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By IIISNKY M. NERLY
'LflE new mitflrnl cemcily, "Afgnr," will be the only novelty In the lcRftlmnte
1 thentreH Memlny . It rernes te the Lyric fet two weeks, with tfie fewlnntlnu
ny, Rclypln ,1C fcntrc1 lIn.vcr. The Walnut Street Tlicntrc will be dork
&"m Helbroek Illlnn comes In with "The nnd Mnn." Of course, there will be
! talenl chnnRcs'ef bill nt Keith's, the Chestnut Street Opcrn IIetiBe nnd the
liniller vniulfvllle places, but otherwise the theatrical bill of fare rcmnlns m Is,
MlE cleRlns of the Walnut shows
ll tlie present nppnllliiK Btngnntlen In
'. (ietr!cnl business. Se many sbews
ftricals '
Old Favorites
-Vnier Way
tlnuew"
mnlndei
terer lnew
and being put en the
lee box that , no
theatre Is new able
te depend upon con-
hnnklnss throughout the re
binder of the season. A manager
r?. i-n. when some nlny that he Is
S.nindlnjr en will be withdrawn, cither
'Vn that happens, It Is virtually Itn
'SSble te find another te nil In with.
P Tire news closed In New Yerk thiH
wek and three last. There hnve been
- withdrawals se far this season
ikn there hnve been In any entire
,Mn n the memory of the eldest In
Kbltant. There will be half n dozen
if: j;cW Yerk houses dark next ,wcek
The public is' "shepninff" for its en
hrtjlnmcnt this year. It isn't buying
t. ,. It line .Inttn In ntlinr
vhrtPM '. IID !- .!" -'. - ...... .
jttn,
It isn't paying geed money for
tttta'ulth tlie geed-nil tuYed nttltudu
hit If tlic'shew doesn't suit, It doesn't
Sheivs That are Coming
Te Philadelphia Soen
Ierrm1ifr 10 "Declnssee,"
i-inei uarrymere. Dreail.
nivrpmher 2(1 "The Famous Mrs.
Pair," with Henry Miller and
uinncne uaes, aarrlck.
"The Pnsslntr Shew of I
liert
''lied Pepper," with Mclntyre and
Heath. Lyric.
"The Wandering Jew," Ferrest
with
1021," Shu-
there is one essential te geed tragedy.
The main character must have some
human attribute in really big form. It
mm- be a favorable or an unfavorable
attribute; If may be love or hatred,
generosity or miserliness, cowardice or
bravery, vice or virtue. Whichever It
Is, It must be big nnd the trngedy must
up the inevitable outcome of this at
tribute. Tuan Oallnrde lacks this. He is
merely n petty, vain, selfish, lustful
nniniHl. II. fa the Hinall-tlmn tvm. Hmi-
min inr nnvu'iiv nwn....
bnatfpr II Ultuiv iwi,. ,'"Vi . (millM'M IlPirilPP trfnnf- ut'miinl. M
We are waiting new for our friend great repugnance In nil audience. They
,as n piny first and tell hi; j vrhciher , Jen't like 1,1m. but he Isn't big enough
it I, geed or net. U c aren t buying for them really te hntc. Consequently
blind. We're looking eyer the samples they aren't particularly Interested In
.. if we don't like 'cm, we aren't what beenmei of Mm ' m...'" . " t',1
The new shows Imvelind the bnrd
est kind of sledding. They hnve found
It se difficult te get under way that
Krernl managers have definitely aban
doned plans for new productions nnd
ire making revivals of old-time fnr-
W'TTnc fiaslest Way" anil "The
Merry Widow" started It. New we
rt te get "The Chocolate Soldier."
"Bought nnd Paid Fer." "Alias
Jimmy Valentine." "The Squaw Man."
"Salemy Jane" and "Within the
Luff," te say nothing of another pres
entation of "Tlie Hcturn of 1'etcr
Orlmm."
TnEIin are some Interesting changes
in prospect for Philadelphia theatrc-
jeers.
nr comes ine news inni me rw
cf Thontre irnes Inte nletnres en
January 0. "The Wnnderln- .Tew"!
opens the ilnv niter Christmas ami
will be the last of the legitimate per
formance'? In the, house. On .Tnnunry
9, D. W. Griffith tnkes it ever for six
weeks for the presentation of his latest
photoplay spectacle, "The Twe Or
phans." Then, in March, it becomes
one of the Shubert vaudeville chain.
There are many interesting rumors
regarding the new theatre that is te
be built here. A man who Is in
pretty clec touch with nmusement
affairs locally tells me that there Is n
difference of opinion as te the best site.
The btery lie gets Is thnt Jules Mnst
baum, who is interested with the syn
dicate, li strong for the site of the
Adams Express Cempnny building nt
Eighteenth and Market streets. The
lyndicate prefers the old Episcopal
Academy site, southwest corner of
Juniper nnd Lecus) , just behind the
Hetel Walten.
