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MISS HILDA SPONG,
and Anecdotes Concern-
f,Men Whoso Melodies Are
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"ALADDIN" FEATURE
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Many Other Novelties, Including
Animal Acts, With Barnum
& Bailey Fete
FAR FROM THE CAMERA'S CALL
&
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rinlcd front the New York Evening Toil.)
MtvAlder comes to (ha Forrest In "MI'S
p.. (J" Springtime" next Monday.)
bftbly the mott amiable o( all the
Inental composers Is Frttnz I.ehnr,
"Merry Widow." Kith lis pparitllnR
nnJ tripping 'melo
(llOK, will not tson
he forgotten by
tlio.io who conde
scend to 1 1 e h t
rpera. Lclinr lives
In the Ontcr of
Vienna In a mag
nificent spirt,
luent, which, when
I first saw It, Im
prcexeJ mo for
the abnormal
number of plnnoi
It contained. In
the attic of the
name building, he
It n another
apartment, bIo
beautifully fur
nished, and this
lie usea nn hl.i
Sr workshop. Wh n a- In ooniposInK he
pi includes himself there for dayn. While In
Mthe last throeu of Instrumentation ho wilt
K'lt Iri n chair. Isnorlncjiln bed entirely, and
a nco lit, a while taking Hhort llve-mlnute
i.lvips. In the Intervaln of his work. He In a
i.mposcr who attends rehcarHats faithfully,
And no matter 'what mav bn bl rent onlnlon
K6f(tho member of the company engaged Ir
l,uiiihb cm oiio in inn worKH, no aiwuya
' Rlls them nil how well l hey nlng and play.
Whon his .perctta. "ITio Ideal Wife."
'"Wan about to ej on In P .-tin It watt I.ehnr'H
PvMia that 1 should play the part of a worldly
it young Spanish cirl fully experienced In the
P tlfllcult matter of liandllng tho stronger Hex.
SHThe opposite rote, that of tin Innocent
;nwly married young wlfo who fears that
jlier hunband In neltltj and who comes to
i'h worldly wife Binter In the play for ad-
fcAVIce aa to what she nhould do. wan to be
Jj fMeil I fl hi' n tvll.ltinu,i lnfr,t,. frnm flto
tA'frnustc hall! who was famous as u man
js' 'tahier. .She had had many experiences, nml
ii'lwu emerged triumphant ftom all.
p. t'The situation tickled the risibilities of the
eftUdlenco immensely. I had gone to tho ox-
rise of importing from London tho riding
libit Called ton ho that when I mudo my
ntrance 1 should bo the last word in style.
tit on the opening night I found that 1
ad made the most miserable failure of my
kreer. The nudlcnce insisted on laughing
proarlouuly at my serious Ecencs with the"
ung wife. ,
fy$. After the Performance Lehar canto to
f we 10 ten me witn emiiusinsm wnat a won-
enui nit t nan maue, niui even next morn-
when the newspapers confirmed the
irarst, he was unchanged In his opinion,
t"lt Vpu had worn anothor costuma when
OU maue your entrance," no saw, "the
ce would have run a yearl"
The Uarnum A Dalley circus comes lo
I'm.aucinn a ror IIS nnnunl enir.iirninnt mi
Monday, April 3u. Only the namo Bat mint
& Dalley grows old, for the purveyors of
circus nmusement or "the Greatest Show
on Knrth" have spared no expense to make
mis season's snow exceed tho most san
guine expectation. Numerous new features
have been secured and the expenditure has
umugni many big novelties.
Tho spectacular pageant "Aladdin and
Ills Wonderful Lamp" has 1400 persons
taKtng pari besides 7SU horses and camels,
and was pronounced by press and public "a
gloriously iridescent eye feast."
A novel feature this year Is l'rlnco Mar
vel. the gymnastic chimpanzee, who exe
cutes n complete horizontal-bar act and
docs all the dlftlcult feats accomplished by
nis numan rivals ; hoiombon, itua novel per
formance, whoso skillful antics will make
you wonder "Is he man or monkey"; an
other featuro aro the stars of tho Impel lal
Chinese circus, who whirl, spin and slide
from dizzy heights while hanging by their
hair; tho Five Ilannafords, an entirely
new Idea In equestrianism ; Hlgnor Ia
gonghl, Italy's comic equestrian ; Ulrd Mill
man, "a fairy on n cobweb": 'Itiith lludd,
little gymnast : Pallenberg's Wonderful
Dears r Mini I.eltzel, who nccomptliilie.1
seemingly Impossible muscular 'feats . a -rlety
of comedy entertainers. Including the
Four Comrades, tho Itandows, tho Hart
Drothtrs, II. Dlttely ami Merteus and
Arena: the Act llrautlful. Introducing won.
