"ayf T1wCT-?f TV "Trw". . & EVENING PUBLIC L'EUGEB PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1918 K HT- Ttl CRITIC TALKS ,& TO MUSIC LOVERS 'pPe'ehly Comment on Things . Musical in Discriminat ing Philadelphia KfTiHE retorted death of Mme, Coslma , TVpgner, at AVnhnfrled, the hlatorlc 'Snyreuth villa of her famous husband. iStchard Wagner, brings to mind one of h'iha m6tt' Interesting figures of the world o tauslc. The daughter of one great clany Franz Liszt, and the wife of . two others, Hans von Bulow and Hlch- rnl Wagner, she saw the growth of modern music from a standpoint of ln- I,tlnlacy with two, If not three, of Its I ureatest, leaders that wns not given to pny other person of her own genrrntlon. C ,. Ari rt .1.... Ifllana.llHI A.n t ""? T" """ " ""j "."is. ""! , oi women too exencu a BironB personal tlons. Just who nro to be tho backers nor musical Influence upon the great com-I of ,ne former mprC5ar0 nas not ,.,t ,. wsers with whom they were In clo.en,. ....,., ,... . ..' relation. In some few cases rtotably that oth 'pirsonM and 'W; lea" in oth , Ir hm,. n.h rBinHAni.t,in rtf rinrrr c . ' v rtucn nn the relationship or George Snnu i I)nna Chopin, the Influence was purely , K personal, but it was none the lesi strong P lor this reason. b . To wnat extent, if nt MI. coslma was- tier influenced Richard Wagner musl- Bij cally, there Is considerable doubt. De- ' : spite the high degree of artistic talent , Ir poosessed by both her parents (for her motner warn tnn Cnuntesi ci Atrnuir. n French woman of more than ordinary t Jltexary ability and well-Known under a hef pen name, Daniel Stern), Coslma i Warner ne-er illnnlavcd anv extraordl- 4 nLJZ fl. .,.l Pyj,l,,?Jii Z?t?it, r Jiary talent either for music or for lit- Btroncest Dereonalltv however there -.ntil.PeT"J. '":.., ?!.! ,1' i"!. vi. wu iiu uuuui, l(,n, i,3 ,.-, niiMTii amnnir nther wnva hv tin. fnrco of her , f attraction for two men of such high In- t telJectual and artistic powers as Hans " on Bulow and Illchard AVagner. ; Im j .i. . ... i . . , , n T IS therefore likely that her Influence , over Wagner was In a ureal deKree per- sonal rather than musical. Unlike K.ara Schumann, who was a fine musician, cne of the beat women pianists who has .. , , j , , .. , overlived, and. Indeed, a. far better per- I lormer thnn her (treat husband. Coslna i Warner did not have the actual musical I j ability to exert the same Btronc musical jiuiuoiiuD upon jicr uusuauu iiiul inic Schumann did upon Robert Schumann. X.)ko Mme. Schumann, however, she was , m av wiuc ovuuumiiii, nuHciri, nuo who i II ucvoicu 10 ncr nusuuna ana Dom speni i I-1... .. . .. i tneir respective Bpouses, In furtherlnp; , tho cause of the music that each had comppsed. I The Usk of Mme. Wagner was more I difficult In tome respects than that of Jltrne, Schumann, on account of certain , restrictions that her husband made re-! Karaing Borne oi nis worxs. ine prin- t .clpal one of these was that tho opera .Parsifal" should be nerformed nnlv . i-arsiiai enouia De periormeu only at Bayreuth and the proposal to lKivolt In New York about seven- teen venn nro brnurlit Mme W'nir. teen yenrs ago Drougnt Mme. ng- rf ner ana ine Aietropoutnn upera i I. nM..M.. i ..int .I., r.,. ui, VllipttllJ 141W V1U1VJ11 tUlllllCl. X11I3 ' 'Metropolitan was successful, however. tTnd the first erformance of Parstfal" , f . .. ' .j . . i ever given outside ot uermany iook ' place Jn'thls country. Few of the officers , of th onera company at that time were, , L, left In doubt nn to the strength of char- ttcter otthe opponent of their plans. K'fTVHE recent appearances of Alfred T I - . . ... k J- Cortot, the French pianist, has I nf . . . LV aroused mucn interest among musicians of the city, partly on account f of hl Wsrh rank air a nerfnrm-r n,t partly because we have not heard, per- haps, so many great French nlnnlst. nn j" tnpse of some other nationalities. M, Ii - . - - . - I - Cortot allowed l.lmFelf to be a player of IntenB Individuality, perhaps aa irreat 1 iij . . " -i E- am in rtOAsensefl hv nnv nerfnrmt . i before the public. It seems to be an In- ' divlduallty ot style m plano-playlng Subject to Change A1HAMBBA , () 12th. Morris A PassyunlcAr. MONDAY . Alice nradv In Her Qreat Chance Thcda llara In Under tho Yoke ATOIXO B2d and Thompson Sts. () ARCADIA , . () Cnsstmit below 10th St. BvrunMT William nrandlne B2a anil Markot Sts. IMa if" Fannin The If BMJXBIBD ( uroao Buwuenanna at. FAhel Clavton In Women's Weapons 8R0ASWAV Broad and Snyder Ave. () The Oreateat Thine In Ufa "' CEDAB Dlllle Ik coin ana ceaar a.v. I Make Itellevo Wife CHMTM1T nilX . tSM Oermantown Ave. () Charlea Hav In I,aw of the North COLONIAL M . Ota, and MapNwcod Ave. 3esuo Hayokawa in Temple of the Dusk PL- COUDEtlM ' Wark.l bat, 59th and COth Klala Fersuaot, In The Qreenwood Tree () Main St.. ManajmnV. Nazlmnva In Toa of Fate Clara Williams In Carmen of the Klondike I Tourneur's Bporllna- Ufa 'f EUBEKA ' otu and lUalrlut St. rAMILV ( Jli Market Bt. ITAIKSIOUKT '2uMi at. andGlrmrd At. () Thrda llnra In When a Woman Sins ITRANKFOKD -Tt6 Frankford At. (TH ST, THEATRE Below Bpruc 8t. () CURAT JfOBTIFKIlN Broad 8t. at Erie At. (I) Geraldlns The Hell "va IIAI. and Walnut Sts. () Constance A Lady MtmSBSON ?B tl Bert Boston 3tih at and Dauphin Bta. Fred Stone In The Goat out and Olrard Ave K ''SfitlSd Inea.t.r At. ( Wallace Too Many l$B5Tn!l Columbia At. Montagu Love In The arnuch .UWPST .am a and Locust Sts. W&2 ST. THK.VTBB ts) Madge Evans hi Th Loth Nt i Ilert I.jlell In Fnespti'trd Plaiea Hsrrv Morey In Hoarded Assets Constance Talmadse In . Mrs.Lemnawell"s Hoots u IMHK, (s) uttl St. aJ Irkt Sts. 2B3 miK ts) Kavarfora Ara. () arlwt.at. At. Panpbln at. (tl Hwt t. ( Douglas Fairbanks in Arizona William P. Hart In Border Wireless May Allison Jn Testing of Mildred Vn MMf laugefjIM Emmy Wehlen In Sylvia, on a Oprto ft. below lltb. Marlon Davlf In Th Burdn,of Proof l'Mnl?Avi Tulpenocksa, (!) Vlrlan '$$? nQg gt- 3111 randy ia., (si i Jack I Ivlnrstnn In Th Dfert Iiwr !4 . tlar 7th. n?f Bert I.yll in j Hitting th High Spots i recti ru Mine's srkst at. - f () rdMT lth -r Th H'lusw QtllTllh' Th anatest Thlim In t.lf Qsornj Walsh In I'll fly Bo v ,t Vetwag. Kas) -itWiMt ek. (J) ij:' IX rather than of interpretation, although as wis commented upon in the Uvenino Pontio LEDasa at the time, the com positions he ployed in both of his an- pen ranees here do not admit of much diversity in tho way of a personal reading, Tho first was tho somewhat mere tricious C minor concerto of Salnt-Saens and tho second tho C mnjor concerto of Beethoven. The French concerto makes great technical demands, especially In anger none, out is mcKing in real musi cal Ideas to the point where such musi cal thought as it may contain Is lost In tho flood of technique. The Decthoven concerto Is an early work and is by no means representative of tho real genius of tho composer In any element except that of perfect form. It would be In teresting to hear this really great pianist In tho Schumann A minor or the brahms D minor concerto. Til): threatened invasion by the Irre pressible Oscar Hammersteln of tho precincts sacred to the Metropolitan Onera. Cnmnanv slnon lftln lmn hn m. I .... -. .. .. ceivea in rniiaucipnia witn mingled emo- I Bnown th(1't uch uacknR llag bn nr. ToncTa cSi ", VS"'" tr an opera company of th pretensions i, t tf. ,.-... .u.... . .. VT'?ltV.TJ' "I V,,, , ' ". ..- ........... ... I-rench tenor. .tienmifBj, mo opera iovcrs or tins city will not soon forget they owe the Breat relval of this j-opular nnd most expenslvo form of lnd&or unort to Mr Ifammrrsteln. Xot oiilv did he elo us tim rhfinn. in tfaan iKnA,ies-i.u nKMAr. . of the oneratln times hv nrn.lnninir nw . works conitnntly, but they were staited I n A manner that If It did not brine the ' ii..i . ,. . LT, , , , , . , iV ,al comPnn- t0 lts knee-'- dl(I it least i brlns It to Its nensea, all of which re- , , , J! ultimate eood of I'hlla- I uelphla opcraKoers. ... -lr. Hammersteln will not find the I I rhn-' company this time so easy to sur- ' PaBS Mr. Gattl Is ns keen for artistic J ocal and scenic effects nnd historical lCnUraCyH'U'' "' Vammer8,e'n- nnd I'l I n,so Produces each year n very fair , , number of new works It must be ad- ' I mltted. thouicli. that this radical change I 1" V.lnh'Jn t,l:'CJ't5S:JLn,,0'"r ' the first Invasion of the linnimerstein ' forces. If there Is to be a second one, I thp nrnsncicta tew n m.t, ...nn t.A,...HAr. '"e Prospects for a merry war between ",c "' cuinpanies are coou inueeu. n PEAKING of the onern. nni nntnrnllv . ... " i KJ tninkii of the performers nnd In this ' connection the flno work nf Aitntnn i --- ; V, . -'- .i muuiu uui ur un- i ,. ..... .. .." - '. na comncuea oy tne register or that voice to take less conspicuous parts than the tenor, Mr Dldur by reason of his high dramatic attainments nnd the sincerity with which lie enacts every ' part cntruitnl to him has shown himself to be an artist of distinction not only by the way he carrier off his parts, but , also by his extreme versatility u wicino uiuuui). This season In Philadelphia Mr Dldur . '," "j ,"l "inu. I frLr.n. ,Ii. l ' as P'ad "" wldel different parts as i Doctor Dulcamara In "IVEllslr d'Amore." i . chara.,, ...hn. ,n ,h p..M ,, " ; , ... . .. i. , , ,V I evening Gf one-net onerns h fnnk tho A , . stronB'y contrasted parts of Tulpa In i " Tabarro" and Slmone In "Olannl ! Schlcclil Tl,. n-.f .e i.nA tH -" ' "k ,.,voo ,n um rather drnb and squalid part of a deck- ' Imnd on a Paris river barge In the sordid drama of tho Seine waterfront, while the second Is a comedy character, a very close second In humor to the title role so admirably given by De Luca. In both of these Mr Dldur ahowed hla nrt ninv ?',," ! , " f i?.iT, V y ' nir tbe first part not only In n manner , mo . convincing; 10 me aunience. DUt also with Vi. h..j....... ,.'. . ,, -L i lUnttl.e hopelessness. Intimated rather than I pynrefiltpd. which ohnrnMoplvao 11,. .. w.w.,.u itlv . "water rats" of every land. It was In the comedy part, liowcer. I !. ntJ..- .a. t . . i tnat ir ijlaur nnnenreH nt lil hunt nmi "- - ... .'"..-v, iu i IPIH (II llir j iiiiniriiiiii i ic-nt n nut wnr he gave De Luca, who Is a natural come- ' th "nnd concert at the Oraphlc Sketch dian. a hard run fnr flrr hnnnr f u!!Iub- ?IftD.,W!ir.n,? "li0"0.: ' -.. .. ..