Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, May 18, 1918, Night Extra, Image 12

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SCENES AND PERSONALITIES IN CURRENT PLAYHOUSE OFFERINGS
THEATRICAL INDICATOR
FOR THE COMING WEEK
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triul Star Cast in "Out There' Ideally Balanced.
urette Taylor's Gratifying Development Large
Auditorium Mars Full Effect of Touching Play
'&
r('tied$mess, sincerity and vitality of
derivation, "Out There." given
4M,'Re4 Cross at the Metropolitan
trfTcdneeday, has not been surpassed
' imjt' war play that haa reached the
aelphia stage. Its salient quall-
,r4iowever, are those which suffer
;ra vase auuuorium. lis siruc-
fwcaknesses, among which is the
Jack or.viy plot, are those which
itl. too readily exposed on a large
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. v. jn K-i:uuiuuiaii ra mch buiicm
or oven for spectacular melo
ns was Instanced when "The
j'',"was shown there. But Intimacy
vte.tho keynote of Mr. Manners's touch-
BlMjr episodic drama. The smaller the
;-laeutre tno Better can the claims ot his
art fe registered.
SJ'JEbe wonderful galaxy of stars, vol
tafettrlncr their Rervlep tn In.. Bed f.-ross.
ISuat' naturally have realized the sltua-
plio'.They knew that from an artistic
yrauidpolnt the Metropolitan was not the
PJliitplacc. for "Out There." On the
nwwBJfi nuiu, mc prime oojecc ot me pro
fdabtlon Waa not the glorification of the
ts of theatrical celebrities, but the
action of their talents Into channels
st-profitable to a patriotic humani
sm, cause. Receipts of K3.000 were
i reward of the sacrifice. The Metro-
olltan's great seating capacity came
store, questions of footlight effectlve-
ncae.
(iff' . .
si .
ffi ILaurette Taylor's
'Hpo New Artistry
fJ'ASIDE from this matter of environ-
kjnem. many or me common uraw-
Insplratlon with which Sara Altgood
graced the performances ot the Irish i
company from Dublin's Abbey Theatre
Mr. Hcgglc haa won most of his
laurels in England, where he ranks
with the leaders of the London stage,
although ho is seldom billed In bold
face, rhlladelphlans saw him more
than a year ago In Granville Barkers)
delicious production of Anatolc France's
'The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife.'1
in which he played the distracted Judge,
and in a widely contrasting role In
Bernard Shaw's extravagant fantasy.
"Androcles and the Lion " His cockney
Tommy in "Out There" had the ring nf p
absolute conviction. f
TH
a
Supreme Test of
"Actor's Temperament"
HI2 conventional ch.irgc thaat "actors
tk sacks of all-star performances were
fall
ft Mv
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some revision after Wednesday's exhibit.
In the face of trying difficulties, which
delayed the performance of "Out There"
until 10 o'clock, not one of the remark
able coterie ot players gac the slight
est evidence of a loss of poise. George
Arllss, George Cohan, 11 II. Warner.'
James T. Powers. Helen Ware, Chaun
cey Olcott, James K. Hackett, fVcorge
MacFarlanc and Julia Arthur and the
three actors specially mentioned played
their respective parts with unruffled
sincerity and skill. The artistic atmos
phere of the performance was that of
a long-drilled and thoroughly adaptable
stock company such as the Comedie
Francalse.
liven Mrs. Fiske. commonly reported
to be "a bundle of nerves.'' preserved her
equanimity when bungling stage man
agement caused the curtains to be drawn
before she had finished her uddrcss in
the epilogue. "Just a moment." sin
calmly insisted and then proceeded with
her reading. It may be observed, how
ever that the assignment of the star
to this duty was strangely ill-advised.
Her fine methods are utterly unsulted to
the vast reaches ot the Metropolitan.
Vaudeville Scales
Iyft.v Pinnacles
THK Impromptu vaudeville offerings
which preceded the drama proved
highly stimulating with the high lights
particularly focused on George Cohan,
who sang "Over There" with refreshing
spontaneity; "Jimmy Towers.'' with his
quaint "No You Wouldn't." and Julia
Arthur, whose declamation of the death
less "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
thrilled the audience more than anything
else In the entire anegated bill. Alt in
all. it was an unprecedented "ariety
show ' "When comes such another?"
