing In doorway, smilea
at their unxtety Hacks our doorway to corrldo .
Heeno lo (i'orrtdor outsldo utile,) p,.,rl
holding bomb comes backtnj out door toward
elcvalor shaft.
Sceno 111 (Silent Menace's office as per VI )
The Sll' nt Meuico with a iiutck movement draws
rcvolvtr mid tin's In Pearl's Ulnctlon
Scei.o 17 li'orridnr as per )..) Show fore
ground of Paul ry elevator. The bullet strtkei
her urni and she drops bomb down elevator
shaft.
uiiiitltle The American manufacturers pay
iho penalty -
Scene la (Debris of office beneath Rltent
M. mice's olHee.) Undies of the manufartur, ra
I) tug ubuut the room. All arc dead. Sll.-ir
Menace creeps out uf debris und exits out ul
loom.
Scene 10 (Corridor as per ),1. ) Pearl Ivii!,
un beam uuconseiuus. Adams comes rllnihim:
up to her. Lifts her up und starts down wiin
tier.
Scene 20 (Ruins of first door Moonlight
effect.) Hoteliers piuklun up the dead A,l,un-.
comes Into scene cumins Pearl lo whir.
t'olouel Dare Is. Lays her down Mho recovus
and struggles lo her feel. I'oiuts uicumtl a!
Aalaniu.
Spoken title "Why didn't you deliver me
noto to my father?" Contlnuins previous fore.
ground Adams Is aupureutly
laltcM aback
Hesitates tlien speaks.
Spoken title "I I lost it."
Contlnuiti?
foreizruiinil
prc loua
tuaiu nnisucs speak
hut out abo. I'eurl
gases nt him sus
piciously, then a sud
den terrlfjinwt thought
c.nies to her ana she
speaks to her father
Spoken tills The
i.tna) defense plants
our ofllcc they aro to
. stolen " Full set
P'lirl finishes speoklihl
nut above. Staggers
"ul in foreground. All
IlllluW
subiule, The dls
i iv t :
Scene "I ( lla !' f.
o in i'hemlcal tbiiM.
oik I Large safe, in
nature The door
Mealthdy opens and
1 1 out hed Sgure goes
un r to safe.
Sm ciiii (Side n-
li?,!' '' ? ','.' t'hemlcal
Hulliiimj.) Pearl, Dare
and others dash up In
automobile. (let out
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Hare. Pearl and other's
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turn on lUhts. They
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fiom safe Suow larger
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lire part Brent Is
very much taken abatk
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I'ntd tho Urlinth spectacle "Intoleranco"
was produced, people had almost forgotten
that tin hanging gardens of Babylon were
included among the seven wonders of tho
ancient world. Through I his spectacle
Babylon has taken on a reality that never
otherwise would havo been possible even
through tho discovery of relics of that an
cient city. Kxcavntions mado by BCientUla
men havo brought to light many things
regarding tlio civilization among tho Baby
lonians. One fnct especially has Impressed
itself upon investigators that those ancient
ppoplo were wonderful engineers, splendid
sculptors and mnrveloua architects. Tho
skyscrapers of today wcro antedated by the
walls of Babylon, -which wcro at least 300
feet in height, It was proved by oxcava
vatlons mnde by Botta that tho palace of
Belshazzar was fully a tmlo In length,
('.ninth, in hia spectacle hns reproduced
this palaco with an accuracy mado pos
sible only through closo study of tho re
sults of researches by Botta, Rawltnson nnd
Itayard. Tho ruined walls of this great
building shows carvings, much mutilated, It
is true, hut still sulllcluntly well preserved
to Indicnto tho skill of tho sculptors, who
had devised figures of men and horses,
charlots and winged bulls, ns woll as of
lions.
It Is possible that tho finer examples of
Babylonian nrt work may have disap
peared, but enough has been preserved to
how that tho artificers of such things as
drinking cups, plates and sacred vessels
wore men of artistic ability, fine of the
discoveries mado by excavatorn was a
powerful magnifying glass, nnd It would
seorn from tho delicacy and minuteness of
designs on some of tho old Babylonian
wills that magnifying glasses were used
In making this dclicato work.
Many persons regard tho wrist watch
of today as a novelty. It Is true that
watches wero not worn In Belshazzar's tlmo.
but In "Intolerance" that luxurious king
Is seen to remove a medallion from his
wrist and give tho trinket to a girl In tho
marrlngo mart. This medallion Is a dupli
cate of n bit of Jewelry found through
excavation, and the trinket Is unquestionably
a precursor of the wrist watch. liven
motorcars wero not unknown to the Baby
lonians. They sent mighty vehicles, bilch
hig fire, to drlvo away an Invading hordo!
The cntlro spectacle brings to the nilni
tlon the fnct that luxuries and conveniences
in the dim past wero ingenious nnd many.
Sh
Lina
aw s
Pcrhapn ftj wosf remarkable speech in Bernard Shaw a 'Mis
alliance," which the Stafje. Society Players are (jiving at the Little
Theatre, is that in which the Polish acrobat lad, Lina Szczepa
nowska, played by Marpit Papolczy, delivers her tirade against love
and lovemuking. Having landed on tho grounds of Tarlclon, the
rich undenvcar manufacturer, she has become an object of affection
to all tho men in the house. Her retort is as follows:
kLD PAL, this is a stuffy house. You seem to think of
- nothing but making love. All the conversation here is
about lovemaking. All the pictures are about lovemaking. The
eyes of all of you are sheep's eyes. You aie steeped in it, soaked
in it; the very texts on the walls of your bedrooms are the ones
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make love and are very nice and useful to people who travel.
