rtTPvfilfPyjRj (i Vr- l -i .'7'tWBP"ir-,I- '. w . - '-'. 'J- J. BT'- i' .j M. "a " '2-' vr3V.f -hjik . r ' V p t iT-' W 73i' ' I ' ' BtJLieiLfiDai 1918 I -" i r OTIS SKINNER IN "MISTER ANTONIO," BROAD; MARY GARDEN IN "THAIS STANLfl rpwTP.ArPTr.AT, INDICATOR STARS OF THE NEW VERSION OP "ST. ELIZABETH" AND NOTED HARPIST Wofh.Sk&P FOR THE COMING WEE! . i Otis Skinner Will Return in Booth Tarkington's Suel .., l- TTJofoi. Antonio" Numerous i oVire Okirtain, r.-tf .Bi SSlC .tt-yKmiJ'i VvXirrr'Z cessiui L-yniuu, iai" - Plays and Farces Continue Runs Here v''lf ATTKACriUXH Mul If the average American er aver regard playii as Mthan acting vehicles. To a tAnt thin altitude la correct. klld "library drama' In an -TM supreme test of a play M r or us ntness for the stage. craftsmen who dlsrccard this I 'cannot properly lie clarslfled 4UU. ne, for Instance penned a l trilogy on the subject of Mary but the rhansodtc diner of Before Sunrise" has no legiti me whatever as a playwright. fcvous of footllght technique, his I cycle Is loosely frarncd, verbose iivai wnouy unsuuaoie lu ine requirements of the theatre. : Hardy's "The Dynasts." sunerb u.i. ,,.. . t ii iniueinituvc iiiwor, in cnar- analysis and noetic eloquence, falls . aielmllar category. vnlng, despite vivid flashes of the , Instinct, was rcarcely ever ca. sustained effort along strictly al tines. "In n Itiilcnnv-i mm- f;Uwn any other of his works. Vat- established exactions. It has fore the footlights, however, only uny nursed "special perform- Hn ,Tennyson as a dramatist was aire mainly through Henry Irvlng's ny emDoaunent of the character ket. hers abide our nuestlon though .free," sang Matthew Arnold of are, and ho defies all Indcxlnc RS and trlumnhs In the llhrarv ntid I ;he, stage. Ltut the bard U the ous exception that proves the rule. 1 popular prejudice against reading Ml" In the "HvllliT room" nn,l (n fntnp IVHnesslng them Interpreted upon, "the lila hau um.in f l.lt.... rvmu luuiiudiiuiii A BVEIVninLESS. the "earnest natron fthe drama" If any. such (here -aa so ortcu or l-ltc yearn surff-nd IT play famines th.it llio Impulse I i . V ? juinl uuMima K the east of the lilm play " Vfhip" at the Victoria. The theatrical nourishment at homo fbeen greatly stimulated, ibis Is nngly evidenced In the. tvcr-lncrcas- uantlly of published 'U.. "yeara tho appeal nf thu drama en book couth 1ms benn uiuiilcs- I'd. France Tim latvst efTorlM of Be. Bernstein. Claudel, De Klers. Wet, TuvedaliAVeber, Maeterlinck, et -il. are Issued almost simul- sly with the (liming on uf'thu Tho J'ri'iich public Is nulte ned to this procedure, while the i have long ago disabused them- l of the notion that u. printed play the appeal uf the same work -theatre. )lred partly by the Initiative boldly )bjr Bernard Shaw some two dec- with his "J'lays Pleasant and ant." numerous contemporary dramatists are no longer aversa ry editions of their products. IjBerrle. most recalcitrant of tho I; now represented ny "jne i.iuo "Quality Street." "The A- l Crlchton" and the one-act pieces if Hours.:' gome of his major dra- 'Xfusions are still unprocurable. at'' the most imaginative ana in ways the most Inspired of mod- rrlghts is contemplating still r liberality was Indicated rt-cently letter addressed to the editor of 'apartment and published In the aw rcouc J.tDQEn.1 aomo yeara J'lnero and Jones uftiibUshed the'r plays, all of which " directly designed for the stage. kMka admirable reading, but, pos r because these writers are reckoned ijaislincuy uu mnue, akto. ' ,"Mr. Tancjueray," "The Thun- ' or wicnaei anu ins ixst 'Have never been among "best "P Allaning in an era. wncn inr too lavishly devoted to foot- si comedy and revue n at last r'aLmlrlcantlv ranld strides In L r 'Augustus Thomas Is engaged Z ' , . .11. ...II.... 4nim.fl. K Hie OW U1VI IIHH tffailtauu Arlona" and "Alabama" In ""form "aw h"015 covers, some I.? "The witching jicur- "ine TV ana Mrs. inmrvmn 'recent Issues, and "The Har- i;.and several others are prom- rd Sheldon la represented by " and Tpe Boss'; Messrs. 1 Benrimo by "The Yellow Md' even William Gillette, tM4, of writers ior ine siage. i consented to the. publication li melodrama, -secrei Berv. sthology of the native drama. ( League has also performed vtee wun lis piay series. ! , perbap aa consolation for aUcUUr dull week with year' on this city's stage ria: published plays come k 'Jhia-sl evMAuliU nm Bun4. vlrjdly; suggestive In HtlM. liacli el.