derful stntue horses In scenes from master
sculptors; Mile. Nailje, tho perfect woman;
the Slc,irlst-Hllbon Troupe, 111 dangerous ills
plas it; acrlatlsm; Mme. llrndna. In a
display In .which thoroughbred horses and
ii score of dogs assist : I.ady Alice and her
pets and many other novel feotures. Human
freaks are exhibited this season
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WHEREIN I ANSWER
WALTER PR1TCHARD
EATON ON MOVIES
Some Things the Eminent Critic
Has Overlooked in Dissec
tion of Films
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AEmmerlcti Ivalman. tho Hungarian com-
r. Known hero ror sari, atlas apnng-
no" and some of the music of "Her Sol-
r.'Iloy," la probably tho most pessimistic
litho craft.. He Jives in n modest npart-
nt In Vienna with Ills dog Sari II. Sari I
parted this life about it year ago. ICal-
I'ls a mofit dutiful son, and no morning
sees In which he does not telephone his
other at Budapest to Inquire anxiously
out the stato of her health and chat with
er.
StHe Is likewise a man of many supcr-
Kltlons. He will not rldo'ln a carriage,
Irawn by a white horse. Onco. owing to
Ke ccarclty of ta'xicabs, I had to trudge
or blocks with I)lm in a driving rain be-
use the only horse-cab available was
Erawn by 'a white horHO.
IWJien I played "Sari" In Dcrlln Kalman
mo from Dudapest to witness the open ng.
htch yns an unusually brilliant affair. Tho
ccess was beyond. Question. After tho
erfohnance wo met for a moment. Though
i was mast complimentary In Ills remarks.
.could still sec that ho was not altogether
Muffled.
f'Come, what is it?" I asked. "Are you
nmry uecauao you navo scoreu unotner
eat successr'
"No. It's not that." he replied hesl-
itlngly. "But you can't imaglno how
nuch better you would have been If that
easants skirt you wore when you first
ppeareil had been blue Instead of ureen ."
JjKalmnn relics heavily on unusual orches-
jienrecis. ile w III work for days with
H orchestra, striuglng un bits of curtain
Ktr the horns or turning tho violins at
pMfterent angles, so that when tho organiza-
oij js handed over to the conductor for tho
ning night (which Kalman never directs
niself) It is almost a perfect machine.
1 remember when It was decided to revive
irl,' ,lr. Vienna for a gala performance
kt Kalman came to look the orchestra
r. He discovered that there Was no
dmbatlo that Hungarian piano that Is
kvyed by a man with two small hammers
v.his bands. You have seen Hungarian
juicjans playing them In restaurants. At
Bea the tierformer nnnearit tn lie lientlntr
SO slrlniTH to uteres. '
ijAt onco the edict came from Ivalman. "K.
?ezlmbatlo. nn nprfnrtnnnpnf'' fwniraru
rbi;hot haste were dispatched for one. Finally
man was brought up from Uudancst with
the Instrument, and all went well.
PiThe performance was highly successful.
B;tia for once Kalman was In a seventh
KlWBWil Wl UCUftlll, t IICII 1JIU CUI IUIII I1U(1
gjKiicii on me uwi act ne rusneu to tho
FiHsJcnl director to congratulate him 'on the
aiiffnlflcent achievement of the orrhestrn.
iif."It played superbly." exclaimed tho com-
wer witn lervor. "iitere was nothing -to
f'deslre'd."
Tes," aald 'the conductor, "but It was too
i, wasn t It, that the czlmballo player
g taken III and didn't put In an appear-
Jereny, whoso "i.lttlo Boy Blue" was
ed several years ago In this country
Mr.' Henry W. Savage, Is probably tho
;(erratlo of the composers. He has
t'many years In Paris, where he was
50niovlng-plcture business. When tho
vroKs oui me Tencn were not as par
tar'iis Denery thought they- should liavo
M the way they rushed him over the
Ur,- shi Vhen ho got back to Austria
It, promptly enlisted, though, he was well
rjtne, military age, with the passionate
, to Be seflt against, the French. Ordered
, to uancia,io guara railroad stations.
wonisxrew tired, and asked for his re-
wnicn -was grantea.
r the poor fellow languishes In a mill.
, prison. To obllf a false friend he
ror jjenmarK.lo sell some Rumanian
"to a aupuosed Dane. When the
of 'th., fields, were found upon him,
e'wasaoout to leave the country.
w o.suwoxeres, conuin not well
but map of the positions of the
batterlfe on the .Danube, it was
uM'nu.owp mnocence was com
tabTtehed'that he did not have to
ncaquad. -'
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DEANS OF MINSTRELSY
REVIVE AN OLD ACT
How Mclntyre and Heath Came to Dig
Up "On Guard"
The engagement or McintjVe and Heath
nt Keith's next week, which marks an anni
versary event In tho remarkable theatrical
career of these deans of minstrelsy, will bo
of Interest to every devotee of this old form
of amusement. Thin will be tho fourth an
niversary celebrated In this city by these
veterans of tile burnt cork. It was her thot
they eelcbr-ited'the twenty-fifth anniversary
of their ) idnctlon of "The (Jeorgln Min
strels" their original Uackfaco skit, which
they haic been using In their repertory for
nioro than forty jears. It was In this city
that they celebrated their fortieth vnr in
tho profession, and during their last np
penranco at Keith's they celebrated tho an
niversary of their partnership, which oc
curred in 1S71.
nurlmj their engagement here next week
these blackface funsters will present their
famous travesty called "On Otiard." and it
will ho the first time in ten years that they
have played It here. This piece has been
used at Intervnls by Mclntyre and Heath
for almost forty years, and hos had almost
ns much to do with making them Interna
tionally known as "The Georgia Minstrels."