-w,visj ...Aninrr tti. i--.i . r,. who first lit the cnndles for his dead cousin and then blew them all out when I SEE ANNOUNCEMENT DAILY IN THE PUBLIC LEDGER AND EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHOTOPLAY PtESENTATIONS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 30 TO JANUARY 4 TUESDAY Alice llraily In Her Oreat chance Mhv Allison In Tho Heturn of Jlnry Alice Ilrady In Her Ureat Chance lara Kimhall Your In (toad Thrnush the Dark William 8. Hart IlrnndliiR llroadway Unld Ilennett In Fuss and Feathers H. Hart Ilrodway i William R. Hart Branding; llroadway Fannlo Ward In Tho Cheat AVanl In Cheat Ulsla Kvrauson Under ' Pauline TrMerlck In A . the Oreenuooil Tree ' DuuKhter of the South I The Greatest Thlni In Life The nurke In Illllle nurke In Mako Believe Wife, I Bryant i The Mae Marsh In Hidden races . Constance Sauco Sessun Hajnkawa In ( Sessue Temple nf the Dual. , Templo Klsle Ferituson In The Greenwood Tree EtlK-1 Clavton In Women's Weapons Nazlmova In Toys of Fatti Harold I.ockwood In I'als 1'lrat Ollin Heciet Charles Chaplin In Shoulder Anns Charles Chaplin In Shoulder Anns Elilo Ferguson f "lar tho Greenwood 1 ie Bert I.yte in Hittlnx the Illith Spots ! Pauline Frederick. A I Pauline Frederick. A ' Constance Talma ds In Daughter of Old South . Daughttr of Old South A Liih's Name Kennedy and Moore In I Kennedy and Moore In Constance Talmudte In The Kingdom of Youth The Kingdom of Youth I Mrs LenltigU'a Boots Farrar Cat Geraldlne I'arrar The Hell Cat 'i tie lieu i'ai ' "Bessie Barrlscal I Tiro-gun Ilettv i 1 Tom Mlx In ' Mr Logan V. B A . J. Wnrren Kerrigan In , Thrc X Oordon I Elsie Ferguson In Tho Grinwood Tree Enid Bennett In Fuss and Feathers Talmadg In Name Constamo Tlmadge A Lady In Name Lvtell In Blackle's Marguerite Clark In Out ot a Clear Sky Pauline Stark In Daughter Angels Held In Millions Wallace Held In Too Many Millions Maurice Fourneur In Sporting Life Paulina Frederick in A I Paulina Frederick In A Daughter ot Old South i Daughter of plrt South Paulino Frederick In A Daughter of Old South Charlie Chaplin In Shoulder Arma I evrls H Rtnn In Man of Broni Harry Morey In Hoarded Asset Clara Williams In Carmen of Klondike Chnrlle Chaplin In Shoulder Arms E K Lincoln In Lafayette. We Come Hsrrv Morey In Hoarded Assets Harold Lockwood In Tala rirst Douglas Fairbanks In Arizona Pauline Frederics In Daughter ot Old South BhouMtr Arms Tru Love Douglas Fairbanks In Arltona Tourntur's Sporting Life Shoulder Arms Tru Love Emmy "Wehltn In Sylvia on a Spree Emmy Sylvia Hale Hamilton In 0000 an Hour Constance Talmadge In Mrs.LcMlngWTU'a Boots Marti In Vivian Martin In Mlrsndr Smiles Alice Bradv In Ifr Great Chanee Chsrlla rhaplln In Trlnl Troubles (Main Smiles 1 Douls l!n 1 Cbsrll i TrlpI Cecil D Mllle's Th Hiuaw Man Cecil Tlis Man Griffith's Th Greatest Thins In Lit arlfflHi's Th Greatest Thing In Llfo Geors Walsh In I'll Say 8a Osorsa Walsh la I'll 6y Bo J, Wrrn ICrrlgsn In A JlurrUr for a. Nlrnt : .'' rrvvcriav iq Clair Anderson la ,i-4jr Dutactlv rHofy ttattaafc Ma IZAMUW 1 ft CreM. Wl - r Musical Events of Next Week in Philadelphia SC.VDAV Free ccmceit, Academy of the FIno Arts, 3 p. m. Choir of First Unitarian Church. SUNDAY Chamber Muslo Assocla, tlon, Uellevue-Strntford, 4 p. m. Illch Quartet and Marcel Tuba teau. MONDAY Monday .Muslcnle. Belle-vue-Stratford, 1 p. 111. Mmc. Ga hricllo Gills and Socleto of An cient Instruments. MONDAY Choral Society, Acad emy of Music, 8:15 p. m. "The Messiah." FRIDAY Philadelphia Orchestra, Academy of MukIc, 3 p. m. Mag gie Teyto, soloist. SATURDAY Serge Rachmaninoff, piano recital, Academy of Music, 3 p. m. SATURDAY Philadelphia Orches tra, Academy of Music, 8:15 p. m. Magglo Teyte, soloist. ho found that he had not been suffi ciently remembered In the will, will not soon bo forgotten by the appreciative audience who saw "It. In Concert Hall and Studio L t?m"!?!,fl- .ncCrL 1 l.hJ SV!$rj ue-Htrntforcl. the program win be elcn by ,h' I,lrh Ounrtet nsslst-Ml by Marcel Tab "'"u' ""' '"f of the Phltaile phla Orrhc tra Thn proirnm will consist of the el Known Mosart quartet for oboe, violin. lo nich. Kerlr and Klndler. and two movements from the Hebussy strlnir quartet nnd th- entire A minor quartet ot Schuminn. Ma, T,, ., ,.. ,,. .0,nt Bt the ,.Li pair of concerts of the PhllTdeli-hla ,o chestra next IViday nfternoon nnd Hatur. - n '"I-" fr WDebu, "" ' Prodllruc,", and "Vol che H.ipcte- from "The Marrlaite of Fiearo," by Moznrt The purely rJr,t"rofnaiUckrire',ScSrchmphonTof SilS'n'MV'S'.iSP? S'ffl,Wom "Th Thelma OHen. the youne American lo- Hnlst who has the distinction of belna" the onlv American ulrl pupil of lopold Aucr. nt her recitation nt the Acnnemy or music "r...""'"'.""""' " ,"" a ItUKnlan composer. Julet Conur a work with nhlrh I'hllnnrlnhln is not rnmlllar she will also plnv the Poeme of t'haunsnn ano a icroup or ematier numocrs, n.oii ot which nro not known here, except to o- nnimn - Th nrnirrarn in ht trtvt-rt lwifnr Ihn Mrtn. rtj- MuV,,; ",n -,h; nelieiu.-Simtford next Monday afternoon nlll be presented by Mme. Ollls. a French soprano, nnd the Hncn-tv 2f.An',ri,,.,,nVr,ulSr,'i. n,THh',J?,,li, nnd the second number will b n dUertlsse. "'".'"V'trninVniLn VhT-'i rup, of son'BT PP Tho iml postponed State contest for xoune artists under the nuplces of the Pennsjlvanla Oritanlsatlnn of the National federation of jt..sici Clubs win be held in rornesle Hall, rittamimh. on Xtondny and Tuesday. Jsi.uary IS and 14 Application blanks and copivs of the printed Instructions m; be obtained from Miss Aanes Clune r. .,,.- ,u ,... v..,.Mn in ,,.. n....A. WUllllitll. Itlf iumii .Mnnnu,,,, ,. ..- ..".. liulldlnir. All applications with the reals. ,S2.''-,"!?S -'.T. .-"..OTi of ,h i.-i"" '.".."'". "...'...