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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
SATIRIzlNG THE CRITICS.

In a short play. recently acted by the
Abbey Theatre Company in Dublin, st.
John Ervine pays his compliments to the
critics-critics in general, and. it 10 whis-
pered, certain particular critics OF Dub
lin. The stage shows the lobby OF the
Abbey Theatre. where the first critic.
Mr.. Barbary, is questioning the porter
about the nature Of the play. lie never
goes TO the theatre himself. but gets the
information from responsible parties. lie
denounces the Abbey plays as gloomy
monstrosties, and says that the last
thing Irish people care to see Is an irish
Llay. Presently comes Mr.. Quacks, boil
ing with indignation at the character OK
the play being performed. There follows
Mr.. Quartz, inebriated, as his name I'M
plies and Mr. Bawlawney, dignified.
white haired gentleman. They all abuse
the play as abominable and outrageous.
though they are vague about Its plot and
general character. When programme is
produced 1t appears that the play In
question is Hamlet" but though one OF
the critics thereupon decamps, the news
makes little effect upon the other three,
who are still much mystitied. The dia-
logue is filled with local comment on the
authors who write for the Abbey Theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
IN THE sURLEsoUE FIELD.

The Christmas week offering at the Co
lumbia Theatre is Sam Howe and his
"Lovemakers' company. This is the bur-
lesque show that played at this house all
last summer. Mr. Howe returns with
practically the same cast and with all the
original scenery. costumes and electrical
effects which made The Kissing Maid
so attractive. Besides Mr. Howe. the COM
pany includes Florence Bennett, Marjorie
Adams, Vera Desmond. Harry Prescott.
Fl cd Nolan. Butler Vaudeville, Count de
Vassy and "Pinkey." The chorus of at
tractlve girls is one of the features OF the
show.
The Christmas week attraction at the
Murray Hill Theatre is the Gay New
Workers" company, one of the best OF the
lurlesoue shows. There is two-act
satire. full OF amusing comedy, with lively
musical numbers. In the cast are VIII
Fox and Harry Marks Stewart, James j.
Lake Carol Schroeder. Rose de Young,
Eddie Nelson, the Raymond Sisters.
Reatrice Lotus and Julia May. Country
Store Night" which has recently been
permanently established at this house for
Fridays, has become popular with East
Side theatregoers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
SEEKING INSPIRATION
Two Playwrights Who Find
Theirs in Baths and Slaves.

Authors. particularly dramatists seek
inspirations in odd WAYS The famous
French collaborators De Caillavet and
De FIers, when they are at loss for
ideas. take an open carriage and 20 for
a two or three hour drive after midnight
IN Paris Henry Arthur Jones, when his
climaxes do not develop In just the man
ner he thinks they should. takes an eN-
press train and gets "A fiux Of ideas as the
scenery flies past him at forty or NIFTY
mile clip.
Quite the most amusing manner OF
seeking inspiration is that OF Charles
Goddard and Paul Dickey. authors OF
The Misleading Lady which IS now
running at the Fulton Theatre. IL was
still week before the premiere OF the
niece Night rehearsals we're being held
at the Fulton Theatre in order TO rush
through the production The snag was a
climax for the second act The two
authors found IL necessary In the devcl-
opuent OF the plot to have the sirenic
Young woman, who had been carried or
by the gentlemanly caveman from Pata-
gonia, turn the tables on her captor. one
after another four ruses were tried. yet
none OF these had the necessary dramatic
effect.
"If we can get out Of here and get into
Turkish bath" said Charles Goddard,
I'VE may get the right idea"
you're right" exclaimed Dickey
William Harris, jr.. looked over in
creduously and said: IF you really think
it will do any good. the rehearsal Is OF
until tomorrow morning.
Dickey then explained the odd sur
roundings In which both Goddard and he
had gained some of their most novel
ideas for both THE Misleading Lady
and for THE Ghost Breaker" their hrst
success
Goddard always gets his ideas when he
Is taking bath and | when my head IS
hanging over the end OF a BARRIERS chair.
We have been stuck pretty badly Tor
IDEAS" he laughed. but after two or
three baths and two or three shaves. as
the case may be. we always seemed TO
get Just the right twist to the situation
that we have In hand
The two young authors then went to
we'll known Turkish bath, and had gone
through the steam room. needle baths tho
swimming pool and had reached the rub
her. As Dckey related the other evening:
For some reason the ideas did not come
nrobably because we were thinking so
hard that We must get an idea In order 10
convince Mr.. Harris that we had not
taken this step as a way to escape an
extra rehearsal.
LAS we were lying on the low tables ana
DIR skin was commencing TO glow under
the vigorous manipulation. a telephone
bell rang. Goddard yelled
1--WE got it,
wen have Helen Steele hit Craigen
over the head with telephone and es-
cape
Bully, | shouted.
1--WE jumped up, went to our dressing
rooms dressed. rushed back TO the hotei
to write the climax. This climax Is the
finish OF the second act
"And thank heaven nobody can say
that we took II from Sardou. There
weren't any telephones in his day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