Air Manners' play, howeier, might
cry easily be revted for a "road tour"
next season. The work is no master
piece, hut its appeal is ery potent just
now. With a:r adequate, less expensive
cast and. of course, the retention of
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V gJ, nf onP class of plays during a season.
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'Oh, Boy" Will Move to the Chestnut Street. Opera
House "See You Later'' Sivclls List of Musical
Comedy Attractions Many Feature Pictures
WAR SONGS AS INDEX
OF NATIONAL SPIRIT
French Sparklr and Anglo
American Sentiment Con
trasted in Armies
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'm EVELYN GRIEC;
SvOfflhe "Oh, Boy" companj, which
I'WHers a new bailiwick at the Chest
JlMrt' Street Opera House next week
."ri -
my absent. The actors had ncen
oith, not merely with regard to the
eratlon of their fltncbS to play
.Bwrtd assigned. The interpretation
iT.beantlfully balanced. Tlicrc was
r'strugxlo for "position," and not otic
BSjumlnariro involved betrayed the
fcdeoire for monopoly of the lime-
htIjaurette Ta.lor's role. In which
s?eac u ciiairniiigiy scusuuvu wmi
(taste and an appealing sense ot
hlnwy. ls Inevitably dominant, since
6 (author devised the play primarily
ii, vthlclo for hl wife. But she per-
nitted the audience to carry away many
able Impressions of otner perform-
i tftsldes her own.
'itn&f he added that never before in
Jiai her art seemed so refined
restruttii or so illumined by inspira-
p.l O' My Heart'1 teems a crude,
w agirresBlvo creation compared
ytier rallv extiuiEfte 'Auntcd An-
'Zt
Ll'hltadelphlans are at last enabled
'Wfkfsclabe why Broadway commen-
Bn5,-,iiave recently so lauacu mis
Unquestionably her talents
irendergone rapid and rich develop-
exMn player w no naa cneapiy capi
ttind an irritating giggle in "The Girl
I'Jomriftinc," disclosed at the Garrlck
ir ieiJS than a decade ago, could
i jJoifBantly have touched the heart as
414 In Wednesday's memorable pro-
y It. seems a pity now that she
intermitted .to characteriie Bar-
; little slavey in "A KIsh for
H"' Instead ot the mature Maude
JiarM of (he
'Maenltuilo
aylor's brilliant coadjutors in
re" subtalned ouch an ex
artlstry that the appor.
, ftJjTial honors U far rem
theless, there are two por-
, make a special call on
beta. Beryl Mercer and
were responsible (or these
Hi jJum Mercer's deplc.
IMMrulout, gin-tlppllns crono
I TVown was a, Kent of genre
v.
ls llUJe known In this
l New York had a superb
tifta late lajt season In
andly movtnr one-act war
k'. OU1 Lady Shown Her
ynr player with a JustU
itor trongly nisrijed
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Popular Kng are und'iuhtedl) imtir.i
tive of national iliaiacteiistlr. I'uiiin
historians or the ar nte certain m
realize tlnv ,,.n nlny oxamine the wurd
and inusie l.est liked In the v.inniK
anniPH
Teuton pri'Mimplticiu.-ii.ss mil I.,- s-g
niticantl di.-i lnsed m "I ii'iitsi hland
ueber A lies " TIip Anglo-Airierirnn spiip
of fun will. ,r course, be pati-nt in
thosp duties in which the Kaiser is
presented as Hie sublimatmu nf rtdirii
lous pomposity Tlie "home and mother
type of sentiment freely indulged in b
the two I.'nglish-speaklng nations will
be found 10 hae hen registered In sm Ii
productions as. ".lust a T!uli s Prjor
at Twilight' and "Keep tlie Home Kires
Burning." Simple, direct liatriotic en
thusiasm Informs (ieorge Cohan's '0ci
There," perhaps the most widespread of
America's contributions to the heMicer
ent song library. "Tlppernr." seems to
belong to a past war era.
ltal has some enlivening noc nirs
wlnsp association w ilh a nation of opern
composers is iinnn.-takaMe King Vie.
