EVEHIKG LED0O3R-.PHrL,I)ELPHDi BATTJHt)AY, OCTOBER 20, 1917
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"THE FASCINATING WIDOW," AT WALNUT; BLOSSOM SEELEY, KEITH'S; JANE COWL,
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FAVORITES IN. COMING CELLULOID DRAMAS
THEATRICAL BAEDEKER
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Varied Attractions Billed "Lonely Soldiers." "MarvV
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ajssHioif. situJU-,
I BJsb'INKLY funny farco, skillfully fash
G" Toned, .breezily acted Is n. raro nrtlclo.
Managers cry for It Audiences revel, In
i. nox offices greet It wltli rapturous "falr
feather signals." Kvw theatrical harvest
J.. Its farce crop. Tares unhappily often
Inir this profuse output. Overemphasis on
Himle salacity Invokes tho shadow of the
X.v farces that easily pass Mrs. Grundy s
r.nforship nra voted 'mlld. Those too
..nely dependent on mere extravagance
i condemned us "primitive." Numerous
restrictions thus narrow the field of en-
'tMs Is particularly 4rue of the native
usee In France the suoject of marltnl In
f.llclty plquantly nnd even daringly treated
I, eternally available. The less moral
oualms. the better l the Parisian farce
maker's rule. Hassle Mollcre. stern lover
t Virtue under tilt- comic mask as he was,
SDPhed tne iiucirinu ill iiihu t'iiin
The good fall, the bad triumph In that high
to laughable old play, IJvcn today, when
"lifting the lid" Is said to be nn exceed
Ingly common practice In America, the nd
TlFatjIUty of preceiitlng the unexpurgated
"Dandln." masterpiece though It b,e, before
cur footlights may bo questioned Our
dramatists arc commanded to play with
flre without exhibiting the fuel.
How hard i tnMi thla Is was revealed
omo reatons ago, when a wealth of merry
rlrque plays from Paris flooded our theatre.
The droll conceits of Blssou nnd Cnpus In
such pieces no "N'cvcr Again," "On nnd
Off" and "The Two Schools" were then
"cleaned up" for American consumption.
The result vva confusion. The native
nJarklo of these fnrcrs wis dimmed by n
"Ml change " The luck of fun-making In
gredients attuned to the Parisian tuste was.
spparent even to the uninitiated. Tho little
plays seemed Inconsistent, vacuous and
lometlmes merely noisy.
Just previous to the war tho Importation
of French farces bccime more dllllcult than
ever. The "limit" of salacity was reached
In a work entitled "The llenefnctress," wit
nessed by the wrller at tho Orand Oulgnol
In 1914 The piece was unquestionably
funny. It was Just ns emphatically out
rageous, and In nny guise unsulted to cis
atlantic st indnrds.
CONFUONTKH with situations llko this,
our native playwrights for the past
four or Ave years have diligently labored
z?r&iZ5XVXr"i'Tz?w
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
In his latest olTerinp, "The Ad
venturer." The popular funmaker
Is billed for several photoplay the
atres next week.
CHAPLIN COMICALLY
UNLUCKY AS EVER
Charlie Chaplin's new comedy, "The Ad
Venturer," Is well named, If only on the
basis of ono particular episode In which the
Mutual comedian Inadvertently dumps a
plate of Ice cream down the back of a decol
lete damsel In the lower foreground.
TVhat happepa to Chaplin In "Tho Ad
Venturer" Is "Humclency' Me finds himself
In convict stripes and doesn't like them, so
with that facility for getting out of dis
agreeable situations nnd Into new ones quite
a disagreeable that characterlies the laugh
able farceur,Charlle proceeds to exchango
Cojftumes with a darling bather at the beach.
By the simplest possible method of pro
gression, Chaplin leaves all traces of crime
behind him and ere long Inveigles Edna
PUrvlanoe into-maklng hermother doll him
tip In dress clothes.
But before Charlie arrives at the dignity
of the "soup and fish" nnd Is enabled to
(tare a policeman In the eye with a bold
(lance, he Is chased n(l over the landscape
by officials of tho penitentiary. The run
Chaplin glyes these uniformed gentlemen for
their money Is one-of tlie fastest; ever' been
In a motion picture. Through every instant
of It ChApJln Ih said t,o be his old cohilcal
Florence Heed 'Doubling Once More
Harry Ilapf announces Florence Tteed In
the second starring screen vehicle In which
flie has appeared under his management,
The title of the new screen plecs Is 'Tho
Struggle Everlasting-,'! -after the stage suc
MM.or that name -written by Edwin Milton
Royle. Mls need's association -with tho
hew rtapf project will In no wlsd Interfere
lth her playing" Jn the fprthcpmlng "Chu
Chin Chow" stngt spectacle nt the .Man
hattan Opra House, Jh wltleli .she plays a
leading part. To fortify herself for the oj.
eal of rehearsing 0n inrt and enacting
jitotfter In a motion-picture studio, Miss
need Is virtually Jiving at the. Olograph
Jtudlo. Between scepts she .retires, from
the .camera' line and perfects her part 'In
Ihir cbln Chow1 and her dressing room
t tho, studio, is a fully equipped living
room, with a bed op .one' side and a type
writer on the pher.
