Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, February 04, 1922, Postscript Closing Stock Prices, Page 13, Image 13

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Bv HENRY M. NEELY
v i likely te be a let 9 Interest In the two novelties that come te town
HERE Is i j.eyej" which cemep te the Adelphi te jmd the long-run
jnt ; ... . nl1nMl te nil levers of pet animals as well as te the
Kf "The Bat, J""a foiiewertsof Wllllara Hedge. "The' White-Headed Bey,"
iaiB-.'" n,ii nurke at the urena, win give us a genuine vaincrenr
hUch dlplc?.,","- u, -.,nrt the insiders who like te talk of the theatre
1: .1 nlnv WhlCIl eujuv . ...
" : nsneets. whatever urey ".cuu u, u,,
."hUew." But it isn't just ordinary.
Net that the play is par-
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".?':.,-. r...nr.ri, Sidney con
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IS ''Welcome. Stranger," at the
n.t. .V.i..ilitlnB Greenwich
HPSWllM remains at the. Shubert;
"' ;.' lirlll ant preDiem-pnij,
Siskin flame " l" at the Walnut.
!5Sl?i.'. mm Play,. "Orphans of
Storm,'' repeats at the terresi.
.. . - nnrvn Hlilncv will
tfe mention. l "- . .h,t, vb
IfU , len "Busy lwy ' r
fourteen years
most of his np
pearancca in Phil-
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WBtsFx.
Wrf 5?1V"S" Ms rcnuUtlen for
2r When he had get all he ceud
. XL1?". he attempted "legltl-
J"".i. u w role being with
.VJuUnkn and Raymond Hltch-
lis "' "V cn,nn" unmn seven
Jrfln "Me bow -.- -- - .
llfmsMger and was made up
UarSs Frohman. Oddly
IJff his next role was also a t icntr!-
'VYm Cehan wrote In
WJ52S e nut Chauncey Olcott en
"r. : called 'Honest
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called
b?vW Olcott in his Ms
STn-nHen." But the purme in-
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Shows That Are Coming
Je .Philadelphia Soen
February 13 "Main Street," Wat-
nut. , '
Fetirnar.r 20 "The O'Brien Olrl,"
Oarrlck.
"Tlie Oeld Dippers." Bread. m
"Make It Snappy," Shutert.
Coming "Thp Squaw Mnn," with
T William Paversham, Lyric
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STARS OF THE SJTAGE COMING HERE NEXT WEEK
Waiire O'NuJ
SiaxelaAr THEWHITE
HtAOED BtW 1
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en having wicen. ... "","' ""
5".. j .iinnm.t .lehn O Brlcn wna
Shdrawn after a few wifeks.
' in th s t me uiney mm uvj '"'
Jtt?bale ideas for. theplay he Is
& her in. After the failure of he
nmU venture, m- reureu ruin i..
rflte for two or um-t- ."' ,'"
JTub plot, and finally, working in
SuSratien wltfi Aaren Heffman,
Welcome, Stranger" was preauccu.
!' . nnnt nlnv. But it Is one
rf the best ermine's rntcrtainmenjK I
rl uuiiiui. nnil Sidney
uk(g a personal triumph thmfynu
ffl't forget very easily: l vc, ncjer
IMB a man gel ppreennniy '"- "
foetUgJits with mere quiet methods or
L. nimnrent effort. And 5 oil lcilVU
with a very deeply rooted conviction
that tha prejudices you have seen en
tti stage are pretty widespread, in
wieui ways, and that maybe you have
Mt or two of 'em yourself. It s
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RUMORS arc mighty busy about D.
W. Griffith. Right after hefinishe'd
"Orphans of the Storm" he was up
smiehed with a tremendous pliin of
producing a scries of pieturc, or,
ttther, a series of heries, each hinaller
Fries' being designed te portray the
kUtery and geed charactprisHes of the
peple in the various" sections of the
tilted Stntcs. It was propaganda
tuff desicned te knit us all mere
rlesety together, and it hud immense
liinrlal bucking, most of which was
ndentoed te be official.
Then eainp aeents from sonic Seuth
lAmtriean countries with n scheme te
Me Griffith tiJniN te give publicity te
I weir nations all ever the civilized world..
And new comes the most unusual
IM of all, .but one which, according te
"imldc" Kessip, tiriflith is seriously
Mmldering.