-ment of pvtnis, aiu common it wage ana it naa oeen Mmm pUysthey are r ofjJ-BIIHp Heeller. oc uMrounaur "I .JbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbWbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbK bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbibbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbPbbbB bbbbbbbbbbbSbbbIB iH ''jjrlt! W28&JS -- M? V I hIbbbbbbbbbbbbbhu. v 1 "'" .WT' aBBBBBBBT - 5- BBBSB I I ii Inn M i in I I i i n i mi u 'I drama coipo'ed to order. Tho pleA was deliberately Intended for the use of Mrs. Klske. Writing directly for stars Is frequently a severe handicap for play, n rights, but the author has hire u o ded many of the ordinary pitfalls. A reading of the work primarily results In a visu alization of tho emotional author of "In diana," not the leading comedienne ' f the Amerlc.in theatre. Thus Mr. Moeller'n flrrt obstacle has been surmounted at the outset Almo t equally gratifying l'hl eftab llshment of an "almoiphere," relieving him from many of the alleged obligations of tho historical dramatist, His laub nble aim bat been not ro much to dra matize the whole picturesque life of his heroine as to portray with an acute pen, In which satire and affectionate Interest are adroitly mingled, the serio-comic and sentimental yet nrtlstlcally richly pro ductive lloliemlanlsm of Mme. Dude vant and the un que circle of Irrerpon. s.blc geniuses In which rhe moved and which she dominated. The piece ii thu? plotlcs. Its charac terization IcniiH toward caricature, but a? such a method I flnelv In liev with the rplrlt uf the worl.. th humor Is usu ally delightful neier offensive. Though not ulwayt Miftalnlng the h'glicst level of brilliancy, the d alogue has an un forced quality, too tuldom found In so called clever plas, and sometimes It nt tain genuine tlaior of wit. This Is par tlculaily evident In the keen portrait of Heine. Alfred de Musset nnd omnlvor tut "Oeorge" are In each other's arms. "I nm being pushed Into r. corner," la ments tho Ocrman Ijrlclst. "Nothing Mil a room like loe." I. ne tills this piny, too: love of the remarkable, lnt.itl.iblo and yet curiously pra tlc.il Diidovmit tP". The liaisons ulth Do Mu.'.'ct nml I'jkcIio form tile li.isla of tills iloln Inli", i,l. ign product. Tl.c Chopin chapter h, J i.-t Ixgluiilng as din curtn'ii fall. As 1 r tho "IiIkIi tfi-t of liixlnit," nil chirKO a ro promptly paid by the InilcfntiiMhlc 'JcurKc'a piodlglou literary .ntl Ity mi'l b.' slilll in iioniz Ink' her nun personal scnllnicntNl mo llxcs, ii trait wliUli Mr. Mncllcr cniplri size i ulili iliblv Irunli: polcnfj ltc porls of Mrs. I'I.Iio'h llroadnay sue-ci-s In this play arc insily irtdlblc She bus an cxci-llciit which- and one whote cliarin fliotild be fur HK'ru ilellultc bofure tlin fou'llglil.'i (h. .n In pubKutloti ilri'ih. AHSLIIDI.V captioned for Cngllsh -rli.arf., "ILiddii I'adda" (Alfred A. Knopf) belong" nut ul all tu tho lament nbln class of freak drama nlllib It at llrH Kiiggi'sH The play cilginalci In peril. ips tho I'iiht Known civilized loun tiy of tbo globe. Iceland That llils Ki out hl.ilif! lies iiliiiost uliijlly ulthln tho titiipcratu rone, nm Its co'istiil wln teis ar- ilecldi-ly milder than Mlmiesotii, that It was u allaiit Independent re public fur i-t-!iliiric, tli.it its hcruh; llt etaturo is one of the moat ploi ions In iairopc, tli.it It Is Inhabited by eighty thousand persons, bo."u stuiid.ud uf idiic.itinii Is toiixph-uiiuxly high, that the Innplratliiii of Its nhl miK-i writers ftlll lives in a prcunt lirllllnit pjillr ucthlly nrc fucts wlt.i which the out sldo Murld lias feint fuiiilliiirlly. .Mr. Kainbini Is a ucu- tumid to Ungllsh readers, but Deniiinrk, whither lunch Iccliudlc culture uiUKt ncct-ssailly gr.iv- , Itute, lias hallcil lilm as a dramatist of ltal distinction, ami at bmnu In hi a tiny but highly critical lteykjavllt ho ranks us the cxpunciit ol un urt rli Ii I with promise Iiievltalily much of tbo upptiil of a plce'e so typical of the country of Its origin us "Iladili I'udda" Is mil.