i ix r. I Kf""''h 'I HsVti Fstrfi.P.t?' the Ottlv NntlpltV in the Thnntrae JV- Woolf. II Will Interest Beth Theatregeers nnrl Levptm nf thn , Nevel Other . By HENRY f mHBATRICALLY penUln&, we stay , X with the exception of the Wnlnut. V Game" going out nml the tirnmatiznuen . ....in In nnd brlnclne with It Alnm I? beauty, Olive, who was at the snmc theatre cnrlicr In the season In "The Night If Watch.' r 0' VTIIKUWlSn things rcmriln the the n.i.ii'lrh Vlllnuc rolllefl nt r; Mbi "Tip wiiitiiencicn iwy nt 0H1"". .--. .1..,.. U, Of,.," nt fei ft if. " ftenn. Stran ' nt ll :?! n.wiA. 'LnillPd' Nlcht" nt the IK Irlc anil "Deg Leve" nt the Adelpiil. ' Of course, we nil hate te nilmlt It, ( but haven t our iriun cuutuun Biiuwii '- ns little (.biiicthlng nheut character A w nctlnc this year? Ift fine Character Somehow, when Werk in "wliaveB'clmr. t, some lays . g ,0 n JL iiii It from (i different angle than v He Tlicy leek at It from ttie insijiu ; ? J te say te themselves. ''New, what kndef n chap was this fellow, reft ly? ) What would he de In such and such a n In"..-Bi Tirtw would he act? I..SKV nii lit mental preccbhc and ." "".S ""i." ? "we don't em te de quite that. We . rf.iAv similar ctinrncicrs ii "--I town e? "end about and I'm rather it ?"., ,' ..e hnvn n trmleiicy te say. "New, 1th this extra bib. of business, v I n get a laugh. It I-jn't really In ." S,?5hnfactcr. but It will get across I big?" . , , .1. .ni.. Vir "Tnif I I am '' "' "";.." n ' t e -llread. Kp In that W is a Vitally dls tlnct "character." There are wonderful contrasts and conflicts broughfeut uim, te the main, the thing Is amazingly Arthur" Sinclair. In hlji early scenes, makes the part of Jehn-Duffy about ns Scar.c"t and decisive nnd cenvliicinn it i anything I've seen In n en time. Later, w heli he introduces the comedy .taunt nfter his levcmnUlns with .. Aunt L'lleii. It sccmrd te me tunt no . . ... ..11.. Tnllll I ITIII V 'illlll KLTIMIIU fcatller eye en thr- success of his at tempts. It just spoils what would have bees i a triumph, It h-ccmed te hip, but I hasten te add that I'm probably wrens because 1 haven't found imhedy who iirees with me. Or does that mere properly mean thnt I'm right Sydnev Morgan, as (Jeergc lmpresed me as gmne ... i-.--" was tee nreaniy piayru niimj . i'""i' but with tee much of the ntinesphcia e dap-stick about It. Hut it's all a mighty keen little show and one of the mebt interesting thlnss we have had with us this hcuseii. It is se full of genuine merit thnt no one but en old grouch like me would be mean enough te find nnd point out the litt e fl.n.atvlilrh mav exist only in his liner mi. Ight i, renlli- iHd It. They started the u'lDestes up at 8 tfO when a chain te n rount;r reunt;r weight broke and down she came with a banc. It wns 0:30 before they were kble te laise It. and then they managed te heist it only six inches at n time, the audience, of course, hurrahing and ap plauding each upward jcik. As the play uies the same bcene throughout, they simply cut down the intermission una we were out by 11 :l). THERE'S one thing jeu can be thank ful for at the present time, and that is that u haven't Avery llopweod a t job In filling out an Income tux form. , Kobedy knows hew much money lie is " gettiag. If it were all coming fiem niie source, his income fax job would be ilaiple, but there probably in t another playwright in captivity who has e manv sources of income and nil et It working nctlve)y. "Ladies' Night," new enjoying a run at the Lyric, is only one item. Hopwood's leceid for this our bhuws big companies playing te hie returns In "The Rat," "Ladies' Night. "The Deml-Virgln," "(.Jetting Gertie's Car ter," "The Geld Diggers" and "Spanish Leve." His past succeshcs are still profitable te him, for they are all favorites with read or stock companies. They include "Seven Days," "Fair and Warmer," "Olethcs." "Judy Forget," "Sadie Leve," "Our Little A'ife" and "The (Mrl in the Limousine." Se you see Honwoed's probably net tarving te death just yet. Geerge Sidney, of course, is the out standing figure in "Welcome, Stranger," at the Uarrlck. The play is all about Mm and lie lias an the "fat" lines and situations. That is nntural. because lie had a big hand in Hlggina Waa in Old Days a Big Men rltltin flip Rfnrv Hut tnere is one nthr nlinrnpfer the nllulllt lllld Pathetic