-'....'' t. j . ... a neianoornooo --sina win i- nein at me f"':rn,V,rJS B.hg"k PSaSfMiYho!; rnr.Iow, V.' .J&... hS.S.n'f'.Vvn.j .li.?.; are Invited to . present. Children under 4f7"on;rnle3 by th?lr parents ru u" I The seenth free Sunday nfternoon concert of the present season, at the Academy of h rin" Art"' Kt fl '.r""-k tomorrow, win b niven by the choir of the First t'nltarlan nurm, viin-i, " ,':""r' m..k..h, . Thr stmaa music. Philip II. Ooepp Is the choirmaster and the soloists are Dorothea Thtill.n. .nnruno: lCntherlne Melslt. on - .:...'..'. -.". . t'-..-L.' Caperoon. bi.ss ' rFnc .,.,..- ,.. Iinrry Ainiiimiu. iur ui , m- nint. Mouii- i. .u. rti,a.ir.vic. num., ...m ...... iiinicni n iii kiiihui ii tun.; itiuri 1 111 nun IV .... iA.. v, rh..HMn. -t, .j .C. l'ou" concerto of Memtemps T. flrpl rtelM , PI,iK,deiphU of WEDNESDAY THURSDAY I.outse Hun In The Stu Walt Emily Stevens in Klldare of the Storm William 8. Hart Branding Ilrouduay Unld Dennett In Fuss and Feathers GernMIne rarmr The Hull Cat Oreateat Thins In Life The Cnlllaux Case Washburn In ajpsy Trail John Bam more In Man From Mexko Talmadeo In ! Bert I.ytell in Boston for tho Goose Blackle's Little Tal Haakawa In i of Ihe Dusk Snedsl Attraction Bryant Wnsliburn In The Gjpsy Trail Alice llradv In Her Ure.it Chance Peggy Hylnnd In Murrlages Are Made Knilco Caruso In My Cousin Jnanlta Hansen In Tha Bea flower Maurice Fourneur In Sporting Life Tell 111 Srilce I Klslo Ferguson Under Muurlco Tourneur In hs n...nt. i.n.l Tran ' Hnnrlfntf 1 I fm the Greenwood Tree Emllv Stevens In Tho House of Mirth V H Gov Picture Under Four Flags Ethel iiarrymore Our Mrs McChesney ''nustante Talmadeo In Sauce for tho Ooos Clla Leo In Cruise of Mako Bellee Elsie Ferguson In Tho Greenwood Tree Alice Bradv In Her Great Chance Shlrlev Mason, In Oood-by. Bill Geraldlne farrar llerr T.vlell In I IKttnr th High Spots I I E K. Lincoln In 1 Lafayette We Coin Special Features Merlon Da vies In Burden of Proof Douglas Fairbanks In Arizona Alice Jlra.! in Her Oreat Chance Rtona and Elvldg In Th Zero Hour Whlen In on a Spree Dorothy Olsh In The Hop Chest I J mmmmmmw Harold Lockwood In Pals First Hammersteln In Elsln Hummersttln, In He- Man VMan Martin In Mlrandy Smiles ir aian Fairbanks In I j,iieeu Chsplln In Trovblts Louisa Hiif In Tho Sea Walf Cecil D Mini's Tin Biuan Man Ethel Claiton In Th Mystery qirl Oeorg Walsh In I'll Bay So De Mill' Sautw Man Bessie. Lor In. Pawn of Understanding Th Ui) U , gwaatM "vrtr 4wt, of ft . ' 4 i I th young Russian Mollnlst. Tosclia. BtitJ, ijvlll take njare'-at the Metropolitan Opera jiuusc, on Wednesday evening, jaiiun -" .'..?'." scenery for tho ptoduetlon of nalfe's "Ilolieinlan dlrl." which will b" performed 1'jr the Philadelphia Operatic Society, at tho MMrnnnlltan nnta irnii. tn Thursday eve ning. January 1U. hits been sccureil from tho Metropolitan Opera Company, of New York. To Judge from the rehearsals the perforin, nnce wTll be tho best that the company has yet given. John McCormaek. who Is having the best ronrrf aBAn ,.e him mnunrlc fureer. will nniwnp at ih, f.l,AMlli,ti f)nril House In j;r.:r: "- ..'.' ..' v"'"''.'"'., r-". :-.:.... a rcuuui on wcunesuav evening, jumuwij, u. Rereo nachmanlnoff, the (treat Russian pianist and composer, will glo n piano re cital at tho Academy of Muslo on Saturday nfternoon. January 4, at 11 o'clocK lie will play compositions of Momrt.. lleethoven. Usst and Chopin, besides a number of works or nis own, wen Known 10 piunisiB miu students of the piano. The annual performance of "The Messiah" ItV Din rhflFnt Mnxlatv will tnkff DlSCP t tile 1 Academy of Music next Monday evening", at 1 M 1.1 o clocK Tho soloists will oe riorence I Itlnkle. soprano! ilerlo Alroclt,. contralto! Iai'ks Henry Gordon Thunder, tho able dl rector of the society, will, of course, con duct the worlc, Henri HaUiuJ, the new conductor of tha llo t on Symphony OrcheKtrn. will anreftr fnr tha first time ah a composer conducting nn own work in DillitdelphlA, nt the next con ffrt nt Ihn llnilnntnnti at the Academy of I Mulo on Monday event ntr. January t. Tho compoeltlon 1b "La lroceilon Nocturne," n pjmphonic poem. Tnc boioibi wm tx in nw rnnrrtmeliiler of Iho orchowtrn. Frederlo I FYankln. ho will play the Mem.elftohn'ii concerto The sympnony win no wenumann's No 4 In D minor, and the concluding number of the program M llerllors 'lvlnc Leur" overture. PUBLICITY? NO, THANK YOU Youthful Daneeupe Would Have None of It If you please, a dancer w ho Isn't keen about publicity ' Of course, tho other scrlbei will ex press grave doubts, but thcro actually Is such a 'person In tho cast of "Tlin Velvet Lnd y." which is holdlnB forth at tho Broad. She la one Una Fleming, tho vl aclous llttlo dan seURO v li o with Ilay Itaymond In tcrjirets Victor Her bert's waltz song Just ns you would wish It. Tho follow ing are not exactly the questions put to Miss Fleming, but the monosyl labic answers are hers without any liberties: "Have you a llttlo puppy dog you love t'N.V KI.KMIXO dcotedly?" ".NO" "Did you ever lose a diamond neck lace?" "No." "Haven't you ever hnd anv nervous breakdowns from devotion to your art?" "So." "Have you any hobbles Ruch as swim ming twenty mlleH, eating canned chop suey for breakfast, or anything?" ".Vo." "Well, will you please tell me some thlnc pbout yourself?" "Why, there isn't much to tell. I simply loe to dance, and that's all there Is to It." It might be added that this Is Miss Fleming's first engagement In musical comedy. WOULDN'T WAKEN THEM Mother of Alma and Olive Tell Opposed Stage Careers Imagine tho mother of two aspiring young nctresses refusing to wake them up In the mornings