His dope is that if Mastbaum with
draws, Chnrles Dllllnghnm will put
the necessary money in, providing the
downtown site is chosen, but thnt Dll
llnghnm will have nothing te de with
the Eighteenth street place. This Is
denied from the Mastbaum offices.
"Mr. Mnstbaum nnd Mr. Dllllnghnm'
are in perfect nccerd," they told me.
"The site for the theatre has net yet
been definitely selected, but wherever
It is, both Mr. Mastlmum ana .Mr. un
lingham will be satisfied."
Themas M. Leve, an official of the
ajnillcute, nlse denies reports of nnv
friction between the. Dillingham and
Mastbaum interests.
T WILL be geed news te followers
of the Mac Desmond players te
Inow that the rumors of her attack
of appendicitis are exaggerated. The
Itery irns that the company had te
close suddenly in Schenectady se she
could be hurried here for an opera
tion. The truth is that she broke
iexen from overwork, but is note re
covering rapidly at Atlantic City and
Kill reopen at the Metropolitan Opera
Ileuie the day after Christmas.
SOimy I didn't get aisle seats for
"The Ureadwny Whirl," nt the
Ferrest. I didn't mind it until these
pretty little girls came clown among the
audience for their "IJuttore-Me-Up-the-Daik"
and "Lot-Cutie-Cnt-Your-Cuticle"
stunts.
Funniest comedy I've seen this year
as diip te these songs but the comedy
jvasn t en the stage. It was furnished
by n vcrv htcrn and severe matron who
flared fixedly and very ominously
tralght nliend of her while her fat
jmfDnnd buttoned one of the girls up
"if bark, nnd took his own geed time
doing it.
The Uttle girl was smart enough te
we w-lmt was going en, tee. Se when
we came down for tlie cuticle" stum
.j ttn,,k,l1 rlK''t up te the same man
J1J, while she was buffing his nails,
.,h tn i!gnse "tcrn Wlfey 'n convcr cenvcr convcr
laten. The thermometer in that vl-
und for signs of liquid air.
fnl i"n '""Wine what n nice, chcer
ti,,',Jul y llt,lu linner nW" thnt par
v.. -e l0lne l,rt'sented that night. Ob.
amii il,J',I"-,ebably talkeil It all ever
"d laughed gleefully about it. Bloeey !
fHDATIHCAL jieepk are beginning
eurnf reBInV1 ,"The Bat" n wire
Srfi.f2r iMcit 'llcfttre- UP te nnd In.
ClUUlllB nst KlltllF.lnr l. l.... I.-.I
6$M pm Perfern"inccs in New Yerk,
death te tliern is merely nn Incident
nnd net nt all n tragedy.
The one really big feature of that
final scene falls te the role of the faith
ful and loving wife. As C.nllarde's eyes
glaze in death nnd she leniw ever him,
he thinks It is the beautiful Denn Sel,
and he Is hniipy in the thought that she
has returned te him. And the wife,
still sacrificing her nil for his lmppl
Jiess, carries out the deceit, though her
.'iear , H ',r,en,kl,1&. "id lets him die In
the blNsful Impression thnt it Is the
ether woman whose arms nre around
The trouble Is that this bit of real
tragedy comes se suddenly nnd quietly
and unexpectedly thnt Its true slg
nlficance is lest en half the audience,
lue lilen should hnve been "planted"
MUViIm.nb(,f.er(7 Thcre RlleuI,l be a
' .ftiM l, . J.'fcctly
i,. in i l r".,J 1'enn we1 were
there. His fenr of death is "planted"
1" n "own Places earlier In the play.
j n.,1., ut. uuupieu witn tlie Denn Sel
li Vn 5ct tlm.t finaI sce"e ncresa with
the full force thnt Is possible te it.
Naturally this would strengthen the
part of the wife perhaps nt some expense
te the star. But Madeline Dclmnr
shows herself fully capable of handling
n big situation; In fact, she Is the
outstanding artist of the cast, with nil
uue respect te Mr. Skinner. And, in
nny event, the role of Gnllarde as writ
ten shows n mnn whose very nnturu
keeps him from being the central figure
of a tragedy. He Is only the contribu
tory cause of the real tragedy which
Is the wife's.
Mr. Skinner does some skillful bits
of acting In hl thankless role. Twe
quiet scenes In the first net, where he
Is being dressed for the bull fight, nnd
In the third net, where l.c und his two
children surreptitiously remove the
bandages from his Injured leg are
worthy te rank with the best charac charac
terl'.atlens of the contempernry stage.
And bis frenzy of Insane rnge when he
finds Denn Sel bns cost him nskle for
n poet, when he curves the head of the
great bull en the wnll nnd fires his re.
velvcr nt it in token of Ids hatred and
contempt for the whole bull tribe nnd
the bull ring with its Dectlng glory nnd
its fickle plnudlts of the cruelly heart
less crowds, rises te a fine height of
emotleunl work.