town failure, the old man who has epent his life inventing nnd dreaming great dreams only te be laughed at by the narrow-minded townspeeplewho remains in the memory as a delightful old man who quite properly wins suc cess and happiness in the end. We have hud se manv old men s parts taken by young actors tills season that It is nlmeht unique te have tins old man plajed bv a genuine old actor. And David Illggins, the Clem Reemls of "Welcome. Stranjer," isn't a stranger te Philadelphia by any means, ' though few of his present nudleuces will recall him without some reminders of what he has dene heic. Everybody who was n theatregeer a dermic age will nmember such plavH as "At linev Ridge," "Ills Last Dol Del lar," "Kidnaped" nnd "Up Yerk State," which were big money makers ever tiie "pepu'nr priced" circuits. David Iligglns wrote them, produced them and stanvd in them. His Philadelphia conneitlens go back as fur as 1SS11, when he came Kast from a long curecr in stock companies in California and plaed at the Chestnut Street Opera Heuse with Sadie Hassan and Jesenh Dewlini. the latter te be come fuiuiiiiH In fllmdnm ns the Mirncle Man In the photoplay of that name. The play in 1SSI1 was "Nobody's Claim." Four jears later, Illggins w at the old Arch Stieet Theatre with Oliver Doud Hyren In a play he IV "ru'e mr nren. n was raiicu -rue l l'lnn.r,,.. " 1.. .1.... . .., I1i..I,,l --bv. in iiiiii riiuiu ,il, tiiHliia VrnJiKin.! .11, nl.. II ... .1... -M.. ...... .. If fj Y",,ul. mil I Uiliii III im' i ui-pijimi K Street Opera Heuse and seenid with it unc et nis biggest successes. It was one W the hits of tl use days. ', ANOTHER old-timer in Philadelphia ti niOtlini Inn lu Mill. Willi,!,.. II, win.. p, n .'lieg Leve" at tl)e Adelphia. He V ;'::."" "" "" niBBiiis ii.v iiny nieaus, iv "ui uls local associations are een closer. S.7iiH.ueer'!6 ". Rarlilcr, playing the S!2Javy" part of Mr, Appleton, ha JiS .t,cn ' n Just bucn unattractive fiunureus of times. Patrons of the get OUt Ot III" CM r , - -- " i . .. u -i.. ii wl niir view or tilings mm .-n"i-""" --," . semethlns across." At fiit, he wns Jehn " Duffy , Svlw, actual Jehn Duffy. T hen ' t rtVimiit he became Arthur S nclalr l i ...v0" -- . . , 1. -..!.... n own warped lmnninaunn. iuut m. Funnv thin? happened Tuesday n ght. ii. .c.;., mnil. iii nlw. thn stap dlree- u.n TiiPfiirt-ji'in full's." Tuesday n Stage Gossip M. NEELY ,prtty much "as. is" for next week, There the plays chnnge, "tfhe Skin or tn0 popular novel, "Mnln Street," Tell, the beautiful sister of the ether Sheivs that Arc Coming te Philadelphia Soen February 20 "The O'Brien Girl." C6han murtcM comedy, darrlck. "The Oeld niggcrs,,r Bclasce comedy, Bfentl. "Make It S3nnppy," Cddle Canter ffntttrcd. Shubart. March 20 "The Grand Duke," with Lionel Atwlll. Bread. Ne Dale 8ft "Th Sauaw Man," with William Fdvcrsham, Lyric. "Letty Pepper." with Charlette. Ureeriwoect, Walnut. old Girard Avenue Stock Company, In tne halcyon days of "Eddie " MWdle tnn nnd Florence Roberts and Carrie Rndcliffc, will recall Bnrblcr's work as the leading heavy man of the outfit. When he left this company, he went nn the read with James K. Hackett in "The Pride of Jcnice" and then did a notable bit of character work as ths hunchback in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," with Bertha Gatland. Then came tours nt the head of his own cempnny nnd then back te Phila delphia for a scaen with the Orphcum Stock Ceinpany at the Chestnut Street Opern Heme after It moved from the old Chestnut Street Theatre. These were great days, children, xeu'll have te excuse .un old mnn for mulling them ever in his memories. TT'S a pleasure te meet n "different" actor new nnd then. Most of 'cm, fis, minutes nfter yeu'vn met. take you aside and tell jeu hew geed they were in this part or that. Met Rebert Pitkin, of the Greenwich Village Follies at the Shubert, the ether night and he gleefully showed me n treasured criticism from n newspaper out in Little Reck. Ark., which he has carried for some years. It said : "I wrote n review of 'The Telephone Girl' when it was presented here by n repertoire company. At that time, I said the comedian who had the role-' of Hans Nix gave thn worst performance of a German dialect comedian 1 had ever seen or could imagine.' Sine I, wrote this criticism, that actor has pa'ssed away. I ewe it te Ills memory and in justice te his art te ictract that state ment In Its entirety because I saw Rob Reb ert Pitkin in the some role last night at the Opera Heuse." "Main Street," that much-discused noel by Slnclnlr Lewis, which had most of the population of the ceuntiy .... . . ... Un"' up ns "pros" "Main Street" n.nl i.