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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY. 25, 1919
FIRST N1GHTERS" HAVE ONLY ONE NEXT WEEK, BUT MANY GOOD ATTRACTIONS REMAIN
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WEEKLY TALK
Observations on Plays and
Photoplays of Interest
to Philadelphians
44ttHV should actors bo hard up or
W In straltsT" Is a nuestlon put
to the Pla.vKWf the other day apropos
of the Actors" Kunil benefit scheduled
for" the r'orrrst Friday nfternoon,
February T.
When the public lsu.illzes the life of
the theatre 1t dies only Hie " "hd
finds It hard lo reconcile the great
salaries And success with hardship, but
.u. a-....!.. .iiffi.mt fif flu dramatic
profession la wltli the rank and ttic
sometlmes Ihey must rehearse four to
six weeks in piajs wnose run ..
less time than the rehearsals, then
N.m a lone wait for nnother enKane-
ment. more rehearsals, other wardrobe
nccumulated responsibilities. It Is b.v
1 no means easy salllne or always sun-
shine. This, however. Is just me occu
1 patlonal" dander, peculiar to the stiiRe.
J Stage folk also have the usual troubles
( which confront other people sickness
death In the family, iraor investment
J The Actors' Fund has been in ex's'-
an. frr thlrlv-seven vears and in Hie
i early das was ab'c to cope wHh the
5 demands made upon Us exchequer, bit
development of theatrical Interests has
J Increased to such an extent that the
present emersency exists
The fund was organized bv leadets
of lho theatrical profession, Its Initial
1 Tony Pastor. Hartley Campbell, Hdvvm
Booth and Hanlel Krohman. All thee
j names are memories only, with the ex
1 ceptlon of Pan'.el Krohman. who at the
S fund's Inauguration was :v youth and'
I wn elected then the treasurer. He hn
J been an ottlcel
I and has been
J long time.
nttlcer through all these years.
the active president rot a
TY
i a ye;
i mem
i aver
" The fund spends more than I7J,"
J a year In relieving the sick and disabled
embers of the theatrical profession.
eraglng about isn cases er weew
besides taking care of old and retlrnl
-members of the profession at Its home
on Sinter. Island, so that these bcnellts.
: though enormous' sua essful with the
i public, flnanc'al'.v are far from being i
adequate to carry out ail activities ior
J relief.
J meeting on the Mage of the famous V al-
lack's Theatre attended by lister
5 AVallack, Joseph Jefferson, William .1
1 vinrtnrv A. M. Palmer. Kd Harrlgan.
.. t They are reallv no drain on the pub-
He. only on the actors ana actresses. .
Iwho freelv take on the duties of nn
J unpaid performance
1 T.V HF.U
J L last nil
.V HF.U dressing room at the Shullcrt
night. Peggy orth, comedienne
J of "rtook-a-lie Hahy." held form on
I the advisability of adapting farces and
comedy-dramas for the muf leal coined
J stage, apropos of the Selwyn having
I dressed UP Margaret Mn.vo's f.irce.
1 "Baby Mine," In lunes and lyrics.
. .l (Mil I iiriiuiiiiiiiiir 'imiiih . m.
J "There are nun) arguments In f.or , J( Ooodwln made a little speech
Jof taking a farce or comedy that has J thfn ,)e W))uW R() (liuvn thri,Ui.h
r.tood the test of entertainment for (h(- Hll(1l,m nntl B1.t ,ho subscriptions.
patrons of the drama in botli the spoken
and silent form as "Hati Mine nas
'done and setting it to music with a
j change of name" said Mis Worth
I "The producer knows what he has be.
fore he expends a huge amount of
money. If It has made people laugh in
the past, it Is safe to assume that It
will do so again, humanity being more
J or less alike frnf deeacW to decade"
Many muskal comedies of recent ye.its
1 have been so absolutely lacking In
anything that might approach a story
J that audiences have come to expect a
I vaudeville entertainment when they
purchase tickets for a musical show. A
J series .of vong and dance specialties
strung together h a few llns of dla-
logue and topped by n unique tule
having nothing whatever to do w ,th
either the speclaltUs or the lines has
been the usual rei ipe for a mus.ca'
comedy
' Other reient productions of s.e
I origin Include The Velvet Lady." made
from the conied "A Full House": "The
Rainbow tiirl," a mu'icnllzcri version
J of "The N'ew l-idv Bnlmnck." anil "Oh.
J Ixiok." which i "Heady Money" In mu
1 slcal dlsgu.se.
The nine modern idea s tha' au-
diences are able to take the shock of a
1 plot with fier songs and dances in
j stead of being feasted with nie odies
and terpsicliore.ip . shlhiiinti". and fam-
ished so far as n real story is con
' cerned.
AS A !. i.' v.s.tur to Pouth mer.ca.
XlPetcv llurton i lately associated
j Jiere will the eer-io-he-rri.emhered
4 Forbes-I'.'iheris.iti Sir Herbert Tree and
i his own and Iraiiwl'.e llarker's produc-
hs own and Urainille Uarker s proiiuc-
LijAlir Mi.IhmVs and the Lion' and
Jffllener.H niui.r for the 'burnS,
MA- r.garded ..s speaking as one
JBtl authontv and not as the
K' on the suhjer. of movies
'r. Iluiton '.iil.s with enthusiasm or
nuin.v outhis for cinematographic
energv in Sout.i America ami teils n'
the enormous ho'd the films have "down
under." even f "e lttln lxipulatloi
have an ou'si,.,rten preferen..j f..