In tlmo for rehearsals and you will have pictured the course pnrentnl objections to a stage career took In the cases of Alma Tell and her sis ter Olive. Alma. It will be recalled, Is playing tho leading role In "Eyes of Youth" nt the Adelphl Tlieatro, and Olive Is hot on the trail of a career as a motion picture star. "At first," said Miss Tell, "mother wouldn't wake us up to keep our re hearsal appointments, but she soon be Kan getting Interested In our work. Sow she is reconciled to our having stage nnd motion picture careers and does her motherly best to help us." FRIDAY SATURDAY Louise. Huff In Tho Sea Waif l.oulse Huff In Iho Sea Waif Mabel Normand in Peck'a U.id airl Alice Bradv In Her Orent Clinnco Issjaaaw' Est 4m Wllllnm 8. Hart BrandlnB Broadway .William 8. Hart Blandlnit llroadway Marituertte Clark In Thu Qoose Olrl Marmierlte Clark in Tho Goose Olrl OfraUllne Farrar In The Hell Cat ronstnnie Tnlmadao In Mrs. LerriniiY ell's Boots The Calllaux Case Tho Calllaux Caso Rlale Ferauson In Tho Greenwood Tree nisle Fercuson In The Orvenwood Tree Hnld Bennett In When Do Wo Hat? Lndy Tsen Mel. In For Freedom of tho East Special Attraction Fneclal Attraction j Pauline FrcderUk In I Daughter of Old South Faullne JYederirk In Daughter of Old South Tlmmv Wehlen In His Bonded Wife .T Wnrren Kerrigan In Prisoners ot the Pines Frank Kcenan In Tho Bella Mabel Normand in Peck's Bud Girl Fannlo Ward in Tho Cheat Sid Chnplln In Tho Submarine Pit ate WallHce Held In Too Many Millions Constance Talmadge lu M,-s.l. Kins well's Boots Maurice Tourneur In Sporting Llfo Sporting Llfo Viola Dana In riower of the Dusk V. 8 Gov. Picture Fnder four flags Geraldlne Karrar The Hell Cat ileraldlno Farrar In Turn ot the Wheel " Wllllnm Desmond In Wild Llfo Scbiuh Hayaknwa lu Tho Templo of Dusk Wallace Held In Too Many Millions Shlrlev Mason In Oood-by. Bill George Walsh In On the Jumps Lee Kids In Tell It to tho Marines Special Features Prlsrelln Dean In Set Frea Douglas Fairbanks In Arizona, Harold Lerkwood In Tala First . Hart nnd TMrAn In Preacher & the JiimdltJ V. 8 Gov Picture Under four I'loga Oernldlne Tarrar The Hell Cot, Mae Marsli lu Hidden Fire Baby Mario Osborne In Tli Voice, of Destiny Sessun Hasakawa In The Temple of Dusk Emmy Whclen In Bylvla on a Spree od-by, Bill Clara Williams In Carmen of the Klondike Theda Ham in When a Woman Sips Special Features Mae Marsh In Hidden Fires Douglag Fairbanks in Arizona The Calllaux Caso Harold Lockwood Pals First Will 'Rogers In Laughing fllll Hyde Dorothy Qlsli In . The Hop Chest ' Enid Bennett In When Do W Et ?orotby Olsh In he Hop Chest Mabel Normand in A Perfect 88 Griffith' Th Greatest I Thing In Mfo Jnanlta Hanson In Th Boa Flower Harrv Morey In Hoarded Aat arllfth' Th Orcatest Thing In Life Harry Morey In Hoarded Asst Gladys Brockwell In Tho Strang Woman (tecll Do MlfU's The Squaw Man Cecil Do Mllle's Th Squaw Man Ethel Claiton In Th Mystery Olrl Oeorso Walsh In I'll Say So Ethel Clayton In Th Mystery Olrl Otorg Walsh In I'll Say Bo T-eul. Huff In. Oall Kan tn, Tho DarsJeyll Old HomeiUsd tot xsOosMsui, AM 4tw'rW4 ' T ' WAR BOOKS STILL COMMAND' ATTENTION FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE NORTH D. 11. MacMillaiCs Record of His Exploration of Regions About Greenland 'To the top of the earth" was the destination ot a steamship which sailed Ifrom Now York on July 2, 191K It con tained what was known ns lliofcCrockcr Lan1 Kxpedltlon, which, under the aus pices of the American Museum of Nat ural History, tho American, Geographi cal Society, and the University of Illi nois, wns to explore the unknown regions tc the north and west of Greenland and study their geology, botany, meteorology nnll ethnology. Its leader was Donald B. MacMlllan, F. It. G ft., who hnd hnd a ycar'p experience with Admiral Peary and had become, to use his own wbrds, "enthusiastic mer that strangely deso. late but peculiarly attractive country." He Is nlso Iti historian and gives In his "Four Years In the White North" n most graphic account of tho work of the ex pedition In exploration and scientific study of Its surroundings. There Is much of Eumeness, of course. In the de scriptions of multitudinous Journeys 'on dog sledges across snew and Ice, the camnlncs at nlcht In native-built mow huts, tho countless perils they had con-1 stnntly to oxercome. But he gives many surprisingly Interesting facts In regard to tho animal, bird and plant life of the ' rummer time. Writing of their main'-' station, Eto.li, he says: "Tho ground wns fairly dotted with flowers. Within one mlnuto's walk from our JoorI counted clchtcpn different nrteitea. Thn biggest trees do not rlso moro than thrco Inches nboe the rocks on which they I grow, ecn though their branches mny spread over a squaro yard of surface," i Some Idea of the multitude of birds may be learned from the fact that on one day in June, "four thousand eggs were cached for our winter's use." But to many rcadcre the most Inter esting parts of his narrative will bo his numerous references to his Eskimo com panions, "children In their simplicity) men of Iron In the'r makeup." To them the last setting of the sun Is looked for ward to with pleasure. "The dark night Is ono long, delightful holldoy," The com piling of an F-sklmo dlctlonnry of 3000 words was one of his principal occupa tions during the winter of 1916-17. Tho main geographical rerult of the expedi tion was the discovery that Crocker Land did