-.Sj" us te Ceminfi in its status as the iVcATf, Week 'T'10?' American Nevel," Is likely te be just as pnnecntlvc of argument in its stage form, which is coming te the city for nn Indefinite run. Stuart Walker, In that most valuable stock company of his In Indianapolis, gave tin first porfejmance of "Main Street" last summer. In the cast were the same McKay Merris,' Julia Mc Mc Mahen und Walter Vonnegut, who will appear at the Walnut next week. Merris will have the rele of "Dec" Kenuicett and te play opposite him In the part of Carel the producers chose Alma Tell. Indeed, the Tell family seems te have pronounced leaning for this particular Philadelphia theatre, as Alma's equallv attractive sister. Olive, was Rebert Warwick's leading lady In "In the Nlcht Watch," which "was here "early In the fall. The story, ns probably everjbedy knows, is laid in Gopher Prairie, typ ical, says the author, of hundreds of similar small towns between the Hud Hud eon RUer nnd the Recky Mountains. Its reaction en the ipeently married Carel Kenuicett forms the basis of the plot. On the stage, ns in the novel, small town characters, typical net only of Gopher Prulile. but of any place of its kind, compose the minpertlni; cast. McKay Merris will be of particular interest te thiatrc-geers of a compara tive mood who saw "Mr. Pirn Pusses Rv." Like Krskine Sanferd, who played the role of f'nrraway Pim in that comedy, Mr. Merris' perform ance Is a ense of n young mnn doing nn elder role, though, in this case. "Dec" Kenuicett is by no means as old as the chap who caused all the trouble In the Milne play. Stuart Walker picked Mmrls for the role, and IndlnnnpeliH liked his portrayal se much that he was again chescn for the pert when "Main Street" wns first given en Broadway. Incidentally, he lumped from the role of the romantic, handsome sculptor in "Aphrodite" te that of the small town doctor in "Main Street," which marks as radical n dif ference as could be conceived. Ills en tire wnrdrnbe for the play was pur chased In Noblesvllie, Indiana. THERE are interest nnd pathos in an event which will occur in a little corner of Philadelphia's theatrical world Monday. This will be a benefit performance te be given In the Arch Street Theatre in the evening for Wil liam Slegel, ene of the lending dramat ists of the AmcVIcnu Yiddish theatre, who recently had te have n feet am putated and who lay near death's deer for manv weeks in hospitals here und in Camden, his home town. In connection with his benefit per formance, Vera Gorden, the stage and picture star, and remembered for her plnvlng of the role of the mother In "Humeresque," Is breaking n vow. Her acquaintance with Slegel dates back te IPM, when he saw her in n play in Mentnal. Later, he wrote "The Mether Without a Heme" espe cially for her and secured her a nnsi- tien en the English speaking btage after she liad tried lu vain .te get geed parts In the big Yiddish theatres. She vowed et that time never te appear en the Yiddish stnge. Then came her nhenemennl shocks in "Iluiuoieseuo" and ilatterlng eiTei-N from many mana gers, but she expressed the determina tion never te appear en the Yiddish stage. Siegel's injury, received In 1011), which resulted lu the amputation of a feet, icsiilted In his fiienilN here com bining te anange the benefit perform ance, and Miss Gorden bieke her re solve und will appear, with ether prominent stage plajcis, en the pni gram Monday night. Leen Blank, who htnned In Siegel's piny, "The Drunk ard," will also nppear. Griffith Changes Feature D. AV. Giltlith m oue photoplay pro ducer who innkey changes lu Ills pic tures even lifter' their presentation te the public. Fer cMimple, notice oemoh from Ids efllcp, thnt the tlimle 'of "Orphans of the Storm" has been chnnged, new scenes have been added and the action quickened. Crelghteu Hale has been recalled for several com edy scenes, and the Qlsli nib t era have also been at work FW AM TWtRK STAGE COMRiGHEfi Wkkrr - ;kkkkkkVkkkkkkkKrkVkkkkK?' kkvkBkkkSkkkkW H''H;flkkkkkwikkkkkKikkkkD OfllvJivkVHnkvi WWIkW kkkkkkkkkkkW klBkW'M'PQkkkF MFW 'ladi es' n ight u Lus-xc. iaMBBBBfeBBBMBBBPMM -, i4i ' i j! ziSKttttisrhSkt9klBrYM ANN DAVIS. POfcLY PLA.TT. ' . e VOO LOVE "OKEE.HW1CH VILLAGE" HH. gff kIAOO wlS!ltHi Adstea ,--:. . ..,.