! French and Spanish subjects unit Pel.
, cula." c films "i as tl.ev are there known
I In Panama. Fe uador. Culomtiia a' 0
' Peru, Mr. Burton, of The Better Oe
' (which he is .aet'i to remind us ,s
J now running a' in li" ...d Street T' ea-
ire), found thn' ike moving pictures"
t reigned supren e to the a'inost entire e-
elusion of .linniii, . on edy an.l even
' jrand opera iu' n Aigentlnn, Chile and
. Brazil thev i Jentlv share the f.eld
tvvlth these oiliei older arts At pres-
en't, he reiterates, the sister art of the
j drama is a. together out placed h.v the
4 more popular anil cheaper moving p.c
i tures. and thousands of cinema palaces
I abound In 'he mo-e dei.se'y populated
en
districts of chile
-he vrgent.na and
Brazil.
I South Amei cans, aci ordltig to Mr.
Burton, .pieier to take tlnir moving
plctuies In installments Tho South
"Americans can pav for either one two
three or more ree s of a moving nature
vi thev will divide up their interest and
expenditure iicordlngh . hut the prices
vary uccoiding to t'ue expense or popu-
' larlty of a pktuie and I'.s appeal to
' the masses V some almost operatic
1 prices preva.i and heatr!ea! rates of
the North ,i'e often exceeded Rurli.g
' t,he last sumniei, Percv liuiton toon
,' alone in his artistic knapsack comm.s-
' Hlnn for the production or reptoductlon
W of" films of the Flussian revolution and
several Allied war jilctureji, but copies
of tne nun were suosequen'ly Held up
r.
the
censor His trip coat run
.twenty pounds (weight, and goodness
2 knows liow man.v pound-i isterl.ngi.
- But despite Mr Put-tons film flivver. t.vv Fields, staning In 'Frendiv
th movies are under favorab'e stellar Knem es a" 'he Lvi'ic, (teternuneil to
.Influences, whether Southern Cros or be an actor from 'he vrv momuit he
i role-Star of 'he North. donned knickerbockers .n.l from tne
. ,. .. i flrat he was on, fot 1 .s ti.other te.ls
T"!IF LTNCIl WIlMiMs .,i, him that when he wan a. bo- of six he
TE5st' I'TM l vv iLlilA.MS. author d tu ne ,,nB,ni and dantlng wi-.n
O of "Why Marry?" the comedy on tne ether thi.dren weie tuakmg trud-
marrlne which will be put on at the plea He has been ut ir ever sinie
j Ad.lphl Monday, has probably written ' "Mv fathe- had a fruit and nsh sto ie
.u.... ..... .. ".. ..t...ird we had a big woodshed full of
.more invuv ...... io." "n ny '-"ner
younger days Mr. AVIlllatns was a
J iwspperman and spent much of his
I lm In the coiirln writinftT up for big
I paper tritls ana tribulations hinging- nn
l tha Murnarft nuefttion.
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I which w publlhed flrgt as a serial
and later In book form, netvreen 1901
and lllfcha wrote a acore or more of1
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Opera House
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FEPcTUSOM,
-HIS PARISIAN WirE.
followed thciu w uh a f-c otid novel
called 'The l.uxun of Marriage.' that
was followed by still another. "The New
Marriage."
While working on Wh Marry?'' Mr
Williams also wrot "llematlm; Time."
an "Idyl of Hlvoroe" and at present he
is engaged In writing an entirely new
stor around the subject.
And at that 'Who's Who'' sets
.down as a Henedtet
TI, W1, i.jams'S matrimonial drama.
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- LT - L has a heavv handicap In Its f.ivo
tin the piesence of an attor whom
"Who's Who" would doubtless classify
as an expert llenedlct none other than
' that frequent escorter of oratig" blos
soms anil rare old Valenciennes bridal
veils to th a. tar. Nut '. tloodwin. Hi
ts able to be er blithe about It. too'
1 During the drives for the l.lbert
I Loans there was no more active worker
1 among stage people than Mr. toodiln
At each performance during the cam
Anl he got a lot of them.
For one reason, he ha." his audiences
laughing with him before he started.
"Folks." he would say, "you all know
I've experimented a bit with those other
kind of bonds the matrimonial kind, 1
mean. Well. 1 want to tell oti that
wh.le. Ini still strong foe them. If I '
couldn't have both kinds Id rather have
one of these t.il.ert.v Loan bonds anv
time than any other kind I know of."
Questioning audiences of the mter-o-gatlon
"Whv .Marry?" may be able to
get an answer to that other interesting
querv. "Why Marry Nat litiodvvln?"
It's nren done, often. 'Unuw.
Mr i;.inrlw:ii would probably retor1.
Whv no" marr Nat Ooodwin I' s
been done, often, v'knovv"'
KT.AW & i:ilLANUKP. Lave de
velopfri a gteat deal of rcptct for
the discrimination of Philadelphia's mu
skal comedy fans They have put on
most of their big mlrth-melody-and-maidens
shows In this rlt for a decade,
uvjnllv on the spacious Forrest singe,
and usual! v for a run Haitv cudgel
,ng of the Playgoers ImelKct what re
ina'ns of it at the end of a perfect
weeK" lliut !'. u iifeit..v busy week
resurrtcts from the "in. bo of t'.e suc
cesses of jesterer such memorable
delights as '"The Plm. L.d." "h. "''.