'China wentM him. -China wants him
te go ever there with his whole studio
fcrce.nnd send out threurh the world
pictures which shall show the Chinese
in their real human and lovable quali
ties te counteract Hip damage done by
ae long je.irs tn winch the Chinaman
lis tlnajs been used as. the stage and
IfrMn Vlll.lln r'liinn nlxtrnrl Crlffith
Wetuse of "Croken Hloscems."
uFlffilil'M renrnnl ntleA iu In Tl.lln-
defphla new and has held several con-
Krtnees with some unnamed millionaire
Ihlimman here, and 1 get it from fairly
ariight sources that D. W. is much
ittncted by the preposition.
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Schoell anethtr in Vlnrrniinn Dumaim
irAe attended the Alexander Henry
Scheel In Fraitkferd. and the. third u
Gorden-Doolcv. one at thr nrlnrlnnf
lunmakcr in the cast. Hnntni trn
gtven a dinner and quite an ijaberate"
rifcptKiK uy nu oeynooa jrxenas test
week.
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troubles that fellow when a'
yOllniT CltV Clmn IrlfU In mn n .Inir
iiirui ierm me oasis or. tlic plot of WII
llnm Hedge's new comedy, "Dogreve,"
which comes te the Adclphl Theatre
Monday night.
'As has been the case with many of
Mr. Hedge's recent vehicles, "Deg
Leve ' was written by. him. as well as
being nctcd with him in the principal
reic. tioerge uuver trie part played by
Mr. Hedge has, when the play begins,
only a limited knowledge of dogs and has
never qrtcstiencd the nsiem. "deg is
mna's best friend," hut nftcr he has
tried te manage the deg farm, and tried
te straighten out the difficulties which
the. dogs, either directly or indirectly,
bring upon him, .he is Inclined te say
"Beware of dogs."
That, Jndcp was the play's name
when It nppenreil fti New Yerk, but,
for fenr that this milit sound (tn deg
levers as n universal nttnek en th'elr fa
vorites, .the name was changed.
Among these appearing with the star
arc Ann Davis, seen last year In his
support In "The CJucst of Hener" :
Geerge Barbler, formerly known In stock
here ; Jehn Webster and Hnrdu Daubc.
Naturally, the part gives Hedge a
chance for the same dry humor that he
utilized in "Thp Guest of Hener,"
"Curing fumbles," "The Read te Hap
piness,' .'and "The Man Frem Heme."
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which they arc portraying, and hence
arc- able te make the cmotiena of the
opera cenvincing: and unless an
operatic singer does understand and
i(..n..ni.i u.mnnihlw with the char-
acter which he is impersonating the
portrayal of that role will never be es
pecially geed. It may "get across "
but It will neTvcr make n Btar out of the
person doing it.
Of course, all this has te de only
with the nctlng and UUle with t,be
vocal part, except that a singer cannot
give a thoroughly goon vecai prcmrniu prcmrniu
tlen of a role with whleh he Is net in
fiympnthy or ilecs net understand.
There was n41mc In opera when this
wns entirely possible, but with the ud
vancc of the dramatic clement, pr
rather with 1U closer union with the
vocal part, this can no longer be done.
rrUIERB are a few great actors en the
jl operatic stage, et wnem mjwuaiu.u
and Mepsrs, Didur and Scptti are
notable examples, who seem te have the
facility of assimilating nny role,
whether comic, serious or tragic, but
they are flew Indeed. And these roles
where they arc at their best, such as
the Saleme or Thais of Miss Garden,
the Archibalde of Mr. Didur or the
Searpla or Chlm Ken of Mr. Soettl, arc
what might be called "traditional'
roles demanding a very high order of
dramatic ability, without! the element of
.. , t 11 ... ..!. Intn llltn.
a nniienai icvumk raien .-' .
rpHE power, of nationalism in the In-1
J. tcrprcUtlen of music;, was given a
trlklng cxcmpilficaUen in Philadelphia
recently when Fcoder Challapln-sang
(or perhaps It might be better te saj
acted) the title role in Moussergsky's
opera "Beris Godeunoff."
It is exceedingly doubtful if a per
son of another nationality, even granted
that his vocal and dramatic endowments
were the equal of these of Mr. Chali
anln. com lil have ne.rfermed this work
in the. same effective manner, -incrc
Is something about the role which de
mands that the person performing it
be net enlv Russian in bleed, but in
1 thought; In fact, if he be Russian in
tneuglit the bleed will net maKC any
special difference except that the two
things are ordinarily corollary.
