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TTTK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 14, IfW).
What is Going on in
VKN his enemies wtll he glad lo
kn" that ThV11 Felsro Is
riot rrione!rii for a romark
put Into his mouth hy a pHra
irmph that ricdtcd tn the sur
face during the "lt. Mr.
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H"las'0 was supposed to he rpMhtnit In o
fnso of '"The KaMlxt Way," whirh play
bus been aub.hrtf rl to some vigorous verbal
c-astlgallnn because of Its thmo anrt its
treatment. In the course of Ma remark!,
he la quoted us having said that "for every
six girls who are allured by 'the easiest
way, nil others can lie found who bravely
toll and mannerly exist on a rrust and
sleep In a randle-lighted bark room." This
l paying a mighty poor tribute to the
womanhood of America, "Tim easiest
way" dors allure muny a girl to her de
struction. It has but one end, but the poor
girl docs not we that when she starts. But
for overy girl who gres wrong, thotiHamts
cling to the rlnlit. In every walk of llfo
these girls fight their way, earn their
bread and hold up their heads, because
they ure honest. They shun "tho easiest
way" because of the pride that a good
woman fuels In being good. This is as true
of the theatrical profession as of any nther.
The women of the stage do not differ
greatly from the women who engage, ns
breadwinners In any oilier line of work.
To th-tn It : work, and lhy know that
atieceps !n ll inefins toll. I.lttle la heard
of the lives of tin; thousands ho f:iee
privation and stick to the straight road,
while the world Inors nil about the one
who (",oe!i not. And. 'it m.iy rot be out of
place here to mention tile fact that the
Mis. Stirling, who vua divorced during tlu
week by a Scotch court, after a trial that
l remarkable even in these days for Its
mlaci'HiH fe.iturrs. Is not "an American
ftctre.-j," as she wtis dscritied in the
fabled uccoi-n'a of the court's decision.
She ,un "a a.inw girl," wlilch avocation
has Mile or nMning to do with iho pm
ffNuioii of acting.
ri.AIKH IK1.1.S nh- n.AVWRI(iH1'
lint III W ftrfleld KpruLt of llld II e
Inaro und Ills Work,
Thu.- tii' ;aus'c master wiitin in the
tirccii )o!i Allium of the mun wlio made.
"The .M ih'c M.iftiT." "No one knows het
ttr th in L.i;.l H. l.isi o tliat Vhat Die fates
held 1-r a man muKt lie wrested from him,
arid mi man ever worked harder for his
heart's i!i sire than he. That he loves his
labor, has, of course, rendared it less ardu
ous, but patient toll has been his portion
alwaya, and will be, I have no doubt, un
til the and. Day and night are one to him
time to be utilized, to bo bent to his 'will,
to serve aa a slave in the creation of
that upon which he has set his heart. I
have known him to work day after day
without leaving; his studio, begrudlng the
minutes necessary to snatch a bito of food
from the tray that Is brought to him.
Many are the occasions, when, completely
About Music,
X cor. vi t Etit'on last week with a
rran who manages a great insti
tution the subject under discus
sion was the attitude of the
musical profcBulon to the public.
TMb man Is one who deals with
wen, one who Is possessed of executive
ability which Is continually drawn upon
through the necessity for quick action; a'
man who Is a trained thinker, and who,
while not .1 close student of tho greater
things in niuflc, Is a lover of music, as he
.Is of litetuture urul of the drama.
As the nuts ;al dcpRrtment of The Bee Is
trying to t a lire on the musical world
ami on t)i- muiKul profession, drawn from
an outtlr'e toint. a few pertinent questions
were ankeU. One was tills: "Wherein do
we fall in getting the great public Inter
ested In the development of music In
Omaha?"
The man answered by an Illustration. H
tuld of an arduous climb which he and
some frl.nils made In ascending a moun
tain. Two of the party were athletes and
the others were not. Through much exer
tion and through much patient helping of
the others the entire party finally reached
the dizzy height, lnrgely because of the
power of endurance possessed by one man
In the party.
Then the gentlemnn left the 'application
to be thought out. There are varloua ways
of interpreting the parable.
One thought was given clearly and dis
tinctly by the speaker, and that thought
was along this line: "Musicians live on the
heights bo much that it discourages thOKe
who mltfht wish to tllinb. They present the
ery lii(jhent peaks of their art, and those
alone; and when the Inexpert public aees
the difference between where they are ex
pected to be and where they know they
really are. the distance Is discouraging, and
frequently the dear people turn back with a
sigh of despondency :d desist, from the
perilous climb."
What do you think about It?