PWpli.n." The U.'.e-a nirl. ' Voiind
the Map." "JUm Sprlnst'me" and "The
. Olr! liehlnd ihe Oun '
The latest of coure. . "The Ve.vet
Lady." the Tutsda; even ng pe-torm-once
of wh.'.i. b the vvav, the com
poser. Victor Herbert, w 1 conduut
Th.s used to be ..ailed ir.wns it or.
the dog. bu; M and K. recognize tha
th.s is r. canine town and their local
premiers n.e.: the exacting standards
"f ent. im set bv ...pl.!st.cate.l Ph 'a-
rte'pli a .'a -goers
FROM SPORTS TO STAGE
Man Ktlwartl- I'atiseil in Movie.-
Kn Roulc Kroni (.riihron
an Iklvv a -os
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wl.'j n a ed '
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Mar. a wlllf l goes 11"
e, Mi.r.rta' to 'ne ."hestn ;
House has f'en befn se
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Marguerite
c. nr; '-.,"-.',;,.. 1,, , V lo
let Mercerea'i Pegg Wood and Mar
Plckfold . .
Mr Flwards was neen l.eie iast sea
son in "Love o Mike" Lx-footbaii plav .
e- of itutg. rs and Princeton olleges
Mr Kdward served six vears in (he
Cn.ted States mllit.a as a inemner .
.! seventh New York rtegiment. Ho
ti.i ,- . -n I nthtiitl.. eeror.ls
is tne noiue. .. .-...... ":-..-,,
, P'yi'j; 'rvTrdsn.so u,ei to 'drive
high-povverid nuton.oDius in cup r.o r
In one of the Vanderbilt cup races on
Ixinp Island lie rat. Into n ramh in
which he was so badly inuKd on the
Jericho turnpike tha' he spfnt lhre
month3 in a hospital thereafter. lid
finally emerged w.th the reso.u'.on to
quit that gan.e for good
It was at 'lo '-n " tha' he decided
to go on the stage ard hearing that
liiobwth Men bury, "-.e 'lie.itrical agent,
was looking for ".ill uiing men for n
Hi-oadw.-.v muskal tirno j-t'on he a once
presented himself ai.d sh" se.tcted li.ni
as tne best su. led land'da'.e Bhe had
seen iha .s" physi-a'i". for the par' of
Oian In ' l.ov,. ., Mlk.
AN ACTOR AT SIX
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Date Rack to Knickerbocker-
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thee out ami made a staco of hoxea.
wi'h a renular curtain and footliKhts.
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groor aprons the street ami lie, used to
swipe the eandlrs for the ftotllKhts
nrf n: he nerlshable "props' like cake
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ami tnead and cnndV (bometlmea When,.. ,,, in the service anil has not vet
and hioad and cnnUy tbometlniea when
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'FRirNDLr ENEMIES "L-jpic-
THE CRITIC T4LKS
TO Ml SIC LO ERn
W rohly Comment on Things
Musical in Discriminat
If
ing Philadelphia
fTWIF, perforinattce of Saltit-Saens's
-- opera, "Samson et Pallia." which he
himself describes a, his master work,
by the Metropolitan Opera Coinpanv
last Tuesday evening, was the first
revival of u French iv.era it Philadel
phia since t.le dose of the gleat war.
It is furthermore probublv the onl
operatic work, if indeed tint the onl.v
musical composition, that is in any way
univfd wtth the two greatest wars of te.
cent jc.-irs. the Franco-Prussian war. In '
is;n. and tlie world disaster of 1S11-1S.
In which the work of reconstruction
Mill pes before us.
Snlnt-Saens. who I. as Jus announced ;
his retlrenient as a composer to devote
his remaining years to well-earned rest,
btgan the composition of the opera In
I'M. Jus. half a leniurv ago this year
when he was thirty-four vears of age.
The worn was in the progress of compo
sition when the war betwicn Frame and,
fiermany began. The second act w-as
completed before France had mobilized
her full strength and was privately re
hearsed In Pans, as the composer,
strangely enough, is said to have had
some double as to the t ffcctlveness of
the pTc.v. love scei.e between Samson
and Pa'du. a scene r.mv general! cou-
eiled to be the t.ios- he.iullfu! musically
and among the most effective drama"
rally In the ertue work
At th.s pr vate rehearsal tie part of
the hero, Samson, was sung bv lletni
Hegnauit. the painter and Intimate
friend of Saint -S.tens Then, as In 10H.
Frame was obliged ... diaw on her full
strength in men to protect her political
liberties, and llegnault was tnk'n into
the army a few days later. Wlth.ri a
month ! e la dead on the field of battle
; ',.',: , . .,
Two years after the close of life war
lie great I-renci , omposer wrote hi.
Mnrehe II row. in commemoration
o his ftlend who had givea up h s life
at his countr.v .all
AfTKH
J-A com po
nearly half a century 'he
poser st i.I lived to ee the spin:
of the His1 representative of Samson
avenged hv t-e war which has just
,-i,jh d.
It seenis therefore fitting that
th opera, wlucli carries with t the
re. ollectioi. of France's hitter hunuh
ntif.'i of '&Td. si.ou.d have been chosen
:o ormi the New Voik season and g.vet.
here as t'e flis' of the older Frete h
operas ,i tin-, the vear of Frer.. h
ri..ii.p!
In sp.e of th.s re at on to s dead
Fiep.-l. soida-r. a'.d a nuted painter as
we... a fact that was well known m
Frame, the opera made tnuih fnsiei
progress in (Jenrany than In the land
of the compoFer, and Its beauties vtere
seemiug.j more npiirecnted In th late
neinj countrv than at home The vvat
Interrupted work on the score, whirl
was not completed until 17I. In 1ST!
