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itia or nwaterr nlar. and thla
M'Dreducers next week. The
William Gillette at the Bread,
'III second ami flnnl wrrk at the
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B resumption of the craze for the
hair-raider during the Init month or
hat come as a distinct surprise.
e Bat" brought forth ft number of
tatlens when It wns first presented
i years age, but then the pendulum
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rOi;?M fantastical attain.
It wasn't the
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of the melodrama and mystery
te return, but return it did, ns
following- Incomplete catalogue will
tfNew Tork, right new. are: "The
rlatan," in which Fred Tiden, well
nbered for hh pertrajnl of the
In in lUt .1ill-nfn1 "Unci Man.
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finn.. n. .i .u. r-en.ri-" wlilrh is
J ue Ufc Uliu Lie .,". .
V-m -, rln. relation of "The Bat" nnd
M'WM peddled te every manager
m 'Brttdway, before It was produced e
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en a
I 'A-eperatlvc plan and coined money ,
BT.y Thi. Hindu" which is second-coil-
W;Mm te "The Green Goddess, with
Xillker Whiteside featured Instead of
iT1fc auare and subtle Arliss:
fv'OTie Night Call" "hlch ui the
i, aiureraniiy tamcu et rnniopueiiu m
' fcyatery producing business;
V "The Uat, which is cumiui'img
cend year after liavlng toured tli
f.. ennntrv with n fine-comb cempl-teneKK.
.-''Bull Deg Drummond," that Lngllse
thriller which plajcd at the uarnck
around the holidays.
.On the read, either newly hatched or
recently come from Broadway, are:
"WhisperingWires," featuring McKay
Merris, the interesting Dec Kennlcett.
f'Maln Street." and again the wire
1M la said te be used in the plot ttruc
ture. "Smeeth as Silk," one of lliard
Mack's creations, plajln? up BoMea
way
' "Haunted" and "The Dream
Maker," the two local contributions te
vbIs rialavatlAti nf uhiiilHnr liriirlllr nr
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J-jl plays rotate in circles, but they
ran parrot each ether te n remark
"abl degree. The Luclla of "Haunted,"
for example, is but a slightly disguised
(and darkened) replica of the part that
Mar Vokes and Jessie Ralph played in
"The Bat." Her chief function teems
tetbe te lead the audience In the paths
f fear. She Bhrlcks and she groans
mad Imaeines all sorts of things before
t? ..tha ether members of the cast, or the
f audience, cither have begun te worry.
JMJdentally, of course, her indication
of fear must be se ludicrous and se
axaggerated that it must bring a laugh,
for. the knowing playwright is aware
that a laugh net only makes tbe thrill
tut fellows mere telling, but is neces
sary te leaven the tensity et the mele-
1'i.v r: saxamaLiu iiuruuu ui iiie wiuii
j Ji laaii it i ...U. . ik 1a
e'"Ci'i"- Unfortunately, that same playwright
RyVllaM Aa km11A tiflfr vita Wktflv
WJ:,' saatt be closely akin te horse-play and
M'ahMtrel methods. If he writes the
BMv part inns way ub can eniy dc ayen ay
&"ki aid of an extraordinarily clever
-;M actor or actress. That same is cxera
. allied in "Haunted." Since the Men-
-,lar.w night performance Lucille Le
y veraer who left tlie company last week,
r'., aaairejeinea it ana again lanes up ner
rs Part of tee -old mammy. Without in
!, aay way reflecting en tlie ability of
;, Nerene Pollock, who stepped in Monday
$ With scanty rchcarsalB and attempted
.V te nlar this lmnertant role, it must be
adailtted that Miss Le Verne's assump-
um ei tne reie nas lmmeasuraDiy lm
srared both it and the play as a whole.
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" S- vkA mw hop fn 'Ornhnna nt the
St Btefm" hew the single-teethed, mus-
' tached Madame Frechard became the
a.a. m .1 11...
u wpinuuvui mammy ei me vviiuam
V 'Uttrieurt play.