tor's armies liae also revneil the mr.
ring i liersaglien. vnli a new lexi
i Its present exploitation seems enlirel
logical
j Intirpietalion of Frame ihinugh her
songs. noever. will entail a much
subtler anpreciatioii of the hulwaik
against ijcrinan liailunsin l.auieled
in victories and hero.e resistanef s. lier
"poilus ' seldom sing or them. Muukisli
sentiment is tabooed and foieeasts of
ultimate triumphs oxer the foe are as
Miss Taylor, the drama could still he I M UuloU!- avoided. The gavety r.f the
. , ,. . ,, , . , . , war-torn republics soldiers is inextm-
flnely effective and its intrinsic merits guislmble fnsurpasscd In valor. tl,ev
Footlighl Fashions Wane and
Tlien T?ecur. Declares Ex-
jterienced Performer
"I (ontcnil" -as ICmniet Corngan. I
who plays the atchspy in "Three l-'.ucs,
i:asl.' ruin in at the Broad Ftreet I
Theatre, 'that it is all lomm.vrot to
say that the public tastes must he ,
appealed to. and that the demand of
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agcr to cnler to that taste. Irrespective
of conditions. ir there is a surfeit
of one rlass of plays during a season,
the fault Is with the theatrical inan-
OOXTlb'VlXO ATTKACTIOKS
ADK Will "See You Later." musical
remedy adaptation of "The Girl Krirni
Bettor's." Guy Bolton and P. G.
Wodehousc, perhaps the cleverest of
contemporary librettists, wrote the
hook. The score Is by Jean Schwartz
and William P. Peters. In the cast
lire Mabel McCane, Herbert Corthell,
Charles Buggies and Charlotte Gran
ville. .FOIIUKST "My Four Years In Ger
many." a screen adaptation of James
W. Gerard's widely read historical
record. The picture has the sanction
of the cs-Ambassador, who has highly
praised the portraits of the notahle
personages entrusted to the film
actors. Halbcrt Brown enacts the
author of the Illuminating expose ot
German diplomacy.
UnOAD "Three Knees Kast." a detec
tive melodrama ot spy Intrigue In the
present war. Anthony Paul Kelly,
well known as a scenario writer. Is the
author. The cast assembled by Cohan
Harris Includes Violet Hcmlng and
Emmet Corrigan.
CIIKSTXVT STKISKT OI'KKA HOITSE
"Oh Coy," dainty comedy, with
sprightly melodies by Jerome Kern.
P. G. Wodehousc and Guy Bolton have
furnished tho amusing book and lyrics.
The original New York company, in
cluding Anna Whcaton. Hall Kcrde.
l.ynne Ovcrmann. Marie Carroll and
Stephen Maley. is Involved.
GAUniCK "Hearts of the World."
David W. Grifhth's elaborate motion
Picture. The film presents a love story
against u background of war. for
which actual scenes were photo
graphed by the producer on the French
hattlefront. The cast Includes Dorothy
and Lillian GIsli, Bobby Harron and
George Kawcett.
VAUDUVII.I.i:
lil.lTirij Stella Mayhew. In song spe
cialties; Bert Fitigibbon. The Misses
Campbell. In "At Home" : Yvettc and
SaranolT. in a musical act : Joe Jack
son, pantomlmist ; Claile Vincent and
ompany. In "The Ilecoil": The Seven
Bracks, Frisco, xjlophonist. and Carl
l.llllll) s pels.
(ll.oni; "Hello Japan" musical com
edy: Tom Kay, Lillian TUrleln, In
songs . Dclmore and Moore. Bernold's
traircd dogs. Lucky and Yost. The
NagyfTs, lire eaters: Scott und Kane.
Ben Harney and company.
IIHOADWAY "Help: Police"' musical
comedy ; Lillian Mortimer. In "How to
.Manage a Wife"; Green and Miller.1
Glenn and Jenkins. While Brothers, I
and "Mr. Fix-It." photoplay, first half
or neck. Mulloy. Keough and com
pany. Cuter. Klarc and Cuter, George
and Lillian Gardner. Tile Itoyal Gas-
cognes. and "Peg of the Pirates,'
YICTOntA "Cleopatra." William Fox'-i
film play picturing the life of llgypfs
alluring queen. Thedn Bara plays the
enchantress of the Nile. The battle
of Actlum Is a special feature.
