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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
7ERE. &c HERE AMONG TIE
PLAYER PERSONALITIES
Miniature Interviews with Several of the Actors Now
Appearing In Casts Of Productions in
Broadway Theatres

I tors drama. Fine Feathers" at the AS
tor Theatre. Lolita Robertson is its
name.
From an extra girl in a small mclo-
drama theatre TO the leading part in
Broadway production is the road which
Miss Robertson has travelled in seven
years. Her first appearances were made
in San Francisco. back in 1906. and her
first opportunity came IN that city where
she was born. when the souhrette OF the
company Tell III and Miss Robertson as
sured the stage manager that she could
. play the part. 1t was IN 4 piece called
- Runaway Match and Miss Robert
son swoSe the next morning TO lind her
| self dubbed the INT of the piece--''the girl
with the tomboy smile Personality did
the trick then.
Now there is something more. \ train
ing under Henry MijierS eye with Henry
Woodruff in Brown OF Harvard" in chi
cago, an appearance in "A piece called
commencement DAYS ON the road. and.
fna1y. marriage to Max Fisman. actor
and stage director both. have made a
change. Various performances on tour
viii Nj FIEmar. ~ we'll a. In stock en-
sagements in the West, with all sorts Of
parts led up to Mrs. Reynolds in the
first performance a., Pin, Feathers" IN
Chicago and here
We, the actress declares Sh" j. willing
to give her stage career all mp and be
satisfied K she never sees another part
arain. Re son: One daughter. aged seven
months.
II wa Miss Fieman' who VAS the
chief ;opic 81 coave' saticn iE the stat
dressing room the night after the opening.
How that younG lady was a perfect lit
tie miss. what nicely furnished house
in the suburbs had been secured for her
convenience and what an excellent nurse
she had seemed much more important
subject mater for converse uon than the
play oc the night,
cot course II was pleasan, Ia appear
on Broadway in the leading womans part
in the play. and with such associates ~
Mr.. Lackayc and Nj Edeson and Miss
Cogh|an" Miss Robertson declared. "hut
| would be perfectly content 10 never play
again It's the baby that absorbs interest
these Gays.
And still more marvcls. Miss Robertson
attributes the pleasantnesses Of her life
not 10 work and ability, but 10 having
been born under lucky star.
II surely have been fortunate she cN-
planned First. | was horn in san Fran
cisco Then. I had my stage opportunity
there and was m ifried there. Since then
I've, had Mr.. Figman to give me all the
benefit of his stage experience. I've gone
back 10 the very theatre where ! went
on as an extra woman and been the
leading lady I've had 4 chance To pay
this part here. and now I've the dear
est baby in the world. Yes, surely. !
have my lucky star
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

Virginia Harmed an actress equally well
known Tor her performances OF comedy
ana emotional parts. will he seen in a
new onc-act piaylct. The call OF Paris
IL its title and it IS from the pen "f MISS
Harmed. II is characterized as dra-
matte episode of Americans abroad An
other piavlct which promises unique IN
terest is The Seal Of silence" in which
Walter Law aud his company VIII APP
posr. u deals wi'h the life Of priest
and h.s Observance Of the demands of the
confessional The Wandercr." a comedy
sketch. will no presented ny Madden and
Fit zpatrick. and other numbers on the
bill will be Maud Muller and Ia stanley.
in songs and dialogue; Britt Wood. =
YANKEE comedian; Paul Ncvina and Ruby
ErUood. in "a musical number; In" Flying
Russolls: Dorothy Kcnton. with her
banjo. and Johnson. Howard and LIS
tcttc. with their eccentric comedy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
LATEST FRANK PLAY
Macdonald Hastings'S The
Tide" Called VERY DREADFUL