In the first place, the opera- Itself is
mero thoroughly Russian than any
ether work for the stage with which
the opera-going public of this country
is familiar. Tscbaikewsky's "Bugen
Oncgin" might be laid in any northern
country of continental Europe; "Beris
Godeunoff" could be laid only in Rus
sia net alone in plot, but mere espe
cially in atmosphere. An was noted in
the EviiNl.vi Pum.IO Lkimer at the
time, the drama, for It is net essentially
an encrn. Is a series of pictures of
typical Risian life tw which the plot
ns such is entirely secondary. In this
respect
tier
, 1I 1 ... . . ... .. I ' t rr,alrn lie nnrt lit least net rCPUlStVC
"Beris," having little te de wltfi the i te an American audience, as was the
. I . ii! MBiiln tnnnf who i
actual plot of the opera.
idelphia. Mr. Hackctt's portrayal
nhtlviut In fail hnrt tinnn their at
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resources, ana ni mis point ine nnnwjvi.Ti
,IL IIBUUIiaiinill JHIC.I.UI ,ll v "TV IV TJ fi
lermers were tnrewn upon tneir lnntr" .a;i j
consciousness' for their interpretatli. "J"
thitv KMpn tn tilnv tnm mnat urnrlta in r.A.
the manner in which these works apv ' '
pealed te them, and ns n result, th -'JfcfliJ
compesiiionn which were wrmen ey inn
n .1. Ma... n llila . l.t..J id... ..ahb
llllinc.n wi Liit:it uwil uiuuu( UIUSD UUBI T 2 J
nesers who nut into their works thn ', w,J
things te which both composer and per- 'SMC!
former were born, were played the beat.'- $NJ8
It is net because they like them WJA?
better that the players perform theaaifS
works tire best; it is because, perhaps Ty
unconsciously, they knew better WhJ'tefS
tun composer is trying te say And
therefore interpret it according-te their
common heritage of bleed and tradition.
ACTORS' FUND BENEFIT
Suxrasar
METROPOUITAN
CA-SIKJO
OBOHANS OV TMt STORM
POKRE51
Uncommon Sense
By JOHN BLAKK
Pick Your Position
Tn
n
HE role of nhllosenhlenl bvstandcr is II "Juu Journey tnreugn me world it
nlpflsnnt nnn te nlnv in life. But It - w " I1"' J0" l Bcc into inc swimy
Professionals and Society Girls
Share In Program at Garrick
Full-fledged neters and netfesscs vied
with debutantes en the stage of tlie
(Jnrrick Theatre jestcrday afternoon.
The occasion wns the Actors' Fund
Benefit performance, anil stars from
New Yerk as well as these playing en
gagements here joined in the entertain
ment. A two-act mystery play in which no
body nppenreil en the stage was a fea
ture. J0cry conceivable noise was uti
liaed such as telephones, clocks or all
sorts, canary birds, shrieks, shots, au
tomobiles eff-stuee. train whistles, air
plane whirring', breaking down of doers
iindtuHinds et heavv bodies falling. Then
the "Auther" came out and introduced
n cast of fifteen celebrities who had
"taken part" In his play.
Anether sketch in which II. B. War
ner. .Inne Giey and Vincent Serrano
took part was repeated in tete becnusc,
according te Mr. Warner, the cast
wanted te show their 'appreciation of the
audience's applause.
The Society Pageant, entitled "Sports
of the World," was another feature.
Society girls and matrons appeared,
each representing a particular sport.
There were tennis, golf, football, can
oeing und many ethers. Among these
taking part were Miss Jean Rcilly,
Miss Dorethy Redgcrs, Miss Eleaner
Slean, the Misses Sarah and Mar
garetta Harrison, Mrs. .1. Clayten
Strawbridge, Miss Mildrciiengfitrcth,
Miss Mary Enrncatitia App..'ten, Mt.
Harrison Caner. Mrs. Karl Dedge and
Mrs. Walten Clarke.
had better be left te the old, who have
the philosophy.
The average man hasn't time te
watch the world go by. -And it isn't I
profitable for him te have it go by. Ills
job is te keep up with it, or even move
a little faster than the rest of the par
adeIf he can.