More than a quarter of n century ago they
made a trip t.irough Europe, being among
tlie first of the American blackface come
dians to cross the ocean. While they had
been more popularly Identified with 'iThe
Georgia Minstrels," th latter sketch did
not tako as well with the foreign theatre
goers as -"On Ouard," rrcause of Its military
character, which was easier for the people
over there to understand. Later, when Mc.
intyre und Heath made a second tour of
Kngland as tho starn of n, minstrel troupe,
they used "On Guard" as an 'uftcralece
building it up througli the addition of other'
members of tho company. "On Guard"
was used for many years by the minstrels
as their contribution Ut the combination
variety show which toured tho country
under the title of Mclntyre and Heath's
High I'rlza IdealH. This was long before
tho present hlgh-cinsj vaudeville was Inau
gurated, but "On Oua"l" has lasted as long
as any of tho others, and is Mire to revive
memories of tho past In the minds of those
who retnember it. If is particularly apropos
at conditions In the country at present, and
nlthough the principals have added few
lines of business which bring the tl up-to-date,
they never depart from their char
acters of tho old-time darkles before the
war.
I
u-u S- ,S "0t Psi"P I'eforc the lens for "The Law of Compensation,"
which is at the Arcadia next week, or some other Selznick picture,
Norma Talmadffe enjoys resting on the comfortable porch of her
attractive home.
WROTE MUSIC FOR MAID OF ORLEANS !
William Furst. ho wiote the music for
"Joan the Woman" and uho was In Ixis
Angeles during most of the time lequlred
for the taking of the plctute, came to
Philadelphia for the opening presentation
of this cinema pioductlon and lias been
conducting tho orchestra at each pciform
nnco since Knster Monday Mr. Furst de
clared yesterday thut In all his experience
he had never, known a picture to be taken
so expeditiously and with such apparent
Interest on the part of all pirtlclpants as
In this Instance "At the studjo," said he,
"we attributed this spirit of helpfu.ness In
part to tho nature of tho story, for uc felt
that the Influence of Joan was over us all
At the same tlmo wo -ore Inspired by Miss
Fnrrar herself, who as tbo most Indefatig
able of the workers and who, on nil occa
sions, was tireless In her. efforts
" 'Joan the Woman' was originally In
fifteen reels and they wero taken In s'lxtv
two working days. The beginning was in
July and nt tho end of September the
picture wns completed. Tho battle scene
at the end of the first epoch In the plctuio
required nui one Hay to make. Wn had
thought that perhaps a week might be
necessary for 'shooting' this conlllct. Hut
everything was wonderfully well arranged.
Milton Hoffman and Fied Kley, who are In
charge of the conduct of the studio, have
devised a perfect sysiem and It woiltcd
without a hitch. Of course there wero tele
phones nt all parta of the battlefield The
rehearsal. In tho morning, was so satis
factory that It was decided to go on with
the photography In tho afternoon. When
tho cameras were at uork everything hap
pened Just ns It hail been Vhcarscd and at
nightfall, the picture was completed
"Kaeh night when pictures wcio iom
Ploted they would be shown In the htudlo,
but there were only a few of us who saw
tho completed film beforo it was shown In
N'ew York, Of course; I was present at
me ursi snowing because It was necessary
for mo to sco to It that the music sjtichio'-
nizea with the n-cnes. Hut none of the
mombers of tho cast wns nrlvlleiml tn .
Moun' until the fhst public performance,
at I.os Angeles on January IS,
wo wero wonderfully freo from serious
accidents In tho making of this plctuie
although ono fellow fell from his horse unci
wns In a hospital for sevcial days We
worked hard Long hours never botheied
us. Seveial of the scenes were taken at
r.lght. und one of theso showing tho tri
umphal entry of Joan Into Orleans, a twi
light picture, was for all of us n most
fasolnatlng event. Tho women partial.
p..nts carried great armfuls of flowers and
they wero all real flowers, too.
"It has been a great delight for me to
write music for pictures. I had virtu
ally retired to my place at Long Island,
near Long Hcach, and I was trying to
satisfy myself by working mound my gar
den. Hut 1 did not feel well, and one day
I had a telephone messago from n man in
New York. Two days later I was on my
way to I.os Angeles. I nt onie began ii
thorough examination of the studio, and for
three weeks I made a complete study of
cery part of tho motion picture business
It was not long, then, boforc'l was writing
music for pictures. I mK,t add that in n
few weeks I hud Rallied ten i.mimia ,,... .!.
my health was better than ever before "
MOROSCO BOOSTING
WESTERN GIRL CROP
"I.ctty" Afruregntion Is Home-Grown
California Product
For moie than n decade I.os Angeles has
been generally admitted to be tho best ad
vertised city of the Tinted States No 'dls.