.t maunDM r is aisa auuering te wnat
'!.. ajtaaam a nenular custom in harlnc for
'fy -'" Iteilcadlnc figure a mysterious, maleve-
i ' yllu UnlN wIia sffil1r thrnnvh tfie
tv'- aetpM with that air of "Wateh me and
'l SMa'll aa anme flpvnrnrlri." fTara If
$& f taVSwami, played by Rebert Edesen:
U la New Yerk It is the chnrlatan nlavcd
'. y '(Mr. Tiden, who draws goldfish
f feewla and rabbits from his sleeves when
rK tba'actlen of the plot begins te lag.
s ,j.ne juai ana - xae uai anu ine
IAMm" ka mm ., mm Jnmln.nl H iw -
I a .area, though the former, at any rate,
V7, ceW easily have had one If the name
T.' '-"11J 1C 1IU BUkU UVU111IHIH lift "
A part had been differently conceived nnd
Vfe S?re Pwerful,y constructed. "The
'i. euau is in ine nature ei a comoi cemoi comei
IV' satlen of the mystery man of the above
Biaya, and the sinister figure of a
t atralfht (mtledrama like "The Green
rtfta sj sa
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fttfiJBA dominant per-
aenaiiiy entirely is that supplied by
'William ntllrtff In alTl n.tim
;r'lSMlkr." TTprn n nnf tlie frvrre for erll
S-T Mlt the force te stinnret's evil.
(tiii Glllette has always steed for that.
"i Jaaia an actor wne nas steed dciinltciy
7th MMM ......unf..! nn.l U- I..l Ju
cf-H1 , AHriun icmjuiixiui nun vtic uhi:.i;iiiu ill
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tare characterizations. If the ncrsen
flbose part he assumes Is called en te
co Inte some dnadly and evilly black
3tra (as he did in "Sherlock Helmes")
ttobedy has any qualms about his get
tiaa out alive. His very npprarance
iaapires confidence; he exudes it, and
"whtn he lights his eu-r-present cigar,
,lt becomes a case, net of wondering
aB.fllmftt-.ia If m-ltl rlAfan- Wta atiatnlnu nn
fi'aaw he will defeat them.
A Wl 1--A 1 lii..
"SmH 'nl "Kca ere .ur, uiuciie was
3fiia abmething entirely different, and he
7wVlta nBl nnu convincing proof that he
illi' SMfmenalitv entirely. T lint nlnv gnu
RBanrle'a 5,Dear Brutus," and in It
faj'-vtBara waa net the rather bellicose, ceck-fS'i,i-un
Gillette of "Secret Service" and
t!W HAlm-a.
but the wistful, happiness
rs Vaeeking husband of the Scotch author's
2 jgcraatien. His scene with Madge Bel-
cJamy in tue encnantea weeds is net
r.YJtilHwlf' seen te be forgotten.
i.'ii.. T "Thi. T)rnm MnVn- finn-.M.. u
,ytfa.ith Gillette of old again, a single
vlaa1vldual matching his wits against
y'ft Mad of creeks, the modern equivalents
will
fact
ather
BKitxiae aieriaruys et yettcrnay. it
EM'Jm aeubly Interestins in view of the
rrii.raat' the star wrote the nlav. or r
i'fi'""r" UIU " lrum " "jiiui'kis given mm
y by. Heward Morten, a Western news-
.M.M...I...1 In. ,. .. 1. 1 11.
V: Sinanerman. Fer. trulv. nn Rtnilvnt nt
K t thtvt American drama can afford te pass
1 V u.nnnv ". wihi-hv w. Ill)mi IU
a Mention that inarrcl of technical con-
Wijatractlen, "Secret Service."
't&iVfTs DREAM MAKMt" is, hew.
j. ..
"iMkevcr, a bit apart from the pat'
Mft of tke mysteiu plays that are
.MiHnt 1he stage, for the most part,
'MM teem te be beginning te net awau
'.' tHkts, the vresentatien of a oreun in
rawn., room, trae, one after the
are open te suspicion of a
m murder, and are drifting (iha.ll
My laclct) te the type tchlch pre
.M0 cenrrei figure wne is shown
aartty ana mysteriously
network et thrilllna rvrnti.
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n aepnvca of the hale
nJLIS!: touch, of
'Alflttti''
JJs Again, Stronger Than Ever
"Haunted?' Stays Other Notes
fathten. and Philadelphia is, theatrically
..... -i ..
city, with four houses left open, will hare
only enenlng will be "The Dream Maker"
and the ether "mele," "Haunted," will
Walnut.
Shows That Are Coming
Te Philadelphia Soehl
Mar 15 "Lett Pepper." with
Charlette Qreenwoed. Walnut.
can ba added, this character is con-
sidercd, by its maker, a complete and
sufficient reason for a three or four
act mystery play.