the New York Hlppodrome, carries a de-
scriptiye verse devoted to each communi-
~ depicted in the play. The lines the
New orleans Association Of Commerce re-
rarded as Objectionable follow
..pue I'M the sacks, boys; keep the stream
in check: 49, ..,,,
wreck: Ar,
sissippi means -,
To drown us all IKE rats III 'he Town Vi
New Orleans.
How the business men who are boosting
New Orleans viewed the lines Is set forth
I'm the following letter, addressed to the
Hippodrome management:
Gentlemen In your recent programme
Of your presentation of America we
find on page Is that Scene shows a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
"THE pRoDIGAL SON."

schmidtbonn's "The Prodigal Son. one
Of Max Remnants novelties at the
Deutsches. in Berlin, was offered as a
dramatic legend" Thereby. says sies-
fried Jacobsohn. it sought to cover up us
dramatic ineptitudes. The piece was genre
painting. perhaps; 1t was not drama
pictures of life" cannot replace charac-
ter,zation. The story follows the Biblical
narrative. except that on the prodigaI
return the father Is rather fussy about
vhether or not he will receive the lad
md the mother. who, mother-wise, al
first takes his part. is Mortified ana
abashed in her championship as she learns
that her progeny is expert at dealing hve
aces from the pack, so to speak. AT the
close there is fine melodrama. which Is
much inferior. the reviewer finds. to the
simple dignity OF the Biblical narrative
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

and that she really did want so much
TO be an actor. Then her pop patted her
soft-like on the back and said somethin'
quiet about waitin' a couple OF years and
he'd see that she got a job on the stage.
And he told her she'd be wonderful
actor"
JEFF paused a moment after judd had
finished.
Guess he knew what he was talkn'
about; she's maxim $50 a week, he said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
SAVING NEW ORLEANS
Hippodrome Lyrics Adjusted
for the Good of the City.

The watchfulness and activity OF one
commercial association and the results
such an organization can reach in wholly
unexpected directions are demonstrated
by the success OF the New Orleans Asso-
citation OF Commerce tn inducing a Ne"
York theatre 20 alter its programme be-
cause an unintentionh injustice was done
the Crescent city.
The attraction for which the programme
was printed. the spectacle America" at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

Ievce at New Orleans. We also find
quotation from one of the songs, four
lines long. which gives an entirciy moor
rect and very damaging impression con-
corning New Orleans. New orleans mas
been so much advertised as city that IS
bepeath the water level We are trying TO
change the trend of the impressions when
are being given out in the North.
"Tbe song sounds Characteristic and
carries with II something that is different
and picturesque, but it also carries with II
very damaging influence against 'he
nor, of the United States when stahus
next to New York i'm the amount OF DUST
ness done. Would IL not be possible 70
make some change I'm that portion OF tne
production which would do US less narn'
than this particular representation does
Yours very truly
.NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION OF
COMMERCE. J. f. CARTER, Jr.
Iobn T.. Wilson. author Of the book OF
tho snectacle america" was consulted
o,d at once entered into correspondence
with the New Orleans association ana UNI
dertook to make the amende hohorapie'
The result was the substitution OK the roi-
lowing lines:
Grave Jackson won the nght mere VIII"
his rihemen so few - IT..
and sent their bullets true.
Good cotton still defends the town. ano
Southlands great demesne
Halls cotton as her king and New Or
leans her radiant queeh'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
"THE DOG"

Edward r. Rice, the theatrical manager,
has secured from Err Lawshe. the author.
his new farce, THE Dog" and has It now
In rehearsal for production at an early
date. Mr.. Rice has secured the following
company for his productions: Henrietta
Browne. Oza Waldrop. Alice Hills, James
8. Ryan. David Lythgoe. Garden Burbui
and Charles f. Werner. Charles Sinclair
Is staging the piece. and John Braham
has composed the incidental music.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
ELMER DWioGlNs's TOUR.