- TOLLIES- HH c.ni laMBNfcVcfl .kHkkHfiei HHB M . Hlb -hU jtWV , , ifjf W IkkkkkkHkkkkkkkVstKkkTS. kkOTVHm"l3kV km kkr ' nKmUnrf i i "A iv4xW&V kkkkvr viikk1 V' ' 1 kw "i ': ' 'TW- ' ' 7 ktkkMMWikm ai S'-'JHkw kkriv;-'--' ?v?1 XSv, f SX ARTHUR SHIELLT5 X I , M ',"' f'Z&lms "THE WHITE HEADED ZL,.. ,c-, MABEL f : , mBtsL. BOV" Btad OERTRUPE cJOSEPH , SMTHEE. 'A lmSmWX - . RITCHIE. SCHILDKRAUT. "BHuEipcE fJ " ' " " li irirrJkWwli BiilM " T 0-rphnvM tTePHANS OF THE YauctrVitlc 'KirWfBm ' KEt? Players- TORM"F7rr-OTtr OA) et RSfc3BiBw &'" ""' HHI - MkIIciI Cetleui. alver. In connection with l ,",.- ' 'A'JHHmkY 4, ' ' ' ', '' '$XSil$f "'" 'l0 K,x,'n lh '1B Il0 Harden et the ',fM V flHflHl '''J.''lBMfe' -WM. 1 HwHrthmeru College will' Jein with the gVLVIA Mair,"'' "3HH i wrcSS'''jjl 5 Huhiicniann club. - -F,-1ltf'.- (Jf& "VyBl ' ""' ' - " "f'f.T' I "" f h" most nmbltleiM nreffrums -vr WELCOME fejBK&ls&PiHIm 4 .vt' unJertuhen by a PhlliideliihH church choir CTOAKIrtFJj'iiBK raSi'IKlk ' Jt ' iWi'7 wl be Blven Wednesday eriiinK at Wither- 5 x , PHK W-' QkM vjS -tMif-Ji i 1 "'""" Iln"' wh'n ' IVter'A choir will iip- Cdrt-tcU. Uim!JBSL ,.. ,0:M ,,,&f&fitle AT1 pear In h prenram of unrcemiinld church '. 4T y.jC3QfedHip3AC. milllr. Thd fhnlr. rnnalullnr, nf ihlrfv.ulv IVIember of Team Here The dissolution of the famous theat rical team, Deyle and DIen, is the iea- son for findlni; James Dele en the bill, at U. F. KeitU'd Theatre iret week. Deyle and Harlan Dixen appeared us u dance team with Fred Stone In a number of musical comedies nnd were last fcecn heie in "Hltcliy Koe" with Ilaymend Hitchcock. Dixen is in "Geed Morning, Dearie," u muslcnl comedy in New Yerk new. Deyle has joined forces with Kvclyn Cuvanntigh, also a dancer. They call their turn, "The I,ebby." Cast of "Main Street" "Main Street," which comes te the Walnut Street Theatre next Monday nlslit, will have a cast of favorites. McKay Meris nd Alma Tell play iTI? lending roles, and in their support are Norval Kcedwell, Klmer Grandin, Julia McMahon, Belle Murray. Bert Melville, "Wil'lam T. Clark. Walter Vonnegut, Marlen Iliitchlns, Clif Heck lnger, Ruth Clnik, Maude Nelan, Marie l'incnrd, William Beuclll. Hilda Hel strong and Bejd Ai?in. Harvey O'HIs Klns nnd Harriet Ferd dramatized the play from Sinclair Lewis' novel. He Is a Busy Auther Lennex Robinson, author of "The White-Headed Bey." which the Irlh Plajcrs from the Abbey Theatie, Dub lln, ure presenting nt the Bread, began his management of the Abbey three years before the war. Last jcar, tills theatre presented forty-five plays, seventeen of which were entirely new, and all under his supervision. Between times, lie wrete a volume of Miert stories, besides carrying un his duties as librarian of the Carnegie Trust in Dublin. lie was born in Cuik, the son of a clergyman. , Dave Marlen Shew Here Dave Marlen's own company, in n show called "The Land of Impossible," will be the attraction next week at the Casine Theatre. This production, which is in two acts and fourteen scenes, hns a company headed bv Kmil (Jazz) Cas per and Will II. Ward, favorite fun makers. Alse in the cast are Inez De Verdicr. Geerge Slack, Rese Bernard, Myrtle Franks, Albert Dwinell, Spell -man and Hazard, Jack Honeywell and the Gelden Trip. Th6re aru twenty four girls In the chorus. Brendel and Bert Bern Here 1"! Brendel nnd Flo Bert, tiie musical comedy stars en the Shubert vnudevlllu bill at the Chestnut Street Opera Heuse next week, nre Philadelphlniis by birth. As a child Miss Bert sang in St. Mon Men ica's Church, singing soles at the age of ten. Miss Bert confined her vecul art te choir and sole work until Rny Deeley held beToie her ejes a vision of theatrical triumph. That settled thu question and the following year found Miss Flo doing u vaudeville sketch with Mlxs Deeley in the Metropolitan Min strels. Brendel eentually landed in the two-a-day, seen meeting Miss Bert nnd losing nn time in forming the paitncr ship which has lasted ever since. Hew I Raised By an Ex-Child CHAVTKK VI I Teach My Parents