On the night I saw the play I did
net have time te read the nreernin
befere the second act. But as It went
en I beenme Impressed with n smnll bit
played by an attractive -eung woman
at the piano. There was something
about 'her that mndc her comedy get
right across the footlights and she
scercl with lines thnt were net in
themselves provocative of even a smile.
She showed such genuine comedy In
stinct thnt as seen ns the lights went
up I consulted the program te see who
she was. The name was Cernelia Otis
Skinner.
I'm glad I didn't see It before the
act began. It gave me a chance te
form an unbiased estimate of her with
out the Influence of her famous father's
name. I'm n rooter for Cernelia from
new en.
ltn cllicnR nnd eighty here. New
?,,re lut0 V10 Lyceum Theatre,
of en,? LmereTlth another company,
2;ft',""ani! hnH Pt that house back
On !,,. . . "" "l UU1IBU UlICK
then I Tv' xttcr n Hcftsen ln wulch the
ether shows Vry Ud buslne8s w,th
..m.."'8 ,t0. nn announcement this
riSV i?1 um l.nn" Kemper have de
chin " .l?.ccn X1)e. n"t" In I'hlladel
Ienr if A t l. Apm anyway, and
lge.r. ,,f.the. buBlness holds up te even
--, lrliH or wnnt
Is new.
JBE BUVllERT came ever from New
tUtXV'i !il"n'laV, night te see Lee
teSil'ciB in "" Value." Liked It
V"(,' ordered the show right into
tBn.net,wek' That was already
ThTaH'i a.nd ceuW, ee canceled,
tew "P."1''' re Doing te Harne their
New v hm,tr' t'erty. ninth street,
fl,e0 1 erfc, the Ditrichstein Theatre.
T
"KltH Bcemg t0 be ft ycry gcncrn,
Bltin0lJKh vaeue disappointment at
ewnner's new play, "Bleed and Band. '
i- . . . . new at the Bread
moea and Sand1' street Theatre. It
0r """" Bireet xneatre. 1
WOM te Be isn't merely be
Wanged a lilt cause the ending I
tn. . tragic;
""My finds" ready ndmlrera.
go e.d
.But
rllE success of "Hull Deg
mend," at the Garrick, adde
Drum-
added te the
triumvh of the Adelphi thriller, seems te
point a tray out of the present theatri
cal slump. It is: write geed melo
drama, Ooed melodrama has had a
powerful appeal ever since Adam was
a pup. It will be appealing when this
old earth cools down and prepares te
join the ranks of dead celestial bodies.
Itut "Hull Deg Drummond" deserves its
success. There isn't even a miner part
that isn't taken with quite exceptional
ability.
t sees Oscar Straus operctta, "The
Last Waltz," which begins its last
... . .. week Monday night
Nelsen's Fall at the Shubert,
in "Last Waltz" wenders about that
Net Accidental fall that Eddie Nel
son, the principal
fun-maker, tnkes Inte the orchestra pit.
On nil sides you can hear comments
such ns "I'll bet thnt was uninten
tional" or "Wonder If he does that
every night."
Well, ns a matter of fact, that is nil
part of the comedian's "business," and
did net even originate In "The Last
Waltz" through an accident. Nelsen,
I understand, brought It ever from
vaudevllle with him, At any rate,
James Barten, who played the role
ever In New Yerk, did net include that
fall in bis cntegery of stunts. Tlie
main thing Is, however, that everybody
concerned makes the fall seem acci
dental, and a portion of the audience
Is always fooled.
NEJ
EXT week's new show is a musical
comedy called "Afgar." put out by
nnmsteek and Cost, sponsors for
"Mecca." I understand that It Is
quite a spicy bit of work, but after
seeing all the shows at all the theatres
this season, that doesn't mean a thing
In my young life. They have tnken
all the spice out of splcincss. In fact
(though It sounds mixed up from a cul
inary viewpoint) the rawest things are
se well done thnt mere spice doesn't
give 'cm n flavor.
The star of the show Is delicious
Alice Delysla, whom some one re
cently described ns "the pet of Paris,
the love of Londen and the nectar of
New Yerk." She's French, of course,
speaking English with a delightful oc ec
cent and using United States with a
naive collection of slang words ami
phrases picked up In her eight months'
stay' in New Yerk last season.
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MUSIC NOTES
Vnrdl'H emtrn "nrnanl" will bfl sunir next
Tuemlny fvenlne nt the Acartemy et Munlc
liy the MUrepnlltnn Opera Company. Fer
tnc nrst time, tiiia uune. ine inmeus nun
tone, will ulnir with thin company In rnllfi rnllfi
delphin. Ills mln Mill be thnt of 1'en Cnrles.
Mme. lleiin Pennclln will slnic the role of
Dennn Klvlra. Mr. Crlml will tftUe the role
In which he wen high prnle in Itnly, nnd
the bnnii role, thnt ej. Den ile Sllva. will be
nunc by Mr. Mnnlene. Othem In the cnt
will be Mme. Ilm-ncr nn nievnnnn, Mr. Iinila
nn rtlccnrile nml Mr. Iteschlllan as June.