Mme. Viardot-OarcUi gave a private
performance of the second net and the
first ait was presented at one of the
I'olonno concerts a year later, hut the
work In its etitliety was not given in
Franco tinti. IStio, eighteen .vears after
Its completion and It was nciualiy not
presented a the Paris Opera with an
adequate cast and settings until Ifcus.
twet.t.v vears after the scon- had ben
finis!;, c!
Fifteen .veais eailier .in 1 ST 7 the
opera, with a distinguished .as, was
given its first presentation on any stage
a' Weimar In !ermaiiy, the little town
which haa piaved so iniponant a patt
In modern music. II was also presentid
n llrussels under the direction of Saint.
Srfena hiinsdf, und again in Hamburg
in 1SS3. It had its first production In
Hie I'luled States in IS'j.'. the same year
n which it was given on the stage for
winch It was onglnalh composed, that
of the opera In Par's
SI'KAKIN'i of war in roniifci.nu with
mu?lf, tho PhiUdrliihin im-hestrfl
th
hestni
th s week Hot nn ix-llent PXAtiipIft to
an f-mployori r.n huvn men in th
htmw. Antonio I'Vrrara. one of the flrM
ioi:nistH of tho uri-ufHtra. entireil
t'nlted Statin ann.. een moratiK utto
and was I10r.ornl.lv dlseharKed from ll.e
service last weeli. reaeu.ni; rhlladelphia
on rtaturilay. nn .Moi.day tnornlni, at
the flrn rehenrF.il of the vveeii he v,m
Kiven ...n u.u i...r. ...... m.iiui.k .. ..111
Molms.
Mr Ferrara's hroti ir. 1.0ms, a ho mm
nf th first viohnlsts of l.e or.i.im r;.
, ,,, (n ,n(. service and has 1101 je'
, 1np. Ilrnl wuni.in.n u. -..i- ..ninm.,.,
l"" ZjJ7Z hUoTh TVs
has been received from him that lie Is
uninjured. In spite of tho fact that lie
' saw montha of active service In Ihe'tle doubt that It vvould be followed
,AMI.Aalfrls tlnneestnnrt tViat h an .. ..-.. l
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BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS AND ON THE FILMS
MINNA CTALE
"A TAILOR-MADE
vv.it re .if I, is old place wlirn he te-
1 III OS
'Me s r i-e flag of tl.e orchestta
hears e.gln stars, a highly creditable
record especially when It IV considered
that this represents almost In per cent
of the total inemheishlp. rirl Fa-s-hauer,
one of the second violinists, was
attached to the (Jreat Lakes station and
became a member of the ilreat Lakes
luintvt. which was taken abroad with
Prc.-Idcnt Wilson and the other mem
bers of the pence delt gallon. The mem
bers of the quintet wcte all profes
sional rnusielatir. who enteted the seiv
Ice, and their musical work atttacted
much attention
ALF.TTF.i: addressed to tli.
lMltor of the IJvnNis'i
the Muic
Pfnt.ic
LrnuKrs makes the very pertinent in
quiry, n to why givers of solo recitals,
whether for voice piano or violin, do
noi i lth r tli niselves or have some 'one
do it for them, announce the names of
the pieces they play as encores and also
innounce when there are anv ch.ingTs
made in the program as printed.
Theie seems to be no earthly ica'on
whv then- announcements should not be
lti.ide and evciv reason why they should.
It Is manifestlv Impossible for even the
pi-ol'essiomil musician to he familial'
with everything In the literature of
niustc for urn one Instrument, and it
unquestionably u nds Interest, to a per
formaiue vvIimi the audience knows to
vvh.'t it Is listening. As hearing out the"
latter assiitlon the recent lecltal of
Siigei liaehnianlrioft' in) be died. s
soon as the encores were ended one
heard w hlspetings all over the large,
audienie, "Whin was that he played?"
Naturally Ua. hmanlnoff's fame as a
f'lllllK.ser. Iiv which he Is nrrib.ihlv heller
known lo the musical wot Id than as a
initios! nan sometning io no wiin iiie
manifestation of interest In li.s cm.ores
for ' is nhva; s of especial Interest to
1 'iir a con. poser perforin his own work
llu. it c.innot he denied ihat this same
feel. iik of curiosity, if von will, csls'S
vvth rtgnrd to the tuinamed works
tila;. -d as encores by ivcry reciiallst
t:.
HOW tlie impossibility of ever
acquiring an exact knowledge of all
the music composed for even one in
strument. It tuny lie mentioned that
after tlie recent iccital given b Toseha
Seldel the wr.ier .ught the names of
two of the I'll, ores with which he was
not familiar. Four of Philadelphia's
gr-aiest professional violinists were in
the audlcn. e, and to them the writer
applied for Information. The name of
one of the nun. hers wos supplied by one
of the four, but none Knew the remaining
one. In addition there was not a single
one of these really great player who
knew the mures of all of tin- encores.
A ml it Is no reflection upon the knowl
edge of Mr. Seldel to siij h.v. m the
r. e-rtoire of all four of these Phila
delphia oloists there are n.nny numbers
wnleli he would not know.
Now. if these brilliant voung per
foriitis. all of whom are (xctptlonnll.v
weli versed in the literature of their
chosen Instrument, did not know what
Mr Seldel was playing for his encores,
whin cham c has the irere music lovr.
W'n more often than not has no spe
cial knowledge of the literature of anv
Instrument, of knowing any of them?