Elmer Dwigginss Around the World
Travelogue continues for its third week
at Carnegie Lyceum. with matInees Sat
urday. Sunday and Christmas Day. New
features added this week 10 the mile OF
motion pictures illustrating the travelogue
include wig wagging and shooting the sun
on shpboard, surf riding IN Ceylon and
Hawaii. and dancing at Honolulu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

Bert Williams will head the holiday
bin at the Palace Theatre this week
with a new act which promises more
fun than airy Of his old favorites. An
other featured attraction is Charley
! Grapewin. the comedian. assisted by MS
wife, Anna Chance. in new onerlng'
! Others are Odiya, the swimmer. assisted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

INV her ,chool OF trained sea lions
Prince Lai Mon Kim, the Chinese tenor
singing ballads and grand opera seiec-
tions in English and also, in his native
tongue. several folksongs OF China;
Gertrude Vanderbilt and George Moore
dancers and singers; Florence tempest
known as our American Boy assisted
! by Harry Wilson and Herbert Holman;
Jesse Laskys Three Types; Berbert )
Leaning Dogs and Pathe's Weekly.
THE FoRTY-FoURTH STREET.
Eva Tanguay. who has been at the
44th Street Music Hall for the past two
weeks at the head of her own variety
company, has proved such a strong at
traction that she will remain for third
week. Miss Tanguay will surround her
self with a number OF new acts.
FIFTH AVENUE.
Dividing the headline honors at the
Fifth Avenue this week are Adele
Richie. Clark and Hamilton, Robert H.
Daley and Company. Ralph Herr and
the Chinese musical fantasy THE VIII
low Pattern Plate" with William Pruette
and Vernon Dalhart. Miss Richie. just
for old times sake, has looked up an or
chestration of THE Runaway Girl ana
as reminder of the Augustin Daly
days will sing "Oh. Listen to the Band
IN addition TO batch OF newest num-
bers; Clark and Hamilton will present
singing travesty, "A Wayward Con-
cert; Bob Daley will revive memories
Of his brother. Pete, while Herr Will OF
fer a new act. Others on the pro-
cramme are Edward Clark and Clarissa
Rose in character songs and patter'
Grace DeMar. singing Coincidence; Jed
and Ethel Dooley; the Great Asah
Troupe: Luce, Bruce and May, instru-
, mental comedians; Hugoston and Brum-
| mer cannon ball jugglers. and photo
play.
The Christmas week ill at Hammer
stains features Dainty Marie. the
Venus OF the air.; Belle Story is another
feature. as are the Avon Comedy -Four,
who have an entertaining act Others
are Raw Cox, with his amusing spe-
cialty: Bob Daley and Company in a
| farce; Mllie De Leon, the Girl In
Blue; VIII III. Fox, who shows the
humorous possibilities Of the piano;
"The Great Lure Of Paris" the white
slave photoplay; the Hassan Ben Ali
Troupe Of acrobats; Sherman Van and
Hyman Kaufman: Joe and Lew Cooper;
Nina Payne, Walter Van Brunt. Tom
Penfold, Louis iBemel, and tho "Mendell
Bells" moving pictures.
UNION SQUARE.
Melville and Higgins. of Let II Lay"
fame. are the headliners on the bill at the
Union Square Theatre this week with
their amusing sketch. Another feature is
Volant and his flying piano. The in
strument floats about the air with Ruth
Gurley standing on II and singing to the
accompe nlment OF Volant. Others are
Parillo and Frobeto, offering operate Sc
lectons. as well as the latest song sue
cesses; Conway and Leland. 1.-The merry
monopedes." presenting an acrobatic nov
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
80 MUCH FOR so MUCH

willard Mack and Marjorie Rambeau
are soon to start new play In Salt Lake
City. called 80 Much for so Much" Re
hearsals are now going on with Frederic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

Inc SUNDAY papers liOlAi ANC" NS''N
were tossed through the doorway OF Judd
Rickley's feed store in Dorchester. Mass
and Judd. JEFF Clarke and Hen Swope all
sprang for them, tearing through the
mass Of printed pages for the dramatic
sections
Hey. there" shouted Clarke. IL get
first lool. a, the 'beauts this week. Amt
that III agreement"
He referred TO the beautiful actresses
whose pictures are featured each week.
Darn it, we got enough to go round
to everybody to-day" Judd soothed him.
They spread the pages out on the coun-
Ter. leaned their heads into the palms
If their supporting hands and gazed and
gazed. Now and then there'd be whistle
and the exclamation: This paper sure
aoes print the peaches
Jaw, all Of EN- amt real and jest ike
them actors. Y en- fix 'em up with
brush n little paint SOS that Poiarey
woman that said she was the WORST
locker in the %orld'd look like Lii RUS
sell. Why, there was a Teller from Bos-
ton that spent his vacation here onct that
told me-
HE didn't know nothin' about 1t. why
seen a picture onct OF good looKer
that was so gosh darn pretty / spent a
quarter 10 see her perform. And | amt
s-standin' here IL she weren't twict as
pretty on the stage as she were on that
bulletin board"
Sure, them papers wouldn't print pct
wants to look at the picture OF homely-
iookin' woman less she's burned at the
stake or got stung in marriage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
THE, WEEK IN THE VARIETIES
Eva Tanquay-Ber Willams-Adele Ritchie-Dainly
Marie-Melvle and Hggns-"Mon Desir
Carrera-Special Holiday Features.

