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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1918
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THE COHAN REVUE' FORREST; "BACK AGAIN," OPERA HOUSE; "PASSERS-BY," LITTLE THEATRl
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PROMINENT ARTISTIC FACTORS IN SEASON'S BUSY MUSICAL AFTERMATH
THEATRICAL INDICATOR
FOR THE COMING WEEK I
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Shakespeare's Birthday
"Society's" Coolness to Supreme Dramatist "They
Order Things Better on Broadway" Latest '
Moliere Venture
T:IB birthday of the world's greatest
dramatist, which falls on next Tues
Wy, April 23, will be celebrated In the
miliar Philadelphia fashion. William
' Shakespeare will be conventionally
lauded and Just as conventionally un
stayed.
''TIs he alone," sans Thomas Bailey
Aldrlch, "who lives and reigns." In that
case this city Is not of his empire.
"Others abide our question; thou art
free," wrote Matthew Arnold Local
statistics are contradictory. Shakespeare
In Philadelphia enjoys Just about as
much freedom as the Czar In Tobolsk
The supreme bard Is chained to our
bookshelves, to our library tables. The
Hfe-ctvlng icimospherc of our footlights
U fatuously denied him.
This season has marked the climax
of neglect. Not a single Shakespearean
drama, not even an excerpt, has graced
the Philadelphia theatre. Last jcar
came tho lato Sir Herbert Treo with
the unrepresentative, perhaps even
spurious, "Henry VIII" and one precious
ct from the wholly authentic "Richard
U." Grant him overrated If need be,
this English actor-Impresario's artistic
LILA RHODES
Cousin to George Michael Cohan
and n principal in his footlight
revue, cominjr to the Forrest on
Monday.
j
Initiative was unflagging and unchal
lengeable. That quality Is but faintly discern
ible In many American managers. Their
sbecp-llka proclivities ofttlmes reduce
our theatrical menu to the monotony of
prfson fare Such abilities as they pos
sess are ficquently directed toward
hamstringing Independent enterprises.
New producers with new Ideas or
praiseworthy old ones may flourish tem
porarily In New York, but road tours
for such undertakings rrc often made
impossible. The booking systems of tho
two rival "syndicates" are developed to
the point of stultification.
False Basis of
Dramatic Shortage
TN consequence, our local nlavhousa
Urn nmfa&sSRml
4..proprletors, whose functions are oc
f cajflonally akin to those of mere build
ing superintendents, are most uncom
fortably situated This 3 ear. for ex
ample. In mid-April, with a full six
weeks of good theatre weather In pros
pect, some of these managers are forced
cither to shut up shop or take In the
i movies as a last resource. The regular
r ii.n.imn at one theatre rinses a week from
today Another Is already presenting
dims. More are to follow suit.
Meanwhile Shakespeare's natal day
la upon us. There will be much talk of
cur "precious heritage" and not the
slightest theatrical evidence of Its ex
istence. Mere Jeremiads, however, are
I pobr remedial egents. A ray of hope
tf beams from Manhattan Island With
co-operative .enterprise on the part of
bolh Philadelphia managers and their
public atod less of the prevalent ovine
teilllty. perhaps here I "the prov Inces"
Vrj might bask In that Invigorating light.
Footllcht Sanity
Kevlved on Broadway ,
ty
YER In Gotham, where Washington
Square and Greenwich Village have
befriended the alleged "artistry" of the
,'ea,dlnsr "nut" dramatists of Great and
Llctfe Russia, Japan, Ukraine, Bessara-
tla, Herzegovina, Transcaucasia, Indeed
f almost any land where English Is not
lyJiiiT-i,, a startling lde . has been con-
A and executed Over In Gotham,
e the untamed and freakish "spe-
irtM matinee." exempt from booking
saris, has flourished as a palm grove
Wan atoll, a daring group of actors and
fsTywuccra naa guuuci.iy gone nunc,
Mia Cargo of Tachekovs, Ostrorskys
mi "Co" dramatists Is thrown over-
bord. The ship of Shakespeare has
How a, pennies pore ut ea.11, i 10. m
' Xt Theatre. Landings are as yet made
oniy in the afternoons, but the passen-
aro highly aistiniruisnea. -me
csntare Playhouse, as the organ-
Is called, is headed by such
r aa Earth Wynne piaumson,
Rami Kennedy, Tyrone Power,
. w-t.. rkMr.j. vta-
-, WoUw Xttrnpden, lla
(Skirlain,
and His Missing Dramas.
ard Kyle, Albert Ilrunlng, Pedro de
Cordoba, Alma Krugcr and Beatrice
Terry.