Aid in Hie end tlie whole muFlr.il struc
turn d( nptiils for Its wrv PslMnrc unon
turn hi pi rmi mr i ""') ,. , '" u m
tliiH amo niun.c Invcr, (or It Is lip who,
bv ln support, maUes Ihv i-nlline of llio
piofenslotml muHlclan .om,.I.1,.
V '
-il iino hero tor n icnl Innovation ihat
vvi.u.d liav-f a very pra.ti.'al value.
Tiieu. t'eitnln'.j ran he no loi"s of UIk
nll.v In l.avinf iIiprp aniiouinomi'iitM
nui'lp 'tho hololct tiled not nececnarlly
tiinUi.' il.otn personally, and It would
tiilil nut onlv to rstntillsh more tot dial
relatione lietwteii tln r-olo.t uml IiIh
otnllenri'. Iitit 'vvould (tlvi tl a' niullenre
ebinrtliliiR wlilHi i.s lenll.v lt due. If It
Is entitii-il to l.novv vvl'.nt In on the net
procrani 41 ulioutd liuve the mual rlulit
to know the nnine.s of ni.. extra nun--hern
All incident occurrfil n few renMitiH
nKo vMmli htnrs on tills vjlijert:
A joutiK vvonuin went to the rental of 11
fanioiiH pianist and, lo a frlind whom
ehe met casually in the lohliy of the
Ac-idrn.y. (Mirei-ped the hope that he
would play a i-erialn Miinl! roniposltlon,
vvhiih, she had heard, he cave exceed.
IllKlv vvell. hut with which she was not
fa.i.lll.ir The friend. hnoithiK the nlan-
WT personally, went to him before the
roiueii and aslieil I1I111 lo play the
leet.on as an encore, vvhlc.i he .11,1 Not
Iitiowinit the number vvlien It was played
antUtliere beiriK no announcement made,
tne vouiik lady was not aware that the
teeti.in until a wei-.i niicr. nin. was iiieo
i,l . i.l.ntirv It nmnnir llin v.l
'"T" tth,Ch T. PiV' . ,
Jf BOme recltnU.t of the llrst rank
, would start this Innovation there la lit-
ur.ahle to tiientiiy 11 nmonK ine sevi
-uj mmj-- .v.., -.
HAWES.
MAN.'.Garrick-
Scertp
Musical Events in
the City Xc.vt 11 eel:
T.VM V- Settlement Music School
neighborhood concert. 8 p. in.
Kathcrlne Meisle. Ilernanl Ar
Klowkv.. Agnes "Clune Qultil.in,
soloists.
MOXllAY Moinla -Musicale, Relic-vue-Stratford,
u ji, in, Cilga Sam
nrnff and l'loreuco Macbeth, so
lolsts. Tl I'.HIt.W Philadelphia Music
Hun. 3 P. I".. Aldlne Hotel. Mrs.
.Stanley Ad.licks lecture-recital.
"I)elniss ."
V'C.'.S) I V - S.vniphoti.v I Muh or
chestra. Centra' V. M. i'. A., Ml.'i
p. m.
ir;.V:.s7).l V Henry fiurne.v,
ballad recita., Wltheispoon Ha'll,
:1S p. m.
ritllt.W- Philadelphia Orchestra.
Acndemy of Music. 3 p. in. At
phonse ("athcrliio (Kiiesl coiuluc
tnri; Henri L'.isadesus (viola
d'anioim, soloist.
.N'.U'f'HM V Philadelphia Orches
tra, Academy of Music, 8 ji. m.
Alphotise Catherine (guest con
ductor!: Henri Caadesus (viola
d'anioini. soloist.
(J0.1A'(J El EiSTS .Y
STUDIO AM) CAM CERT
'I " n!njst ti' thi iM'X " tint ri of th
Ho. on S .npli-H tir'nestra. liirn wi'i
.tr.o iil.n i- mi Wi tlno'.tl.i. fvi-ninu. IV.tru.ir
l, it'Hifiiil f thr uhu.i1 Momluy rwnin, will '
!. Hitri'I lla ltm.inlr.nfr. th- bh-jit Kuf-itin
I'.imiMi.,' - ,inl nl.inlst. ! Ml ilny M
uh n m , tu lu minor The tlier num-tt-vn
'n thf nronr.im with th PM-cpiUm nf
ili LurMintln ovorturt-. will bt Trench
ih- nmitx m k roprt'ft ntod bi'lrn t'rsar
K'anrk. Salnl-Sacnt inn! IlHrrfii'-nuit
Thf conrri of lh. Piillatlolphia Orthru
trn pt l-'rtilav iifurnoon find Saturrt.iv
t-inlJitf will iili-o bt inml- up in'lr,lj of
Ir.nrh worlt Tor th'-' tu t-.i-tUmi- Mr
StoktWtM will It-It th" baton lu M. A!
phnne thrn. om- f tlv foadunnrn t
thf I'.iris Opera. h N vUltinar In this
countr on lcn aftrr tutv.nn fi.tmthH in
.h IVfii -h arm. 'Ih' hoU number will be
h fjltt Ivr ln: il'immur nnl nn hff :rn
nlnvicl bv Henri .i.ub ur. who n ilouhi
Urn th norltl'" tfii-att'H: Huthrlt on tne
miriinu-r. ainl 1h huh' Th. nymihni..
will ho thai of t'lmutHur, 'n li fl.it, and a
novf!tv tti'l be ti. Mvmpaonlc puim "a
lom',,' of 1 ior'Mi P. hmltt
Kor her otpa-ai. o a- tl.e fla lu
Piialfn on Moi'lay ufiemoon nx: Mine
Sarr.aroff w II pin loiunrnilon of h-bu"v.