Unselfishness My I'AKKNTS were curiously selllnh, se I early decided I would have te eradicate this fault and sub stitute a mere neble emotion, It Is a diilil's duty, I snld, te broaden and up lift Ills parents. Many children de net understand this, but I de, and I shall net bhirk my duty. line wuv te teach my parents unscl-fishne'-s, I .nid, Is te force them te lake cnie of bome he'plcss creature. Se I went out nnd brought in the most helpless cieature I could find. Tills happened te be n very old dls dls ceiiruKeil niul dilapidated de,;. lis hardly held together until I get him home, nnd then hu seemed, te come vir tually all npart riirlit in the middle of the lhing-iejiu. Naturally my parents were net no pleased with this, but I forced them te take care of him. milUS highly encouraged, I went out x ami by great Reed fortune found tbree catsall just obeut te be blessed taMlft9P vwUmSkf mnlt elce. la cetid.lL'tfil hv HnrnM V. 'jimaK.:xzMay a. irika 'aGKr WERM AN UR"'Jr 'Keiths tJ MUSIC NOTES ,Th I'hllaJelphl i Orchestra will cle the lait et Un special cincerU at thn Academy et Mualc en Monday evening. The iireBram will bs Bitch, ra3acnk'l,i In C miner; Han del, Concerto Greae Ne. 1, uml thu Jlic Jlic llietcn I'lfth Symphony. The U'ual Trlday afternoon ami Saturday eeilnK concerts will be emitted en account or the tour, which will beein In wimiint'ten en Tuesdij, I'Vbruary 14, and will conclude III Terente en February u-L-., Verdi's "Travliitn." will be auna by the enlnir. The rele et Vlelcttu will ba taken by Minn. Oalll-Cuirl. Other In the cait are Metropolitan opera, company en Tues lav renjamlne null, uluicppe De l.uci, .Mmes, Tiencr and Anthcny and Menra. IJada. Plcce. I.nurentl il Annnlan. Mlrs Reilna Usui and Mr. uoniuue win lean the ballet. The New Yerls Svmpheny Orchestra will he hmrd In Ita flnal concert this reason In Philadelphia, when Albert (Jeaten. the (tuest ropilurter. will alBO make his farewell ap pearance for the eeiBen In the Academy of Music, Thumd.iy evenlns February '.'3. Mr. Ceitc,'' preBiam censlnts of the flrnt per per fernnncn In PhlladclphU of Bnch'a Iubue In IJ miner, orchestrated by Kls-ar: Sym phony Ne. n In 12 miner by Tcchalkeusky, nnd "Cortege de Noces." from Jtlmaky Jtlmaky Jtlmaky Koiealteff's ballet "Le Cen d'Or." Th next concert of the Stitlnee Musical Club.s at the Uellevue. en Tues lay afternoon, will present I.oratne Wjman. soprano, visit Inc suest artist, and club members In "Val entines of Menv Lands," the Pres-ram Cn.n. nilttee la indebted te. Frank n. II. Linten fnr Ihe nrrnitlriment nf the sccmla effects. .SensH and Instrumental selections of Amer ica, Italy, Helland, AUsirin-uunKury, j.iib land. Ireland, Spain and Prance will be pre sented by these Ulnc Nalentlnes, who will wear the costumes of the ceuuttlca they represent. Jehn McCormick, fully recovered from hla slisht lllnan, will positively appear In i pelt tl us scheduled at the Metropolitan .Opera Heuse next Tuesday evcnlntr. Included lu the program is a new patriotic senn, "Ireland, Mether Ireland." He lll also sine bv eeneril request Ilnchmanlneft'H Benar, "Te the Children." us well as many of hla best known tones, Jascha Helfeti will have his only appear ance in Philadelphia en Monday evenlnir. March 0, when he will Blve a Molln recital in the Academy of Music. Rebert Armbruster. pianist, and Carl Itol Itel llns, baritone, will be the artists contrib uting the final preitram of the artist kerles en Monday afternoon. February U0. In the fejer of the Academy of Music. Mtehel Pcnha. sole relllut of the rhllnilM rhla Orchestra, win cie a rccltul in the ball room of the llelevue-Stratturd en Thursday ucnlns M'ircli -. An Interesllns program has been nrrnnced by Hen Stad, violinist and conductor of the I.lttle Symphony Orchestra, for the ennctrt te be irlen tomorrow nluht In the Hlta-Cnrl-ten Helel. Mr. btad will be the soloist nnd will nlav nimsky-Korsakeft's "Chante Hindu." The ether numbers en the program Include I.lsat's Hunearlan Rhapsody Ne, a. Schubert's "Rosamund" Oserture exeerpts from Puccini's "I.a Tesca." a Waldteufel waltz and a Rachmanineff prelude. Mary Garden will make her first recital ap. pe nance In Philadelphia at the Monday Mernlnu Muslcales en Tebruary 20 In the He!leuo-fitratferd. Owing- te her opera ac tivities, Miss Harden has declined all ether