Its "l!n,,r'iB tt". Kr,ellt for '' 'e''Blloi from
J , ', ",' f ,rn,,c "r ,(lm,rei1 nrganlzatlon
m?J,??Vi '!" cM'oimd with Intense enthu
siasm the beauty of the trees, tho beea and
,b?.nH '.,T", I,"R Aneles. Kxtravagant
Picture books showing bungalows and
bat hers, old missions and miners, gorgeous
S."!"1 Plutocrats, hato been spread
widely, but Oliver Morosco has ffeen the
fiist to send "tho effete Hast" living ex
amples of what tho California climate may
do In the way of beautiful womanhood.
i' or us musical farce, "So Long Lettv,"
nt the Lyric. Mr. Morosco ofTers a feminine
chorus of "home nrodneiH " i' .,
Kh mcmbcrfi has been soIocUm from r.os
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HOW 'ABOUT THE STAGE?
u
Hy NORMA TALMADGE
(At thn Arcadia next week.)
The wonderful popularity of tho movies,
the fascination they exert over the public
and tho Important part they play In our
national life have
made them tho
subject of much
comment, favor
able and other
wise, Their crit
ics nre as numer
ous as the fish In
the sea. And
nery so often an
erudite theatrical
commcr.tator, tir
ing of his tirades
on the decadence
of the drnma
Don Quixote-llkc
seeking new
wotlds to con
qucr, turns his at
tention to the
films and finds
theic conditions
even moro nppalllng The latest of the
modem rivals of Cervantes's hero Is Wal
ter Prltchaid Katon, who., pungent pen
lances the fifth estate In tho April number
of the Theatre Magazine when under the
heading "The 'Alt' of the Motion Picture"
he attempts fo prote that there Is no art
In the movies.
The burden of Mr. Katon's rnmnl.tlnt 1
,.!?.'. ?'?" urc "stereotyped, not ere
t.fr " 'i'at ,thcy llave "no communl
sons ltv"SC ?J,or,?ln'l"ty or of unique per
n? nil!1' ii tcr ,amcnt'ng that the work
.'rlec,or or ""'hoc "resembles the
I fr ! ?" oll1,cr,, Mr- "ton, as If search,
ng for an explanation for the fancied plight
It I, bViW,,UrM t,,e ""region that
wstnr. t? . i !f. C0'"I,ntlng power of
dueed tard b0.dl y. expressiveness are re
uuced to a mechanical formula,"
Mr. Katon. ostlmnMn ... .. , .
learned as ,, may be;. i ho 'affairs o no
S " '.'he UV s 'Hrng
ttve'rv """.'"'"vWu-al as It may be? hfs
dlsLOiery of tho lack of originality and
mT-T, 'r "! n.'!n,on' wl" nwirTrn""';
im a niche In the Hall of Fame Ilevond
ho peradventuie of a doubt ho must imvo
been surveying the promised land through
Inverted binoculars, for something surely
has happened to nhin.. .. .,i.... r ,
vision Otherwise he would realize that p e
sonallty tho dynamics of tho movies'
without its propelling force the i,oJe?ty 'of
the "Jumping pictures." as the movies were
first known, would long ago have worn off
and the public. Its curiosity satisfied, would
ie,ret!!rned to Mr Ka,0"' ''e't be oved
li v ri'lf ,n,B?- T,,e fact thtt I-ersonal-
-' , ! ,K.0JiT':,!?.u" .'". commands tho
i i ,, . r"",rles an" entertains mil
exlsterfce ''' lrref,ltabl eMdenco of Its
il.tin. nf the theatre to cramp Its
style ; Its boundaries are not prescribed by
the width of the proscenium opening, the
depth from tho footlights to the back wall
or the number of feet between lde walls,
novertlng to tho subject of "mechanical
formulas" and contrasting again the movies
and tho speaking stage, which Mr. baton
persists In doing, what Is the fato that
overtakes tho Intrepid producer who dares
to stage the wotk of nn author original
enough to depart from the beaten path of
playwrltlng?
JESS WILLARD WITH
BUFFALO BILL SHOW
,1!
Noted Heavyweight Feature of
Big Entertainment Due
Here Tomorrow
era
the
AngHes or some other locality In pouth
'allfornlu. and It Is told that non of
reviews of his merry piece have omitted
dwell appreclatlu'ly on the pulchritude
his selection. Mr .Morosco m.ik fnii.. ,
parent (to the obsener that tho climate o
allforiila produces (Iu blush of health foi
Prr' tttoHA lini'A AmllU.I
dwell appreclatlu'ly on the pulchritude of
his selection. Mr .Morosco m.ik fnii..
I . . !'-
f
1,1.. i.i.. .. .. '. -- iiii mi
...... ,,.. .is wen as lor his aunted loses,
hand that the flat-chested weakling of many
nn eastern-made chorus is not tho kind of
sample that the producer himself and Cali
fornia c.iro to offer.