Jrme
CURTAIN
oil their own nrrnmio tn Dnr.naAi, i, -ui,,
ing zone without actually entering It "Twin
il?1'?:." -."Fnlr nnJ Warmer" nnd "Baby
Mine flirted giyly with Indelicacy without
precisely wooing It The last named of the
trio did Indeed gle n fair Imitation of
boulevard farce. Tho French themselves
were aware of this and "Baby Mine" re- i
colved several hundred presentations on the
Avenue Montaigne under the banner of the
amusing Max Dearly. Despite this unusual
circumstance. It must be admitted that
American farces of late have been neither
llesh nor fowl nor good redtrlng. Chiefly
they have been hypocritical attempts to
simulate foreign methods without the bold
ness to be unashamed.
Let .It bo understood, however, that cen
sure of this timidity Is not here Intended.
It Is Impossible either to glo the majority
of French fnrcss unedited In this country
or to produce original ones of the same
lines The lust really Miocessful Parisian
Importation of this character was ' The Blue
Mouse," u gem of racy humor from which
offeti'o was dexterously removed In tin
conxplcuously brilliant adaptation made by
Clyde Fitch. Such products ns "The Tur
tle" "Where There's a Will" nnd "The
Olrl With tho Whooping rough." were mere
stupid attempts at pruriency, which became
still duller nftcr rubjcctlon to emasculation
In Knglluh.
I.N' TITLK nlonc docs "Mnrj'a Ankle,"
now visible nt the Adelphl. betray the
last vestiges of endeavor to feed . concept"
of FVench, Clcrman or Continental
farce to the American public, untrained
to receive them without being unduly
startled. Tho name Is "racy." The sub
ject matter nnd development of May Tul
ly'H play Is us Innocuous as a cup of tea
at the V. M. C A.
Before the farce has accomplished fifteen
minutes of Its course there is ample evi
dence that the author has ubandoi'.ed vain
efforts to be "Frcnchy" In the wrong en
vironment She has returned Instead to
tho kind of fun making honorably associ
ated with the English epenklng stage, to the
brand of extrnvagant humor Involving tin.
employment of absurd coincidences, of keen
comic characterizations nnd of preposterous
complications rendered seemingly reason
able and dellclously mirth-provoking by
the art of skilled farceurs
John Sleeper Clarke, the broadness of
whose comic methods wholly disarmed crit
icism by their miraculous Infectlveness. had
a long list of play's of this calibre In his
repertoire Augustln Daly's company
adorned another collection. William Col
lier has written a number of his uwn droll
vehicles along those lines. .Such plays nei
ther nsplre to icach the pinnacle of art
nor to ape foreign forms of entertainment
technically polished but subject to tarnish
when transplanted.
Miss Tully's farce hns numerous defeeti.
There Is much needless lepetltlon and very
little advancement of tho niin dramatic
machlnrry In the opening act The long
nrm of coincidence Is stretched almost to
the breaking point. Situations which
stagge'r even the farcical senso of tho Im
probable nre Introduced. And yet. the ad
ventures of the three Ingratiating younK
men who make a last wIld.efTort to All their
purses by Issuing bogus wedding announce
ments In the expectation of substantial gifts
arc so breezily charatterlfled. and the ludi
crous pickle In which they are caught Is
deplctid with so much refreshing humor
that tho net result is an evening of laughter
For any farce maker there can be no bet
ter reward.
Moreover, icenci In "professional" ofllces
ale almost always funny. Khaw realized
this when ho conceived his dental setting
for "You Never Can Tell.' The comic, pos
sibilities of the patlentless physician were
long ago developed by Charles Dickens with
Immortal Inspiration In the Bob Sawyer
episodes of "Pickwick Papers." The re
sourcefulness -of that aspiring young
medical man who dispatched packages of
drugs to the wrong addresses In order, to
havo his name ndvertlsed even by n
mistake. Is more than once recalled by the
wiles of Miss Tully's appealing Doctor
Hampton saved by the lucky accident to
"Mary's Ankle."