Hi;ni:XT "The Trail to Yesterday."
with Bert Lyteli. tirst half of week.
"Tho Hillrrost Mjstery." wHh Mrs.
Vernon Castle, latter half of week.
STItAlfn "Over the T.in " vvifn
Sergant Guy i:mpoy In r. rdir-top'-iy
version of his war adventures, H'-st
half of week. "Selllsh Yatr." '.villi
W. S. Hart, latter half of week
LOCUST "The Turn nf a Card." with
J. Warren Kerrigan, lirst I'.'iif of v.eek
"Let's Get a Divorce." vein Tiidia
Burke, latter half of week.
nrmJ:sQi:i:
CASIXO "The Burlesque Itcvue." head
ed by Many K. Morton, Flossie Kv er
otic. Julia DcKollfy and Boy T. PcK.
Living pictuics villi bo a feature of
the bill.
TKOCAVUKO "Hello Broadway." hur
Ictta, with Billy Hart, Jyk Miller.
Harry Kelly. May Page Tajior and
Dolly Sweet in leading- roles.
APPEAL OF GERAKD
FILM BASED ON FaCT
"My Four Years in Germany" 1:1 Aim
form haa won deserved approbation as
a valuabl" and vivid record of diplo
matic re ids leading up to tho war
as seen trom the American angle. The
makers of this picture, which is now
the attraction at the Forrest Theatre,
have wisely refrained from marring Its
fidelity with fiction. The real facts
themselves are sufficiently startling
without the injection of a note of in
vented melodrama.
The actors Intrusted with the difficult
task of portraying the Important his
torical figures involved arc among the
most competent of filmdom Special
praise is due Halbcrt Brown for his
remarkably faithful Impersonation of
Ambassador Gerard
YVETTE. and SARAHOFF.
Keith's--
nhoLonlav. latter half nf unt.
agrr and not with the public. When- I . IKys...n,e Merrj-Uo-Bound ."
complexities ot Hie supnine In.-tol ual I this favorite- of the pnilus Camillc
tragedv Holm I wrote the music and Louis Bous-
I lie impli' ii oT the national alti
tude
how ,.
inoi e
app.ncut than
quet the verses, of which an Lnglish
vers'on Is gnin mi tills page. Before
ever a manager is piogressive enough
to offer a play new in concep
tion or treatment, or produce a classic
thai has been oieilookcd in the
mad tush for commercial results, and
1 the public places the stamp of approval
lea I- tanee i tai too sophisticated, too '' '"i '" '" "o mm i-ie.--. ...,.,.,. .. . , .,
ile.-plv imxgnated vvitli Hi- spun of'""' avcendancy of this song, the French ; upon the contribution, then every other
would be vabtiy heightened by presen
tation in a smaller theatre.
(Qin: You i
O Adeiph!,
Happv Auspice
for "Slimmer Shows"
Later," now visible at the'
is an agreeable addition '
to our summer entertainment. The in- '
crease of our population, due to the.
expansion nf war industries, and the
restraints of foreign travel which will I
swell the list of stay-at-homes give a1
new stability to the theatrical clientele
Cognizance of Uicse conditions has been
taken in tho plans to Install "Oh, Boy"'
on Monday in tho Chestnut Street Opera
House for an extended run Ttie worth
of that offering has been attested. "See
You Later" has not yet acquired its
authoritative form, for the piece, as do
all new musical comedies, mu't undergo
the progress of "ironing out."
Happily not a great deal of revision1
is exigent. The production is now
blessed with one of the brightest farci
cal books which the fecund Guy Bolton I
has written. The equally indefatigable
Mr. Wodehouse has furnished some
breezy lyrica, and Messrs. Schwartz and i
Peters have submitted a melodious and
daintily orchestrated score. '
On the male side the piece Is btrong
ly fortified. Krnest Torrance's elongated
Scotchman is a sheer delight, and capi
tal performances are also contributed
by John Daly Murphy, Charles Buggies, j
Herbert Gorthell. Jed Prouty and Jamea
K. Sullivan. So valuable an equipment
ot clever f unmake! s has seldom dis
tinguished a late-season production here.