-Vol only home-grown, but also home
trained nre theso beauties of tho chorus, for
some music schools of growing reputation
aro in Los Angeles, and their efficiency is
shown In tho general recognition that has
bee,, mildo of a real "singing chorus" In
"So Long Letty."
The exhibitor must ro back to the
old days if he wants to make money.
Carl Lacmmlc in Motion Picture
News,
The "mechanical formula" found by thu
distressed Mr. Katoif is worshiped oven
more fa thfu u- nn ti, ... .,. . r"
,.. ----.- o nmgo iimn on the
screen. What l3 a drama but a compound
of love interest, action, suspense and sur
prise? Are not the complications of all
farces based op mistaken Identities? Via
not nil society plays deal with sev. scandal
and divorce? Why do all modem plays
whether dramas, comedies, farces or what
not, have; the same austero butler, the same
pert maid and the lnevimi.t. .i..i. ',:
Is because they arc the prescribed chemical
constituents of tho compound which makes
i ,JrT 0Ul your mechanical for-
ik. Wliy tho mechanics of tho legitl
tlieatro. are so obvious they soueak !
Mr. Laton harps on the similarity between
scenes id the movies and declares scenes
from, one photoplay may be transferred
bodily to, another of corresponding theme
without. anr sense of startling contrast.
Perhaps this Is true, and then again maybe
it Isnt, but oven bo. how nhnnf h. .;...
tings of the spenklng stage? Did Mr. Katon
:;;,"": "Vj """"' m me scenes de
plcting the living room of a country home
.1 the Bade of lhe "etonne used 7
Surely the omniscient Mr. Eaton will not
undertake to contend that the scenic back
grounds of the stacn nm .mrin. ... .u."
of the screen. The latter has none of the
The Buffalo Hill Wild West and circus,
this year featurlntj Jess Wlllard, the cowboy
heavyweight world's champion, will arrive
In Philadelphia tomorrow some tlmo beforo
noon. During tho day tents will bo erected
on tho old show grounds at Nineteenth
street and Hunting Park avenue nnd ar
rangements completed for Monday's parade
and the six days of strenuous entertainment
that follow The horso tents will be open
to the public Sunday and there will bo much
of interest to attract the curious crowds
that nlwajs enjoy peeing a big tent show
in Sunday quarters.
Tho first Important event nf the engage
ment will he tho street pageant. It Ii
scheduled lo leave the grounds Monday
morning at 10 o'clock nnd will pass over
the following route;
Nineteenth street nnd Hunting Park ave
nuo to Broad street, on Broad to South
street, return on Broad to Germantown avo
nue, on Germantown avenue to Hunting
Park avenue, to Nineteenth nnd back to tlio
grounds.
Tho parade will bo led by Johnny Baker,
tho noted rifle shot and foster son of tho
late Buffalo Bill, nnd all the circus nnd
Wild West notnbles will bo In line except
Wlllard. The champion. It Is announced,
will only bo seen in the shtw, where he will
first be Introduced In his farmer character
as a ccwhoy nnd later ns the conqueror of
Jack Johnson, when he will spar several
rounds with his trainer, Walter Monahan.
During the week performances will be
given daily nt 2:15 and 8:lf., and a notable
program, divided between high-class circus
and strenuous Wild Wend displays, Is prom
ised. The circus part of the program jwlll
offer the Kugonlos, nine clever acrobats;
Kmlly Stlckncy, .bareback equestrienne;
tthoda lloyal's troupe of high school riders ;
Devlin's wall-scaling zouaves, n troupo of
whirling Berber Arabs, the Imperial Japa
nese equilibrists, Mine. Marantetto and her
school of high-Jumping horses, a series of
trained animal displays nnd other Interest
ing acts.
The Wild West will present "Tex" Mc
Leod, Hank Durncll, Chester Byers and
other well-known riders and ropers; a
score or moro cowgirls, who will vie with
the cowpunchers In creating excitement In
the arena: Mexican bandits will attack the
itage coacn nnd wild Indians will raid the
Immigrant train.
HUMANITARIAN AND
EMINENT ACTRKS ,
"Lesbia Grantham" Gives Her
Impressions of the War's
Outbreak in England
HER PITY FOR REFUGEES
' - n
"Don't speak to me of war," exclaimed sj
HIM. (..,.. 4k. .11-. I --. U '
....un. .3H"ii6, mo uimiiiBuisneu Kngllsh ac
tress, who Is playing tho frigid Jabl
Grantham In Pernnrd Shaw's "Getting Mar
rled," currently at the Adelphl. Miss Spont
touched her eyebrows with a pencil and ex.
plained why she avoided the subject, "if
you had been In Great Britain when the
conlllct starred," she went on, "you WOuli
understand my attltudo perfectly T ..
appearing nt tho Aldwych Theatre Th.
the tornado broke. Not only the attitun?
of every one around me depressed me" i!
was the Incoming people from Belgium
and other countries. Never In my quite vj?