city; Marvel and Delight, in little skit
THE Fantoms'; Woodland Memories;
Belle Oliver, singing comedienne; Silent
Mora, magician, and Winsch and Poore.
in mo Trespassing." Several other at
fractions will be added to this bill to make
il the gala week of the season.
ALEXANDRIA.
The Alhambra Theatres Christmas
week programme will be made up OF
Amelia Stone and Armand Kalisz, In
Mon Desir." an opera bouffe; Robert t.
Haines and Company, in The Man In
the Dark: Clark and Verdi, the Italian
comedians; Maria Los Dresden china pos
ing beauties; Henry Lewis, offering "A
Vaudeville Cocktail; Jack Devereaux and
Company, playing Don't Do That
Franker Wood and Bunee Wyde, In
Good Night; Van and Schenck, the per-
nant winning battery Of songlani, ana
the Grazers. presenting a musical and
dancing speciality.
COLONIAL.
Lame Carrera. Anna Held's daughter.
will top the bill for the holiday week at
the Colonial Theatre, assisted by Bobby
Watson and chorus, Offering her singing
and dancing creation arranged by irving
Berlin. Claude Gillingwater and company
will appear with a new playlet, wives
Of the Rich" and the remainder OF the
programme will include the Avon Com
edy Four, in THE New Teacher; Doris
Wilson and Company, playing Through
the Looking Glass; Arthur DEACON. mu-
steal comedy favorite; the Chadwick
Trio, in "Wiggins's Training Camp; Nat
Navarro and Company. athletic artistry
Bobby Heath and Flo Millership. songs
and dances; Charles Weber, eccentric
juggler, and Frawley and Hunt, comedy
pVmnasts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
FATHER INTERVIEWS.

The way her pop got onter this was
onct she was bangin' around with a
chair she imagined was the villain, and
they was wrestin' all over the room. Her
pop was downstairs. and when he heard
all this COMPOUNDED racket he come up to
investigate. He raped on the door, and
when she opened il and showed her face
all over red and white stun he thought
she'd been beaten up and that's what the
smashin around was all about But she
told him il weren't that. but Jest actin.
And then he didn't say nothin' for "A
minute but open the winder and hurl
every blessed one of them cans inter the
road, and take up all them actin and
5eautifyin' books and hurl them out too.
And then he give her one Of the liveliest
tongue -lashln's mortal soul ever got about
rot and foolishness in books about actin
and beautifyin' and such truck.
Then he waited minute or two TO see
how she took It, She took II good, and
he wanted to know what she meant
daubin' all that stun on perfectly good
face And she told him she wanted 10
be beautiful. Then he went right up in
the air lie wanted TO know what kind
Of a gal she was, that was fourteen and
didn't know she was peach. Not that
he was always goin to keep tellin' her
that and spoil her. but jest to save her
from messin up that dandy face OF hers
In her ignorance.
About then she cried. and come up
close and put her arms around her pops
nicely and said she'd jest come TO know
IL was foolishness cause ne said IL was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
CRYSTAL HERNE'S SECRET
Tale of Youthful Tragedy Leaks Out of Dorchester
Feed Store-Two Theatrical Authorities Betray
Their Childhood Friend.