MI'S Qnlll nnd Mr. HonflRlle will lend the
ballet. Mr. I'apl will conduct.
PROBABLY very few of the large
audience who heard the flne trcsen
tntlen by Giuseppe Agestlnl of no ne no
delfo In "Ln Behemcr' nt the Met
ropolitan last "Wednesday evening wcre
nwnre that they were listening te the
mnn who created the role ln the United
States, twenty-four yenrs nge last
month,
"The first performance of La
Behcme' in the United States," said
Slgner Agestlnl, "wns nt Les Angeles
in November, 1807. I bnve forgotten
the day of the month, as the perform
ance did net, at the time, make nny
especial Impression en me or en the
ether members of the cempnny. AN e
were producing n number of new operas
en that tour and we did net renllxe the
tremendous pepulnrlty thnt was te come
te 'Bolicme' later, although I must say
that, from the first I felt Its Intense
dramatic and musical possibilities,
"In the same wny, I de net remem
ber much of the detail of thnt first per
formance. I wns associated nt thai
tlme with the De Centc Oncrn Company
nnd the chief thing thnt I remember u
te our reception by the public was tlie
fact thet we had practically no change
nf nktiimpH. wlileh nlrriimstnncc
seemed te mnkc a greater Impression en
' .1. ...t.ltM Al.. . .nfllrt Mlftvl. .I'll!.).
IIIU HIUIIU Ulllll UI1J UIU1UUI. VI .....v..
we did.
It A FTEIt we gave 'Behcme' in Les
-t- Angeles we went te San Frnn Frnn
clsce, where the second performance in
the country wns given. After thnt we
toured East, giving the epcrn in n
number of cities. I nlse sang Itodelfo
In the New Yerk premiere of the work
in 1808. given. If 1 remember correctly.
In the Wnllnck Thcwtrc. A) few days
after this, we gave it for the Hist time
in Philadelphia, nt tlie Seuth Bread
Street Tlicntrc. There ere ninny Phlln
dclphlnns who remember this perform
mice nnd n number of persons have
told me during our present stay In this
city, that they heard It.
"Net long nge the matter of tlie
first performance of 'La. Behcme' in
this country enmc up ns n dispute be
tween Les Angeles nnd Snn iranclsce
as te which city hnd had the American
premiere. I was in the East at ti.
time, but they sent for me te come
West nnd tell in person where it wns
performed. At considerable personal
inconvenience I did se, and wns obliged
te tell the Snn Franciscans that the
first performance took place in their
rival city. They were sorely disap
S TO the feceptlen by the Amcrl-
enn nubile of the early perform-
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juices el ueiicmc, it wns nniurni mac,
'. I. nil. (f fjlintifrt tinf tin ut .in11 nn-
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tireclated as it eecninc later. I'uccini
"As
te the operatic stage, nnd it would bnve
been Indeed remarknble If his composi
tion should have been accepted imme
diately nt whnt Inter proved te be its
real value, especially in a country be
relatively unfamiliar with the traditions
of the opera as the United Statce.
"Nevertheless we had geed beuses nil
through the tour. The larger cities
appreciated the opera, ns might be ex
pected, better than the smaller places,
nltheugh It was as well received even
in the latter us could be hoped. In
u few seasons the attltude of the
American public toward this great
epcrn wns enthusiastic, notably that of
San Frnnclsce, where ln 1000 and the
thrce sensens following I appeared ln
It four times a week In a ucasen of
thrce weeks."
SIGNOIl AGOSTINI has been closely
nKReelntcd with the epern in vhich
'he created the principal mnle rele in
this country. "in iuuj, ne saia,
"Mr. Caruso made his Amcrjcan debut
with the Metropolitan Opera Cempnny
In 'Rlgolctte.' He wns te sing Bo Be
hcinc' the third night of his appear appear
.nnce. It wns net the first perform
ance of 'Bolicme' by the Metropolitan
Opera Company, but it wns te be Mr.
Caruso's first appearance ns Itodelfo.
"On the afternoon of the day of the
performance he wus taken suddenly 111
and Mr. Cenreld, then director, sent
for me, as I was In New Yerk, and
nsked me te sing It thnt night, which
I ilid, with Mine. Scinbrlcli, Mr. Scotti
nnd ethers."
Asked ns te wUch was the most dif
ficult tenor rele m tlie literature of the
encrn. Signer Agestlnl unlit'ltntiiigl.v
answered, "The pnrt of Alfrede in
'Trnviata.' Tills is because the voice Is
constantly 'uncovered' by the orchestra.
A tenor bus te be In fine voice te make
n success of this role, for he gets no
support whatever from the orchestra
tion, which Is very-light.
"Other enormously difficult roles nrn
the tenor parts of 'Otclle,' 'Liicln,'
'Lohengrin,' '''Trlstcn' nnd in places
'Aida.' but 'Traviata is tlie hardest of
all. Tiie later Verdi, Puccini nnd Wag
tier nil use a heavy orchestration,
which supports the voice throughout
and makes the roles easier te sing."