Really, aa thla atudy of the relation of the
people to music and of music to the people,
opena up, It presents to tho writer one
dlffloult problem after another, and rmt
the aliniiJect one to answer Is the one that
haa been pressing itself to the front this
last week:
"la music reUly an art which should be
devekiped with the Idea Of being useful
"in minl3tryT Or, la music an art which
should lie. developed only for the devotees
of a cult?"
it Seems to be a question.
Certainly, as thla gentleman of whom
we are speaking, has said: "What is
there for the average person. In the -average
best' recital of the average best
musician? Your great alngera alng great
programs of great arlua, from great operas;
your pianists play the greatest compositions
of the greatest uud most difficult lo under
stand of the great masters, and your great
violinists play the most elaborate and
most Involved sonatas tuid concertos of the
moat ponderoua composers; your orches
tras play the most complex and most ex
treme niasteipiecea by men who wrote
things which are inly open to the trained
intellect of the advanced student Why,
even our brass bands have caught the cue,
and one hears lieavy overture, after heavy
overture, and you don't' know a thing about
what It means, or whether it means any
thing." Musicians! There i a thought, and it
assumes the shape of a very large and
pregnant thought. 1
What ahull one think about 41 T Wall,
about the first "think" la this: "la It
truer Must we admit that it la true?
It looks as though. the burden of proof
Hea in favor of the complainant. Our pro
grama are hejtry. (Not for you. perhaps;
iaalulynot for jrour neighbor, but lor the
pul.Hc. Yee!) - "
Then,, if so, what is there for the aver
age person, who'would like to love music.
Now, that leavea two roads open on
which to allow our thoughts to wander.
Shall we take, this path, pn which we
bear the eentintent: "Certainly that U all
Uuv-but juuslo nuurt be studied to be ap
ywewMtt.,
exhnueted ho has fallen asleep In his chair,
his h' nd pillowed on Ins arms flung out
across Ids dek. He works always at the
top of his bent. No minutiae Is too email
for his rnnsldrrat Ion ; no project too great
for eager, practical eimsiileratlon.
"While engaged upon the composition ot
a play, there is nothing In th world to
htm but that play. A relay of stenogra
phers are frequently employed In taking his
swift dictation. Me does not write dialogue,
ho talks It. (mlv In this way, can he obtain
any Idea of aural accuracy, the sound of
talk. As a play nm the night of produc
tion I have known him after a series of re
hearsals covering eighteen hours, to go
on testing various effects In lighting the
long night through.
"The day preceding the first night he
never leaves tho theater. A hasty suppef
Is eaten on the stage, and after the Inst
curtain has faller,, and the crowds have
gone, there. In the deserted theater, he will
alt, peopling the vacant stage with creat
ures of his own wondroua fancy until dawn
streaks the eastern fky and In the streets
rise the shrill cries of the newsboys. It
Is for them he has waited dreamed and
waited.
"What will the papers say of the work
he has done? For what they say, means
more to him, I believe, than to any other
man In his profession. Sometimes they hurt
htm the papers but more often they cheer
him, and alwaya he Is eager Tor the apt
suggestions, the constructive criticism that
will help In making more perfect the dra
matic wares he next may offer. Not that
he Is prone to act upon every suggestion
that may be given htm. for he Is the master
e'des a thing Is right nothing less than dl
of his own mind, and once that mind de
vine objection would suffice to change It.
Yet the critics may never know In what de
gree they have assisted David Belasco in
the work he has made him own."
OMIISC. TO THK OMAHA THEATERS
Attractions Annonnneit for the Week
at the Local Playhenses.
, Max Flgman, who has made so many
frienda In Omaha during the last two sea
sons by his admirable performance of "The
Man on the Box," returns to the Boyd,
tonight. Monday Tuesday, Wednesday and
Wednesday matinee. In hia new comedy
"The Substitute," by Beulah M. Dlx and
Evelyn Q. Sutherland, authors of "The
Road to Yesterday." The play recounts the
experiences of James Smith, an tip-to-date
young lawyer, who substitutes for his pros
pective brother-in-law In the pulpit of a
country church In Now England. While
masquerading aa the parson he dlseovcra
a neat conspiracy against an aged minister,
with whoso daughter he has fallen madly
In love. The first act occurs In the law
offices of Vandergrlft & Smith at New
York. The aecond occura in the Bitting
room of tho parsonago at West Appleford,
Conn. The third act takes place . in the
Musicians and Musical Events
preciated. Those who have tolled up the
heights, have done so at great cost; the
progress haa been alow and painful; often
the way has been lonely; often the foot
prlnta have been placed on rough ground,
full many times the weary feet have been
bleeding, and the heart aching. Let those
who wish to understand follow In the foot
steps of those who have gone before."
Shall we adopt that Idea? It Is glorious,
It Is exalted In a way, it sounda logical.
It seems to be true, and yet well, and yet,
somehow it seems selfish. What was all
this painful progress for? What was thla
self-denying renunciatory process for? Was
the ulllmuto goal Satisfaction for Self?