"Hamlet" with Mr. Hampden ns the
Dane, and "Julius Caesar" have alr'ady
been given In admirablo stIc, while
next week's repertory In honor of tho
Bard's birth consist's of "A Midsummer
Night's Dream," "The Merchant of Ven
ice" and "Macbeth " New York Is
assuredly to bo congratulated on sup
porting such an undertaking, and there
at leant "tlullelmus Ilex" may wield Ills
scepter with authorl.'- and without
shame.
Supremo riayvtrlclit
Is "I'lifaililonnblo"
IP
N'FORTUNATKLY ntvcr.il of tho
actors Involved are employed In
humbler offerings In the evenings. Were
It not for this, Philadelphia's manager
ial wall over "no attractions" might
well be called hollow and Impertinent
Kvcn as matters now stand FUlllcient
popular demand coupled with the needed
energy of local theatre administrators
could conceivably result In one or two
nfternoon productions here before the
theatrical jear closed, since one of tho
Shakespeare plasers Is at the present
time traveling from New York after the
C'ort performances to appear hjre at
the Broad Street Theatre In "The Imag
inary Invalid" at night If Albert Brun
ng can do this other artists can
Such at least was the writer's firm
opinion expressed ono day lust week
to a Philadelphia the litre lover whose
ivoeatlon Is stage productions Without
a moment's hesitation ho presented an
obstacle that Is food for mirth and sor
row 'Impossible'" was his verdict.
Shakespeare won't do at all "
But the Trench plavcrs with a Moll
ire classti and other wotks of high liter
arj value sueeecded brilliantly here,"
was insisted, ' and I hear that they plan
ti return for a series of matinees
throughout ail of next season "
' Of curi,e," continued the patron
narmlj "The Vleux-Columbler had sub
stantial society backing Miaktspearc.
I tell jou Is not fashionable. Mnko hint
so and hell live again"
Mailing H10 Hard
Safe for the Army
SO THCIlilS tho real rub ut last!
Call the bard "Sacha Shaksperovsky,"
I touch up tho Drocshout portrait with
long curls, speed the propaganda that ho
Is exotic, "exclusive," and a poet-dramatist
Is remade Soft-pedaling his
much-exploited universality may be a
good preliminary step. The t-hocKlng
fact of his comprehensive grandeur
will of course be revealed if tho Shakes
peare players can finally be Induced to
come here, and the Indorsement of "In
ner circles" villi then be irrevocable.
The jounger generation of the general
public will reallzo what It has been
missing and there may bo less mockery
here In tho natal "celebration" than
there is today.
Philadelphia's temporary attitude
aside, however, thero arc definite 'ndl
catlons, of which tho Cort project Is
one, that the nadir of general Shakes
peurean neglect has been passed Lau
rette Ta lor has lately been experiment
ing with classic excerpts William
Faversham proposes to portray Hamlet
next Beason and Margaret Anglln plans
to present several of tho comedies E II
Sf.thern has returned from Franco with
the conviction that Shakespearo will bo
Just tho thing for tho western-front
theatres Among other plajs he and
Julia Marlowe Intend to offer "Macbeth'
to the American army audiences. "The
boys In the war," he said recently, "only
want the best." Certainly they villi re
ceive It when Miss Marlowe plas, and
the stimulation of their good taste is
bound to exert a potent Influence on our
home theatrical affairs when peace Is
restored. Making Shakespeare snfo for
the army Is a splendid augury of brighter
days.
VUarltv That
Is Untranslatable
THE expected happened In the Coburn
Players' production of "The Imagin
ary Invalid," disclosed hero this week
Much of the snap and sparkle of Moliere
Is vitiated 'n an English text. The play
In Its current form Is fairly amusing,
seldom brilliant. Rather uninspired,
though painstaking, acting contrib
utes to the mildness of Us appeal
Mr Brunlng Is the most accomplished
artist In tho caBt, but for so talented
a performer ho Is cast In a surprisingly
secondary role. Copcau's French com
pany lately showed us how dazzling
a Moliere masterpiece could be when
"L'Avare" was submitted at the Little
Theatre. But that Is a much greater
play than "The Imaginary Invalid," and
even In English Its original spirit would
be less elusive. II T. CRAVEN.