London. Jan THE yellow haired girl
with the snub nose, coming out of the
Queens Theatre after the first PERFORM
ance Of Macdonald IIastingss The Tide
There's one thing YOU can say. It's
frishtfully jolly, isn't it,
The chap with long hair: Doesn't IT
strike YOU as very dreadful in parts
on the whole. THE Tide" is not badly
summed M by these two remarks. though
"frightfully jolly" must he taken liter
ally. and the dreadful parts are not the
ones that the long-haired chap obviously
meant.
lie meant that OF tho eight characters
two arc unmarried parents and two illegi-
innate children, and there is good deal
Of pretty plain talk The really dreadful
part of tho affair comes i'm the third act
there are four acts-when two women
weep sngly and in unison, and third Is
for several minutes on the imminent
verge Of tears. Then there is another
dreadful period after the fall of the last
curtain. when one tries to find out what
il was all about.
Obviously. the thing is intended to illus
lIbI' III ~ Eulll''lll VI H'lil' hlilu h'N
what is the subject? Is It woman's neces-
sity for motherhood as against the right
to vote? Two Of them, the unmarried
mother and the childless wife, go pretty
thoroughly into tho question of the divine
right NJ motherhood Or is Il tho injustice
of society to woman who does not have the
sanction of holy church or the registers
Office for her first venture into certain
of the affairs Of life? That is a subject
that IL always ready to hand when con
vcrsation sackens or is ii tho injustice
Of society 10 illeStimatc children in re-
uuiring them To- share the burden of
shame? That Is touched on, though not
gone into deeply or Is IL tho freedom
and joy and irrcsponsihility of being ILL.,
Ultimate? That is developed extensively.
or is II merely an illustration Of the de-
Light of the untrammelled introduction OF
topical allGsion i'm the serious drama?
There is reason to believe that the
truth is that II is a play that got out OF
hand Not that the characters run away
with the story, hut simply that they didn't
tell the story that they obviously started
To tell Instead. they got mixed up, forgot
their cues or something and did not tell
anything at all.
In the first act Felicity Scarth and Dr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
Proc.or's Fifth Avenue.

Proc;ors fifih Avenue Theatre VIII
present another OF its diversified bills with
the week which begins tomorrow. 4
number of important acts VIII divide
among themselves tho honors Of centrsl
place. "rhe system an intense drama
of life among the persons Of the under
world. will he seen. with Taylor Granville
and Laura Pierpont I'm the principal parts.
Valerie Bcrgere and her associates Will
offer Ills japanese Wife" Albcrtina
Rasch. formerly premiere danseuse NJ the
IIippodromc. will appear in number OF
dances. assisted ny Nlastor Novotna and
Marion Ialcwskor. Paul Conchas, the
iugglor IN number which he calls
"AchiIics ana Patroclus," will also ap-
ccar. together with Herman Tmberg, in
SONGS: Karl Emmy and his pets; Richards
and KYLE. in IA Regular Club Fellow ;
tho Kcmps. entertainers: John Johnson.
monologist. and General Tisano. sharp
shootcT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
PLAY WORLD OF PARIS
Guv's Production Of "Kismet Meets with Gallo
Sneers- Coincide Francaise Consults Poincare
About Dangerous Play-Notes

doesn't laugh and II doesn't smile; IT,
serious. little sad, mournful bit. IL
is 4 regular naif drama, given over 10 en-
exposition of facts and deeds, exempt OF
pretensions. devoid Of psychology and
stamped all over with that grave pueril'
ity" to which the Anglo-Saxon tempera-
ment accommodates itself so admirably.
Henry Bidou. critic for the journal des
Debats." is blunter and harder than his
colleague of lie Temps"
You can't see the costumes. let alone
the people in them he says. Back
ground Is ALL.
Robert de Flers, himself a playwright
OF extremely practical, almost CONNER
cial. temper. writing in lie Figaro
special account OF the first night OF ks
met" is more amusing than either OF his
heavier and solder confreres. The play
he says. is notable for scenery and MUIR
der and would be an ordinary near
Eastern blood nd-thunder piece II Il
weren't that Allah himself plays the chief
role in it. II is hard on Allah, too, he
continues. that so many thefts. murders
and so on should come out OF all the
praying. The characters OF the drama
would be sympathetic II they had little
time free from numbering to talk to US
about their feelings. ''Ce diable d Allah"
is responsible for that, though. The chief
value Of "kismet." de Flers goes on, IL
its reproduction of the Orient on physi-
cal basis. The destiny business Of NJ.
Knoblauch is of profound bsnality. or.
if you prefer Of banal profundity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