rled career havo human suffering and tr
ody been so openly .written on the faces 5
my fellow-beings. I can neves forget If ik!
calm yet dreadful expressions of nuns of
old men and women, ,ven of the children
It Is an ago of horror and I pray earne.iu
that' the end may como soon Y carnetr
Miss Spong, one feels Instinctively I.
a real person, with little of the artlflclalltr
of the playhouse nssoclable with a no ni III.
actress. She has a quick, eager pell "'
a keen, friendly eyo ; a capacity fo, maklr;
conversation, not merely monologues !l,
theatrical experiences have been varlM
nnd filled with divers Interests. Born In
London, she is the daughter of a well-knowS
scene painter. Her first appearance before
the footlights was In Sydney, Australia
Her Initial bow to a truly British audience
was made nt pruty Lane. Americans saw
her first as the dellclously comic Imon
Parrott In Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's "Tre
lawncy of tho Wells." Mary MannerlnV
wns at that time tho Rose, a role lat.r
revived by Kthet Barrymore. Imogen Oin'
the revival, was done by Loulso Drew Miss
Spong has tho distinction of having been
one of tho famous Daniel Frohman Lyceum
stock. To give a list of her parts and
to tabulate the different sorts of character?
she has portrayed would tax this entire
page's Hints. She has been starred and
featured by tho lato Charles Frohman. Kh
has maintained her own stock companies
in Melbourne and Sydney. Just prior to
Mr. Favcrsham's production of "Getting
Married" she was associated with the
Henry Miller stock company in San Fran--Cisco.
DANCING
a play
mulas
mate
EVENING LEDGER PHOTOPLAY CALENDAR
EVERY SATURDAY, SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Pllar-Morin in Benefit
Some one quite out of the usual run of
benefit performers is Mme. Pllnr-Morln, the
distinguished French pantomimist, who will
bo the'stellar attraction at tho benefit mati
nee at the Forrest next Tuesday. The en
tertainment will be given In aid of tho
Children's Country Week Association. "The
Battlefield," a war drama, will be the ve
hicle chosen by tho actress. Plays an.l
Players are to be seen In Sir James M.
Parrle's 'Mlosallnd." "Ov-rruled," by Ber
nard Shaw, will be the Stage Society Ploy
ers' contribution to tho bill. May Dawson
and eighteen girls will be seen in a ballet
and there will bo other acts.
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Being told I am ton vnnnr, .i
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Mlloo (nl. r jr
Miles Minter.
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WEEK OF APRIL
16 TO APRIL 21
ALHAMBRA
APOLLO
ARCADIA
BELMONT
BLUEBIRD
CEDAR
MONDAY
Thu Dummy
The Cure
Mme. Naztmova,
War llrtdes
Norma Talmndtrc, In
Law of Compensation
Clara Kimball Vouiw. In
Th Price She Paid
Mae Murray.
On Heconl
COLISEUM
EUREKA
FAIRMOUNT
Kobert Warwick,
A Girl's Kolly
llolbroolt Hllnn. ,n
Pride
Frederick Wardo, In
Klna Lear
Ignore Ulrlch, in
Her Own People
S6TH STREET
FRANKFORD
GREAT NORTH.
IMPERIAL
JEFFERSON
Marie Doro, In
Castles tor Two
dessus Hayaktiwa. tu
Kacn lo His Kind
TUESDAY
The lummy
The Cure
Mme. Naslmova.
War UrIJey
Norma Talmndse. In
Law of Compensation
.Clara Kimball Young. '
Tho Price She Paid
Mabel Taliaferro, I:
The llarrlrado
I.uu Telleien, In
The Itlack Wolf
WEDNESDAY
The Dummy
flie Cure
William Desmond. In
Hlood Will Tell
Norma Tolmadire, tn
Law of Compennatlon
THURSDAY
Holbrooh llllnii,
Prldt.
Dorjthy Dish, In
Stae Struck
Seesue Ilayakaua, 'r
Uacli to His Kind
Marie Doro, In
Or.mles for Two
llfsh (Inancn
The Cure
The Poor Little Itlch Olrl
i ne wure
Anita Stewart. In
The Qlrt Phillppa
LEADER
LIBERTY
LOCUST
MARKET ST.
OVERBROOK
PALACE
PARK
PRINCESS
REGENT
RIALTO
Mary Plckford. In
The Poor Little Itlch Girl
retry Ityland.
Dabetta
The Cura
The Deloved Vampire
Wedjwood Nowell, In
The Pulse of Life
The Dancer's Peril
Ths Cure
The Cure
Civilization
Constance Talmadce.
Betsy's Uurilar
Scmuii Hayakaua, in
Cach to Ills Kind
Illsh Finance: The Curo
Itrltlth War Pictures
The Poor Little Itlch (Jtrl
The Cure
Anita Stewart, tn
The Olrl Phlllppa
Clara Ktmbill Young. In
I no Price she p-ibl
. ,,1!!'!'. Cnprlre, In
A Child of tho wtldi
II. II. Warner, In
The Seen Deadly Sins
Tho'tltrl Phlllppa
Mrs. Castle. In Patrla
Wllltnm a II...