Alaska's Reindeer Family Is Vast
Leonard S. Sugden, who Is now pre
scntlng his bis natural-color motion
picture spectacle, 'The Lure of Alaska,"
at the Garrlck Theatre, says that "the
Government Introduced 3000 reindeer
louneen years ugu into AiasKa ana (lis
trlbuted them.among, the mission. Eh-
Kimos ana. jnainns. we nave usea all
we wanted for meat and c oth ne and
..j ,j --. " . . "w
exported reindeer meat and skins to
southern markets Nevertheless, that
3000 has Increased, In spl'.o of what was
used, to 75,000, They live on the cari
bou moss I believe the barren land
has moss enough to sustain 10.000.000
reindeer Reindeer meat will probably
be eaton from tables In New York next
winter I believe that by the produc
tion of reindeer meat one phase of the
hlnh cost of living- will yet be solveil
Secretary of the Interior Lane has In
view iraniJureauuiiB 01 reuiaecr meal
l0 th(, unilea states."
TULLE
LINDAHL
Li i He Theatre
MUSICAL EPILOGUE
NOW IN FULL SWING
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Sophie
Bmslau and Efrem Zimbalist
in Coming Events
Although what may be described as
the subscription musical season Is oer,
other hirmonlnus activities however, will
by no means cease Spring Is the ree-ltnl-Ist's
harvest time, and this jcar's crop
of April virtuosi U vnrleil and abundant.
For at least n full month more then the
nnnutl concrrt cplloguo will bo In lux
uriant progress.
Osslp Gabrilowitsch. one of the reallj
great pianists of our da, will give his
only recital of tho seuson on Friday
nfternoon, April 20, at the Academy of
Music Although it Is general'? con
ceded that ho Impaits distinction to
whatever ho interprets, HalirlloultM h
Is, above nil the supreme exponent of
tho art of t'hopln It was in recpons
to the popular demand therefou, that
tho program
for his recital was made
up largely of tho great Polish master's
works Schumann Is tne only other
composer represented, and his Fan
tasia" In (' major opens the program,
while the picturesque ' Carnival ' ends It
Two groups of Chopin numbers ore in
cluded Tho mazurka in 1! minor, tho G
major nocturne, nnd, by lequest. the
ballade In A Hat major from the first
group The second Is made up of the
etude In 13 major, op 10, No 3; the C
major etude, op 10, No. 7, nnd three
preludes In (5 major, F flat major nnd I)
Hat minor, all opus C.
Sophie llrnslau, tho admirable con
tralto from the Metropolitan Opera
Compiny, and Efrem Zimbalist, violinist,
will glvo a recital In the Academy of
Music on Wednesday night Tho pro
gram will Include vocal numbers by
Rachmaninoff, Guetary, Slbelln Lconl
nnd I.nng and violin selections by Sara
sate, Auer, Cesar Cui, i:eethocn, Pa
ganlnl nnd Krelsltr
Mlehlo ltow, the Japanese dancer as-
PERSONALITIES
CHARLIE
CHAPLI
N isl ,2BB3srZZdBr -Ns &"? h X
n"A. nriR'K I PC ' S &--' SMTW X- 'SlifX X,- J&YW8 I.
Sfan Icy, Arcadi a , Palace, Vjctori a
slsted by Tulle Llndahl and To&hi Ko
morl, will Klvc his llrst performance in
Philadelphia on Friday evening, April
2C, at the Little Theatre. Lasalle Spier
who has composed tho music for several
of Itow's dances and pantomimes, will
be at the piano
ltow Is from, tho Imperial Theatre,
Tokio, and has studied music and danc
ing In Munich, Dresden, Berlin, Moscow
and London. In New York ho btaeed
"Bushldo" for tho Washington Square
Plajers nnd "Tamura." a classical Jap
anese play, for the Neighborhood Play
house Row's art Is called a fascinat
ing mixture of the Oriental and Occi
dental. To him neither the eastern nor
the western art Is perfect in Itself
the former he considers too entirely
spiritual and the latter too entirely ma
terial, but by combining tho two, Row
believes ho has discovered an cxqulslto
form ,. . . , T
Lasalle Spier, a pupil of Rafael Jo
Beffy and Richard llurmeister. was so
loist with the Berlin Philharmonic Or
chestra while aoroau
ra wnne """" "' " """"'
his Berlin.