(labrllowltst'h, I'houln. Schumann, (t.u'hmaii
Inoff, liri'-c. liUHont nnl Ili. rion-nr
Macbfth. il' colnraiura wopraiio. illl Pins
;h 4Je-lI Sonc" from "J.aUm& and Iwu
nroup ef smaller worl
Jai(na ll'ifta ih1 ours tluKlan io'm
it will ti.nKo h' rtrt r'itn apparunrA
cf tr.t TirHjtcru H''avin at tho Aradumy of
MusU" n Tufi'lav f wnlnfr. 1-Vbrur.ry 4
'I hi" I thn r c Ital which was orU'lnall
riiPilulpil for Ortohr Su aini twlc postponed
by rnHon f tnfljfnxn
Dr Waldo H!doi Pratt, profit.or of
rnuttlc nitd hmnnloi:.. at the Hartford The
olotcU'al Srmlnar and an nfnrer of th
MhuIk Trtjirhra Vatiniia' Ariiorlatlon. 1!'
lerturo .in -.viuvi. i ninnm nt ini- i-roi;r
Au.lltnrlum nil Mon.U i-vrr.m. Jtinunry S7
, h "rioi'k nlIioiiih imjtv will nlmc
uinun of mkb .h- urfuir ! un.lr tlw
",",'&" iSn. h" """l'''""hia Mu"' "-h:"
a .SViKltbrtrtiooU r-in p.-t w.l bn u.vn In
'l.c .luditorium of Uh S.-ttn-mont Muie
.r-hoo1., 41ft Uticfii Hti.-'t tomnrniw i
tilr.a at H o'cUU. The rMnlntM will lio Mtns
Kiithrrlii" .Mfl"!. ii?araufi, llrrnnr'1 Arslr
Atrs t'flln, und Mfc Acnt-K 'iune QumUn
pmnlHt The nubl.t . ii.td.
riTltnl m Vitr.rMl i'VphIm; Janunn 'Ito,
ot 'tthi-ii,inii Hall, uinii'f tho Hijntrr of
th d-riirtmnl f tuun1' in the lnivtTplty
i o'u'r.ey will lr.it i.l.l iCi.k'.uh
KXtfllfl'm niK"i, . ai tiiin fi-vitiii ,ir
null. rrpi ()
nni An.crliiin iiainiun
There will he pp'!! muM. al ter)'-t n
the Se.'OIiil l'rrlllliin iliunh. Tvvent .
tirt un.I V'.ilnui f.r.'i.M tmnorruiv eviunu
u 7 tO nVlnrk Th" 1 ttrt'T- will 1.0 Hltid
l.v Kurl J'fout vtnlinifcl. un.I Ilnrr.lhv
.tohnitone Ilaeier, hHrpli.1 lloth mxlrn
inrntl ml rhi.rnl o..ni.iltli.n nf N l.lnii.
! Norrten. who lins .-harir.. of the mule
nf lh rliuroh. will h li.flu.li.l In the nutn
l.crH to I." clveii.
llnrn'in I'nnnell Inr.-otie irith 'HUik
r,!rti under the miplei or the fnlvemlty
i:xteiil"n Ho. leiv a' Vl'lnrioon Hall on
Mdne4av evenlnit.Mruary I.,
. .
I'liirK Mivnimann ivi in.' pmno. will Rive
'Sf.rt'mi.il-lSn. i"- M,,' "HtinleAd:
.tirns will h slven m the remilur mr'tlni;
3v";ritrnS.n- "V "MrtTSt hV' AWln.
" fr Art'lliks villi he olte.i bv Mr,
KJwin Wntrous. 5lls Aline Van lUrentcen
n.l Hlnnley AanioK
.::- ::,- tun thn,adnioa i'nn. .....,..-
pJrVJ:J.. lll slve tl.ilr 1..1.0I r,,i.in,,,.-
? elenlnoV SCf." TKlK 'V! , Ri5lr Vri.H'flVftr'Kilfl'r.
. JJc"rt of the nuoll. of the primary sna ' with Kronk Mrlnlrre
ntermenlsie department, will also b. glvtnlKNTIItK CHANOK iiy lill.l. TIlfRSOAV
by'm feu"""-
- .u.n HK n.k..... A i-..
-!" - .in . uiuiiir
from " THE VERY IDEA!'
. Walnut---
l.leees will l.n hsnrtl In lh0 V. M. P. A
Huil.llm.- 1 IL'1 Areh street, on Tuesdav
evening.
.I.-mu.irv i!S. fnr the tlrst concert
m,1,1"!,,"!;!1 J.h;'.,,o"l0'n",',si ,li!L,,M'f.Vi!.1J
AllM.il.Vf?,0vrTollniTr winiain ! F ih.pni.-h l
lbs tonrtuctor nt this mw nreanljutlon.
The llnlin Str.mr Ou..rtel will niumir In
Withersponii Hall on Mund.iv evening, Feb-
ru.irv a. under the nuil.es of the Lnlvcr-
snv extension siipieiv i ne u
usslstlns artist
VMll Is. Itil.i Jellliv. pianist
WAMD: JMOTIONAL ROLE
Pliiladclpliia Actrcs Yearns fot-
Scenery-Eating Part
Mary .Mai tin Is happy In her role of
fortune Ptanlnvv In "A Tnllor-Maile .