Tn New Yerk they hayc been long
talking of building an underground
moving sidewalk.
' This is a scries of wide platforms.
The fiiwt, nearest the stationary side
walk, 'moves very slowly. One can
step en it without being jerked off his
feet". The second gees a little faster,
and the third, or pe'rhnps fourth, moves
at the rate of an ordinary trolley cnr.
Thus by degrees the imsscnger can
get into the swift current of this me
chanical stream and get te where, he is
eeinir in n short time.
Near his destination, he must pre
pare te return by degrees te a gait
from which he can reach the station
ary platform without accident.
i8TNYOUR
if M- will prefi
moving part et the current just us seen
cct It Is. striklngfy like Charpcn-I In the same wav f harlca Hackett was
s "Louise," which, In the same j at hte best as Plnkcrten In Mndurnu
ncr, portrays Parisian life In borne Butterfly." where he seemed .torebll"?'';
lO RIBKC U1C purl. Ul I, no.. - -, ---
,. nn American audience, as was the
representation of a certain tenor who.
Snn the role several times in Puila-
me PORTRAY a leading character in s,ewcd' that he had an understanding
X n work like this requires mere than I of American trr
Nevel Stage Setting for Play
Se constructed Is the scenerv used by
the Irish PJajers from the Abbey
Thentre, Duhlln, in their presentation
as you can, and te stay there just as
long as you can.
Your working years ought te number
about fifty, and that is net very many
te accomplish the Important things and
tn reach the most important destina
tion. But if you will decide at the begin
ning that you want te be en that cen
ter sidewalk, you will be verylikcly te
get there.
Hundreds of people will block your
way, for the fast bidewalk is going te
be the popular one, and the very, very
fast one. which exists net in subways,
but in life, is very hnrd te reach.
da.cK IvToapwer tin
B.F. KEITH'S
PAINTINGS ON VIEW
Private Exhibition te Precede Shew
ing te General Public
A private view of the 117th annuul
exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts will be given tenfgtit.
The exhibition will be formally opened
Monday. It will close March 'Jii.
According te the sponsors of the exhi
bition, there have been collected sculp
ture and paintings that represent In
average the best work of contemporary
American artists.
Mrs. J. Wllrucr Kiddle. Mrs. Henry
S. Drinker. Jn.. Miss Annn S. New-
bold, Mrs. II. S. Prentiss Nichols, Mrs.
Clayten Piatt, Jr., Mrs. William f.
Sprout, Mrs. James Starr and Mrs.
Carrell S. Tyson will be hostesses to
night. Member of Popular Trie'
Several years age Blckell, Watsen
and Wrethe formed a well-known
comedy trio en the stage, when thev
dissolved Geerge Blckell and Harry
Watsen. Jr.. became "Follies" fav
orites, new Blckell Is still nppeariiiK in
musical productions and Harry Wat Wat
eon is in vaudeville. The third member
of the trio, Ed. Lee Wrethe, has ulse
become a vandeville feature, and is
vocal and dramatic ability ; it requires
a thorough understanding of the na
tional characters depicted, and tills is
a thing which can come only te a person
born te that ntmesphere. The spectator
feels that Mr. Chnliapin would give a
remarkable dramatic interpretation te
any rele which he might essay, but at
the same time the fcelinc is ever present
that Beris is his jrrcatest part. This.
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IS Hill, lllliv IWIIIII Ul IIMJ rC'IIUlTKUUIC , , , !,.- ,!, m.,4..
acting of the highly emotional second that they perform best the master
act, but because he has in him that !' composed by these of their own
necessary element of a thorough under- e'0,00-, , ,. .. . . .
cnmlihi. nf hi ,. ...r.i umnti.s. I In this connection It must be also
which Is given" ns a birthright and can ' remembered that the great eMjijw
never be acquired. " , of Europe have usually written along
sincu.v urn I'-Mi.n tiu.-T. .1. "-.....
I impossible te mistake n Russian or a
tradition and feeling and
knew exactly what one of his own race
would de under the ghastly circumstan
ces. THE national clement in interpreta
tion Is by no means confined te the
operatic stage. One has only te re
member the greatest concertos of most
of the leading instrumental artists and
then recall their nationalities te see
y ut determine mat ii is tone your coming te . t Jclths theatre next
J- nlace. anil veu will stand a better week in a new comedy called. "New.