The riQuare-Ueal Man
Norma Talmadgo, In
i-aninea
Norma Talmadee. In
Imw at Cninuensatloii
cl"nr,a K'lnl'Rll Young, In
Tho Prke She PaTd
l'l?ra Kimball Young, In
FRIDAY
WlllhM u tr...
Th Square-Deaf Man
Oeorgo neban. In
"1 Sweetheart
Norma Talmadge. In
'w of Compensation
'"'Vh K,,ml",1l Young. In
The 'rlco bhe Paid
'p'shP,'" VWVh
. SATURDAY
William s. Hart
The Square-Pea.' Man
Dorothy Kelly, In
The Money Mill
Dorothy Dalian, m
Hack of Man
Thrt llftpplnml.
Double Cross Mystery
Pj,,lsl0Wart. in
The Olrl Phlllppa
Call Kane. In
Aa Man Made Her
Earle Williams. In
Apartment JO
Ignore Ulrlch. In
Her Oimi People
Violet Meraereau. in
Susan's Oentleman
Harold Lockwood, In
Pidgin Island
llessle lave, in
Daugnter ot the Poor
Norma Talmadge. In
Law of Compensation
C1Thaei',l,ealLYoVhe- h'
me ,'rlto bhe Paid
nianrhn Sweet In
1'hoaa Wlthout'ain
AI HAMRRA "",MorrlPiiyunkA.
rtL.rirtllDIA Mat. Dally 2: Evgs. 0:4S-
raramounc riciures.
Marv Pickfnrrl ln "rim POOK
ivmry rtcKiora little men girl"
APOF I O WD AND THOMPSON
rrjL.uv matinee dailt
WILFRED LUCAS in
"A LOVE SUBLIME-
LOCUST -D ANU LOCUST
AS,TArS5FWAHT CHABLK8 HICHMAN I.
ISvS-l-.fIS;T wAS;toii S
MARKET ST. Theatre ?
Ever?mw?de"m.?S(! '.n "DLOOD WILL TELL'
EverFri" "lrSle eiUrk" 1'rd Cuniri.
Ithout Sin
Vlnl...
fhe. Hoy-Qirl
The More Ent'ellent Way
'rs- V Castle. In Patrla
Lionel llarrymore, tn
Hla lather's Son
Tho Woman Who Dared
Patrla No. 12
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Tho Cure
George Walsh, In
High Finance
Mary Plckford. In v
The Poor Ltttle P,lch Qlrl
Hesslc Ije. In
A Daughter of the Poor
Tho Cure
The Beloved Vampire
Reen ftvumn
Y Woman's Awakenl
In
Ung
Mrs.
The Empress
V. Castle, in PatrU
Hropdwav Jones
The Cure
Civilization
The Power ht Decision
The Cure
Blanche Sweet. In
The Evil Eye
RIDGE AVE.
RUBY
lAVPT'
STANLEY
m't ,
George Walsh, ln
High Finance
Olsdys nroekwell. In
Her Temptation
Thada Bara. In
Hri Qreatest; Love
Pauline fradjrtck. In
Viola Dana. In
The Mortal 8 In
The Power of Decision
The Cure
The
Mary Plckford: in
Tiaeoi (he Clan
Mary Plckford. in
lhe Poor Little nich Girl
Norma Talmadge, In
Panthea
The More Excellent Way
Mrs, y Castle. In Patrla
Anita Stewart. In
The Olrl Phlllppa
iii".T.z Mlchelena. In
lhe Woman Who Dared
Virginia Pearson. In
Muter ..gainst Slater
Marguerite Clark. In
Snow Whlfr
Stuart Holmes., In
Love's Law1
L The Cure
The Mortal Sin
Harold Lockwood. In
The Promise
Orml Hawley, tn
hen Love l,eads
nroadway Jones
The Cure
William Desmond In
Dlood Will Tell
me. cure
The Mortal Sin
Gladys nroekwell. In-
Her Temptation
M?ro.lil.JIiockwoil1' In
The Hidden Children
Kathlyn Williams. In
Out of the Wreck
Anita Stewart, n
The Olrl Phlllppa
The People is.
John Doe
Ethel Clayton. In
Man'a Woman
William Farnum, In
A Tale of Two Cities
Kathryn Williams. In
Out of the Wreck-
Violet Mersereau.'ln
Susanjs Ocntlem,,!,"
Out of the Wreck
"fr O'vi People
His Father's Son (
Hro,li1.J,icl(wood. In
The Hidden Children
Dorothy Bernard. In
The Accomplice
Tljeda Bara. In
It'f Oreateat Love
vrZ&'Vyi Nowell. In
The Pulse of Life
roi
?wi
Not
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JtBf&V.W.
Pauline frederlck. In
K,.""'
.'!