C.. ,", various original compos!
New Vork ana wasningion rcciiais no
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lie maicea ii i""!- - ---; - --
formances. In Itow's pantomime, "The
Donkey." the "prop" donkey, as well as
the music, are the work of Mr. Spier.
The Matinee Musical Club's final bill
of the season In the Rose Garden of the
Bellevue-Stratford will be devoted tp
the production of a fairy play In
pantomime, pageant and eong by
Vfnrraret Scott Oliver The music has
t-een selected and adapted by Helen
5s 3&dStoaL sJrfDfK EFREM ZIMBAUST.Vfolinist
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Charles Wcrtel, pianist, will be heurd
In reiltnl In Wlthempoon Hull on Mon
day evening His program will Include
numbers bv Chopin, Mni'Dowill, flrnna
iIim Sibelius nnd I.lHZt The Treble
Clef's second concert of the season,
uniltr the dlrtrtlon of Knrl Schneider,
will bo given In the Hi'lli'VUe-Stiatfnrd
ballroom en next Wedni'sdav night The
major feature of an attrtutlve program
will be Nli nla A Montuni's music al
petting to Pop's poem, "The Bells ' The
Orpheus Club's last coneert of tho mu
sleal year will bo given tn the Academy
on next Saturday night, with John
Ilarnes Wells, the ti nor, us the sperinllv
engaged soloist. Ai thur I Woodruff
Is conductor of this admirable male
i hnral ingatil7atloii
'Mil n gill ir monthly concert of the
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in "SOCIAL HYPOCRITES "
Kegent
Settlement Music School will be held
tomorrow nfternoon In tho auditorium
of the Institution. Philip F. Loney will
prerent u concert, with Katherlno Nou
nian, lolinlst ; Martha Denby, soprano
IMuard S Van Lear, tenor, and Lleanor
H. Coates, pianist, as soloists nt the
Presser auditorium on next Thursday
i:eln Drydep, pianist, as soloist, will
give Its final spring concert In Wither
spoon Hall on Wednesday evening
April 21.
Amellta Calll-Curcl's complete recov
ery of dental health is reported. The
meteoric coloratura soprano will be
heard in a recital at the Metropolitan
Opera ;iouse on the evening of ilay I
Her program will Include French, Italian
and English numbers.
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OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH ,
Pianist-
COHAN KINSWOMAN
AGAIN IN HIS KI3VUE
Planum nl among the twent-four
pilnelinls in 'I hi Gi urge M Cohan
Ilivue" is that dainty damn r, Llla
Ithodes It would lii strange Indeed to
icun the roster of u "Cohan Itevue" unil
fid no I.iln listed Nut licruust. she is
a iclatlvc of Giiure Mlehael Cohan, but
li "in tin fact that sin has In nn a fentur
ul mi mliei of vcr Inip"' t.int intisiiat
I iiiductlnn wiittdi b her talented cousin
during the last sivin oarH Miss
ltliodi-s inadi her sCige di but In the
i hoi us of "The Yankee Prlnei " Her
t'rst principal inle was with Mr Cohan
In 'Tlii- Llttlf Mlllliinaiie " Thin c line
' Ilellu' llrnailtta followed by the llrst
('ohm Uivui ' In whli h she siuieil a
lilt as '.Mnjoi llaibani In the jiresint
ptcdui lion, Miss llhiides his tluce
tliaraetirirntlous 'Miss Xtavtlmi"
Tann Huber In "The Tailor-Made
Man' travist and Miss Harmony in
the ' Words nnd Music " satire
Mlss Rhodes was born In Providence
lin than twentj-four ears ago Her
'.imilv namo Is Costlgun Patricia
Ithortes Costlgnn. she was christened
In honor of the patinn saint of the
Ihnoiulil Isle ' I.lli" wis i pi '-name
I hir i liililhnoil In stowed upon Ik i hj
tin late Ji rrj J Cnhen, hi i limit
ALLA. NAZIMOVA in
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Author of Matinee Musical
Club'3 Offering-"
WARTIME RECORD
OF MUSICAL WORTH
Operatic and Orchestral Sea
I sons, Given Under Trying
Difliculties, Surveyed
When Leopold Stokowskl lns. aside