WAGNER, lie considers, is mere dif
ficult, ns n rule, te sing then the
Italian operas, because of the almost
total lack of legate and of sustained
melody. "The Wagner roles are
harder en the voice itself," he snid,
"nnd harder In whnt I might call the
mechanics of singing. The old bel
canto style of the Italian singers lias
new almost gene out of existence. The
nrins in these old operas bns n very
light, often only n pizzicato accempani
ment, giving tun piny te tne voice
MUST MAKE MERCHANDISE
ARTISTIC, TEACHERS HEAR
Industrial Supremacy Depends Upen
It, Says Luncheon Orator
"The pubic is recognizing tlie desir
ability of a higher standard of design
In commercial products, nnd Is becom
ing critical In Its demand for artistic
merchandise," baid Chnrles II. Wins
low, secrctnry of the Pennsylvania
Museum and Scheel of Industrial Art,
at the annual convention of tlie Metro
politan Arts Association, tedny.
Tlie association, composed of teachers,
iu linvlnir tlie convention nt the Scheel
of Industrial Art. Biond nnd Pine
streets.
"This country," snid Mr. Wlnsley,
"is probably second te none In rnw
material, hut if we nre te advance in
commercial nnd industrial supremacy
we must produce commodities thnt have
a larger artistic value,"
Dr. Edwin C. Broeme, superin
tendent of schools, nlse spoke nt the
luncheon. The morning department
meetings nnd speakers were: Com
mercial education, C. S. Dennelly;
continuation schools, O. D. Evans;
home economics, Mrs. Annn B. Green ;
art education, C. Valentine Kirby.
QUESTIONED ART REAL,
SAYS J. E. WIDENER
Rembrandta Bought Frem Prince
Taken Out of "Heck," He Says
Rumors that the two Rembrandts sold
te Jeseph E. Wldencr by Prince Yous Yeus Yous
seupoff nre fakes are flatly denied by
Mr. Wldencr. "I bought the two paint
ings from Prince Yousseupoff himself in
Londen last slimmer." said Mr.
Wldencr. "The paintings, when I
bought them, were ln vaults, and they
worn In Minilr '
"Pawnbrokers of Londen has lent
15,000 pounds upon them. Londen
nnu-nhrnkpi-H. I SUIIDOSC. are ill tllC habit
of lending money en bogus art, accord-.
Ing te these published reports, ine two
portraits and 'Tlie Mill," nre the most
celebrated paintings in the world."
Ills father, the Inte P. A. II.
Widener purchased "Tlie Mill" from
Lord Lansdewnc ten years nge, pelng
$500,000 for this llcmbrnndt master
piece. The two pictures purchased last
summer, which new adorn Mr. Wide
ner's Rembrandt gallery at his Elklns
Park home, are pertrnlts, one of n man,
"Titus." and the ether of a weninn,
"Mndalcnn Van Loe." Mr. Wldencr is
said te have paid $750,000 for the pair.
LITTLE
BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape
THE PARK AVE. NEWS
Weather. Grate.
Slssicty and Spoerts. A sudden stag
partv took place last Satldday aftlrnoen
in Mr. Charles (Puds) Slmklnbes hoiibe
en account of It starting te rain wile
the fellows was all setting en the frunt
steps but it break up almost Imuiceditly
and everybody hnd te go home wile it
was still raining en ncceunt of the tiling
thnt holds back the purler curtains
breaking In half wile they was playing
tug of v"ttr with It. Amung the guests
was Mr. Benny Potts, Mr. Artie Allx
nnder, Mr. Reddy Mcrfy, Mr. Lcrey
Shoester nnd Mr. Sid Hunt.
Bizznlss nnd Financial, Snm Cress
wunts te sell his old roller skates for 35
cents but will sell them for less if nec
essary. Pome by Skinny Martin
Wats the Use?
I saw a 2000 yeer old mummy
Wen I went te tne museum one day.
LUCCHESE" SCORES GREAT
TRIUMPH IN "LUCIA"
Mendny mnrks the beslnnlntf of the third
week of the Han Carle Krnml opera wnjen
nt the Metropolitan Opera Heuse. "Aldn
will be Klvcn en .Monday evenlnff. lth
Illanca Sareyn In the title role. Ada Fairirl
will fllnu Amnerls. with Temmalnl as
Hadameii and Jeseph Ilejer nn Amonniire.
l'lctre de Itiaai, Natale CerW. Jeseph Tudlnen
and Anlla Kllneva complete the cast, "II
Trovatero" will be Blen Tuesday, with Mti
nnreya and Temmnsinl nicain appearing.
while Marie vnlle will sin- tne baritone role.
ireatnce union win ne nenrn. an win Anna
Kllneva. l'letre de Illnsl and Jeseph Tudlsce.
"Carmen" will be the Wednesday matinee.