IT IS easily conceivable, however, that
much of the sunny flavor of the play
might be lost without expert Interpretation.
The admirable group of funmakers In
"Mary's Ankle" works wonders In miking
the piece momentarily credible and almost
continually diverting. Kelda Sears possesses
uncommon genius for portraying a chiracter
so ridiculously compounded of Mttenlshness
nnd whines ns that of Hampton's absurd
landlady Tho crisp and facile farcical meth
ods of the three youths, in the ablo hands
of Bert Ltell, T. W. Gibson and l.eo
Donnelly the last named a Philadelphia!!
whose stage rise has been as rapid as It Is
deserved ' irradiate extravagant climaxes
with health-giving merriment. Walter Jones,
ripe in footllght experience, Is decidedly
more amusing than he was In "Baby Mine,"
a farce In which somewhat labored pornog
raphy predominated over genuine humor.
Idealization of how adroit nre tho methods
of dainty Irene Fenwlck comes quickly with
the thought of what would become of her
role in the hands of prattling "artless"
ingenues, distressingly typified by Blllie
nurke. Miss Fenwlck understands the value
of repose. About her pretty and restrained
self the action of the piece hilariously re
volves. Like the Gllbertlnn House of Lords,
bhe does
nothlne In particular.
And does It very well."
Conservatism In this particular caso be
trays tho keenest artistic Intelligence.
TFHOME K. JEHOMD once wrote a dc
J 'lectable little book entitled "Stageland."
V. ' .I.!.. with refreshing humor the
weaknesses and stupidities of playwrights
le., SI Then the English humorist
anu ""' . " - ,.,. ,l nrrmmflir
.tUdr1n.,y "of thTVer, faults
witty pen had condemned
Theatrical history seems to be repeating
l.sllf in tie case of Ilennold Wolf nnd
ChannlnB Pollock, responsible for the llbret
rJ , nf "The Urass Widow." These authors
are also critics, and they have often caus
tidily held forth on the Inanities of mus.1
? comedy Nevertheless ""The Grass
Widow- contains more time-worn Jokes and,
a more disheartening abundance of fel.e
? ,.,hin any product on of Its class re
S he" in some time. There are wel
n, bright spots in tho tuneful score of
Srif but when Mr. Pollock, or
irhaiw Sir. Wolf moBt theatre'-wise pf
UbreUlsts-actually perpetrate this sort ot
thing Ul ,
ei but It .Mnella like cotfc.
well, they ought to-be ashamed, hey really
""Shu venerable "Joo Mlllerlsm" Is char-
JJrStlo ot much of the book. The pro
2?,Mlon a i a whole Is not without some
merit as w,neM lhe char,mln8 'mPersona
thm of the leading role by sweet-volced
v ?ii Alt. But of late years muslca
Na'il, standards have run considerably
"l,? of the pace established In 'The Oras.,
ahead of me l""- v ,,.-,,,,. ;h,.
rXid8PPeHn qualities of Its melodious
music. . .
THC opening scene of the piece Is laid
in a French railway station. Several
signs in the Gallic tongue aro conspicuously
dismayed. The word "guchct." which used
?! E small grill at a ticket window,
we bSldly Panted above a wide door
way Lyons and Marseilles are listed on a
large time-table of the Chemln de fer du
Nord. Such cities veie rover served by
ihi railroad. Ev'en the war has not changed
the fact! Snarit "Frenchlness without con
sultatlon vv(th dictionary and gazeteer Is
a JorrV Kpectacle even In rauslca comedy I
Fn.thcr" will be a stellar fenture of & P5 aP--.
RUSSIAN MUSIC FOR
COMING C0NCERTS1
Philadelphia Orchestra to Give
Modern Slavs a Hearing
Next Week
Ulusic Next Week
THURSDAY Kcformation Music
Festival, Academy of Music, 8!l5
p. m.
FRIDAY Philadelphia Orchestra,
Academy of Music, 3 p. m.
SATURDAY Zimbalist recital,
Academy of Music, 3 p. m. Phila
delphia Orchestra, Academy of
Music, 8:15 p. m.