H. T. CRAVEN. I
now seem, more than any troops in
history, lo abhor self-praise.
Paris Hiniply calls the monster tier- I
man cannon "a political gun" and ealinlj , 'id
goct, about her business Fleni h armies ' ,f,x i;
liirhl like demons and l he omlu otf dotv ' trom
genuine i i ih.alion to sull her uniqu
position either vv il Ii liantlc and futile
"hinr.'- of hat' or with Mr.iv.ipnnl
eulogies ol liei own connmc She is
dauntless The enllie sane section nl
I he glnhi knows Ill-It Kill tilt I- disqui
sitions on that theme aie supci ililous
Frame s tar loo i-e to nlai the In-
seiuic lole ot HamlM's mother who did
"protest loo inueli '
Imprecations against the l-e arc ex
cetdmgly rare in the faiorue regimental
ililitis Soim times iicrmauj is noi even
mentioned at i.ll. and the sole i f ft r
ences to Ihe war are allusions, often
quallitlv hiiiiioi ous. to e.imp or tttmli
lif.
.Ium now all itie lieputilu s aimies
ale Kjoieing III a song w ho-e mi lody
I tishter. i hantt'd of another fair lady- i manai
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utges every otlier dramatist
Anvthing more dissimilar in sentiment
than these songs and "Over There"
"Keep the Home Fires Burning" or j dranvita
"ikind-hy Kaiser Bill. it would la
lo write a play for hlni along the same
I lines . or lias his play-reader dig through
lore to uncarlh another classic
prescribed lines of the suc-
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Madelon ' there is not a single specific t t'Jy
refeiencc to Germanv. l-'rance is well "The result is that the public revolts
aware that she and her allies can dis- i at ,1,1s suiierabundancc ot one his
trionic dish and refuses to go to the
pla house then the manager, with in
dignation, upbraids the masses because
they will not patronize ins play, when
sings of piclly girls and inerrvmaking
rn
pose of that imperial brigand. Her
heroic lighting men picfer to sing about
something more pleasant.
That cither America or Britain could
ever assume ch an attitude is incon
eeivable Nobody wants them to and
we are true to our national traits as
our men fcrienlly proclaim what will
be iiirvitably accomplished "Over
Thnpfl ' , 1 t- Cnliuri'a ni!i r.li Ln.... ..f
Muightlv and dashing and Im-c .,,, ,,,. i.,,, lk lll,1r,hPinu ,n.
tercsting to note Hie wholly different : "'"l ,,,1U ",e reiiBious evele, tne prob-
psvchologv of our ally Were the Gi r- I lematic, tlie societ-. the musical, the I
man- at tlie Wual d Orsay, she would ' scholastic, tlie salacious, the education-'
al. the romunuc, all of w hicli have had
musical comedy, with Mabel Tancer
and a cast or twenty-five; Cuter, Klare
and Cuter, Malloy, Keough and Com
pany, und Lillian Gardner, first half
of week. Lillian Mortimer. Krazer,
Dunce and Hardy, and Baby Itsslyn. I
latter half of week. .
WILLIAM P;.V.V -"Stockings." musical'
comedy : Lander Brothers, Ial Howard '
arid company, Greenlcss and Williams I
and "True Blue." photoplay, lirst half !
of week. Frank Burke. Kd. Johnston
and company, In "The Bitifi" ; De I.con '
and Davies. Three Illckey Brothers.
Harvey De Vora trio, and "By Ttlglit ,
of Purchase," pliotopiay, latter half 1
of week. j
COLOXIAI. "The Submarine Attack."
with Helen Gleason ; Armstrong and
James, Tsuda, Japanese equilibrist ;
Frear and Baggott, Kennedy and-Burt,
and "Hearts and Diamonds," phcto-play.