Does not that narrow the idea of Muslo
to a Kino Art for the delectation of the
Artist and the Soloct Few? Does It?
On the other hand, let us take the path
of thought.
l.ft our friend speak: "You musicians
must know that to the average person who
would fain be a muslo lover, music is like
a foreign language. You who ure constant
students thereof, can converse with ease
on the mountain tops, but here are a lot
of strangers in your country, who would
like to know your language. What are you
going to do to help them understand you?"
Now, musicians are hot any more selfish
than other people. And still here is an
accusation which truly makes one sit up
and do some meditation.
Assuming the same Illustration, does it
not seem aa though the point is well taken,
and that tho peoplo who are prominently
known In the concert and reel til world,
are like foreigners giving lecture on the
Forms of Construction of the language,
essays on Prosody and Parsing, to people
who wish r understand the language and
be shown the licauties of the foreign realm.
Should music be a 'language which we try
to Interpret and explain, n language by
which soul communicates with soul?
Should Music, In this sense, be an Art
which would be classified as a Useful Art,
for the people, rather than a Fine Art for
the few?
V
I-ct us revert a moment to that Idea of
this busy man about heavy music.
Now there is a very prevalent notion that
elasRlo muslo Is heavy; that heavy music
Is classic; that everything that a great
writer did la necessarily gnat; that great
writers and classic writers are far above
the people, Immeasurably distant on the
heights, to which the people can scarcely
look, and certainly to which they can never
aspire.
Theve notions are wrong. All clu'std
music Is not heavy. All heavy music la
not by any means classic. Every great
muster has written things which are far
greater than other things ho haa written;
music has been written by men with great
names which could not get a publisher
today under your name, or that of John
Smith, (even if he spelled It Johann
Smythe).
- Great writers and claulc writers are not
above the people nt all times They are
not always immeasurably distant. Let a
word or two of explanation be offered.
Handel ranks as one of the very greatest
of the Oratorio composers.
An audience. Invited Indiscriminately, to
fill the Auditorium, would nppluud the
"Hallelujah" Chorus from "The Messiah"
to tho echo, even if they bad never beard
It before. Tho "Something" In it would
reecit the "Something" in the audience.
We call It Soul. The chorus, "For unto
us," with Its long runs, and Its repeti
tions might provoke even laughter. But
why? Just because that style of costum
ing a thought la old-fashioned. The lwople
would also laugh at a chorea of women
talking Id with hoop aklrta, funny old
sleeve effects, aide curls, and a'l that style
Of thing that belonged to our great-great-
unta. The real "stuff" I there. Juat the
same, but the dressing is . different.
I Mendelaaohn was another great master
of the Oratorio. He waa a great composer.
In his day. lie was composer along
the Stage
gardens of the psrfonsge and the last
transpires In the court room at Waterborc.
Mr. Klgman will he supported by a thor
oughly capable company Including Messrs
Ernest C. Wnrde, Sydney Trice, Krank J. i
Klrke, Hugh Dlllman. Stanley Wood, Her
bert Charles, Harry Iavtan, Krnest Mack,
Ray naceford, JiuK Terry, Fred Allen
and lillta Robertson, t.lltian Rhodes
Wheeler, Agnes Everett and Myrtle Tanne
hlll. Of the new plays of the year, none has
engendered more dtsctiMlon and won more
cordial approval than "The House of Bond
age," In which Florence Roberta and a re-
mfirkable supporting cast will appear
at the Boyd for three nights and a Satur
day matinee, beginning Thursday. March
It. "The House of Boniiage," Is by Seymour
Oliermer, who seems to have won, both as
a dramatic llterateur and craftsman, ex
ceptional honors through this work.. Miss
Roberts portrays the wife of an English)
peer, the latter a brilliant parliamentarian,
but rather a neglectful consort Philan
thropic pursuits throw the Wife frequently
In the company of n great surgeon, a man
who. In tho kli.dller qalltlea of heart and
hand, Is a happy contrast to the peer.
The husband Is stricken with a vital brain
trouble, and the surgeon Is railed upon to
operate on him. The dramatic force of this
situation adroitly worked out can readily
be appreciated. Tho wife, of course, figures
principally In the climax. There are other
characters of practically co-Importance,
and thae are acted by such artists aa
Arthur Forrest, Thurlow Bergen, Hallet
Bosworth, Harry Qlbbs, Ann Warrington
and Mary Bertrand.
"The Lion and the Mouse," built of such
excellent material and put together in such
admirable fashion hy Charles Klein that it
blda fair to hold Its place In popular favor
for aeveral generatlona cornea to Boyd's
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday March 21,
22 and 23, wltU Tuesday matinee. Heading
the company Is Oliver Doud Byron aa
John Burkett Ryder, the giant of finance,
who has no ambition aaide from making
money and who to that end does not hesi
tate to crush even his friends, his adver
sary In the struggle that forms the basis
of the Klein play.
