Arizona republican., 1913-11-23


 come tax will do which DO one will | complain of and that is it will eff fectuallv put a stop to the ridicu 1 louslv exaggerated stories of the sal | aries paid to actors and actresses. l If there is one thing an actor loves | better than the spotlight, it is to | send his salary aeroplaning to rec l ord breaking heights; but when it | comes to paying Uncle Sam his share ] of these pipe dreams it is quite an other story. In Vaudeville especially | there has been a run for cover that | would make a Marathon winner look i like a cripple
 The federal government is evidently not going to take any chances in this regard for it is putting the mat ter of the payment of the tax on actors salaries directly up to the managers who employ them. They will be required to deduct the neces- sary amount from the pay envelopes after they have once .paid three or four thousand dollars to them in any one season.
 At the Shubert tnea-er tomorrow night Forbes Robertson will make his first appearance as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, and his wife. Mss Gertrude Elliott, will be seen as Portia. This is one of the really important events of the season No actor who has played the part since ST Henry Irving is entitled to the respect that is due Forbes Robertson in classic roles. He has played the role of ShylOck in London a number of times and has received the highest mede of praise from the British critics Not even Sir Henry was so universally commended.
 The farewell engagement of this great actor at the Shubert theater has turned out to be one of the most remarkable events of recent years. They may say what they like about New York having no use for anything but girls shows, nonsense and smut; but there is not a city in the world that is quicker to recognize real merit in any line. Ever since the opening performance some six weeks ago there has not been a night when the the ater has not been filled to capacity and there is absolutely no question that Forbes Robertson, his charming wife and their supporting company could play to capacity for the entire winter Whether it has been Ham l let" Mice and Men, The Light That Failed The Passing of the l Third Floor Back" The Sacrament Of Judas" or any other play in his repertoire the story has been the same. The theater has never been l3rge enough to holi all who would GO him honor. Only few weeks re- main of his enga cement and then he will start on his long trip from coast to coast. making what he says will be an affectionate and regretfuI farewell to this great country which has treated him so kindly.
 A little further down Broadway
 another famous English actor. Mir | Cyril Maude, is being tendered hearty welcome. MT. Maude, too. is appearing in repertoire and so far has been seen in The Second in | Command" Beauty and the Barge. %
 and The Ghost of Jerry Bundler,' . i We will have more to say of Mr l Maude's engagement, later on
 
 l Apparently Ignace Jan Paderewski is suffering from a very severe at
 tack of artistic temperament" this
 season. On a number of occasions
 he has kept his audiences waitins
 long after the advertised hour fol
 him to appear and has shown great deal of irritability In Bos ton the other afternoon he was t. Tlay at Symphony ball and demand etl that all doors and windows b, kept closed and the place as warn as steam heat could make it. H. kept his audience waiting for lon, time after he was advertised to ap rear The huge hall was damned t the doors and the heat and bad ali soon became almost intolerabIe On EWoman tainted and had to be carrie out and a number of others lief Paderewski was furious and turnin from the piano shouted 'Is it i'm
 possible that the doors be kept clos
 ed?
 It is a rare thing for sPaderewsl { tc. meet with harsh criticism in tht country but after this incident s conservative paper as the Bosto ! <iTranscript, of which the veteran Phil q ip Hale is the critic, delivered itse <lcf the following:
 <l Now Mir Paderewski is not { domi- god let down from heaven an $l clbthed- with the power to hold hi Sl hearers imprisoned for so long ! time and under whatever condition <l he may impose The strictest dis q Ciplinarians of theaters and concel ! halls even in Germany. have not " $ denied any auditor the right to qu $l the auditorium as and when q pleases. and it was good yesterda ] tn see many departures even aft $l MT. Paderewski had screamed out h anger The most careless and selfis Sl managers do not subject their al Sl diences to such and overloaded al