Nine Frascanl will sine the title role, with
ilomee lieicaccl aa Den Jese. Henri Scott
will ilnir the famous Toreador, nnd Kllza
beth Outman will be heard ns Mlcaela.
"Tesca" will be sunsr Wednesday evenlnk.
with Anna. Fitzlu ns the prima denna.
Gluseppe Aicestlnl as Cavaradessl nnd Jeneph
I.eycr will be Scarpla. "The Ilarbcr of
Bevllle" will be sung Thursday eenlnir. with
Jcsephlne L.ucchese ns rtnrina. Itomee Uos Ues
cnccl as Almalrvn nnd Marie vnlle will alng
FlBnre. Anita Kllneva, Natale Cervl. Pletre
de Jllnsl nnd Jeseph Tudlsce complete the
cast. "Knuit" will be Riven Friday cvenlnr.
with Mlsa Saroya ns Marguerite. Aicestlnl ai
I HUHt and llt?nrl Hrnff am Menhlntnnhplea
Ili-atrlce U'Alessandre will sine Slebel. She
Is a Phlladclphlan. "Madam Ilutterns" will
composing in n way entirely new I The style tedny Is for a run erencsrrn-
tien. It sounds harder te sing ngahwfc ;
a full orchestra, but it is really easier ,jj.
"I have been singing opera for nearly.' .,
twenty-six years- and great changes ni
study methods have ceme about in that N
time. I begnn in 1800, inaklnjt my
debut in MnrclicltPs, 'Ruy BlftB,' aa
opera new seldom heard, even In IUlr.
When I studied we hnd te learn the
whele epern. New if a tenor has
flne volce it Is necessary for him te
learn only the arias.
"In six years of hard study X
learned enlr six eperas: nil the rest
wns vocalization, Nowadays n, tenor
will Mcnrn' a rele in ten days and
then, forget It: ln six years new he will
learn the cntlre repertoire twloe ever,
I studied hard for six years befere I
was allowed te go en the stage. After
twenty-six years of work I have thirty
five roles at immediate command."
IN HIS long experience befere th
American public In all parts of the
country, Slgner Agestlnl has scen the
growth of the Interest ln epera as bns
perhaps no ether person en the operatic
stage. "When I began singing," he
said, "the public liked best the elder
Italian operas, together with only 'Tro 'Tre 'Tro
vntero' of tlie Verdi mlddle period. Te
thnt list was first added 'Rlgolette,'
'Aida'- and 'Traviata' and new, 'Bo 'Be
hcme,' 'Cavallcrla,' 'Pagllaccl' and
Butterfly.'
"The American public, like that of
Itnly, likes best the operas which it
knows best. The people like te hear
melodies which they recognize, nnd with
which concert singers nnd the talklt,
machines have made them familiar.
OPERA singing is like a virus, which,
once ln the bleed, is bnrd te eradi
cate. "I have toured for about n quar
ter of n century," snid Slgner Agestlnl.
"I hnve sung in Cnnadn, with the ther
mometer 42 degrees below zero and In
the Seuth when it scorned like 142
nbevc. nnd have generally been en tour
from September until Inte in May.
"Lest year after seven seasons with
Mr. Gnlle, I determined te quit the read
nnd opened a singing and operatic school
in New Yerk. It exceeded my grcntest
hopes nnd wns, for a new venture, very
successful. Then, one day Mr. Oalle
sent for me te. take the place of a tenor
who was ill and for whom he had no
substitute nvnllablc. I agreed te help
hlnj out. nnd went back us I supposed,
for a wingle performance.
"That night I was in fine voice. The
epcrn went very well and the Fccnes of
the stage, the sound of the orchestra and
the ntmosphcie of the opera house
brought back an intense desire for the
old life. I closed the school for the time
being, nnd here I am again. Thnt opera
was 'La Behcme.' Again it had played
nn Important part in my life."
If
Brilliant Yeung Coloratura Adds te
Her Previous Successes
Jesephine Lucchcse, 'the youthful
prima dennn of the Snn Carle Opcrn
Company, added still further te tlie
splendid impression she has made in
coloratura roles dm ine the cemniinr's
sriiKnn Iiv llin plmrm i.mnn niul nlinvr. I Le ..repctl.t('d .by request for the Saturday
season J ine cillirin. grace UIKI ni)0t I lntlnee In place of "Thais. ' Anna Fltzlu.
all the effective vocal rendering e the Ada Panel. Itomee Xlesraccl nnd Marie Vnlle
role of Lucia in tlie Donizetti opera ".ft!?,."!?,, c,'ttV.i?.nnaL0K2a J," "!e..bM1
.. . t. ., . ,14 , . , v aynllerla Itustlcana" and "Pngrllnccl. In
of thnt name nt the Metropolitan lest the former Dlanca Sarnya and Heatrlce Katen
CVClllllg. :;",' VJKU ln temaie roles, with Mr. Akes-
tlnl. MISS ivtlnnin nnd fr TVAn.l.n nl.n In
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xne cast was excellent mrougiieur., I "'" , S"1".. " I'Airnaccr' uaeinne Tem
but the young Amorlce-Itnllaii singer
brought te the role a wonderful high
perfection of nit.