The announcement of the production of
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's
Dream," with Mendelasohn's muato at
Boyd's theater Friday evening;, Baturday
afternoon and evening, March 28 and 27,
under the ausplcea of the Association of
Collegiate Alumnae or Omaha, has Inter
ested many different kinds ot people, more
so than almost any other theatrical af
fair In recent years. Ben Greet haa a spe
cial following that la not of the theater)
"Everyman" and the woodland productions
gave him a strong hold on the Interest of
the aerlous minded. Shakespeare and Ben
Greet together should auffloe to draw a
classic lines. But he Is not immeasurably
distant from. you. There are parts of the
"Elijah" which would atlr the average
person to his very cons. And you know
hia "Wedding March" and his "Spring
Song."
Bach was a great and a classic composer.
His music Is heavy, lots of It. But, pray,
do not forget that much of It Is not
heavy. There are Bach chorales which
would appeal to the ordinary llker of muslo,
and which today are the standard of choral
composition. There are banks and gentle
hills In Bach, as well as mountain peaks.
Wagner was a great Master In music.
Some of us think he was the great cul
mination of all that had gone before,
t Borne do not think so.)
You might not enjoy the wondroua mys
tic music drama of "Parsifal," but it la
safe to assert that almost any audience
would be able to get a great deal out of
the "Good Friday" music of the vernal
equinox. With a good graphic explanation
the overture to "Tannhauscr" or the Vor
splel (prelude) to "Lohengrin" would be
eagerly listened to by tho average audience
of persons, if Well played.
Beethoven was a great master In music.
Perhaps his greatest Works would be be
yond the public, that Is, in their entirety.
But there are pages and pages ot Beetho
ven which would be a delight to the ordi
nary assembly of people who would like
to love music
In conclusion, thisman of affairs, who
was not too busy to talk to you through
this column today, made this remark:
"Tell your musical frienda not to forget the
Psychic bearing of music. Music, after all,
Is of the 8oul. It should appeal more to the
aoul, than it does. It appeals to the phys
ical sense, and sets feet a-tlngllng, but
music should be more than an accompani
ment or Incentive to the tripping of feet
in a fantaatlo dance.
"It appeals to the intellect and gives
much Joy to those who study that phase
of It; but It should be more than that.
"It should not be allowed to be frosen
Into mountain tops of cold lntellectlsm; the
Intellect should be subservient to the soul.
Music must appeal to the depths of the
human soul, and musicians who know the
way should come and help the atrugglers
up the heights. They should point out the
beauties they have seen and encourage the
patient toll upwarda.
It doea no good to stand on tho mountain
top and cry to the people in the valley to
come up higher.
The people must be led upward from
where they are, not from where they ought
to be."
-e-
The people of thla community can bo
helped upward In their musical progress.
It la true that we stand too often on the
heights and call to tho people to come up
higher.
Can we not devise some way whereby we
can help them to see that there la a path
from the valley to the mountain top?
Csn we not point out the simplicity and
beauty of True Art?
There Is a golden opportunity hero und
people are going to embrace It.
In the last week two musicians have
spoken to thla writer about auggeationa of
fered by the "Physician" two weeks ago in
thla column. They took the matter aerl
ously and some are evon now planning for
a definite action on one or two points then
considered.
Tho light is breaking; it is not yet noon.
But It will be! It will bel
THOMAS J. KELLY.
Bl astral Nm.
Music lovers should be aura to hear the
Mendelssohn muslo to "Midsummer Night's
Dreairi," played Ly the Russian Symphony
Orchestra of New York under direction of
Molten Allrehuler. There will he thlrinu
orchestral uumbers. a couple of full cho
rusas and some aolo work. This will bo in
connection with the famous "Ben Greet"
p!aers at the Boyd next week. See an
nouncements In dramat lo column. Don't
miss tha rara opportunity to hear this beau
tiful inualu of MendeUsohn.
Mr. Martin Bush announces hia third
organ recital to be given thla afternoon at
4 o'clock at the Hrit oCtigregatlonal t huroit.
He will be awls led by air. i. Kills.
World Briefly Told
fine and large audience. But still another
large group of people Is appealed to by
the appearance of the Russian symphony
orchestra In Mendelssohn centenary year
will naturally swell this Ipterrst to the
maximum. Mail orders tiny.iMn to Mr. E.