-1 cu oruto in traiihlatloii. ltut Sadie l.ulse IVIIit's Hngllsli velon still tains nun Ii iiatlto tlic. suggestions of a tlm poctlo liiiagliiatlun ami u miiq Kr,i!p both of dramatic lu'liul'iuo nml charac ter value.H, Tbo .lniple strm-tiiro is raised about an elemental tale of twu siskrs ciiatnoref of the same man and tint tingle death nf the cider girl In vvlihli motives of piesiuii, revuugu and pity aic i lii(iieiity bb nth , Is a tcciio Instinct Willi thu Teiiiijhnul.iii forumla "I'arK, true uud triidi r Is tin- North." Tho whining soul-iiKiiesa uf many of tbo foreign ilriimalli-ts, nm speedily ll.it tered with English tr-insl.itlnus Is hap pily Indiscernible In "Hudda I'adda " The play has none of i'ic inalness of Strlndberg, none of the willful perversity of Chckov and tho ltusslans It Is sane, sincere, strong and touching Its success In 1'ngllsh Is conceivable, al though the extreme bareness of Its framework might possibly militate against that. F LANKLY a stage play, but even moro frankly an essay In special pleading and propaganda, Is tho " 111 clency" (Oeorge II, Dorar., New York) of Messrs. Davis and Sheehan. The single net and scene reveals "An Em peror," to whom a "Scientist" exultantly displays "No. 211," 1 soldier discharged from the hospital and now so patched together with Ingenious artificial con trivances that he la a ruthless machine, hardly human. The Hmperor savagely rejoices that his stricken soldiery can be thus restored to "i:itlclency." Left alone with his Frankenstein, the mon arch Is strangled by the metilllc fingers of the mnn-mnchlne, whose heart, none the less, still throbs with passion and the lust of richly Justified revenge. The essential quality of the piece Is shallow and showy melodrama. Thcie Is no literary distinction and merely superficial characterization. But the power of an Idea Is Impressively pres ent, and on the stage Its full force would be likely to disarm sober analytical criticism. That such was the case Is evidenced by the' glowing letter of In dorsement written by Theodore Roose velt after witnessing a performance of the play at New York's Greenwich Vil lage Theatre this autumn. PEIIUSAL of the three plays cited above Is not of course compensation for the dearth of significant new dramas on our early 1918 stage, but the hiblt of play reading offers a certain solace during periodical theatrical "slumps," and It la Incontestable that familiarity wl.h Interesting new footllght works fosters a desire to see them acted, which may, In time, bear fruit. H. T. C. HEIFETZ SENSATION IS STILL UNABATED New York's- musical chronlc'ea con tinue to give prominence to the remark able triumphs of Jascha Helfetx, the young' Jtuanlan violinist, who la to be heard for the first tjme la Philadelphia with the Damrosch Orchestra In the Academy of Music on the afternoon of January S3. On 'December S3 Mr, Helfetz was the star attraction at the. Sunday night con. cert In the Metropolitan Opera House, and for the first time on record the management placed eight chairs In each box Instead of the time-honored six: to accommodate the patronage. It U Interesting; to know that be tween December 1, when the violinist's PV4WIK w.mM w it, i(j i-tecember W.athlrli Helfetx recital wa. Mnt airtia4I l CanMBte Hall'. and - CarMft HaU.'.aiMi two KJtt. & i via im mm a,.- a aszm m wwmw im Jtmi Arthur .DndunzUy, cor.ctur of MM; 'if jMlOmiML. ', KKKSJw I the Liszt music drama. . .-. $ ff MBbI IH WK-; " 1 A ABBE LISZT ENTERS THE OPERATIC FIELD Oratorio of "Saint Elizabeth" to Be Sung Here as Music Drama TEXT TO BE IN ENGLISH V 'Hie iirt nf mnii Idod I-'ranz I .lilt iidju-fleil to tin- demand i of opera. ' lie slgnlllc.iut miislcil inivety to he of ft roil h'-rc h.v tho rMetropolitan fnii puny licit TiichI.iv i-Miiliig The ,rnrL of "Til- t-eceml of Saint llliz.ihetlr' will then ho hcJid In -i In nrr mgemeni edited mid timing-d for I'''' nm " dr.im.i ptige by Conductor Arthur riodanzky urlgliially written in an ur.itoilo. ''" vvoilt Ii n proiluet of the lllusirliiii" coin poser Hiid pi niNt's tutir il.ivs of nrtH'tlc K-llglous fcrvm In Itniiie Its dito I" I8C.T nml Its liiini'dl.ite Im pli.itlon was tin- festival held In cinimicnifir.itlon of the founding and In honor nf tin- icstor.i tlrn of