Ills baton nfter tho final movement or
the fifth Tschalkowskv svmphony nt
the Academy of Music tonight, his or
heslni will hive completeil a record or
notable in tistrv In wartime No season
In the organisation's history lias ever
l.c en given under such dlllkultles lew,
if any, of its seasons have ever had
more brilliant results
American. Russian nnd Scandlnnvlin
novelties were produced The rich field
if modern I'tcnch music was generously
cultivated l)eethnen wnH well repre
entecl. although his seventh sjmphnnv
was ml'sed Two Mnrnrt Unphonlei
wire plajeil TFChaiUowsky was moie
1 dom limit than over The public do
I mands this, nnd In the face of that
I enthusiasm, tho captious must bo
I silt need
Wanner was furnished In liomeo-
pithlc doses, but n ictiosiiect of tho
twcntv-fUo programs reveals consider
able tribute to tho Has reuth master For
somo !nepIlrablo icnson, all Nlhelungen
exeerpti were hatred Certainly the
tetralogy Is no moro lnlmlcally Teu
tonic thin 'Tnnnhacuser." whose over
ture was received with the familiar en
thusiasm "Tristan." ' Lohengrin,"
Rlenzl" nnd "I'.nslfal" strains were
also heard, nnd to cxriulslto artistic ad
vantage The beauttep of Schumann, too often
neglected by modern conductors, were
dlsilosed The monumental Schubert C
major svmphony and the "Fnllnlshed"
wue vvrlcomo visitors to tho programs.
Three of the Immortal Hrahms svinpho
nies wcro perfurmed with bterllng nu
tIlorlt, and, of course, the lovely 1)
major svmphony of Cesar Franek was
not forgotten Tho splendor of Liszt
shono In ' T.iso" and ' l.es Preludis."
The soloist list was as n wnole of
high merit Its weakest fe itures were
Povl.i Frijsh, the DanWh soprano; Carl
Filcillierg, the Herman pianist, who
slipped Into nn early set of programs
liefnie the nntl-Teutonlc mus-lcal move
ment was fully under way; Olive From
st,d, who was surprisingly out of voice,
and Sacha Jacohlnoff, a promising vio
linist, but still immatuie. In tho list
of supreme artists wcro Gulomar
Novae, the Brazilian pianist; Jacques
Thlbaud, tho Fiench violinist, Marzirete
Mntrenaticr, the Metropolitan contralto:
Haloid Ilaiitr, Joseph Hofmann and
Osslp GabrllDWltscli, pi mists and Pablo
Casals, the Catalan master eelllst Ad-
5ESSUE HAYAKAWA in"THE
HONOR OF HIS HOUSE,"
Arcadia -
mlrnblc pei formances were alto given
by Arthur S-liattuclt, pianist, and Max
Itosm. the violinist Perhaps the most
brilliant exhibition of musical virtuosity
of the e.ir wns given In the unlquo
Baeh coneerto for three pianos, In which
Uabrllowitheh, Bauer nnd Olga SamaroIT
took part.
The opera season, rlcullv vn..,.,n
... - -. iiiiiii HH
iVVagner, was none the less one of poten"
Interest nnd substantial financial re-
iturn Tho averago receipts for a pei-
(formanco aro said to havo been about
J10.000 This Is indeed remark, hi. ,1
a war winter Three novelties were sub
mitted, the L'szt "Legend of Saint F.llza
bcth" In operatic form: Mascagnl's
futllo "Lodoletta" and Rlmsky-Korsa-kofr
highly original and altogether fas
cinating "Le Coq d'Or"
Verdi had the largest representation
of the jear in "Alda." "II Tm, . ,.
I ' Rlzoletto" and "La Trmi.i. t. '
clnl came next with "Mudame Butterl
ll." "La Boheme" and "Manon Les-
ieaui "losca,- pernaps his b-t wa.
oiiMHiicij tKbinitu ..uiuraiiy Caval
leria Rusticana" and "I Pagllacci" In
vaded the repertory. Wherever opera
exists, there also Is the "standard"
double bill French music claimed at
tention In "Carmen," "Faust" and "Sam
son ct Dallla " ultra-modern Italian
opera In the poetic "Love of the Three
Kings" and "L'Oracolo " "The Daughter
of the Regiment" was the oldest work
produced, "Lodoletta" -the youngest, A
total of eighteen operas was given In
sixteen performances.