.Man," nt the (iarrlck. yet r!ic would like
to have oi.portuniiv lo play an emo
tional pan. Miss .Mat tin Is a Phlla- '
delphiau who went lo school here and I
whu -coinplete.l her studies ut a ionvent-1
here She Is Iwcnty-ono years of age
and her achievements) as n player on
tie stage and in motion pictures seem lo
presage a future
She made her first appearance on the
stage with a local "stock", of course ,
playing minor roles. Then there came
the opportunity to go Into motion pic-
tures and for two years she was leading i
woman for Kuunett I orrlgan. Later
she was engaged as leading wonitn for
William Kainuni in pictures and, later
pla.ved Important roles for the screen
In association with Theda Hara and I
Stuart Holmes. Miss Marjln'H hest work
In pictures Is concnletl to he her Inter
pretation of the tole of Hester In The
Scarlet Letter." As fortune Mnnlavv,
Miss Martin It gaining a reputation that
Is sure to add to her populatlty w th
theatre-goers.
A niaikface Clicslcrfielil
Lew- HavvU'ns. at Nixon's Orand net
week Is Known to vaudeville as "the
fhestcr.leld of minstrelsy." Hack in
the days, of Sam Snnford and Dan Ihn
niett the hurnt-cork performer, while
effective III his sphere, made m pre
1 tensions to rclliiemetit of metliod He
was rough wrv lougli. And lie got tlie
major portion of his l.vighs h.v the old
surclre. slapstut, route
Exlra-FORREST
Friday, Feb. 7 5
Monster Benefit
Matinee
Fon tiii:
ACTORS'
FUND
of America
DirtK' 1 !0" Or DAMEI. rROIJMAN
I'rthlclont of tho Actors' fund
Star FVnturc from rhll.idf Ipbla'H
Ifarilna thrutreN, prrlal uttraitlnni
from f u ork new plus und otlirr
nnrltlH, In h
Mammoth Program
I'rl.rs Slle to SMIO. Seats ,Vlunil.i.
Vo War Tav
-1
ni.tir Ave. Let. toll. A 41l
v.i.i aim A r.tiiw.
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5 FEATURE ACTS
li:il J, AIIIIATII A CO. In
Ml.r HKKK
langerou Dan McGrew
l.iree ('mnr.lv vvllli .Miilr
nn. i.v .iiriiKitMQTT tinr.y s. out hum:
" MAilKI. VillTfAN ,M 1 1 Kit PICKS
TIIK rl('KK(IKI)t.l Also
Photoplays obtained through the Stanley,
Hooking Corporation
i7'!lW, i" !!Tt!IMIKKY I
- foiiimenolni: .Mullnre .Momlav J
i "Amone Thoo Pretont" g .
itt A liuri jlusliul r,.rre vvllh .B
73 y -nil. uni.ru
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1 7 L. ' 1
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FIRST-NIGHTERS FROM AFAR
, , .
I.OIltl-lJlstailCC Record Made 1V
Author's and Star's Relatives
When "MUiy Marr ?" the comedy
which conies to Hie Adelphl next week
opened ill N'ew York It hail two of the
longest distance first nlghters that prob
ably any show In years has had on
llroadway. lloth arrived Just In time to
inn.,. f,-n., tt..,.,. ..n nu in . .a . ,e4.ra
and he there when the curtain rose.
One was a sister of Jesse I.vnch Wll-
Hi. mo tho mithnr The other vina the
i,itl,A.- nr v. it I rlnmlu In r...itt,i-a In
the cast, lloth Mrs. flood win and -Miss
Williams make their home In California ,
and both remained in .New ork a little '
more than forty-eight hours, stnrtlng
!" ll.'e '" 'B "'I' ""'" 1 ,u" '." '
'""' bad the pleasure 01 wit nesaing tne
frvorable reception accorded play and
tutor.
"WARTIME ITALY" LECTURE
"Wartime Italy" Is 13. M. New-man's
Luiope Traveltalk next Friday evening
and Saturday aft.rnoon at the Academy
of Music. This sunim-r Mr. Newman
was privileged to visit and photograph
scenes on the battle fronts nt Monte
(Irappa, the Plava and the Aslago pla
teau. The motion-pictures will depict manv
stirring fcenes at the .front. Itai.v cele'
hr.itlng her third anniversary of the
war, Venetian street scenes, the (Itand
t 'anal with waillme changes, scenes of
Hie ustrlan letieat and disaster I'.omati
slrei ts and markets. ,
CHESTNUT BELOW TWELFTH STREET
GREATEST AMUSEMENT VALUE EVER OFFERED!
ni;xt wi:i;ki
Exclusive Engagement of the Internationally Famous Artiste I
" MARGUERITA SYLVA
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SIMillllN,
tllK'Atitl OI'KliA ASXIICIATION. sOCIKTV JIT MFnil AN
I'Allls (iltA.MI (ll'l:it AMI I'AKIS lll'KRA t OM1IIII-;
Offering a Repertoire
"COLOR GEMS"
SPECIAL COMEDY KEATCKK!
Al. & Fanny Stedman
In "Pianocapcra"
GEORGE & PAUL HICKMAN TED
KXTltA l)li:i ATTItAt'TION!
AXD
JOHN-HY AMS &
Prescnb'ng "Maybloom,"
Inu Miovvk lluilv i . .VI., 'Me unit fltlc.
r.iti Mimhh ii UVrk in Ailtunrr.