. 1 r - .. . . .
Anether instance going te !car out
this theeji'v is th.it the reatcst part of
the late Enrice fiirtisn was Canie in
"I Piiglliicct." It mum be remembered
in this connection that this role did
net allow the widest opportunity for the
great tenor vecallv, nor did it espe
cially suit his natural dramatic pro
clivities, which were rather toward
humor than traced. But he wns Ital
ian, he understood l lie three-person
traveling group peculiar te Southwest
ern Europe and the emotions which
Cnnle feels in the opera he understood
and hence enacted convincingly in every
detail.
French symphony or concerto ter a
German work a nil the converse of the
rule applies as well. Hence because
the composers have written the life
and the soul of their own nation into
their music It can het be interpreted
by one who was born te that same
heritage.
It is for this reason that Fritz Kreis.
ler is supreme In the Beethoven and
Brahms concertos and that Elniun and
Ziinbalist are nt their best In the
Tschalknwsky. In thcte dajs of enor
mous technique, when practically every
irchcstrnl player can perform teenni
TO CITE still another operatic in- ' cally any of the great virtuoso con
stance, it is neecary only te recall ":rl0 th" nucstien. of the ab hty te
chance of ccttine there
Yeu may net de it, of course, for
there arc few who can occupy the best
nlaccs in life. But .veu will be sure te
get a better place than If you had'nt
tried, and your efforts, however strenu
ous they may be, will be well rewarded
by your achievement.
CovvrieM, te::, fry Public lkAacr Company
He has Owen Martin, as his associate.
the marvelous portrayal of The Father
nnd the Mether in 'Txiuisc", by Mr.
Rethier and Miss Herat. It' ft' no dis
paragement of their remarkable dra
matic abilities te say that in these
roles both appear te the best advan
taee of any which they have essajed in
this city, and it is only fair te add
that their delineations of the parts
bnve never been equaled by any ether
operatic stars who have uttempted them
A lnrce part of this is due te their icerity in interpretation, this method ei
nationality and that, as a result, the.v plajlng became practically obsolete,
understand thoroughly the characters With this growth performers were
T,lnv the notes does "net enter into the
matter at all. It is all a question of
Interpretation, and this interpretation
gws further than te play a concerto in
the manner in which the master taught
it.
THIS used te be the manner in which
concertos wie taught and played.
But with the advance of technique and
the demand for originality and sin-
MUSIC NOTE8
Mls Kllrabeth Prlehrii JJrnr. contralto,
will line with u Philadelphia. Orvtwutra en
WMnewlay ."'" nt at Welrttman
Hall, Unlveralty of Pennsylvania. Bhe an,
tx-arrl Innt summer with the Lepa Orchea
tra at Willow Greve.
rtulh Ray, violinist, will en hnrd for
the flrnt time here en Thuntday evenlna.
February 18. In the foyer of the Academy
of JIualc.
The symphony ereheetra of the Corah
Ceriaerratnry, cenaliitlnr of ntny members, ,
will rive a concert In Musical FSjnd Hall en
Tueedny evcnlns under the direction of ail.
berl Uamelda Combs, director of the eon een eon
nerratery. The naalstlmr artiats will he
Ophl- Mildred Wertx HHdera. piane: Har Har
old Haatlnca Marker, violin, andjRuth Rew
Clutchcr, accompanist.
An elaborate pmirram will be firm by
the Philadelphia Mask: Club en Tuesday
afternoon In the Iteee Garden of the Belle
vue, devoted tn the works of Jehn Sebaatlan
Bach The Peasant Cantata will be pre
sented fur the first time in Philadelphia. -
W. m Iley Praim announces a concert
by pupils of the Itilladelphla Institute of
Mesle and Allied Arts, In the Orpheus Club.
1530 Chestnut street, next Saturday after
neon, at 2.30 o'clock.
"Den Carles." which Verdi wrote for the
Paris Grand Opera and which was the Im.
mediate predecessor of "Ald.v" will be riven
by the Metropolitan Opera Company at the
Academy of Music un Tuesday evenlnc. The
cist Includes Iteea Ponselle Adame Didur,
Olulle Crlml, Giuseppe Derbies. Mme. Mut
zenauer. Mme. Dalensy, Mme. Hundeltui ami
Messrs Gu-rtafsen nnd D'Annele. Mr. Papl
will conduct.