The finest productions from the stand
point of Interpretation were those nf
colo," "Le Coq d'Or." "Manon Lescaur
"la Travlata'' and "Samson.' The onl'v
sss!$ Sa'siM?' wcre t,,ose
Popular Comedians Revive Traditional Partnership
Pertinent Satires, With Musical Trimmings, on the '
Season's Footlight Offerings An English
Comedy by Haddon Chambers
XrAV ATTRACTION
rOlMEST Tho George M Cohan Revue, described by Its author as "A U
slcal Conglomeration In Two Acts." Tho fun making is often i'i. .J""
nnturo of pertinent sntlres on tho season's dramatic successes but
special knowledge, of New York's lilts Is necessary to tho enjoyment "
either tho mltth or the music.
In
Wlnnlngor, Charles Dow Clarlc, Llla Rhodes nnd Frederick Santley
CltnSTXUT STlU:i:T OVIUIA lIOUSi: "Hack Again." with Weber and
Fields Jointly Illustrating tho title of this extravaganza George R
Hobnrt nnd Frank Stammers h.avo provided the dialogue and Louis A
Hlrscli tho music. Featured In the cast are tho nimble Dolly 81t
Tho other plajers Include Alexander Clarke, Howard Langford Eiri
Hcnhnm, Oliver Holler nnd Iluby De Homer. '
L.1TTLV, T1IVA Till: "Passers by," a four net comedy by Haddon Chambe
author of "Tho Tyranny of Tears" nnd other excellent F.ngllsh plavg t?'
pleco Is produced by Malcolm Morley, who will havo tho plcturcsr-ue rol
of a derelict London cabby. '
rO.VT.Vt'LVO A1TKACTIOXS
JtltOAl) "Tho Im.1gln.1r Invalid," nn
Kngllsh ndiptatlon by IMIth Fills of
Moll lore's famous comedy, "Le Malade
Imaglnalre." Tho leading roles of
Argjn, the self-pit lug h poehondrlac,
nnd Tolnette, his keen-witted maid
Mrvant, are placd respectively by
Mr. nnd Mrs Ceiburn, who have won
much favor throughout tho country
with this merry classic drama.
O Alt KICK "Tho Luro of Alaska," on
Illustrated lecture on the vast North
American treasurehouso by Dr Leon
ard S Sugden Artistically colored
slides and attractive moving pictures
nro fchown.
l.YUIC "Oh Hoy " diinty comedy, with
Fprlghtly melodies b Jerome Kern
P. (J. Wodehouso nnd Guy Bolton
hnve furnished tho amusing bcok and
lrlcs Tlio original New York com
pany. Including Anna Wheaton, Hall
Forde, Lwine Overmunn, Marie Car
loll nnd Stephen Mnley, is involved,
AIWLVIII "The Man Who Came
Back," Jules Kckert (inodnnn's ver
successful melodramatic play. Re
Renerntloii, through adversity, of a
millionaire's -on Is the basic theme
Tho piece Is presented in llv e episodes
cieh of which is icplcto with thrills
In tho excellent company nre Man
Nash, Conrad Nagel uml Clifford
Dcmptey.
a r l'orvTjAR vr.wr.H
oni'inWM "Mutt and Jeff Divorced,"
n cartoon mus cnl comedy based on
Bud Fisher's nmusing sketchei.
AMKIHCAX "Bnby Mine," Margaret
Mnyo's highly successful farce,
piesentcd by the La S.illo Stock Com
pany, now transferred to this Cllraul
avenue pliyhouse, following the recent
cngngement nt tho Orphcuni Tlie.itre
WALXUT "A Dangerovs Girl," by Al
len Lclber.
vaudhvilli:
A;r'.'? "The United Stntes Nav
Jazz Band," from tho Charleston Navy
Yard James J. Morton, monolcglst,
Molllo King, tn hongs und Imitations ,
"Cnmoull.ige," plnet, with Dorothv
Drako and Robert Sneddcn; Chief
Caupollcan, Indian vocalist; Wilbur
Mack and Nell.i Walker, Nina P.ino
and M Molasu , daneeis; and 1'rank
und Tobie.