Paris. Jan. e. 49, the most important
theatrical event of the present season at
Paris is singularly enough an American
one. a distinction which we have not had
before outside opera. And. even more
curiously, II is an event already old and
passed away. not only at New York but
at London. Here it is as fresh as Chan
tecler' was, and nearly as famous before
hand For eight months IT has been In
waiting. while its actual preparation has
taken as many weeks. Edward Knob
LAUGHS "Kismet" has just been produced
i'm Paris.
"Kismet" however. has not gone at all
with the critics The play has unques-
tionably been brought out here on far
srander scale than at either London or
New York: it is far more competentlN. II
less spiritedly. acted: its scenic mounting
Is incOmparaby superior, and the quality
OF its text has been very considerably
improved i'm the translation. The differ
ence lies i'm the audience. which is French
Adolphe BriSsCn, OF lie Temps, re-
lates the plot OF "Kismet'- in order TO
avoid saying what a poor opinion he has
Of it, He expands on the excellence OF
Jules Lemaitre's translation and the
beauty Of the French language instead.
At Fast though. he does come to the point
a little TO be brief he SAYS, circum-
stances made everybody expect something
tremendous; hence the disappointment
Moreover. "Kismet isn't our sort AT all;
it's not for us no matter what the Eng
lSh or Americans may find in it. 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

the narrow life Of the farm to the broad
thoroughfare OF the world.
II would be difrcult 10 estimate rapidly
the numbers of artists who figure IN the
PLAYS presented during ono season IN Ne"
York In their presentation there 49, now
ever. one almost uniform characteristic
That is an air Of affected "flneness. Which
too often becomes effeminacy, robbing the
character OF all reality. II is the absence
Of This which has made Mr.. Waldron
performance noteworthy Instead ne
makes Wilson character with manly
qualities combined with exceptional OK
preston Of feeling,
NY Srst acting was done in the ola
Murray Hill stock" Mr.. Waidron VIII
tell the ouestioner. That company un-
DER the management OF Henry ': DON
nelly NOW dead. served as a school Tor
his daughter. Dorothy Donnelly; Frances
Starr Laura Hope Crews and numpei
Of other players who have become We"
known since then.
After several years there and AT other
places in the East | went TO CahIorhis
and PLAYED in San Francisco Tor urie'
Then came back to Eastern STOCK com
panles, but finally went 10 San Francesca
again as leading man in Frederick beias
co.'s AIcazar company. was pisyihs
there at the time Of the earthquake VI
1896
But almost Immediately left ior
Australia. where played for year UNI
der j. G. Willismson's management. lhen
] came hack 10 this country and piaNcu
In The Wsrrens Of Virginia me
Fourth Estate" The Herfords' WIN
Viola Allen. and now Alan wilson.
The years in stock were good school
ing They give technical ability TO play
vide variety of parts and to combine
greet deal IN one part TO get IL over
better played In stock company
again last summer. and believe thorough
IS In the value Of such playing
There IL a new personality on Broad
way II has come without any prelim-
mary warnings. and il has made its hrst
appearance here as star IN the al
star cast which plays in Eugene Wal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
HOLMES LECTURE TONIGHT.

Burton Holmes will Civ. tho FIRST of his
annual series of travclogucs at Carnegie
HALL when ne viii tell Of "A Cruise TO the
West indies" The lecturer visited tho
district last spring. going to the Panama
Canal by way Of cuba. Porto Rico, Trim
dad. Barbados. 81. Thomas and Jamai-
ca During his travels he took large
number of motion pictures and colored
views, and these now will be used 10 IL
lustrate the travelogue Among those
arc n number showing him in the unique
costumes of the countries which he vis-
tied.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
keith's Union Square.