ALTHOUGH three of the main houses
are. In the parlance, "ilnrk" next
week, the 1021 -L'2 theatrical season
hati net quite come te a full step. Gil
lette li in for two week. "Welcome
btrunger will stay n like tunc longer
at the Garrlck, Al Jolxen has just been
prevailed upon te tarry n fifth week at
I e Miueert lumen will lirlne lilm up
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nut en tlie l.ith for n t-tny of several
weens, mat. with the two stock en
gnsementi, will keen thlngM humming
meticraiciy ler nnetiier mentii or se
yet.
Theatrical Billboard
for the Coming Week
Ni:W ATTnACTlONS
BROAD "The Dream Maker." by Wil
liam Gillette nnd Heward n. Morten,
a. melodramatic story with Gillette cm
acting the leading- role and a cast
that Includes many favorites.
SHOWS THAT REMAIN
SHUnBRT"13ombe," latest Shubert
review, with Al Jolsen In the leading
role and a background at Granada In
the days of Columbua.
W4.trT."Hnunted'" melodrama by
William Hurlburt, with Rebert Kdesen
" fewaml and a can that Includes
0ffCA-" Welcome Stranger Aaren
iiuaa apenir and Fuller Melllsh.
Heffman comedy concerning thi trials
of a Benlal Jew In a small New KnR
land lllagc. Geerge Sidney featured.
STOCK
BROX DWAY Scandal," Cosme Ham
ilton racy comedy offered In stock by
company which is headed by L'dna
Hlbbanl and Leen Gorden,
CROSS KEYS "Ruddles," Geerge V.
Hobart story of American doURhbes
In France after the war, presented by
Mae Desmond and her plaers.
VAUDEVILLE
B. F. KEITH'S Mildred Harris, former fermer
ly Mrs. Charlie Chaplin, la the head
liner next week, presenting a new one
act comedy called "Mevie Mad," by
Edwin Durke, In which she is suppor
ted by S. Miller Kent and Ueatrlce
Mergan: also, Bill Bailey nnd Llyn
Cowan In a sketch, "A Little Pro
duction," with Estelle Davis: minstrel
revival. "The Come Backs." with
Jame Bradley, Geerge Cunningham,
Al Edwards and Jeseph Norcrees, old
timers; Frank North and Will Hal
llday, rural classic sketch; Wilfred
Clarke In a one net cemedv, "New
What;" Claudia Celeman, mimic, In
"Feminine Types," 'and ethers.
BBUBERT VAUDEVILLE Vaudeville
changes next week Include James and
Edith James In thelr latest sku. a
musical comedy effering: Jack Mer
lin, card manipulator; Herman nnd
Brlsce with new songs and Jack
Klmberley and Helen Paire, cemedv
efferlhs". also. "Made In Phllly." re
vue In second week with new songs.
new faces and new comedy scenes ;
all-Philadelphia revue with enst head
ed by El Brendel and Flo Bert and
Including Hareld Bryant. Jack Ro Re
land. Pearl Yeung. Billy Starr, Jean
Ceiart and many ethers.
QLOBE Next week'a bill headed by
Charles Ahearn and company In "A
Cycle of Fun," a comedy novelty new
te this city with big cast ; also. Jack
Strouse, blackface comedian; Pauline
Fielding, legitimate actress and com
pany In a playlet with songs called
'Roae of Virginia ;" "Three Bohem
ians," songs and Instrumental music;
Temmle Allen, comedienne ; Dixie
Four, dusky quartette with songs, nnd
ethers.
ALLEGHENY Jesie Flynn. appearing
in eiKKiacc, wun n group ei pretty
girls in a combination of minstrelsy
and comedy with songs ; film feature,
"Meran of the Lady Letty," with Dor Der Dor
othy Dalten and Rodelph Valentine;
also, Walter Flshter, legitimate come
dian in a farce called "Come Out of
the Kitchen;" Davis and McCoy, com
edy ; Thee and Dandles, scenic singing
novelty, and ethers.
WILLIAM PAW Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday, Leretta McDermott
and Eddie Cox. muslcul comedy itart,
in a new singing and dancing revue ;
film feature, "Sewing the Wind,"
with Anita Stewart ; nlse, Sharkey,
Reth and Witt, comedy songs and
instrumental music: Eva Lynn, ClJe
Dllsen and company In a musical
comedy tabloid; ethers; Thursday.