GI.Olli: Lcvlnskv's Wedding," with
Julian Rose , Palfrey, Hall and Brown,
tho Bell Boy Trio, "In tne Same Boat,"
playlet, Harmon and O Connor, De
Lacey, Rice nnd Comp.ui, Kloper
and Qulnn, Olivette, Moffct nnd Clare;
and Jack Mcrrlssey and his Australian
Whip Crackers.
UKOADWAY Jlmmlo Gildea, In the
musical coined, "Hon Voago,"
Chuck Hans, In "In Wiong," playlet;
Fl Cota, xylophonlst, and "Tile Whip,"
photoplay, nrst half of week ".Mag
Hnggerty's Father," with Ryan nnd
Illtchflcld, and Marlon's "Swiss Canine
Actors"; Adams and Orltllth Loven
berg Sisters and Henry Brother, and
"Western Blood," photopla, latter
half of week.
CKOH8 KKYS "Mng Haggerty's
Father," Monarch Comedy Four, Con
way and Fields, and Romm nnd
Ilnney, first half of week Bon Vo.ige,
"Tho Philadelphia Operatic Stars,"
Frank Whlttlcr, 111 Cot.i, Green and
Miller, and Chuck Haas, latter half
of week
1V7,LL1 If J;.V.V 'Ta As You Fntcr,"
musical comedy , Lovenberg Sisters
and Neery Biothers, Adams and Grif
fith, Al Tucker and "Rough nnd
Ready,'' photoplay, nrst half of week
Ray Fern and Marion Davis, Arthur
Pickens and Company La. Tour and
Gold, Willing nnd Jordon. Gaudsmldt
Biothers, "I.oe Me," photoplay, lat
ter half of week.
YA'O.V Dancing a La Carte, Holmes
and Wells, Man a Rehn nnd Bert
Fitch, nnd "The Tiger Man," photo,
play.
COr.O.V,1, Charles DeLand In "Back
to Buffalo," Tho Three Lies, Instru
mentalists, Lawton, Juggler; Shoen
anu vvaiton, una "La Tosca," photo,
play.
GllASD V.ilento Brothers, accordion
placrs, The MKses Chalfonte, "Tho
Vacuum Cleaners," with Georgo Hol
land , Hufford nnd Chain, Roy and
Arthur, and the eighth episode of "The
Houso of Hate," photoplay.
FKATVHV FILMS
SlASLEY"Uy Right of Purchase,"
vi 1th Norma Talmadge, supported by
Fugeno O'Brien, Ida Darling and
Chnrles Wellsley. Tho latest Charlie
Chaplin film, "A Dog's Life," will be
an added feature.
AUCADIA "Tho Honor of His House,"
with Sessuo Hayakawa, the Japanese
nctor, supported by Forence Vidor.
"A Dog's Life," with Charlie Chaplin,
will be an added attraction,
VICTORIA "Revelation," with Alia
Nazlmova ns a Parisian grlsette In
this photoplay of the Latin Quarter
"A Dog's Life," with Chaplin, will also
be on the bill.
UKQVXT "The Social Hypocrites,"
with May Allison, first half of week.
"The Legion of Death," with Edith
Storey, later half of week
PALACE "The Tiger Man," with Wil
liam S Hart, nnd "A Dog's Life," with
Charlie Chaplin, will be the major
photoplay offerings.
LOCUHT "Love Me," with DoTothy
Dalton, first half of week. "Innocent,"
Film Bonus for School Children
The school children of the north ana
northwestern section of the city aro to
be given a treat by Manager Fred
G Nixon Nlrdllnger during the coming
summer As a reward to all diligent
pupils he has decided to present to each
ono who la promoted at the early sum
mer examinations a season ticket to the
Colonial Theatre good for the three sum
mer months, June, July and August-.
This award of meilt will be made to
the pupils of the public schools In Qer
mantown, Chestnut HI!!, Olney, Logan,
Roxborough, East Falls of Schuylkill,
Nlcetown and Mt. Airy. During thai)
I,erlod of t,ma there w"1 be a new policy.