# +. F. Kcith's Union square Theatre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

Doris K,sne no longer weeps. There
was 4, time whec from her eyes came
buckets of tears until she was heralded as
the coming Margaret Ansiin," the cham
MON veeper OF the future. The Hypo-
critics Of Henry Arthur Jones started
Tho dcluge. and everything else she did
.,dded 10 her lachrymose outpourines.
r,u now. what 4 change, Instead of
,t,c sorrow, OF the downcast We have the
f,isLy Young opera artistic in The Al
sai-., Of Anatol." made Tor laughing pur-
zoe only. \ photograph did 1t all.
=, bappcned pack about four summers
go Vow II seems Miss l<eane is a mrc
oouor-lead and silver she declsres-and
.h, went ont into Colorado 10 look AT her
,,o,s-,, Returning she stopped I'm Deu-
,.r and there fell in love with Elitch's
Garoens that wonderful home Of summer
stock companies set IN ar old apple
orchard.
Inst a bout that time the leadin. lady OF
The company decided 10 set married. THIS
IN spite Of the fact that Mrs. Elitcn-
Long. the company manager had an
nounced an elaborate production OF the
Rose Of the Rancho" in which heroine
is very necessary.
With Miss keancS expressed desire to
play in the Gardens there was offered
solution for tha management and a. "A
sort Of last resort. with only five dass'
warning for all preparat tons. the emo
tional" Miss Keane became Juanita.
Moreover. she stepped into Tho person
ality Of the little Spanish maiden vita
her coquetries so successfully that sn1
STAYED Al the Gardens a second week
AIso-she had number Of pictures
taken showing herself ia the sparkling
dances OF tho fascinating little mink. And
Thereby hangs the tale.
With career made M OF The Hypo-
critics " The Happy Marriage" and other
bits Of cmounC. what wonder that Miss
Keane was slated the following fall FOR
another sorrowful maiden. BY chance.
though. she showed her Rose" pictures
n Charles Frohman. The rest she tells.
Mr. Frohmau looked at the pictures.
which showed mo blithely dancing with
all the gay abandon possible.
This isn't really YOU, is IT, ne said.
You don't mean to tell me you can be
as merry as all that
And when ! assured him ! could that
wanted to he merry on the stage, IN
character parts he said nothing. But
When shortly after he cast the comedy
decorating Clemontine' ne gave nc the
psrt OF q very frivolous creature whose
spirited dancing was one Of her strong
est characteristics. All his associates
told him he was mad, and some of the
people in the company wouldn't even
sneak to me, they thought was going TO
make such failure. But the critics were
coed enough to say didn't. to such good
purpose that Mimi and her sort are now
my very own.
And that dancing picture of Juanita
cid il all for me-
Tho superior advantages to player OF
thorough training in stock companies
has another excellent eXemplification in
one Of the actors now appearing in New
York That is Charles Waldron, one OF
Mrs Fiskes three leading men in The
High Road" at the Hudson Theatre.
Mr.. Waldron is Alan Wilson. the artist,
who appears in tho frs: two acts Of the
play and who is responsible for the de-
parture Of Mary Page Mrs. ffske) from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

There IL q new personality on Broad
way II has come without any prelim-
mary warnings, and il has made it's hrst
appearance here AZ a star in the all
star cast which plays in Eugene Wal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
AT THE VARIETIES
This Weeks Vaudeville and
BurIesque Bills Novel.

Tire coming week at the city's vaudc-
Vile and burlesque theatres promises inc
usual varety. Without tho shadow OF a
doubt. tho managers Of such entertain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
A KNOWING PUPIL.