not exist. The hills, valleys, snow-capped peaks which Admiral Penry thought he saw were a mirage deception. An entry In MacMlllan s diary on July 31, 1917. the day of the arrival of tho relief steamer, gives ono an Idea of the relentless grip" the great Northland gets on a man. "Hnppy? Yes No!" In several appendices the geologist and botnr.lsA of the expedition, V. 13. Ek bla v, gives an account of pome of his ex ploration trips. On one his compnnlon was the Danish explorer, Itasmussen, "nn omnivorous reader, his favorite sledge- cnmpanlon being Xenonhon's Anabasis, In the original Greek, when wo set out together for the meteorite, he put this volume In his sledge-bag." Tho numer. oua reproductions of photographs add much to the attractiveness of tho book. FOUIl YEARS IN Tim WIIITH NOFITH. Hy Donald II. Mac5Illlan. D. Sc, F. It. O. H. Illustrated. New Tone: Harper & Uroo. (4. American Navy in Fiction With the splendid achievements of the American navy In the great wnr still fresh In the minds of every one. the pub lication at this season ot "Clear the Decks," a tale of tho American navy today, by "Commander," Is Indeed timely. According to tho publisher's an nouncement, the author Is n well known commnnder In the United States navy, nnd It Is quite evident from tho story lie tells that he knows the life and work of the navy from A to Z, or rather from "able seaman" to "admiral." But In rend ing the tnleonc cannot help but wish that with ills tnorougn Knowicuge or Ills sub. Ject "Commander" had possessed more of tho story-writing skill of Horatio Alger or Harry Castleman, whose stories .. i l- of the Clul War and ndventuro In gen ernl have delighted and thrilled the boys 0fc.m la,St tlJlrty f frly .ySars' , ' Mill, almost any boy of today, know- Ing ns almost every boy does some young Impression which It produced fellow of his neighborhood who has been "' fi ,,",. ,,;. entertainment no In the navy or the nnval reserves dur- ' !' ' i, ,., ,i,i munis It Ing the last eighteen months, will en- "thuy THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T ! Joy "Commander s ' tale of John, Mlgg. . kiuHT." By Floyd Gibbons. Now Yorki who Joined tho navy n few years before George. H. Dornn Co. IS. Vr.Amri.i, our country entered the wnr as nn able j fiffi Kw'vol-kP DoddMeat'co.' ?J'iXYSl1iJS?.PXWjaHr OF THE COMING.. What I rnni.lVv f r 1,1. m,i,,i.. ., ., ...,...,. .,. ... ........ v.. , ,,,, WI, ,, . American ucstroer that attacked and Bank a German submarine; uaw serloe on a convoy cruiser, nnd flnnlly. In the "big chapter," as an aide to tho Admit al commanding Americas Grent Fleet, par tlclpated In a great sea fight In which patriots have been worn somowhat thin, a part of Germany's great fleet Is sup- ulbelt not threadbare, for the tntertaln posed to come out of hiding nnd elude ment of the perpetual younger gencra the British navy, only to meet and bo tlon of Americans which never falls to destroyed by the American ships, dwell upon tho heroic exploits of the CLEAIt THE DECKS. A tale of the Amer. i W"t. Therefore It Is the happy lot of lenn Navy or toduy. By "Commander." i Everett T. Tomllnbon, a writer ,of books Philadelphia: J. II. Llpplncott Company. ' A, i., hrlm trur.tlini- nnd recount it do authentic stories of brave deeus per- LllVemblircr formed by American boys at different b periods of our country's history, thereby A record of the political fortunes of illustrating tho life and struggles of the present grnnd duchy of Luxemburg ' different stnges in the national exlst- from the eve of the French Revolution I cnce. to the world- war, with a preliminary I j.'iai'lTEBS YOUNO AMERICANS WANT sketch of events from 963 to 1780, is the I rP KNOW By Everett T. Tomllnson, latest work to the credit of Ruth Put- N,w Yorlci p' A"""" Co- l(J0' nam. Luxemburg hns been peculiar In, . , . ,-,.. Its history and, In tiuth, Is a land with-' l Red Triangle Gwl out a countiy, whose fate for centuries ,, . , ,, . . , ,, has been decided by reasons alien to Its ! Mfuy unconscious that her letters own Interests. "Luxemburg and Her "r "! , tQ lhe 'ol."s bnc'c Homo were to Neighbors" tells the checkered history "nd ie'r 7, lnt? "r,lnt; ttrlftl" "" of this bit of border territory. The """fd Red Triangle girl in France quite author has Interwoven tlT story of aturally achieved the fadllty and un-present-day Luxemburg with tho course , J" i'"11?"8""9 lIa"drlrT.eidn1,o'iTf'VICn of the French Revolution, with the J.'1??1'10. hr.lI" ril." .of ri'if" ". R theory of the balance of power, ,j,9 IV ' l'-A-canteen oveneaj. These let- , . ... " " i. which wprfl ilnshwl off mnldlv. tn neeus or ueunany ana me make-up ot'T , ;. , 7. , ,, .. ... . - . .. . . " . r i husv rlnvs wltli mum' Intel rllntlnns. tftll the kingdoms of Holland and Belgium, She has -had to cover a large area tn bringing together an outline of the his tory, and In doing so has capably handled' Intricate questions of Interna tional law and diplomacy. Ll'XEMIIURO AND HEIt NEIGHBORS, Hy Jtuth Putnam. New York. O. I Put. nam's Sons. Ili.oO. r A Most Desirable New Year's Gift The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse By VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ It is the greatest novel in years, international in its scope', powerful in varied interest, merciless in its picturo of na tional characteristics "the most absorbing story you ever read." WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS calls Kb. author "pnsily tho flrst of llvinjr Kuropean novelists outside pf Spain . . . Theie is no I' renchman, KngUHhrnan ov Scandinavian who counts with Ibanoe, and, of. courseno Italian, American, and unspeakably, no Ger man." 50lh edition on press, $1,90, Postage extra. unobtainable from your tltcthr, order direct front E. P. BUTTON &, CO., ll, jfifth AywHe, New Xwrk i ' i , aaaaaaaaaaaaW R ' Jk aaaaaaaaaaS WUUtW '.'IsmA'.