the i-lchriit'd custle or the Wart hurg, nenr lllm-inn-h. when tin' pious IMtron saint nf lluiig.iiy w.i i isputied to Luwdig of Thiirlngni It w.ix I.lt-st, tin- Alihe the polled ill tlin.lte nf l'ope l'liis IN, wild c.illid lilm hli "denr I'.ild-trl'i.i," who g.ivc tin colorful. Iiiuchlng and Impi-cu-ivc tuiir-i-cil iilcturc f. n world th.it had known the artist in uiultlf-irloui iiuki'Is mid In widely .outlasting environments The nio.'t I'lclurcMiuc mid ndvcnliiion.i chap. t( r of hN .istoiindhig career, ch ip-tr-rs llliiminci h.v dazzling pliulnllc Vh-Uirles. Iv liiilcfiillKlhle ch un lilnuihlp of the struggling llti'li.ird Wng ner. 1S! meteoric uiiniiei-ts in (vciy ar tistic, aristocratic and Uoliciul.in I'nclc In which hi- moved. b sponsorship of Hiopln. h frliniNhlp with Umrge Sand, by still clo.'er li'tlinm-.v with the Ootlulcas d'Agoult. who h'irc him three ihlldrin. one of whom Is Wagner's widow, hv sen tlmental ai-soc ntloll with his distill Biiished patron, the Primes K'iiioI.viic zu S.l.vll-Vlttg-ni-teln. w lii.lu lie i.inm near niarrjliig. wiro i-niiiplclid It Is true that further trliiinpli.il lours ns a virtuoso wen.- i-1 ill tu nunc before the light or (fin- nf the ni'iK' restless Hiliits In all the annals or music was llnnllv cMliiKUli.lied (sti.ingely ennughl lit a ll.ivienth rcr-tl.il where "rirlfal" was given In limiiir of the genius nf his nilglillci.t prnlige. Hut on the whole the l.lszt or tho "Saint i:ilzalieth" days was coitcfrncd mainly with the hacerdotal uspL-i-tH of art Itelig'oiis mvstlclsm iliiniliiated his mind He delighted to wear his abbe's coat at public concert appearances Although he frequently vlslled Weimar and Peslli, he regarded the i:ternsl Citv ns his true home The "Chrl-tusV and the "lira tier Mas" are other products of this "last phase" They are distinctly devotional works. "Saint Elizabeth," on tho other hand, although not primarily written for the Mnge. has always had tempting operatic possibilities. Several footllght versions of the work have been made and have been heard with marked suc cess In various Kuropean capitals AnierlcVs first opportunity to appralso the work In this guise was, however, withheld until last Thursday, when the operatic "Saint Kllzabeth" had Its first presentation on this continent at New York's Metropolitan. It Is this production. Identical In cast nnd scenic appointments, which I'hlla delphlans will be privileged to hear on Tuesday evening. It Is doubtful If any other production of the season will be richer than this one In artistic Interest nnd potent musical appeal. Tho recent bnli on Oerman text works Is not ap plicable In this case, since tho "opera" vv 111 be sung In English. This w 111 be the cast: Elizabeth Mme. Florence Ilimten Hopht , Mme. Msrsnrete MatnenrtU'-'' I.udivtir Clarence Whtlehtll Herman ; -Car' ,? 'h''! A lliinirlan magnate liars lliursdael The Henenchal Robert Leonard Conductor .. Maestro Artur Dodanzky The book of "Saint Kllzabeth" Is by Otto normette and Is said to have been Inspired by Morltz von Schwlnd'e fres eoes at the Wartburg. depicting the life of the pious lady. The stage Incidents follow the original legend with slmplo effectiveness. Elizabeth, daughter of Andreas II, of Hungary, was brought to the Wartburg as a child of four as the afllanced bride of Ludvvlg. son of the I-andgrave Her man of Thurlngla. The children were religiously brought up. as though brother and sister, At seventeen the girl was married to her betrothed. Her humani tarian nature revealed Itself In many acts of charity and self-sacrifice. On one of her visitations "Of mercy, shown In the second act of the opera, she was discovered by her husband far from the castle. Suspicions or the nature of her errand ire aroused. Ludwlg seizes the basket she Is carrying und from It fall roses. Into which by a miracle had been 'transformed the bread and wine she had been taking to the p;or. He remorsefully begs her forgiveness, and husband -and wife renew their pledges to each other and to the Almighty. Subsequent incidents of her career are connected with I.udwlg's departure for the Crusades. Tidings of his death ere the pilgrimage had gained the Holy Land reach the Wartburg, and the Landgra vine, anxious to be ruler In her son's stead, drives the saint from the castle. She takes refuge In a hospital wh'ch she had founded In the days of her pros perity. There she spends her days In ministering to the poor and afflicted. There death finally claims her In what Is the final scene in the cpera. The cur tain falls on her apotheosis. Mr. Bo danxky has omitted the canonization scene wth the Kmperor Maximilian as belnf.un anticlimax; , " TtM'plctortat Investiture of the pperit miryswtt to .iDseps uraaa UKNMN w ,"MK a. mm rismmm j I lllaBH ' "jjVi!. mtM'zzmmvMfWMZM&zmzzizmwtf HioliHBB LLLl i larcarctf Mntzcnntipr, c.n- lKIFwmJr JBn (l.