;
Lenore Ulrlch. In
Her Own People
r &Sk "ulhall In
Mr. Ddlan From rtsw Tork
TlioVnaa II. Ince's
wiviiizaiinn
yirrlola. Pearson, In
Sister Against S liter
Robert Warwick. In
A Girl's Folly
Pauline Frederick. In
Bapho
J"" Bothern, in
The Cloud
Pauline' Frederick. 17"
Bleeplog Flrfe
tJH rul" f Llf
The Voice on the Wire
The liottle Imp
ue iure
rorjet Me Not'
MThe Cur
Theodore Roberts, In "
The American Consul
"lid Nord. In
The Wjb ot Life
Thomas If. Tnca's
. Civilization w .
Louis Huff. In
Qreat Ezpectatlons
,rTheda Bara, In
Her Greatest Loe
Frances Nelson, ln
one of Many
The ' Bottle Imp
v.ure
Charlotte Walker, In
' Sloth
C1ft.1 1lmbll Toung. ln
The Price She Paid
The Peopig vi
un uoe
.f'-vrfe?
K0hr?t n.1"wme,ck'n
ARCADIA CHESTNUT
BELOW tBTH
BEATRIZ MICHELENA in
"THE WOMAN WHO DARED"
BELMONT "D. AB0VE MAnKET
Peggy Hyland ..3..
BLUEBIRD ""oadand"
X.rTjLJ: SUPQUKHAVNA AVE
THEODORE ROBERTS in
JB AMERICAN CONSUL"
FAIRMHIIMT 20THAND
flTW inn a ...-
Vivian Martin & Thomas Holdinc
MODET." "
in
"THE WAX MODEL"
William Fernum. In
A Tale of Two Cities
The prison Without .Walls
Mrs, y, Castle. n patrla
Karte Williams. In '
Apratment- 29 '
Paulina' Frdrltk. In.
Sleeping Fires ,
'"JK.'?''' cAhn' 1nf
Ola.t Pfvn- i.
The Waiting Soul
Th n......j.
Mrs. V, CaittrTn PatH.
rftl&w.f"at,r"
Earl Williams, In
Apartment 20
Gladyi Brockwl.
Her Temptation
Pauline fredertck. in
' Sleeping rirr
Qeo
HW.3!i"
Jean .
The c"1
Harold Lockwn
yyiniam s. r.-;
?iln Mayo IT"
jnch'
"o'oo'clgg-
56TH ST. SfS "AT- a"-t
BLANCH? SWEET in Tt0"-
vjauyixjJoux SIN"
GREAT NORTHERN 4'V
WILLIAM FARNUM in" AV'"
J'A TALE OF TWO CITIES"
IMPERIAL MlSly T
THEDA BARA in "
JTHE TIOER WOMAN"
JEFFERSON ai55iwiiai
MABEL TALIAFERRO in
X :TiLn PAnnicADE" n
LEADER roRTr;"R8T and" -BLANCHE
SWEET iAVEWB
IJtOSE WITHOUT SIN"
LIBERTY BP0Arab
R. HENRY GREY hI'"WBIA
'BOOTS AND SADDLES" .
t-reat Secret," Uushnian-Baynt
OVERBROOK MD havebford
ii ... , 1V Wope-Joncs tlt Ore.
Harold Lockwood & May Allison
In "THE PROMISE''
PALACE 12W MARKET STREET
JACK PICKFORD
"THE DUMMY"
PARK RW0U AVL DAUPHIK ST.
n ArA .,.. Mat. 2jir. Evg. 0:45-11.
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in
, -THE PRICE SHE PAID"
P R I N C ESS MARKET "
Enid Bennett ln "TIIE kittle
Every Tues.. "Great .-.-. .. -r. ''BROTHER"
i;-i "rest Secret," Bushman-Bayne.
REGENT 103i MARKET"STREET '
THEDA BARA in -
1" OnEATESTLOVE'
RIALTO aERMANTOWN AVE.
D A Til un TULPEbOCKEJ 8T. .
ViK FREDERICK in
Ut MARKET"
JKlBCW"?!
Hidden ChJidSr,""'
Paulina
mstyz
In
-J3I?Hn:ABa!Mn
r.P.nAD eOTH AND CEDAB aT
RlH-STONEHOUsrrrM
MjbSAiNTLY SINNER'
RURY MARKET STREET
i,i . JELW 7TH STREET
VIOLA DANA in
- ,- lT"EMORTALSIN''
S A V O Y 12 MARKET
RF ITU Or A.'i8
-w . a ! lJltWU in
TjIEMV7L'8JAIT" ' ,'
STANLEY "A"?,1" abovbioth
BLANCHEVWET-In" P' ""
--..-JHEjrjpESOBAHNEaAT"
STRAND aEMANTOWN" AVENUE "
-P T r X VBNANOO STREET
THECLOCK" ,
VICTOR (a market st. h
'THE PROP, c vs. ABOVB '"NT8 ?i
JOHN DOE" fl
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.XOKTH
FRANKFORD "" ?ankford
AVXNtm a4
VIVIAN MARTIN in
-JillWfXMODEL" ;a';
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