The program of Russian music which Mr
Stokowskl nnd tho Philadelphia Orchestra
are to Interpret nt the Academy of Music
on Friday afternoon nnd Saturday evening
of next week contains only a. single number
by Peter I. Tschalkowsky. Time was when
American music patrons would havo con
sidered this representation of a superb
genius disproportionately smalt, for beyond
the conflniH of his native land Tschvlkow
sky's art was once regarded ns typically
Slavic. As a matter of fael the great com
poser was mlsreprc.ented. Ills enemies at
home called him a "Parisian " Abroad, he
now assumes mighty proportions as a world
figure in music, a giant that shatters
fiontlers as nichard Wagner docs. But
ifntlcmallstlc In tho senso that Illmsky-Kor-sakow
nnd Borodin were, Tschalkowsky was
not. When typically Slavic music is now
promised tho public has come to expect tho
lepresentatlon of qulto a different school of
art and this is what Mr. Stokowskl will
bubmlt when he offers works by Kallimlkow,
Ilorodln nnd Skryabln. The art of theso
composers Is uncompromisingly Husslan In
Its distinctive and unmlstakablo Slavism
lies much of its appeal.
The principal feature of the progTam will
be the symphony In G minor ot Uasllo
Kallnnlkow, a work which has been pre
sented by tho orchestra on several oc
casions with fine effect. It Is essentially
Slavic In its themes, with a touch of the
barbaric In certain portions. The symphony
begins the program and the "Slavic March"
of Tschalkowsky brings the concert to a
close.
Tho novelties Include excerpts from the
opera, "Prince Igor," of Borodin, and the
striking "Poem of Ecstasy" of Skryabln,
whoso "Divine Poem" was performed by
the orchestra last season. "The Poem of
Ecstasy" received Its first hearing at a
concert of the Russian Symphony Orchestra
in New York, December 10, 1908. Modest
Altschuler, the conductor of thnt organiza
tion, has dono much In the Interest of
Skrnbln. and ho Is responsible for tho
statement that In this work tho composer
has sought to express something of tho
emotional side of his philosophy of life.
There are three divisions in his poem
first, his soul In the orgy of love; second,
tho realization of a fantastical dream : third,
tho glory of his own art. It has been said
that tho subject of "The Poem of Ecstasy"
begins where that of 'The Divine Poem"
leaves off and that It strives to express the
joy of untrammeled activity. Tho composer
also wrote a poem In Husslan for this
composition, which was published In Geneva,
Switzerland, In 1906.
Tho opera of Borodin entitled "Prince
Igor" has been performed in this' city by
tho Metropolitan Opera Company. Tho com
poser, an nmatcur musician throughout at
least the greater part of his life, Is re
garded as the leading spirit of tho neo-
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Tho picturesque career of Sum
Houston is filmed in i'Tho Con
queror," in which William Farnum
and Jewel Carmen (above) will
essay leading roles at the Arcadia.
OIru Petrova (below) emphasizes
"More Truth Than Poetry" in tho
film play of that title, coming to
tho Victoria Theatre the latter part
of next week.
Russian group of composers. At tho time
of his death, In 1887, Borodin had com
pleted only tho prologue and tho first two
nets of the opera. The completion of the
work was undertaken by Rlmsky-Korsakow
and Glasounow.
In addition to tho orchestra's offerings,
tcvcrul other musical events promising ar
tistic stimulation are now In prospect. This
afternoon In tho Academy Fritz Krelsler,
most popular of violinists now before tho
public, plays a characterise program In
cluding several of his own delightful com
positions, and works by Bruch, Beethoven,
Tartlni, Bach, and Wlenlawskl. On Thurs
day evening; October 25, the various Prot
estant communions of the city will unite
In a mus'o festival commemorating the four
hundredth anniversary of the Reformation.
Mendelssohn's "Reformation ' symphony
and Bach's Suite No. 2 In H minor will be
given by the Philadelphia Orchflfftra under
the direction of Leopold Stokowskl. H.
Alexander Matthews will direct a chorus
of 400 Voices In a reading of his own spe
cially written cantata "Tho City of God."
Mildred Fass, soprano; Nicholas Douty.
tenor, and Horatio Connell, bnrltono will be
soloists.
Tha evening of October 31 will bring
forward tho Schmidt Quartet, which with
tho assistance of Lotltla Rndcllffo Miller
will bo heard In an Interpretation of Ern?t
von Dohnanyl's quintet In C minor. Yvctte
(iullbcrt. Incomparable Interpreter of the
spirit of Franco In song and legend, will
give n recital In tho Bdlevue-Ktratford hall
room on the evening of November 1. under
the nusplces of tho French Committee of
tlie Emergency Aid. On .Saturday after
noon of next week, October 27, Efrem Zim
balist. violinist, will appear In recital at
the Academy, He will play a Cesar Franck
sonata, a ohaconne by Bach, Lalo's "Sym
phony Espagnole." and a. vnrlety of attrac
tive short numbers. The first recital of
the season hero of another excellent violin
ist, Sacha JacoblnofT, will bo given In
Wltherspoon Hall on the evening of Novem
ber 14.