fever. what with readin' about what her
pop had done and those things.
Seems she said nothin' about this TO
her pop, and he didn't like to talk about
IL when she was around. So, somehow
or other, she got the idea only beautiful
women got along I'm them shows where
the hero and the girl does lot o lean
ing on each others shoulders and says
things about forgivin and startin' life
new again
so she used to come inter the drug
store and pick out all them cold creams
and lotions and red stun for your lips
and black stuff for your eyes and white
stuff you plaster on your arms and neck
to make believe your skin is like white
wash. In about every other day she was,
/ guess, and always asking II we had any
new stuff and why we didn't keep all tho
things you en- get in big town.
"Soon's she'd get this stun she'd dash
right out o the store for home. lock the
door and then open them magazines you
brought in the mail. Had foolish kind
O contraptlon on the gas Jet, she did,
SOS most o. the light'd show on her
bureau. Then she'd open to the page
on the beauty hints and fasten II against
the lower part OF the lookin glass with
couple OF brushes SOS she could read
without holdin' IT, Then shed open a
couple Of the paint cans and decorate
herself like a new hotel. rubbing this
| colored paste in like she had 10 catch a
train In two minutes. Then she'd stand
, up and look into the lookin glass and
smile and squirm her face around and
| then she'd look at her watch on the bu
reau, to see II the train had gone, guess.
After that she'd open up one OF the
other books-the one on How To BE an
| Actor'-and hop around in front Of the
| glass making faces and pushing out her
arms and drawing them back and jest
| altogether carryin' on like she never
could get still again.
But she'd calm down after a while
and then rub all the paint off and push
some more from the other cans over her
face. Then thered be a couple OF more
books she'd have to do actin for and
dancin' and cavortn' for, and lot Of
fresh paint for each book. and she'd be
always racin' around like she had date
TO go to a weddin in South Dakota.
u guess this frollopn' lasted about
month fore her folks got on to them
paintin' and gymnasium stunts. Seems
TO me, IL I'd been her pop I'd suspected
long fore that. for / guess she never
| stopped 'cept to get the mail or tear down
| TO our place for more stuff to coat her
face with. Why, all the stun she used
would 'a-greased the railroad tracks from
here to Boston for a year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
JARDlN DE DANSE.

William Morris's latest innovation at the
Jardin de Danse is THE Sunday Nights
In Bohemia" jeanette Crook McIlvaine
is the newest star to join the aggregation
OF dancers, which still includes Mae Muir
ray Beatrice Allen. Carlos Sebastian, En-
rico Muris, the Marvellous Millers and
Lillian Bradley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
STRIVING FOR BEAUTY.

81 recollect them days." said Judd.
Frightening. Il used TO tend at old
Bert Millers drug store. Guess she was
sbout fourteen then. She kind O. knew
that her pop didn't want her 10 be an
actor and she wanted 10 be. Kind o.
worked on her some. and she got the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
DIScOVE

The controversy was seemingly at an
end, for once more attention was directed
TO the pictures. The restless telephone
bell rang its summons into unheeding
cars: customers came In. forgot their
mission, and crowded in glances at
milady Of the stage.
We'll, I'll be snapped like horse
whip
The outburst issued from JEFF Clarke
He grabbed his paper and rushed over 70
Judd Rickley.
Look" he claimed. "Chrystal Herne!
Member old Jim Hernes daughter
IF / don't / can't remember that I'm
married" Judd replied.
They got close together and looked at
the photograph, beneath which were the
words
"Appearing in AT Bay at the 3sth
Street Theatre"
Gosh" said Jeff slowly. she must
be maxim $40 a week.
.'Forty?" Judd sneered. IF she amt
raakin' twict that much I amt had my
breakfast. Why, that gal that piayeo
down here two years ago come FEBRUARY
in The Subway Deceiver' got thurty-hve,
and she weren't in it with Jim Herne
daughter. She weren't half so beautifui
by four times, either. Forty! Why that
Shubert e. Erlanger concern, down there
In New York, what writes them plays
and hires the actors, jest throws away
money. When one of the plays goes bust
after they've spent couple Of thousand
collars on 1t they jest laugh and say,
Such is life" and then they write an
other play and open the theatre again.
Why, ] saw that Lee Granger in Boston
onct in an automobile that had two
showers in the front seat sos when one
got tired the other went to work"
II she gets forty or eighty, IL amt
no milk off my oatmeal said JEFF re-
signedly. land s'long as / know her I'm
0arned glad she's gettin' 1t. Many's the
time when she was Twin with her folks
down in Ashmont, and ! was totln' the
mail, she'd rush out TO the front gate
and give me a smile when I'D hand her
a bunch Of them magazines with them
How 10 Be Beautiful and How to 30
Successful Actor articles In them"
STRIVING FOR BEAUTY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

Sumner. Regina Conell and Howard
Scott are In the cast
The chronicle=news., 1913-08-01
CYCLlST
VISITS THIS CITY

II. A. Upper. Australian round
the-worid tourist who has circIed the
earth on a bicycle, reached Trinidad
early last evening. Upper has trav-
eled more than $4,000 miles. visited
every country on the map since he
left Australia four years and seven
months ago. He is now on his way
to San Francisco. crossing the Amer
ican continent for the second time.
Upper makes his way by lecturing
and selling post cards. Last evening
he appeared at the Crystal theatre
and recited some experiences Of his
trip and put on performance rid
ing a diminutiye bicycle Upon
reaching San Francisco Tiper will.
ship for Australia.