A 'vmL
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llSvlfcit&il
the fault is solely his on Wc have ; A IXVX "Our Wives." with Harry
had this exemplified so many times dur- 1 1'Ond: o i;onneil and Blair. Savannah
E RL SCHENCK
This plioloplay artist pivc- a liiphlv
effective imperconation of the tier
man Crown I'rinre in "My lour
Years in Germany" at the Tnrrcst
Theatre
STELLA MAYHEW IS
DONE WITH GIiXGHA.M
Ins the ldht decades, for. as ,viu 1 now,
I 1iae hcen ntHTating' In cclcs; we
ir 1 1 1 j 1 1 fi ankly iruolous Tho
Minpl 11 p.t 1 i h wholly fret'
fdnnnrfti.inc ' 'Quattd Maclc-
i h' n MiiriHun) ih the nanir nf s1ll lt)l pram.f
STAR PLAYERS CONSPICUOUS IN THE LATEST PHOTOPLAY RELEASES
and Georgia, Tlie Gladiators, Clark
and Wood, and "Selfish Yates." photo
play. GIIAXO "The Corner Store," rural
farce, with Harry Storts: "The Bun
galow Girls." musical comedj : Jack
Itose. Ilehn and Fitch. Hiithcrty and
Scalla. Three Herbert S ulcrs. and
"Hiijse of Hate," photoplay.
Siclla Mavhcw has come back, to
vaudeville as a "single " This is be
cause her husband and former asso
ciate In musical comedy arid vaude
ville. Billee Taylor, is "doing his bit"
In the National Army, and was given
a cominution a a htsi lieutenant at
Plattsburg. At tirsi Miss Ma.,hiw de
cided to remain at her home in Nw
Itochclle. but she haa been terrfuaded
lo re-enter vaudeville, and is coming
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STOKOWSKI MEDAL !
AWARDED TO PIAMSTj
Kvelyn Tyson, a Leefson-Hllle nuoil. !
in the winner of the Leopold Htokowskl
medal, awarded for the best student
record of musical accomplishment
throughout the year Miss Tyson Is a
pianist. Carlton Cooley, violinist, re
ceived honorable mention In the contest.
The award was made ut a meeting
held at the Musical Art Club on Tues
day night.
A spring musicale under the auspices
of the auxiliary ot the Musical Set
tlement Scliool. for tlie benefit of the
school's summer work fund, will bo
Blven on Wednesday afternoon. May 29,
at the residence of John K. Braun, at
Merion. The artists billed are Mr.
Braun, tenor: Sascha Jaoobinoff, violin,
bit: Kills Clark Ilammann. nlanlst
Kleanor Spencer and Mrs. William Baker 1
w neien.
The sixteenth tree Sunday afternoon
concert at the Academy of the Mne
Arts win he given tomorrow afternoon,
beglnving at o'clock. Tlie partici
pant will be Dorothea Neebe and Kve
lyn Tyson, pianists, and Saacha Jacob!,
nort. The Brahma rn Irio. orlclnally
announced for the concert of May i
will be placed oa the. prorrani of
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IF.TAXLBY "Tlie Face in the Dark." bv I lo '"' ,"uu '". ...-'
irvin r. Cobb. Mae Marsh his the I 'epcnoire o "" "" w I' .-.
leading role of Jane Uidgway. Gold- , M.hs Mal.tw still sings 'coon songs,
wvn nroducUon for u is in tlc acllv,-r of syncopated
wn prottucuoii. i mcodlct ,hat ,.,,,. ls heard at ,,r bc5li
PALACE '.cliisli Yates. ' with William but ha, no longer sacrifices her per
S. Hart, first half nf week. "The I sonal appearance to a single branch of
Splendid Sinner." with Mary Garden 1)cr arl anj nn longer doea she. wear
latter half of week. i charactcr" clothes In preference to
AllCADIA "Tile White Man's Law," j frankly pretty ones. She now feels
with Sessuo Ilayakawa. Florence that nelUier gingham nor burnt cork
Vidor lias the principal fem'ninc re. u, no clod to intensify the "atmosphere"
Paramount production. of her hoi.g lKirtraitF.
DOiZOTHY GI5H. LILLIAN GISH.
ana ROBERT HARRON . in
"Hearte of Ihe World." CTdrnck.
l'Veneh dramatists have probed potgn-'
antly into the pathos and patriotic glo
rica of the c-onlllct. The Mildltr leaves
the expression of such themes to the j
litterateurs and the statesmen.