recital cneanements for this season, Ruth Rey. violinist, will be heard for the first time in Philadelphia en the evenlnn of February 111 in the Academy of Muslu fojer. The second in the series of three concerts by the combined musical clubs of Iluhnemann My Parents By J. P. McEVOY with posterity. In virtually no time tliere wcre nt least twenty-rhe or thirty llltle cats all ever the phice. My par ents tried te pet rid of beuie of them, hut I raised such a vigorous pretest thei finally gave up in despair. Taking cnie of this asserted menag erie taught my parents a great deal about animal life, unselfishness, und trained their hunianitaiiau Instincts. After I hud Installed the cats, I brought home rabbits, birds, angle worms, bugs of nil kinds, mice, Bphieib nnd, by almost marvelous geed fortune I succeeded in getting a small but ac ac tlve eeat. NOW that I nm an ex-child, I cnu le?,c, bnck ""en tills period of mv life with some pride and satisfaction. AMiat I did for my prtreuts lu that brief but cvenlunl period! What they learned through my tireless efforts! What, lifdced! They have often told nie they cun never repay me, no mutter hew long they live. (Anether chapter of tliht lustructlr uivumuiy ,vin oe prinicii ucxr. wcek, PWrnt One of thn most nmhltlnut tirecrrftms ever undertaken by a Philadelphia church choir will ba Klven Wednesday eenlnir at Wither spiKiu Hall, when St. Peter's choir will ap pear in h prenram or unapcempaniecl church music. The choir. censlHtlns of thlrty-nlx mnl elces. Is cetidacted hv Ilnrntil V. Gilbert. The first half of the pregrpm will be d"oted te works of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The second half will consist of works by Russian und American composers. The nrst of a series of sonata recitals for IeIln nnd piano. Illustratlns the develop ment of the aenatu. will b Bln at the Settlement jruslc Scheel en Sunday evenliiK ut 8 o'clock. The nreKrum will consist of a number of selections from thi early Italian period. Theio will be an opportunity for the audlence te usk questions. The publle is Invited. At the musical service at the Church of St. i.uite nnd the bplphany tomorrow ufternoen nt 4 e clock the program will be mde up nf music by American composers. Thn instru mental prelude of liilln. cello, harp and erBan. beRlnnlnir at 3 He, will consist en tirely of compositions by Philadelphia com posers. The service will be under thu dl dl lectien of H. Alexander Matthews. .T.h s.P'cIal fn turn nt the musical service at the Second Prcsbjterlan Church. Tnenty flrst and .Walnut streets. Sunday evenlns nt .SO, win be Mondetssohn'N "Hear Mv Prayer." irendelssehn'a "Cast Thy nurden" will also be sunsr. Instrumental numbers for violin, harp and erwan also will be played. "Miracle Man" In Stock 'Geerge M. Cehan's drama. "The Miracle Mau." adapted from the novel of I rank h. Packard, will be the offer ing of Mae DcHiiend and her associate Playeis at the Metropolitan Opera noue next week. This popular plnv, wiilch was also n great success us "a photoplay, directed by Geerge I.eni 1 ticker, will give the members of the company opportunity for splendid emotional acting. It revolves nbeut un old "faith healer" nnd the machina tions of a band of creeks. Old Favorite at Orpheum "Ten Nights In a Barroom." thnt favorite old melodrama, will be pre sented by the Orphcum pluyers in their (iermnntnv.ii theatre next week. Duight Meade will play tiie role of Jee Mor gan, the drtmkurd; Until Unbiuseii will he the leading woman. Gertrude Rit chie and May Gerald will have impor imper tunt roles, and Melly l'lsher will be seen a1- the young daughter of .Toe Mor gan. Jehn I.ett will be S.imple and Harry Wilgus. Mchltable, the creek. She Inherited Ability! Bird Mlllman, the unusual wire per former who is one of the features tt the third annual production of the Greenwich Village Fellie-, which begin the lii'-t week of their engagement at the Shuheit Theatre Meuilii, wns born in Colerado. Her father aml mother Mr. and Mrs. Djke Mjllman, were also wiie walkers ami trapeze performers. MIm Mlllman was trained by them, and made her first appearance In South Seuth cm circus called the Gicat Melbourne Shew. "Welcome Stranger" a Traveler "Welcome Stranger," the Sam liar ris production of Aaren Heffman's comedy, in which Geerge Sidney 1 featured, new at the