J. Monaghan can now be sent to Boyd's
theater and will bo filled as received. This
plan has been found convenient to all,
and has especially been appreciated bjf out-of-town
patrons. This 4s the first abear
ance In Omaha of the Russian Symphony
orchestra of New York, conducted by
Modeste Altschuler, and numbering fifty
pluyers. The company will appear In only
One Effect
kVERY much wish," remarked
one of tho most eminent of
New York theatrical man-
rJiJPj agers one day last week, "that
persons who know what sums
successful playwrights are now te
celvlng for their work would lake
some pains to keep this knowledge to
themselves." He immediately ex
plained that this wish waa not based
on any Idea that there was anything
improper in publishing such Infor
mation. "My complaint against printing that
sort of thing," he continued, "Is that
It makes such a lot of useless trouole
for us managers and Inspires such cn
untold quantity of useless, futile labor
on the part of scores and scores of
well meaning but mistaken persons.
I read in one of our theatrical papers
a few weeks ago a little paragraph to
the effect that Eugene Walter, author
of 'The Easiest Way,' who was Bleep
ing on a bench in Bryant park three
or four years ago because he hadn't
the price of a bunk in a Bowery lodg
ing house, was now receiving In royal
ties somewhere between S3, 000 and
15,000 a week. The paragraph stated
that Mr. Walter had on tour three or
four companies In 'The Wolf and
four or five In 'Paid In Full,' not to
mention the New York company now
playing 'The Easleat Way,' and that
the total of hia royalties was made
up of receipts from these companies.
"Now I am not In a position to fcay
whether Mr. Walter la getting as
much as this or not. 1 certainly don't
begrudge it to him if he is. But I wtsli
to heaven nobody would print things
about it for the following comprehen
sive reasons: This paragraph haa
been copied In other papera and period
icals about half a million times, I sup
pose. Away down In Podunk or Out In
Medicine Bow Mrs. Bill Boggs, wife
of old Bill Boggs, who runs the cor
ner grocery store, reads about Mr.
Walter's big winnings. It looks
awfully attractive to her, and noth
ing will do but she must write a
play. She has never tried to write a
a Tew eastern cities, but Ha tour will take
It as far aa the Pacific coast. At the Satur
day evening preformance, the closing night,
Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to
be given, with the incidental music by
Oounod and TschalkowBky. 'a
"Mistress Nell," the play chosen fot
production at the Burwood for the week
starting this afternoon Is a story of ro
mance and Intrigue In the court of Charles
II. The central figure, of course. Is Nell
Qwynne, the Orange flrU who becomes a
great actress and then the favorite of
the king. This particular version of "Noll
Qwynne" ia the dramatisation made by
Oeorge C. Hazelton for Henrietta Cros
man, she creating a positive furore In the
role. The story opens In the "green room"
of Drury Lane theater, London, where
Nell Is the idol of the day and the ac
knowledged actress of the time. Charles
II. sees her' performance and is smitten
with her charms. She becomes Ills ac
knowledged favorite and guardian angel
as well, for through her nimble wit she
circumvents his enemies and proves her
honesty and allegiance to the king. With
the manuscript of tht play came all of
the original music which Miss Crosman
used In the New York production. In
the role of Nell, Miss Leone will have a
splendid part for the portrayal of her
talents. Bhe runa the gamut of the emo-,
Hons from gay to lively, from lively to
severe. In the first act she sings a song
and in the third act she assumes the dis
guise of a boy, and as Such fools the en
tire court and the king himself. Mr. Grew
will play the dashing sovereign, Charles
II. Mr. Todd Will be the wily, ambitious
Buckingham, and Miss Downing the Lady
Portsmouth, a, spy for Louts of France.
Messrs. Bason, Ingraham, Cllsbee, Fitch
and Francis are placed to advantaga, and
Artists Fulton and Wolff promise some
adequate settings. The company will be
largely augmented for the production.
There will be matinees today, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
The bill which cornea to the Orpheum
thla week will contain many features of
a popular nature. The DeHaven sextet,
with Sydney C. Gibson featured, present
"The Understudy," during which for some
twenty minutes Mr. Gibson, with hia fair
assistant, frolic through varloua songs
and dunces. "Chums'" will be presented
by a capable company headed by Eva
Taylor, who la said to possess a person
ality of much charm. Cherldah Simpson
will be heard In songs from the numerous
successes In which she haa been featured.
She was last seen here In "Red Feather."
Being a skilled pianist, she adds to the
attractiveness of her act by playing her
own accompaniment. Francln-OUens, con
certlnlHts, xylnphonlst. Juggler and acro
bat, will offer an act which combines all
of these accomplishments and which la re
ported to be unique. In the presentation
of all this he haa the assistance of an
active page. The well-known monologlst,
Bortle Fowler! will present material
which will be found new and bright. Mu
sic lovers have a treat In atore for them
In, the violin playing of Slgnor Travato,
who Is considered a great find In New
York musical clrclea. He was discovered
by the composer, Sollaen, during a re
cent trip abroad.