-iltn nf llin "Sl Kli'dlietll" Yi IHTWiVPv.'oiviu SM a i I. (til Ii , n IUiit (ii.irun'ir.in-) ... .KIhihii z,gmgalK$&':imm a "-""" 1 mmMMm 8fsm I l-'mrpticp t-:iiiioii (top) as Cliza- licth of lluiiffary. Clarence, Whitehill (bottom), who will he tho Lutlwig. BOSTON SYM?HONY BACK ON SCHEDULE Dr. Muck Will Direct Noted Orchestral Organization in Academy Monday I r Karl Muck -till ibr-ct. t'u- irtlstic roi tunes of the llnrton S.vmpbony. mid that efUbi.itcd orchestra having suc- Cfhsrilllv Clliel'glil fl (Mil til- llilf-'l (llf-IIIV entanglements which puvcntnl Its last Kcliedulf d apifc.ir.uuc here, will lie lie-in) in the .c.id"ni of Music on in-l .Monday 'evening llvldiiu-e lias I itelv been ml- viiiic-d to siiow that lioitur Mud. Is n iSiviss citizen Wliaiiifi Ins natiunal ftatu.s, liuwcvci. no u'ivci iiiin.iit.il bar to his dlKi'tloii of tb fin tilt inning (mi-it ill this cltv now cm t According tu the nutc-scason an iinuiti einent, Kritz Krt Isler was to have been mlolst at this concert ; but, as Is generally known, Mr Krelshr has given up nil convert work during the war Doctor Muck, however, has ar ranged a program of purely orchestral music of marked Interest It will be gin with Tschalkuvvskj'M Fourth Sym AN OPERATIC DIVA Jane nnd Catherine Lee. who will -w mhf mm &. r r - wtii .. t. - m ""- aJ iy.B 'iiffk. ... ,s-.t.A i-'' ? if 1 mT -gg fBfTT. J. i ' j ,w ,& ' jv.- in wg h OnMflHPQBrVv ' : i t phony which will cuiistimti the tlrist part, of the program In the km nml pirt of the program vvl'l be Handel's Concerto irossn In li minor. N 10, 'p ,;. with lioitor Muck at the piano j riieriibliirs (rlure. "Aiiacrion," mi'l the I'coiii! suite arranged from Kivil's ballet n.iplinlM ct Chloe" This Is In three parts, cntltlid, 1C- i-pectlvely, "li,ibre.ik," "I'antiiniitiKi" nnd '(leiier.il 1'jiiic" nnd was given I for the llrst tline In this country, so far las Is known, bv the lloston Symphony On.hestr.-i In Ilo'tn-i. Decdiiber II (i ml IK It had siif.li I'Mraordlnary success I that Doctor Muck has Juki lepcated It at the concerts of the la-t wcik. Tile ballet was composed In. 11110 with thu expectation tint it would be performed j by the IEusslnii Pallet In Paris In 1911. s a matter of r.ict It li.ul Its Hist pel -' fi nuances In lime, p.! IS In P.irls Tho Kenarlo of thu ballet was by l-'oidne, from tiin loiuatico nf I.ongus. lu liill when the ballet was produced in London by the Dlaghllerf foices thtic ensueil a saucy rnrrrspniidcmp betwceii Dlaglilleff nnd Havel because the former nit out part of the ballet, p.irt!cu'arl the choruses. The program in its entirety Is as fol lows: Hmp1inny In P inlnur, No. 1, Opus art ... TadiuikuWKk: (onierio rtro-so Ii 1 minor, Nn. In. mi'l" Itiiid-I C--rllire. "Alliiereitn" Clirriiulni "I.- vt r -la Jour ' "Pantomime.'' "D.uis Uillrralc" Il.ivel 1 ' o I r. ,il. I'liilfimlm. . "Iblieral lnuee"! drcehiitra f r.isnit nta from "piphnls ct Chloe." ll-ilif-l In one ad. At his coming annual violin rcclt.il, to take place In the Academy of Music Saturday afternoon nct, January I-. nt 8 oVlovk, Mischa Ionian will present the following: 1, Concerto. (1 minor Vlv.ildl-Naihcz' Allesro AiLibIu AiMuru U. Hjmplionl-, l'5iMimol ,( I..1I0 Alleuro 11011 ireppo Ainlaut,-- Ailesru AND OTHER SCREEN PERSONALITIES be shown. at the Palace in "The. , a a. a a r t m , J m HBaliyi I . n f B a - -JP .jr. Theodore Cclla, harp plnor of tho lloston Symphony. He will lie hcat'il in a concert in Witlicr fipoon Hall on Saturday nighl. :t KoriHta It II major . 