Then this young gentleman. He is engaged to this young lady;
but no matter for that: he makes love to me because I carry him
off in my arms when he cries. All these I bore in silence. But
now comes jfour Johnny and tells me I'm a ripping fine woman
and asks me to marry him. I, Lina Szczepanowska, MARRY
him ! 1! ! ! I am an honest woman : I earn my living. I am a"
free woman: I live in my own house. I am a woman of the
world : I have thousands of friends : every night crowds of people
applaud me, delight in me, buy my picture, pay hard-earned money
to see me. I am strong: I am skillful: I am brave:" I am inde
pendent : I am unbought : I am all that a woman ought to be, and
in my family there has not been a single drunkard for four gen
erations. And this Englishman! this linen-draper! he dares tQ
ask me to come and live with him in this rrrrrabbit hutch and take
my bread from his hand and ask him for pocket money and wear
soft clothes and be his woman ! his wife ! Sooner than that I would
stoop to the lowest depths of my profession, I would stuff Han3
with food and pretend to tame them. I would deceive honest
people's eyes with conjuring tricks instead of real feats of strength
and skill. I would be a clown and set bad examples of conduct to
little children. I would sink yet lower and be an actress or an
opera singer, imperiling my soul
to be somebody else "
By SIR HERBERT TREE
The following account of a ritaUn
ptilsned llrltish playr's experience in
the nop(e is taken from the IVBntfort
Times, tt refers to his engagement with
Triangle.
I AM tempted to Rive a description of tha
life, of tho studios of Lor Angeles, in
which many thousands nro employed. The
community of tho studio Is tha most demo-i
eratlo I have ever faced; but from first lo
last, during my stay, I never met wtth any
discourtesy from tho many hundreds among
whom my llfo was spent. Tho work of the
pictures Is dono In an atmosphere of hap
pines and high spirits, which makes Its
frequent monotony bearable.
In the productions thcro Is a systematlo
abrenca of system. Sometimes nn nrtlst
will have to wait ono, two or thrao weelts
beforo ho Is called up to talis up his share
of tho work ! then ho will often work fifteen
nr nlxlcon hotirs a day. This latter was
my experiences In the preparations of "Mac
beth." Tha process of photography takes
placo partly In tho studio hy artificial light
(tho rays nt which ire somewhat trying
to tho eyes), partly In tho open air of tho
studio ami partly In "locations" that l
to say. In country scenes.
When coins on "location" (there obtains
In Culfornla curious lovo of t.atln words)
tho entire party aro driven to their destina
tion In motorcars. We would sometimes
start for tho mountains nt midnight, and
proceed to n country Inn. bo dressed by
7 o'clock to catch Iho early sun, and ride
forth on horseback, nil caparisoned and bs
wlggcd. toward tho "location" of tho
"Blasted Heath" there to meet the witches.
The inhabitants of California nro -o ac
customed to fancy dress that the approach
of Macbeth, of Itamiuo, of Mncduft and
their retinues caused no surprises, for of
l.os Angples it may be said that nil tha
world's a stago nnd all the men and women
merely "movies."
Tho mimic coronation i of Macbeth at
Scone took placo nbout forty miles rrom
T.os Angeles nt a placo called Chatsworth. ;
Thither tho actors and hundreds of super
numeraries, together with tho "'properties"
of tho occasion, "wero conveyed In motor
cars and motor-omnibuses. This scene was
taken In brilliant sunlight, while; tho arrival
nt the King's camp of Macbeth and Banquo
after the Tlctorlotm'liattlc was photographed
at 2 In tho morning, tho scene being
lighted by huge electric lights. Through
tho ranks of tho cheering soldiers surround
ing their oampflres and through tho flaring
lights projected on their faces, Macbeth and
Unnquo gnlloped with tho news of victory.
This nocturnal sceno was deeply Impressive.
The Interior of tho Witches' Cavern was
enacted In a scene built in tho studio. One
sceno was photographed no less than ,a
dojen times ; this ordeal was a somewhat
trying one In tho watches of tho night.
Acting to tho lens rectulres a peculiar
temperatment. and demands a much moro
"natural" method than that of the stage:
tho great requisite In the actor Is tho r-ower
of momentarv sclf-oxcitatlon. A mere re
sort to tho technique of tho thcatro would
not "register" satisfactorily on tho film a
relentless detective. To tho nowcomer It
Is somewhat disconcerting to act a scene of
carousal Immediately after your death
o Tn thn crreat studios ono will often
ee ns many as ten different plays proceed
ing on adjacent stages, a farco being acted
In closo proximity to a sceno of tragedy.
A. quick and versatllo temperament In tha
actor Is required for the work of tho screen,
and although I had llttlo difficulty In nc
cllmntlzing myself to the new conditions, I
confess I havo not outlived-my preference
for the spoken drama. It Is only by tha
excrclso of one's imagination In visualizing
tho perspecttvo of vast crowds of spectators
that ono can maintain tho pitch of excite
ment necessary for the fina frenzy of the,
scene. The sets for "Macbeth" were all
built; tho sceno of tha King's Castlo in the
last nctrsolldly constructed in a '"location"
outslda Hollywood, was fully equipped with
a moat filled with water, a drawbridge and
battlements, over which tho attacking army
clambered, stones being hurled and boiling
pitch being poured on them.
Laskes Love
about love. It is disgusting. It is not healthy.
Your women are kept idle and dressed up for
no other purpose than to be made love to. I
have not been here an hour, and already every
body makes love to me as if, because I am a
woman, it were my profession to be matl
love to. First you, old Pal. I forgave you
because you were nice about your wife. Then,
you, Lord Summerhays, come to me; and all
you have to say is to ask me not to mention
that you made love to me in Vienna two years
ago. I forgave you because I thought you
were an Ambassador, and all Ambassadors
by the wicked lie of pretending,
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