Teacher What is the meaning Of the
word leisure"
Pupil-It IL the name Of the place where
married people repent.-Lppincotts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

ments are busy men, 10 PROVIDE t'e NJ
v.rsity Of talent glance at the following
announcements will show they do:
Alhambrs.
AtBF keith's Alhambra Theatre Eva
Tangray. Who has been Justly called the
cyclonic oomedienne" will he assured a
cordial welcome She has number OF
new songs and an equal number of odh
and dazzling costumes. The remainder or
the bill will include Paul Morton ana
Naomi Glass. I'm My Lady OF the Bunsa-
low: Eva Taylor and company IN
sketch. After the Wedding; ". n. Ma
cart and Ethlynne Bradford, in ne
Second Generation; j. r. Kelly anu
Emma Pollock. in Ginger Snaps Peal
son and Goldie. singing comedians; Leon
ard ana Louie modern athletes; the To-
zanc Troupe. on the high wire. and the
Colonial Trio, in an instrumental offering.
Colonial.
Stellar honors at the Colonial 1heau"
will be shared for the current week ny
stella Nayhev, assisted by Billie Taylor.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-17

II l.f-..V - }a.Ia +, -,Ab lay the name d
r.. .,.an,t. l'N Wanted t. favor him with
oo h,t th.f. NJ. nethHs dong for Stoay.
-. aaute.I e.eao ~ Hathlne. - that evening
Ia. l,h,,,a r,t,, - IL gold watch and oths
,alf..n;,l l,r,I,rt,. al-e Gid watch beiongiae
H. laa,h,r roem,f and all told he departed
..5,I. ..hau, 100 90 uurth 81 such property ~ 8
,sal# ann, with Inn when he travels. Patsy
H., bc,n trunk >u,c he was relieved Of ~
pf,r,rt,. and i, trAins Ia drown his sorrows
IN lrc,n RNcf Summing up the meehaaseaJ
lei,st, ~ W4ui To- economic space by intorn'
ins ,au.thAi condition, As FAR a. the compasy
!, concerned arr simply awful. and the ree1
am, :, >taktng the fires 81 the revolut3on
With The ,,nr answering efforts.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-17
Ogden, Utah.

\in.tl tht many thing, 81 interest IL ogden
w Wi>h L. iuierm Nuu that one Joseph Sem.
an al rraund dead beat. Who >eabbed here IN
l9l.. and lat,r lcit beating hi> board bill. hd>
returned recent, With the Campbell Carnival
company. with winch company he ha, a job
hcatins a tom.tom. He wa, looked UP by the
oitrcrr> aud tutcod /" pay III, board bill. Scab
Gco Allen. WIN paid tine here and did tune
on III, rock Illc t"r attempting to take the
he 81 n> bruthct-lu law. also returned with
tn, carnival company He wa> mixed up IN
sun ,la, during hi> stay here. and the good
iads, saNr hrn ~ dan, more al the rock pile
and a $40 I'M,
la1k kaddIaueh. til, lab foreman IN the
each department. VII" renamed Loyal Ia the
company when the call VA, made ior the lore
mn /" ,omr cut has had HI, troubles The
in-t hafd ,uck Iark had WI, when HI, wife
refused t., i've with him h,Oau-t hc va i
Sab Nct he Wa discharged with a warning
never t. show up agaIn around the company 5
PREMISE, II happened that Supt Man>ons
car wa sent Ia the shops and s60oo.0o appro-
priatcd Tor II, rehabilitation. but alter Jack
and his bull pen imps were through with II,
they had o,crdrIwn the appropriation 10 such
an extent that the >cah labor and mater ial
charged up To- the job amounted to $50 600 90
The rc,ult va, that Jack was told that his
relation with hi> pay check wa, amputa,ed.
Hruthcr Robert Met hesney. 4 member oil the
mA,hlm~t> Ne IL, has departed Tor the land
whence no traveller returns. In his death We
la,e a faithful and devoted worker. He leave,
a wi, and ionr children 10 mourn his lo,,
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-17
indianapolis.

mln>hip Engue 30. one of the products
that Va, all dollcd mp by the >eabs at Burn
,dc,. l. LAID up here She ha, lost the K. NJ
du,tng wheel and that ,eriou, wreck did
not occur Wa, a miracle. Engine 1921, Just oil
tie drop pit. Is back again because Of no,
boxes. Charley Brown. the ,cab who has been
chased every place he ha, gone. got canned
here lie has succeeded in getting back to
work and now has the drop PIT job with a
negro helper This fellow has worked at sew
cral place, ON the l. { during the last year
and from all indications he Is now at the end
ri hi, rope
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-17
Princeton.