'JU'1'1 Admin runlnblli All' en 1 Largo Allmru iniii rmiiHt fill II ,i Itlver (Mraps.r.lse) ... .Ilhnsll t.il T 1 nid .. . Albsnl'-Kliiian lei Nmturne Chophi-W lllielml bll lliin'.irl.m lijnii- No T llralitnn loachlni I Palpltl' ... . .l'aganlnl he Malkln-Cdla recll.i! will bo given In Wlthcrsponin Hall on Saturday eve lilng. Jiiiiuaiy U'. Tho occasion will 111. 1 ik- tin- Hist conceit nppear.nicn In Philadelphia of Joseph MalMn, who Is : solo cellist of the Huston SMtiphony Or chestra, nnd the In tl.il 1 nlo engagement, after ,1 long nbsc-iio, of '1 hendoro Ccll.i. 1 also ol tho llrnton (iiganlz.itlon. The tirogiHin wl 1 lie- 1. Sen ita . .... Itoihcrllll AdiKln. Allium Mr M.ilklu '.' V.ilso de I'oiserl . .. ll.issehiijlis Mr. (Vila ' 3. Variations on a Tlnniu Itceofo. Ischalkowsky Mr. Malkill . . I. (11) l'tnsee I'lHlioue I."" (Ii) IMlizi . ella , Mr (.Mia. ,. , .. In) ltnmnnie .s.ina ParulfS Mulkln 110 isiellliiine tt IllgiiUflon, 1 riinioeur-KrelHler (1 ) llliapsoille llonurolse Popper, Mr Ma.kln. ,, II llnnflfi Canriiilfiso .. ... . (.ella I Lllls ri.uk lLiimiialin ut the piino. j The Matinee Muslcil t'luh will give its tlflli iigiilar concert of the season III tho Itosc ('iardcii of tho Ucllevuc-i Stratford on net Tuesday afternoon K111111.1 C.iry Johnson, .soprano; Kfllc Lc-1 land ilnlz, violinist j Augustine Haugh tun, mezzo-soprano; Mary Miller Mount, liliuilsti Mary .N'cwl.lrk, contralto, will bo among the soloists Nina Prettyman Howell will conduct an orchestra In an Indian suite special feature will be muslc'il cxctrpls from tho Peterborough page mt. Stircnptlcon views of tho fes tival will al.-o be shown. Mrs. Oiarles '. Collins and Mis. Camlllo ZecKwer arc lu general charge ct the program. ' The annual iccltnl of Ilennaii Saudby, cellist, formerly of the Philadelphia Or chestra, Is billed for Wllherspoon Halli oil tho evening of January lis. There will bo no conceits by the Philadelphia Orchestra lit thn Academy I J.ary Garden as Thais. She makes-her photoplay debut in the picturization of Anatolu I-raiice's famous storv, which will "be disclosed on Monday at. the Stanley Theatre on Friday and Saturday, January U and IS, since the Orchestra will be on Its second week's tour In the Middle West. On this tour the Orchestra will piay Itir third pair of concerts In Pittsburgh, with Hans Klndler aa soloist, and will also appear In Ypsllantl, Detroit. Kala. mazoo and Grand lUpldg. The Orches tra will consist of 103 players for this tour, and the Tschalkowsky program recently performed In I'hlladelphlaNvll be pla ed. In some Instances Tschalkow- 'ewr -we maL iMMr o.,f,--Mls,cr AnlonloUooth Tarkington's successful medy .njthfcj, J tho Kindle, geniality of It- ... ctmracicr s ' "-' " " -' American sma town prejudices nun i.i..w. -- ; , ' ' " 1 ii. "..., i.n.ho hero, nicatior Woodruff. Joseph Urcnnan and , 4-ll( lliutin mw ......-- l'riincca Latidy have utixlllaiy roles. VOXTlSVISa A TTH ACTIO (lAtllltCK "Turn to tho Uigm. ' chell Smith and John i:. n""'1r.11 Iioptilar comedy, In which begu ling "crooks" and 11 returned prodigal at tain virtue and monetary reward after amusing and inelodniniatlc sit uations have broken the calm or a New Vork htito village. Tho lead lug roles uro portrajed by llnrence Wlnant. Lucy Cotton, Until Chester, L'dgar Nelron, William 1- Mchali ... . . -.iH. O It It V H T "Tie Muslfl .Master. (liorUa l.'l, lnM Ifilirll Ildllllrcd SCIltl- mental play, lu whhh David Warlield enacts a portrait that has become 11 standard creation on the native stage. His Von Ilarvvlg Is now generally re garded lu the light of a classic. Tho present InterptclliiK company Includes Mnlo Hates and Hazel Lowrjv ciivhtxvt KTiiv.vr ormiA iiovhv. "Tho Show of Wonders," 11 multl firlous nshortiuint of (Oiulo special ities, dever dancing, llwiy lunrs, vi vacious girls and stenlc allurenients 'I'liero la even 11 dish of melodrama, In the tense submarine (psofle pre sented Among the chief p.irtn Ipants aio the Howard Mothers', Tom Lewis. Charles Wright, l'lora L'a, Patsy O'llrarii and Adele Ard.