For this reason songs of the standard
patriotic type are much less frequently
heard In France than In America. Out
"Star Spangled Banner" la omnipresent
The belief that the "Marseillaise" oc
cupies a similar position in France ls er
roneous. It Is brought out on solemn
titate occasions, but the average soldier
prefers something more fanciful than
the erlm work on which lie Is engaged.
When the war opened the stirring
eonc "Le Hambre et Meuse" was revived
because of its stirring martial rhythm,
but It wa noticeable that many of the
first troopo departed lo the front with
the naive words of "Hur les Pont de
Paris" ("On the Bridges of Paris") on
their lips. There is something pro.
foundly touching in this return to sim
plicity In the midst ot alj the staggering'
B M& MARSH in "The Pace fn he
t Dark. '' Sianlev.
dAMES MGRR.ISON irV'Over
ihe Top" Strand- -.
THEDA BARA in"Cleopa1ra"
Victoria 4
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Movie raises for School Children
The school children of the northern
and northwestern sections of the city,
who are to be awarded a summer season
ticket to the Nixon Colonial Theatre as
i reward of merit by Fred G. Nixon
Nirdllnger If they are successful at the
June examinations, are already filing
their names with Manager Harry A.
Smith of that house,
The children who pass will merely
have to cull at the theatre with an In
dorsement from the teacher of their
class, either In the public or parochial
schools, and this notification will Insure
tlie issuance of a Beaton ticket to the
theatre for the three summer months.
I heir day and are forgotten with the
single exception of that grand old drama
of wholesome appeal, the legitimate
drama ; that is to be the drama that
will always live. For It is a part of
the education given to the rising gen.
eratlon, and no well-bred man or worn
an feels that his or her -iducatlon Is
complete without a knowledge of the
great minds that laid the substratum
upon which the foundation of the stage
was permanently established,
"But we are not operating under nor
mal conditions now, Thorefoie, I pre
sume, America will pass through the
various stages of depression, apathy
and solitude that characterized the first
years of the world war in Kuropc.
before we settle down to the conven
tional amusements ot yesterday. It
therefore behooves u:i all to labor as
siduously and loyally In keeping pa
triotism, courage and fortitude ever he
toro the pwple in play, story and tuns."
"When Madelon
The poilus' favorite marching song, ndap'.w.t lulo cqtnvalnnt thueBaii
meters, from the French of Loulu Kousquet:
A of far behind the 1'ightmy and the trenches,
Umbouxrctl m Icafv forest tiladc,
The "Cate Tmir-tou-rtmn" iiu Tuw!id benci.
Denntivrj the nllwrement of Us -maid
She tw 'jracjfai and comrJv imf cfci'.
Keen a.i urine is the snap o; hr -yn.
Here tightness recap 'o vc ov:?
Tlie arursLS of fair butterflies.
Her name -tin. plj Madelon. Madelon uay
Inspires our drvoviini; by night or v aay.
lWFJtAlX
H'At-n Madelon takes our orders at the tatrie
And, swishtnp bv the kegs, flips dainty skirts,
M'u try to gain her car and if we're able
l Breathe love; since in apportioning deserts
To all who give the lai tlieir fund cmbruces
She's not severe, not yet too hard upon
A elasp of trafjf, but beams at all our faces
11 addon, 1! addon, Madelon.
At home awaiting us there Is a maiden
And maybe uc shall marry her some uay.
Rut while the land is reft and battle-laden
That lady love is very far away.
Who knows where we'll be when it's cndcdT
And we sigh as we rpuut the long years,
And the sweet things that wo have intended
For another reach M addon's cars.
Jud when wc caress her she Uuhtly says "Vontt!"
An echo of home when a kiss toas our wont,
A corporal, whose manners were capricious
Found Madelon one morning at her stand.
He told hei that he thouglit her quite delicious
And made a boastful offer for Iter hand.
The girl laughing loud at his folly
Made the point that she'd ne'er, be content
With merely one swain 'ftoaj too jolly
To be wooed by the whole regiment!
Adding, "Give bock my hand! Tlie boys of tho line '
ire coming J need It to pour out their wine!" H. 'V. C,
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