-1' Taaaaaaaaafl fp MF'Blh? .r-Jaaaaaaaaaal J'rl e- ' ?! ,Vl vTBB aaaaaaaaV 4'wT'' '"i laaaaaaaaaaaaaV aaaaaaaaaaaVV fJULwLWB JUaaaaaaaaaaaH HJ$jMaaaaHallBB&MtfSaaaH i wm&Am&2S3mmmmm DONALD . MacMILLAN Who tells the story of his hunt for Crocker Land THE WAR FROM THREE ANGLES Floyd Gibbons, Frederick Palmer and Irvin S. Cobb Tell What U. S. Has Done The man who reads three war books which have just come from the press will get a pretty accurate Idea of what America has done to make the world a decent plnce for men to live In. The books are written by Floyd Gibbons, correspondent of the Chicago Tribune: Frederick Palmer, attached to tho Intel ligence service of the American army, and Irvin S. Cobb, correspondent of the Saturday Evening Post. Tho books are as dlltcrent ns tho service In which the men were engaged. Mr. Gibbons went to Uuropo In tho spring of 1917 on the Laconla, which was torpedoed and sunk, and ho served as a correspondent until he was wounded threo times at Bclleau wood last sum mer and had to bo sent to a hospital. He wrote his book after his return. It Is a racy, newspaper-stylo account of his experiences and the experiences of our mervln the trenches nnd out of them. Mnny persons will bo most Inter ested In his nccount of how it feels to bo wounded on tho battlefield. It Is n graphic description of his sensations. In the courso of his tale of his hospital ex periences he pays a tribute to tho skill of Doctor Powell, of this city, who saved tho sight of his right eye after his left had been shot out by a German bullet. m . . ' Mr. Palmer's book Is less anecdotal than that of Mr. Gibbons. It la a seri ous connected narrative of tho advent of American soldiers Into Europe and of what they did during the year he was with them. He was In a position to ltnow almost at first hand everything that went on, so his account may bo considered as authentic and authorita tive. Tho serlous-mlnded man who wishes to' get exact Information will llnd this book exactly what ho has been looking for. Mr. Cobb has gatnereu uciwcen I ' ,h articles which he has Written ! -- ---- - - - . , . . for the Saturday Evening Post. They. are characterized by his original and st..le aml illuminated by his wit and his unusual ability to mako another "" ...-.. i, i,nD ,, nnd iret from It mine ey have, seen of tho Amer cona at iq irom. " rm "..."'i1" ..-' -- lh front. By Utorgo II. Doran Co, 1 70. Fighting Americans Th stories of the great American ' . .. -.;-":..-." In nn engaging style some twenty-live the Intimate story nt relief work among the American expeditionary force, not only In Its o'utward form, but alto In Its Innermost spirit, All uumeg havo been eliminated ho that theso letters have a quite general appeal. A BED TRIANGLE .OlltllN FRANCE. New York: George II. Doran Company. BARBUSSE'S - SH0RT WORMS The Author of "Under Fire" Shines in a Booh of Forty five' Tales It was out of his personal experiences n tha great war, fighting side by stdo with his comrades In arms, tho French Pollu, that Henri Barbusse gavo to the world his classic of -the everyday life of he fighting man, "Under Fire." There fore mnny people who hnd heard of him for tho first time reasoned that It was chiefly because of these personal experi ences that Barbusse was able to wrlto Ruch a remarkable book. But there were others who saw In "Under Fire" tho work of an exceedingly talented writer, possessed of an extraordinary understanding of human nature. Bar husse's latest book, "We Others," will force all to the concluilon that the latter and not tho former estimate of this much-talked-of French author Is tho correct one. "We Others" Is a collection of forty five short stories, or rather, story sketches of .fate, lovo-nnd pity, nnd the strange and fantastic pranks that these three things play In thb lives of men nnd women the world over. In his manner of telling a, number of the stories therr Is a decided suggestion of O. Henry: In plot or them there 1 fre quently tho suggestion of Edgar AUnn Foe, with an occasional ilnsh of Hubert Louis Stevenson. It was because Henri Barbusse knew tho heart of his fellowmen their emo tions, their 'sympathies, their likes nnd their dislikes, their hopes and their aspirations, and their weaknesses, and also because ho had mastered the art of writing, that he was able to write his extraordinary story of the great war, ami It was llkcwlso because of his understanding and sympathy for his fel lowmen nnd women that he had been able to give us the thrilling, rovcallng and withal sympathetic story-sltetches In "We Others." WH OTIinna. By Henri Barbusse. Trans. lated by ntzwatcr Wrny. New York. E. P. Dutton A Co. $1,50. On January 15 ps the ncv "Dere Mablc" book will appear. It is called THATS ME ALL OVER. (VIABLE, and, continuing the love letters of a rookie, is uproariously funny. Lieut. Streeter and Corp. Breck in writing and drawing are a combination the soldiers and their families cannot resist. 100,000 is the first printing. 