$
Young and old will welcome with gratifi
cation the announcement that Charley
Grarewln, In "The Awakening of Mr. Plpp,"
will bo seen at the Krug for four days,
starting matinee today. The play la a
funny one, filled with catchy music, aongs.
dances, specialties and ludicrous situations,
causing one continuous laugh all through
until the fall of the curtain. Mr. Plpp and
the Plpp family have returned from the
races, and the play opena with the song
"The Raws," which, with a chorus of forty
girls with lovely forma and who know how
to slntt, present' a revtlallou of scenic
beamy. Some of the new catchy and up-to-date
musical numbers are "Pie," "You'll
Be Sorry in the Morning." "Callle," "I Can
Think of Nothing but You, Lou," "Papeta
Magulre," "O'Reilly" and "The Old Oaken
Bucket for Mine," and many others,
Lincoln J. Carter's play. "Too Proud to
Beg," will be the attraction at the Krug
theater for three days, starting Thursday
night. March IS. It Is one of the best plays
of thla prolific author and producer. There
will be the regular Saturday matlni-e.
LATK Uir FROM TfiEl.M1
I.lttle Sotes pnd Anecdotes of Plays
and Players.
Miss lima Elliott has resigned from the
Bijou Stock company In Chicago, and will
go into vaudeville, billed as " Ixirna Elliott
ib Co." Sully Ousrd will nfslet her In an
act which lias been booked fir several
weeks at the Chicago vaudeville houses,
and for a season In ihe west, if Wanted.
Mr. Affkln, of the producing firm of Singer
sV Askln la now negotiating with Mlsa
of Publicity
play. She knows nothing about the
demands of that most exacting and
technical of all literary pursuits (with
the exception of advertisement com
position), but that makes no differ
ence. She wants to get some of thut
$3,000 a week, and she starts out to
do It.
"I don't think I exaggerate the facts
a particle when I say that as a result
of that simple little paragraph about
Walter's royalties no less than 600
perfectly useless and hopeless and
footless manuscripts which their fond
authors describe as plays have come
Into my office, and as I don't' think
my experience Is unique among other
managers, the turn total of the futile
literary activity resulting from that
bit of gossip is something fearful to
contemplate.
"The worst of it la that every one
of those manuscripts must recjlve
some attention. Every one of them
must at least be sent back. If any
one of them goes astray a fearful
howl Is raised, even though Its only
conceivable use Is to stop a broken
pane of window glass. But as a mat
ter of fact every such manuscript
that comes into my office Is turned
over to my renders for examination
and report. I know perfectly well that
nine hundred and ninety-nine out of
every one thousand nilnutea my read
era spend on that bunch of literature
will be absolutely wasted, but that
doesn't help me at all. They must
look 'em all over for the sake of the
Jewel that may be hidden in the muck
heap. They don't read them all from
start to finish. Of course not. You
don't have to drain a keg to know
that it contains beer. Sometimes a
single glance at the first page la
enough to ahow you that the person
who wrote the thing doesn't know 'a
flay from a pianola. But some at
tention they must receive, each and
every one of them. And that's why
1 groan whenever I pick up a paper
and see a story about the large sums
made by successful playwrights."
Elliott to go on the road to be featured In
a standard play. Her reception at the
hands of the Chicago lpera waa as warm
as she had In Omaha. Forest Arden In the
Examiner says, "Miss Elliott Is the typical
soulful heroine, from voice to walk and
aye." The Inter-Ocean says: "The emo
tional role of thp play Is handled with good
effect by Miss Elliott." The Journal says:
"The company's leading woman Is Mlsa
Lorna Elliott, In whose acting one finds
evldenco of Intelligence and good training.
The part she plays this week does not
make any unusual demands upon her, but
one ia Inclined lo commend her for not
attempting to make more of the part than
there Is In it."
"There l a play now running in New
York which Is teaching a great lesson. Thla
Is Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's great
play "The Dawn of Tomorrow." played by
Miss Eleanor Robson. I wish I could preach
from the pulpit as great a lesson as that
play teaches." said the Rev. Charles F.
Aked In the Fifth Avenue Baptist church,
New York.
At the end of the short play, "Gringolre,"
which Laurence Irving, his wife, Mabel
Hackney, and three other persons gave for
the first time in Boston recently, young
Mr. Irving held the stage for a speech of
some length. He explained his good purpose
of bringing Into American vaudeville such
worthy effort for dramatic art as has been
the constant aim of his father. His refer
ence to Henry Irving brought out hearty
and long continued applause.
They gave away women's silk stockings
at the hundredth performance of "Mary
Jane's Pa" in New York last week. Which
recalls a story told of the late Susan B.