The program of the concerts by the Phila
delphia Orchestra en Frldaj1 afternoon and
Saterdav evenlnu next, s made up of the
Passncarla In C Miner of Hach. the Con
certo Orosse Ne, 1 of Hnndcl for flutes,
oboes baasoens, strlncs and clavlnembale,
and the Klflh Sympieny of lletheven. .Mr,
Stokewskl has orchestrated the PassucXtila
inn me nana-i uoncerte.
''helce of any three operas from the
telre of the Chlcaee Company durlnir Its
Philadelphia eneacement. KlvInK patrons ad
vnntairn of the sMsen ticket redtu'tlen and
oppertunlts te secure preferred seatlrur leca
tiens, is arte-rtca threuxn a special arrajice
ment which irees Inte effect Monday mernlnr.
Se many peple expressed desire te purchase
tickets en the season subscription plan, but
erly for three or four operas, that It was de
cided te accommodate them. The Philadelphia
repertelr. Is Monday. Februarv i'Tlh. "Tann
hseuser" Tuesckiy "Saleme", Wednesday,
"Ie Jentfleur de Notre Dame". Thursr(a'.
"Komee et Juliette", Friday. "Pclleas et
Mellsande", Saturday matinee "The Jewels
e! the Madenna"; Saturday nlcht, "Menna
Vanna "
Twe yeuwr Philadelphia artists will be the
solelxts In the Academy of Music Sunday
evenlnc at the third concert of the season
by the Philharmonic Society. They are Max
Seenefsky, iellnlst. and Marcus Blltznteln,
plarjst. who will he heard reepectlvely In
Mozart's leiln concerto In G and the piano
concerto In U miner by Sxmt-Saens. The
rest of the preirram Is: Overture Kuryanthe,
Strauss' Artist's I.lfe Waltx. two cntr' cntr'
jcte from Illzet's "Carmen" and the evor-
ture te '-jne Fiyins uutenmap."
Giuseppe Ferrari, cntnpnser and authority
en French music, will give an addreas en
"The Art of Senc Interpretation" and a
recital of ancient and modern songs at the
Musical Art Club next Thursday evening.
Miss Acnes finne QuinUn will jrlve her
Ierture.r:ltal en The Ancient Music and
Instrumeris of Ir-Hand'' for the Forum In
Germantown en Monday next.
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?-.' .f.!:.0 r? .Ii?.n'.r. ? '.' P'e. of Lennex: Kobinsen's comedy, "The
ul. .!.- .-I , . ,. . "
i fnrec trhelc evenings te see it
MrWM, They're naitta tn dn thr first
tutthe firt irccfc, second pert xerenH
tu, third part third week, then hark
frtt part and te en- if it lasts that
V. he-magAne!
N
t It f&AT ee mi. n., I.a .i:!j: , I i.
Sj .Lrt '""'ns that Philadelphia has
M tie chance of seclnc Kritish caKa
XiiA P1m in ,nrce of the best
SZFUt" Plays that have
Eli.0!! shown hpr "-is
"WW foer season. The iirst
was "The Bill of
Drwi
"xaDie a
irwmn.t l.i.i i
-... mi, milieu nas scored se re-
Mici-css In Londen ; the
lWn, ,". ""' "rummend," that
wtcieus nieltMlrnmn which did well at
In. n :":
Ithmafn ., 'V.' in thp I're-holldev
hBL tl,r! is ' ' "M" Oanif,"
IM s ","" years most th
thought'
a new
"tt weeU nt s ii i .
Hi- . . ' " "rimu, we arc te
h. iTl.v"" ,nny of itish players from
'Abbe
v Theatre.
r . ". ' ' "-
nis Wm7 it rp3 'umn' " a comedy,
Kasen Uded I5ey'" l)y Lcnn"
L cenmini ...i.!..i. , . i,
erld's t..i7- i " . " "." ,s "laKing a
ihwmini ' lms ,",'n keDt 'lb", with
1 Derfir txwP("'. since the origl erigl
mVT,0,;'.t" Abbey Theatre.