The city's two active operatic organiza
tions are now busily preparing for their
opening bllla. Tho offering of the Behrens
iBitijtf for a JBtfattfyeafc
(With ;)!ojli to Georft If. Ecktr.)
(According to the new Federal tax law, a tax of 10 per cent of
the reguiat purchase price of a theatre ticKet will be imposed on
theatre passes.)
Lay him.low, his graft is done;
What to.him is Klaw or Frohman,
Matinee or evening fun,
Special favors from a showman?
Lay him low, Jay him low!
What are passes bought with dough?
What-is art without a "slow"?
Lay him low!
Yaukntly he fought his fight
. PasKthe ticket-takers "chopper.
fen on?standing only nights"
Ifi-wonid scorn to "come a cronner,
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nainxd' snow, rain or snow:
Could not kejn hinji mn the show
Where the graft was
V lAv
Wrap him irrjrgudi'heetr
Advertising-plays he's barrfcd from
As a iree-ior-ivvtjiingA
'Ware the tax hrs-pOrse
War is woe, war is woe,
When it makes all passes
That "mazuma" taints their glo'
War is woo!
Leave him to lament the day
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When he nodded to the picket
'And proceeded on his way
Free from taxes on his ticket.
Sherman said, Sherman said, .
War was like a region red. t
iVords that echo In our head,
Sherman said!
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Chester Harnett (above) is n fea
tured player in "Tlie Submarino
"Eye," billed for tho Palace. Jane
Cowl (below) nppears in her first
moving picture venture. "Spreading
Dnwn," nt the Stanley Theatre next
week.
Opera Club will be John Philip Sotlsa's
new patriotic work, "The American Maid,"
scheduled for nn early date. The Phila
delphia Operatic Society will be heard at
tho Academy In "Alda," under the direc
tion of Wasslll Leps, on November 28.
At a matinee on tho bnme day the first
of tho four concerts listed by tho New York
Symphbnv Society, under tho leadership of
Walter Damrosch, will bo given In the
Academy. Tho t.ololsts for the scries will
bo Percy Grainger, the pianist; Jascha
Hclfetws, violinist, und Amellta Galll
Curcl, tho eminent coloratura soprano,
whoo mt.'h-admired art will be flrst re
vealed hero under X'r llamrosch's baton.
Horatio Connell. tho sterling Philadelphia
basso, will bo a recital feature on Novem
ber S, In Wltherspoon Hall.
HARRY LAUDER TO
FORSAKE THE STAGE
Comedian Will Begin Farewell Engage
ment in Philadelphia on
October 30
When Harry Lauder concludes this, his
fnrewcll tour of America, ho Is going hack
to England to devote his time to speaking
and singing to the soldiers on tho battle
front. After tho war ho and his wlfo will
retire to their estato In Scotland which he
purchased last November for lits son, Cap
tain John Lauder of tho Argyle and Suther
land Highlanders, who was killed at Arras
on December 29, last, hardly a month later,
later.
It Is largely tho loss of this son which
has caused Lauder to abandon his stag.
career at Its zenith Lauder's life was
wrapped up In this boy hli only child. Hi
never tired of talking of him.
Lauder's tastes nre extremely simple; he
never courted or enjoyed ostentation. To
him a bit of a home, a blazing llreplnce,
and an old pair of slippers and a pipe fnr
outshone the glories of tho most palatial
hotel, but for John hn wanted everything
that could bo obtained by money or piwoi,
and for John ho tolled and saved, and wn..
ready with the fruition of his hopes when
tho world war changed everything.
Lauder g.ivo up fifteen weeks of his
tour In this countiy and a salary of J300n
a. week to go to England to see tho boy off
for tho front Twice when ho was Invalided
homo with wounds tho father rushed across
tho Atlantic to be with his son, and the
happy pride ho had In him was perhaps best
demonstrated by tho words of an nddress
he made at a big recruiting meeting In
London laBt year:
"I have only ono son, and I am proud
lo say thnt my boy Is a soldier at the front
serving his country. If God should spare
him through tho conflict, how happy we all
would be to wclcomo him home, but what
ever betldo I am pleased and gratified to
givo my country one soldier."
Mr. Lauder will mako his last Philadel
phia, appearances at tho Acndemyon Octo
ber 30, and November 1 and 2.
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CONTlXUlXa ATTIIAOTIONB "
ADEWm "Mary's Ankle," diverting? farce by May Tully, admirably acted fey
well chosen company headed by Ircno Fonwlck nnd -Walter Jones. Also In th'
cast nro ncrt Lytcll. I.eo, Donnelly, T. W. Gibson, Zelda Seanfand Adelaide Prise.