1 J A book for those who went across, for those who didn't get over, and for every other American who wants a compact, readable French history, is B. Van Vorst's A POPULAR HIS TORY OF FRANCE. It is the only history, moderately priced, which satisfactorily presents the salient events from 451 through 1918. There are 92 illustrations and 2 maps. On January 30 we hope to issue that startling narrative YASHKA: MY LIFE AS PEASANT. OFFICER AND EXILE, by Maria Boichkareva. f Like Joan of Arc, Botchkareva is the symbol of her country. ' If you would know what Russia really is, what she thinks and feels see her revealed through Botchkareva. J Full of action, variety and suspense, THE BUCCANEER FARMER, by Harold Bindloss, tells of romantic adventure .in the Caribbean. 5 And there will be an exciting mystery story of California by Gertrude Atherton entitled THE AVALANCHE, soon afterward. Recent Books That Will Live Q 191 8 was so satisfactory both for large sales and for the real worth of our publications that we cannot let it close without again calling attention to certain books we believe will con tinue to find many friends. I Though appearing a little late in the season, Alfred Noyes1 stories of the sea in wartime, WALKING SHADOWS, has won for Mr. Noyes a secure place as a master story-teller in prose. With the taking qver from the Macmillan Company of the first three volumes by Mr. Noyes published in this country POEMS, THE .GOLDEN HYNDE and FLOWER OF OLD JAPAN the complete works of this poet are now in our hands. There arc now to his credit, in addition to the new volume of short stories and OPEN BOATS, eleven volumes of verse. Four of these, as well as all of the shorter poems to 1913, are included in COLLECTED POEMS, consisting of two large, well-made volumes. 9 We are proud of the reception given ARDOURS AND EN DURANCES, by that splendid soldier-poet Robert Nichols. William Stanley Braithwaite, in the Boston Transcript, calls it "the most beautiful as well as the most important volume of poetry that has lately corner to lis." Some of Mr. Nichols! work is included in THE MUSE IN ARMS, into which E. B. Osbom has gathered the best of England's war poetry. I Mary Sumner Boyd's handbook of civics for the woman who vtftes and the woman who wishes to vote, THE WOMAN CITIZEN, will have an. increasing popularity as the year 1919, with its many suffrage problems to be solved, gets older. 9 Two novels on our list are particularly worth mentioning. Olive Jliggins Prouty's romance of an American girl, THE STAR INTHE WINDOW, is gobd reading at any tme,but now especially when our thoughts are on peace. Amelie Rives' THE GHOST GARDEN is an unusually interesting .romance of lovers in old Virginia a super ghost story with super thrills. I Our contribution to 'the discussion of aftcr-the-war problems is five volumes which show Americans how the younger British thinkers stand toward reconstruction: THE WORLD OF STATES, by C. Delisle Burns, THE CHURCH IN THE COM MONWEALTH, by Riclard Roberts, FREEDOM, by Gilbert Caiman, WOMEN AND THE SOVEREIGN STATE, by A. Maude Riyden, and THE STATE AND THE CHILD, by . W. Clarke Half. q In THE CHILDREN OF FRANCE and the Red Cress, June Richardson Lucas tells the beautiful story of what our Red Cross has done for the French children returned from German, captivity. It is a story of which every American can be justly proud. ' 1 9 One need not apologize for enjovment of humor. We. arc glad to have contributed so muth to the joy of last year through DERE MABLE: Love Letters of n Reekie, now in its 550th thousand, and through BILTMORE OSWALD, which docs for the fledgling of tl.c Navy what "Dcre Mablc" does for lhe rookie of the Army. fl'At all bookshops. Send for full descriptive circular, gratis, tWISHOtS 'FREMHICK SOME EMINENT VICTORIANS Lylton Stracliay Discusses Brilliantly the Lives of Four Typical Britishers The history of tho Victorian age will never bo written, says Lytton StrncheV, Wo ltnow too much about It, he con tinues, and' says that. Ignorance Is tho first rcqiHslto of tho hlstorlnn Ignor anco which slmpjltlcs nnd clarifies. Tills ts by way of preface to n volume of studies of four eminent Victorians which Mr, Strnchey hns written. He has chosen Cardlnnl Manning, Florence Nightingale, Doctor Arnold and General Gordon n great churchman, n woman of action, nn etluentlonnl authority nnd a man of adventure ns representative of the ago and' hns sought to examine and elucidate such frngments of truth about their tlmp as appealed to him. His book was welcomed enthusiastically by the London critics when It wns pub lished In England. Their Judgment on Its value as history Is better than that of any critic on this side of the ocean can be, for they nro familiar .with all, the Intricacies of English life, an under standing of which Is necessary for forming a Judgment on many phases of the careers of the distinguished Brit ishers. Yet we can appreciate the book for Its literary and Intellectual quali ties, which aro mnny nnd splendid. Mr. Strnchey's analysis of character and motives Is masterfully done. The book Is one which the serlous-mlnded will wnnt to ndd to their libraries. EMINENT VICTOnlANa. Strachey. New York: O. Sons. 13. SO. By Lytton F. Putnam's L-IACOBS 1628 U J2.-. CHESTNUT BOOKS 8TRECT, I STATIONERY AND ENGRAVING gTrTlMtTMK jsar. A. STOKES CO. pew Yt KTS.E n ; 8 I i i ft irl I '. "1 i 1 CI jf . u tl tyf-
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