Friday and Saturday. Geerge E. Reed
and Girls In musical .novelty ; "Man
from Lest River," film feature and
many ethers.
FAY'S Arthur Bemardl and company
in a protean dramatic play In which
the star plays thirty-five parts; film
feature. "Iren te Oeld." with Dustin
Farnum ; also, Earl nnd Lindsay,
comedy, singing and dnnclnc t,Mt
called "Frem the Altar te the Ghetto ;"
Jereme nnd Albright, fcengn and com
edy; Hennlngs, club juggling nnd hat
spinning novelty; Mara Rehn, sing-
nig comedian of the eccpntrlc sort ;
Lee and Dunham, comedy bar otTct etTct
ing and many ethers.
NlXON Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, Mae West, "the belle of Broad Bread
way." with Harry Richmond In n
musical comedy skit; Irving Milter nnd
Emmet Antheny In "A Jewel Mys
tery ;" Ann Marsten and "Mcnocle"
Mahley. aklt, "De Yeu Fellow Me;"
Market! and Gay, dunccrs, and the
Twe Ladeltan; pictures, complete
change of program Thursday.
KEYBTOXE Harry Helmes and Flor Fler
rle La Vere In a novelty skit, "Them
selves;" also. Seven Little Hwoot Hweot Hwoet
hearts, featuring the Ferbes Kiddles
In songs and comedy ; Bert Walten
and company comedy singing offering,
Parde and Melva. In ncrobatle novelty :
Calts Brethers, "Tailor Made Beys;"
and fourth chapter of "Oe Oet Xm
Hutch" serial; ether pictures.
NIXOWB QRAXD Floren. Ames and
Aaeiaiae wintnrep in "Alice In ttlun
derland," travesty revue, Is headllner
next week: nlse. Beaumont Sisters,
wmgs and fun; Eddie Kane- and Jay
Herman "midnight sons," In fun and
song; Jamcu Durkln and Eleaner
Durkln, songs ; Herberts, comedy
gymnasts, and ethers.
BURLESQUE
TROCADERO "Helle Paree, new show
containing two musical travesties,
with a chorus of twcjity.feur, and a
caat of principals that Includes Harry
Kelly, Dave Shafkln, Heward Mc
Nabb, Oertrude Aery, Llsta Eldrldge ;
also, Doyie and Deyle, song and dance
team specialty.
MINSTRELS
DVHONTS Closing week of season
for thla minstrel heuse with a special
program for the occasion ; Emmett J.
Welch, new series of ballads; Charlie
Boyden nnd Richard Lee, skit. "The
Three Mile Limit;" Jehn Lemuels,
"What'ii Wrntit- With W(m.... .
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Bennle. Fuizie and Plnkle Franklin
In "Heme fiem the Opera," nnd many
ethers
WAi.rO.V ROOF Lillian Beardman,
-wiii.si, win kivu vyuia or song lo le lo
lectiens; VI Qulnn, asalsted - Lee
Hall offers a novelty entltli, '"One-two-three-go!"
Mldgle W.fler. an
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THE CRITIC TALKS
TO MUSIC LOVERS
PHILADELPHIA'S first Music Week
closes tonight and, all things con
sidered, it has been hlchlv successful.
There have been an enormous number of
concerts given at various places all ever
the city; some of them have been im
pertant ones, even v. hen judged by the
standards of the busiest and artistically
most successful musical season that the
city has ever known.
Checking up en the results of Music
Week is unfortunately a practical im
possibility. The real reason ter such
u movement is te instill n love of
music as one of the great arts into
these persons who have never known
just what music might mean In their
lives. Hut this is a task which can
net be accomplished in a week's nor In
a month's time. It is the cae of the
parable of the sewer all ever again ; It
all depends upon what kind et soil the
seed fell, lucre was plenty of seed
sewed, but no man can say what it
will bring forth in the way of musical
development.
One element which has militated
against Music Week, as It has pre
judiced etery ether similar period of
special activity, Is that there are far
tee many special "weeks." When they
started, people paid n let et attention
te them, se much se that every or
ganization which had any public aim te
achlcve immediately planned for a
"week' or nt least a "day." This
has resulted in comparatively lltlc at
tention beinc nald te unv of them ex
cept by Uiem: persons Interested, and, as
the idea Is te make converts te what
ever cause Is holding the "week,"
it therefore experienced some difficulty
in Hiu-t nllng because of the wealth of
weeks.
T11K great thing te de in music is te
bring it Inte the homes of the people
und this was the aim of Music Week.