Ii, situation remains about the same here
except that passenger trans are running latos
than IN the past Engine 73i has been out q
the laduoah shops Tor a couple Of weeaoLa
While IN the shop the soabs gave il . nsU1
ilue ,hect, and now the sheet Is leaking all II,
way around the scam Engine $40 is out q
the raducah shops and the driving boxes ase,
running hot Engine 675 burned off q pa1e
al tank wheels The public IN general VI
scry much relieved when engine $50 was takGo'
out al >witohing service they had to keeo
the blower on all the time to keep IT alive. aso'
II made all kinds OF NOISE
Engine G2e lost an ash pan and set sman
bridge un ire. but the damage was small
fuplue 6ot came III dead \ wreck took place
between here aud Central City delaying pas-
,'nscr tram ioi three hours and 90 minutes
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-17
Tracy, Calf.

IL, company Is up against IT here As badly
- ,,cr Engine lii6 stripped herself on on
>tdc aud delayed her tram. The engine o
passenger tram - died and delayed the train
I'm, tram earned a lot ri people who vese
eoius t. ball game. and needless Ia mentioas
thy showed ihcif lndignltion because OF tt
inability al the company 10 get them to theR
Destination
I>c cab, are "u the move. and trains ~
running very late switch engine 1890 b
pounding - badly that 1t is keeping the natives
awako nght> and disturbing the peace duria0
tn, day, >eah by the name of Flowers. vhs
hail from Lo>ga>tns where he had small
ranch came t. show Tracy how to break D
,trke He put on HI last show when he trie1
t. knock passenger tram No off the trad
E>,ry bon, III IL, body was broken and ~
iamil, j. nav mourning hls loss, but the stfibs
er> are not II he had stayed on the ran<A
where he belonged. everything would have
been well FOR HIM
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-17

\" extraordinary change, in the situatio(k
The company Is a. badly crippled in this see-
ton al the country a. ever. Trains are rus
nns late and engines are falling down. They
d" not last long when they get here after has'
rs heen IN the shops for a scab overhauliae
from the way the ofiicial, are losing out. =
looks A II something were going to happsa.
10 the near fature Some literature has besa
distributed here tina, the company does nse
approve Il. and one of the local papers ~
commented ON II by stating that the strike ~
,eeied' but if"m the way they are kicking ~
h'te god reason 10 believe that they are ~
vel aware OF the fact that there is a strike O.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-17
East St. Louis.

The same deplorable conditions exist here
Engine SIS had an air pump failure. Engine
1909 iacd at Pmokneysille. the throttle be
coming Disconnected Engine s23 Jailed and
reach rod VA, broken Engine s33 failed cor
ner ri mud ring blown cut Engine si3 failed.
piston broken Engine i02a failed. valve stem
gland broken
The company l. giving the engineers regu-
lar engine, agaln. but al that they can harry
make two trips with the same engine. En-
Ylne ~. Just from Burn,ides. threw tire
~ the new Yard, and /, IN the shop for an
.lher link uNrrhaulng Engine s23 failed on
tam = Engine 81 ran INTO u Southern en-
Rins al the southern crossing. The Southern
engine Id tine Tossing and the |. engine
NJ, coming down In, track he engineer
applied the btakr, but they would not set.
and the / = cngfu, went about 200 feet
mt TIN southern engine. osAtoiy hr,tD Bud
Mulltonners /, having HI, troubles. lie could
not yet dong with the burr mead and new
he l. having the sdmc trouble with the white
tra.h IL wa, successful IN setting one Of
hl, uear rrlatite, t. come and eo To work
E 1T HIM