Anthony of dear memory. Mlsa Anthony
was a woman of simple taste In dress, but
her close friends knew of one pretty femin
ine vanity that she always held to. She
had a weakness for silk stockings. Being
pressed for an explanation fo what most
women at one time regarded as an un
necessary extravagance she laughingly ex
claimed: "Oh, I Just love 'em. Thev are
an inspiration. If I have my silk Blockings
on when I rise to make an address I feel
Just like I waa walking among the clouds.
They help me to soar away on fllghta of
eloquence. I Wouldn't tie without them."
The auffragette play, "Votes for Women,"
will be given In Wallaek'a theater. New
York, next week. Mary Shaw will play the
principal part. The play has been popular
In London, and because of the Interest In
this country In that movement. It is ex
pected to excite attention. One of the fea
turea In It la a mob scene, In which 20u or
more persona are employed.
There appears to be some doubt regard
ing Mrs. Brown-Potter's retirement from
the stage. l.at week she issued this state
ment: "Mrs. Brown-Potter Is in good
health. She has much work ahead of her
In England. She does not desire to make
any other Btatement aliout her affairs,
as she does not conlder them of public
Interest." To which her manager, William
Morris, added: "I hive a conn-act for eight
weeks with Mrs. Totter. She has apneared
for three weeks and I have no doubt she
will complete the other five weeka when
ever I call on her."
Nat Goodwin believes he hss happened
upon another accidental snccee In a play
called "The Master Hand." with which he
aays he has startled the south. "The Mas
ter Hand" is by Carrol Fleming and was
first produced In Huston more than a year
ago. It was withdrawn after a short run
and waa on the shelf until Mr. Goodwin
took It down.
"Mother, may I go out to dance
And on that limb of hickory
Hang up my shoes and stockings era
I try to woo Terplschore?
I'll then be free to dance about
With classical agility.
And Imitate the darning of
' The ladles of nobility."
"But why go barefoot, daughter mine?
And why upaet propriety?"
"Because It Is the latest thing
In high New York society.
I must go barefoot, mother, dear,
Like girls In Patagonia;
Appendicitis has gone out--
The fad is now pneumonia."'
New York Telegraph.
Esa flood friend ft the James K. Ifackett
company smuggled a story across the
Canadian border lnt week: "A company
of troopers were walking Into a small town
over the railroad ties when the leading
man i -reached the manager. 'Say. gov
ernor.' be said, 'oen you let me have 16
cents?' 'What for?' Inquired tha manager,
wrathfullv. you're alwaya bothering me
utjotit money.' '1 went to set u shave. re
plied the leading man. 'Ve play "Romeo
and Juliet" tonight, and I can't play
Romeo with a five daya' beard.' 'All light. '
growled the manager, 'you don't have to.
Weil play "frthelle" tonight." " f Jooitf rlend
dictated thla yarn to a young English sten
ographer In TuriHitu. As aim smtied he
felt It waa a good one. 'it's a good story,
Isn't It?" he observed. "Yes.' refilled the
typist, "but he waa awfully stingy."
Mrs. Penelope Smith, dramatic erlflo nt
tha (TnUwluw DlSDatch. whq was rmnmm iU
married, repnsa In a correspondent the
following wifely confidence: "If a nurrled
man Is railed a Benedict Is a married
woman called a Benedictine?" And he an
swers: "Not always, my dear. Sometimes
a lemon harangue."
Towneend Walsh, the young llterateur,
who preredea tola Pklnner'on his tours and
Is himself Harvard rr.an, has Issued a
Harvard book of the theatrical profession.
He finds that John Corbln. '9S. Is literary
adviser of the New theater; Percy Mackave,
Kt, is more or less necessary to Ifem-y Mil
ler In a like capacity, and John Daniel Wil
liams. 'Hi, eilltor of Charles Frohman'a
pre? work, others are Julian Biting, '02,
a bright luminary of the Honey Boy mins
trels, and Harry Woodruff. '. who Is a
ltlnce at the Princes In Chicago.
Beginning on Monday. March 1, the
Messrs. Shubert established a new rule by
which no tickets for any of the New York
theaters under their management are to
be put on sale at any of the Tyson Co.
ticket sgpnrh In hotel or elsewhere. This
step was taken by the Messrs. Shuhert
lifter hating antlstactorlly tried the experi
ment for the two weeka Immediately pre
ceding at Daly's and at the Casino. The
Shuhert theaters for which no seats are to
he had nt the agencies are: The Lyric,
where "The Blue Mouse" Is the offering;
tho Casino, where James T. Tower appears
In "Havana;" Daly's, where Julia Marlowe
AMI SKMEHTS.