Second ln importance wns the im
pressive nnd beautifully sung Ed Ed
gnrde of Giuseppe Agestinl.
Of nltncst equal import was the first
nppenrance with the cempnny of CIre
Derltis, a young Philadelphia baritone,
who in the role et Henry Asliten wns
most plenslng. He h.is n volce of un
usually fine quality nnd hccmed thor
oughly fnmllinr with the rele.
The Rnlmend of De Blast wns a
most sincere effort and the Tnmeus sex
tette was well sung nnd heartily re
ceived. The audience was large and
responsive and Erneste Knoch gave n
delightful leading of the tuneful score.
"Lohengrin" will be sung nt the mat
inee today and tlie second week will be
brought te a clehc with "Otclle" this
evening.
PRAYER DAY TO HELP DRIVE
$14,500,000 Lewest Figure Possible
for Presbyterian Budget
In view of existing economic condi
tions nnd the size of the ',$14,500,000
budget just prepared by the Executive
Commission of tlie General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church, the com
mission has Issued a call, setting aside
Sunday, December 18, ns a day of spe
cial prnycr.
It is recommended by the commis
sion that "the services be devoted te
an explanation of tlie work, the needs
nnd opportunities of missionary and
benevolent beards and ngencics."
, It Is also lecnnunendcd thnt this be
accompanied "by earnest and united
supplication that Ged would revcnl te
the Church as His witness in the
world Its enlarging nnd irresistible ob
ligation, and would mnke It, by Ills
grace, betli wet thy and willing te per
form tills lefty duty."
Te Give "Everyman"
The noted morality piny, "Every
man," whose origin dates buck te the
days of the Tudors in England, will be
presented for n single performance at
the Academy of Music tonight at 8:15
o'clock. Charles Rnnn Kennedy,
nuther of "An Army With Banners,"
"Tlie Servant in the neuse," und ether
plnys with religious motives, and his
wife, Edith Wynne Matthisen, long
fnmillnr en the stupe, will present
'Everyman" with n specially selected
company.
Travesties In "Passing Shew"
The lntcst Winter Garden produc
tion, "The Passing Shew of 1021,"
which conies te the Shubert Thentre for
an engagement beginning December
20, will contain travesties of many
recent stage successes, Including
"Mecca." "The Lady of the Lamp,"
"The Bat" and "The Bed Man."
Willie nnd Eugene Heward arc the
stars of tlie revue.
"Wandering Jew" December 26
David Belasee and Al L. Erlnnger's
production of "The Wnnderlng .Tew,"
by E. Temple Thursten, comes te the
Ferrest Theatre for two weeks begin
ning Monday, December 20. This play,
based en the famous legend, Is in four
phases and hns many elaborate scenes.
Tn fhe hlcr nasi nr, tinnli well.lnn,n
But Id rather be a baby In a baby ,,inycr as Tyrene Power. Helen Ware,
xnais j.awien ami Miriam i.ewes.
centch
Than 2000 nnd looking thnt way.
Intrlutlng Facks About Intristing
Pcepje. Ed Wernlek Is eny 10 jeers
old altogether but he has brenk his arm
twlce, his leg once, bis nose ence and
3 ribs ence apeece.
Slssicty. Miss Maud Jensln Bays
Miller and Miss Bates Returning
"The Fnmeus Miss Fair" in which
Henry Miller nnd Blanche Bntcs Bcered
se emphatically nt the Bread Street
Theatre last year will play a return
engagement here durlne the helldavs.
thnt Miss Loretter Mincer Is libel te get The James Ferbes show will open Mon Men
sued for libel It she keeps en spredding . day, December 20, at the Garrick
jellls reports about her, , I Theatre, .
miialnl will be Canle and Madeline Koltle an
Nedda. wlih Jeseph Jteyer as the baritone,
"alter Pfclffvr will conduct the first eper
i-uKiiacci.
und Erneste Knoch will leud
,. Marcuerlte d'Alvarei. contralto, will be
tn soloist at the lencert of the New Verk
.Sjmpheny Orchestra, under the illrectlun of
""Iter llnniroseh. In the Academy of Music
next Thursday eenlnR, which nlse will lie
Ine occasion of the distinguished ninilucter'r
farewell uppearance In Philadelphia this
e.irun, us ne is teing abroad. The remain
lnir concerts her,, nt ihA va... v..i u...
Pheny Orchestra will be under the baton of
"'" umn. ine nnai preirram of Mr.
i.uinruscn win contain Weber's overture
. .rviucu, iecineens linn sm sm
pheny. "Ls Preludes" by I.lsit and "Le
d Alvarez win jlnic Illzet's Sesuldllla from
Carmen" and Aunus Del; "Ve Who Hae
Yi!a.I!P';',,.A!"n'' ly Tschalkewsky, nnd air
.!''" ,.from Debussy's opera, "IJSnfant
Prodlifue." i
At the Philadelphia Orchestra concerts, en
rrltlay nftermmn nml Hntunlnv ...ni... ....
the program will Include the Ilrandenburg
Concerto Ne 2 In F major, by llach: the, 6
iiuuui ..) Hi'iiunj- ni unjun nnu me "Sche
herazade" Suite of HlmslU'Korsakew.