BltOAD "A KIsm for Cinderella," dellclously whimsical translation by J. M. Barrte
of the denthloK.1 fairy talo In terms of Zeppelin-ridden London. Fun, pathos G4,
satlro nro charmingly comblnsd. Maude Adams lins tho lending role In a flno cm4.
G.UMtCA' "Cheating Cheaters," quick moving melodramatic farce, replete Tvlti
Rllrnrfttrta n.1 nfn,(tln nllMnv.. fnw tHlH It, At.. .... ..
,... ...... ............ u.,.iU..io, ...ha .uuiviii ia luu uumor. an mo company ar 1
Uvelyn Vnughon, Kdouard Durand, Sydney Uooth, James C. Marlowe, Maryf "
..ojjj iiiiu j.' i twin ,iuiiruu. "
1'OliniJST "Tho Grnss Widow," new musical comedy, with well written score by
I-ouls A. Illrscli. Clinnnlng Pollock nnd Itennold Wolf devised the book. Natalie
Alt. Victor Morley, Otis Harlan and Jess Dandy nro chief Interpreters.
I ITTLi: TUVATIir. "Lonely Soldiers," polished English comedy, concerning'
liRhtcr aspects of Kngland In war-time. Margaret Anglln, ono of tho most richly
endowed of American actresses, lends distinction and charm to tho leading role.
I VllH' "Tlin rtr.if " Tlnnl tvpolf hero nf Mnmln T.'nllnn'o i,i,ln,..u. ...
. .- .. . ..jjulo tumeuy irom
her own pen. The plcco Is' particularly notable for tho naturalistic flavor of Us
breezy dialogue. John Flndlny, Frank Klngdon, Edmund Lowe nnd Ferclval T.
Mooro assisting players. "
ML'THOrOLlTAX OVUUA UOVSV "The Wanderer," elaborato biblical spectacle, '
adapted by Maurice V. Samuels, stnged by David Bclasco a,nd Interpreted by a'
company of sterling nctots. nmong which nro numbered James O'Neill, Nanc
O'Ncll, Chillies Dalton and Frederick Lewis.
AT I'OPVLMl rilWKS
WALXl'T "Tbc Fascinating Widow, en
tertaining comedy with iniiBlc that has a
lircvloua record of succes In this city
Thomas Martcllc. Interpreter of feminine
character, has n dual role, pleasantly re
calling the farcical methods of "Charley s
Aunt." .
OIWHUVSt "IlrlnRlng Up Father Abroad,
a musical comedy, based on tho popular
enrtoon series by McManus. J"n 1"
Cnln, ltlancho Nevvxomu and Marion
Ilenion have leading parts.
FKATVlin PHOTOPLAYS
STAXLEY "The Spreading Dawn." with
Jano Cowl, a (Joldwyn picture, and The
con mothers' production, and Chart e
Chaplin In "The Adventurer." All wccic.
MIi.lC'K "Tho Submarino Lye." "Wllllam
Chaplaln In "Tho Adventurer. All
wee,c- .. I.l ivn
AUCADIA "Tho Conqueror, wltli vvii
11am Farnum. Fox production, directed
by It. A. Walsh. All week.
VICTORIA "This Is tho Life. wllM
Gcorgo Walsh. Urt half of week. More
Truth Thnn Poetry." with Olgo Petrova.
last half of week. Charlie Chaplin In
"Tho Adventurer." all week.
nVOUXT'Tha "Woman Beneath, wltli
Lthel Clayton, nnd Charllo Chaplin, In
"Tho Adventurer," Monday and Tuesday.
"Paradise Garden," with Harold Lock
wood. Wednesday und Thursday. "The
Son of Ills Father," with Charles Bay,
Frldny and Saturday.
STKAS'P "Tho Troublo Hustcr," with
Vivian Martin, nnd Charllo Chaplin, In
"Tha Adventurer." first half of week.
"Arms and tho Girl," with UUIlo Burke,
last half of week.
LOCUXT "Tho Man From Painted Tost,
with Douglas Fairbanks. All week.
VAvnuviuj:
KEITH'S Blossom Seeley nnd her "Jazz"
band : Lucille CavanauRh. In artistic
dances ; Olga Boris, Husslan pianist ; Lcs
ter, ventriloquist: I.cBter Crawford nnd
Helen Brodcrick, In "A Little ot This and
Little of That"; Three Jahns, gymnautd,
Tom Kennedy and Lthel Burt, in a farce;
Charles and Adclaldo Wllklns, cccentrlp
dancers; "Cycling Ilrunettes."