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JUST A LAUGHING MATTER FOR
dcomnc- TflTJIRflT
ing
Mr. John Cort Present! America's Foremost Comedian
MAX
In tho Biggest Success of His Career
"The Substitute"
A Genuine 'Comedy by B. M. Dix and E. G. Sutherland
'Better than the 'Man
SEATS SELLING NOW
tt-K THREE NIGHTS,
V
2s "Kvery Triangle Has Throe Sides I MATXirXB
' Every Story Has Two." I BATTJBDAT
Barxx.iAxT
BUFPOBT
March 21-22-23.
HENRY D.
Matinee 23d
HARRIS
PRKSKNTa
LION
and the
The
MOUSE
By CHARLC KLEIN,
OLIVER DOUD BYRON,
EDITH BARKER.
si. im SalJaja 1 1 jVf
JPHONES Bell.
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iWHAT
could be more appropriate for the
week containing Kt. latrlck'a Imy
than the romantic atory of the
dualling Irish laas. Nell Gwynne.
who aold oranges to King Charles
II and afterwards atole hia heart?
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The Version Played Only by
I ft I STORES S B3ELL
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Miss Crosman's Original Music Miss Leone In the Title Rolf Elaborate
Costunitrg Correct Scenic Surroundings.
ncp Bargain
uuli Matinees
Tu)s., Thurs.
and Saturday
T' HELL
WID YEZ"
Says Mistress Nell In the Third Act.
OKEIOMTOIf
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
MATHTZB DA1X.Y. till 8.
STEBT aiOIT.
Week Starting Matinee Today
The De Haven Sextet
With Sydney O. Otbson.
Eva Taylor
And Her Players, In ths Merriest of
Tarclal Oomedias, CHUMS'"
By Arrangement with Chas Frohman.
Cheridah Simpson
AMimiCAJr rmiMA dobtha
X.ats Star of The Ked Feather."
Francini-OIIoms
AMD AOB
Europe's Oreat TourbUlos aCuetolaa
Bertie Fowler
Xa Bar Kerr stonoloaTie.
Joe Cook & Brothers
The Dexterous Touagsters, la
"TtfWt the Depot."
Signor Travato
The rbUlplao Ylrtuso.
KINODROME
Always ths mewest ta mottoa pictures
raUCXt 10a, ate sjU sOc.
I to be seen In "The C.odde.s of Reson(
the Herald Square, where Kathryn K,1rt'".r
Is appearing In "A Woman of Impulse;
Maxlne Elliott's, where CnrloltH ''
i. laving 111 "This Woman and This .l4
the" Ms lest le. where Three Twins ere
.till to be fonnd. and the West End. Where
the hill change weeklv. Relative to the
matter of cancelling arrangement with the
agencies. Mr. 1 Shuhert said: "Our pur
pose In refusing to deal longer with the
Tyson com pa n v la to give the pnbllo A
fair deal. I he hotel agencies expect to get
certain 'blocks' of seata with the privilege
of returning the unsold tickets at
o'clock In the rvenlng. Therefore, people
who rome to the box office during the rtav
are unable to hirv acuta which are at the
agencies, but which mv be returned Ister
unsold. This Is an obvious Injustice to
those who come to the box office for ar
coirunodatlons and for whom the rule of
first come first served' should strictly pre
vail." At last Blanche Bates seem In fairway
to realise an ambition to play Rosalind.
"It may be two years before I get around
to it." David Relaseo eald last work, "but
1 am going to present Hlancho Matea In
'As You Like If and 'Twcirth Night. I
am going to have a presentation of 'Romeo)
and Juliet.' with Frances Starr aa Juliet,
and I hope to give the public a chance to
see David Warfleld as Shylotk lu 'The
Merchant of Venice' "
Special
Matinee
Wednesday
on the Box."
Minneapolis Tribune.
BEGINNING THURSDAY MARCH IB
JOSW COMT JPKEBEsTTB AMERICA'S MOST
DMTlJraVXSKED EMOTIOsTAt. ACTKESS
FLORENCE ROBERTS
In Seymour Obermer's Remarkable Play
The House of Bondage
Cast Will Include Arthur Forrest,
Thurlow ftergen. Hallet Boaworth,
Ann Warrington and Mary Bertrand.
ssati wow iiuma
OBD&B OAJtmiAOMS 0 10l4Q
March 26th and 27th
Russian Symphony
v Orchestra
And BEN GREET PLAYERS
KAPEtrilAaS'B
"A Midsummer Night's Dream."
With Kendelssohti Uoslo
Sit. March 27, Romeo and Juliet
Vy ir.jwaaMBt&L3asaasaf .Mllias'?
DouS. ISO'.nrt a-i
TWICE
TODAY
AM) AIL WEEK
Henrietta Crosman la Called
EVERY EVENING
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Talking Animated Plaur9s
Meal Tickets Frea at Hanson's
Every peraon who Usee a mul at Tell
Hanson's beetmeni restaurant may guest
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