No Trlrtilinnp (Irilrrh loH
MATINEES
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NJ-AV YIIIIIO lll(i(ilT latdlllMi MCl'llvv
Tko
Vory
1 v.i.llr.m HITII A
.l.v till. 1. 1 111 l.eivltll
OM". WIIOIl: st.ASON AT TIIK ASTdlt TIIKATIH". .V V. 4 Sr,rm I ,em Start M Tiituh
HeRinttinp; Mon., Feb. 3 .Mats. Tucs., Thtirs. nnd Sat. Scats Tiles.
Till! ITN.'IIT l'l..V IX TIIK IIMH.IMI I.AN(il AtiK
TWIN BEDS
Willi lOI mil.TOV uml vineelal Ciitt I'lilrlv UrUtl h l.n.nli. n, sfr,,,mi
Coming Feb. 17 BiRRest Sensation of the Season!
"WIVES OF MEN"
VIKTIKIl'III.ITAN OI'KliA Mill si
Slrtropolltan OlM-rii TuCS.EVff.Fcb.4 M
BARBER OF SEVILLE
Mines, lieinpel .vilimein .lljt llai'K.'tt (llrst
sppeivrnn.e), Pet.iiea Mnr.l.ne Mi.littfutn
L'nn P.lt'l Pets lint Chest Will, 1 151, Itnre (17
i wr.7vm. i.
AI'AIIKMV
1 violin
IMei-'tl I.V
JASCHA
HEIFETZ
TlrUft- nj IJfPPj's 1110 (i.fstniit. ( lirrks to
(len. T. Mall. Tlckrla .l.ltr.i (lit. ail, good.
ACAMIMV (IK MCSIC
nOSTOK lWe.lnes.l-.-, i,, r,, at S;ts
LiMti.iievv I HnlnUt
h.MI'IIOt DArUUIAMIMnri-i
nitciii'STHAl "nwunmninwrr
TiekeUnownnssledtlleppo'.
I.iluil I llin Chestiiut Htrret
lor ' Amtihlrliratre, i'.-.o
Henri Ital.
tonaU'
VC.VIII-VIV S-.nt et lleppeW, 1110 Chestnut
PHILADELPHIA! T..igk .1 lis
1 ORCHESTRA! f-g'&SWt
BACK TO "TWO-A-DAY" .
Hymns hnA Mclntyrc ARaJn Hear
Vaudeville a l-nll
I Placrs In the two-a-day fiequentlr
back lo vaudeville. Headllners arc fre
quently passing from this popular form
of entertainment' and become stars In
musical comedy and the legitimate, but
there Is something attractive about
vaudeville, which sooner or later calls
these artists back to its fold.
The most recent case In point Is .hkt
of John Hyams and I-ella Mclntyre, two
of the youngest and most popular of
musical comedy stars, who are one
Imoro back In vaudeville with a rdaylet
'with songs, called "Maybloom." Hyams
land Mclntyre are known as, vaude
1 vllllans. but It Is a fact that neither
began a career In the two-a-day. John
Hyams made his first appearance on thn
I stage with William Collier, who wan
I Ills mentor. As will be remembered by
close students of the stage, Hyams was
a member of the company headed by
. Collier, which presented "Miss Phila
delphia" In this city many years ago.
.Miss Mclntyre In a product of musical
'comedy and Is Identified with the char
acter of a Quakeress assumed In sov
.eral productions.
! It was In this city that Hyarns first
met Miss Mclntyre, and it was also In
this city that they became man and
wife, so that their engagement at II. F.
Keith's Theatre as the first week of
their return to vaudeville Is simply
adding another chapter to their success
ful career on the stage. Since last seen
here Hyams and Mclntyrc have starred
In several musical shows, the most re
cent being "My Home Town Girl."
BOYS. "OVER THERE" SAFE
New.mon Takes Auilienre to Front In
Travellalk at Academy
Philadelphia mothers need have no
fear for the welfare of their sons "over
there." This assurance was given by
E. M. .Vewman In his traveltalk, "War
time France," at the Academy of Music
last night. In many of the colored and
moving pictures of the Yankees In
France lie showed fiow they have en
deared themselves to the French coun
try folk, with whom they have been
hlllptprl
"The Interest shown by the French
Tor Amei lean soldiers Is often pathetic.''
said .Mr .Newman, "as tney frequently
mother them In place of their own sons
who made the supreme sacrifice on the
battlefields."
This lecture, the second in the tenth
season of .N'ewman trnveltnlks. which
will be repeated this afternoon, afforded
a larce audience the privilege of meet
ing I'ncle Sam's soldiers face to face
in lie r i.'ircc iiaininiT canios. ut see.i.ii
them go "over the top and in all their
nctlvltles which eventually caused the
fall of Kalseilsm. It gave the audience
the mmni-f oriitv of viewlnir actual flcht-
ing scenes, of 'seeing the miraculous eu-
Rineerlng work to care for the millions
of troops and the horrible devastation
to cities and villages wrought by the
,.erman norues.
Mr. Newman's credentials permitted
him to go with the troops wherever
thev attacked, and the scenes he por
t rayed Indicated that he braved much
danger to let Americans sec what mod
ern warfare Is.
"Itoliin Hood" Music at Stanlev
So innnj expressions of approval have
come to the Stanley regarding the fes
tival of comic opera played by the Stan
ley foncert Orchestra this week, when
"The Mikado" "was interpreted, that
Krank W Huhler. managing director of
the Stanley cmpativ, lias announced
that these festivals will be continued
He Koven's "Itohin Hood" has been se
lected as 'he comic opera for the second
of the series for the week commencing
Monda)
of Exclusive Songs
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