-le. LYItIC "illtchy-Koo," dlvert'ug, dain tily ((.stiinied and aitlstlcally staged revue, one of the best ciileii.iliumuis of Ita ninoi plioiis tpc offered here III lecent seasons. Itaymoiiil Hitch (ock and Leon Lrrnl stimulate the comic possibilities. Also In tho (ast are. tho delightful Trench inusio hall star, Iicne llordniil, .Sjlvia Jason and Ignacclo Martinettl. UTT1.V. THVATIIV "The Hones moon," a light comedy by Arnold Dennett. Duiothv Slieliuerdlno enacts a leading role In .1 cast composed of plivrrs of the Philadelphia Stage So-1 cli t.v . - AT I'Ont.AR I'ltlCVN j HW..Tr--"After Ullli e Hours.'' the melodramatic talc of n fair stenog lapher. V.lflOI.'VfiLK , lilinil'H Liitigdon MrCni muck's spec-' Incul.ir nielodraiua, "On tile High Seas"; Wlll'iim Lc Malre and IM ial lagher. Lew- Hrlcc and the U.irr Twins Harry Cooper and Jim Iteaney, ionic (linns; W. J. (Sailor) Itellly, T S N., In songs and a planologue; Margaret IMwards, ploslcal t-ulturlst, Itence Kloilgny, l-'rcnch pianist, Heorge l'o nnd y.ell.i Ingriili.iui, llrfoid's "Willi I lug Sensation." OI.Olli: Hobby Heath and "illilles," Melba lterra. Charlie (Rube) Smith and ( (leoige Inh.iui, Dave (lenaro and Anna 1 (lould, Joseph L. Waters and company. Mlddleton, Spelniyer and coiniuny, "llrooinstlck" HUlott, Hal Stephens, Picvost and (loglet, "Usqulmaux" and his trained seals. CROSS KCYN Howard's Pony and Dog Circus, Viol In ski and company. ICnowles and White, JJush and Sha piro, Magln, lMily and Hoy, Laura Ordway; llrst half of week. "Inter national Kour." "The Art Studio," McCiown and (lordon. Iiow and I'or ple. Williams and Mitchell, Kour Lu Kens; latter half of week, J7.'CM7MUr "The lilrl Prom Hob land," a musical comedy; Jest New Un, Hush and Shapiro, Kour Lukens, Sharp and company, and "The Secret of tho Storm Country," photoplay; llrst half of week, "olives," musical lomedy, Howard's Ponies and Dogs, Maglln, Hddy and Ho), Kuovvles and White, "International Kour," 'Tor Libert, week. photoplay ; latter iai t of .V.VO.V "Out Again, lu Again," musical lomedy; Valentino and Hell, Schwarz ami Cliffoid,' "Those Klvc Ulrls," In u lively music nnd dancing ait; and "Nan of Music Mountain," with Wal lace Held, photoplay. COlMSIAIi Fuorth anniversary week bill, Introducing Truly Shattuck and Kniin. 1 O'Neill. Crcwell-Kanton coin liany, in 11 military spectacle; Staley and Hirlieck, Lander llrotheis, Mor gan and Parker, Nan Aker und com pany, ventriloquists, Quaker City Trio, "The Cold Deck,' photopla). ailASU Antrim and Vale, .Alt Oram, Ilerl Shejiard, the "Australian Whip King" and Hay. Josephlno Saxon und Jack l-'.irrell, Kno and Hcllu In a lively dancing act. WILLIAM PL'.V.V "The Miracle." 11 thought transmission act; Hob Hall, Kurrell, Taylor and company, in "The , African Duke;" the Vnldares; "Ca. mille," with Theda llara, photoplay, llrst half of week. "The Oriental Singers"; Lee Madden and company. In ".Monday Morning"; O'Neal und I Wahnsle; llardncr and Hartman ; ' ...If ... ..!..... .. .1 .. 1... ,., - .vfifitufi?, I'tiifi-'i'tu , laiii-r nan 111 week. ruATvim riLMs 8TAXLEY "Thais," n motion picture adaptation of Anatole France's (ele brated story. Mary Harden will be shown lu the title role. Hamilton Hcvelle will be the monk, paphnu ttus, Ooldwyn iroductlon. An aug mented orchestra will furnish musi ca! accompaniment from Massenet's score. All week. VALAVU "The Trouble Makers," with Jane and Catherine Lee, In the lead ing roles. The children will also ap pear lu person. All week. AliCADlA "Hore of the World," taken from a story by Agnes and 'Hgerton Castle, Lisle Ferguson has the stel lar part. All week, VICTORIA "The Whip." a screen adap. tation of the popular Ungllsh melo drama of the same name. All week. (t'Ot'.Vr "The Auction Block." Mon day and Tuesday, "Sleeping Memory," Wednesday and Thursday, "Stolen Honor," with Virginia Pearson, Friday und Saturday, t STRASU "The Seven Swans," with Mnrgucnte Clark; first half of week. "Mrs, Djina's Defense." with Pauline Frederick ; latter half of week. .OC'IiSTV'Tlie 'Devil Stone." with (Jer. aldlne Farrar; first half of week "The Lternal Temptress," with Llna aCavallerl; latter half of week, BURLESQUE CASINO "The Golden Crook L'xtrava ganza" company presenting a pot pourri of musical comedy and. vaude ville. The burletta Is entitled "A Trip to Sunland." Billy Arlington, Frank De Voe, Harlle Mayne Illte and Itttlow are among the leading players. Pall-Mall Trio and the "Uuttemy Bal. let" are .special features. TfOCMDEKO "The Lady Buccaneers" In a varied' .assortment of fun, music and dancing. The