Q It AND Frederick V. Bovvers, In a scenic
tong review ; "Wilson Aubrey Trio, Arnold
nnd Taylor, In songs nnd dances; the
Glockers, water Jugglers; Stanley and
Burns nnd "Tho Itetreat of the Ger
mans," ofllclal war films.
COLONIAL Charles Nichols and company
In a satire entitled "Preparedness" ; Leon
ard and Willard, tho Three P.osettas,
John Clarko nnd company, Boyle and
Brown, tho Joslo Flytin Minstrels, and
"Tho Man From Painted Post," photo
play Willi uougias i-airuanKH.
WILLIAM PENX"Two Many Swoet
hearts," musical comedy with "Slim?
Kellum; a diversity of vaudevillo acts
and "Baby Mine," Goldwyn film, with
Madge Kennedy ; first half of week.
"Fashions a la Carte," with Hugo Jansen;
Steppo and Cooper, gypsy songsters, and
"Tho Adventurer." w'lth Charllo Chap
lin." last half of week.
GLOIIL "Tho Xcw Buyer," with William
Bow en. n musical coined) ; Al Fields and
company In "Tho Misery of a Handsome
r.-il," AnioroM and Jeanette. Willard
Tlu'tehlnson and company, Pico and
FrnncK Weber and Bedford,
Musical Jacks and a Queen."
liHOADWAY "Tho Sidewalk
...i.i. TTnl.Ici nml l'nnker :
"Tho Fivo
Cabaret."
Lawrence
in, w.,. .. .
Grant, In "Tho Flnoi Arnitcr" ; ltoDcris
and Fulton. Kershlakcs's pigs, and
"Baby Mine." photoplay ; first half of
week "Tho Follies of Broadway." Stone
and Clear, GingraBS, Juggler, and "Bab's
Diary," photoplay, last half of week.
CliOSS KEYS "Tho Follies of Broadway,"
May Ward In "Behind tho Counter";
"Greater City Four," Brennon and
O'Neill, Williams and Blaney. first half
of week. "The Betting Bettys," Olson
and Johnson, tho Hall Players, Louise
and Johnson, "Seminary Girls." last half
of week.
NIXON Cnrrlo Thatcher and company, In
"Tho Way Out," n sketch with George
Uarblor In tho cast ; Cummlngs and
Shelloy, Mary Door. Lohse and Sterling,
tho Slgfranz Troupe, bicyclists, and
"Baby's Diary." photoplay, with Mar.
guerlto Clarke.
I'MPIIUSS "Petticoat Minstrels," tho Hall
"players, F.d GingraBS. Juggler, first half
ot week. "Nearly a Detective," a farce;
Kaufman and Lillian. Spiegel and Jones,
Hcrshlakes's Pigs, last half of week.
11UIILE8QVE
CAStNO Barney Gernrd's "Follies of the
Day." Tho chief burletta la entitled
SHUBERTS EXPAND
IN PHILADELPHIA
Acquire Chestnut Street Opera House
and Will Erect Handsome New
Broad Street Playhouse
1 Prevailing rumors concerning tho disposi
tion of the Chestnut Street Opera House
nnd the ndw theatre now being erected en
tho site of Horticultural Hall havo received
complete verification In an official an
nouncement from the Shubcrt offices,
Messrs. Shubert have leased tho Chestnut
Street Opera House from tho University of
Pennsylvania, the owners, and ?100,000 will
ho spent In realterlng and rebuilding this
kiutnrin old theatre. Tho Opera House will
book all tho big musical shows and extrav-
aeinzas proauceo. unuer me anuneri man
agement. Tho Shuberts will also build tho
n9w theatre located at Broad and Man
nlng Btrcets on tho plot formerly occupied
by Horticultural Hall. ThlH theatre will ba
named tho Sam K. Shubert Memorial The
'atre In memory of Sam S. Shubtrt. founder
of tho firm and brother of Leo and J. J.
Shubert. The approximate cost of this the
atre will bo $1,000,000. The following play
houses hero will therefore ba managed by
tho Shuberts: the Lyric. Adelphl, Chestnut
Street Opera' House und Sam a Shubert
' 'still further extending their activities In
tha amusement field the sa.me firm an
nounces tha purchaso of the Boston Opera
House, Bpston. The Ktudebaker Iheatre,
Chicago, has also been added to the Shu
bert chain, which thus becomes cue, of the
largest theatrical enterprises In America.
.htiN, wtuv. JLJ.U1U UVC1 .."