It is nil very well te be te the orchestral
concerts or te the opera or te the recitals
et tne great nrtlsts, but, after nil, unless
there Is music in the homes, the Natien
will never become notably musical, de
spite the undoubted talents et thousands
of young Americans.
Uermany has held her pre-eminent
position as the most musical nation or
the earth because of this very thliiR.
Music of the best c ass is a part of the
everyday life of the people, and is net
.nknn nn r.r,iinn n-n nn nmiP.
mem. This attitude carried through a
hiillk'lcnt number of gcncrntlena has
produced a nation which has given the
world by far the largest number of great
compesiTS nnd put it in a position where
for jeiirs it tuught the world in cvi-u
branch of the art. And music in the
homes did it ifll.
If Music Week in Philadelphia can
in the end result in the introduction of
,.la)ln. in even a tounle f de.cn he.... s.
f..X' "7"" I".", f .J"V, "e" '" ":
net of the finest quality; and if America
desires te leud the world in the Held of
music, this must be the first as it will
be the lust step. When peepli- are
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ceuntrj.
DHILADELPHIA has never been be-
J- hind ether great cities in the preduc-
tlen of ninutcur music, and in the last
nnn ruin ,1m i..ltr1n mnu rn u, riti.i. a
analysis the whole musical structure
rests upon the amateur. It Is the ama
teur who Mipperta the great artists by
attending their concerts, as it is the
umntcur musician who attends the or
i liestral nnd operatic performances, even
if fur financial reusen he cannot sun-
pert them. The nverage person net
particularly interested in the art will
k" uin-v ur iirruuii-. initu iu uiiir ii
vicii-iuiveriiHeii iiiiiHiciiwi, uui ine ama
teur musician gees every time, long
after the popular Interest has waned.
Therefore, te become u rwillv musical
nation the musical iuteri"ts of the home
must be developed, .mil this should be
the real aim of Music Week. But how hew
well it lias suceded we prebnbly shall
never knew In this lespcrt It wns
very like Ait Week, except that the in
tercst I .he latter case wns perhaps n
little .ere tangible. The crowds whit li
t'Xiiiriiied the pictures un Chestnut street
during Art Week were in n manner
I'hnlogeuN te the multitudes which heard
111 (i various musical organizations of tin
city during Music Week, but the ulti
mate result In both cases will he in
definite. There may be a basis of com
putation for Art Week in the Attendance
at the next nubile art exhibit. r,mi.i...i
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STRANGER " Gnvr-UU
of the two "weeks" were se different
that there can bu little value in a com
parison. Pew can paint or draw, but
any one enn sing. It is te be hoped that
both "weeks" will succeed in their ulti
mate ends, a union of which will be
the advancement of the fine arts In our
country.
THE result of the request program
of the Philadelphia Orchestra this
year was surprising In mere wnjs than
one, but it was especially in the choice
of the symphony that the chief interest
lay. The Cesar Franck smpheny was
performed at the first pair of concerts,
and the Tschalkewsky "Symphonic
Pnthctique" was played at the seven
teenth pair, and yet with this discrep
ancy in time the former wen in the
request program, though by a narrow
margin.
Musical taste In Philadelphia lias
palpably changed in the last fifteen
years, as has been shown by the request
program of this season. There has been
mere or leas suggestion in certain cir
cles that the real request of the voters
was net entirely regarded, but the
writer Is in a position te say that this
Is net the case. The vote wraR carefully
recorded and the wishes of the voters
were ndhered te absolutely ; these num
bers which received the greatest num
ber of votes were performed.
At the last request program concerts,
some years age, Mr. Stokewskl, in the
interest of pregrammlc balance, changed
the symphonies, once te the Beethoven
Fifth ana once te the Schubert B miner,
although In both cases the Tschalkewsky
Pathetlque had the greater number of
votes. This was perhaps unwlse unless
the request programs were te be aban
doned absolutely, because If there Is te
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' f l W u' -JHEmtd ""' ,",?! !?,'!?
l,.neuIJ be performed, no matter what
bi a request program the numbers re-
the musical result will be. If the nub
ile Is dissatisfied with the requested
program It will learn by experience.
And under any circumstances n request
program can scarcely result in it per-
iect musical eniance.