musical corned r is Mtltled apeoaljuc,. ' , MUUeV'Th Klossle McCloud. May Clark and Mer. madia arc In tho company. COUISO ATTItACTlOSti JASVAHy It- i inVLl'ltl "The Madonna of the Kuttire." with L'mlly Stevens. LYItH' "Her llcBiiiic.it." with Donald fl ttrlall. s ciivsr.vvT srriKUT ovi:i:a iiovsb "The Passing Show of 1017" 111TLV rilllATHt: "The Doctor's I). lemma." KHITirx Coni oy nnd Lc Malre, Josle 5 Heather. JAM'AKV - DltOAD "Hamilton," Willi (ieorgo , T' llss. rOllllfST "Toot. Toot '" KulTII n -liva i.inRiiay, i.eo jvouiniar, ' JASVAHY 2 LYItlr "Kaiicy Crawford and Krcc." with Clifton Mnrllnn Jllllei. ' 1.T I "Birth of Nation" at Topular l'ricca if "The Hlrth of a Nation" will bo shown I In this illy fol the llrst time ut popular I pi lies at the Palace Theatie dining the I week beginning January 14. This, dab. lor.itdy produced motion-picture spet- tade, notable especially fur Us vivid American historical scene, had 11 long lrluniph.il nm nt the Fori est Theatre several scarons ago. IRENE FRANKLIN She is an amusinpr member of me cast. 01 "ine 1'assing snow 3 of 1017," to be seen at the Chest- iiui oircct upera iious.c on Jan uary 14. OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN v INDORSES HIS MARY Opera Impresario Encourages Miss ' . Garden's Screen Dohnt Willi Cheery Letter I Tho long-standing friendship between Oscar Hanuneibteln. the man who gave so much to musical New York In tho days of his Manhattan Opera House, and his greatest financial star, Mary Gar den, brought 11 message, of welcome and encouragement to the diva on her flrst day In the (ioldwn Studios, In Fort Lee, N J. On tho letterhead of tho famous littlo ollUe In West Fort -second street, Oscar Iiaiuimrsteln wrote: "My Dear Miss (iarilon Here Is to our llrst appearance In tho new and glorious world of the screen When ou sang 'Thais' llrst It was it tumult and a J0.V0US scream. Your 'Thais' 011 the sci ecu will be memorable in everlasting dnani Both will never be forgotten. Your old director and admiring com rade, OSCAH HAMMISHSTL'IN." By a curious coincidence, noted wfth Pleasure by both Miss Harden and Mr. Iliinnnersteln, It was lu "Thais" that tho singer mado her first American ap pearance and the famous story by Ana tolo Franco likewise serves for her debut on the sireen It will be seen at the Stanley Theatre all next week. -Miss Harden appeared in "Thais" un der tho Joint direction of Hugo Ballln, the- nrtlst, who has given Ills entire at tention to picture work since the found ing of tho (.'oldvvyn Picture Corporation, ml Frank Crane, the well-known moving picture director. In Miss liarden's sup porting cast ure Hamilton Ilevelle, Crau ford Kent, CharleH Trowbridge and Lio nel Adams. ART AND PATRIOTISM FUSED IN KEITH STAR One or iIia i,,t,n .. n... ,.t- J ror the navy right after war was de clared by the United states was the employment of h coterie of s illors, petty officers nnd others connected with the service, whose duty It was to make speechea to the young American'. One ?i , ,e 'e'fcted for tliia duty was VT. J (Sailor) I.ellly. of the U. 8. 8. ,nln,B.,, wh0,,e al,ll"y aB an en win .h" H"."".'0 em' one connected with the Atlantic fleet. Hellly took an active part In the first big drive for the navy, und now that 11. i ..,,. . .... m.r.V? n..,.; ma,i? a,,ot"e"- dr' tor ( bee , ... " , ' n.:,u"l.a'.. "'"y. has again -o..:u fu iicruuing auty. Hellly s recruiting ground Is theatres, and he wl.l be one of t lures of the special navn and n In the the fca- il I "..! ,,,...-.. ne week bill at B. F, Keltic T?a ' e duV Hellly would make a hit on anv bill t regular vaudeville cfferlnir" ti f nas a fine voice. Is a tlrst-class inu.in.n anu natural v he u ,i.i.. c. . ;: ir popu'ar vvltbthe Patroni of b.aurll e 1 Hellly has been In the service four'" p"eVSo,eh,,, wm Boon j ' "" ciiiisi. agini. Keeping Time With the Calendar The new year had an ausnleln... . incidence at the (larrl-v tu';" 7" 7J-, ncelp', for the NevV Year's Tnatl.ee of ' K ' Ut I" When Saml 4 Mxon-Mrdllnger. manaaer or th h,,. .1 anil lwni r, 1. - -- .....v. h. rT"u.',?. Y"1"' "'7naer f 'Turn 14 .... .....w .. iiu nnisnea "countlMr tk ", "' (04 the', ralDU toilM 1 ,7 T j ' eCiwfl
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