I ft .
t'H'i. ToU Shnkespenre." and exhibits Uis
.alm, a r-r"10 of mod"" enter
almncnt. Gertrude Hayes. Frank Mac-
icj and Chester Nelson nro In the cast.
o?Cn,n;H?'omo ""M"." a potpourri
?iLm i1,0 ,Iancc9 miJ rclcal ultua.
?1; T, 1,rl"ce" "oveer and her
uenty "nymphs" will bo a special
tcrpslchorean feature of tho bill.
aAYETV .--Tho Army and Navy Olrle,"
in a melange of tho funmaklng. dancing
ivvn. "' ,fcatures- Tho burletta la by
rvv. a,"d Wcstcrn- U'Kie Mains.
r,'.m 1,err,a ,,,,d Aza,a r '" "i
femlnlno contingent.
MIXISTUELSY
DUMONT'S Long established company ol
tilnckfnce comedians sustaining tha Amer
ican traditions of minstrelsy. "Scones in'
lamp Dlx. Camp. Meado and Wrlghts
!I'n ,lM,a leading skit SelecUons from
I he Bohemian Girl" are also billed In
a lively operatic burlesque.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
OCTOIIEIl 19
11 Ito AD "Coma Out of tho Kitchen."
FOKf;sr SSIfgfcld "Follies."
QAIiUlCK "Tho Boomerang."
I.YEIC "Kllecn."
lM..VIr "So Long Lelty."
KEITH'S Frcdcrlo Santlcy and Florrls
Mlllersliip.
NOVEMBER IS
FORREST "Hamblcr Boec "
NOVEMBER ID
II ROAD "Captain KIdd, Jr"
KEITH'S Eddlo Leonard and company.
JI3IE. GALLI-CURCI
The noted coloratura soprano, to
make her first Philadelphia ap
pearance this season with the New
York Symphony Orchestra.
WEEPING JANE IS "
PERMITTED SMILES
Once Tearful Miss Cowl' Cheers
Up in "Spreading Dawn"
Cinema
Jane Cowl has dried the tears she shed
for Mary Turner and Kllen Neal In "Within
the Law" and "Common Clay," and wilt
weep no more, for a vvhllo at least. For sbo
has departed trom the roles of persecuted
fliop girls and serving maids In which she
won tho name of "Weeping Jane" to play
tho part of n sweet, romantic girl In the
plcturo version of Basil King's story, "Tha
Spreading Dawn," which, will bo tha at
traction at tho Stanley Theatre next week,
This will mako her first screen appearance
here ns a Goldwyn star '
Jane Cowl without tears Is like John V-rt
Drew without a dress suit. Yet Mr, Drew
In "Tho Will" and "Pendennls" very suc
cessfully departed from his customary eve
ning dress and Mies Cowl Is said to have
Just as successfully laid asldo her tears.
In "The Spreading Dawn" Miss Cowl Is
seen ns a society belle of New York In tha
early 'GOs, when hoopsklrts were tha fash.
Ion and romance and war were the chief
activities. As the daughter of one of New
York's first families sho marries an officer
In tho nrmy and the trials that follow cona
near crushing hor faith In lovo and romance.
In the end they prevail But while -h
sheds no tears Miss Cowl is not without her
emotional moments.
For thosa few who remember the days
of the Civil War period "Tho Spreading
Dawn" will servo as a remlndor of New
York when It nestled snugly on tha lower
end of tha Manhattan Island and when Oer
mantown seemed widely separated from
Philadelphia.
As Patricia Vanderpyl, the new film star
Is seen first ns a romantic girl and then as
tha wife of an ofllcor. After tho marrla
there creeps Into her mind suspicion'
planted there by her Jealous chum, an
finally the disappointment In the death ef
her husband under circumstances which
shatter her faith In love. And so down
through the years Into old womanho4'
she retains this disbelief until the romHc
of her niece brings about the solution 4t
her own.
Musical Features at the Stanlejr f jHj
n.irnm nt llin Stanley Theatre And mJ"' W
-k.nn nl-nttiirA In tha tllavlnr nf Urn mm &T
ni.Mi.u t - T - -
cellcnt concert orchestra and special liixirs
have now been assigned for the iwrwy
musical feitures of this theatre's progwiug,
At 3:05 in the afternoon and 9;Q5 Jn'WI
evening, the bill will be devoted to puratwre
.- . tinlrnni anA nt 4 i k 4 &
.7 -. tnA 7 Sft HttH A-in In vtite j.m1 ,rti
tho clasn.cal overture wljl bo rndcro4, -feJ
.. itaiiv-tnllAn of theMd nnnilinni TVrfiTtrir -Jff
Hairy W JJeyer and Director AUnM
Wayne VH aiiernaio.
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