Inaugurated at the Colonial when the
i?..:!!!: s d"oted to photoplaw
the company nro Nora Haves. rh..n.
with Fannie Ward, later half of wMle.
rttAXD "The Tlicer Man " uk
ST It.
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Ham S. Hart, first half of week. tis"
Man, Poor Man." with m-..'..b
Clark, latter half of week
BVIILVSQVE
CASIS-O Tho Social Maids In a musical
comedy entitled, "The nos From
Home " Will 13 Bodery composed th.
music, in the cast are Willie Bar.
rows, Sam Wright and Marty Seamon.
TIIOCADKHO "The Lid Lifters"
"Delivering the Goods," a muslca
comedy In two acts by Jack Sinrer
Dolly Sweet Is the featured soubrttte!
Harry Lang heads the comedians.
UAYKTY "Somo Babies," in a two-part
revuo entitled, "The Love Cup"
Among tho principals are Tom Con'e
Harry Le Van, Hay Rottach and
Pcrclo Judah.
DOROTHY GISII
Who 1ms a leading role in the
D. W. Griffith photoplay, "Hearts
of the World," booked for the
Garrick on April 20.
CHARACTER STUDIES
IN GRIFFITH FILM
War Scenes Ate Vivid, but Not
Photoplayvvright's Chief
Concern
D W Grlfllth presents the war er
Just about as much of It ns can be pro.
jected on the screen of to-dav by motion
picture art ami mechanics His "llcarti
of the World," which comes to the Oar
rick Theatre on April 20 however, M
not so much about' the war, as about
people to whom the war came Th
ps etiological aspects are the director'!
chief concern nnd conflict's effect upon
little things nnd tho big emotional crisis.
For many minutes during the progresi
of the film there are few shadows of
war. The carefully restricted present
of a German spy is the only suggestion
of events to come, nnd even he does not
appear until the story has developed uf
Mclently to hold the Interest without tin
aid of spectacle. Interesting French
village types are shown and the spec
tator's mind is first focused on a love
story.
Once the war has come, one sees the
characters of the tale, as the struggle
affects each ono of them, In the little
town on tho western front
DANCERS, BEWARE OF
GOLFING EXERCISES j
Sprightly Ethel Ford Says It Makes
Them Flatfooted Tennis
All Right
A Philadelphia girl who has made
distinct success In "Oh Bov" nt the Lyrw '
Theatre Is Ffhel TTnrtl Shu nttended a '
local seminary and after graduation M
iook up dancing with tho Idea or per
fecting herself for the professional stage.
On the opening night of "Oh Boy" her
dancing attracted the favorable attention
of all the reviewers here In speawng
of her work Miss Ford says, "I have al
ways been InereRteri In riancinir and even
while at school I used to practice the M
new dance steps. After my graduation M
I took up Btago dancing and found thai m
If a girl wants to succeed as a profeti -
slonal dancer. It means hard work. One si
iiiuaL uoc wig KrcuieBi cure in uio vcv
taken. For (ns.anntv T ha nlwava bn
fond of golf, but my danclnu teacher m
maao me cut tms cut as no eaa u womu
Vlliva n tncr1carifi sv tnotra mn fla tfnOtfcuK
But he insisted that I take up tennis and 1
piay Beverai seta eacn aay ana even
the winter I have to devote several houri
10 eennis ana inaoor sporis. incn m
a certain amount of swimming each day w
and In the summer I go to some late M
but during the winter I use tne inaour
swimming pool. Two mornings eacn
week I take a horseback ride. A dancer
must also give special attention to her
diet, so her life Is noS one entirely of
ease and comfort."
Academy of Fine Arts Concert
At tko twelfth free Sunday af ternooa ,
the Fine Arts, on April 21, the perfonnH
ers will be Camllle rianchaert, vionni"-j
who will play Wlenlawsk 's 'PoIonalie
urnanie" ana oiner aeiecuuiw. -"-
Plotr Wlzla, baritone. , who will sinj J
groups of Polish, English. French w
Italian songs.
War Photonlav for Omheum
For the week 'of April 2B at ha Or J
pheum Theatre the attraction will be tnl
war photoplay "The Xalser, Beast iji
Berlin." This picture abounds In .vi1
3,ntS sssssiL Ksr5 s&zsri
vVvvsr L . 'iRv
vaeion of Belgium.
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