Garrlck Theatre, Is rangln; fur afield. Companies have nlieady plajed it in Australia and New Zealand, and early production is planned In Knglnnd, Seuth Africa nnd In several European countries. The entire New Yerk production, new pluy lnit here, requited two special baggage cars for Its transportation. "The O'Brien Girl" Coming Geerge M. Cehan's latest mm.li.nl comedy, "The O'liiien Girl." will be gin an iniletinlte run nt the Garrlck Theatre Monday, February -0. This succe-.Mii- te "Mary" has u cast that Includes Georgia Caiue, Ada Mat Weeks, Itohiuseii Newbold, Andrew Tombes, Elizabeth Hlnes and Flnit.i De Seris. Leuis Hlrsch wrote the score, which contains the song hit, "Leuru te Smile," KIHTATIONAL llnlh SefH BUSINESS COLLEGE GRADUATES COMMAND SSy ethers" fSr'tha"."' nnY.S"." cnJe An "AccrMllted" ?ZOO WALNUT STREET , Tli' "' THE CRITIC THH Philharmonic Society iart Ban day performed one of it most im portant functions lu the musical life e Philadelphia, when it Introduced te the public the two yeunf aolelata who weh the piano and violin medala of the organisatien at itt contest laat year. New, if thcae young men almply rep resented a atandatd of performance which might fairly be termed even fin claas amateur playing, the PMlhar menlc would net be justified In pre senting them te the public, in the per nmi nt hi nuimheri nf the erganiza tien. Hut both, like all the ether local soloists which the Philharmonic has presented, showed a high standard of profesalenal performance nnd there there there fere the organisatien wbh fully Junti fled In placing them as soloists upon an Important concert program. It Is true that neither of the youths Is yet a finished soloist. This 1 only natural and it would be Impossible te expect anything else. Their youth and their lack of experience militate ngnlnst original or striking interpretation, but it in doubtful if even the grcutcst in in in terprotutlve geniuses at the age of seventeen or se were able te show much mere than a clear technique and a facility nnd adaptability for public playing, both of which elements were pesNcsBed by last Sunday evening u young toleibtR. AS HAS been explained before, it is Impossible for Mr. Htokewskl te give young artists the soloists' position nt the concerts of the PhPadHphla Orchestra. The extremely critical na ture, especially of the Saturday night audience, and the standing of the or chestra ntneng the great muslcnl or ganizations of the world demand thut the most finished nrtists en the concert stage be the Kolelsts nt its concerts. This, however, is no reflection en the ability of the yeuug men who played last Sunday evening. Then have been many nrtits who hnve performed with the I'hlladelphin Orchestra who did net reach the technical standard of the Philharmonic solelHts of Sundny and few have played with the sincerity, the serl serl etisncBa and the submergence of their own personality into the music, which chnrnctcrlzed both of them. In tilts respect the Philharmonic mis mis pereorm n valuable work for both the miiblu of the city nnd for the young artists who show Mifiicient talent te be adjudged by Mi Partcrnnck and the directors of the Philharmonic as worthy of n public appearance. THE greatest difficulty that a young nrtist, like n young composer, has te overcome Is obtaining a hearing as soloist with a competent orchestra. It he makes geed after a few performances his reputntlen is virtually made, but the Retting- of these first few oppor tunities is n tails which hits almost broken the heart of many u sensitive and ambitious young man. T nnmnnsltlnn flip WIlllO nrOllIOnl exists, except thut perhaps the work is harder even than for the soloist, ihei public is less interested in the composer i.nn in flm (.nlnist. nerhiins because the personal clement enters with the soloist nml lines net in the case of the com poser. The personality of many a veung soloist has carried him farther with an audience than a fnr mere tal ented performer without se strong a personality. There Is little incentive for n con ductor te put the work of un unknown composer en his orchestral programs. He must furuHi programs which ure attractive te his public or his own reputation or the attendance nt hl hl cenccrts suffers. A nnme still gees a geed wav with the average audience, although it does net new carry se