niualin . ' ' "i,' " ,s bound rer
-Wann8 C,r.,." fWte of this
KOn nff t.. "",, huh fxpccis 10
B "'re rnJ rll' ''Africa be-
lined tk.. -'"'-. iii iiuviiir coni ceni
K?t2.iS drpJi' of the Knglish -sneak -
liited-Headed Hey." epenlnc at the
itread Street 'rhcatrc, Monday, tnnt tne
spivtater seated In the center of the
auditorium has no ocular a'dvantagc of
the spectator seated at the extreme left
or rlsht. Ne one can set feet upon the
stage without being immediately dis
cernible from; all parts of the theatre,
nor is there any object used that is net
visible te the spectator no matter where
he sits. Te accomplish this the stage In
stead of being "set" at right anglea
V the audience as usual is set along
oblique lines. r
Cast In Hedge Comedy
William Hedge, remembered as "The
Man from Heme" will bring a new
comedy of his own wrltine te the
Adclphl Theatre , next ' Monday. Ann
Davis is his leading ' woman. Harda
Oaubc, the statuesque beauty seen here
last season with Wllllara Faveraham,
in "The Prince and the Pauper," Is
the vampire. There are three members
of particular interest te Philadelphians,
decree Barbler, Jehn Webntcr and
Carrie Thatcher, all of whom were
great favorite here In the days of stock
companies.
After-Dinner Tricks
"IPortiens 0f ,i,e glebe.
lee author i...e
uer; :V?LV,'.n?T'10 ?f. '' iiy-
eed f, ."..". .l.,u"'u'y cin-i
untrvSi,in ,":;". "'" 'e. tun insn
erv ,;',,. ,M:,oi!e...?.''i i"y
wneei ?, u V " '"'"""y circum
C.....b0- Tinether's durllnK. wl.esi
"BUmls ..i n l"Lr." ""rung, wlies-e
Jn The imr"' " ,,P,,, of "lip
Wert i 1.-11, , etn.u,crpus brothers and
cast him "' "0 rrv,ut a"d seek
i " L" f - 'ly te find themselves
per. Hawiii ". '"'I'cxiucs worse than
Maeeii"zvi"u,:::m!:::e.n;-
rfil "? -W again'srwlncn
IsvlesK k V ;"ri 'voninsen never-
rMrrWliJlirn,,,PPd wnut is Bttid t0 bc
wrcsist bly fnny comedy of man-
, Tee com mm v ii...i ,..i v.. ...
ttr Hlncl. Ar "".'V,.,.r!," "
lar Khl.l.i , ' ''"" .uurKUii. ,r-
inH n V i , V. vVml" ''"ran
si,. ,irul,0,unn7t May Fit.
, Diizanne MrKeman nr.,1 rs-ie.
i Ilayd
anne MeKcrnan and Chris-
en,
I?! are tree Philadelphians xeith
jOrfentcft Village Follies at the
liELi?ne.ef Pem " tf0 Earned,
fMe e the Qermantevn High
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Ne. 77 The Vanished Penny
A coin can vanish from the center
of n handkerchief by fixing a dab of
chewing gum underneath ene corner of
the handkerchief, The cloth is spread
out en thu table, and the ceu placed
In the center. Then the gummed cor
ner is folded in and pressed against
the coin, and the ether corners are
folded In en top. '
The corners are opened out rather
quickly, the coin cornea out with the
chewing gum, and lies cenceajed be
neath the corner of the handkerchief.
Cepvritkt, lift, v PWe Leditr Otmptmi
ACTOR PRECIPITATES 'WAR' I
AMONG N. Y. CLUBWOMEN
Geerge Arllea' Eulogy of Deg De-
feats Anti-Vlvisectlen Motion
New Yerk. Feb. 4. (By A. P
Proposals that the New erk City
Federation of Women's Clubs oppose
the employment of dogs in vivisection
were voted dew"h by that organization
yesterday, following a heated debate.
The point at Issue. Involved that old
favorite of the debating society "Is
the deg or the cow the best friend of
man?"
The rivalry between the bovine and
the canlue threatened for a time te
break up yesterday's meeting of the
fifty -seventh convention of the Federa
tion. Mrs. Belle de lUvcra. founder and
honorary president of the Federation,
proposed resolutions supporting the ex
emption of dogs from vivisection, and
mndn an elnnnent nlea en their behalf.
She then called upon Geerge Ariiss, the
actor, who, after a short address, made
the mistakn te say tee deg was man s
best friend."
Irfrs. AVIUiam Bporberg, president of
the Council of Jewish Women, took in
stant execution te his bread statement.
asserting the cow held the place of
honor.