IlanB Klndler and Ice Ornsteln will be
heard ut the third concert In the Monday
morning muslcnlcs at the Hellevuc-Strutferd
en December 10.
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An attractive Christmas program appro
priate te the e.ien will n glen by the
Matlnee Muslrnl Club In the Ileso tlarden
of the llellovue-Strutferd en Tuesday at
2.30 1. M.
The American Ortrun Players' Club In
aucurates Its thirty -llrst serles of free or Kan
recitals next Tuesday at H P M. nt at.
Mary's Church. Icust below Thlrty-elchth
street. Arthur W. Hewes. Jr.. will play.
Ne tickets are required,
Abraham Haltewltsch, iellnlst wIH'eIve
his only Philadelphia recital of the Foasen
ln Wltlierspoen llnll en Wednesday eenli
next. Ills chief numbers nre the Paxatilnl
V major concerto and the llrnhms I) miner
sonata, the latter played with David Baplre.
pianist.
Saschn Jncoblneff, violinist assisted by
Mile. Euircnle Desnler. coloratura soprano,
will trle the second concert of the urtlsta"
series In the fejer of the Academy next
Monday afternoon.
Monday evenlnir. In Wlthcrspoen Hall,
Kerekjarto, the Hungarian lellt. A-lrtuose,
will make his Philadelphia debut with Mme.
Clara Kuery, the Iluneirlan llitht opera
prima denna; Casper 32ante, the IJudapest
Heynl Opera, tenor, and Desldcr Antalffj.
Hungarian pianist.
The fourth free Sunday afternoon concert
at the Academy of the Fhie Arts will bn
girn en U-cemtwr It nt ,1 o'clock Th
performers will be Iluth Lloyd Klnney, con
tralto, Hdward Lane, pianist, winner of 'ajit
ear's Htokewskl Medal, and Arthur Sey
mour baritone, with Mury Miller Mount at
the piano. Contributions may l sent te
Mm. Herbert L. Clark, treasurer, 2012
Spruce street,
A recital will be held next Wednesday
evenlnir at the hone of Mrs, Daniel Mereau
Darrlnger, 210S Walnut street. by the ad
vanced pupils nf Miss Walsen, Miss Leve
nnd Otte Meyer. Mme. OlKa Sevrlrm. nr
Dresden and New Yerk, will be heard for i
the first tlme In 1'hllndilphla aa a cellist. ,
The Philadelphia Mandelin Symphony Or- i
cbestra, cempeted of members of the Yeung
Men' Hilrew Association, will give Its Orst I
recital of the winter ut the Y. M. H A '
Ilullding, lblO Master street, tomorrow i
night. Alexander Dressln Is the conductor.
Today Last Times
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Commencing Men.
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The Messrs. Fred D. and
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in announcing that by
special arrangement with
the United Artists' Cor
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te give te the Philadelphia
Public super-productions "' '
of this1 organization at the
following prices:
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Ralnh
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Yfln.fi... .nnilni.(n. ...Ill irlea ....
Kxii-w., .'..,,.v ..... ,..,,7 .ii,- n(4i concert i
of Its fifth season In the Plahouse en De
cember 15. Noeh II Swayne, of Phlladel. '
piuu, win assist ine ciud.
Lllxabeth Outman. of Paltlmere, win mak.
her erratic debut at the Metropolitan Opera
Heuse next week, when the San Carle Com Cem
rany repeats "Carmen," the opera with '
which the sensen was opened. She wilt have '
the rUe of Mlcaela. TO
t Selections from Handel's "Messiah" will
be sung at the First Paptlst Chureh by sole.
Ists and an augmented choir, under direction
of Frederick Maxson en Sunday at 7:80 P
II. Soleists: Mary Merklee. Agne Relfsny
der. Phil HIppIe and Herace It, Heed,
The Yeung People's Society of the Welsh
Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, will give
Its annual Rlsteddfed In the Academy of
Musle, January 1!, Mere than I0oe members
of Welsh glee clubs and choruses will com
pete. Dr William Hurdlval, Arch Druid,
American Oersrdd will be the conductor. The
musle adludlcatnrs will be Dr. Edward C
Ilroeme, Terente, Canada and H. Alexander
Matthews, organist of the Church of Bt, Luke
and the Epiphany, Philadelphia. The ltav.
D. Pugh Orirftths. Jermyn. Pa., will be the
literary adjudicator. The prists total 12000,
The recital announced by .Martin -Uman
at 'he Settlement Musle ScheJl en the IDili
of Decemler hag iieen postponed until Jan.
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