OF THE changes in the personnel of
the Philadelphia Orchestra this
, "V "ear-'"0"n Tet tl e first X'
ft fi0,ftCp0?e,nn?znati00I,1, T, ".&
vear. the departure of Jouis Angelety,
! t be regretted. Mr. Angelety tendered
i t t u..u i.. .. ...". '
i Tn ihn. fif,,(.,PU nt h,a r,
, Philadelphia, Mr. Angelety has
i.m m hn -. i , .'."
'-. " " " .uwv miiicu iiiriuuurB
nt the musical colony as we as of the
Philadelphia Orchestra. As a violinist
he has few equals in the city, nnd that
means In the country, cither as solo
ist, orchestra plnyer or In that finest
of all musical fields, chamber mnsie.
i With n minnph tinfilinlnun n hnnu.lf..l
, tone nnd a musicianship eqnnled by
i . .,. ., n ,n . . . .-
few Philadelphia professional iihihI
clans, as well as a personality which
has endenred him te n host of friends,
Mr. Angelety has been nn outstanding
figure in the real musical life of th
city, a realm which is net entirely open
phla suffers serious less In the going of
.Leuis Angelety, both as musician and
10 tne music-ieving public, riiiindel
i nt a man.
MUSIC NOTES
Thu Old Yerk Rend Cheral lll ulve Its
sprlnir eenrcrt.at ths Ablnuten flUh Si-hoel
Thuraday uvenlnif. May 11. Murl.i Stena
I.Hniriteri, contralto, will tie the soloist. An
milled fjruure will lx the aiiU et nrUes
te the winners of th sorenl annual "Music "Music
Mmnerv Contest" of the Juniors of the
choral and the school children of Ablnitten.
Cheltenham and Jankintewn, The contest
for th" prlsca will take place tenltrht. and
U undvr the direction of Mis, O 1), Keen
wetter, of .Voble.
The iinnuil meetln. of the rhlladlphlu
Musle Cluh will l hld In Iho noose,
veil eij Tuesday, May 9, at 2 30 o'clock,
at which there will be the election of
officers,
The Cheral Art Society, iomnepil entirely
of professional slnusrs of Phllndflphla. urder
the leadership of, J)r II, Alexunder Mat.
havis. Mill Blve It; first public tepcert In
the Academy of Musle next Tuesday eve"
,. -. jiiiii.i .'w.i.111 win ee Kiven
fteq eftcr1 nert of te. tetwn. of te
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MAE
DESMOND.
STOCK
Cress
rtendlnn Cheral Society will be held tn th
Orphcum Theatre, lltaillnir, en Thursday
evening next, when Memloliaehn'i "Klljah"
una a lettimr or Brrnnt'a "TnanateDaii,"
bv N, Llndiay Nerdtn, will be given by
the chorus et 200 mixed Milcei and forty
nix mm from the Philadelphia Orchtitm.
rne BOIemta win be lletav L.ane HhenDird.
noprane; Frieda Kllnk, alte: Richard Creeks,
tenor, nnd Kred F.itten, bass. 0. Lindsay
oeraen is me conductor.
Ella Teung Line, a pupil et Leuis J.
Hewell, will alve her annual aeng recital at
the Presser Auditorium en Wednesday, May
10.
The program of David Rablnewltx at the
Art Alliance Tuesday evening. May 16, will
cenaw or worm vy itacnmaninen, Jeacneii
iky, Chepin, Weber and Lint.
A recital will be given en Thursday vt
nlnr. Stay 11. at the New Century Draw
Ins Roem by Laura Kaufman Gerhard, con
tralto, and Clarence Kehlmann, pianist.
Iaabel Dung-an Ferris, assisted by Ruth
K. McConnell, soprano, will give an organ
recital in Central Congregational Church.
Eighteenth and Green streets, en Thursday,
at 8:15 P. M.
The thirteenth free Sunday afternoon con
cert at the Academy of the Fine Arts will
te glen tomorrow, at 3 o'clock. The per
formers will be Nina Prettjman Hewell,
viellrlst, nnd Lewis James Hewell, baritone.
Pupils of Isabel Dunxan Ferris, pianist,
and Florence Inrm Haenle, violinist, will
Blve a recital In drecli Hall, Wanamaker's.
Saturday next, at 2 P. it.
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InstructkiD CUen tv Deth Smew
PARTY NIGHTS
tummw. tfteniar, . Mr. t. i
Ul, -J.iV.'kjiw.i.&iAai-;' aMV?
.