Dr. Simen Flcxner, of the Rockefeller
Institute, took part, in the debate.
TREES CONNECTED WITH
FAMOUS POEM CUT DOWN
"Weedman, Spare That Tree," Was
Written in Their Shadow
New Yerk, Feb. 4. By A. P.)
The two tyearaore trees, mero than 300
years old, under which Geerge Pepe
Merris wrote bis famous poem, "Wood "Weed
man, Spare Tbat Tree," have been cut
down te prevent their falling. They
died two years age.
"Weedman, spare that tree;
Touch net a single bough,
In ynuih It sheltered me.
AjkI I'll protect It new."
This appeal, which has been nn elo
cutionary effort of countless schoolboys,
went unheeded with grim reality, as
axes cut deep into the trunks, branches
were cut, boughs sawed and movie cam
craw clicked.
The sycamores grew in tne rear of
the old Woodward mansion in West
Twenty -second street, In which a llrlt
Isb general hid and later escaped dur
ing Washington's occupation of New
Yerk. The place is new a girl's board beard
ing house.
MISS ETHEL KAPLAN TO WED
Germantown Glri te Become Bride
of F. E. Atkins, Jr.
The engagement is announced of Mim
Kthel J. Kaplan, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick W. Kaplan, of ,121a
Queen lane, Germantown, te F. Edward
Atkins, Jr., a son of F. Edward At
ktaa; auditor general of the Pennsyhm Pennsyhm
nia'Ttaflread. Atkins is studying en
gineering at the Pennsylvania Railroad
shops at Alteena.
Miss Kaplan Is twenty-two years old,
her fiance two years her senior. She
fraduated from Swartbmere College last
one, .while Atkins graduated from
Bwartlme ta 1M0.
LITTLE
BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape
The Park Ave. News
Weather. Windy besides cold.
Spearts. Sid Hunt went out te the
park te try his new ice skates last Sat
idday and came back with a bnlddy nose
and scrapes en both neez and a bunk
en the back et his hed and one en the
side and a Mack and bine place en one
elbe, proving hew mutch he hadent
bin en his skates.
Sisfdety. A berthday party was held
by Mr. Ram Cress for himself lat
Wensday and Mr. Pods Siralrtns at se
mutch he felt sick at his stnmmick bnt
bravely tried te pertend he was all rite
by still Veping en eating. Amnng
these also present was Mr. Betmy Potts,
Mr. Artle Alixander, Mr. Skinny Mar
tin, and Mr. Lerey Sboestcr,
Pome by Skinny Martin
Don't Get Beddsn
ADways sleep with the windows epes
Te leeve in the pure fresh air.
Bat yeall knew yea are overdoing' it
If yen find icrekles in your hair.
Intristing Facks About Intrteting
Peepie. Benney Pettses favorite motto
is Eat sleep and be merry, Sid Hants
favorite one is All wcrk and no play Is
the werst thing yetf can de, and Pnds
Slmktasefl favor I te one is. Haste makes
waist se take you time.
Lest and Found. One cent, date 18TK)
with a slite nick en one edge. Reward.
See Ed Wcrnick.
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Coffee
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At all our Stores
Clearing Up a Misunderstanding
PflbUc Ledger Btareaa. 1
'.WashtefUw. J4n. 38 J
At least tdxteen persons lest thell
llives-and sceVct were Injured." many
perhaps fa Uy. when the concreie.reof
of. .the Knickerbocker motion-picture
thmmtrn n BMMl.iAU- !... L . -
... v, -,. mswaniifnc pu- jq.
igmein rea.;ni tyuixirel WttMng.
tens nonewm raterjentfatl district," cel.
lapsed under .tht) wtlgst efi
Many persons assumed from this news item that the build
ing was of reinforced concrete construction. In order tc
correct this impression we wish te say that the theatre
walls were of tile, the supporting members of the reef
were structural steel trusses and the reef covering was
cinder concrete.
There is no evidence of inferiority or failure of the con
crete te perform its service. As stated in the Engineering
News Recerd, issue of Feb. 2nd, 1922:
"The real trouble is unquestionably te be sought in the
structure itself; . . . expansion and contraction
movement of the steel-work are being considered as a
possible cause of creep of the main truss en its wall
support, leading te its final unseating'
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' Philadelphia
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