much weight us It did n few ears age, when the attitude of the audience was that of the dramatic critics of Londen, ac cording te Bernard Shaw, who wanted te knew "Hew can we tell whether it is geed or net, when we don't Knew who wrote it." VF THE Fhllhnrmenlc Society can find X some compesition'' in the larger forms by Philadelphia composers which hae net been performed b-ferc and which come up te the standard required, it would he n line thing te give them n henrins. But merit niiii.t be the first requirement. It is net a service te any one te perform it work simpl, because it is the product of a local composer any mere than it is valuable te the music of the city te ghu u soloist a hearing for the same reason. Beth soloist and composer mut be wor thy of n public hearing at an important concert, otherwise such a hearing sim ply detracts from the nrtistle mimic of the- organization without doing nnj geed te any one. And, speaking of compositions in the larger forms, it is altogether likely that there are almost as many manuscript sjmplienles. symphonic poems ann operas in the country as there are works In the smallest forms. The yeuiifc fe mmJ-J Will! SS Your IrtUCLId plimU "Ne Splash in Sink" "Positive Shut Off" Name "SAVILL" On Faucet Themas Savill's Sens, Mfr. 1JI0-1MI W.iII.ut Ml.. 1'hll.i. GENUINE TYPEWRITTEN LETTERS IN QUANTITY Highest Cltti Merchandising Service If you nre after the profits te be earned by better-than-er-dlnary letters, you are likely te find some valuable ideas in our tested method. H00VEN SALES CO. 1037 WALNUT KIIITATIONAL lleth See DAY SCHOOL NIGHT SCHOOL THE BETTER POSITION ceur na ""'heda mere than Commercial Scheel. fXftyfflnmwM -' ' ' ' ' " M,w ' i i i .Jin mill TALKS TO MVSIC LOVER composer always desires te speak in thunder tone and begins early te com cem com lmse In forms which the greatest toasters did net attempt until they had thor oughly mastered the nrt of composition. But the composer of today wants te run before he can creep musically ; the result is that he creeps most of his musical life. IT HAS been said in this column, as roll as elFowherc, thnt the economic development of the United States must precede the artistic development nnd thnt until the material has reached ft certain stage the arts will net make much progress. This is undoubtedly true, but the Intensity with which this material development Is pushed in n way proves detrimental te the nrtLstic development. In rnminprrn niul nil the ether ma terial branches quick results are de manded. This Is the spirit of the country and in n measure it has com cem municatee! Itself te the fine nrts. Here, it will net work, especially In litera ture. Occasionally In the fine arts there nre men like Dnch, Mozart or Schubert in music, and in literature HUnKes penrc, Hcett nnd Dickens, te men tion only our own lungunge men who can wrlte continuously nnd produce masterpieces most of the time. But hew rare these geniuses are is shown by the fact thut these six men, together with a few ethers, were produced In the space of nbetit IleO yenrs. Therefore, it Is fair te conclude tiiet the pace of the fine arts Is n crawl rather than u gallop. BUT n crawl is net the spirit of the America of 1022, nor has it been for several decades before this. Where Is the American composer today who is eatlhficd te reacli the age of mere than forty years before he nttempts n sym phony in did Urnhms? It is true that when Brahms did write his first sym phony, he produced whnt new appears te be an linmnrtnl composition, but he, was net working en the principle of Illicit results. The spirit of speed Is net conducive te Hip line arts, least of all se intro spective and comtcmplntlve an nrt as that of composition, one which cenvejs the most delicate emotions through a rel- ntli'rlt litifnnittlnp mpttlllMi. r.nntfililtrp Is liiuieistoed quickly, se, at least super- music Is mere elusive because the me- iliuin is less understandabl... It is con- nrmiiy. is painting anil sculpture, mil veyed through the same senses ns litera ture, but the receptive faculties must be mero dclicntc. It is net only Amerlcn, but tiie whole world that lias Imbibed the doctrine of quick results. The inusicnl outcome is thnt most of the compeuors nrc what is known ns "half-baked." 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