, 'tniaaina wnii"",r-"--
IMT1 ,BIaiMt wae a--T w
,te plg'rtHe HKd lateater in' "Welcome
StraBiW," new at ihi Garrlck, kid de
TOtad big time te nwrlttinf and decttr
iaf new plays for prodeeera, hu slf ned
a contract for the production of ,
of hH playg In the etrly fall. Al
though Mr. Hifglni has done much play
writing In recent yaaw, rerUlni the
werki of sit author and In gemt In
stances almost rewrltln entire play a,
this will be the first time that he1-will
hare his name attached te a Play ilnce
he starred M his own dramaa of "Up
Yerk State," "At PlneyBldfe" and
"His Last Peller." His first big juc
cess In play writing was made here
when his drama, "The Plunger," wna
produced nt the Arch Street Theatre by
Oliver Daoud Byren.
The new play Is an up-te-uate melo
drama and the scenes are laid In the
Blue Ridge Mountains.
William Qlllette'a Career
William Gillette, star and co-author
of "The Dream Maker," which ctemee
te the Bread Street Theatre for an en
gagement of two weeks, Is one of the
least known personalities en the stage.
He seldom granta Interviews, and when
he does, he volunteers little information.
When he left Tale University Mr. Gil
lette became a "utility" man In a eteck
company. At the nosten museum m
appeared In farce, comedy and tragedy.
Later he was the first American star te
be Invited by' Sir Henry Irving te oc
cupy the stage of the Lyceum Theatre,
Londen. He played three engagements
In that city. Mr. Gillette is also the
author et many plays, Including ''Held
by the Enemy," "Secret Service" and
"Sherlock Helmes." In all he wrote
thirteen, collaborated en three and
adapted seven from the French and
German. '
Mae Desmond In "Buddlss"
Mae Desmond nnd her stock players
at the Cress Keys Theatre wl 1 offer
Oeorge V. .Hebart'a doughboy wmrdy,
"Buddies," next week as their second
attraction. This story of a group et
homesick soldiers in France after the
war contains net only a strain of drama
combined with the comedy, but also a
number of songs. ' Besides Miss Des
mond, the company includes Frank
Fielder, Mary Duncan Stewart. Earl
Dwuer, Homers Nichols, Leuis Banford
and a newcomer, Spencer Charters.
Likes te Play "Mammy" Relei
Lucille Ic Verne, who Is again play-'
Ing the role of Luelle in William Hurl
hurt's melodrama, "Haunted." new at
the Walnut street Theatre, enjoys play
ing Mammy roles, and has been Iden
tified with a number of them. She
was born in an old Colonial house en
a plantation 100 miles from Memphis.
She started her stage career as an in
genue and has since played emotional,
farcical and high comedy roles. A few
years age she settled down te playing
colored mammy roles. Among her
recent successes were "Back Pay" and
"The Geld Fish." It is her beast that
in Bosten ahe kept en her make-up
while riding In a street-car and was
undetected.
Final Week for Dument'a
Fer the closing week of the current
season, the Emmett J. Welch Minstrels
have provided a varied. program' nt Du Du
eont'a. according te an old custom.
Mr. Welch will contribute some new
ballads; Charlie Berden and Richard
Lee will be seen in a comedy skit, "The
Three-Mile Limit" : Jehn Lemuels has
a dissertation en "What'n Wrong With
Wimmcn" : Bennle. Pinkie and Funic
Franklin appear in "Heme Frem the
Opera," and Geerge McConnell, Happy
Thompson, Dave Barnes and Carl Ash Ash
weed will be seen In "Meledy Lnnd."
Last week's travesty, "Have Yeu a
Little Radie in Your Heme," will be
ceuunuea.
IMPORTANT Sl'ORT NEWS
A complete account of the box scores and
side lights en the games played en Saturday
afternoon-, bv the teams in the Phila
delphia Baseball Association, will be pub
lished every Sunday en the Sports Pages of
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and EDDIE COX
BINfilXO AND DANTINO RKVIEW
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MAE
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Open for the Season
DURBANO'S
CONCERT BAND
Ercele Durbane
Conductor
Edna Wallace Kinney
Contralto
Up-te-the-Minute
Amusements
Fireworks Every
Friday Night
MASK AND WIG CLUB :
of the University of Pennsylvania i
will present Its final perfermancs or j
"TELL-TALES";
At the Academy of Music "
ON HATI'RDAT KVKN'V'l, MAV "
Seats New at HeeDe ,
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